Justin Adams and Mauro Durante: Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST 2023

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For the third year, Tiny Desk concerts team up with globalFEST for a thrilling online music festival — Tiny Desk meets globalFEST.

Bob Boilen | January 30, 2023
Hosted by Angélique Kidjo, the series echoes globalFEST’s live flagship event in spirit but is centered in the framework of the Tiny Desk concert series. This collaboration presents exclusive video performances from nine artists filmed in their respective homelands, on the road and in exile all over the world. There will be three nights of concerts, each featuring three bands, on consecutive nights beginning Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. ET. The globalFEST team wrote the following biographical information about each performer.

Justin Adams & Mauro Durante, UK / Italy
Justin Adams & Mauro Durante released an award-winning debut album, Still Moving, in 2021, moving from serene minimalism to wild catharsis. Adams (producer of Tinariwen’s breakout albums and guitarist with Robert Plant) plays with a post-punk guitar approach enriched by his passion for Arabic music and African trance blues, while Durante is a sought-after violinist and percussionist and leader of southern Italy’s acclaimed Canzionere Grecanico Salentino, who performed its iconic taranta and pizzica dance songs at globalFEST in 2012.

SET LIST
“Talassa”
“Cupa Cupa”
“Dark Road Down”

MUSICIANS
Justin Adams
Mauro Durante

CREDITS
Producer: Run Productions
Audio: Yanna Plougoulm, Antonin Volson
Video: Samuel Volson, Camera Silens

TINY DESK TEAM
Creative Director: Bob Boilen
Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Editing: Joshua Bryant
Tiny Desk Team: Marissa Lorusso, Hazel Cills, Ashley Pointer

GLOBALFEST TEAM
Co-Directors: Shanta Thake, Isabel Soffer and Bill Bragin
2023 Curators: Shanta Thake, Isabel Soffer, Bill Bragin and Meera Dugal
Event Producer: Ian Thake
Host: Angélique Kidjo
Legal Services: Tamizdat
Legal Services: Duane Morris
Video Production: Karim Tabbaa

FUNDERS:
The Mellon Foundation
The National Endowment for the Arts
NYC Department of Cultural Affairs

SPECIAL THANKS:
Ken Umezaki
Fabian Alsultany
Steven Kirkpatrick
David Komar

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Dr. Matt  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:40:12am

Neurosyphilis is taking a serious impact on TFG:

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:44:10am

re: #1 Dr. Matt

Neurosyphilis is taking a serious impact on TFG:

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:46:25am
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Dr. Matt  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:47:03am
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Ace Rothstein  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:48:11am

I heard that Bobby Hull died and never knew that he was a MAGAt-infested asshole. He also had a thing for beating up a couple of his wives. Nice life, bro.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:48:19am

re: #303 Joe Bacon

Remember when Queen Elizabeth was on a State Visit with Ford and during the state Dinner the Captain and Tenille sang “Muskrat Love” and the Queen winced.

I couldn’t blame her!

I have always despised Ford for his pardon of Nixon but, up until now, I never knew he’d invited the Captain and Tenille to a state dinner for the Queen. It says a lot for the Bit’s sense of forbearing to not immediately declare war but it drops Ford a couple of notches in my eye.

‘Mr. President, It Was Muskrats:’ Toni Tennille on the Time She Sang ‘Muskrat Love’ for Queen Elizabeth - in the White House!

It may be the most infamous performance in White House history.

To celebrate the nation’s bicentennial in 1976, one of the most popular acts of the era - the Grammy-winning husband-and-wife duo Captain and Tennille - were invited to perform for President Ford, First Lady Betty Ford, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

But the performance didn’t go quite as planned.

The couple opted to perform their camp classic, “Muskrat Love,” after the First Lady personally requested another suggestive song.

“We had two great hits, ‘Love Will Keep us Together’ and ‘The Way I Want to Touch You,’ ” she recalls. “I thought, ‘I probably can’t do ‘The Way I Want to Touch You.’ It might be a little too intimate for the White House.’ But then when Mrs. Ford came in and said, ‘Are you going to do ‘The Way I Want to Touch You?’

“I said, ‘We weren’t planning to.’ She said, ‘Oh you must! It’s Gerry and my favorite song.’ I went, ‘Okay, we’ll do that.’ Then I said to Daryl, ‘We really should do ‘Muskrat Love,’ too.’ It was a huge hit and I thought everyone would get a kick out of it. I thought they seemed like a fun group!”

But with their synthesizer - which Daryl uses in the song to recreate the sound of love-making muskrats - speakers and keyboard set up in the East Room, the volume was high - and not everyone was pleased.

Kissinger in particular seemed miserable throughout the performance, says Tennille (she good-naturedly dedicated the song to him for years after), while the Queen simply nodded off.

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Ace Rothstein  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:49:26am

re: #3 Charles Johnson

The fact that that smarmy fuck used to get it on with Mommie Dearest Ingraham tells you everything.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:49:42am
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:49:50am

re: #323 Dr. Matt

Superpositon state of USB drives.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:50:18am
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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:53:52am

re: #10 Charles Johnson

When it comes to my brainwashed relatives all I can say is that they love to be lied to by Mussoweeney.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:55:23am

re: #10 Charles Johnson

That coat looks somewhat unique. Whose creative product is it and whose head was originally on it before tfg was Photoshopped into the picture?

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:58:36am
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Dr. Matt  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:59:28am

re: #10 Charles Johnson

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They paint these portraits, wear TFG clothing, hang TFG flags on their homes, cars, and boats, have TFG bumper stickers, put MAGA all over their social media <— these people actually have the audacity to claim that “the Left are Cultists”.

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Jebediah, RBG  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:01:41am

love that Tiny Desk performance. I hear a little bit of Joe Strummer in the one guy’s voice & singing.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:04:42am

re: #14 Dr. Matt

They paint these portraits, wear TFG clothing, hang TFG flags on their homes, cars, and boats, have TFG bumper stickers, put MAGA all over their social media <—- these people actually have the audacity to claim that the Left are Cultists.

And you’re accurately describing what’s in their churches.

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Dangerman  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:06:41am

Link

Press them hard enough, and most Republican officials—even the ones with MAGA hats in their closets and Mar-a-Lago selfies in their Twitter avatar—will privately admit that Donald Trump has become a problem. He’s presided over three abysmal election cycles since he took office, he is more unstable than ever, and yet he returned to the campaign trail this past weekend, declaring that he is “angry” and determined to win the GOP presidential nomination again in 2024. Aside from his most blinkered loyalists, virtually everyone in the party agrees: It’s time to move on from Trump.

But ask them how they plan to do that, and the discussion quickly veers into the realm of hopeful hypotheticals…

We’re just waiting for him to die.

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No Malarkey!  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:07:43am
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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:09:38am

re: #18 No Malarkey!

Bill Cosby was on that list?????????

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Jay C  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:09:47am

re: #10 Charles Johnson

OMFG!
Even leaving aside the giant lion’s seemingly deformed paws, and that bizarre greatcoat Trump is wearing (with a medal??) - that someone thought this piece of Bizarro Kitsch is “inspirational art”….????

At least they got the tiny hands right.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:10:10am

re: #17 Dangerman

We’re just waiting for him to die.

Nah. I prefer him to continue to be the millstone around the neck of the GQP.

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No Malarkey!  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:12:15am

re: #19 Joe Bacon

Bill Cosby was on that list?????????

Huge beloved comedy star back then.

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Jebediah, RBG  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:12:44am

re: #20 Jay C

OMFG!
Even leaving aside the giant lion’s seemingly deformed paws, and that bizarre greatcoat Trump is wearing (with a medal??) - that someone thought this piece of Bizarro Kitsch is “inspirational art:….????

At least they got the tiny hands right.

The way the lions paws and legs are messed up, it looks AI generated.

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darthstar  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:16:46am

re: #1 Dr. Matt

Neurosyphilis is taking a serious impact on TFG:

Sounds like he heard the news about his hush money payments getting sent to the grand jury for criminal indictment.

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lawhawk  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:16:48am
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darthstar  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:17:16am

re: #23 Jebediah, RBG

The way the lions paws and legs are messed up, it looks AI generated.

It’s got one elephant leg and the other looks like a deformed house elf’s.

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Dr. Matt  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:17:47am

re: #21 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Nah. I prefer him to continue to be the millstone around the neck of the GQP.

And, if any of the countless investigations finally bear fruit, I want TFG to be very much alive as he gets tried, convicted, and sentenced.

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darthstar  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:21:32am

Trump lawyers still trying to get something out of the NDA loss.

Mastodon

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darthstar  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:22:51am

fed.celp.de

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dat_said  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:22:53am

re: #23 Jebediah, RBG

The way the lions paws and legs are messed up, it looks AI generated.

Speaking of AI, thought you might be interested in this Stable Diffusion comparison using each of the 1833 artists as part of the prompt: urania.ai (assuming you haven’t already seen this).

Also, speaking of AI, after ten minutes with ChatGPT, I couldn’t see much value-add to that over current robot chats. Lots of repetition of answers while trying to get clarification. Only real difference I saw between ChatGPT and experiences I’ve had with other chat robots is that ChatGPT apologizes a lot (and gets offended if you suggest it would find faster success in the porn industry).

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darthstar  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:23:33am

re: #29 darthstar

fed.celp.de

Bradleys are arriving in Ukraine.

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Jebediah, RBG  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:24:38am

re: #26 darthstar

It’s got one elephant leg and the other looks like a deformed house elf’s.

At least it has some flag-ish thing in its mane. If somebody did that with AI, and intended it to be *****-glorifying, and it still produced an image with tiny hands, I guess the zeitgeist is fully saturated with “***** has tiny hands.”

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lawhawk  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:26:11am

re: #28 darthstar

Trump lawyers still trying to get something out of the NDA loss.

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Question for Trump’s financial advisers - how were all those NDAs and settlements reflected on Trump business and org tax returns?

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TedStriker  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:28:27am

re: #19 Joe Bacon

Bill Cosby was on that list?????????

re: #22 No Malarkey!

Huge beloved comedy star back then.

Yeah, he was hot with The Cosby Show having just started the previous year and with Himself (parts of which was retooled for The Cosby Show) having been released the year before that.

Thing is, despite his carefully constructed “wholesome” image that he really started cultivating in earnest with Himself, I could totally see Cosby delivering Doc Brown’s “when this baby hits 88 MPH, you’re gonna see some serious shit” line; past that, ehhhhhhh. I’m just glad Lloyd got the part, because I hate to think about hating the BttF trilogy if Cosby was there, given what we know now.

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nines09  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:35:30am

I would just about kill for 5 of these right now….

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TedStriker  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:36:16am

re: #35 nines09

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*drool*

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IngisKahn  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:37:20am

re: #35 nines09

Whoa, I just smelled that.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:37:33am

re: #35 nines09

I remember a shop Hot Sam that made giant soft pretzels. Dad would always get one but he would put a packet of Arby’s Horsey Sauce on it.

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nines09  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:38:02am

re: #38 Joe Bacon

I remember a shop Hot Sam that made giant soft pretzels. Dad would always get one but he would put a packet of Arby’s Horsey Sauce on it.

Barbarian….

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Eventual Carrion  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:38:22am

re: #38 Joe Bacon

I remember a shop Hot Sam that made giant soft pretzels. Dad would always get one but he would put a packet of Arby’s Horsey Sauce on it.

I stick with the tried and true mustard slathered on mine.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:38:55am

re: #38 Joe Bacon

I remember a shop Hot Sam that made giant soft pretzels. Dad would always get one but he would put a packet of Arby’s Horsey Sauce on it.

That actually sounds really good. There’s a gas station here in town that sells soft pretzels with nacho cheese sauce. I wouldn’t say they’re great, but you know, when that craving strikes, those things absolutely do the job.

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nines09  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:39:26am

Warm with brown spicy homemade street vendor mustard……

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Jebediah, RBG  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:41:23am

re: #30 dat_said

Thanks- I found it last week and started slowly making my way through it. Funny that the AI is offended by the porn suggestion!

Not pornographic (I don’t think so, anyway) - this cute little elder bad boy got himself in the top 5% in the nightcafe “silly selfies” daily challenge:

Chthulhu the Vain
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Jebediah, RBG  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:42:48am

re: #35 nines09

hell, I’d wound for just one

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:43:06am

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:43:31am

Ah Hot Sam’s is no more. Mrs. Fields bought the remaining stores and converted them to “Pretzel Time” shops

RIP Hot Sam’s…

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:43:34am

re: #7 Ace Rothstein

The fact that that smarmy fuck used to get it on with Mommie Dearest Ingraham tells you everything.

Dartmouth.

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nines09  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:43:38am

re: #44 Jebediah, RBG

hell, I’d wound for just one

End piece…..uhhhhhhh

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Jebediah, RBG  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:45:08am

re: #48 nines09

End piece…..uhhhhhhh

oh yeah

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sagehen  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:48:02am

re: #35 nines09

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how big are they? I might need more than 5 to be willing to kill for them.

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nines09  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:52:24am

re: #50 sagehen

About 7 inches long and 3 inches wide. Inch deep. And I have to stop….

Philly gets props for cheesesteaks, but it’s real soft pretzels are other worldly.
One of the Major Food Groups in my youth.
Once you had hot, fresh Philly soft pretzel, you’ll remember it.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:56:00am

re: #51 nines09

About 7 inches long and 3 inches wide. Inch deep. And I have to stop….

Philly gets props for cheesesteaks, but it’s soft pretzels are other worldly.
One of the Major Food Groups in my youth.
Once you had hot, fresh Philly soft pretzel, you’ll remember it.

Mom said her favorite Philly sandwich was the roast pork. She said that sandwich was in a class by itself.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:56:17am

This tool to shut down WiFi routers and intercept the traffic is cleverly disguised as a watch so no one will suspect anything. I don’t see how this could go wrong with a disguise that’s this good.

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dat_said  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:56:37am

re: #43 Jebediah, RBG

re: #43 Jebediah, RBG

Thanks- I found it last week and started slowly making my way through it. Funny that the AI is offended by the porn suggestion!

Not pornographic (I don’t think so, anyway) - this cute little elder bad boy got himself in the top 5% in “silly selfies” daily challenge:

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And, here I thought I was bringing content to this group. Happy that you already found the SD artist’s page. Congratulations on the daily challenge. Seems like NightCafe has already run out of ideas for their daily contest (crabs? hands? vampires?). I don’t enter very often and, when I do, I quite often end up between 3.4 and 3.5 for a score, just out of the money. Not as intriguing as a Chthulhu selfie, here’s my last 3.41 effort in the No Theme Thursday:

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nines09  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:58:47am

re: #52 Joe Bacon

There are a few spots that do it right. And your mom is right. But it all comes down to your taste.
Pork or steak.

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No Malarkey!  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:59:52am

re: #34 TedStriker

Yeah, he was hot with The Cosby Show having just started the previous year and with Himself (parts of which was retooled for The Cosby Show) having been released the year before that.

Thing is, despite his carefully constructed “wholesome” image that he really started cultivating in earnest with Himself, I could totally see Cosby delivering Doc Brown’s “when this baby hits 88 MPH, you’re gonna see some serious shit” line; past that, ehhhhhhh. I’m just glad Lloyd got the part, because I hate to think about hating the BttF trilogy if Cosby was there, given what we know now.

And can you imagine James Woods in the role? That would’ve been a total miscast, never mind his politics, which are awful.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 12:03:50pm
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Jebediah, RBG  Jan 30, 2023 • 12:06:32pm

re: #54 dat_said

Nice image!
Glad it isn’t just me thinking the challenge ideas are getting a little thin.
I don’t enter challenges regularly, and almost always not cracking the top 20%. Funny, though, that I did enter the three you mention - two of them squeaked into the top 20% but my “vampires” entry - Mr. Rogers as a vampire - didn’t quite get to even a 3.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 30, 2023 • 12:19:20pm

re: #31 darthstar

Bradleys are arriving in Ukraine.

Cooper, Paisley or Pitt?

/

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jan 30, 2023 • 12:21:38pm

re: #59 Eclectic Cyborg

Cooper, Paisley or Pitt?

/

Milton

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nines09  Jan 30, 2023 • 12:31:35pm

Off to do what I must.
Sir Rod and Ron getting up in years.
As are we all.
Ron Wood was one of the most impressive guitarists I ever witnessed.

faces-I know i’m losing you

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retired cynic  Jan 30, 2023 • 12:40:58pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 30, 2023 • 12:43:01pm

Don Quixote wouldn’t have a chance against these bastards.

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nines09  Jan 30, 2023 • 12:44:24pm

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 30, 2023 • 12:45:42pm

re: #63 Eclectic Cyborg

Don Quixote wouldn’t have a chance against these bastards.

If people are flying into windmills, they are bad pilots and they should very probably not be flying at all. A note: The reason why windmills have the flashing red lights on them is to indicate, “Here is a tall object. You are required by the FAA to maintain a 500 foot separation in space from this object.”

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Belafon  Jan 30, 2023 • 12:46:46pm

The reason us in Texas don’t like winter storms: it’s in the 20s and raining, which means it will freeze on everything when it gets dark.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 12:51:15pm

re: #65 Dopamine Fish

If people are flying into windmills, they are bad pilots and they should very probably not be flying at all. A note: The reason why windmills have the flashing red lights on them is to indicate, “Here is a tall object. You are required by the FAA to maintain a 500 foot separation in space from this object.”

I think it’s more about randomly firing brain cells in the person rambling about windmills.
It’s horrifying that someone can be that broken and have millions of equally-broken fans.

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austin_blue  Jan 30, 2023 • 12:51:58pm

re: #6 Joe Bacon

re: #303 Joe Bacon

Remember when Queen Elizabeth was on a State Visit with Ford and during the state Dinner the Captain and Tenille sang “Muskrat Love” and the Queen winced.

I couldn’t blame her!

I have always despised Ford for his pardon of Nixon but, up until now, I never knew he’d invited the Captain and Tenille to a state dinner for the Queen. It says a lot for the Bit’s sense of forbearing to not immediately declare war but it drops Ford a couple of notches in my eye.

‘Mr. President, It Was Muskrats:’ Toni Tennille on the Time She Sang ‘Muskrat Love’ for Queen Elizabeth - in the White House!

It may be the most infamous performance in White House history.

To celebrate the nation’s bicentennial in 1976, one of the most popular acts of the era - the Grammy-winning husband-and-wife duo Captain and Tennille - were invited to perform for President Ford, First Lady Betty Ford, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

But the performance didn’t go quite as planned.

The couple opted to perform their camp classic, “Muskrat Love,” after the First Lady personally requested another suggestive song.

“We had two great hits, ‘Love Will Keep us Together’ and ‘The Way I Want to Touch You,’ ” she recalls. “I thought, ‘I probably can’t do ‘The Way I Want to Touch You.’ It might be a little too intimate for the White House.’ But then when Mrs. Ford came in and said, ‘Are you going to do ‘The Way I Want to Touch You?’

“I said, ‘We weren’t planning to.’ She said, ‘Oh you must! It’s Gerry and my favorite song.’ I went, ‘Okay, we’ll do that.’ Then I said to Daryl, ‘We really should do ‘Muskrat Love,’ too.’ It was a huge hit and I thought everyone would get a kick out of it. I thought they seemed like a fun group!”

But with their synthesizer - which Daryl uses in the song to recreate the sound of love-making muskrats - speakers and keyboard set up in the East Room, the volume was high - and not everyone was pleased.

Kissinger in particular seemed miserable throughout the performance, says Tennille (she good-naturedly dedicated the song to him for years after), while the Queen simply nodded off.

Muskrat Love was written here in South Austin by local slinger Willis Alan Ramsey. My wife played harp at his wedding at the Four Seasons.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jan 30, 2023 • 12:59:55pm
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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:00:22pm

re: #68 austin_blue

I never knew that when they performed they actually included the sound of muskrats fucking. That changes my whole opinion about the song.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:00:36pm

re: #67 Crush White Nationalism

It’s horrifying that someone can be that broken and have millions of equally-broken fans.

That’s pretty much how cults work.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:01:25pm

re: #70 Charles Johnson

I never knew that when they performed they actually included the sound of muskrats fucking. That changes my whole opinion about the song.

WUT

How did they get that audio?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:02:21pm

re: #72 The Pie Overlord!

WUT

How did they get that audio?

I’m not sure I really want to know.

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Jebediah, RBG  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:03:17pm

re: #61 nines09

good lord those opening chords, and the tone on them…

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jaunte  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:04:23pm

re: #68 austin_blue

There was a UT shuttle bus driver on the South Austin route in 1972 who loved that song so much it was playing every time I stepped on the bus to go home.

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Dangerman  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:05:10pm

re: #65 Dopamine Fish

If people are flying into windmills, they are bad pilots and they should very probably not be flying at all. A note: The reason why windmills have the flashing red lights on them is to indicate, “Here is a tall object. You are required by the FAA to maintain a 500 foot separation in space from this object.”

cmon the whole thing is asinine

no one is flying into windmills and they arent creating wind shear vortices that are causing ‘turbulence’

tfg couldnt even explain what he thinks this is all about
he’d say ‘everybody knows’ or something dismissive

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Grunthos the Flatulent  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:06:46pm

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SibData: 3,3,4,5

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sagehen  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:10:51pm

re: #59 Eclectic Cyborg

Cooper, Paisley or Pitt?

/

Whitford.

He’s President Bartlett’s Deputy Chief of Staff, you know…

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Mattand  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:12:21pm

re: #35 nines09

There’s a Philly Pretzel Factory up the road from me that sometimes takes some effort not to pull into.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:13:10pm

I don’t think it’s a secret that Gorka is fascist scum.

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John Hughes  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:13:30pm

re: #59 Eclectic Cyborg

Cooper, Paisley or Pitt?

/

Omar.

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darthstar  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:15:05pm

Live Nation just sucked a bunch of money out of my account. Looks like I bought myself a suite for Dead & Co in July.

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Mattand  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:17:00pm

re: #82 darthstar

Live Nation just sucked a bunch of money out of my account. Looks like I bought myself a suite for Dead & Co in July.

Given their recent woes, you better make sure it’s not just one nosebleed seat for Taylor Swift this summer.

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austin_blue  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:18:23pm

re: #70 Charles Johnson

I never knew that when they performed they actually included the sound of muskrats fucking. That changes my whole opinion about the song.

It wasn’t in the original recording Ramsey did, just solo guitar and bass and titled Muskrat Candlelight. Also on that record was the Ballad of Spider John, which was covered by Jimmy Buffett.

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No Malarkey!  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:18:30pm

TFG defines himself as “President Trump” in this new lawsuit.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:19:57pm

re: #85 No Malarkey!

TFG defines himself as “President Trump” in this new lawsuit.

A lot of places style him as “President Trump”, and it seems that this has become the new default title for former Presidents of the United States.

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EstebanTornado1963  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:20:05pm

re: #5 Ace Rothstein

I heard that Bobby Hull died and never knew that he was a MAGAt-infested asshole. He also had a thing for beating up a couple of his wives. Nice life, bro.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:20:11pm

re: #82 darthstar

One company controls a wide swath of the concert industry, and lawmakers say music fans are paying the price. (NYT - Paywall)

Click to Reveal

By Ashley Wu

Good morning. One company controls a wide swath of the concert industry, and lawmakers say music fans are paying the price.

Ticketmaster has come under intense scrutiny since it botched the rollout of tickets to Taylor Swift’s tour late last year. Though the company has long been accused of anti-consumer practices, the backlash to the Swift debacle brought a new level of public attention. This week, the Senate held a hearing that explored whether Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, have an unfair monopoly over the live music industry.

I spoke with Ben Sisario, who covers the music industry for The Times, about how Ticketmaster become so dominant.

Ashley: How did we get from Taylor Swift tickets to a Senate hearing?

Ben: It was a phenomenal pop-culture moment. Taylor Swift, the biggest artist in the world, announced that she was going on tour for the first time in years. When there are millions of people trying to get a limited supply of tickets, there are going to be a lot of people left unhappy.

But Ticketmaster’s website also had a lot of problems. Ticketmaster said its system was overwhelmed by bots, which are used by scalpers to grab tickets ahead of real fans, and then sell those tickets back to them at inflated prices. When people logged on to purchase tickets, they were dumped into a digital queue with every other fan — and all the bots. Some fans said that even if they got through the line and added tickets to their shopping cart, by the time they went to check out, the tickets were gone.

It broke the internet. Huge numbers of people complained that they didn’t get a ticket and said that Ticketmaster failed to do its job. That caught the attention of politicians. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for Live Nation and Ticketmaster to be broken up, and Senator Amy Klobuchar announced a hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The complaints from fans pointed to a longstanding criticism that Ticketmaster lacks any real competition. How did the industry come to be dominated by one company?

Live Nation Entertainment as we know it is the combination of two companies: Live Nation, the events promoter — which hires artists and puts on shows — and Ticketmaster, the ticket seller. These are usually separate jobs in the live music business.

The whole world of concert promotion had been small-scale and regional until the late 1990s, when it was all rolled up and Live Nation became the biggest concert company ever. Ticketmaster had been around for a long time, but it had never been in the business of hiring artists to play shows. The two companies were already dominant in their respective industries, and in 2010, they merged.

Usually with mergers that big, the government has to ensure that the new company will protect consumer interests. Were officials worried about a monopoly at the time?

To approve the merger, the Justice Department required that the combined company agree to certain rules. One was that Ticketmaster wasn’t allowed to force venues to sign ticketing deals by threatening to deny them access to Live Nation tours. They couldn’t say, “If you don’t use Ticketmaster, you’re not getting X-Y-Z tours next year.”

But a few years ago, the Justice Department investigated and found that Ticketmaster had in fact done this a number of times.

And at the hearing this week, the C.E.O. of rival ticketing service SeatGeek testified that when they pitch their services, venues will be impressed with their proposal, but say that they’re worried about losing concerts if they drop Ticketmaster. Senator Klobuchar said that this is the definition of monopoly — that Live Nation doesn’t even need to exert pressure, and people just fall in line.

How do artists feel about this? Could they just sell their own tickets?

Nearly 30 years ago, Pearl Jam sued Ticketmaster, which the band said had a monopoly on concert tickets. They tried to book a tour without Ticketmaster, but it was a challenge for them to find venues to play outside the Ticketmaster ecosystem. They eventually abandoned the fight and came back to Ticketmaster.

For very large artists, it could be possible. Taylor Swift sells her own merch; maybe she could sell tickets too? But there is a status quo built into the marketplace for live music: An artist goes out and makes a deal with a promoter to put on a show, the promoter finds a venue for the show to happen, and the venue has a deal with a ticketing system for everyone who performs there. It’s not easy to change, especially when one big player controls multiple parts of it.

Back in 2018, we reported that Ticketmaster handles 80 of the top 100 U.S. venues. The company’s market share is a matter of debate, but it is still very high.

What might come after the Senate hearing?

It’s unclear. If the Justice Department does seek to break up the company, it would be a very big deal. Even though the senators were united in their displeasure about the power that Live Nation Entertainment has, I think it’s an uphill battle to change the system.

For now, those who argue that Live Nation and Ticketmaster are a monopoly say that the company’s position in the market is so strong that they can fail Taylor Swift and other huge artists like Bad Bunny, and still not be fired. And when the next superstar artist goes on tour, they will have virtually no choice but to work with Ticketmaster.

Ben Sisario has written for The Times since 1998. His first live concert was Henry Mancini sometime in the early 1980s, with his parents.

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austin_blue  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:21:41pm

Here’s a good story:

theguardian.com

Pretty quick read, too.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:22:06pm

re: #86 Dopamine Fish

A lot of places style him as “President Trump”, and it seems that this has become the new default title for former Presidents of the United States.

I think it’s always been that way. It’s just that Trump should be stripped of the title before we launch him into space so his corpse can’t stink up the place.

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John Hughes  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:22:34pm

re: #63 Eclectic Cyborg

Don Quixote wouldn’t have a chance against these bastards.

Somebody told him about the problems some radar systems have with windmills and it went through the low flow toilet between his ears and came out like this, shitty and stupid.

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nines09  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:22:58pm

re: #79 Mattand

There’s a Philly Pretzel Factory up the road from me that sometimes takes some effort not to pull into.

Close but no Garcia y Vega.
You have to hit them as a batch comes out. And ask for two end pieces.
I will buy them, but it’s entirely up to who runs it owns it and who cares.
Had good ones, had shit, which I walked back in.
Still beats the crap out of Super Pretzel frozen in Jersey.

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No Malarkey!  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:23:21pm
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Dopamine Fish  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:23:47pm

re: #90 Crush White Nationalism

I think it’s always been that way. It’s just that Trump should be stripped of the title before we launch him into space so his corpse can’t stink up the place.

The more interesting bit to me is that he addresses the Court as “President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, in his individual capacity.” Does he have an official capacity? I suppose, if he was suing over something that occurred while he was in office, he could sue in his official capacity as President of the United States. That seems like a godawful mess legally, though.

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John Hughes  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:23:57pm

re: #68 austin_blue

Muskrat Love was written here in South Austin by local slinger Willis Alan Ramsey. My wife played harp at his wedding at the Four Seasons.

Damn but Texas is incestuous. :)

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:24:38pm
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cat-tikvah  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:26:31pm

re: #35 nines09

That’s what we had as snacks for the Eagles game. With mustard, the way God intended.

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BeenHereAwhile  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:27:27pm

re: #59 Eclectic Cyborg

Cooper, Paisley or Pitt?

/

Truman

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Romantic Heretic  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:27:47pm

re: #93 No Malarkey!

Sentence first, then trial!

It’s The American Way™

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Mattand  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:27:56pm

re: #80 Crush White Nationalism

I don’t think it’s a secret that Gorka is fascist scum.

Heh, wait’ll Count Gorkula finds out Bill was in the game and gay there as well (although it was only hinted at in letters you find through that level.)

That said:

SPOILERS for the show by way of the games’ plots:

Click to Reveal

People who are homophobes who haven’t played the DLC for the first game, or for the sequel are really going to flip their shit when it’s revealed Ellie is gay. In the trailers, there’s a quick shot of a young Black girl riding a carousel who most likely is Riley, which is taken directly from the first game’s DLC.

Trust me, the big freakout over the HBO series is coming, and it’s not going to be pleasant.

I’ve played both games and enjoyed them immensely. The series is knocking it out of the park and last night’s episode will go down as one of the greatest in TV history. I know that sounds like that’s hyperbole, but it’s that good. That episode deserves every Emmy it is eligible for.

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nines09  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:28:08pm

re: #97 cat-tikvah

Hanging on The Wheel Of Fortune under the lamps?
After 3 pounders, ok…..

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:30:24pm

Fart Machine

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John Hughes  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:30:42pm

re: #84 austin_blue

It wasn’t in the original recording Ramsey did, just solo guitar and bass and titled Muskrat Candlelight. Also on that record was the Ballad of Spider John, which was covered by Jimmy Buffett.

With or without real or interpreted spider sounds?

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:30:48pm

re: #101 Mattand

Heh, wait’ll Count Gorkula finds out Bill was in the game and gay there as well (although it was only hinted at in letters you find through that level.)

That said:

SPOILERS for the show by way of the games’ plots:

[Embedded content]

I’ve played both games and enjoyed them immensely. The series is knocking it out of the park and last night’s episode will go down as one of the greatest in TV history. I know that sounds like that’s hyperbole, but it’s that good. That episode deserves every Emmy it is eligible for.

I’m waiting another month for The Last of Us to come out on PC rather than play the old version on my PS4. I do own the PS4 version, but only played it briefly because there are a million other things I could be doing.

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nines09  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:31:03pm

re: #103 Charles Johnson

You get old enough, you don nee no machine….

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:31:12pm

“Besides, you can adjust position and speed to produce different fart sounds, which is very easy and interesting”

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Mattand  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:31:48pm

re: #103 Charles Johnson

Fart Machine

The product title on the page is way too short.

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John Hughes  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:33:06pm

re: #89 austin_blue

Good story. Don’t talk about the elephant.

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Belafon  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:33:53pm

The meteorologist said that there’s two inches of sleet up at Denton, which is far away from me. The big stuff for us is more later this evening and tomorrow.

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Mattand  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:33:54pm

re: #105 Crush White Nationalism

I’m waiting another month for The Last of Us to come out on PC rather than play the old version on my PS4. I do own the PS4 version, but only played it briefly because there are a million other things I could be doing.

You won’t be disappointed, but man, it can get heavy emotinally.

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nines09  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:34:37pm

re: #107 Charles Johnson

Then rub ammonia on your hand and wave it….

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:37:18pm

I like trash cheese and ABBA. Personal likes are hard to quantify.

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austin_blue  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:37:43pm

re: #110 Belafon

The meteorologist said that there’s two inches of sleet up at Denton, which is far away from me. The big stuff for us is more later this evening and tomorrow.

Poor Shiplord is getting Thunder Sleet over in Weatherford. Brrrrr…

And yes, that’s a thing down here.

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John Hughes  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:37:51pm

re: #112 nines09

Then rub ammonia on your hand and wave it….

Ammonia? What on earth have you been eating?

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Mattand  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:39:51pm

re: #115 John Hughes

Ammonia? What on earth have you been eating?

If you’re getting soft pretzels from street vendors, it’s probably not the worst idea, LOL.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:40:35pm

re: #115 John Hughes

Ammonia? What on earth have you been eating?

Probably more ‘dangerous’ than a gas stove.

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nines09  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:52:55pm

re: #118 No Malarkey!

Good news! A federal judge has ensured that when you head to the beach or a casino in New Jersey, you can still pack heat.

When I go the shore to sit on the beach I always pack. /////// infinity
In the casinos? Have you ever seen people lose it in a casino?
You want them packing?
Christ I’m going in June.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:53:13pm

re: #118 No Malarkey!

Good news! A federal judge has ensured that when you head to the beach or a casino in New Jersey, you can still pack heat.

That’s great news for people who would otherwise have had to go out to their car to get their gun to shoot up the place after losing everything at a casino.

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Belafon  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:55:01pm
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John Hughes  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:57:53pm

re: #118 No Malarkey!

Good news! A federal judge has ensured that when you head to the beach or a casino in New Jersey, you can still pack heat.

On the beach, in speedos?

Casinos are private property, right? What makes the judge think he decides?

(All time winner ottokorect fuckip?)

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:58:19pm

re: #121 Belafon

We have too many media outlets asking too many people to create content to fill their pages. This results in a lot of garbage content.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 1:58:36pm

Mastodon

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The Pie Overlord!  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:04:08pm

re: #88 Crush White Nationalism

One company controls a wide swath of the concert industry, and lawmakers say music fans are paying the price. (NYT - Paywall)

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Doesn’t the mass purchase of tickets by touts/bots/scalpers mean there will be large blocks of empty seats at the venue?

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Dangerman  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:05:11pm

re: #85 No Malarkey!

NEW: Donald Trump has filed a $49 million lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward and Woodward’s publisher for selling recordings of his interviews as an audiobook, claiming he agreed to be taped but not for public release.

won’t work

i see ‘frivolous’ coming up right quick

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:08:21pm

re: #125 The Pie Overlord!

Doesn’t the mass purchase of tickets by touts/bots/scalpers mean there will be large blocks of empty seats at the venue?

If the scalpers misjudged demand, yes. If they get it right, they make a ton of money gouging fans.

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Belafon  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:11:09pm
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Mattand  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:11:23pm

re: #118 No Malarkey!

Good news! A federal judge has ensured that when you head to the beach or a casino in New Jersey, you can still pack heat.

And we’re one of the more sane states when it comes to gun control. Think about that for a minute.

Christ. Guns are to the US as heroin is to a junkie: it never ends well for everyone involved and there’s a lot of incidental splash damage.

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John Hughes  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:12:32pm

re: #128 Belafon

My god! It’s full of pronouns!

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:17:30pm

re: #128 Belafon

That’s absurd a slight overstatement. Plenty of five women have been involved in U.S. mass shootings in America since 1982.

That’s a graph that clearly tells a story.

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darthstar  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:18:19pm

re: #83 Mattand

Given their recent woes, you better make sure it’s not just one nosebleed seat for Taylor Swift this summer.

I called the suite manager at Oracle. Gave him my card. Then he had Live Nation process it.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:19:23pm

re: #130 John Hughes

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Teukka  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:19:55pm

re: #121 Belafon

A narrative in many types of games helps, IMO.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:22:27pm

re: #130 John Hughes

My god! It’s full of pronouns!

The horror.

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wrenchwench  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:24:17pm

I took myself out for breakfast lunch. The waitress said, ‘Good morning. Oh, I guess I have to start saying good afternoon.’ Another woman came up to me as I sat at the counter and said, ‘OK, this is pretty out there, but…Did you teach philosophy? You look like my philosophy teacher.’ I laughed and said, ‘I took a class once’.

I have reached a certain level of goofy-looking. Philosophy teacher.

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The GOP is a racist terrorist organization  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:28:40pm
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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:32:07pm

re: #137 The GOP is a racist terrorist organization

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John Hughes  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:32:36pm

re: #134 Teukka

A narrative in many types of games helps, IMO.

Films do narrative so much better.

Mario.

Street fighter.

Resident evil.

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Romantic Heretic  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:33:06pm

re: #118 No Malarkey!

Good news! A federal judge has ensured that when you head to the beach or a casino in New Jersey, you can still pack heat.

Man. The fun I could have with a string of firecrackers. //

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Belafon  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:33:12pm

LOLOLOLOL

She gonna be a handful.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:34:08pm

re: #122 John Hughes

re: #118 No Malarkey!

Good news! A federal judge has ensured that when you head to the beach or a casino in New Jersey, you can still pack heat.

On the beach, in speedos?

Say Mike that’s a pretty big bulge in your Speedo… 😈

OOPS!!!!!! 😵

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Romantic Heretic  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:35:51pm

re: #123 Crush White Nationalism

We have too many media outlets asking too many people to create content to fill their pages. This results in a lot of garbage content.

95% of everything is crap. - Sturgeon’s Law

Even mine. At least I don’t set out to create crap. - Ellison’s counter to Sturgeon’s Law

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John Hughes  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:38:17pm

re: #142 Joe Bacon

One wrong move and gender reassignment surgery is the only solution.

Or a sausage. And a couple of eggs.

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sagehen  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:38:57pm

re: #125 The Pie Overlord!

Doesn’t the mass purchase of tickets by touts/bots/scalpers mean there will be large blocks of empty seats at the venue?

For Taylor Swift or Bruce Springsteen or the Stones? Not a chance.

There’s also significant chunks of tickets sold to credit card companies, to be made available at a reasonable price to Amex or Citibank’s preferred cardholders.

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John Hughes  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:39:34pm

re: #141 Belafon

A good dad would have backed her.

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sagehen  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:46:55pm

Jake from State Farm - SNL

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John Hughes  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:47:26pm

re: #138 Crush White Nationalism

Many countries have different rules between national and local elections. Often the rule is some variant of “legal residents get to vote in local elections”.

And why not?

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:49:58pm

re: #148 John Hughes

Many countries have different rules between national and local elections. Often the rule is some variant of “legal residents get to vote in local elections”.

And why not?

Because Republicans are always looking for an outgroup to hate, and landed on immigrants. It didn’t have to be immigrants, but they absolutely need someone to hate, and immigrants fit well enough.

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Belafon  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:51:54pm

re: #147 sagehen

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That one had the right amount of creep and did a great job skewering the commercials.

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nines09  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:52:56pm

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:57:08pm

re: #151 nines09

Is that actually a real album or just a graphic someone created?

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 2:59:41pm

re: #151 nines09

Ok so that was Sarah Huckabee’s prior gig…

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:06:10pm

Annie Wersching’s first role was on Star Trek:Enterprise, where I didn’t recognize her until an article mentioned it.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:07:47pm

Principal orders librarian to take down Holocaust survivor’s famous quote

A Pennsylvania principal drew criticism last week after telling a Bucks County school librarian to take down posters with a famous quote by Elie Wiesel, the Nobel Peace Prize winning human rights activist, professor, and Holocaust survivor, just days before Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Central Bucks School District reportedly has ties to an organization that appears on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of anti-LGBTQ hate groups.

Despite being under investigation by the U.S. Dept. of Education’s Office of Civil Rights after an ACLU complaint, the Central Bucks School District earlier this month voted 6-3 to pass “a contentious policy that bans teachers from engaging in ‘advocacy activities’ and displaying inclusive symbols like Pride flags in their classrooms,” WHYY reported earlier this month.

Citing that new rule, known as Policy 321, the school principal told Central Bucks High School South librarian Matt Pecic to take down four posters that displayed Wiesel’s famous quote from his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, WHYY reports.

“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented,” Wiesel said.

alternet.org

I’m sure the good right wing Xtians on this School Board will insist that “both sides” are taught about the Holocaust. 🤬

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:13:13pm

They can’t pass shit. It’s a performance to excite the base and alienate everyone else.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:19:19pm

re: #156 Crush White Nationalism

I’m sure those wonderful Xtian Republicans will allow a Scott DesJarlais Carve Out on their Absolute Abortion Ban which will allow the mistresses of Republican officeholders to have full access to abortion on demand.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:19:33pm

re: #35 nines09

You are not the only one. :)

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Belafon  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:20:31pm

Interesting: swytchbike.com. As far as I can tell, you get a front wheel with a motor in the axle, a battery mount, and a battery that you can take off. It has a top speed of 20m/hr for 50 miles for the larger battery.

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Belafon  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:21:06pm

re: #157 Joe Bacon

I’m sure those wonderful Xtian Republicans will allow a Scott DesJarlais Carve Out on their Absolute Abortion Ban which will allow the mistresses of Republican officeholders to have full access to abortion on demand.

Just weekly tours of Japan and Europe.

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sizzzzlerz  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:21:44pm

re: #120 Crush White Nationalism

That’s great news for people who would otherwise have had to go out to their car to get their gun to shoot up the place after losing everything at a casino.

Should save them 15, 20 minutes before they start double tapping blue haired grannies over by the slots.

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Nojay UK  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:23:31pm

re: #148 John Hughes

Many countries have different rules between national and local elections. Often the rule is some variant of “legal residents get to vote in local elections”.

Here in the UK, citizens of Commonwealth countries such as Canada, Pakistan, India etc. who are resident here can vote in all elections, local, regional and national. Similarly citizens of the Republic of Ireland can also vote in all elections and they have an automatic right to reside in the UK without requiring a visa. Anyone who is legally resident (students, visa holders etc.) can vote in local elections and some regional elections regardless of their nationality.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:24:45pm

Bill Maher has a video podcast where he smokes a blunt, drinks, and promotes Republican talking points. Maybe he was jealous of Rogan.

Bill Maher and Bryan Cranston Spar Over Critical Race Theory After Actor Calls it ‘Essential to Be Teaching’: Sounds Like You’re in the ‘Hollywood Woke Camp’ (Mediaite)

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nines09  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:26:08pm

re: #152 Eclectic Cyborg

Is that actually a real album or just a graphic someone created?

ma baguette est chaude et moelleuse

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sizzzzlerz  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:26:52pm

re: #142 Joe Bacon

re: #118 No Malarkey!

Good news! A federal judge has ensured that when you head to the beach or a casino in New Jersey, you can still pack heat.

On the beach, in speedos?

Say Mike that’s a pretty big bulge in your Speedo… 😈

OOPS!!!!!! 😵

Is that a .45 in your speedo or are you just happy to see me?

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wrenchwench  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:30:31pm

re: #159 Belafon

Interesting: swytchbike.com. As far as I can tell, you get a front wheel with a motor in the axle, a battery mount, and a battery that you can take off. It has a top speed of 20m/hr for 50 miles for the larger battery.

‘Universal’—ha! That rim has to end up between those brake pads. One size fits that size only.

That’s the worst place to mount the weight of a battery.

I’ll quit there.

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wrenchwench  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:32:44pm

re: #166 wrenchwench

‘Universal’—ha! That rim has to end up between those brake pads. One size fits that size only.

That’s the worst place to mount the weight of a battery.

I’ll quit there.

Never mind. They sell a bunch of different sizes.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:33:21pm

…

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:35:14pm

il Duce De Sadist’s Stooges aren’t content with what they have imposed so far.

‘Is this 2023?’ Miami newspaper rips Florida GOP lawmakers for playing ‘fashion police’ with female employees

During the mid-2000s, some far-right culture warriors were raging against the ankle-length peasant skirts or gypsy skirts that were popular at the time. But in 2023, Republicans in the Florida House of Representatives are worried about skirts they think are too short rather than too long. And the Miami Herald’s editorial board, in a blistering editorial published on January 27, slams those Republicans for playing “fashion police” with female employees, wondering, “Is this 2023?”

“The Florida House, not content with creating an election police force, banning books in schools or regulating women’s bodies when it comes to pregnancy, has apparently taken on yet another enforcement role: fashion police,” the Miami Herald editorial board argues. “Women, say goodbye to your sleeveless tops ‘when members are in the building.’ The sight of your upper arms is too much for the hallowed halls of the (Florida State) Legislature to bear, it seems. And short skirts? We can’t believe you even asked.”

alternet.org

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:35:56pm

re: #156 Crush White Nationalism

They can’t pass shit. It’s a performance to excite the base and alienate everyone else.

Good plan. Turn off everyone except the rabid base.

I’m ok with that. Go for it.

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Jebediah, RBG  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:38:21pm

re: #163 Crush White Nationalism

Fuck Bill Maher.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:39:39pm

re: #171 Jebediah, RBG

Fuck Bill Maher.

He’s always been a Libertarian, in other words he’s a Republican who smokes pot.

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Jebediah, RBG  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:40:57pm

re: #172 Joe Bacon

He’s always been a Libertarian, in other words he’s a Republican who smokes pot.

Also, he is an asshole.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:46:23pm

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Belafon  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:46:31pm

re: #166 wrenchwench

‘Universal’—ha! That rim has to end up between those brake pads. One size fits that size only.

That’s the worst place to mount the weight of a battery.

I’ll quit there.

They do seem to seel a bunch of different types of rims. The battery part is definitely weird; reading a bit, it seems to be because the top of the battery has power controls on it.

I would definitely want to see more about how it’s faired in practice.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:47:39pm

re: #174 Crush White Nationalism

Nail on the head to whomever drew it.

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wrenchwench  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:47:57pm

re: #175 Belafon

They do seem to seel a bunch of different types of rims. The batter part is definitely weird; reading a bit, it seems to be because the top of the battery has power controls in it.

I would definitely want to see more about how it’s faired in practice.

Looks like they want you to sign up for when they get some. I wonder which batch it is, first? second?

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:51:43pm

re: #163 Crush White Nationalism

Bill Maher has a video podcast where he smokes a blunt, drinks, and promotes Republican talking points. Maybe he was jealous of Rogan.

Bill Maher and Bryan Cranston Spar Over Critical Race Theory After Actor Calls it ‘Essential to Be Teaching’: Sounds Like You’re in the ‘Hollywood Woke Camp’ (Mediaite)

It comes up frequently on FB reels. He’s such a smarmy asshole, but x100 when he’s “fixing drinks” and smoking blunts. I get out in a nanosecond. And of course the next reel is Jordan Peterson.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:56:10pm

re: #175 Belafon

They do seem to seel a bunch of different types of rims. The battery part is definitely weird; reading a bit, it seems to be because the top of the battery has power controls on it.

I would definitely want to see more about how it’s faired in practice.

It looks like there’s a single button on the battery. I’d think that the lights are remaining battery capacity rather than an adjustable output indicator.

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:56:47pm
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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:57:02pm

re: #178 Barefoot Grin

It comes up frequently on FB reels. He’s such a smarmy asshole, but x100 when he’s “fixing drinks” and smoking blunts. I get out in a nanosecond. And of course the next reel is Jordan Peterson.

I did not make it through the whole thing.

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wrenchwench  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:59:48pm

re: #179 Crush White Nationalism

It looks like there’s a single button on the battery. I’d think that the lights are remaining battery capacity rather than an adjustable output indicator.

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End result will vary with wheel size.

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 30, 2023 • 3:59:56pm

This is an insightful comment:

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The Pie Overlord!  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:08:30pm

I saw this burger at eater.com and I had to make it for Zed because burgers are his favorite food.

I made this but without the cheese. These are the greatest burgers ever.

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:20:32pm

re: #66 Belafon

The reason us in Texas don’t like winter storms: it’s in the 20s and raining, which means it will freeze on everything when it gets dark.

re: #110 Belafon

The meteorologist said that there’s two inches of sleet up at Denton, which is far away from me. The big stuff for us is more later this evening and tomorrow.

Sorry to hear about the ice storm. Sounds like it will be hitting parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Western Tennessee and possibly South Western Kentucky as well.

Hope all make it through okay!

The Sperry-Pilitz Ice Accumulation Matrix might be of interest. It is what the NWS uses to gauge possible ice storm damage.

Wiki - Sperry Pilitz Ice Accumulation Index

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:29:04pm
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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:32:39pm
Williams died in Los Angeles at age 75 on Wednesday after a brief illness, her children, Zak and Emily Hudson, said in a statement released through family spokeswoman Liza Cranis.

“The passing of our kind, hilarious mother, Cindy Williams, has brought us insurmountable sadness that could never truly be expressed,” the statement said. “Knowing and loving her has been our joy and privilege. She was one of a kind, beautiful, generous and possessed a brilliant sense of humor and a glittering spirit that everyone loved.”

‘Laverne & Shirley’ actor Cindy Williams dies at 75 (AP via MSN)

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:34:31pm

re: #187 Crush White Nationalism

RIP Ms Williams. That is so sad.

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jeffreyw  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:35:31pm

Here in Beautiful Southern Illinois we had a trace of ice last night that never melted and there is now a band of freezing rain passing through. I will be home for a while, inside where it is warm and dry.

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:36:20pm

re: #186 Joe Bacon

So, if I get this straight, Crowder admits to an anger management problem while wearing a gun manufacturer’s t-shirt and prominently displaying a pistol.

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Belafon  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:36:37pm

re: #177 wrenchwench

Looks like they want you to sign up for when they get some. I wonder which batch it is, first? second?

Second I think.

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:37:13pm

re: #188 PhillyPretzel

I hope that your ears were burning upthread!

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Belafon  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:37:13pm

re: #179 Crush White Nationalism

It looks like there’s a single button on the battery. I’d think that the lights are remaining battery capacity rather than an adjustable output indicator.

[Embedded content]

Thanks. Some of what I read was probably about the older model.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:37:28pm

re: #190 ckkatz

So, if I get this straight, Crowder admits to an anger management problem while wearing a gun manufacturer’s t-shirt and prominently displaying a pistol.

Checking at least two good-Republican boxes. Before we know it, he’ll be a Senator.

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gocart mozart  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:37:42pm
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jaunte  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:37:44pm
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PhillyPretzel  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:39:18pm

re: #192 ckkatz

Read my #158.

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:40:22pm

re: #195 gocart mozart

Obligatory comment that I do not think that is going to buff out.

Glad to hear that nobody was injured. Although it sounds like one of the ladies was a bit traumatized.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:41:42pm

re: #87 EstebanTornado1963

[Embedded content]

FWIW:
Hull was just talking cattle

MOSCOW - While a Moscow newspaper stood by its report that Bobby Hull voiced pro-Nazi sentiments, a translator who heard the interview said Thursday he may have been misunderstood or quoted out of context.

Svetlana Murashkina told the Canadian Press she was helping another reporter interview Hull when a Moscow Times reporter joined the informal session. She said the former NHL star, who has strongly denied the newspaper’s report, was asked about Hitler and other world leaders for a feature story on the 21st century.

“As far as I remember, the question was, “What do you think, is it possible that in the next century there will appear some rebel like Hitler and Stalin?’ something like this,” Murashkina said. “In fact Bobby Hull answered not directly. He made some speculations … just talking on the item. The word Nazis wasn’t mentioned at all.

“He said that, for example: “I raise cattle, I know something about genetics.’ He told that maybe … Hitler tried to make some perfect race but went too far, and that was not good,” Murashkina added.

When asked about Hitler, “He immediately transferred to the analogy about cows,” she said.

The English-language Moscow Times said in a statement,

“The story was a fair and accurate record of the interview” conducted by its correspondent last week.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:41:46pm

re: #196 jaunte

No fatalities. Yet.
Lakeland mass shooting leaves 10 injured, police investigating

Lakeland police are investigating a shooting that left 10 people injured Monday afternoon.

Investigators said the shooting happened near Iowa Avenue North and Plum Street around 3:43 p.m.

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Belafon  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:41:57pm

re: #196 jaunte

I’m beginning to think we need to start spreading rumors that some of the guys running around with guns are liberals and are dangerous.

/ (more than zero, but less than one)

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jaunte  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:45:45pm
“This is something that doesn’t happen in Lakeland,” [Police Chief Sam] Taylor said.

Have you met America, Sam?

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:46:53pm

re: #185 ckkatz

Sorry to hear about the ice storm. Sounds like it will be hitting parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Western Tennessee and possibly South Western Kentucky as well.

Hope all make it through okay!

The Sperry-Pilitz Ice Accumulation Matrix might be of interest. It is what the NWS uses to gauge possible ice storm damage.

[Embedded content]

Wiki - Sperry Pilitz Ice Accumulation Index

Did you know that the Pilitz family is related by blood to the Soros family and that they have developed an instrument—some say a lazer—that turns benign snow into weaponized ice and that’s how he knew the danger levels because he, like, invented them? ///////

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jaunte  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:47:05pm

Any police chief who thinks their town is immune from mass shootings needs to stop fantasizing.

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:47:21pm

Sadly, I do not see this happening.
(Btw Rubin was a practicing attorney for about 20 years.)

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:49:43pm

re: #203 Barefoot Grin

Did you know that the Pilitz family is related by blood to the Soros family and that they have developed an instrument—some say a lazer—that turns benign snow into weaponized ice and that’s how he knew the danger levels because he, like, invented them? ///////

I see that you slipped that in. I guess that I’ll let it slide.

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:49:43pm

re: #204 jaunte

Any police chief who thinks their town is immune from mass shootings needs to stop fantasizing.

I’ve gone from having active shooter at work (in the classroom and hallways) dreams as paranoid fantasies a few years ago to running through my escape or lockdown plans as a pragmatic exercise today in my troubled sleep.

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retired cynic  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:50:14pm

Why 10,000 Pounds of Rubber are Stripped From Runways | Cars Insider

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:51:55pm

re: #163 Crush White Nationalism

Speaking of Maher -

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jaunte  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:55:10pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 30, 2023 • 4:59:53pm

Mastodon

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retired cynic  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:00:44pm

re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth

num num num

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:01:49pm
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Barefoot Grin  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:02:09pm

re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

Oh my that looks good. And I just got filled up on my wife’s lasagna that she can’t even eat due to gluten (not celiac) and lactose issues.

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jaunte  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:02:25pm
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wrenchwench  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:04:42pm

re: #206 ckkatz

I see that you slipped that in. I guess that I’ll let it slide.

Rerun, from last week or so;

Paul Simon - Slip Slidin’ Away (Official Audio)

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:08:07pm

re: #216 wrenchwench

Hah!

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DodgerFan1988  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:09:40pm

re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:09:56pm

re: #103 Charles Johnson

Fart Machine

Capybara farting compilation

220
Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:11:50pm

re: #118 No Malarkey!

Good news! A federal judge has ensured that when you head to the beach or a casino in New Jersey, you can still pack heat.

Wait! There’s more!

Bumb [the appropriately-named judge] three weeks ago blocked other parts of the law in a similar lawsuit brought by different plaintiffs. Those measures included bans on carrying guns in public libraries, museums, bars and restaurants and on private property without the owner’s explicit permission, as well as transporting loaded guns in vehicles.

Someone can carry a gun on your private property without your express permission.

221
ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:15:27pm
222
TarHellion  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:16:01pm

re: #118 No Malarkey!

Dammit, I told you to deal me a 7, not an 8!!!

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nines09  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:17:42pm

instagram.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:19:00pm

re: #106 nines09

You get old enough, you don nee no machine….

can confirm…

225
electrotek  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:19:09pm

Since when did it become impossible to sign up for a new Twitter account?! I keep getting asked to enter a phone number and none of my Google Voice numbers will work. And I am NOT going to use my personal phone number lest I get suspended right away and can’t remove it afterwards.

226
ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:21:05pm
227
Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:24:25pm

re: #219 Backwoods_Sleuth

I’m laughing like a teenage boy right now. 😂😭

228
EPR-radar  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:25:02pm

re: #226 ckkatz

Every Republican with the slightest bit of the only kind of competence a Republican can have (the art of seizing power) knows that Trump is the 2024 GOP presidential nominee unless he drops dead between now and then.

DeSantis et al. aren’t going to make any real moves against Trump because they think (correctly) that this will piss off the GOP base (now a wholly owned Trumpco subsidiary).

229
TarHellion  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:25:40pm

re: #226 ckkatz

To re-iterate, the GQP opted in 2016 to award virtually all of its delegates to the plurality winner. When FFVCS goes after DeSadist - and there is ample material - he will get the 30-35 percent he needs to be nominated again.

230
Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:27:48pm

re: #221 ckkatz

Most suits, filed relatively recently, haven’t yet produced notable rulings. But a federal judge in California dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Ms. Kardashian and other celebrities, saying the plaintiffs hadn’t sufficiently made allegations that celebrity promoters had conspired with others to pump up the value of digital tokens.

“The court acknowledges that this action raises legitimate concerns over celebrities’ ability to readily persuade millions of undiscerning followers to buy snake oil with unprecedented ease and reach,” U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald wrote. “But, while the law certainly places limits on those advertisers, it also expects investors to act reasonably before basing their bets on the zeitgeist of the moment.”

They see that it’s a con, but say investors should know better than to fall for a blatant con.

It gets blurry when the celebrity may have been conned themselves, and some people will call selling bored apes NFTs and celebrity tokens honest business transactions, even though it’s clear that they have no value beyond being hyped to idiots.

It’ll be interesting to see if anyone is held responsible for what seems to me to be 100% a grift.

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:28:42pm

re: #225 electrotek

Since when did it become impossible to sign up for a new Twitter account?! I keep getting asked to enter a phone number and none of my Google Voice numbers will work. And I am NOT going to use my personal phone number lest I get suspended right away and can’t remove it afterwards.

Apparently twitter stopped permitting them for 2factor authentication just before Christmas.

It looks like Twitter has dropped support for text message two-factor authentication (2FA) using Google Voice numbers.

According to 9To5Google(Opens in a new window), trying to confirm a virtual Google Voice number using 2FA results in an error message that says: “We cannot currently register this phone number.” And when users attempt re-add a Voice number to an account after removing it, Twitter says, “This phone number can’t be registered. Try signing in with email instead.”

PCMag - Twitter Reportedly Blocks Google Voice Numbers From SMS Authentication

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:31:57pm
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electrotek  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:31:58pm

re: #231 ckkatz

Apparently twitter stopped permitting them for 2factor authentication just before Christmas.

PCMag - Twitter Reportedly Blocks Google Voice Numbers From SMS Authentication

Absolutely ridiculous. None of the websites that supply free SMS numbers work either.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:32:07pm

re: #225 electrotek

Since when did it become impossible to sign up for a new Twitter account?! I keep getting asked to enter a phone number and none of my Google Voice numbers will work. And I am NOT going to use my personal phone number lest I get suspended right away and can’t remove it afterwards.

I don’t know if Google Voice numbers ever worked. I had to use a real phone number because mine didn’t long ago.

A real phone number is only $20 in the United States. Online services other than Google may also work. I never looked for them.
TracFone TCL Flip 2, 8GB, Black - Prepaid Flip Phone (Locked) (Amazon)

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:33:24pm

This colorful picture are the winds at 500mb, up were the jets fly highest and where jet-streams are evident. You can see the low sitting off of TJ - it was at the bight of California yesterday:

So far we’ve received less than a half inch of rain, thought.

It will be cold tomorrow night.

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wrenchwench  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:38:10pm

re: #235 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

This colorful picture are the winds at 500mb, up were the jets fly highest and where jet-streams are evident. You can see the low sitting off of TJ - it was at the bight of California yesterday:

[Embedded content]

So far we’ve received less than a half inch of rain, thought.

It will be cold tomorrow night.

So that’s not AI, it’s NI? (Natural Intelligence) RBI? (Reality Based Intelligence)

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:42:10pm
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Egregious Philbin  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:43:35pm

re: #179 Crush White Nationalism

It seems like if you try to convert a regular bike to e-bike you end up with a crappy bike and a crappy e-bike.

No thanks, I’ll ride my Pedego instead.

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:45:36pm

I don’t think this has been posted yet. If it has, my apologies -

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:46:14pm

re: #227 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I’m laughing like a teenage boy right now. 😂😭

hell, I’m laughing like a legit old lady

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:46:30pm

re: #237 ckkatz

Well there’s always that new right wing pigpen that started up where Matt can take a dump!

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:47:51pm

Polyphia. I can appreciate the technical abilities on display in every song, but tbh their music does nothing for me.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:50:26pm

Lord Haw Haw 2.0 says smoking can’t harm you.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:51:33pm

re: #238 Egregious Philbin

It seems like if you try to convert a regular bike to e-bike you end up with a crappy bike and a crappy e-bike.

No thanks, I’ll ride my Pedego instead.

Probably, but I’d be more comfortable leaving a cheap bike with one of these wheels chained up when out somewhere. You take the battery with you, and it doesn’t look at all interesting anymore. I wouldn’t let a $2,000+ eBike out of my sight.

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:52:41pm

re: #241 Joe Bacon

Well there’s always that new right wing pigpen that started up where Matt can take a dump!

I’m wondering if Fox is just trying to stay quiet in the hope that it will blow over for their viewers. Then Fox can bring them back.

Of course if the story poisons Schlapp, and his venues no longer are well attended, Fox would not care about the access Schlapp provides anyway. And then Schlapp would be unimportant to Fox.

Apparently Fox has not even covered the groping story at all.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:27:09pm

re: #232 ckkatz

So when Orange Foolius finally “goes offline” will his ashes be placed in the Kremlin Wall?


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