Just Asking Questions: What if Alien Life Were Silicon-Based?

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Life as we know it is carbon-based, but does it have to be this way? There’s another element on the periodic table that shares some of the key properties of carbon but is far more abundant on most planets. I’m talking about silicon. So is there silicon-based life out there?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:52:44pm
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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:53:49pm

If I’d had videos like this as a kid I might have actually gotten into chemistry.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:57:48pm

Woo hoo, I now have a PHP cURL function that returns every part of a response, including the response headers. This was not simple. But necessary for accessing the Mastodon API effectively, because when you request a large dataset they do pagination by returning the next/previous links as a “link” property of the response headers. Yay. Woo hoo. Fireworks.

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Captain Ron  Jan 30, 2023 • 5:58:50pm
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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:00:08pm
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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:03:17pm

mastodon.social is crashing. Lots of people bailing out of Twitter. Women and children first, please.

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:06:38pm

(Points to an Atlas Obscura article.)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:08:05pm

Mastodon

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:13:02pm

mastodon.social not coming up for me at all right now.

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Captain Ron  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:13:24pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:15:54pm

niterz, lizardz!

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:18:33pm

About that December F-35 crash

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Captain Ron  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:19:08pm
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Captain Ron  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:20:18pm

re: #12 ckkatz

About that December F-35 crash

[Embedded content]

And yet they have dragged their feet on the replacement engine for 3 years so far.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:21:35pm

I hate my frickin’ ISP.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:24:42pm
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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:27:03pm

re: #15 Charles Johnson

I hate my frickin’ ISP.

Sorry to hear that. ISP’s do seem to provide lots of reasons for that hate.

I assume that it is not associated with the Mastodon outage.

Btw, are you still considering starting up your own Mastodon service?

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:27:25pm

Keep getting this trying to go to mastodon.social.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:29:28pm

re: #17 ckkatz

Definitely. Still working on it.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:32:04pm

Just Asking Questions: What if Alien Life Were Silicon-Based?

We can always ask V’ger!

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Captain Ron  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:32:25pm

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William Lewis  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:36:14pm

re: #18 Charles Johnson

Keep getting this trying to go to mastodon.social.

[Embedded content]

Pulls up fine here and my account universeodon.com does too.

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Captain Ron  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:36:23pm

Promise broken!

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William Lewis  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:36:38pm

re: #20 Joe Bacon

Just Asking Questions: What if Alien Life Were Silicon-Based?

We can always ask V’ger!

[Embedded content]

Or the Hortas.

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:38:08pm

For grins, I went to https:// mastodon (dot)social and got part of the front page. It displayed the spinning circle while trying to bring up posts. Then the posts displayed. Not sure if that is from the server and db actually returning or it bouncing to some other fediverse member.

ETA -Universeodon is working fine for me too.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:39:37pm

Seems to be back now.

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Captain Ron  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:41:51pm
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austin_blue  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:42:58pm

re: #14 Captain Ron

And yet they have dragged their feet on the replacement engine for 3 years so far.

You don’t want to admit that your design has outstripped available technology before you have to. It’s way too embarassing. And expensive. The F-35 has been a fuck-up since forever.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:46:12pm

Nope, it’s all still weird.

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:46:52pm

Trying to remember from 20 years ago…

But in large webserver systems, iirc…

(Feel free to update and correct this. It has been a long time.)

tcp/ip requests like ping are fielded by servers/firewalls at the edge of the installation.

Page requests and web page assembly is fielded by specialized servers who use templates. And handle the static parts.

Specific data requests are handled by a third set of servers. So, sometimes, if you know the topology of the installation, you can use whatever was returned to kind of figure out where the problem is.

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Captain Ron  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:52:44pm

re: #28 austin_blue

You don’t want to admit that your design has outstripped available technology before you have to. It’s way too embarassing. And expensive. The F-35 has been a fuck-up since forever.

The engine problem will be fixed soon. Congress has not yet approved the more efficient and powerful engine.They are still great aircraft, they’ve worked out most of the problems and are now doing sensor, avionics and software upgrades. They are also a lot cheaper than combat equipped F-15EX aircraft. If I were a pilot I’d rather be in a F-35 than a F-22.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 30, 2023 • 6:58:20pm

mastodon.social is back again. Seems like full speed.

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:03:19pm

—

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:06:01pm

Here is a useful, if rather simplified analysis of possible fighter aid to Ukraine.

In order to keep the chart reasonable, Theiner dropped several other mission types, other requirements, and development schedules. I also think that he had a solution in mind when he developed the chart.

Nonetheless, it is a good start in outlining why most analysts are looking at the F-16 as the best option.

Something else to remember, a lot of analysts are techie equipment junkies who believe that the next piece of new equipment supplied will be the magic bullet that will put a stake in the heart of the Russian invasion. The military leadership tends to view the solution as a bit more complex than that.

In other developments,
- a section of the Pentagon is pushing supplying Ukraine with F-16’s.
- However, at this point the WhiteHouse is still against supplying them directly to Ukraine.

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Belafon  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:08:35pm

re: #34 ckkatz

And whichever company it is that makes the F16 is ramping up production.

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:12:23pm

re: #35 Belafon

And whichever company it is that makes the F16 is ramping up production.

General Dynamics “assembles” the F-16. Like any hard to kill program, there are parts manufacturers in all the most important congressional districts.

As an aside, when I worked at General Dynamics, I used to tell friends that while I might not be specifically so, I was generally dynamic.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:14:51pm

Started at 7PM—folks setting off fireworks and bottle rockets and if these folks are doing it because they found out that my birthday is tomorrow they’re in for a nasty surprise…

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Belafon  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:15:25pm

re: #36 ckkatz

General Dynamics “assembles” the F-16. Like any hard to kill program, there are parts manufacturers in all the most important congressional districts.

As an aside, when I worked at General Dynamics, I used to tell friends that while I might not be specifically so, I was generally dynamic.

Which also made you somewhat lethargic.

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:17:12pm

re: #38 Belafon

:)

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Captain Ron  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:20:50pm
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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:22:16pm

In other China-Taiwan conflict news -

US Air Force General Michael Minihan believes the US will engage China in armed conflict over Taiwan within the next 2 years, according to a memo leaked Saturday.

Thread -

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austin_blue  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:26:14pm

re: #31 Captain Ron

The engine problem will be fixed soon. Congress has not yet approved the more efficient and powerful engine.They are still great aircraft, they’ve worked out most of the problems and are now doing sensor, avionics and software upgrades. They are also a lot cheaper than combat equipped F-15EX aircraft. If I were a pilot I’d rather be in a F-35 than a F-22.

The problem is that the engine problem will be fixed soon for the past five years.

They are decent aircraft, but they are being deployed with engines that keep them from being what was promised.

And there is only one engine. Which sucks. Because engines fail. If you’ve got two, you can usually get home. And losing an engine on a $110m million single-engined airplane means you have $110 million worth of scrap metal.

Here’s a review of promised versus probable costs on the F-35:

armscontrolcenter.org

Granted, this is an organization that tends to high-ball actual cost, but it’s more reliable than the DoD which outright lies about actual costs.

And, as a former Air Force pilot, I would absolutely rather be in an F-22 than an F-35. Full stop.

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DodgerFan1988  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:27:01pm

But the Right said Russia has more freedom than Biden’s America.

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wrenchwench  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:33:18pm

Bats fly with their hands.

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Captain Ron  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:39:40pm

re: #44 wrenchwench

Bats fly with their hands.

[Embedded content]

To be fair, they find it more efficient than flying with their feet.

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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:39:45pm

Speaking of highly simplified diagrams -

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Captain Ron  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:47:16pm
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Cheechako  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:47:18pm

re: #42 austin_blue

One other important item is the fact that this is a fuel supply issue. On the F-35 the anti-radar “skin” has to be completely removed to access the fuel lines/system. No easy access panels for repairs.

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jaunte  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:48:43pm
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ckkatz  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:50:30pm

If you are curious about the value of military training. Here is what appears to be a Russian attack with a Russian infantry unit and a recently mobilized, but partially trained Russian tank crew.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:54:32pm

hi

It’s fookin’ cold in the Nebraska Panhandle now. -19°F / -26°C. Wind chill -38°F. For comparison, it’s +17°F in Johnson’s Crossing, Yukon.

My wife says we won’t move to the Arctic, the Arctic will move to us.

forecast.weather.gov

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austin_blue  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:55:06pm

re: #46 ckkatz

Speaking of highly simplified diagrams -

Excellent!

It’s a Rickover, and they are the best and safest reactors in the world.

At least until we transition to Thorium, once we solve the shielding problem.

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sizzzzlerz  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:55:39pm

re: #46 ckkatz

Speaking of highly simplified diagrams -

Don’t laugh. The Texas state school board is considering adding this to next year’s science text books.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 30, 2023 • 7:59:36pm

Hey! I just discovered my new laptop is a touchscreen.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:02:31pm

Well, this is what Americans voted for, right?Mastodon

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austin_blue  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:06:14pm

re: #48 Cheechako

One other important item is the fact that this is a fuel supply issue. On the F-35 the anti-radar “skin” has to be completely removed to access the fuel lines/system. No easy access panels for repairs.

This is also a big blotch on the F-22, which has a similar coating to the AGM-69 SRAM (Mushy Missiles) Image: File:SRAM_missile_carring_a_W69_warhead.jpg
we routinely carried on our B-52H’s at K. I. Sawyer.

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Captain Ron  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:07:48pm

re: #47 Captain Ron

The pictures of this Kh-101 that reportedly came down in Vinnytsia by themselves certainly offer interesting new views of one of Russia’s most modern air-launched cruise missiles.

1960-70s flatpack chips, op-amps, yep Russia’s most modern cruise missile.

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William Lewis  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:11:37pm

re: #57 Captain Ron

1960-70s flatpack chips, op-amps, yep Russia’s most modern cruise missile.

Also highly reliable, less expensive to make and are components that Russian industry can actually make rather than having to import.

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austin_blue  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:15:53pm

re: #57 Captain Ron

1960-70s flatpack chips, op-amps, yep Russia’s most modern cruise missile.

Just a check-up from the neck-up, but that is a fantastically intact missile given that it’s nominal speed is 270 m/sec.

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Captain Ron  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:16:42pm

re: #58 William Lewis

Also highly reliable, less expensive to make and are components that Russian industry can actually make rather than having to import.

and fairly rad hardened, except for maybe the op-amps. When I worked for a traffic signal controller company we used HTL chips through the 70s. The engineers were reluctant to use TTL chips. Could be heat related since it can get a good 200F inside a traffic cabinet on a 115F day.

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darthstar  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:18:32pm

Hell no I’m not lighting a fire just for you.

30 minutes later…

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darthstar  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:19:56pm

re: #61 darthstar

Two hours later
.. still there.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:20:11pm

Good
mastodon.online
Pamela Taylor, the White woman who called Michelle Obama an ‘ape in heels’ sentenced to federal prison for defrauding FEMA of $18K and fined $10k

nbcnews.com

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austin_blue  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:22:14pm

I’m off for the rack. Sweet scaly dreams, my dears.

Be nice to each other. It’s what separates us from the Orcs.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:23:58pm

Is this horrible invasive policy anti-abortion or anti-transgender? BONUS: IT’S A TWOFER.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:25:35pm

re: #62 darthstar

What a beautiful cat. Such a plush furball.

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teleskiguy  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:26:47pm

I went skiing this morning at Sunlight. It was glorious. Fresh snow everywhere, the sun poked through a few times, I was skiing with three other good skiers (hard chargers chargin’ hard), it was pretty much a perfect three hours of time.

Well, the universe had different plans for me.

This happened while I was having the time of my life on the only road back to my house from Sunlight.

The Glenwood Canyon is a notorious choke point in Colorado’s highway system. That stretch of road goes down and a 200+ mile detour is required. I did that detour today. Fuckin’ sucked. And then this happened about 60 miles from my house. This is a Facebook DM I sent to the Colorado State Patrol:

Dear Sir or Madam,

I wanted to reach out and thank your organization, in particular Captain Parker, for getting my car out of a snowbank on the side of HWY 131 just north of Yampa. I was going about 40 mph southbound when a careless driver towing a trailer pulled out in front of me forcing me to slam the brakes and make evasive maneuvers, putting my front right fender and wheel into a large snowbank. The car is already pretty beat up but damage was very minimal and the vehicle wasn’t blocking traffic. After a few minutes sizing up the situation with an avalanche shovel I had in my car, I realized I needed help, I had cell service, and called *CSP. Within a few minutes Captain Parker showed up and with two tries and having to cut the tow strap ‘cause the knot was too tight Captain Parker, with no gloves and a short sleeved shirt, got me out of that snowbank and I was on my way. Thank you folks! And thank you Captain Parker for getting me out of a jam.

I got home. All is good. The meeting with the boss - who just got back from skiing epic powder in Japan - at the ski company that was supposed to take place this afternoon will take place tomorrow instead.

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jaunte  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:28:41pm
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Targetpractice  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:45:09pm

If you like the OP video, I highly recommend the three part series on alien life that starts here:

LIFE BEYOND: Chapter 1. Alien life, deep time, and our place in cosmic history (4K)

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Targetpractice  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:50:03pm

re: #60 Captain Ron

and fairly rad hardened, except for maybe the op-amps. When I worked for a traffic signal controller company we used HTL chips through the 70s. The engineers were reluctant to use TTL chips. Could be heat related since it can get a good 200F inside a traffic cabinet on a 115F day.

That’s also why NASA uses chips that are 1-2 generations behind the current state-of-the-art, because by the time they’ve successfully tested and certified hardened versions of the newest chips for space travel, the consumer market has already moved on to the next big thing.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:50:31pm

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gwangung  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:51:36pm

Huh, OK, that’s not working…

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 8:54:13pm

Just what Putin wants you ignorant TexAssHole!

Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) explained to CNBC on Monday that the Republicans have no choice but to hold the debt ceiling hostage, even if it means destroying the economy.

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Targetpractice  Jan 30, 2023 • 9:00:56pm

re: #73 Joe Bacon

Just what Putin wants you ignorant TexAssHole!

Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) explained to CNBC on Monday that the Republicans have no choice but to hold the debt ceiling hostage, even if it means destroying the economy.

[Embedded content]

They’re rapidly approaching the point they reached back in 2011: Admitting out loud that the only reason they’re doing this shit is because they know they don’t have the votes to get the cuts they want passed without forcing Dems to cooperate.

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Captain Ron  Jan 30, 2023 • 9:09:24pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 30, 2023 • 9:11:17pm

re: #15 Charles Johnson

I hate my frickin’ ISP.

You can trade with me. /s

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darthstar  Jan 30, 2023 • 9:13:53pm

re: #15 Charles Johnson

I hate my frickin’ ISP.

Have you tried NetZero…it was free last time I used it for dial up…

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Captain Ron  Jan 30, 2023 • 9:14:58pm

re: #75 Captain Ron

The longer Youtube video.

YouTube

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William Lewis  Jan 30, 2023 • 9:56:05pm

Oh. My…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:10:45pm

Three members of the Memphis Fire Department have been fired for failing to render aid to Tyre Nichols, after he was beaten by the police.

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Targetpractice  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:18:36pm

re: #80 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Three members of the Memphis Fire Department have been fired for failing to render aid to Tyre Nichols, after he was beaten by the police.

[Embedded content]

Apparently another new bit of info that came out today is that there were two other cops involved in the whole mess that are on “involuntary leave” (read: paid vacation) until the investigation concludes. One of those fired a taser at Nichols and is on video saying “I hope they stomp his ass,” but is not being included in the criminal charges because he was not an active participant in the actual beating.

Three guesses what his race is and the first two don’t count.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:21:27pm

Let’s see how that works out for you.

Huffington Post, today

WASHINGTON ― The Republican National Committee is welcoming ubiquitous pillow monger Mike Lindell into the fold after his failed run for the chairmanship, despite his continuing baseless claims that foreign powers stole the 2020 election from Donald Trump by hacking into voting machines and his post-coup-attempt visit to the White House with papers advocating “martial law.”

Lindell won votes from only four of the RNC’s 168 members in Friday’s election at its winter meeting, but he was nevertheless praised by Ronna McDaniel, who won her fourth two-year term, and her allies.

(more)

RNC Brings Pillow Guy And His Outrageous Election Conspiracy Theories Into The Fold

Unlike the GOP strategists named above who think the GOP should dump Trump, it looks like they are tying themselves to him tighter.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:25:29pm
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Targetpractice  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:26:10pm

re: #82 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Let’s see how that works out for you.

Huffington Post, today

(more)

RNC Brings Pillow Guy And His Outrageous Election Conspiracy Theories Into The Fold

Unlike the GOP strategists named above who think the GOP should dump Trump, it looks like they are tying themselves to him tighter.

Saw a story yesterday about GQP “insiders” being pissed that none of those being named as potential “challengers” to Trump in 2024 are standing up to announce runs and speak out against him. That they’re either avoiding the subject or still voicing support for him like the good li’l cultists they are.

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Targetpractice  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:38:02pm

Me: “Aw, what a cute little video about purring kittens. That helps warm my heart today.”

YT algorithm: “We saw you liked that video about kittens. Would you like to watch a video about a paralyzed kitten left to die on the side of the road?”

Me: “What? No!”

YT: “Oh, well how about the kitten left to die in a freezing blizzard?”

Me: “Good Zod, no!”

YT: “Maybe a video about two kittens who tried to nurse from their dead mother’s corpse for two days?”

Me: “WHAT KIND OF SADIST DO YOU THINK I AM?! FUCK NO!”

YT: “Alright, well we’ll keep bombarding you with suicide-inducing depressing videos until you change your mind.”

(And yes, those are all actual videos YT has tried to offer me in the past 24 hours.)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:43:00pm

There is no bottom.

Currently, the temperature is -17°F / -27°Commie. The wind chill is -36°F / -38°Commie.

A warming trend starts tomorrow.

forecast.weather.gov

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William Lewis  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:53:55pm

Ma Deuce giving Orcs grief…

Telegram

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:55:32pm

Joy Reid talks to Will Bunch about his expose of the complete failure of the New York Times.

The New York Times lies about Clinton and Trump

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 30, 2023 • 10:56:15pm
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Targetpractice  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:03:05pm

re: #88 Joe Bacon

Joy Reid talks to Will Bunch about his expose of the complete failure of the New York Times.

[Embedded content]

The “liberal media” was (and still is) heavily invested in reporting on Trump because he’s a firehose of bullshit. So the usual surprise is not that they did everything they could to make that possible, but that anybody’s surprised that they did. Look at their positively orgasmic reaction to hearing that Joe Biden once took classified home decades ago after months of trying to slowly bury Trump actively withholding hundreds of classified documents from legit requests from the federal government for their return because “They’re mine!”

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:10:01pm

re: #90 Targetpractice

Just see how not only the New York Times but The Washington Post as well whipped out the shivs when we heard that there were a couple classified documents in Joe’s Garage. And when it comes out that Prissy Pence had classified documents as well note how the CCCP—Corporate Controlled Conservative Press gives Pence a pass.

The CCCP wants Trump back in the White House and they will do anything to accomplish that.

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Targetpractice  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:22:05pm

re: #91 Joe Bacon

Just see how not only the New York Times but The Washington Post as well whipped out the shivs when we heard that there were a couple classified documents in Joe’s Garage. And when it comes out that Prissy Pence had classified documents as well note how the CCCP—Corporate Controlled Conservative Press gives Pence a pass.

The CCCP wants Trump back in the White House and they will do anything to accomplish that.

The hilarity of it all is that they’ve decided that the big “scandal” with Biden is not that documents were found so much as that they didn’t find out until after the election. You can even hear it in their excuse-making for Pence about how he came clean “immediately” while Biden didn’t announce anything back in November when the documents were found. Folks have compared it to Hillary’s “Buttery Males,” but it’s closer to Benghazi in nature, the big “October Surprise” that they were denied and which they will now try to inflate into the worst “scandal” evah to sink Biden’s 2024 campaign.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:35:19pm

re: #93 Targetpractice

And they aren’t just in full attack mode on Joe. I saw the brutal hit piece on Kamala in The Washington Post that just oozes with misogyny and just a pinch of racism in the mix as well. Looking at the absolute hatred of Kamala in the comments only confirms that the endless lies generated by the GOP 24/7 Bullshit Machine are working.

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Targetpractice  Jan 30, 2023 • 11:48:01pm

re: #94 Joe Bacon

And they aren’t just in full attack mode on Joe. I saw the brutal hit piece on Kamala in The Washington Post that just oozes with misogyny and just a pinch of racism in the mix as well. Looking at the absolute hatred of Kamala in the comments only confirms that the endless lies generated by the GOP 24/7 Bullshit Machine are working.

For all the air and ink that the “liberal media” devotes to providing cover to asshats like MTG or Boebert by perpetuating the Faux line that Dems are “AFRAID OF STRONG WOMEN!”, you cannot be a strong woman in the Dem ranks without the same shitheels characterizing you as either a ball-breaker or as a diversity hire.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 12:50:47am

Elno let this guy back on Twitter … (Right Wing Watch, January 30, 2023)

Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin Claims Religious Mandate for Men to ‘Force’ Women to Submit

During a recent podcast, neo-Nazi and admitted “rape promoter” Andrew Anglin declared that Christian men must dominate women and force them to submit because that is the only way that women can be genuinely happy.

Anglin, who was booted off of Twitter in 2013 only to be reinstated late last year, is the publisher of “The Daily Stormer,” a neo-Nazi website named after a Nazi propaganda newspaper. He maintains close ties to white nationalist Nick Fuentes and others within Fuentes’ far-right America First movement, including multiple streamers on Fuentes’ “anti-gay, anti-woman, anti-Black, antisemitic” cozy.tv platform. Those streamers are fully aware of Anglin’s toxicity and thus make halfhearted attempts to disguise his identity behind the less-than-clever pseudonym “Wang Lin” whenever he appears on their programs.

(more)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:09:15am

Alex Roncelli, a Nick Fuentes follower, has been elected as a GOP county delegate in St. Clair County, Michigan. He previously ran the GOP Youth Outreach programme in the county in 2016 and 2018, and ran for (and lost) the position of county clerk.

Fuentes has outlined a strategy of taking over low-level GOP positions in the past, so their fascist movement can take over the party.

rightwingwatch.org

Roncelli also participated in the so-called “Stop the Steal” campaign. Ahead of Jan. 6, Roncelli traveled to Washington, D.C., and provided a video to Detroit Free Press of him and his companions on the bus ride chanting “Stop the steal!” On Jan. 6, Roncelli and his friends were among the Trump fanatics breaching the U.S. Capitol grounds, though he has said he did not go inside the Capitol. In an interview with the Detroit Free Press, he described the day as a “Revolution” and claimed that the violence was a set-up—a claim many on the far-right have made to try to shift blame toward “antifa,” the FBI, or anyone other than Trump supporters.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:09:34am

Allison in fine form:

Send In The Clowns - Stephen Sondheim (Allison Young cover)



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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:14:21am

Texas tax dollars at work. This was the third attempt by Tex. Gov. Greg Abbot to have the case thrown out. In the latest round, the state claim was they changed the rules so that displays in the capitol are “government” speech, so FFRF could not have their display of the Founders giving birth to the Bill of Rights over Christmas. He claimed the display was immoral. (And yes, he did say atheists should get out of Texas.)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:16:42am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:23:49am

re: #20 Joe Bacon

Just Asking Questions: What if Alien Life Were Silicon-Based?

We can always ask V’ger!

“I’m a doctor, not a brick layer!”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:25:33am

re: #44 wrenchwench

Bats fly with their hands.

chiroptera, the name for the bat family, is “hand-wing”

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:25:44am

International Business Times, January 31, 2023

A former Kalamazoo pastor was sentenced Monday in a sex crimes case where he allegedly paid teenage boys to engage in sex acts with his wife at his home.

Stricjavvar “Strick” Strickland, 40, was sentenced to 12 months in Kalamazoo County Jail Monday morning on one felony count of facilitation of travel services for purposes of prostitution.

“This was a witch-hunt and a lynching from the beginning,” Strickland said in his statement Monday. “I am not without fault, but I am not guilty of what I’m accused of.”

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Michigan Pastor Who Paid Teenage Boys to Engage in Sexual Acts with His Wife Sentenced

His wife used her position as a secretary in a Kalamazoo high school to gain access and groom boys for sex. He used his position as pastor of Second Baptist Church to do the same.

Every day though, Christians and Muslims post statements like this to Twitter.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:27:08am

re: #46 ckkatz

Ever wondered how a nuclear submarine is powered ?

This simple diagram explains it clearly

there needs to be another “roundy-roundy” (dynamo hum) between “steam” and “sparky”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:29:28am

re: #63 Patricia Kayden

Good
mastodon.online
Pamela Taylor, the White woman who called Michelle Obama an ‘ape in heels’ sentenced to federal prison for defrauding FEMA of $18K and fined $10k

Fox spin headline:

Pamela Taylor, the White woman who called Michelle Obama an ‘ape in heels’ sentenced to federal prison and fined $10k

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:31:37am

re: #86 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

There is no bottom.

Currently, the temperature is -17°F / -27°Commie. The wind chill is -36°F / -38°Commie.

yes there is, 0° Kelvin

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:32:17am

re: #89 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

the ones who got sorted out of Van Halen’s candy dish?

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Targetpractice  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:36:05am

re: #100 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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You wanna know what’s powering these moves? Assume an average of $500 per gun that would have been purchased by those applicants, that’s almost $5.8 million in sales that gun manufacturers lost last year. You bet they’re gonna find any way they can to get that money back.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:41:52am

re: #106 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

yes there is, 0° Kelvin

It’s warmed up a little bit: It’s -11°F outside now. My furnace is having trouble keeping my drafty 108-year house warm.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:50:38am

They were attempting to hit a counter-protestor.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:50:42am

re: #105 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

😂

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:54:31am

re: #109 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

It’s warmed up a little bit: It’s -11°F outside now. My furnace is having trouble keeping my drafty 108-year house warm.

Yow. Coldest I ever experienced in the Midwest was -27°F (with a wind chill off lake Michigan that took it down to -63°)

Coldest I have ever experienced in Germany was a mere +13°F

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Targetpractice  Jan 31, 2023 • 2:00:13am

re: #103 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

International Business Times, January 31, 2023

(more)

Michigan Pastor Who Paid Teenage Boys to Engage in Sexual Acts with His Wife Sentenced

His wife used her position as a secretary in a Kalamazoo high school to gain access and groom boys for sex. He used his position as pastor of Second Baptist Church to do the same.

Every day though, Christians and Muslims post statements like this to Twitter.

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By that logic, an atheist could claim to define right and wrong based upon a religion centered around the teachings of a stripper named Tandy as set out in the mad ramblings she scrawled out on a cocktail napkin.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 31, 2023 • 2:09:59am

re: #43 DodgerFan1988

But the Right said Russia has more freedom than Biden’s America.

Let’s be honest here, this is exactly what the right thinks good freedom looks like.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 2:12:55am

re: #114 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Let’s be honest here, this is exactly what the right thinks good freedom looks like.

That’s right, Conservatives everywhere in America are being de-platformed and asked to leave fern bars…

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Amory Blaine  Jan 31, 2023 • 2:27:46am

Apparently the threat to women from the repeal of Roe v Wade is over. I’ve not seen any media outlet report on 10yo rape victims carrying to term or other tragedies.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jan 31, 2023 • 2:38:53am

re: #103 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

International Business Times, January 31, 2023

Every day though, Christians and Muslims post statements like this to Twitter.

They post those objections by the tens of thousands. Here’s a running thread I’ve been in for a few days:

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jan 31, 2023 • 3:09:23am

Hindu nationalist extremists will lead to the next great war, perhaps:

India: Anti-Muslim hate music | DW Documentary


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TarHellion  Jan 31, 2023 • 3:10:00am

A solid beginning but took a wrong turn and settled for the par. Had a weird Microsoft Teams meeting yesterday that was supposed to help us grant flunkies get answers to a unique program. Instead, the first 40 minutes of the 30-plus person gathering featured attorneys for various state agencies arguing with each other regarding procurement and reporting procedures.

I spoke up and said we have grantees who just want to use their funds and we need to get the ball rolling. This type of confusion is what happens when representatives (in this case the state legislature) sticks in provisions to provide funds but forces competing agencies to create and administer rules. With any other grant, we know the rules in place and the protocol to be followed. In this situation, the cart was put well ahead of the horse.

It would be comical if it weren’t so sad that these grantees are left hanging while the lawyers dicker.

On that note, have a great day/evening!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 3:14:59am

re: #118 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Hindu nationalist extremists will lead to the next great war, perhaps:

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and this is why we fight to keep Church and State separate

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jan 31, 2023 • 3:23:28am

Monday afternoon the strong low was sitting offshore of San Diego and TJ.

Around midnight it sat just west of Rosarito beach:

500mb wind speed

So we’re switching from rainy to dry santa ana winds this morning. It will be cold for us this morning and tomorrow morning… some frost around.

I wish I lived somewhere warm… like Florida… but I could never live in Florida.

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sagehen  Jan 31, 2023 • 3:33:20am

I’ve been holding off more than two years watching the final two episodes of Homeland, because I was afraid. I finally watched 8.11 (The English Teacher), the second to last, last night. Now I’m even more afraid to watch the finale, 8.12 Prisoners of War.

I’d ask for somebody to hold me, comfort me, tell me it’ll be all right… but I also don’t want spoilers. I’ll chew my nails all the way down before I can bring myself to finish. I have a hopeful theory how it could go without being as horrible as I fear, but my other theories are anything but hopeful. Maybe a good bottle of wine will get me through it?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 3:43:49am

re: #122 sagehen

My daughter tells me there’s a site called Does the Dog Die? that lets people know what to expect or avoid.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 31, 2023 • 3:52:54am

re: #117 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

The god of the Bible supports genocide, slavery, sexism, homophobia, etc. What morality is from god? People can use their god to support all kinds of evil. Our morality comes from societal norms and values.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 3:56:17am

re: #124 Patricia Kayden

The god of the Bible supports genocide, slavery, sexism, homophobia, etc. What morality is from god? People can use their god to support all kinds of evil. Our morality comes from societal norms and values.

It is one of the standard Christian moral arguments that people will not learn to behave unless they are threatened with eternal damnation if they don’t.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 3:58:29am

re: #117 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Morality comes from somewhere. Either it comes from an outside ultimate Standard (God), or it comes from your own mind.

If it comes from your mind then it’s a subjective illusion, a tooth fairy, and so the idea of pointing out something “bad” is absurd, as bad wouldn’t exist.

And where does this concept of God come from?

Some 4,000-year-old scrolls that some Middle Eastern dude wrote down after seeing a burning bush or a wheel in the sky with eyeballs, etc. Much different than a Tooth Fairy.

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Shropshire Slasher  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:19:15am

Some drive time music

The Greeting Committee - 17 (Lyric Video)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:19:48am

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Dangerman  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:26:20am

Marlon is back.

Looking for breakfast
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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:26:42am

re: #128 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Preach the gospel. Use words when necessary.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who may have been one of the kindest and most effective Christians of the 20th century

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:28:29am

Remember when people were threatening to boycot Spotify because they host podcasts from the unsavory?

Well…

Spotify Hits 205M Paying Subs, Grows Ad Revenue, But Loss Widens Amid Higher Expenses

So Spotify has more customers than ever.

That they have monetary losses is because they can’t control their costs.

But boycotting Spotify didn’t work, it seems.

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steve_davis  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:30:41am

re: #54 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Hey! I just discovered my new laptop is a touchscreen.

I wish I could say this is rare, but I can still remember chuckling when my father discovered, a year after buying his laptop, that it was touchscreen.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:31:35am

re: #130 Dopamine Fish

Preach the gospel. Use words when necessary.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who may have been one of the kindest and most effective Christians of the 20th century

Between my Catholic upbringing and my exposure to all the Campus Crusade for Christ assholes in college, I was thoroughly disinclined towards Christianity. It was not until much later in life that I met a handful of Christians who quietly practice their faith without preaching.

Not enough to convert me, but enough to make me see that there are some positive aspects to that religion.

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Dangerman  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:32:24am

re: #125 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It is one of the standard Christian moral arguments that people will not learn to behave unless they are threatened with eternal damnation if they don’t.

Problem is, it’s a human argument

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:32:46am

re: #132 steve_davis

I wish I could say this is rare, but I can still remember chuckling when my father discovered, a year after buying his laptop, that it was touchscreen.

I just had the opposite problem with the one I just acquired, I was used to my iPad. But it is an old model and will no longer update, so it is growing more and more useless. Cannot download most modern apps onto it.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:33:09am

re: #134 Dangerman

Problem is, it’s a human argument

God created Heaven and Hell!!!

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:33:27am

re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Between my Catholic upbringing and my exposure to all the Campus Crusade for Christ assholes in college, I was highly disinclined towards Christianity. It was not until much later in life that I met a handful of Christians who quietly practice their faith without preaching.

Not enough to convert me, but enough to make me see that there are some positive aspects to that religion.

That is basically what I aspire to in life, as a Christian. Gone are the old firebrand days of preaching hellfire and damnation and pleading with people to accept Christ “or else”. I just want to be a good kind person who people look at and say, “You know, that fish guy, he makes Christians look good.”

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steve_davis  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:33:37am

re: #61 darthstar

Hell no I’m not lighting a fire just for you.

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Jesse waits until I’m wandering by and then sneezes dramatically, knowing that this will induce me to turn the space heater on for her. It’s 75 in here, but of course, as a cat, anything below 100 is considered a bit nippy.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:34:50am

Spoilers in the Wordle.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:36:33am

re: #123 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

My daughter tells me there’s a site called Does the Dog Die? that lets people know what to expect or avoid.

I wish I had known about that site before watching this film about a dachshund who had several owners throughout the film. The final scene will haunt me forever. I have rarely wished I had never seen a movie before but that one was the worst.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:37:00am

re: #125 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It is one of the standard Christian moral arguments that people will not learn to behave unless they are threatened with eternal damnation if they don’t.

Which, to a degree, is a power thing. If the people are not able to behave and follow a peaceful morality they need “shepherds” with coercive power over them. Who also happen to get to interpret what God wants and what the contents of the holy texts are.

And said shepherds obviously deserve privileges and extraordinary legal protections above whatever rights the rabble are granted as an afterthought.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:38:25am

re: #131 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Remember when people were threatening to boycot Spotify because they host podcasts from the unsavory?

Well…

Spotify Hits 205M Paying Subs, Grows Ad Revenue, But Loss Widens Amid Higher Expenses

So Spotify has more customers than ever.

That they have monetary losses is because they can’t control their costs.

But boycotting Spotify didn’t work, it seems.

Joe Rogan is a far bigger threat then Fox News. He has something like 20 million young viewers.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:38:56am

re: #141 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Which, to a degree, is a power thing. If the people are not able to behave and follow a peaceful morality they need “shepherds” with coercive power over them. Who also happen to get to interpret what God wants and what the contents of the holy texts are.

And said shepherds obviously deserve privileges and extraordinary legal protections above whatever rights the rabble are granted as an afterthought.

“We must protect the Institution of Shepherdom and allow it to police itself without external oversight.”

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:44:08am

More Republicans in disarray.

South Dakota Senator Benched in ‘Suckling’ Advice Scandal

The state legislature has been consumed by a bizarre scandal after a lawmaker allegedly stepped way over the line and gave a staffer unsolicited advice on COVID vaccines and breast-feeding, including a suggestion that she suckle her husband.

State Sen. Julie Frye-Mueller, a Republican from Rapid City, was suspended from her committee assignments last week and stripped of the ability to vote after the incident was first reported to Senate leadership.

Frye-Mueller, who belongs to a far-right caucus, is now suing to get her voting rights restored—even as the unnamed staffer released jaw-dropping new details about their conversation on Monday.

In a statement, the staffer, who works for the Legislative Research Council, said Frye-Mueller and her husband came into her office on Jan. 24. She said that after discussing the draft of a bill, the senator asked about her baby son and whether she had been vaccinated.

“I told her ‘yes.’ Without allowing me to elaborate further, she proceeded to point her finger at me and aggressively say that this will cause him issues,” the staffer said. She said added that Frye-Mueller told her people are being used as “guinea pigs for Big Pharma,” warned that was she was “taking away God’s gift of immunity from your son,” and falsely claimed the child could get Down syndrome or autism or “die from those vaccines.”

The staffer went on to say that the lawmaker asked if she was breast-feeding, and when she said was feeding with formula, she got more unwanted advice.

“I was told by Senator Frye-Mueller that my husband could ‘suck on my breasts’ to get milk to come in. She indicated ‘a good time for that is at night.’ She proceeded to provide hand gestures to her chest area and motion to her husband to see if he agreed. He smiled and nodded,” she wrote.

There is much more wackadoodle shit in there.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:46:49am

So the guy with the AI lawyer, who has been in an ongoing dispute with the fearsome @KathrynTewson over the (lack of) validity of his company’s services, has apparently stooped so low as to commit fraud with charitable giving. (Note: further in the thread, Kathryn notes that the donation in question is real, but it was made literally 4 minutes after she tweeted at him calling him out.)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:49:24am

re: #144 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

The state legislature has been consumed by a bizarre scandal after a lawmaker allegedly stepped way over the line and gave a staffer unsolicited advice on COVID vaccines and breast-feeding, including a suggestion that she suckle her husband.

They are unable to see a distinction between a mother baring her breast to suckle a child and a prostitute exposing her breasts to attract a client.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:50:45am

From The Hill no less.

The cracks in the GOP are growing into gaping holes

The Republican Party was once a traditionalist institution that stood for small government, low taxes and conservative social policies. But today’s GOP is a shell of its former self.

The GOP of 2023 is embroiled in chaos and beset by internal strife. Many members who have been elevated to senior positions within the party are not concerned with governing, only with advancing their political agenda and causing disruption for disruption’s sake. [Ed: No shit!]

This is not conjecture, rather, it is the view of a sizable share of the American electorate, including many voters who self-identify as Republicans, according to new polling conducted by Schoen Cooperman Research.

Registered voters nationwide believe that the Republican majority in the U.S. House is more focused on pursuing investigations of President Biden and the Democratic Party (49 percent) rather than on passing legislation to address major issues (35 percent). Notably, 4 in 10 Republican voters think that their own party is more focused on investigating Biden and Democrats (41 percent) than on advancing real reforms (47 percent).

There is also a sense among both national voters and Republican voters that the highest-ranking GOP official, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), is ineffective and beholden to the far-right.

More at the link. I could “No Shit” that entire article.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Jan 31, 2023 • 4:55:02am

re: #147 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

And still meaningless twaddle until the various media sites start seriously saying “You know, you should start voting for Democrats until the GOP actually addresses their lack of policy initiative and fully supports the principles of democratic government.”

Sitting there with folded hands since “GOP uber alles” is still the primary policy is still just like “thoughts and prayers”. It’s meaningless performative BS.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 5:14:44am

Meanwhile, even the reticent and stodgy BBC has finally begun to admit that Brexit sucks

What impact has Brexit had on the UK economy?

If you look at the UK’s trade with the rest of the world, as well as trade with the EU, overall it has fallen relative to the size of the UK economy. Trade hasn’t bounced back post-pandemic as fast as it has in other major nations, it has become less important in contributing to our prosperity. “Global Britain” has become less open. It is lagging behind.

That is amazingly strong stuff coming from the BBC, which has generally taken a very reserved and neutral view on reporting Brexit.

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Eventual Carrion  Jan 31, 2023 • 5:22:46am

re: #70 Targetpractice

That’s also why NASA uses chips that are 1-2 generations behind the current state-of-the-art, because by the time they’ve successfully tested and certified hardened versions of the newest chips for space travel, the consumer market has already moved on to the next big thing.

Same when I worked for the hospital system. We were always a couple versions behind because we tested things so much (lives are at stake at a hospital) that by the time we were done putting everything through intensive testing we were already at least one version behind.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 5:25:27am

re: #150 Eventual Carrion

Same when I worked for the hospital system. We were always a couple versions behind because we tested things so much (lives are at stake at a hospital) that by the time we were done putting everything through intensive testing we were already at least one version behind.

When safety and reliability are your primary goals, you never buy version 1.0 of anything. Everybody makes mistakes, and you don’t want to be buying somebody else’s mistakes before they’ve been discovered.

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A Cranky One  Jan 31, 2023 • 5:29:03am

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Dangerman  Jan 31, 2023 • 5:30:11am

re: #150 Eventual Carrion

Same when I worked for the hospital system. We were always a couple versions behind because we tested things so much (lives are at stake at a hospital) that by the time we were done putting everything through intensive testing we were already at least one version behind.

i know it’s not quite the same thing

tax professionals go into each tax season - that’s every single year - using untested software

it takes months for most of the bugs to be found and worked out and by then the season is mostly over

rinse and repeat with new software three months later

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Thanos  Jan 31, 2023 • 5:30:35am

re: #144 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

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TarHellion  Jan 31, 2023 • 5:31:21am

re: #79 William Lewis

OpThomas Prime

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 5:35:53am

re: #151 Dopamine Fish

When safety and reliability are your primary goals, you never buy version 1.0 of anything. Everybody makes mistakes, and you don’t want to be buying somebody else’s mistakes before they’ve been discovered.

Military history is full of examples of prototypes being rushed into service only to fail miserably. Sometimes the bugs were worked out and they turned out to be game-changers.

Other times, they were simply wastes of lives and resources.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 5:39:00am

re: #156 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Military history is full of examples of prototypes being rushed into service only to fail miserably. Sometimes the bugs were worked out and they turned out to be game-changers.

Other times, they were simply wastes of lives and resources.

Yep. Pursuant to the original point, military technology is often so old simply because it works. It does the job, it’s cheap and simple to manufacture, it’s plentifully available (often because the military are the only ones still using it). Doing something novel is a risk, and especially if you’re heading into a shooting war with somebody, risk is the last thing you want. Though military R&D does thrive in times of war, it’s usually because they’re researching new and cheaper ways to do the same old tried and true things.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 31, 2023 • 5:41:42am

re: #103 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 5:56:16am

re: #158 Crush White Nationalism

Using a book that was written thousands of years ago by a group of anonymous authors and then translated into your language instead of thinking does not create a foundation for objectivity. You’re too religious to look at this logically.

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 5:57:30am

Sleeting here. This is the third time we have gotten so much sleet that it has shut things down in the 25 years I have been in DFW. Which I think ties the number of times we have gotten enough snow to shut things down.

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Thanos  Jan 31, 2023 • 5:59:36am

re: #157 Dopamine Fish

Yep. Pursuant to the original point, military technology is often so old simply because it works. It does the job, it’s cheap and simple to manufacture, it’s plentifully available (often because the military are the only ones still using it). Doing something novel is a risk, and especially if you’re heading into a shooting war with somebody, risk is the last thing you want. Though military R&D does thrive in times of war, it’s usually because they’re researching new and cheaper ways to do the same old tried and true things.

The most dependable Automatic Call Distributor (ACD) call center switch my tech teams ever supported was the Rockwell Galaxy - it had multiple cabinets full of “Large Scale Integration” cards that contained exploded or large scale circuits tied to 3 PDP 11-84’s. If anything broke it would send an alarm and we would get around to replacing that card eventually while the rest just chugged along.

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:01:43am

re: #113 Targetpractice

By that logic, an atheist could claim to define right and wrong based upon a religion centered around the teachings of a stripper named Tandy as set out in the mad ramblings she scrawled out on a cocktail napkin.

Would probably be a nicer religion.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:03:29am

re: #160 Belafon

Sleeting here. This is the third time we have gotten so much sleet that it has shut things down in the 25 years I have been in DFW. Which I think ties the number of times we have gotten enough snow to shut things down.

One of the things that inspired me to move from the Midwest to Arizona was a sleet/snowstorm that hit Chicago in early 1978: four inches of sleet covered by four more of snow and four inches of sleet on top of that: a veritable shit sandwich of weather, which totally shut down the the city for the best part of a week, even the snowplows could not get out of the depots.

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Dangerman  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:04:01am
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Eventual Carrion  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:04:26am

re: #119 TarHellion

[snip]

On that note, have a great day/evening!

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:05:28am

re: #160 Belafon

Sleeting here. This is the third time we have gotten so much sleet that it has shut things down in the 25 years I have been in DFW. Which I think ties the number of times we have gotten enough snow to shut things down.

I’m sorry. Up here, we’re just getting bitter cold, with the wind chill at -25 °F (-31.7 C). I hope all y’all stay safe on the icy roads.

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sagehen  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:06:22am

re: #159 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The Quran wasn’t written by “a group of anonymous authors”, it has a very specific named author.

On the other hand, it was written 1500 years ago. Languages shift. If you’ve ever tried to read Beowulf in the original, you can imagine how difficult and imprecise it would be to translate and interpret the nuance in something 3 times that age.

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darthstar  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:07:22am

Mornin’ everyone…

Mastodon

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:07:50am

re: #103 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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Dangerman  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:14:25am

re: #167 sagehen

The Quran wasn’t written by “a group of anonymous authors”, it has a very specific named author.

On the other hand, it was written 1500 years ago. Languages shift. If you’ve ever tried to read Beowulf in the original, you can imagine how difficult and imprecise it would be to translate and interpret the nuance in something 3 times that age.

Misquoting jesus

Misinterpreting Jesus is a whole separate thing

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:15:04am

re: #86 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

There is no bottom.

Currently, the temperature is -17°F / -27°Commie. The wind chill is -36°F / -38°Commie.

A warming trend starts tomorrow.

forecast.weather.gov

Actually, there is a bottom. You’re just not going to like getting there.

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:17:53am

re: #113 Targetpractice

By that logic, an atheist could claim to define right and wrong based upon a religion centered around the teachings of a stripper named Tandy as set out in the mad ramblings she scrawled out on a cocktail napkin.

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lawhawk  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:20:23am

After a year of spectacular oil price hikes and gas prices surging nationwide, are we supposed to be shocked that oil companies saw eye-popping record profits that make every prior year record profits look small?

Exxon Mobil
posted a $56 billion profit for 2022, the company said on Tuesday, taking home about $6.3 million per hour last year, and setting not only a company record but a historic high for the Western oil industry.

Oil majors are expected to break their own annual records on high prices and soaring demand, pushing their combined take to near $200 billion. The scale has renewed criticism of the oil industry and sparked calls for more countries to levy windfall profit taxes on the companies.

Exxon’s results far exceeded the then-record $45.2 billion net profit it reported in 2008, when oil hit $142 per barrel, 30% above last year’s average price. Deep cost cuts during the pandemic helped supercharge last year’s earnings.

“Overall earnings and cashflow were up pretty significantly year on year,” Exxon Chief Financial Officer Kathryn Mikells told Reuters. “So that came really from a combination of strong markets, strong throughput, strong production, and really good cost control.”

Exxon said it incurred a $1.3 billion hit to its fourth-quarter earnings from a European Union windfall tax that began in the final quarter and from asset impairments. The company is suing the EU, arguing that the levy exceeds its legal authority.

EU imposed a windfall profits tax to recoup $1.3 billion.

Mind you also that the oil price surge in 2022 reached only as high as ~$120. That gas prices surged even more speaks to the gouging that oil companies did - both by keeping refining capacity low (refusing to spend to expand capacity), and because they didn’t want to expand production capacity because high oil prices goosed their bottom lines. 2022 shows just how out of whack global oil prices were and how badly the oil companies behaved.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:21:11am
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Dangerman  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:24:28am

Interesting that tfg thinks audio recordings of him speaking are damaging to his reputation.
But writing those same words in a book isnt.

Of course he doesn’t actually. Its a grift for a payoff

Won’t work

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Dangerman  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:26:07am

re: #175 Dangerman

Interesting that tfg thinks audio recordings of him speaking are damaging to his reputation.
But writing those same words in a book isnt.

Of course he doesn’t actually. Its a grift for a payoff

Won’t work

Oh and here it is

He surely can’t win, and he may well be at risk of getting fined again, apparently not having learned much from the fine that was assessed against him and his lawyer a couple of weeks ago. Then again, maybe it’s worth it. If he can fleece his supporters for $2 million by kvetching about a lawsuit that ultimately costs him $1 million in fines, then he’s profited to the tune of $1 million. Which would probably be in the top 10% of Trump’s business transactions, all-time, when it comes to profitability

Today’s electoral-vote.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:26:34am

re: #167 sagehen

The Quran wasn’t written by “a group of anonymous authors”, it has a very specific named author.

I was referring mostly to the Christian scriptures, but even in the case of a named author, we do not know how much of it was from that person directly, how much they borrowed from other sources and how much was added or embellished at a later date.

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jeffreyw  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:28:03am

Good morning!

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:28:26am

Red means traffic is slow:

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:29:59am

re: #177 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I was referring mostly to the Christian scriptures, but even in the case of a named author, we do not know how much of it came from him directly and how much of it was from that person directly, how much they borrowed from other sources and how much was added or embellished at a later date.

Several of the books of the Bible do name their authors. In the case of the New Testament, there is generally evidence to support the assertions of authorship. The oldest Old Testament books are often ascribed authorship by tradition; those traditions are plausible on their face, but there’s no hard evidence either way. It’s a very active field of scholarship to identify arguments for alternative authors.

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Dr Lizardo  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:30:24am

re: #178 jeffreyw

That looks like a filming model from one of the Star Trek films. I wonder where the hell they got that?

Of course, it could well be a scratch build, which is pretty damn impressive.

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:34:10am

re: #179 Belafon

The Google map version:

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:36:41am

Sleet.

This is about a half an hour of accumulation. We’re expecting this off and on until tomorrow afternoon:

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Mattand  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:42:25am

re: #113 Targetpractice

By that logic, an atheist could claim to define right and wrong based upon a religion centered around the teachings of a stripper named Tandy as set out in the mad ramblings she scrawled out on a cocktail napkin.

re: #162 Belafon

Would probably be a nicer religion.

It would definitely take the process of tithing to a whole new level.

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mmmirele  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:43:02am

re: #96 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Elno let this guy back on Twitter … (Right Wing Watch, January 30, 2023)

Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin Claims Religious Mandate for Men to ‘Force’ Women to Submit

(more)

FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK THAT BULLSHIT!

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BigPapa  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:45:27am

I so enjoy late night/early morning remote WiFi network firmware downgrades because a brand new expensive system isn’t connecting iPads.

(whistles the ‘Whistling Past The Graveyard’ whistle)

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:46:08am

re: #185 mmmirele

FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK THAT BULLSHIT!

Ah, yes: The old “wives, submit to your husbands” chauvinist talking point. Possibly THE single most mis-quoted piece of Scripture in history, and there are a lot to choose from.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:46:15am

re: #144 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Republicans are in total control of South Dakota’s state government, holding a 31-4 edge in the Senate and a 63-7 supermajority in the House. Republicans have served as governor since 1979. Senate leaders named seven Republicans and two Democrats to serve on the committee.

While they rarely need to battle with statehouse Democrats, the South Dakota GOP has a lengthy history of family feuds.

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Thanos  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:47:10am

re: #166 Dopamine Fish

I’m sorry. Up here, we’re just getting bitter cold, with the wind chill at -25 °F (-31.7 C). I hope all y’all stay safe on the icy roads.

We are at 3 Degrees here in Kansas.

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mmmirele  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:48:37am

re: #116 Amory Blaine

Apparently the threat to women from the repeal of Roe v Wade is over. I’ve not seen any media outlet report on 10yo rape victims carrying to term or other tragedies.

They’re not being reported because neither women, girls nor doctors want to be investigated for obtaining abortions in situations like this by evil governments imposing their religious beliefs on all of us.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:49:28am

re: #190 mmmirele

They’re not being reported because neither women, girls nor doctors want to be investigated for obtaining abortions in situations like this by evil governments imposing their religious beliefs on all of us.

The cautionary tale of the practitioner in Indiana who was being investigated by the state’s very Republican AG after giving a life-saving abortion to a 10-year-old girl from Ohio is having its intended effect.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:49:48am

Follow-up: ask these people to find Israel on a map.

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Dangerman  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:51:18am

Socialist
Communist
Leftist
Globalist
Elite
Coastal

Means whatever they want it to mean

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:51:47am

re: #185 mmmirele

Neo-Nazi Andrew Anglin Claims Religious Mandate for Men to ‘Force’ Women to Submit

When you scratch the surface of any supporters of “traditional” or “Biblical” marriage, they all ooze the same thing: the notion of women as property.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:53:15am

re: #193 Dangerman

Socialist
Communist
Leftist
Globalist
Elite
Coastal

Means whatever they want it to mean

PC
Woke
Antifa
CRT
BLM
Progressive

ditto

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The Pie Overlord!  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:54:15am

Got teh birbie.

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mmmirele  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:54:43am

re: #125 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It is one of the standard Christian moral arguments that people will not learn to behave unless they are threatened with eternal damnation if they don’t.

Yeah, right. Obviously eternal damnation doesn’t work very well on those Christians in government who do terrible, terrible things because they think they know what is right, and so what if people get hurt or die?

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:57:29am

re: #197 mmmirele

Yeah, right. Obviously eternal damnation doesn’t work very well on those Christians in government who do terrible, terrible things because they think they know what is right, and so what if people get hurt or die?

Actual Jesus: “For I am willing that none should perish but that all should come to repentance.”
White Republican Jesus: “Some of you may die, but that’s a sacrifice I am willing to make.”

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lawhawk  Jan 31, 2023 • 6:57:33am

This just in, George Santos now says that he wont serve on committees while he’s under investigation. So, he will never serve on a committee. Congrats NY voters who put this crapulent fraud in office. He’s never going to do anything for you, except lie to you.

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A Cranky One  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:00:09am

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:01:06am

re: #198 Dopamine Fish

Actual Jesus: “For I am willing that none should perish but that all should come to repentance.”
White Republican Jesus: “Some of you may die, but that’s a sacrifice I am willing to make.”

Remember the argument during Covid for ending restrictions:

“People die of Covid, but they also die of poverty!”

I heard that from a GOP politician

People do not die of poverty: they die from lack of proper nutrition, shelter and medical care.

We have decided that poor people in our society deserve none of those things.

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wrenchwench  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:01:31am

re: #200 A Cranky One

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Is that a MetroGnome?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:02:11am

re: #202 wrenchwench

Is that a MetroGnome?

A Metropolitician

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lawhawk  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:02:16am

re: #199 lawhawk

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Dangerman  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:03:00am

re: #199 lawhawk

This just in, George Santos now says that he wont serve on committees while he’s under investigation. So, he will never serve on a committee. Congrats NY voters who put this crapulent fraud in office. He’s never going to do anything for you, except lie to you.

new Siena poll finds that by a margin of 78% to 13%, voters in New York’s 3rd congressional district overwhelmingly say Santos should resign.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:03:30am

re: #201 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The proliferation of the “prosperity gospel” - a theology invented from whole cloth that says that the more money you give to the church, the more money God will give you in return - carries with it an implicit condemnation of poor people as not living a Godly life. Combining this with the modern heresy that human agents must act to punish people for moral failings, you get the end result: Poor people, being un-Godly, must suffer for their failure to do enough to please God.

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Dangerman  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:05:52am

re: #206 Dopamine Fish

The proliferation of the “prosperity gospel” - a theology invented from whole cloth that says that the more money you give to the church, the more money God will give you in return - carries with it an implicit condemnation of poor people as not living a Godly life. Combining this with the modern heresy that human agents must act to punish people for moral failings, you get the end result: Poor people, being un-Godly, must suffer for their failure to do enough to please God.

Would seem to be child’s play to disprove

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wrenchwench  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:06:13am

re: #206 Dopamine Fish

The proliferation of the “prosperity gospel” - a theology invented from whole cloth that says that the more money you give to the church, the more money God will give you in return - carries with it an implicit condemnation of poor people as not living a Godly life. Combining this with the modern heresy that human agents must act to punish people for moral failings, you get the end result: Poor people, being un-Godly, must suffer for their failure to do enough to please God.

As you know, that’s like saying, ‘You can’t wash, you’re dirty. You need to be clean to wash.’

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Eventual Carrion  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:06:14am

re: #204 lawhawk

All they voted for was an “R”

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:07:09am

re: #207 Dangerman

Would seem to be child’s play to disprove

Consider Job. He was a wealthy man, and righteous. He literally lost EVERYTHING because God and Satan decided to play a game with his life. This directly contradicts the idea that the righteous and faithful givers must always become unspeakably rich.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:08:23am

re: #206 Dopamine Fish

The proliferation of the “prosperity gospel” - a theology invented from whole cloth that says that the more money you give to the church, the more money God will give you in return - carries with it an implicit condemnation of poor people as not living a Godly life. Combining this with the modern heresy that human agents must act to punish people for moral failings, you get the end result: Poor people, being un-Godly, must suffer for their failure to do enough to please God.

Wealth as an outer sign of inner grace.

Sound familiar?

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No Malarkey!  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:10:25am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:10:25am

re: #209 Eventual Carrion

All they voted for was an “R”

The argument that Bill Maher presents is that was also partly the NYC liberals who voted for the image he presented (gay, Jewish, immigrant, etc…) and his promises - because he appealed to their Identity Politics) without checking to see if he could or would deliver.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:11:16am

re: #212 No Malarkey!

Asked by Maria Bartiromo where specifically she wants to see spending cuts, Elise Stefanik singles out the “woke agenda,” whatever that is

Wokeagenda, isn’t that where the Black Panther movies are set?

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jeffreyw  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:12:34am

re: #181 Dr Lizardo

That looks like a filming model from one of the Star Trek films. I wonder where the hell they got that?

Of course, it could well be a scratch build, which is pretty damn impressive.

No clue where it came from. It is pretty a damn slick build.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:14:46am

re: #211 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Wealth as an outer sign of inner grace.

Sound familiar?

I attended a “prosperity gospel” church for a time. My now in-laws went there and spoke highly of it. (In retrospect, this should have made me highly suspicious, but I was young and stupid once.) I quickly grew disillusioned with the fakeness of the whole experience. The tipping point was when the pastor gave a sermon on financial hardship in the church, where he complained that he had to sell the church’s jet and put aside flying himself everywhere for conferences in order to reduce operating expenses, and he needed people to give more so that they could buy it back later and allow him to do his ministry. I’m like, uhh, you’re doing your ministry right there on that stage, bud… Da fuq do you need a jet for?

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Scottish Dragon  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:14:47am

re: #34 ckkatz

F-15EX does all of that but is expensive.

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lawhawk  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:15:08am

re: #214 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

So, apparently, wokeagenda is what Killmonger wanted throughout the entire movie, and which T’challa adopted after Killmonger’s death? Got it. Needed to check the movie continuity.

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John Hughes  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:19:59am

re: #34 ckkatz

Not allowed to see the chart because it’s age restricted and I don’t do Twitter.

But since Biden has said “no F16s” better look for plan B.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:21:00am

Recap of yesterday’s bad 70’s music subtopic:

Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where my Rosemary goes) TOTP

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Thanos  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:21:51am

Mastodon

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Thanos  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:23:43am

re: #220 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Recap of yesterday’s bad 70’s music subtopic:

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Video

That place where bubblegum transitioned to power pop was cringy but delightful.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:25:46am

re: #222 Thanos

That place where bubblegum transitioned to power pop was cringy but delightful.

That sums up what was on the radio when I was in High School: the Sweet, the Raspberries, Bay City Rollers, Paper Lace, etc…

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Dr Lizardo  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:31:37am

re: #215 jeffreyw

No clue where it came from. It is pretty a damn slick build.

I’ve seen examples of people building some amazing scratch-builds, but that model of the Enterprise looks like one of the large-scale models ILM would’ve built back in the day for close-up beauty shots.

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sagehen  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:32:02am

re: #193 Dangerman

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Socialist
Communist
Leftist
Globalist
Elite
Coastal

Means whatever they want it to mean

at least when they specify a city, we know what that means.

If they say New York? That means Jewish.
Chicago means Black.
San Francisco means Gay.
Dearborn means Muslim.

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Scottish Dragon  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:32:48am

re: #226 Dr Lizardo

I’ve seen examples of people building some amazing scratch-builds, but that model of the Enterprise looks like one of the large-scale models ILM would’ve built back in the day for close-up beauty shots.

That’s what I thought.

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Dangerman  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:32:49am

re: #219 John Hughes

Not allowed to see the chart because it’s age restricted and I don’t do Twitter.

But since Biden has said “no F16s” better look for plane B.

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Thanos  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:32:56am

re: #224 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

That sums up what was on the radio when I was in High School: the Sweet, the Raspberries, Bay City Rollers, Paper Lace, etc…

Slade, Badfinger, The Undertones, Mott The Hoople…

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:33:29am

re: #227 sagehen

at least when they specify a city, we know what that means.

If they say New York? That means Jewish.
Chicago means Black.
San Francisco means Gay.
Dearborn means Muslim.

Oh, man. We were talking about the old times here, and this post reminded me of all the times we used to call Dearborn “Dearbornistan.” Ugh, we used to be such vile little shits. I’m so glad I left that life behind… it was not fun.

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Scottish Dragon  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:33:57am

re: #229 Dangerman

Biden also said “No tanks”

Figure at some point Ukraine is going to get F-16s configured for SEAD

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Thanos  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:34:20am

re: #231 Dopamine Fish

Oh, man. We were talking about the old times here, and this post reminded me of all the times we used to call Dearborn “Dearbornistan.” Ugh, we used to be such vile little shits. I’m so glad I left that life behind… it was not fun.

I too remember and must still atone for those days.

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Scottish Dragon  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:35:45am

re: #233 Thanos

I too remember and must still atone for those days.

I have some post 9/11 comments in other platforms I will always regret.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:36:11am

re: #233 Thanos

I too remember and must still atone for those days.

One of the things I keep thinking about is, “What if I ever made it big? What are the skeletons in my closet?” One decision I made is that I’d be up-front about as many of them as I could think of. In that scenario, my dirty laundry is going to be aired one way or another, I might as well be out with it so people can decide immediately if they want to continue associating with me or not.

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Dr Lizardo  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:37:32am

re: #228 Scottish Dragon

That’s what I thought.

Yeah. Like that model of the RMS Titanic James Cameron had commissioned; something like 42 feet long, insanely detailed, and IIRC, built by a company that actually builds yachts.

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austin_blue  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:38:27am

re: #160 Belafon

Sleeting here. This is the third time we have gotten so much sleet that it has shut things down in the 25 years I have been in DFW. Which I think ties the number of times we have gotten enough snow to shut things down.

Austin is a wreckfest this morning, but only on bridges and ramps. Residual heat is keeping the ‘hood’s streets clear and usable. Still, lotsa short stretches over the creeks that are dicey. No driving today!

austintexas.gov

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:38:52am

re: #230 Thanos

Slade, Badfinger, The Undertones, Mott The Hoople…

Those guys were already going over into hard rock

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The Pie Overlord!  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:39:46am

re: #231 Dopamine Fish

Oh, man. We were talking about the old times here, and this post reminded me of all the times we used to call Dearborn “Dearbornistan.” Ugh, we used to be such vile little shits. I’m so glad I left that life behind… it was not fun.

People change as they process new information and adjust their worldview. I am glad that I made the decision to stay at LGF through the Great Enchangening even though that meant burning bridges elsewhere. Also, the Great Enchangening brought a new, different set of trolls but they too are gone now.

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No Malarkey!  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:40:25am

I want to mention that it’s Charles’ posts like this one that first drew me to LGF so long ago. Even when he was on the Right, he wasn’t a science denier.

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Scottish Dragon  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:41:46am

re: #236 Dr Lizardo

Yeah. Like that model of the RMS Titanic James Cameron had commissioned; something like 42 feet long, insanely detailed, and IIRC, built by a company that actually builds yachts.

1/8 scale model.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:43:30am

re: #239 The Pie Overlord!

People change as they process new information and adjust their worldview. I am glad that I made the decision to stay at LGF through the Great Enchangening even though that meant burning bridges elsewhere. Also, the Great Enchangening brought a new, different set of trolls but they too are gone now.

Some people change; people who recognize that change may be difficult, but is an important part of living a life that spans the better part of a century (if lucky and done correctly). I have no regrets about any of the changes I have made, most especially leaving behind the hateful far-right beliefs I was indoctrinated into as a child and learning to be a well-adjusted progressive.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:44:54am

re: #241 wrenchwench

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Video

Was this back in the days before choreography was invented?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:47:27am

re: #244 The Pie Overlord!

Was this back in the days before choreography was invented?

Mini skirts and go-go boots were sufficient

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Nojay UK  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:50:52am

re: #232 Scottish Dragon

Figure at some point Ukraine is going to get F-16s configured for SEAD

They’d need pilots trained to perform SEAD with F-16s, that’s a one-year curriculum including a hundred hours flight time on a range in in western US against Joker AD configured like current Russian systems.

The Ukranians have the problem that they’d have to attack AD locations deep inside Russian territory and if they use American-made planes and weapons that is an escalation step most folks in the West are wary of (hence the reluctance to give the Ukranians missile systems which can reach Red Square).

Basically anything that flies at a significant altitude above Ukraine turf is going to be attacked by AA and blown out of the sky, Russian or Ukranian. The Russians are reportedly flying obsolete Mig-31s on spot-and-scoot patrols within safe airspace over Crimea, looking down from 15,000 metres altitude to detect ground-hugging Ukranian helos and planes before firing off long-range A2A smart missiles like the R-37 at them. This tactic is working better than the Ukranians would like.

Something like the Super Tucano for ground attack would be a better choice, accepting significant losses in combat but with a much lower operational requirement (maintenance, spares etc.) and minimal training conversion of existing pilots.

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Teukka  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:52:18am

re: #144 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

More Republicans in disarray.

South Dakota Senator Benched in ‘Suckling’ Advice Scandal

There is much more wackadoodle shit in there.

Wait. WHAT!? 👀
This ain’t normal…

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Nojay UK  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:52:48am

re: #242 Scottish Dragon

1/8 scale model.

There’s a finely-detailed 1/10 scale model of IJN Yamato in Kure south of Hiroshima in Japan, in the Yamato museum. It’s kind of a big model too.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:53:05am

re: #247 Teukka

Wait. WHAT!? 👀
This ain’t normal…

sexually obsessed

they just have odd ways of expressing it.

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:53:34am

Thundersleet!

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Teukka  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:56:07am

re: #249 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

sexually obsessed

they just have odd ways of expressing it.

This is not obsession, this is pathological…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:56:12am

re: #248 Nojay UK

There’s a finely-detailed 1/10 scale model of IJN Yamato in Kure south of Hiroshima in Japan, in the Yamato museum. It’s kind of a big model too.

I ran across my namesake on Facebook: he is a flight mechanic with the Royal Canadian Air Force, and he tells me his dream is to build a 2/3-scale flyable model Spitfire.

I pointed out that my uncle (and also namesake) built and flew his own airplane.

I never built anything bigger than a 1/16 scale model.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:57:33am

re: #251 Teukka

This is not obsession, this is pathological…

But you begin see why they are so big on suppressing and stifling anything to do with sex; they assume that everyone else is just as sick and addictively hung up on it as they are.

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austin_blue  Jan 31, 2023 • 7:57:39am

re: #250 Belafon

Thundersleet!

Yeah, I saw that cell coming for Rockwell and was like “Belafon’s gonna get it in the neck…”

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Scottish Dragon  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:01:02am

re: #246 Nojay UK

They’d need pilots trained to perform SEAD with F-16s, that’s a one-year curriculum including a hundred hours flight time on a range in in western US against Joker AD configured like current Russian systems.

The Ukranians have the problem that they’d have to attack AD locations deep inside Russian territory and if they use American-made planes and weapons that is an escalation step most folks in the West are wary of (hence the reluctance to give the Ukranians missile systems which can reach Red Square).

Basically anything that flies at a significant altitude above Ukraine turf is going to be attacked by AA and blown out of the sky, Russian or Ukranian. The Russians are reportedly flying obsolete Mig-31s on spot-and-scoot patrols within safe airspace over Crimea, looking down from 15,000 metres altitude to detect ground-hugging Ukranian helos and planes before firing off long-range A2A smart missiles like the R-37 at them. This tactic is working better than the Ukranians would like.

Something like the Super Tucano for ground attack would be a better choice, accepting significant losses in combat but with a much lower operational requirement (maintenance, spares etc.) and minimal training conversion of existing pilots.

My contention has been it will take a year to get pilots and ground crew (!) combat ready.

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Dave In Austin  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:01:09am
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wrenchwench  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:04:34am

Longest song ever to get so much airplay. Worth it? Once.

1,478,338 plays later…

Don McLean - American Pie (Lyric Video)

Back when FM would play the long stuff, but it’s more of an AM song.

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Nojay UK  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:08:28am

re: #252 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I ran across my namesake on Facebook: he is a flight mechanic with the Royal Canadian Air Force, and he tells me his dream is to build a 2/3-scale flyable model Spitfire.

There are kit-form airworthy versions of the Spitfire and a couple of other classic WWII fighters which are scaled-down from the originals with modern lower-performance engines. That’s probably what he’s thinking of building.

There was a company here in the UK that made full-size replicas of Spitfires and other WWII fighters for static display, movie props etc. but they could never fly. I don’t know if they’re still in business though — it’s kind of a specialised market that’s rather easy to saturate.

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wrenchwench  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:09:16am

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ckkatz  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:10:25am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:11:41am

Ira “Bob” Born, a candy company executive known as the “Father of Peeps” for pioneering the way the chick-shaped candies are made, has died.

May he rest in peeps…

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John Hughes  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:12:57am

re: #159 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

He’s not a Christian. His book was not translated.

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Dr. Matt  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:24:01am

In all reality, Santos’ lies are just as big and just as frequent as TFG.

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Dr. Matt  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:26:50am

TFG admitted to the affair:

His lawyers right now: 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♂️

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:27:14am

re: #247 Teukka

Wait. WHAT!? 👀
This ain’t normal…

Actually, it is a long-time adult kink (ANR—Adult Nursing Relationship, even FOX News once did an article about it).

The problem here isn’t so much the kink, but bringing your kink into the workplace, assuming someone wants to hear about it, and the antivaxxer crap.

Kinks belong at home, not at work.

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John Hughes  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:31:46am

re: #232 Scottish Dragon

Biden also said “No tanks”

Did he? I thought he said stuff like “that decision has not yet been taken”.

Figure at some point Ukraine is going to get F-16s configured for SEAD

Which, of course, means air attacks on Russian territory.

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wrenchwench  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:31:47am

re: #265 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Actually, it is a long-time adult kink (ANR—Adult Nursing Relationship, even FOX News once did an article about it).

The problem here isn’t so much the kink, but bringing your kink into the workplace, assuming someone wants to hear about it, and the antivaxxer crap.

Kinks belong at home, not at work.

Ray Davies performs “A Long Way From Home” and “The Getaway (Lonesome Train)”

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Ferdinand  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:32:31am

re: #233 Thanos

I too remember and must still atone for those days.

Here here. It’s why I’ve mostly lurked here daily literally since Rather-gate. I’m sure it was Sullivan or lol Reynolds who first linked LGF for me. Maybe Cole. My now adult kiddos remember the bad old post-9/11 days and keep me humble. And woke ;)

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Teukka  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:32:49am

re: #265 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Actually, it is a long-time adult kink (ANR—Adult Nursing Relationship, even FOX News once did an article about it).

The problem here isn’t so much the kink, but bringing your kink into the workplace, assuming someone wants to hear about it, and the antivaxxer crap.

Kinks belong at home, not at work.

Actually, when I posted the link on various chats, someone told me that in the woo circles of conservatism, there’s apparently this thing which is obviously the result from a conservo (mis)reading scientific text like they (mis)read the Bible, namely that breast milk kills or otherwise helps with CoViD. Which has lead to a black market in human breast milk.

Like, newborn and infants have less of an immune system than children or adults, and breast milk helps crank their immune system up to speed. But that doesn’t mean that an adult drinking breast milk gets their immune system a turbo boost. Like, don’t they even know the basics!? Don’t they know that there is very little room for interpretation in scientific text?

Also, there’s a constant shortage of human breast milk as well as wetnurses, and this just exacerbates the problem.

Lord, I now understand why your middle name is “Fucking”
*simultanenous headdesk and facepalm*.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:35:47am

re: #269 Teukka

I was going to say that, before my computer crashed. Well, more specifically, I was going to state that there are militant anti-formula women out there (it’s always women, for some reason) who take women to task if they’re not breast-feeding, and who breast-feed their children well past the time when most of society deems it appropriate to wean them. And yes, they will have their husbands breast-feed as well, if the husband is amenable to the idea, not necessarily as a sex thing, but because they are convinced of the virtues of breast milk. You see some of that attitude in the specific phenomenon you describe there.

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:36:32am

We are now getting a snow-sleet mix.

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ckkatz  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:37:26am

More on the F-16 discussion.

To me it looks like NATO is in the process of coming to an agreement on what to do about Ukrainian requests for fighters. Macron has also weighed in positively on supporting Ukraine through provision of air frames. Scholz/Germany is currently silent.

I am assuming that the upcoming February Ramstein conference on this topic is helping drive the discussion. My further assumption is that Biden, with his ‘no’, is trying to avoid pushing the allies any faster than they are willing to go.

.

.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:39:25am

re: #271 Belafon

We are now getting a snow-sleet mix.

Currently here it’s sunny and -11°F / -24°C.

It’s supposed to get up to +25°F, so we can hope a little bit.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:41:06am

re: #273 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Currently here it’s sunny and -11°F / -24°C.

It’s supposed to get up to +25°F, so we can hope a little bit.

The high here today is supposed to be a whopping 4 °F (-15.6 C). It’s rare when it’s colder here than it is up there on the blustery prairie.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:43:01am

Hey Republicans, go fuck yourselves. Here in the North Star State, we value women.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:44:23am

We’re back on this bullshyte this morning.

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retired cynic  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:44:30am

Kroger workers allege massive wage theft: “I’m tired of having to beg”
popular.info

Horrible, horrible state of affairs!

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Joe Bacon  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:45:02am

re: #133 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Between my Catholic upbringing and my exposure to all the Campus Crusade for Christ assholes in college, I was thoroughly disinclined towards Christianity. It was not until much later in life that I met a handful of Christians who quietly practice their faith without preaching.

Not enough to convert me, but enough to make me see that there are some positive aspects to that religion.

Glad you’ve seen something positive. All I’ve seen from Xtianity is negative.

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Teukka  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:45:06am

re: #270 Dopamine Fish

I was going to say that, before my computer crashed. Well, more specifically, I was going to state that there are militant anti-formula women out there (it’s always women, for some reason) who take women to task if they’re not breast-feeding, and who breast-feed their children well past the time when most of society deems it appropriate to wean them. And yes, they will have their husbands breast-feed as well, if the husband is amenable to the idea, not necessarily as a sex thing, but because they are convinced of the virtues of breast milk. You see some of that attitude in the specific phenomenon you describe there.

Formula is a good supplement for the natural article these days, and in some cases, better than the natural article.
Also, taking women to task because they’re not breast-feeding or wean them “too early” is grossly encroaching on their privacy, as is giving unsolicited advise relating to it, regardless if the sexual connotations were intended or not.
And to top it off with blatant misinformation…

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:46:50am

re: #279 Teukka

Formula is a good supplement for the natural article these days, and in some cases, better than the natural article.
Also, taking women to task because they’re not breast-feeding or wean them “too early” is grossly encroaching on their privacy, as is giving unsolicited advise relating to it, regardless if the sexual connotations were intended or not.
And to top it off with blatant misinformation…

It’s the same sort of attitude as I’ve seen in the “quiver-full” movement among the hard-line fundamentalist Christians in this part of America. Women will disrespect other women for the crime of not popping out babies as fast as their bodies will allow. The only woman I ever wanted to physically strike was a quiver-full mom who insulted my mother for having her tubes tied after life-threatening complications with my delivery.

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lawhawk  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:47:19am

re: #264 Dr. Matt

TFG admitted to the affair:

His lawyers right now: 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♂️

Advice of council?

It’s counsel you fucknugget. /

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:47:48am

re: #281 lawhawk

Advice of council?

It’s counsel you fucknugget. /

Mr. Trump could stand to learn the lesson of Shut the Fuck Up Friday: EVERY DAY IS SHUT THE FUCK UP FRIDAY.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:48:03am

😍😍😍

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:48:22am

re: #106 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

yes there is, 0° Kelvin

I don’t understand the science but there is this report about scientists creating a gas that has a temperature of negative Kelvin!sciencedaily.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:48:38am

re: #262 John Hughes

He’s not a Christian. His book was not translated.

I am aware that the Quran is read in its original, and I am told it is nearly impossible to translate.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:50:05am

re: #109 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

It’s warmed up a little bit: It’s -11°F outside now. My furnace is having trouble keeping my drafty 108-year house warm.

It’s a balmy 7°F here now!!

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:50:54am

re: #276 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:50:54am

re: #263 Dr. Matt

In all reality, Santos’ lies are just as big and just as frequent as TFG.

Again, he is the Poster Boy for the New Media Reality. It is just taken as given that everybody lies about everything, so why not just support the people who tell the most brazen, bald-faced but fascinatingly entertaining lies?

The only thing that stands to get Santos in trouble is if it can be proven that he lied to the IRS on his campaign finance declarations.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:51:42am

re: #264 Dr. Matt

With respect to the “Stormy” nonsense, it is VERY OLD & happened a long time ago, long past the very publicly known & accepted deadline of the Statute of Limitations. I placed full Reliance on the JUDGEMENT & ADVICE OF COUNCIL, who I had every reason to believe had a license to

The affair is irrelevant, the matter is simply whether he used campaign funds to buy her silence.

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Scottish Dragon  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:52:00am

Just lectured a bit on freshman math dealing with fractions. Remembered I had to go back to the beginning and explain a number divided by itself equals 1

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Joe Bacon  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:52:37am

re: #283 The Pie Overlord!

😍😍😍

And I’m just waiting for the Washington Post to attack the Second Gentleman for showing love for his wife.

Still angry about that misogynistic and racist attack on Kamala that the Post published yesterday.

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Dr Lizardo  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:52:41am

re: #272 ckkatz

Ukraine needs air superiority/air supremacy. It’s the only way to win and drive the Russians out of Ukraine once and for all.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:53:16am

re: #290 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The affair is irrelevant, the matter is simply whether he used campaign funds to buy her silence.

Again: Cover-up > crime. (Though an affair is technically not a crime, as long as it is between consenting adults, the statement still holds true.)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:53:42am

re: #275 Dopamine Fish

Hey Republicans, go fuck yourselves. Here in the North Star State, we value women.

Walz gotz ballz

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:54:22am

re: #295 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Walz gotz ballz

I started reading the replies. I had to click away because oh my God, the hard right in this state is just as bad as it is anywhere. Fuck those people sideways with a rusty rake.

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Eventual Carrion  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:54:46am

re: #287 Hecuba’s daughter

It’s a balmy 7°F here now!!

Feeling better about our temps here in NW PA after reading all the other reports. We are hanging around 19F and supposed to warm up to 25F possibly today.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:55:00am

re: #276 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

We’re back on this bullshyte this morning.

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He’s trying to prop up his worldview by repeating the things Republicans told him and lying to himself. With a few hundred followers and little engagement, he’s mostly talking to himself.

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Teukka  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:55:56am

re: #280 Dopamine Fish

It’s the same sort of attitude as I’ve seen in the “quiver-full” movement among the hard-line fundamentalist Christians in this part of America. Women will disrespect other women for the crime of not popping out babies as fast as their bodies will allow. The only woman I ever wanted to physically strike was a quiver-full mom who insulted my mother for having her tubes tied after life-threatening complications with my delivery.

This ain’t normal…

Maybe there is something to my hunch that conservatism may be some sort of personality disorder /semi-s

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:56:28am

re: #284 Hecuba’s daughter

So our simulation uses signed integers. We are written in Java.

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:57:14am

re: #292 Joe Bacon

And I’m just waiting for the Washington Post to attack the Second Gentleman for showing love for his wife.

Still angry about that misogynistic and racist attack on Kamala that the Post published yesterday.

What did they say?

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:57:26am

re: #300 Belafon

So our simulation uses signed integers. We are written in Java.

Oh God. That explains SO MUCH that is wrong with the world.

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:57:48am

re: #294 Dopamine Fish

Again: Cover-up > crime. (Though an affair is technically not a crime, as long as it is between consenting adults, the statement still holds true.)

Christians should have considered it one, though.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:58:17am

Doesn’t Rafael Cruz have enough problems at home?

thedailybeast.com

Ted Cruz Refuses to Apologize for Pushing Pelosi Attack Conspiracies

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) stopped short of offering an outright apology for sharing conspiracy theories about the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi. After the brutal assault on Nancy Pelosi’s 82-year-old husband during a break-in at their San Francisco home in October, Cruz was one of many right-wing figures who pushed spurious claims about the alleged attacker, David DePape. Cruz shared a screenshot of a thread by far-right troll Matt Walsh which claimed it was “absurd” to call DePape a “militant right winger”—despite reports that DePaper had posted on far-right blogs. “Truth,” Cruz captioned the screenshot on Twitter. When asked by a TMZ reporter if he would apologize following the release of bodycam footage of the attack on Pelosi, Cruz couldn’t bring himself to say sorry. Instead, he called the attack “utterly unacceptable” and labeled DePape a “deranged lunatic.” “The day it happened, I said it was [a] horrific violent attack and my prayers [were] with the Pelosi family—they remain [with the family],” Cruz told the reporter.

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Dangerman  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:58:47am

re: #264 Dr. Matt

TFG admitted to the affair:

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His lawyers right now: 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♂️

in case it needs to be said,
if your lawyers give you bad advice, like commiting a crime is ok, well that’s gonna be on you if you get caught.

sue em for malpractice. you’ll have lots of time once you get prison law library privileges

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 8:59:56am

re: #277 retired cynic

Kroger workers allege massive wage theft: “I’m tired of having to beg”
popular.info

Horrible, horrible state of affairs!

Capitalism works best with slaves. Since slavery is illegal, stealing pay back is the next-best thing.

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:00:08am

re: #302 Dopamine Fish

Oh God. That explains SO MUCH that is wrong with the world.

I have occasionally thought I could feel the garbage collector kick in.

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BlueSpotinAL  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:01:50am

re: #284 Hecuba’s daughter

I don’t understand the science but there is this report about scientists creating a gas that has a temperature of negative Kelvin!sciencedaily.com

OK, that is cool. Pun wasn’t intended, but I will take it.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:02:13am

re: #307 Belafon

I have occasionally thought I could feel the garbage collector kick in.

Those are the days you need a second cup of coffee just to finish bootstrapping.

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Scottish Dragon  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:02:19am

re: #300 Belafon

So our simulation uses signed integers. We are written in Java.

I thought we are written in FORTRAN…

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:03:00am

re: #310 Scottish Dragon

I thought we are written in FORTRAN…

Image: lisp.jpg

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:03:59am

re: #306 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Capitalism works best with slaves. Since slavery is illegal, stealing pay back is the next-best thing.

The Cocoanuts - Wage Slaves

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Scottish Dragon  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:05:58am

re: #311 Dopamine Fish

Image: lisp.jpg

OMG lmao

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darthstar  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:07:18am

Mastodon

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darthstar  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:07:52am

Image above is safe.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:07:57am

re: #306 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Capitalism works best with slaves. Since slavery is illegal, stealing pay back is the next-best thing.

Memories of the Western PA Kroger strike in 1982 when Kroger demanded a 25% wage cut from all employees. Employees refused. Kroger tried to hire strikebreakers but the stores were surrounded by union activists and the strikebrekaers were blocked from entering.

End result—Kroger closed all of its’ Western PA stores.

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Scottish Dragon  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:08:59am

re: #316 Joe Bacon

Memories of the Western PA Kroger strike in 1982 when Kroger demanded a 25% wage cut from all employees. Employees refused. Kroger tried to hire strikebreakers but the stores were surrounded by union activists and the strikebrekaers were blocked from entering.

End result—Kroger closed all of its’ Western PA stores.

The Reagan union busting era

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:09:16am

re: #119 TarHellion

A solid beginning but took a wrong turn and settled for the par.
On that note, have a great day/evening!
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Teukka  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:09:54am
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Joe Bacon  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:10:36am

re: #317 Scottish Dragon

The Reagan union busting era

Yes and after Kroger closed all of its stores a local chain Shop N Save bought all the stores at sheriff sales…oh and they hired non-union workers at minimum wage…

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Teukka  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:10:43am

re: #313 Scottish Dragon

OMG lmao

LISP = Lotsa Infernal Stupid Parentheses.

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JC1  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:11:14am

This is pretty f*cked up.
Woman in Germany accused of killing a lookalike in order to fake her own death.

nbcnews.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:12:17am

re: #317 Scottish Dragon

The Reagan union busting era

Remember, when investors pool their assets to improve their bargaining position, that is called a corporation and it is the very foundation of our economic system.

But when employers pool their labor to improve their bargaining position with a corporation, that is a filthy dirty commie union.

The “level playing field” = individuals and families with limited incomes and assets negotiating one-on-one with multi-billion, international corporations for terms of employment, insurance coverage or financial services.

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Joe Bacon  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:12:58am

Today it is official I have now passed the 2/3 of a Century mark. And on the agenda today is yet another pair of visits to Drs at Kaiser…and I’m counting down to 7/31/24 when I retire with the full pension…

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Dangerman  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:13:16am

re: #314 darthstar

[Embedded content]

M&M spokescandies are not what you think they are.

YouTube

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The Pie Overlord!  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:14:22am
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austin_blue  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:15:21am

re: #267 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

Austin City Limits! I was at that show.

Six, seven years a go? Maybe eight.

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wrenchwench  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:17:08am

Run Like Hell

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Dr. Matt  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:17:23am

re: #319 Teukka

[Embedded content]

MAGA/Russia Fan Boys: “But what was she wearing?”

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:18:11am

re: #319 Teukka

(I had to go look up the names.)

It seems that the station and the reporters don’t have the ability to have something done about it:

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:18:19am

re: #319 Teukka

Major scandal in Russia.

The TV presenter Olga Zenkova from NTV was sent to occupied Melitopol to record a propaganda piece.

While visiting a restaurant, Kadyrov’s nephew Hasan Ibrahimov and men from his unit walked up to her, beat up her camera man and then raped her.

I assume that Russian authorities are denying everything and calling it all fabricated Ukrainian propaganda

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wrenchwench  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:19:02am

re: #324 Joe Bacon

Today it is official I have now passed the 2/3 of a Century mark. And on the agenda today is yet another pair of visits to Drs at Kaiser…and I’m counting down to 7/31/24 when I retire with the full pension…

Happy Birthday!

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ckkatz  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:19:37am

re: #324 Joe Bacon

Today it is official I have now passed the 2/3 of a Century mark. And on the agenda today is yet another pair of visits to Drs at Kaiser…and I’m counting down to 7/31/24 when I retire with the full pension…

Joe, wishing you a Most Happy Birthday!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:19:55am

re: #330 Belafon

(I had to go look up the names.)

It seems that the station and the reporters don’t have the ability to have something done about it:

Sup with Satan, you’re gonna get soup spilled on you…I am not smirking over what happened to her, this is just over-the-top sick shit and shows who they are willing to throw under the bus to keep things positive for Putin.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:20:31am

re: #324 Joe Bacon

Today it is official I have now passed the 2/3 of a Century mark. And on the agenda today is yet another pair of visits to Drs at Kaiser…and I’m counting down to 7/31/24 when I retire with the full pension…

Many happy returns, my scaly friend.

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Teukka  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:21:26am

re: #329 Dr. Matt

MAGA/Russia Fan Boys: “But what was she wearing?”

You forgot:
“She was asking for it!”
“She really wanted to!”
“She is a known [s-word]!”
“She looked Ukrainian!”
“She’s lying!”

But reality? SA-positive values increase predisposition to commit SA.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:22:30am

re: #324 Joe Bacon

Today it is official I have now passed the 2/3 of a Century mark. And on the agenda today is yet another pair of visits to Drs at Kaiser…and I’m counting down to 7/31/24 when I retire with the full pension…

Congrats. In 59 days I get to sing When I’m Sixty-Four by the Beatles from a real-life perspective

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jaunte  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:22:56am
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John Hughes  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:23:36am

re: #302 Dopamine Fish

Oh God. That explains SO MUCH that is wrong with the world.

So when time seems to be dragging with nothing happening it’s because the garbage collection has kicked in.

Edit: there was obviously a GC running on my instance given how late I was with this joke.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:23:45am

re: #338 jaunte

McCarthy knows the writing is on the wall for Santos. I’m 100% certain the decision to step down from his committees was NOT made by George Santos.

More openings for MTG

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:24:17am

re: #324 Joe Bacon

Today it is official I have now passed the 2/3 of a Century mark. And on the agenda today is yet another pair of visits to Drs at Kaiser…and I’m counting down to 7/31/24 when I retire with the full pension…

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:24:43am

re: #151 Dopamine Fish

When safety and reliability are your primary goals, you never buy version 1.0 of anything. Everybody makes mistakes, and you don’t want to be buying somebody else’s mistakes before they’ve been discovered.

As they say, all software is debugged in the field,

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:25:27am

Lebanon will devalue its currency (the Lebanese Pound) by 90% tomorrow.

Lebanon to devalue currency by 90% on Feb. 1, c.bank chief says (Reuters, via NASDAQ)

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Teukka  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:25:49am

re: #340 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

McCarthy knows the writing is on the wall for Santos. I’m 100% certain the decision to step down from his committees was NOT made by George Santos.

More openings for MTG

Grapevine suggest that Santos (or whoever he is) has provoked the DoJ’s curiosity. In the ancient Chinese curse sense.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:26:57am

re: #338 jaunte

If true, this is a face-saving measure by McCarthy. He doesn’t want to appear weak, or that he’s caving to Democrats. He’s telling Santos to put himself on the chopping block so that his tenuous grasp on the Speaker’s chair remains.

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Scottish Dragon  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:27:57am

re: #343 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Lebanon will devalue its currency (the Lebanese Pound) by 90% tomorrow.

Lebanon to devalue currency by 90% on Feb. 1, c.bank chief says (Reuters, via NASDAQ)

hello hyper inflation

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jaunte  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:28:24am

re: #345 Dopamine Fish

He doesn’t want to appear weak

Talk about locking the barn after the horse has bolted.

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ckkatz  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:28:28am
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Scottish Dragon  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:29:27am

re: #344 Teukka

Grapevine suggest that Santos (or whoever he is) has provoked the DoJ’s curiosity. In the ancient Chinese curse sense.

Yep. DOJ apparently asked the FEC to hold off on investigating.

OOPS

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:30:09am

While millions of children starve and are abused around the world, God gets credit for the important stuff.

Patrick Mahomes thanks God for healing ankle as Chiefs head to Super Bowl (Christian Post, January 30, 2023)

Gotta make sure you get that piety out there in public. God obviously hates the Bengals.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is crediting God for healing his ankle so he could help his team advance to Super Bowl LVII with a win over the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship Sunday.

Speaking in an interview with CBS immediately following his team’s 23-20 victory, Mahomes declared, “I want to thank God, man.”

“He healed my body this week to battle through that. He gave me the strength to be out here,” the 27-year-old said, referring to the high ankle sprain he suffered in the Jan. 21 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

(more, with video)

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wrenchwench  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:31:39am

re: #324 Joe Bacon

Today it is official I have now passed the 2/3 of a Century mark. And on the agenda today is yet another pair of visits to Drs at Kaiser…and I’m counting down to 7/31/24 when I retire with the full pension…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:36:39am

This morning’s cinematic masterpiece (via YouTube):

“Zombie Cats from Mars” (2015). Top-shelf special effects and acting. /s

(1:35:36)

Zombie Cats from Mars - Official Film

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Eventual Carrion  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:37:11am

re: #328 wrenchwench

[Embedded content]

I’ve got that CD (well actually a bootleg copy my buddy burnt for me. Don’t tell anyone)

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The GOP is a racist terrorist organization  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:38:51am
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Dopamine Fish  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:39:00am

So, here’s a new one: I went out to get yesterday’s mail, since my brain is operating on an approximately 24-hour lag right now. There is a hand-written envelope from an individual with whom I am unfamiliar; however, they addressed it to us, so I assume it must be someone who knows my wife, or my wife’s very extensive family. Nothing could be further from the truth. The individual in question is apparently sending hand-written letters and printed pamphlets as a means of avoiding door-to-door interactions… for the Jehovah’s Witnesses. I gotta say, letters in the mail, that’s a new one on me.

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Jay C  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:40:35am

re: #355 Dopamine Fish

I gotta say, letters in the mail, that’s a new one on me.

How retro!!!

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Teukka  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:46:26am
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ckkatz  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:47:47am
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Dangerman  Jan 31, 2023 • 9:59:01am

re: #337 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Congrats. In 59 days I get to sing When I’m Sixty-Four by the Beatles from a real-life perspective

64 was so last year ;-)

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Dangerman  Jan 31, 2023 • 10:01:51am

re: #350 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

While millions of children starve and are abused around the world, God gets credit for the important stuff.

Patrick Mahomes thanks God for healing ankle as Chiefs head to Super Bowl (Christian Post, January 30, 2023)

Gotta make sure you get that piety out there in public. God obviously hates the Bengals.

(more, with video)


what if god wants the Bengals?

eta: oh, i see you covered that

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Belafon  Jan 31, 2023 • 10:05:36am

re: #321 Teukka

LISP = Lotsa Infernal Stupid Parentheses.

Lisp is a cautionary tale of what happens when you let other people see your one-off code.

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Dangerman  Jan 31, 2023 • 10:05:38am

re: #354 The GOP is a racist terrorist organization

schroedinger’s desantis

he can’t afford to attack trump
trump bows out for any reason and desantis has alienated the magas

he cant afford not to attack trump - he’ll look weak and scared

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 31, 2023 • 10:10:37am

re: #289 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Again, he is the Poster Boy for the New Media Reality. It is just taken as given that everybody lies about everything, so why not just support the people who tell the most brazen, bald-faced but fascinatingly entertaining lies?

The only thing that stands to get Santos in trouble is if it can be proven that he lied to the IRS on his campaign finance declarations.

Also if it is discovered that he was born in Brazil and never became a citizen.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 10:10:49am

re: #355 Dopamine Fish

So, here’s a new one: I went out to get yesterday’s mail, since my brain is operating on an approximately 24-hour lag right now. There is a hand-written envelope from an individual with whom I am unfamiliar; however, they addressed it to us, so I assume it must be someone who knows my wife, or my wife’s very extensive family. Nothing could be further from the truth. The individual in question is apparently sending hand-written letters and printed pamphlets as a means of avoiding door-to-door interactions… for the Jehovah’s Witnesses. I gotta say, letters in the mail, that’s a new one on me.

We got a letter from a JW in Sidney a couple days ago. We sent her a postcard back saying don’t send them any more.

When the pandemic started, the JWs suspended all door knocking and shifted to mailing letters, to avoid catching or spreading the virus. In this way, they are more forward-looking than many Christians.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 31, 2023 • 10:12:42am

re: #297 Eventual Carrion

Feeling better about our temps here in NW PA after reading all the other reports. We are hanging around 19F and supposed to warm up to 25F possibly today.

We’re getting up to 12F today. So probably not going to be walking far outdoors.

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gocart mozart  Jan 31, 2023 • 10:17:33am
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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 31, 2023 • 10:19:03am

re: #324 Joe Bacon

Today it is official I have now passed the 2/3 of a Century mark. And on the agenda today is yet another pair of visits to Drs at Kaiser…and I’m counting down to 7/31/24 when I retire with the full pension…

A very Happy Birthday!!!

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 10:19:10am
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sagehen  Jan 31, 2023 • 10:23:10am

re: #283 The Pie Overlord!

😍😍😍

[Embedded content]

Thank you Jacob, for ruining one of her Valentine’s Day surprises.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jan 31, 2023 • 10:25:42am

re: #204 lawhawk

Just like after Geo. W. Bush left office. You could hardly find anyone who said they voted for him.

This seems to be a regular issue with Republican voters when their candidates embarrass them.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Jan 31, 2023 • 10:26:07am

re: #160 Belafon

Sleeting here. This is the third time we have gotten so much sleet that it has shut things down in the 25 years I have been in DFW. Which I think ties the number of times we have gotten enough snow to shut things down.

Same out here in the xenoburbs. The farm manager and I were out early to check the property and make sure the animals were ok (food, shelter, no injuries etc.). Fortunately I don’t have anywhere else to go. We are keeping an eye out for stranded cars though. I have a Bobcat tractor that will put them right back on the road. It’s remarkable what just a little bit of horsepower (24 in this case) can do if applied properly.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Jan 31, 2023 • 10:29:24am

re: #279 Teukka

Formula is a good supplement for the natural article these days, and in some cases, better than the natural article.

While infant formula manufacturers are getting closer to making a good illusion of breast milk, “better than” is pushing it. Breast milk is a dynamic food source that changes as infants age. There is evolutionary pressure for breast milk to be best for the infant at that time. No formula can replicate that; additional, there are literally hundreds of oligosaccharides in milk that we don’t understand their purpose. Formula is much better than it used to be, but it is still far from the native product.

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Florida Panhandler  Jan 31, 2023 • 10:35:11am

re: #180 Dopamine Fish

Several of the books of the Bible do name their authors. In the case of the New Testament, there is generally evidence to support the assertions of authorship. The oldest Old Testament books are often ascribed authorship by tradition; those traditions are plausible on their face, but there’s no hard evidence either way. It’s a very active field of scholarship to identify arguments for alternative authors.

Actually authorship of the entire Bible including New Testament Gospels is an ever evolving field of study with more recent research pointing to much more anonymous or unknown authorship throughout the book’s entirety. The notion that the 4 Gospels were actually written by those 4 named individuals was being dismissed as early as the 1800’s, despite American Christian churches teaching otherwise. I know firsthand the ignorance and intentional lies my own church forced on me growing up.

en.wikipedia.org

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Teukka  Jan 31, 2023 • 10:40:20am

re: #372 Colère Tueur de Lapin

While infant formula manufacturers are getting closer to making a good illusion of breast milk, “better than” is pushing it. Breast milk is a dynamic food source that changes as infants age. There is evolutionary pressure for breast milk to be best for the infant at that time. No formula can replicate that; additional, there are literally hundreds of oligosaccharides in milk that we don’t understand their purpose. Formula is much better than it used to be, but it is still far from the native product.

I know, but there are conditions where there isn’t enough breast milk produced, or that the quality of it is affected by external factors, most commonly medications or environment.

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 31, 2023 • 10:43:03am

re: #297 Eventual Carrion

Feeling better about our temps here in NW PA after reading all the other reports. We are hanging around 19F and supposed to warm up to 25F possibly today.

If it’s like NH, and I think the arctic air is going to hit you guys, too, you should see subzero temps by the weekend. We’re going to hit -19F with windchill predicted to be hitting -40F Friday into Saturday (and then highs back in the 40s by early next week).

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John Vreeland  Jan 31, 2023 • 1:27:03pm

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