Awesome Blue-Eyed Soul From St. Paul & the Broken Bones (Full Performance, Live on KEXP)

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kexp.org presents St. Paul & The Broken Bones performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded May 3, 2022.

Songs:
3000 AD Mass / The Last Dance
Minotaur
Love Letter From A Red Roof Inn
Apollo

Paul Janeway - Vocals
Jesse Phillips - Bass
Browan Lollar - Guitar
Al Gamble - Keys
Allen Branstetter - Trumpet
Kevin Leon - Drums
Amari Ansari - Sax
Chad Fisher - Trombone

Host: Troy Nelson
Audio Engineers: David Liles & Kevin Suggs
Mastering: Matt Ogaz
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Alaia D’Alessandro & Scott Holpainen
Editor: Scott Holpainen

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gocart mozart  May 30, 2022 • 3:24:03pm
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Belafon  May 30, 2022 • 3:27:38pm

The Mueller She Wrote twitter account is arguing with people who are basically giving up on Biden for only forgiving $10K. So people have dug up the fact that her podcast received a PPP loan that was forgiven, and Biden forgave her student loans because she’s a disabled vet. I can definitely see the frustration at “only” $10K, but you get people posting stuff like what I replied to, and ugh:

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 30, 2022 • 3:35:16pm

I thoroughly enjoyed the first two episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

That is all.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 3:40:08pm
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Belafon  May 30, 2022 • 3:41:34pm

And now I’m pissed:

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William Lewis  May 30, 2022 • 3:45:56pm

From Downstairs:

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Charles Johnson  May 30, 2022 • 3:46:37pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 3:50:39pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 3:51:46pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 3:52:20pm
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Charles Johnson  May 30, 2022 • 3:53:49pm
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mmmirele  May 30, 2022 • 3:54:50pm

Just to give some background on this tweet. Lee Strobel is a minister who teaches at Houston Baptist University. But he’s most famous for parlaying his backstory of “I was an atheist journalist who investigated The Facts and found Jesus” into a whole series of craptastic, poorly written and sourced apologetic books called “The Case for Christ | Faith | Creator | Easter | Christmas” and a half-dozen more.

Now that you know that, here’s the tweet and my response:

And, as it turns out, one of my Aussie buddies ALSO retweeted the deleted tweet.

My point? FUCKING CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM IS EVERYWHERE. And it SUCKS.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 4:00:05pm
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gocart mozart  May 30, 2022 • 4:00:13pm

Yeah. A truly underrated band.

Youtube Video

Youtube Video

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Decatur Deb  May 30, 2022 • 4:07:06pm

re: #1 gocart mozart

Rock and Roll was at its best when rockers dressed like accountants. Same goes for stand-up.

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jaunte  May 30, 2022 • 4:14:00pm
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  May 30, 2022 • 4:16:08pm

re: #16 jaunte

On the plus side, perhaps, there won’t be any noticable difference in the MAGAts.

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Patricia Kayden  May 30, 2022 • 4:18:39pm

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jaunte  May 30, 2022 • 4:19:28pm

COVID-19 Long-term effects
mayoclinic.org

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Patricia Kayden  May 30, 2022 • 4:21:40pm

re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

So all the other awful behavior by Republicans didn’t move him? Sigh.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 30, 2022 • 4:24:47pm

re: #19 jaunte

I really do wonder about long term workforce impacts.

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Barefoot Grin  May 30, 2022 • 4:26:20pm

There are about 38 street names in Atlanta that contain “Peachtree,” so she might actually get away with this one.

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PhillyPretzel  May 30, 2022 • 4:35:12pm

re: #22 Barefoot Grin

Especially when almost everyone in this thread knows it is a Petri dish.

Even amazon sells them:
amazon.com

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 30, 2022 • 4:36:32pm

Remember the Peachtree software back in the early days of the PC? It was touted as a lower-cost alternative to Wordperfect and Microsoft.

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William Lewis  May 30, 2022 • 4:41:31pm

re: #24 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Remember the Peachtree software back in the early days of the PC? It was touted as a lower-cost alternative to Wordperfect and Microsoft.

It was an accounting package - a very good one too - not a word processor that could run on almost everything. Even had an Apple II version IIRC.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 4:41:57pm
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PhillyPretzel  May 30, 2022 • 4:42:53pm

re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth

lol. She did not take Biology just more Bible Study.

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mmmirele  May 30, 2022 • 4:42:58pm

re: #23 PhillyPretzel

Especially when almost everyone in this thread knows it is a Petri dish.

Well, uhm, some of us (OK, it was me) got hung up on the Peach Tree Dish and, knowing that there are a LOT of streets in Atlanta named Peachtree and MTG is from Georgia, spent WAY more time than a normal person would trying to figure out how a Peachtree street fitted into whatever MTG’s rant was. And then I figured it out.

Don’t tell me jokes, people, they inevitably sail over my head and into the next county.

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nines09  May 30, 2022 • 4:42:58pm

Crazy Train before there was Crazy Train.
Wall of electric guitars.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.

Tubes - White Punks On Dope (1977 R0X M1X)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 4:44:08pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 4:47:58pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 4:51:05pm
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Barefoot Grin  May 30, 2022 • 4:54:30pm

re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Thank you. I had no idea.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 4:59:57pm

*THUD*

Adams deleted the tweet after being mocked mercilessly

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 5:01:39pm
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Rightwingconspirator  May 30, 2022 • 5:06:59pm
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The Pie Overlord!  May 30, 2022 • 5:06:59pm

Here is Z’s Uncle Ira, who was killed on April 2, 1945 when the troopship he was on was attacked by a kamikaze.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 30, 2022 • 5:07:25pm

re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth

Elon out here just picking fights with every-damn-body now.

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Charles Johnson  May 30, 2022 • 5:08:12pm

When I was a kid I saw Blue Cheer at the Diamond Head Crater Festival. Someone who worked at the show told me they rented every amplifier on the island of Oahu and somehow hooked them all up, probably by running cables between the input jacks. Even on the far side of the crater from the stage it was absolutely deafening, and really crappy sounding. I loved it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 5:11:18pm
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Barefoot Grin  May 30, 2022 • 5:14:48pm

re: #39 Charles Johnson

When I was a kid I saw Blue Cheer at the Diamond Head Crater Festival. Someone who worked at the show told me they rented every amplifier on the island of Oahu and somehow hooked them all up, probably by running cables between the input jacks. Even on the far side of the crater from the stage it was absolutely deafening, and really crappy sounding. I loved it.

To this day I attribute my tinnitus to a Ramones show at University of Illinois’ Foellinger Auditorium in 1982.

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Barefoot Grin  May 30, 2022 • 5:17:17pm

re: #41 Barefoot Grin

To this day I attribute my tinnitus to a Ramones show at University of Illinois’ Foellinger Auditorium in 1982.

And not to the hundreds of other high-decibel shows I either heard or played.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 5:18:26pm
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nines09  May 30, 2022 • 5:19:24pm

Memorial Day 2022. I must.

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sagehen  May 30, 2022 • 5:22:17pm

re: #29 nines09

Crazy Train before there was Crazy Train.
Wall of electric guitars.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.

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Video

if we’re going tubular, don’t forget

The Tubes Proud To Be An American with Lyrics in Description

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 5:23:54pm

for Shiplord:

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 5:24:41pm
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Decatur Deb  May 30, 2022 • 5:27:58pm

Scouted an open-sky location away from the town’s lights, But we will have at least 50% cloud cover during the tau Herculids peak, if they peak. For the Eastern to Mountain time zones, that’s going to be around midnight. There are on-line cameras for the cloud-bound.
space.com

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Barefoot Grin  May 30, 2022 • 5:37:19pm

re: #48 Decatur Deb

Scouted an open-sky location away from the town’s lights, But we will have at least 50% cloud cover during the tau Herculids peak, if they peak. For the Eastern to Mountain time zones, that’s going to be around midnight. There are on-line cameras for the cloud-bound.
space.com

Is there any way they could schedule these for the day time?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 5:37:26pm

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Patricia Kayden  May 30, 2022 • 5:39:45pm

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The GOP is a racist terrorist organization  May 30, 2022 • 5:41:45pm

re: #2 Belafon

The Mueller She Wrote twitter account is arguing with people who are basically giving up on Biden for only forgiving $10K. So people have dug up the fact that her podcast received a PPP loan that was forgiven, and Biden forgave her student loans because she’s a disabled vet. I can definitely see the frustration at “only” $10K, but you get people posting stuff like what I replied to, and ugh:

Just as progressives bailed on the Dems in 2010 because Obama didn’t try to get single payer health care passed, and the teabaggers won 63 seats in the House.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 5:47:20pm

what the fuck can go wrong???

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sagehen  May 30, 2022 • 5:48:01pm

re: #52 The GOP is a racist terrorist organization

Just as progressives bailed on the Dems in 2010 because Obama didn’t try to get single payer health care passed, and the teabaggers won 63 seats in the House.

well, that sure taught the Dems a lesson, didn’t it? Just like the Bernie-or-Busters in 2016, “don’t try to threaten me with judges, she hasn’t earned my vote.”

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Decatur Deb  May 30, 2022 • 5:56:46pm

re: #54 sagehen

well, that sure taught the Dems a lesson, didn’t it? Just like the Bernie-or-Busters in 2016, “don’t try to threaten me with judges, she hasn’t earned my vote.”

Our state sent Mo Brooks and Tommy Tuberville to Congress. A Democrat earns my vote by registering a pulse.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 30, 2022 • 6:00:10pm

re: #51 Patricia Kayden

Over the counter Sudafed only became legal in my state LAST YEAR.

Oh, and we’re still fighting to get legal weed.

But I could buy myself an arsenal tomorrow, no questions asked. I wouldn’t even need a permit to conceal carry.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 6:02:56pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 6:04:02pm

re: #52 The GOP is a racist terrorist organization

Just as progressives bailed on the Dems in 2010 because Obama didn’t try to get single payer health care passed, and the teabaggers won 63 seats in the House.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 6:07:17pm
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gocart mozart  May 30, 2022 • 6:08:29pm

Youtube Video

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The Pie Overlord!  May 30, 2022 • 6:10:05pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 6:11:26pm
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ckkatz  May 30, 2022 • 6:27:42pm

re: #62 Backwoods_Sleuth

Is this the Australian born Nicholas Adamopoulos who, according Wiki was booted out of the Australian Liberal Party “for conduct deemed likely to “embarrass or cause damage to” the Party “?

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Charles Johnson  May 30, 2022 • 6:31:20pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 6:35:39pm
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retired cynic  May 30, 2022 • 6:37:43pm

re: #65 Backwoods_Sleuth

What a glowing child.

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retired cynic  May 30, 2022 • 6:39:15pm

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ckkatz  May 30, 2022 • 6:44:50pm

re: #34 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 6:45:41pm

heh

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion  May 30, 2022 • 6:45:45pm

re: #52 The GOP is a racist terrorist organization

Just as progressives bailed on the Dems in 2010 because Obama didn’t try to get single payer health care passed, and the teabaggers won 63 seats in the House.

I wish these people would remind me of when Biden promised to forgive student debt at all. Oh yeah, that’s right this was a campaign promise by other people not Biden.

Just like the $15/hour minimum wage. Just like Defund The Police.

None of this was what Biden ran on. Why should he be held to promises made by people who are not him, and who lost the fucking primaries?

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Jay C  May 30, 2022 • 6:49:24pm

re: #68 ckkatz

AFAICR, no NYC Mayor has ever been elected to another office since the 1870s, I believe. Bill DeBlasio is running for Congress in the midterms, so he MAY break the curse, but I doubt it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 6:52:32pm

I remember when this power plant was built.

MOSCOW, Ohio (WKRC) - The Zimmer Power Plant along the banks of the Ohio River in a small village in Washington Township will stop producing electricity Tuesday after more than 30 years in operation.

Zimmer was originally built as a nuclear plant in the late 1970s, but investigations by Local 12 News and others showed major concerns with the construction.

So, operators converted it to coal - the first project of its kind worldwide when it opened in the early 1990s.

The closure of the plant means that 83 jobs are going to be terminated and eliminated. Only one of those people lived here in Moscow, according to Mayor Tim Suter.

snip

The plant is owned by Texas-based Vistra, which obtained it as part of its merger with Dynegy in 2018.

Managers tell Local 12 they will “evaluate the Zimmer site for potential investments in renewables or grid-scale battery storage.”

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ckkatz  May 30, 2022 • 6:52:38pm

re: #71 Jay C

AFAICR, no NYC Mayor has ever been elected to another office since the 1870s, I believe. Bill DeBlasio is running for Congress in the midterms, so he MAY break the curse, but I doubt it.

I think that your doubts are quite reasonable.

I’m just wondering what will do him in. I’m rooting for ‘groundhog-gate’. :)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 30, 2022 • 6:56:02pm

niterz, lizardz!

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Romantic Heretic  May 30, 2022 • 7:08:40pm

re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth

Um, are MG-42s even legal for civilians to own?

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ckkatz  May 30, 2022 • 7:09:52pm

Background:

The Russians instigated separatist movements in two non-Georgian groups to weaken Georgia. The Russians also deployed troops into both regions. In 2008 they attacked Georgia with the Ossetians. After the war the Ossetians ethnically cleansed Ossetia of Georgians. A significant number of the Russian troops in Ossetia as well as Ossetian paramilitaries have been sent to Ukraine over the past few months.

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ckkatz  May 30, 2022 • 7:15:40pm

re: #75 Romantic Heretic

There are probably a few mg-34/42’s owned by Class III holders. (These permit owning of a registered fully automatic firearm.)

There are a few rifle ranges that rent them to people for use on the range. (At 10 rounds a second and $1 per round, firing time can get very expensive quickly. And profitable.)

Also some years ago, somebody bought up a lot of spare parts from Eastern Europe and was building and selling semi-automatic versions.

Plus, there may be demilitarized ‘replicas’ around as well.

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Barefoot Grin  May 30, 2022 • 7:17:15pm

re: #76 ckkatz

Background:

The Russians instigated separatist movements in two non-Georgian groups to weaken Georgia. The Russians also deployed troops into both regions. In 2008 they attacked Georgia with the Ossetians. After the war the Ossetians ethnically cleansed Ossetia of Georgians. A significant number of the Russian troops in Ossetia as well as Ossetian paramilitaries have been sent to Ukraine over the past few months.

I’ve been reading translated commentary that is predicting these problems for the Russian empire.

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William Lewis  May 30, 2022 • 7:21:42pm

re: #75 Romantic Heretic

Um, are MG-42s even legal for civilians to own?

Yes. There are two ways: a registered “transferable” machine gun subject to massive ATF regulations and very high cost(~$50,000). Or, much more likely, it’s a belt fed semi-automatic and considered an ugly rifle by ATF. Still probably about $2000. The FAL next to it is far more interesting to me.

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William Lewis  May 30, 2022 • 7:22:21pm

re: #77 ckkatz

Beat me to it :)

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sagehen  May 30, 2022 • 7:25:36pm

re: #71 Jay C

AFAICR, no NYC Mayor has ever been elected to another office since the 1870s, I believe. Bill DeBlasio is running for Congress in the midterms, so he MAY break the curse, but I doubt it.

But both Presidents Roosevelt had been governor of NY, and Teddy was NYC police commissioner. Does that count?

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ckkatz  May 30, 2022 • 7:28:32pm

.re: #80 William Lewis

Beat me to it :)

GMTA!

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ckkatz  May 30, 2022 • 7:33:16pm

re: #78 Barefoot Grin

I’ve been reading translated commentary that is predicting these problems for the Russian empire.

I suspect that you are very correct.

All along the fringes of Russia are these small weak regions. Putin, and before him, the Soviets, have been aggravating any divisions in order to weaken them even further. Many of the societies are based upon ethnicity since the Soviets destroyed or corrupted alternative organizations.

By design the leadership in these areas has to rely upon the Russians to keep them in power. If Russia weakens, their power is threatened. And if a lot of their supporters are sent to a war where they get killed or discouraged, these guys could be toast.

Ossetia and Chechniya come to mind.

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ckkatz  May 30, 2022 • 7:38:15pm

Israeli song from the 60’s or ’70s.

Youtube Video

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A Cranky One  May 30, 2022 • 7:45:50pm

Them sneks are sneaky.

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ckkatz  May 30, 2022 • 7:55:26pm

Apparently a true story:

Youtube Video

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Patricia Kayden  May 30, 2022 • 7:59:10pm

re: #85 A Cranky One

I’m snorting!! Hilarious.

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A Cranky One  May 30, 2022 • 8:18:57pm

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Patricia Kayden  May 30, 2022 • 8:27:54pm
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jaunte  May 30, 2022 • 8:31:12pm
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mmmirele  May 30, 2022 • 8:34:35pm

re: #83 ckkatz

I suspect that you are very correct.

All along the fringes of Russia are these small weak regions. Putin, and before him, the Soviets, have been aggravating any divisions in order to weaken them even further. Many of the societies are based upon ethnicity since the Soviets destroyed or corrupted alternative organizations.

By design the leadership in these areas has to rely upon the Russians to keep them in power. If Russia weakens, their power is threatened. And if a lot of their supporters are sent to a war where they get killed or discouraged, these guys could be toast.

Ossetia and Chechniya come to mind.

Also Transnistria, which is a tiny sliver in between western Ukraine and eastern Moldova. Apparently Transnistria ordered a mobilization of all adults, but apparently this failed, at least according to the Ukrainians.

“Transnistrians see that Russia, as always, will use them as cannon fodder — no one wants to become minced meat…” Bratchuk said.

“I think that the resignation of the government in Transnistria is due to the fact that this plan failed completely, i.e. the Russian overseers did not get the expected results.”

This apparently also led to the resignation of the Transistrian “government.”

Transnistria has 469,000 people as of 2018. Moldova has 2,618,000 as of 2020. I think the CIA Factbook is lumping them together (3,287,326 as of 2022).

yahoo.com

A recent report full of pictures by a Business Insider reporter from Transnistria and it’s worth taking a look at. Even though it’s an unrecognized breakaway republic, it is rather integrated with its neighbors. It provides electricity to Moldova, a lot of residents hold Moldovan and Romanian citizenship, thousands of Ukrainians fled there after the war started, and the European Union is funding the restoration of an Ottoman era fortress.

businessinsider.com

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ckkatz  May 30, 2022 • 8:51:00pm

re: #91 mmmirele

Excellent point!

The Soviets and then the Russians tried to play the “Russian speaker” card in a lot of Eastern Europe. For example, Trans-Nistra, Ukraine, the Baltic States. It generally worked out to reinforce the nationalists in power against the Russians. In the Baltic States, speaking the national language competence (Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian) is now required to maintain citizenship. I understand that the Russian speakers who still remain in Ukraine are supporting Ukraine. (Data is hard to come by.)

I wonder how much of an ethnic transfer of Russian speakers has occurred since 1990. And remember the driving out of ethnic Germans after WW2. And of course the destruction of the Jewish and Roma communities during the Holocaust, and even in the interwar years. (Between WW1 and WW2.)

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sagehen  May 30, 2022 • 9:15:04pm

re: #91 mmmirele

Also Transnistria, which is a tiny sliver in between western Ukraine and eastern Moldova. Apparently Transnistria ordered a mobilization of all adults, but apparently this failed, at least according to the Ukrainians.

This apparently also led to the resignation of the Transistrian “government.”

Transnistria has 469,000 people as of 2018. Moldova has 2,618,000 as of 2020. I think the CIA Factbook is lumping them together (3,287,326 as of 2022).

One of the FBI shows (the one focused on a European fly-team, that works cases involving US citizens in a bunch of different countries — in partnership with a Europol liaison) — they had an episode earlier this season took place in Transnistria. I swear to god I thought it was a fake place they’d made up just for the show.

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Captain Ron  May 30, 2022 • 9:18:51pm

a bunch of warships and a backpacking stove in the Baltic.

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Captain Ron  May 30, 2022 • 9:25:57pm

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stpaulbear  May 30, 2022 • 9:38:25pm

Worst Mathler ever. First time I’ve gone to six. Usually have it in two or three.

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ckkatz  May 30, 2022 • 9:42:31pm

Meanwhile in Siberia last summer…

Do you feel lucky?

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jaunte  May 30, 2022 • 9:44:08pm
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Belafon  May 30, 2022 • 9:58:12pm
Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday formally exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., clearing her name 329 years after she was convicted of witchcraft in 1693 and sentenced to death at the height of the Salem Witch Trials.

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Targetpractice  May 30, 2022 • 10:00:56pm

So, for my first post tonight, a live reenactment of my battle this evening with a Virginia “waterbug” (code for “HUGE FUCKIN’ ROACH!”):

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wrenchwench  May 30, 2022 • 10:16:05pm

re: #95 Captain Ron

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Hecuba's daughter  May 30, 2022 • 10:18:23pm

Wording!

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A Cranky One  May 30, 2022 • 10:20:29pm

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Hecuba's daughter  May 30, 2022 • 10:24:21pm

re: #96 stpaulbear

Worst Mathler ever. First time I’ve gone to six. Usually have it in two or three.

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A friend, who thought I had already played (and I actually didn’t realize I had skipped Monday’s mathler) gave me a clue about the problem. When I saw the trap in step 2, I did my normal wordle “burn a guess” to eliminate numbers and so got it in 4!

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Targetpractice  May 30, 2022 • 10:25:35pm

re: #62 Backwoods_Sleuth

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These assholes have an understanding of history as shallow as their gene pool.

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Romantic Heretic  May 30, 2022 • 10:27:43pm

re: #79 William Lewis

Yes. There are two ways: a registered “transferable” machine gun subject to massive ATF regulations and very high cost(~$50,000). Or, much more likely, it’s a belt fed semi-automatic and considered an ugly rifle by ATF. Still probably about $2000. The FAL next to it is far more interesting to me.

I fired the FAL a few times back when I was in Sea Cadets, like 50 years ago. Nice firearm.

A few years ago I was talking to a Nam vet, served on the river patrol boats. He said he would rather have a squad of well trained men armed with M-14s than a company of men with modern assault rifles. I tend to agree with him.

Better in my opinion to get one to two shots into the target than spray down range and hope you hit something. Just my opinion though.

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William Lewis  May 30, 2022 • 10:35:03pm

re: #106 Romantic Heretic

I fired the FAL a few times back when I was in Sea Cadets, like 50 years ago. Nice firearm.

A few years ago I was talking to a Nam vet, served on the river patrol boats. He said he would rather have a squad of well trained men armed with M-14s than a company of men with modern assault rifles. I tend to agree with him.

Better in my opinion to get one to two shots into the target than spray down range and hope you hit something. Just my opinion though.

Oh I agree. I had a FAL in the past. Excellent rifle though I wish that it had been adopted in the proposed 7mm intermediate/NATO from Britian. One of the reasons I prefer my AK to the AR is that as an American Semi-auto only it falls into that same kind of thing. Aimed fire with a 7.62 bullet rather than spray and pray. People like to say that the AK isn’t as accurate but I’ve found that if you take the time to properly zero it, there is no practical difference.

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TedStriker  May 30, 2022 • 10:40:19pm

re: #107 William Lewis

Oh I agree. I had a FAL in the past. Excellent rifle though I wish that it had been adopted in the proposed 7mm intermediate/NATO from Britian. One of the reasons I prefer my AK to the AR is that as an American Semi-auto only it falls into that same kind of thing. Aimed fire with a 7.62 bullet rather than spray and pray. People like to say that the AK isn’t as accurate but I’ve found that if you take the time to properly zero it, there is no practical difference.

And, from what I’ve heard, the AK 7.62 hits like a Mack truck.

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Targetpractice  May 30, 2022 • 10:41:18pm

re: #53 Backwoods_Sleuth

what the fuck can go wrong???

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JC1  May 30, 2022 • 10:43:51pm

re: #102 Hecuba’s daughter

Got it in 3 as well. First 3 in a while.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 30, 2022 • 10:53:19pm

re: #110 JC1

Got it in 3 as well. First 3 in a while.

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Targetpractice  May 30, 2022 • 11:11:43pm

M-14s a fine marksman’s rifle and had it been developed and adopted 10 years earlier, would have been fondly remembered by Korean War veterans who needed accurate firepower over the long distances of the peninsula. But instead it was introduced to be a jack-of-all-trades rifle at a time when Congress was pushing the DoD to cut costs (read: lower quality) and finally made it to the troops in time to fight in the jungles of Vietnam which are not known for having large spaces with unobstructed views.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  May 30, 2022 • 11:20:53pm

Kitty Hawk (CV-63) was launched May 21, 1960; commissioned April 29,1961; and decommissioned May 12, 2009.

President Kennedy and Governor Brown of California review a fleet demonstration aboard Kitty Hawk on 6 June 1963
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Captain Ron  May 30, 2022 • 11:33:46pm

I’d be happy to have the government trade my SKS semi-auto and give me a falling-block single-shot rifle in 6.5 Creedmore in exchange. I only need one shot at a time.

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Captain Ron  May 30, 2022 • 11:35:28pm

Duke has now found his reflection in the 55 gallon turtle tank, and he’s growling at it.

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William Lewis  May 30, 2022 • 11:37:26pm

re: #114 Captain Ron

I’d be happy to have the government trade my SKS semi-auto and give me a falling-block single-shot rifle in 6.5 Creedmore in exchange. I only need one shot at a time.

So a Martini-Henry or a Browning High Wall? :D Or perhaps a Sharps based rifle?

(I actually like the SKS a lot, but a good falling block is exquisite shooting.)

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Captain Ron  May 30, 2022 • 11:39:30pm

re: #116 William Lewis

I’m not picky, any $1000+ rifle for my $85 SKS.

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ckkatz  May 30, 2022 • 11:43:20pm

re: #107 William Lewis

You might be interested in this:

Army Announces 2 New Rifles for Close-Combat Soldiers

The Army recently awarded a contract to manufacturer SIG Sauer for two new soldier weapons: the XM5 rifle and the XM250 automatic rifle. For soldiers involved in close-quarters combat, the XM5 will eventually replace the M4/M4A1 carbine rifle, while the XM250 will replace the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon.

Additionally, both new rifles will use the new 6.8 mm common cartridge family of ammunition as well as a new fire control system.

“We should note that this is the first time … in 65 years [that] the Army will field a new weapon system of this nature: a rifle, an automatic rifle, a fire control system, and a new caliber family of ammunition,” Army Brig. Gen. Larry Q. Burris, the Soldier Lethality Cross-Functional Team director, said.

defense.gov

One issue is the more common issuing of body armor. It is also supposed to be more controllable in automatic fire than the M-14. And I understand that it will be issued in combat arms branch only at this point.

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ckkatz  May 30, 2022 • 11:48:49pm

re: #103 A Cranky One

I would be _very_ interested in hearing the story behind that sentence.

:)

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  May 30, 2022 • 11:49:01pm

re: #116 William Lewis

So a Martini-Henry or a Browning High Wall? :D Or perhaps a Sharps based rifle?

(I actually like the SKS a lot, but a good falling block is exquisite shooting.)

I think I’ve mentioned before that I have a Ruger #1 in 45/70. I replaced it with the Henry as my hog rifle because I started thinking that I might need a faster follow up shot.

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Captain Ron  May 31, 2022 • 12:04:53am

I’ve been watching older episodes of Physics Girl, no one told me there would be math.

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ckkatz  May 31, 2022 • 12:06:17am

All this talk of hog shooting reminded me of a family story.

My father, a Brooklyn born Jewish boy served in the American Army during World War. After the war he stayed with the American Military Government of Occupied Germany. As an officer on the winning side, German protocol officially labeled him as the equivalent of their nobility.

He got invited to a boar shoot at a castle by one of the German govt officials he supervised.

The shooters were stationed by trees and cautioned that with all the brush they would have maybe one shot and then it was time to climb the tree. Mostly armed with sporterized K-98s. (My father said that the gunsmith charged him 2 cartons of cigarettes. And went with to select a K-98 from the piles of surrendered rifles.)

The local villagers were deployed as beaters for the shoot. They drove the boars to the shooters’ stations.

My father said that a boar came out of the brush running straight at him. He went to shoot and the boar apparently saw my father’s movement and swerved, just as my father shot. Neither my father nor the boar, nor any of the villagers were harmed in the process.

My father then went back to his job of taking visiting congressman and dignitaries to the local winemaking Schlösser to get them sloshed.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 31, 2022 • 12:17:21am

re: #121 Captain Ron

I’ve been watching older episodes of Physics Girl, no one told me there would be math.

As with the Spanish Inquisition, nobody expects math.

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ckkatz  May 31, 2022 • 12:19:31am

G’nite all. Time for me to head to bed.

Let me leave you with this bad Dad joke:

Someone asked me to name 2 structures that hold water.
I was like, well damn.

and observation:

If you think swimming with dolphins is expensive, you should try swimming with sharks
It cost me an arm and a leg!

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 31, 2022 • 12:21:03am

re: #113 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

She was in and out of San Diego many times. If the Midway was not already a museum parked in the bay here, I think the Kitty Hawk would have been chosen to play the role.

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Teukka  May 31, 2022 • 12:24:39am

Youtube Video

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 31, 2022 • 12:25:43am

Spring and more roses are out in full in Japanese parks:

Youtube Video


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Captain Ron  May 31, 2022 • 12:29:09am

We have the USS Hornet up here in the bay area. Carriers are amazingly large IRL.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 31, 2022 • 1:12:11am

re: #85 A Cranky One

Them sneks are sneaky.

“Bite a B-List Celebrity” tour for vipers and cobras and “Squeeze a Second-Rate Star” tours for anacondas and boas.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 31, 2022 • 1:14:38am

re: #103 A Cranky One

“My dog has no nose”

-“Then how does he smell?”

“Terrible!!!!!”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 31, 2022 • 1:35:25am

re: #106 Romantic Heretic

A few years ago I was talking to a Nam vet, served on the river patrol boats. He said he would rather have a squad of well trained men armed with M-14s than a company of men with modern assault rifles. I tend to agree with him.

The whole lesson of Vietnam was that we needed a small cadre of well trained and motivated volunteers and not hordes of draftees.

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Targetpractice  May 31, 2022 • 1:46:22am

re: #131 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The whole lesson of Vietnam was that we needed a small cadre of well trained and motivated volunteers and not hordes of draftees.

You go to the meat grinder with the Army you have.

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Decatur Deb  May 31, 2022 • 2:01:46am

re: #112 Targetpractice

M-14s a fine marksman’s rifle and had it been developed and adopted 10 years earlier, would have been fondly remembered by Korean War veterans who needed accurate firepower over the long distances of the peninsula. But instead it was introduced to be a jack-of-all-trades rifle at a time when Congress was pushing the DoD to cut costs (read: lower quality) and finally made it to the troops in time to fight in the jungles of Vietnam which are not known for having large spaces with unobstructed views.

My weapon in Basic Marksmanship (1965) was an M-14. A year later I did the annual qualification with an M-16. The M-14 was authoritative, the M-16 was easier to bring to bear.

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Decatur Deb  May 31, 2022 • 2:03:22am

re: #131 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The whole lesson of Vietnam was that we needed a small cadre of well trained and motivated volunteers and not hordes of draftees.

The whole lesson of Viet Nam was: “Don’t stand in the way of history”.

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EPR-radar  May 31, 2022 • 2:17:14am

re: #121 Captain Ron

I’ve been watching older episodes of Physics Girl, no one told me there would be math.

Physics = math, there’s no way around it

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Targetpractice  May 31, 2022 • 3:15:19am

re: #134 Decatur Deb

The whole lesson of Viet Nam was: “Don’t stand in the way of history”.

I’ve always thought the lesson of Vietnam was “A war fought ‘cheaply’ will end up costing more than you expected.”

A lesson that we had relearn not once but twice in the past two decades.

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TarHellion  May 31, 2022 • 3:35:58am

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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 4:12:45am

There we go, kinda like that.

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Dr. Matt  May 31, 2022 • 4:13:45am

Rigged election….am I doing it right?

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Dangerman  May 31, 2022 • 4:31:55am

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Dave In Austin  May 31, 2022 • 4:37:39am

Deck Morning.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  May 31, 2022 • 4:51:09am

BBC went out to interview people on the adoption of the metric system…oh, not in the US and not in 2022, this is the UK in 1978. Oddly familiar it all sounds:

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I think the first one has to be some relation to MTG.

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No Malarkey!  May 31, 2022 • 4:52:45am

Looks like a grand jury is investigating Trump’s role in the insurrection.

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Belafon  May 31, 2022 • 5:10:47am
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Eventual Carrion  May 31, 2022 • 5:12:44am

re: #102 Hecuba’s daughter

Wording!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 31, 2022 • 5:28:02am

re: #142 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

BBC went out to interview people on the adoption of the metric system…oh, not in the US and not in 2022, this is the UK in 1978. Oddly familiar it all sounds:

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I think the first one has to be some relation to MTG.

The joke is that the British were never forced to “give up” Imperial measurements, just to also start using metric as well in order to be able to better trade with their EU counterparts. There was no law against continuing to use Imperial alongside metric.

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PhillyPretzel  May 31, 2022 • 5:34:04am

re: #146 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Since finished gems are measured in millimeters I have been using it for years. :)

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The Pie Overlord!  May 31, 2022 • 5:47:40am

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jeffreyw  May 31, 2022 • 5:57:36am

Gingerdammit

Good morning!

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  May 31, 2022 • 6:04:40am

re: #105 Targetpractice

Baseball was declared the “national past time” in the 1850s and officially began organizing in leagues in the 1890s. “Star-Spangled Banner” did not become the official national anthem until an act of Congress in 1931. The “tradition” of playing the anthem before ball games did not become a thing until WWII when a ballpark owner thought it was a good way to boost war-time morale and national pride.

These assholes have an understanding of history as shallow as their gene pool.

Would be curious if any of them know the actual date that “In God We Trust” was put on US currency or “One Nation, Under God” was *added* to the Pledge of Allegience.

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PhillyPretzel  May 31, 2022 • 6:04:55am

re: #149 jeffreyw

Ginger Photobomb.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  May 31, 2022 • 6:08:19am

re: #106 Romantic Heretic

I fired the FAL a few times back when I was in Sea Cadets, like 50 years ago. Nice firearm.

A few years ago I was talking to a Nam vet, served on the river patrol boats. He said he would rather have a squad of well trained men armed with M-14s than a company of men with modern assault rifles. I tend to agree with him.

Better in my opinion to get one to two shots into the target than spray down range and hope you hit something. Just my opinion though.

Suppression fire is a thing. But usually done as part of carrying out more complex maneuvers. It also requires that you have the ammo to do it. And your squad’s SAW/LMG is generally better at it than a bunch of assault rifles on automatic.

The place the automatic capability comes into play is close quarters and clearing buildings. Where you might want more rounds going downrange a little faster. (Wall/door penetration might also be a thing, but having a 7.62mm which penetrates better can be a mixed blessing.)

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HRH Stanley Sea  May 31, 2022 • 6:09:59am

Wordle salad.

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The Pie Overlord!  May 31, 2022 • 6:16:25am

Tax audit stuff.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  May 31, 2022 • 6:18:57am

re: #136 Targetpractice

I’ve always thought the lesson of Vietnam was “A war fought ‘cheaply’ will end up costing more than you expected.”

A lesson that we had relearn not once but twice in the past two decades.

What was I think also pretty clear was that Vietnam was not going to remain partitioned, did not want to be partitioned, and the government of the North had the will and desire to make it happen. And had done a lot of the heavy lifting in that regard during WW2.

The USA/Allies stepped on themselves deciding that propping up the French going back into Vietnam to control it. Then again, the independence movements in SE Asia all got a big boost from WW2 since they saw the French and British get humiliated by the Japanese, spent time learning military and guerilla tactics fighting against (or with to a degree) the Japanese. And also got all that lofty rhetoric during the war about freedom from tyranny. So all the colonial masters stepped back in and immediately faced stout resistance.

And pretty much all of it went badly for the European powers over the next decade. Possible exception being Malaya.

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William Lewis  May 31, 2022 • 6:19:15am

re: #152 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Suppression fire is a thing. But usually done as part of carrying out more complex maneuvers. It also requires that you have the ammo to do it. And your squad’s SAW/LMG is generally better at it than a bunch of assault rifles on automatic.

The place the automatic capability comes into play is close quarters and clearing buildings. Where you might want more rounds going downrange a little faster. (Wall/door penetration might also be a thing, but having a 7.62mm which penetrates better can be a mixed blessing.)

That new 6.8 is going to have a lot of those issues.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  May 31, 2022 • 6:24:55am

re: #156 William Lewis

That new 6.8 is going to have a lot of those issues.

I told someone in Arma 3 that my favored tactic for clearing small buildings was staying outside and having a M2 BMG. (The alternate approach for some one-room modular structures is to open the door, bounce a grenade off the back wall, and then close the door. Then duck.)

A few too many times of having an AI positioned inside a room with a very clear firing angle on the door and a poor angle to see them when you come in said door. And I don’t carry enough grenades to use one every room.

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steve_davis  May 31, 2022 • 6:29:15am

re: #7 Charles Johnson

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i always just listen to stuff like that with the assumption that there were limitations with recording equipment, so I try to imagine I’m listening to that sound live, and I have an easier time saying, “yeah, I could see the fuzz working there.” The only part that always makes me laugh is the kind of sad bass solo. “Okay, try to sound like John Entwistle, if Entwistle was playing after having suffered a debilitating stroke.”

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PhillyPretzel  May 31, 2022 • 6:33:18am

re: #150 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

I found it. In G-d We Trust.
en.wikipedia.org

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  May 31, 2022 • 6:42:01am

re: #159 PhillyPretzel

I found it. In G-d We Trust.
en.wikipedia.org

“All others must have sufficient capital on hand, as well as a credit rating of at least 725.”

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Belafon  May 31, 2022 • 6:44:48am

It seems that the fascist takeover of the libertarian party is complete:

balloon-juice.com

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darthstar  May 31, 2022 • 6:59:45am
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darthstar  May 31, 2022 • 7:00:46am

I love the woman in the red coat hopping for joy.

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Patricia Kayden  May 31, 2022 • 7:04:51am

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steve_davis  May 31, 2022 • 7:07:22am

re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth

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“I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If it’s money, I don’t have any. I do have a certain set of stills that I’ve acquired over the years….no, stills. s, t, i, l, l, s. Yes, photographic stills. You giving the handjob to the guy everybody thinks is a loser, at that office party. Yes, I thought that would peak your interest. If you leave food in the bowl, that will be the end of it. I won’t look for you. I won’t come after you. If you don’t, though, I will find you. And more importantly, you will not find your car keys, and it will only occur to you after you’ve missed the important job interview to look for them up in the cat enclave.”

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  May 31, 2022 • 7:13:43am

re: #149 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 31, 2022 • 7:20:44am

re: #162 darthstar

This is about Steve.

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 31, 2022 • 7:22:09am

re: #164 Patricia Kayden

So if cops in bulletproof vests/body armor/whatever are afraid of these assault rifles, what chances do armed teachers have? smh

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Dangerman  May 31, 2022 • 7:23:29am

re: #168 GlutenFreeJesus

So if cops in bulletproof vests/body armor/whatever are afraid of these assault rifles, what chances do armed teachers have? smh

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mmmirele  May 31, 2022 • 7:28:20am

Hot damn, I made it through a 96 hour on call with no calls…

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It was a very non-eventful weekend for me.

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steve_davis  May 31, 2022 • 7:29:42am

re: #93 sagehen

One of the FBI shows (the one focused on a European fly-team, that works cases involving US citizens in a bunch of different countries — in partnership with a Europol liaison) — they had an episode earlier this season took place in Transnistria. I swear to god I thought it was a fake place they’d made up just for the show.

pro tip: you can tell the fake places because Peter Graves will be speaking with a kind of indeterminate fake accent, and all the signs will say stuff like “Smoken Ist Ferboten.”

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The Pie Overlord!  May 31, 2022 • 7:31:05am

“Gunfire erupted” What, guns are like volcanos now?

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 31, 2022 • 7:31:12am

Holy shit. This MidwayUSA rep at the NRA convention really believes that hammers kill more people than guns. The guy interviewing him actually looks it up on Google after the idiot tells him to look it up. It goes exactly as expected. BUT MUH 2A!!!!

tiktok.com

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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 7:31:33am

re: #173 GlutenFreeJesus

Holy shit. This MidwayUSA rep at the NRA convention really believes that hammers kill more people than guns. The guy interviewing him actually looks it up on Google after the idiot tells him to look it up. It goes exactly as expected. BUT MUH 2A!!!!

tiktok.com

SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED!!!!!

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 31, 2022 • 7:31:45am

re: #172 The Pie Overlord!

South Carolina. Liberal anti-gun zone, obviously.

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 31, 2022 • 7:32:15am

re: #174 Dopamine Fish

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Dangerman  May 31, 2022 • 7:32:55am

re: #168 GlutenFreeJesus

So if cops in bulletproof vests/body armor/whatever are afraid of these assault rifles, what chances do armed teachers have? smh

rando comment:

If 40 trained LEOs are afraid to go into a school because “they might get shot” then we’ve learned two things:

1) The “good guy with a gun” argument can be put to rest.

2) If that style of weapon is too powerful, then maybe civilians shouldn’t be owning them.

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Sherlock Hound  May 31, 2022 • 7:34:16am

re: #172 The Pie Overlord!

My “favorite” journalistic trope: “Shots rang out…”

Let the gunshots ring! BOOM BOOM BOOM!
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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 7:35:58am

re: #175 GlutenFreeJesus

South Carolina. Liberal anti-gun zone, obviously.

Let’s go down the list:

1) Thoughts and prayers
2) Lone deranged criminal/madman
3) Gun-free zone
4) Played too many video games
5) It’s the fault of Teh Gheyz / CRT / woke corporations
6) We can’t do everything, therefore we must do nothing

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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 7:36:45am

re: #178 Sherlock Hound

My “favorite” journalistic trope: “Shots rang out…”

Let the gunshots ring! BOOM BOOM BOOM!
///

“You hear that? That there’s the sound of FREEDOM!”

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Dangerman  May 31, 2022 • 7:38:29am

read the tulsa school teacher’s ten questions

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 31, 2022 • 7:39:21am

re: #173 GlutenFreeJesus

Oh. Forgot they have a Twitter.

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 31, 2022 • 7:41:09am

re: #181 Dangerman

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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 7:41:21am

re: #181 Dangerman

This is not a gun problem. This is a problem of not securing the safety and the ability for individuals to fight back against evil.

Actually, I happen to agree. This is why I’m in favor of automatic voting registration and federally subsidized, universal mail-in ballots, so that individuals can vote these corrupt motherfuckers out and we can get on with the business of being the best country in the world again.

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Belafon  May 31, 2022 • 7:44:01am

re: #181 Dangerman

read the tulsa school teacher’s ten questions

In order for me to safely be able to defend myself, I’m going to need everyone who wants a gun to receive a background check, medical evaluation, a reason to own a weapon, and insurance.

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wrenchwench  May 31, 2022 • 7:45:56am

re: #184 Dopamine Fish

Actually, I happen to agree. This is why I’m in favor of automatic voting registration and federally subsidized, universal mail-in ballots, so that individuals can vote these corrupt motherfuckers out and we can get on with the business of being the best country in the world again.

Does automatic voter registration when you get your driver’s license contribute to global warming?

Oregon has ‘Motor Voter’. I don;t think it’s automatic, but it is always offered.

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Decatur Deb  May 31, 2022 • 7:48:46am

re: #186 wrenchwench

Does automatic voter registration when you get your driver’s license contribute to global warming?

Oregon has ‘Motor Voter’. I don;t think it’s automatic, but it is always offered.

Even Alabama offers at the DMV, but we still find a surprising number of unregistered college-age kids when we register at the schools. You really have to ask face-to-face, then hope they go ahead and vote.

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mmmirele  May 31, 2022 • 7:51:24am

re: #181 Dangerman

read the tulsa school teacher’s ten questions

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PhillyPretzel  May 31, 2022 • 7:57:03am

I know it is Tuesday but since I am off from work this counts as my Sunday and I just finished my laundry before 11AM. Yippee.

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Dangerman  May 31, 2022 • 7:59:23am

laser like focus on what’s important

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Belafon  May 31, 2022 • 8:01:36am

re: #190 Dangerman

laser like focus on what’s important

Wait until he they find out about the quarters before the 1950s.

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Decatur Deb  May 31, 2022 • 8:01:48am

re: #190 Dangerman

laser like focus on what’s important

Those quarters are chipped with GPS locators and 5G links. Throw them away ASAP.

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Patricia Kayden  May 31, 2022 • 8:01:49am

re: #190 Dangerman

So deep!! Such an important issue.

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Decatur Deb  May 31, 2022 • 8:14:21am

Our Dem candidate for County Coroner won her primary with the best billboards ever…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 8:17:15am
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Dr Lizardo  May 31, 2022 • 8:17:34am

re: #41 Barefoot Grin

To this day I attribute my tinnitus to a Ramones show at University of Illinois’ Foellinger Auditorium in 1982.

For me, it was Iron Maiden at the Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR back in 1987. About 20 or so feet from the stage.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 31, 2022 • 8:22:07am

re: #190 Dangerman

laser like focus on what’s important

Next years edition will have Bill Gates’ face instead.

/

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Patricia Kayden  May 31, 2022 • 8:26:34am

re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth

Ohio voted for Trump twice so they are that stupid.

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Dr. Matt  May 31, 2022 • 8:34:03am

They still “invested” more for GQP politicians rather than a critical public health issue.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 31, 2022 • 8:34:54am

re: #199 Dr. Matt

Now THAT is a well written headline.

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PhillyPretzel  May 31, 2022 • 8:35:19am

re: #199 Dr. Matt

They felt guilty so they donated.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 8:37:29am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 8:41:52am
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Barefoot Grin  May 31, 2022 • 8:42:25am

Brilliant: “the war on comedy….”

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Mike Lamb  May 31, 2022 • 8:44:55am

re: #190 Dangerman

laser like focus on what’s important

I’m more concerned about the face grabber attached to the back of GW’s head.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 31, 2022 • 8:45:02am

re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth

Even in this country, if push came to shove, the military would make short work of the RW meal team six wannabe soldiers.

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BeachDem  May 31, 2022 • 8:45:17am

re: #172 The Pie Overlord!

“Gunfire erupted” What, guns are like volcanos now?

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And then there’s this SC asshole, who was just randomly shooting at cars.

An 8-year-old boy who was shot while riding in a car with his father this past Saturday on Old River Road in Florence County died Monday night, according to Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken…Deputies said Charles Allen was randomly shooting at cars passing his home on Old River Road when he shot into the car hitting the child and a man.

wpde.com

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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 8:45:59am

re: #206 Eclectic Cyborg

Even in this country, if push came to shove, the military would make short work of the RW meal team six wannabe soldiers.

Yes, but that still won’t mean that gun ownership isn’t mandatory, only that we now need to push to be armed with Javelin missile launchers. I mean, it worked out OK for the Ukrainians, right?

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Belafon  May 31, 2022 • 8:48:37am

re: #208 Dopamine Fish

Yes, but that still won’t mean that gun ownership isn’t mandatory, only that we now need to push to be armed with Javelin missile launchers. I mean, it worked out OK for the Ukrainians, right?

Yep. If we were really worried about the government, we’d be demanding anti-aircraft and SAM’s.

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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 8:49:47am

re: #209 Belafon

Yep. If we were really worried about the government, we’d be demanding anti-aircraft and SAM’s.

My town used to be home to a long-range SAM site back in the days of the Cold War. I’m sure we could handle ourselves responsibly.///////

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jaunte  May 31, 2022 • 8:54:46am

re: #190 Dangerman

Rightwingers continue to rewrite their favorite book.
en.wikipedia.org

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 8:59:01am
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ckkatz  May 31, 2022 • 9:01:07am

re: #142 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

emptywheel lives in Ireland:

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PhillyPretzel  May 31, 2022 • 9:01:45am

re: #212 Backwoods_Sleuth

A lot of Philly schools do not have air conditioning.

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No Malarkey!  May 31, 2022 • 9:02:32am

Another Right wing fail.

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jaunte  May 31, 2022 • 9:02:45am

Piece of shit complains about people saying it stinks.

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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 9:03:02am

Mood.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 9:03:31am
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Jay C  May 31, 2022 • 9:05:44am

Dang!
Today’s Wordle is FAILD…

Wordle 346 X/6

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⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩

My own fault for not going with the commonest letters, I suppose….

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Belafon  May 31, 2022 • 9:06:29am

re: #217 Dopamine Fish

Mood.

So, you’re saying that the category of high capacity semiautomatic rifles includes more than one type? Maybe that’s why I didn’t say “AR-15”.

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7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)  May 31, 2022 • 9:07:23am

re: #196 Dr Lizardo

For me, it was Iron Maiden at the Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR back in 1987. About 20 or so feet from the stage.

Me, it was my Navy UDT experience.

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Belafon  May 31, 2022 • 9:07:28am

re: #218 Backwoods_Sleuth

I needed to buy a water cooler for the office. I started down the rabbit hole of looking at one star reviews, and if you go by those, you will never buy anything.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 31, 2022 • 9:08:08am

re: #212 Backwoods_Sleuth

Not as uncommon as you might think in the northeast. When I was growing up, there were plenty of buildings in our area that didn’t have air conditioning (or had only moderate AC).

Used to be we were only guaranteed maybe a few weeks (often not consecutive) of hot hot weather in the summer. The remaining days were still warm, but could be managed without AC.

With the long winters up there most folks are more concerned with having a functioning furnace than a high level AC.

Of course, the affects of climate change are starting to shift things somewhat.

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Belafon  May 31, 2022 • 9:09:33am

re: #221 7-y (Expectation of Great Things in Due Course)

Me, it was my Navy UDT experience.

I managed to survive my entire time spent in a carrier engine room with my hearing intact, only to get an ear infection in my early 40s which messed up my ability to hear sounds well enough from behind me to discern their direction all the time.

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jaunte  May 31, 2022 • 9:10:15am
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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 9:14:11am
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Eventual Carrion  May 31, 2022 • 9:16:29am

re: #219 Jay C

Dang!
Today’s Wordle is FAILD…

Wordle 346 X/6

⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩

My own fault for not going with the commonest letters, I suppose….

I hear ya. I took it all the way to 6/6 and still wasn’t sure I had it right come the last guess.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 9:17:07am

O_o

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 31, 2022 • 9:17:18am

Womp womp.

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No Malarkey!  May 31, 2022 • 9:17:21am

re: #226 Dopamine Fish

I’m not going to retweet it, because that’s what Coulter wants.

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PhillyPretzel  May 31, 2022 • 9:18:27am

Whomever put me over 67,000 karma, thanks. There will be a celebration dinner tonight. :)

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Eventual Carrion  May 31, 2022 • 9:19:12am

re: #226 Dopamine Fish

Who dug her up and removed the stake?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 9:19:23am
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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 9:20:19am

re: #230 No Malarkey!

I’m not going to retweet it, because that’s what Coulter wants.

I’m glad Molly retweeted a picture of it, but my God, I could’ve gone my whole life without seeing more of that evil Nazi mug.

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ckkatz  May 31, 2022 • 9:21:34am

re: #215 No Malarkey!

Seems like a fairly quick jury finding.

Looking forward to Marcy Wheeler’s and a couple of other legal commentators opinions.

Marcy Wheeler was absolutely scathing about the prosecution in this case.

She pointed out that the prosecution ignored many of the Judge’s rulings regarding admissibility of evidence.

She noted that witness (for the prosecution) opinions seemed to change to more favorable to the prosecution just before the trial. That lots of evidence was missing, mis-understood, mis-stated, or simply ignored.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 9:22:05am

re: #229 Eclectic Cyborg

Womp womp.

lol

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 9:23:26am
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ckkatz  May 31, 2022 • 9:26:32am

Hey! That’s my stuff!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 9:30:32am

oh dear…

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Jay C  May 31, 2022 • 9:32:47am

re: #231 PhillyPretzel

Whomever put me over 67,000 karma, thanks. There will be a celebration dinner tonight. :)

Pix, pls

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ckkatz  May 31, 2022 • 9:34:22am
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Decatur Deb  May 31, 2022 • 9:34:40am

re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh dear…

It’s sad to see Karens reduced to hassling film crews and birdwatchers. Back in the good old days they could put their skills to triggering witchcraft trials.

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Mike Lamb  May 31, 2022 • 9:35:19am

re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh dear…

If we have a fire, we’ll give you a call…

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Teukka  May 31, 2022 • 9:37:51am
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ckkatz  May 31, 2022 • 9:38:25am

re: #243 Mike Lamb

She certainly has opinions…

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ckkatz  May 31, 2022 • 9:39:17am
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Eventual Carrion  May 31, 2022 • 9:40:44am

Pretty good Quordle today for me

Click to Reveal

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Belafon  May 31, 2022 • 9:43:08am

re: #242 Decatur Deb

It’s sad to see Karens reduced to hassling film crews and birdwatchers. Back in the good old days they could put their skills to triggering witchcraft trials having entire black towns burnt down.

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Dangerman  May 31, 2022 • 9:43:23am

re: #216 jaunte

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Piece of shit complains about people saying it stinks.

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ckkatz  May 31, 2022 • 9:44:33am

re: #238 ckkatz

One thing interesting about that tank is that it actually has a camouflage net on it. The Russian have been very bad at camouflaging their vehicles up to now.

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Shropshire Slasher  May 31, 2022 • 9:45:26am

re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth

oh dear…

Brave (or stoopid) of her to confront folks in this crazy world.

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Dangerman  May 31, 2022 • 9:47:15am

re: #233 Backwoods_Sleuth

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i didnt go to law school and ianal.
still, i’m pretty sure that’s not how this works.

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Dangerman  May 31, 2022 • 9:48:43am

re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth

lol

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‘rigged’ jury?

only possibly conclusion is the prosecution effed it up badly.

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PhillyPretzel  May 31, 2022 • 9:49:33am

re: #249 Dangerman

Bookmarked. It is a pity that this letter was not seen by many people before 2016. I hope this letter is re-tweeted every time DT opens his mouth.

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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 9:49:40am
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No Malarkey!  May 31, 2022 • 9:50:40am

re: #253 Dangerman

‘rigged’ jury?

only possibly conclusion is the prosecution effed it up badly.

They effed it up when they decided to prosecute.

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ckkatz  May 31, 2022 • 9:52:54am

Popehat’s twitter on the innocent verdict of Sussman:

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BigPapa  May 31, 2022 • 9:53:43am

re: #230 No Malarkey!

I’m not going to retweet it, because that’s what Coulter wants.

That’s what most of them want. Nick Adams is the new guy who’s figured this out. Poso figured it out. The point is the clicks.

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No Malarkey!  May 31, 2022 • 9:54:19am
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steve_davis  May 31, 2022 • 9:57:49am

re: #227 Eventual Carrion

I hear ya. I took it all the way to 6/6 and still wasn’t sure I had it right come the last guess.

query, then avoid. it ain’t sexy, but it works every single time.

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Dangerman  May 31, 2022 • 9:59:17am

such a predictable one note nellie

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Belafon  May 31, 2022 • 10:00:59am

re: #257 ckkatz

Popehat’s twitter on the innocent verdict of Sussman:

Just a reminder of the fact that Twitter isn’t the internet, 95% of the country will go “Who?”.

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Dangerman  May 31, 2022 • 10:02:47am

re: #261 Dangerman

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Teukka  May 31, 2022 • 10:03:35am
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BigPapa  May 31, 2022 • 10:04:01am

I always want to call Durham ‘John Burn Ham’ because he looks like overcooked port butt: dry and stringy.

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PhillyPretzel  May 31, 2022 • 10:05:06am

I just got a call on my landline (yes I still have one) from a Harrisburg number that looked familiar. I checked it out on Find Who Calls You and it turns out that has been looked up over 600 times and is marked a robocall.

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Dangerman  May 31, 2022 • 10:10:34am

re: #257 ckkatz

Popehat’s twitter on the innocent verdict of Sussman:

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No Malarkey!  May 31, 2022 • 10:11:53am

re: #263 Dangerman

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On Truth Social, many are saying that they won’t vote again until same day, in person voting with paper ballots is instituted, because why vote in rigged elections?

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Jay C  May 31, 2022 • 10:12:36am

re: #257 ckkatz

And wasn’t Michael Sussman supposed to be Durham’s “big fish”?
I’m trying to think of what else has been produced by this stupendous waste of time, but outside of (I think) some FBI guy they fingered for some procedural BS, I can’t come up with anything

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ckkatz  May 31, 2022 • 10:12:46am

re: #262 Belafon

I agree with you that the information may not creep into the awareness of the vast masses of humanity. And may not directly affect their actions. Case in point look at how many vote gqp.

What I like about twitter is that it _can_ provide access to some experienced and knowledgeable observers. The goal is for me to identify facts that may be important to me. But which I do not have the resources, or expertise, or even time and focus, to develop on my own.

In the case of Sussman, I was curious as to why the case was being tried and how much of it was political versus how much was reasonably criminal. The expert opinions that I have posted seem to indicate that the Durham investigation, originating for political reasons, indicted Sussman on, at best, marginal and questionable criminal charges. And that the jury, by their verdict, seems to agree.

This helps me make sense of a judicial process that is often quite opaque to me. I feel it important because a lot of the future of our way of governance seems tied up in legal process right now.

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Targetpractice  May 31, 2022 • 10:12:54am

re: #257 ckkatz

Popehat’s twitter on the innocent verdict of Sussman:

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That’s really been Durham’s job from the start: Not to secure convictions, but to destroy the reputation of anybody he can in order to try to salvage the credibility of his former bosses. Dragging them through the mud while the media gleefully takes pictures is all that he was really appointed to do.

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Florida Panhandler  May 31, 2022 • 10:13:32am

re: #246 ckkatz

CBS and other major media have no shame to give since their job description now entails giving equal accordance and civility to “both sides” instead of seeking any sort of truth or regard for the basic logical fallacy undermining their entire ethic.

Our major media exists to simply exist and they don’t care about truth or logic. They are entirely happy to operate under the most leftist of Castros or the most right wing of Hitlers. And currently they are positing themselves to operate under a MAGA controlled United States in the near future.

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Dangerman  May 31, 2022 • 10:14:32am

re: #268 No Malarkey!

On Truth Social, many are saying that they won’t vote again until same day, in person voting with paper ballots is instituted, because why vote in rigged elections?

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No Malarkey!  May 31, 2022 • 10:14:50am

re: #269 Jay C

And wasn’t Michael Sussman supposed to be Durham’s “big fish”?
I’m trying to think of what else has been produced by this stupendous waste of time, but outside of (I think) some FBI guy they fingered for some procedural BS, I can’t come up with anything

Because that’s it. Once again, the master criminal Hillary Clinton has slipped through their fingers./

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 31, 2022 • 10:16:27am

I really hope Hillary outlives TFG.

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Decatur Deb  May 31, 2022 • 10:17:51am

re: #268 No Malarkey!

On Truth Social, many are saying that they won’t vote again until same day, in person voting with paper ballots is instituted, because why vote in rigged elections?

Real conservatives only vote by dropping colored shards of pottery in an urn.

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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 10:18:28am
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Dangerman  May 31, 2022 • 10:21:32am

re: #274 No Malarkey!

Because that’s it. Once again, the master criminal Hillary Clinton has slipped through their fingers./

look at the chyron in #267

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 10:21:39am
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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  May 31, 2022 • 10:22:52am
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Dangerman  May 31, 2022 • 10:23:13am

re: #277 Dopamine Fish

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I would bet $100 against a bottle of Coca-Cola that Trump’s first response was to ask why Clinton wasn’t convicted

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ckkatz  May 31, 2022 • 10:23:31am

re: #279 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hah!

Took me a minute on that.

Yup, I had to paws.

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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 10:24:05am

re: #282 ckkatz

Hah!

Took me a minute on that.

Yup, I had to paws.

*WHACK!*

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 10:25:50am
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jeffreyw  May 31, 2022 • 10:26:11am

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No Malarkey!  May 31, 2022 • 10:26:21am

re: #269 Jay C

And wasn’t Michael Sussman supposed to be Durham’s “big fish”?
I’m trying to think of what else has been produced by this stupendous waste of time, but outside of (I think) some FBI guy they fingered for some procedural BS, I can’t come up with anything

I found this.

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nines09  May 31, 2022 • 10:26:48am

re: #149 jeffreyw

That’s Coopers’ middle name too.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 10:27:08am
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Eclectic Cyborg  May 31, 2022 • 10:27:18am

Ugh.

Wordle 346 X/6

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⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨
🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜
🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜

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Targetpractice  May 31, 2022 • 10:27:53am

This will just end up being yet another page in the “Big Book Of Crimes Hillary Got Away With,” the book that has grown larger than “War & Peace” because every investigation is “The one that will finally put her behind bars!!!!” until it fails to turn up anything or lead to a conviction at which time we get told that “everybody knew” that it was all rigged and she’d walk away scot-free because her power and influence is just so awesome that the only thing it can’t do is put her in the White House.

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ipsos  May 31, 2022 • 10:29:54am

About the new quarters:

First, IGWT has appeared on coinage in the US since 1864. It didn’t show up on paper money until the 50s.

Second, the “new” obverse design isn’t new. It’s the original design that won the competition for the Washington quarter in 1931. But because the artist, Laura Gardin Fraser, was a woman, Treasury secretary Andrew Mellon vetoed the use of her design and replaced it with the runner up, the John Flanagan design that was in use from 1932 until 2021.

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Charles Johnson  May 31, 2022 • 10:30:41am
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BigPapa  May 31, 2022 • 10:31:02am

re: #285 jeffreyw

My Bear Booping shall not be infringed.

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Charles Johnson  May 31, 2022 • 10:31:41am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 31, 2022 • 10:33:21am

re: #105 Targetpractice

Baseball was declared the “national past time” in the 1850s and officially began organizing in leagues in the 1890s. “Star-Spangled Banner” did not become the official national anthem until an act of Congress in 1931. The “tradition” of playing the anthem before ball games did not become a thing until WWII when a ballpark owner thought it was a good way to boost war-time morale and national pride.

These assholes have an understanding of history as shallow as their gene pool.

Also note that until around 2009, the teams used to come out onto the field only after the National Anthem had played.

But the Armed forces wanted more patriotic spectacle and were also probably impressed by seeing the teams come out and stand for each other’s national anthems during international soccer matches, so they funded the NFL to have the teams come out for the SSB…

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Barefoot Grin  May 31, 2022 • 10:35:06am

re: #215 No Malarkey!

Another Right wing fail.

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Oddly, they’re treating it as a win. They’re going to claim it was the venue that made it impossible for Durham to get a favorable judgement and not the shitty case with zero evidence of crime. Bill fucking Barr.

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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 10:35:48am

re: #294 Charles Johnson

I understand that Biden didn’t want to shut down the investigation to avoid appearing political, and to discourage the use of precedent. It’s just disappointing to me that we had to let this play out, and waste a whole bunch of money, solely in an attempt to appease people whose only operating philosophy is, “I don’t care what you say or do, I hate you and everything you stand for.”

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ckkatz  May 31, 2022 • 10:36:01am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 10:37:14am

As the country braces for the Supreme Court’s decision on Roe v. Wade, there is a push in Austin, Texas, to decriminalize abortions.

As things stand, the procedure can be performed in Texas legally up to six weeks into a pregnancy. But if Roe v. Wade is overturned, Texas is expected to have some of the strictest abortion laws in the nation, which include a felony charge.

Austin city leaders are proposing a new resolution that directs police to make criminal enforcement of abortions its lowest priority, and prevent city funds from being used to investigate abortions.

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Dr Lizardo  May 31, 2022 • 10:38:17am

re: #264 Teukka

Some 80% of Russia’s population lives in the area between St. Petersburg and Moscow.

A few dozen well-placed strategic nuclear weapons, and it wouldn’t be unfair to say that the next time we hear Russian being spoken, it’ll be in hell.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 31, 2022 • 10:38:25am

re: #299 Backwoods_Sleuth

Couldn’t state authorities still prosecute abortions in Austin?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 10:38:45am
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ckkatz  May 31, 2022 • 10:39:46am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 31, 2022 • 10:46:11am

re: #179 Dopamine Fish

Let’s go down the list:

1) Thoughts and prayers
2) Lone deranged criminal/madman
3) Gun-free zone
4) Played too many video games
5) It’s the fault of Teh Gheyz / CRT / woke corporations
6) We can’t do everything, therefore we must do nothing

Before the shooting:

“Don’t retreat, reload!”
“Second Amendment solutions!”
Literally hundreds of GOP ads featuring candidates shooting guns at various objects meant to symbolize Government Tyranny

After the shooting:

“We know he was big into cyber gaming…”

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Targetpractice  May 31, 2022 • 10:52:16am

re: #296 Barefoot Grin

Oddly, they’re treating it as a win. They’re going to claim it was the venue that made it impossible for Durham to get a favorable judgement and not the shitty case with zero evidence of crime. Bill fucking Barr.

This shit’s been going on since ‘92 and the beginning of their obsession with proving the Clintons were crooks began at Mena Airport. Every time an investigation has turned up squat they’ve accused the agency(s) of being chock full of Clinton cronies/supporters, every criminal investigation that’s gone nowhere has led to assertions that the investigators are on the “Clinton payroll,” and every court case that’s ended in an acquittal has been met with screams that the jury are biased/paid by the Clintons. Yet every time the digging starts, they confidently predict that “this time” they have Bill and/or Hillary dead to rights and that the whole criminal empire’s about to come crumbling down.

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The Ghost of a Flea  May 31, 2022 • 10:53:55am

re: #304 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It makes sense when you reduce it down to “one day there will be a glorious massacre that rights the world, and I want to be a participant, therefore I cannot be deterred by all these distasteful…but small…massacres.”

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No Malarkey!  May 31, 2022 • 10:54:25am

re: #293 BigPapa

My Bear Booping shall not be infringed.

Once Zombies can vote, politicians will pledge to protect their right to bare arms.

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Dr Lizardo  May 31, 2022 • 10:56:12am

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No Malarkey!  May 31, 2022 • 10:57:10am

re: #297 Dopamine Fish

I understand that Biden didn’t want to shut down the investigation to avoid appearing political, and to discourage the use of precedent. It’s just disappointing to me that we had to let this play out, and waste a whole bunch of money, solely in an attempt to appease people whose only operating philosophy is, “I don’t care what you say or do, I hate you and everything you stand for.”

Biden, of course, respects the independence of the DOJ, and would never direct Merrick Garland to either prosecute or dismiss a case, especially a politically sensitive one.

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The Pie Overlord!  May 31, 2022 • 10:58:16am

I for one welcome our Canadian overlords.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 31, 2022 • 10:59:00am

re: #310 The Pie Overlord!

As a Canadian who is now a dual U.S Citizen: Massie can go fuck himself.

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Targetpractice  May 31, 2022 • 10:59:51am

re: #310 The Pie Overlord!

I for one welcome our Canadian overlords.

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Hey, so long as I don’t have to eat the poutine, we’re cool.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 31, 2022 • 11:00:31am

re: #312 Targetpractice

Hey, so long as I don’t have to eat the poutine, we’re cool.

You only have to say “sorry” a lot and wear a touque when it gets cold.

/

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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 11:02:20am

re: #312 Targetpractice

Hey, so long as I don’t have to eat the poutine, we’re cool.

If you don’t want yours, send it to me. I could eat poutine by the pound kilogram.

Fixed that for myself.

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Captain Magic  May 31, 2022 • 11:06:16am
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) — More than one million Michiganders were expected to travel this Memorial Day weekend and for those who did it by car, they paid dramatically more this year than last to fill up the tank.

According to AAA, the current average price for a gallon of gas in Michigan is $4.58.

That shatters the Memorial Day record high gas price of $4.11 set back in 2008.

While today’s average price is high, it appears prices may have plateaued, it’s only about a cent higher than last week.

While many drivers are struggling at the pump, some say it could be worse based on prices they have seen elsewhere.

During Shrub’s administration……

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Crush White Nationalism  May 31, 2022 • 11:06:18am

re: #310 The Pie Overlord!

I for one welcome our Canadian overlords.

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Targetpractice  May 31, 2022 • 11:08:14am

re: #314 Dopamine Fish

If you don’t want yours, send it to me. I could eat poutine by the pound.

I’ll trade it for a bottle of true maple syrup.

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BigPapa  May 31, 2022 • 11:08:24am

You pay for a kilogram of beef in pounds in the UK.

Fuck the metric system. Base it on something reasonable the like foot of a dead man.

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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 11:09:02am

re: #317 Targetpractice

I’ll trade it for a bottle of true maple syrup.

Yah, sure, ya betcha.

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Targetpractice  May 31, 2022 • 11:09:19am

re: #316 Crush White Nationalism

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To the sort of short-dicked, insecure “alpha males” that men like Massie attract to their banner, the idea of experiencing any sort of inconvenience acquiring their pecker extensions is damn near the same as living in Nazi Germany.

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No Malarkey!  May 31, 2022 • 11:10:47am

re: #310 The Pie Overlord!

I for one welcome our Canadian overlords.

America will stick with its dystopian present, fuck yeah!

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 11:11:13am
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Dopamine Fish  May 31, 2022 • 11:12:51am

re: #321 No Malarkey!

America will stick with its dystopian present, fuck yeah!

The beatings crusades will continue until morale morality improves.

- Some Republican, probably

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 11:14:54am
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Targetpractice  May 31, 2022 • 11:15:24am

re: #322 Backwoods_Sleuth

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As we’ve learned on this side of the pond, breaking the law only matters if the people responsible for enforcing the laws do their fucking jobs. And that’s not always a guarantee if the people breaking the laws have money/power/influence/all the above.

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No Malarkey!  May 31, 2022 • 11:17:59am

re: #301 Eclectic Cyborg

Couldn’t state authorities still prosecute abortions in Austin?

Abbott will probably create a whole division of Texas Rangers dedicated to investigating suspected abortions.

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John Hughes  May 31, 2022 • 11:19:05am

re: #165 steve_davis

peak

pique.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  May 31, 2022 • 11:25:29am

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