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I used to know a bassist who used one foot … (pedal bass on a synth) he was in a touring copy band that did “What is Hip” better than Tower of Power at points of the song.
///House Republican Chip Roy Threatens McCarthy’s Speakership Over Debt Deal ‘Betrayal’ https://t.co/XV30U0Slvq
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) May 30, 2023
— — • 𝗖 𝗛 𝗘 𝗘 𝗞 𝗬 • — (@andreagail_k) May 30, 2023
if i sit for too long, or have my feet up, when i stand up i can get very dizzy.
sometimes blindingly
i’ve never actually fully blacked out or fallen down. close a couple of times.
it’s a great high. for a few seconds.
i have to stay really well hydrated (well we all do). i can’t slack off.
so with the running miles i put in it’s a constant game of catch up.
(yes, my primary, who’s a cardiologist has been watching me for 15 years)
Carl Sagan’s warning in 1996: pic.twitter.com/msl2FyiLj6
— Dr. Jonathan N. Stea (@jonathanstea) May 30, 2023
On a positive note, he still hasn’t said a word! #Trump
— Anne Marie McGowan (@NoodleRecords) May 30, 2023
You forgot https://t.co/D6uOrhj9p8 , who discovered the the connections between poverty and poor health in general, and Pellagra (Vitamin B₃ deficiency) in particular.
But it was uncomfortable for the TPTB in the South, as was his religion and origin, so they ridiculed him.— Teo 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬💉 (@Teukka1972) May 30, 2023
re: #302 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
She looks Just like YOUR cat
(now)
:-)— 𝙒𝘽🦍𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀 (@FormerDirtDart) May 30, 2023
re: #2 Thanos
I used to know a bassist who used one foot … (pedal bass on a synth) he was in a touring copy band that did “What is Hip”
better than Tower of Power at points of the song.
Heretic!
Jus thought I’d point out some nuances of heart rates to worry about since there was talk of HR and pacemakers on the last thread.
Healthy hearts have what’s called respiratory sinus arrhythmia where the heart rate intervals and the blood pressure change in relation to the respiratory cycle. Taking an average HR gives you no insight into how healthy your RSA is.
My colleagues and I tried our damnedest to incorporate what we were calling physiologic-based pacing into pacemakers where the pacing output would mimic RSA. Couldn’t get it in because money (expected sales increase wouldn’t offset clinical trial cost). I am 100% convinced that a properly implemented algorithm would be incremental improvement in patient outcomes. I heard rumblings it’s being considered again by the big boys in pacing.
At least most pacemakers are rate adaptive to activity (more activity; higher pacing rate) and some to respiration (faster breathing/heavier breathing; higher pacing rate). The latter helps mimic healthy heart rate recovery. Again, just taking HR will give you no insight into HRR.
Other fun things besides RSA and HRR that could be monitored for a “risk index” by a pacemaker (and some devices monitor some aspects) are night-time resting HR, # of premature ventricular contractions (PVC) during exercise, # of PVCs during HRR, HR during and after change of posture (could diagnose reason for syncope), various measurements of heart rate variability (HRV - an indirect means to check for RSA), respiration and apnea. Field is ripe for a little disruption but due to clinical costs you’ll likely see these in external devices first (i.e., Apple Watch, bed or bedside monitors). SleepNumber beds already can monitor nighttime HRV.
Kevin McCarthy says on Fox & Friends that the debt ceiling bill will prevent children from … collecting welfare? pic.twitter.com/46DM03K1Be
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 30, 2023
re: #7 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
if i sit for too long, or have my feet up, when i stand up i can get very dizzy.
sometimes blindingly
i’ve never actually fully blacked out or fallen down. close a couple of times.
it’s a great high. for a few seconds.i have to stay really well hydrated (well we all do). i can’t slack off.
so with the running miles i put in it’s a constant game of catch up.(yes, my primary, who’s a cardiologist has been watching me for 15 years)
Likely vasovagal syncope. Generally benign except for the conking of your head on the pavement after you get out of a car after a long drive. Tilt table test is one of the common ways to determine but it doesn’t always catch an event. I forget the numbers now but I thought they were low (like in the 70% range - don’t quote me on that) which is why I thought would be a useful feature in a pacemaker or implanted defibrillator.
current selection—Michael Schenker doing Rock Bottom off the Phenomenon album. Fuuuuuck, that was talent.
holy shit, Joe Biden ate Kevin McCarthy’s lunch
…oh Kevin, you silly underachieving dipshit, you wanted so much to be Speaker that you manacled your survival to the whims of the stupidest fucking bomb-throwing maniacs in the House. and now they hate your ineffective guts.
I don’t know what Jedi mind tricks Joe Biden played.
all I know is this: Joe Biden has been in government since 1974. Joe Biden is better at politics than your or I, and Joe Biden sure as fuck is better at politics than Kevin McCarthy.
never bet against Joe Biden.
The twitter swamp
FYI there’s a fake account on here impersonating me and going viral. The Twitter CEO has engaged it, boosting visibility.
It is releasing false policy statements and gaining spread.
I am assessing with my team how to move forward. In the meantime, be careful of what you see.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 30, 2023
Notable: US expects Sweden’s accession to NATO “in the weeks ahead,” says Sec of State Antony Blinken. Pres Biden said he spoke Monday with newly reelected Turkish Pres Erdoğan and discussed approving sale of US fighter jets if Turkey drops its objections to Sweden joining NATO.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 30, 2023
Make of this what you will. If true, it means that the Turkish election is over and the anti-Sweden tub-thumping is now past its use-by date.
Huff Post: Experts say AI could threaten humanity
Me: so, y’all just read 47% of sci-fi?
re: #19 ericblair
There was tons of speculation that Erdoğan was holding up Sweden’s NATO accession simply for the sake of his re-election campaign, so that hypothesis could well have been pretty spot-on. I personally wouldn’t be surprised if that was indeed the case.
re: #15 dat_said
Likely vasovagal syncope. Generally benign except for the conking of your head on the pavement after you get out of a car after a long drive. Tilt table test is one of the common ways to determine but it doesn’t always catch an event. I forget the numbers now but I thought they were low (like in the 70% range - don’t quote me on that) which is why I thought would be a useful feature in a pacemaker or implanted defibrillator.
Interesting. When the doc is listening to your heart, and says ‘take a deep breath’, I always thought they were listening to the lungs at that point. I learned today that they’re more likely listening to your heart reacting to your breathing. Right?
I hope she gets well soon, but Kevin McCarthy’s slim House majority just dropped another vote.
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Multiple sources confirm to me that Rep. Chris Stewart will announce he’s resigning from Congress due to his wife’s ongoing health issues.
That announcement could come as early as this week #utpolhttps://t.co/Reu5P886QI— Bryan Schott (LOL, I’m not gonna pay $8) (@SchottHappens) May 30, 2023
Elizabeth Holmes is now in prison.
And now for something totally different -
Article on cultural and religious contexts of the art/technology of thatched roofs in Japan.
(Pretty pictures too)
Thatched buildings are deeply connected to Japan’s history and culture, yet few survive. However, a cluster of villages near Kyoto are keeping this ancient tradition alive.
*snip*
For at least five millennia, Japanese communities have constructed roofs from grass, reeds or straw. However, only a few clusters of this architectural style remain. Some are rural dwellings, while others are places of worship. Thatching, in fact, is closely related to Japan’s Shinto religion, with the imperial family at its head.
*snip*
To Nishio, thatching is more than just a profession; it is a ritualistic practice connecting him to Japan’s roots. In the mid-1990s, aged 23, Nishio moved from Kyoto to the rural Miyama region, a 50km drive into the mountains north of the city, to become a thatcher at a time when this craft was nearing extinction. He bought the Honkan, which is registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in Japan, and lived there with his family for seven years.
*snip*
re: #18 Dr. Matt
The twitter swamp
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I’d think the path forward would be to become another of the many people who are suing Twitter.
re: #24 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Elizabeth Holmes is now in prison.
Awesome. Let’s do Trump next.
re: #22 🔧-wench
Interesting. When the doc is listening to your heart, and says ‘take a deep breath’, I always thought they were listening to the lungs at that point. I learned today that they’re more likely listening to your heart reacting to your breathing. Right?
They’re listening to your breathing (rales, congestion, and things like that) and to heart sounds (you want the lub-dub, not the lub-dub-shwish which would indicate a heart valve problem). Lots of things to listen for on the heart sounds.
They likely couldn’t discern respiratory changes to heart rate (though, I suspect, really skilled ones can) as the changes are in the 100ms to 200ms delta range over a respiratory cycle. Now, dogs are different. I you have a healthy, relatively young and fairly large dog. put your ear on their chest when they’re resting and you’ll hear “thump …………thump ……….thump …..thump ….thump ………thump ………thump” during their breathing cycle.
re: #27 Eclectic Cyborg
Awesome. Let’s do Trump next.
You liberals want to lock people up who have done nothing wrong other than commit several felonies.
I look up the pen that Ken Paxton stole from a fellow lawyer in a courthouse years ago and now Google AdSense thinks I want to buy Montblanc pens and Rolex watches. Dude, some of those items exceed my monthly income by, like, a lot.
re: #29 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
You liberals want to lock people up who have done nothing wrong other than commit several felonies.
I mean, who among us hasn’t indulged in millions of dollars of fraud, amirite?
re: #30 teleskiguy
Some items sold by Montblanc and Rolex exceed my annual income. And yet I’m plastered with their ads on various sites.
From last thread -
re: #241 Joe Bacon ✅
Fascinating article! Thanks for posting.
Round Hill, where the family from the article lives, is in Loudoun County.
You may remember that during the last Virginia elections there was discussion on how the GOP was trying to conduct culture warfare in several Virginia counties. One of those counties was the DC exurb of Loudoun County.
Loudoun is moving rapidly from rural to suburban. There has been a lot of tension between the suburban and rural factions. With the GOP bringing in a lot of operatives to see how to manipulate and benefit from these friction points.
Obviously, neither faction is unified. Many of the GOP’ers are suburbanites who fled the closer suburbs for ideological, sociological or financial reasons. And not all rural folks are long-time residents or ideological troglodytes.
re: #26 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I’d think the path forward would be to become another of the many people who are suing Twitter.
The fake account has the word (parody) in the name. Don’t think there is much of a case there.
Time to call it a day. Have a good one, Lizards and stay healthy.
re: #36 danarchy
The fake account has the word (parody) in the name. Don’t think there is much of a case there.
AOC failed to mention that in her Tweet. There are no next steps in that case.
re: #7 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
if i sit for too long, or have my feet up, when i stand up i can get very dizzy.
sometimes blindingly
i’ve never actually fully blacked out or fallen down. close a couple of times.
it’s a great high. for a few seconds.i have to stay really well hydrated (well we all do). i can’t slack off.
so with the running miles i put in it’s a constant game of catch up.(yes, my primary, who’s a cardiologist has been watching me for 15 years)
On the new meds I do occasionally get dizzy when standing up too fast, but before them I could hop directly out of bed from a sound sleep and start running if needed, that’s how over-amped type A I was…
re: #33 teleskiguy
Some items sold by Montblanc and Rolex exceed my annual income. And yet I’m plastered with their ads on various sites.
You should click on the ads a few times a day.
Just try it, Mikey Teeney Weeney.
Newsmax guest: “I’m willing to pick up arms. I can’t take it anymore.”https://t.co/qE9SEFl1Or pic.twitter.com/SG1evzrInq
— Jason S. Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) May 30, 2023
re: #36 danarchy
The fake account has the word (parody) in the name. Don’t think there is much of a case there.
The account name is so long that the word parody is cut off on the mobile app unless you actually click on the profile.
re: #12 sizzzzlerz
Heretic!
Union Pacific used to tour the Pacific NW and Hawaii in the ‘70’s and they were progressive / jazz / funk gods of a higher power; they would quote Yes and Genesis while playing “What is Hip” for instance, and if you yelled out any old standard mid song they would take off on it. You could yell “Play Spooky!” while they were playing Brubeck and the song would smoothly morph to Classics IV for a few bars.
re: #41 Joe Bacon ✅
Just try it, Mikey Teeney Weeney.
Ready to take up arms to stop the thing he just fantasized that isn’t happening and isn’t going to happen.
I don’t think the prison terms are going to be long enough to reform these guys’ sense of entitlement.
“Picking a prison ain’t like picking a hotel,” as Judge Cooper put it last week. https://t.co/CdbPMg1Q5j
— Jordan Fischer (@JordanOnRecord) May 30, 2023
re: #44 No Malarkey!
Ready to take up arms to stop the thing he just fantasized that isn’t happening and isn’t going to happen.
It’s his whole schtick. It’s not the first time he’s said this, he said it over and over when Obama was President.
re: #33 teleskiguy
Some items sold by Montblanc and Rolex exceed my annual income. And yet I’m plastered with their ads on various sites.
The richest guy I knew while growing up used to have an adopted fake accent (this was in Alaska,) and would start off conversations with “Thay, do you thki brah?” or “I hear there’s fresh Pow at Alyeska dude…” It’s the circles of sites you travel to associated with Skiing that probably gets you there.
e.g. searching for hotels in ski areas…
re: #45 jaunte
I don’t think the prison terms are going to be long enough to reform these guys’ sense of entitlement.
Jesus H. Fucking Christ. They seriously think they can ask a judge to let them stay in what amounts to a federal hotel? YOU’RE A FUCKING CONVICT. You don’t get SQUAT.
Davenport Iowa, DO NOT demo that building! pic.twitter.com/N8P84LbMF3
— TizzyEnt (@TizzyEnt) May 30, 2023
re: #41 Joe Bacon ✅
Just try it, Mikey Teeney Weeney.
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Someone is still giving Weiner-Savage a platform? Jeebus. Weiner-Savage has been screeching about “taking up arms” for decades. The only thing he has taken up is old age, impotency, and incontinence.
re: #24 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Elizabeth Holmes is now in prison.
Elizabeth Holmes Immediately Defrauds Biggest Inmate To Gain Other Prisoners’ Respect https://t.co/AzaCN7BYWP pic.twitter.com/MvXsJxTKuW
— The Onion (@TheOnion) May 30, 2023
re: #16 steve_davis
I saw him play live back at the Santa Monica Civic Center. Pretty sure he was drunk as hell but was still a great player.
re: #45 jaunte
I don’t think the prison terms are going to be long enough to reform these guys’ sense of entitlement.
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Look at this Nazi fuck’s strut and shit eating grin:
Bigo departs court: pic.twitter.com/qlmdtaVB2g
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) May 24, 2023
Tara Reade, who accused Joe Biden of sexual assault has appeared on Russian media to announce her defection to Russia.
Russian media announces that Biden accuser Tara Reade is now in Russia. Russian spy Marina Butina is helping her get citizenship. pic.twitter.com/pP9p8hRcFw
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) May 30, 2023
re: #55 jaunte
Tara Reade, who accused Joe Biden of sexual assault has appeared on Russian media to announce her defection to Russia.
Has FAUX chimed in yet?
How about SNOOZEMAX or OANN?
Gateway Pundit?
re: #55 jaunte
Tara Reade, who accused Joe Biden of sexual assault has appeared on Russian media to announce her defection to Russia.
Good, hope Trump joins her there.
there’s just something really intimate about listening to a jazz trio and hearing dishes getting unloaded and silverware rattled around in the baskets in the background. sort of lets you know “dinner club” without you having to ask!
re: #57 jaunte
YEAH, but what about the woke laptop email server that Hillary lost in Benghazi?! ///
re: #48 Nerdy Fish
Jesus H. Fucking Christ. They seriously think they can ask a judge to let them stay in what amounts to a federal hotel? YOU’RE A FUCKING CONVICT. You don’t get SQUAT.
Of course they think they can. Entitlement isn’t just a river in Egypt. Or something. I wasn’t paying attention in school that day.
A lesson from history I tried to convey on the very first day of the war last yearhttps://t.co/sSBWQQVIw7
— Irish Emergency Logistics Team 🇮🇪 (@irishelt) May 30, 2023
re: #64 ericblair
Of course they think they can. Entitlement isn’t just a river in Egypt. Or something. I wasn’t paying attention in school that day.
They may not wholly change their ways during their terms of incarceration, but I can guaran-fucking-tee you they’re going to learn a few things.
Trump Tax Cut Scam. 500 pages. Same-day vote. pic.twitter.com/G6rcjcXwPx
— — • 𝗖 𝗛 𝗘 𝗘 𝗞 𝗬 • — (@andreagail_k) May 30, 2023
re: #67 Captain Ron
Right wing assholes never stop farting.
zefrank keep pumping out the Shorts in some sort of hope that Youtube will notice:
RALPH NORMAN: It’s like the Pelosi days. You gotta pass it before you read it.
FOX: But he’s giving you 72 hours to read it.
NORMAN: We ought to have a lot more time.
FOX: It’s only 99 pages. pic.twitter.com/Yl7SQBMaw7— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 30, 2023
re: #69 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Reload for proper URL.
I hatez how Youtube has made things so complicated.
It’s officially summer here. The ground has warmed up, so I can no longer get ice cold water from the tap, and had to put a jug in the refrigerator.
re: #53 Dr. Matt
Look at this Nazi fuck’s strut and shit eating grin:
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Fuckin nazi got hisself a Jewish lawyer.
Imagine getting made to look as stupid as these two grown men by a liar so transparent that she’s almost invisible to the naked eye. https://t.co/0ZYTmXIwl2 pic.twitter.com/iZBC0eWeqn
— Oz Katerji (@OzKaterji) May 30, 2023
re: #62 JC1
Screenshot of how the AOC parody account appears.
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Now we’re back to having grounds for a lawsuit, but it could go either way.
re: #70 jaunte
RALPH NORMAN: It’s like the Pelosi days. You gotta pass it before you read it.
FOX: But he’s giving you 72 hours to read it.
NORMAN: We ought to have a lot more time.
FOX: It’s only 99 pages. pic.twitter.com/Yl7SQBMaw7— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 30, 2023
except ‘he’ is your guy. you know, the speaker you elected
re: #82 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
99 pages? That’s about an hour or two at the most to read, and they give you the liner notes.
But as you note, the whole problem is that there’s a deal when the GOP were openly calling to default.
Tara Reade defecting to Russia is the least surprising thing since Tulsi Gabbard becoming a Republican.
— Kareem Rifai 🌐 (@KareemRifai) May 30, 2023
re: #81 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Now we’re back to having grounds for a lawsuit, but it could go either way.
this is disgusting even for Elon
(in case it’s not clear, the “verified” account is not actually AOC) pic.twitter.com/t0yIvRXYeo— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 30, 2023
And she had Maria Butina there with her to help her with her defection announcement. https://t.co/87uAKWMuuS pic.twitter.com/63iQRI28oE
— Pete Strzok (@petestrzok) May 30, 2023
re: #88 gocart mozart
Maria Butina, who was a funnel for Russian money into the NRA. That Butina.
re: #80 Joe Bacon ✅
Tara Reade defecated to Russia…
Using the word “defected” is a bit of a fucking stretch, really. What did she do, sneak through the barbed wire on the Canadian border in the dead of night? She fucking got on an airliner, had her chicken/pasta and blah white wine, and watched stupid movies until she landed in Russia.
They’ll treat her quite adequately there after her fifteen minutes are up, no sense scaring off any other idiots who want to come on over to Putinland (and get their brains squeezed a bit by the FSB guys, but whatever). Unless things go completely to shit, which in an autocracy could happen pretty rapidly.
re: #90 ericblair
Using the word “defected” is a bit of a fucking stretch, really. What did she do, sneak through the barbed wire on the Canadian border in the dead of night? She fucking got on an airliner, had her chicken/pasta and blah white wine, and watched stupid movies until she landed in Russia.
They’ll treat her quite adequately there after her fifteen minutes are up, no sense scaring off any other idiots who want to come on over to Putinland (and get their brains squeezed a bit by the FSB guys, but whatever). Unless things go completely to shit, which in an autocracy could happen pretty rapidly.
Defecting to Russia is like sneaking into prison.
I want to hear a Spooky / Windy / Stormy session at Ground up.
re: #19 ericblair
Make of this what you will. If true, it means that the Turkish election is over and the anti-Sweden tub-thumping is now past its use-by date.
NATO gets Sweden and Turkey gets US fighter jets.
Win - Win.
https://t.co/sBnCqLLTWD pic.twitter.com/T7PppCWosc
— Neoliberal 🌐🇺🇦 (@ne0liberal) May 30, 2023
re: #18 Dr. Matt
The twitter swamp
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The account, though, actually marks itself as a parody, so there probably isn’t much that can be done.
And … we are now up to 24 amendments on the debt ceiling bill. These amendments are .. to put it charitably… “ wide ranging”
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) has posted an amendment seeking to de-fund the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Here it is: https://t.co/4HiCG9UoYE— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 30, 2023
re: #62 JC1
Screenshot of how the AOC parody account appears.
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Yes, but she’s going to need something to take to Musk.
My sister Maya and I had the chance to speak with the talented Asia-Pacific Obama Leaders about leadership, the values that are important to us, and the work they’re doing to lift up their communities.
Take a look at our conversation: pic.twitter.com/YXtqIm1kt8— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 30, 2023
Mama moose gave birth under the tram this morning. Calf is now on to wobbly first steps. pic.twitter.com/cIspFE88FW
— Lift Blog (@liftblog) May 30, 2023
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. That’s the bottom of the Sublette chair behind the moose, the oldest chairlift on the mountain, installed in 1987.
re: #87 No Malarkey!
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There is that fact: a verified parody designed to make the parody hidden. What will Elon do?
re: #57 jaunte
re: #57 jaunte
Don Moynihan
@donmoyn
Russian media announces that Biden accuser Tara Reade is now in Russia. Russian spy Marina Butina is helping her get citizenship.
Tara can hang out with Snowden while she slowly realizes, “I don’t speak the language, I’m not in Kansas anymore, and I’ve fucked up.”
Tara Reade kind of resembles Steven Seagal.
LOl someone did a rewrite.
i didn’t give this song a chance when i first saw it but after listening to this clip i can say it’s actually really good https://t.co/lqUrqHOr9m
— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) May 30, 2023
re: #48 Nerdy Fish
Jesus H. Fucking Christ. They seriously think they cant ask a judge to let them stay in what amounts to a federal hotel? YOU’RE A FUCKING CONVICT. You don’t get SQUAT.
Filing a Recommendation for BOP placement due to medical issues, or family location is common. Maybe second only to an appeal.
re: #106 BeenHereAwhile
Filing a Recommendation for BOP placement due to medical issues, or family location is common. Maybe second only to an appeal.
never hurts to ask // (1/2)
It appears that the Italian and Israeli intelligence agencies had a conference in Italy. Then to celebrate rented a party boat. Which sank, killing several people. The current assumption was that boat sank due to overloading rather than hostile action.
(Thread)
“the agents of the Italian intelligence service were secretly taken out of the emergency rooms where they were hospitalized in Italy in order not to reveal their identities.” https://t.co/YL00BeYI9K
— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) May 30, 2023
“Former Trump White House official [Peter Navarro] will stand trial “
how many times have i seen that headline for that administration?
re: #109 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
“Former Trump White House official [Peter Navarro] will stand trial “
how many times have i seen that headline for that administration?
remember ‘only the best’?
Jeffrey Epstein was a serial sex offender and child absuer, but this image showing him with minors on his island, viewed 1.6 million times, is AI-generated.
It was first shared on Instagram in March by an account called “aiartistking” that creates and shares AI images. pic.twitter.com/qt4leWiI5x— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) May 30, 2023
The QAnon Shaman is out of prison, so of course he’s now selling yoga leggings with his face on them….https://t.co/IYlyQk0rmL pic.twitter.com/SZFUWNiNFe
— David Gilbert (@daithaigilbert) May 30, 2023
re: #112 ckkatz
Everything right-wing idiots do is a grift.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 30, 2023
IRGC -Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
“It said they were at my sister’s place and were there to rape her.”
Journalists in Iran who were arrested & released are being threatened by the IRGC & so are their families. Spoke to several of them over the past month. My report for @guardian https://t.co/ZSvxQA3ffk— Deepa Parent (@DeepaParent) May 30, 2023
Crazy fact = Texas now has more restrictive abortion laws than *Saudi Arabia* pic.twitter.com/0p7W90IkqC
— Brent Peabody 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@brent_peabody) May 30, 2023
they have more liberal anti-gay laws than Uganda (for now)
Seriously, continuing to mislabel Holmes’ wholesale fraud as a business failure is like saying Bernie Madoff made some unfortunate investment decisions.
She’s a con artist. Nothing about her has - at any time - been legitimate.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) May 30, 2023
re: #104 Barefoot Grin
Tara Reade kind of resembles Steven Seagal.
Never seen them in the same room together.
re: #108 ckkatz
It appears that the Italian and Israeli intelligence agencies had a conference in Italy. Then to celebrate rented a party boat. Which sank, killing several people. The current assumption was that boat sank due to overloading rather than hostile action.
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Just FYI: Israel National News (Arutz 7) is the Israeli equivalent of Fox News.
Breaks my brain:
Stare at the white dot for 10 seconds, then look at Van Gogh’s Starry Night pic.twitter.com/WaHY4vrUNJ
— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) May 29, 2023
re: #108 ckkatz
It appears that the Italian and Israeli intelligence agencies had a conference in Italy. Then to celebrate rented a party boat. Which sank, killing several people. The current assumption was that boat sank due to overloading rather than hostile action.
(Thread)
Clearly caused by a lack of intelligence.
re: #119 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Stare at the red dot on her nose without blinking for 30 seconds, then close your eyes pic.twitter.com/CFOOS1awY7
— pinks333 (@bluechips333) May 29, 2023
re: #118 The Pie Overlord!
Just FYI: Israel National News (Arutz 7) is the Israeli equivalent of Fox News.
Thanks! I have not really been following Israeli news sources carefully since Wolf Blitzer worked for the Jerusalem Post.
And, if you should run across additional information on the mishap, please post
re: #116 ckkatz
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Her statements were meant to be aspirational, and she dreamed of one day being a business success. Isn’t that enough?
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re: #119 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Breaks my brain:
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I don’t see any change. Is it some kind of weirdo 3D effect or something?
re: #124 Eclectic Cyborg
Did you run the video? You have to run the video and stare at the upper circle for about 10 seconds.
Balmer, Merlan, Hon.
“It’s a serious subject but that doesn’t mean the message can’t be kind of funny.” https://t.co/D5KkixnBCR
— The Baltimore Banner (@BaltimoreBanner) May 30, 2023
re: #121 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
rub your belly and pat your head…
re: #127 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
rub your belly and pat your head…
Sorry, still working on the walking and chewing bubble gum thing.
Good thread:
So I followed @GaryMarcus’s suggestion and had my undergrad class use ChatGPT for a critical assignment. I had them all generate an essay using a prompt I gave them, and then their job was to “grade” it—look for hallucinated info and critique its analysis. *All 63* essays had
— C.W. Howell (@cwhowell123) May 27, 2023
But they promised me a deserted hellscape!
“Anyone walking through New York’s Jackson Heights or Silver Lake in Los Angeles looking for a deserted hellscape will be disappointed.”https://t.co/B2x1xYJI0y
— Rich Bellis (@mr_bellis) May 30, 2023
Speaking of deserted hellscapes…
I think Musk is very lucky to get a $15B valuation here. https://t.co/m63jvbmd62
— Scott Nover (@ScottNover) May 30, 2023
I wonder how low Elmo is willing to before he tries to sell it off to someone.
re: #132 ckkatz
Very. They haven’t figured out that Musk is running a Nazi website yet, but that’s how it goes when you don’t immediately ban Nazis. The advertisers are gone, and usage is down with users moving to better sites.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 30, 2023
Tucker’s unique skill was honing the anger from outrage campaigns and funneling them into a single, usually powerless target.
In an environment that’s just drunk with rage at the concept of Pride Month, it comes off as unhinged without Tucker’s ability to corral it all. https://t.co/h6VzoIrFSm— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) May 30, 2023
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Is it Kohl’s or Chick Fil A? This is the real problem with no Tucker. He would just pick a single target to be angry at. Can’t be angry at two stores at once; too complicated. https://t.co/fNTkXNEB27
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) May 30, 2023
re: #117 GlutenFreeJesus
Never seen them in the same room together.
Might now that they are both Russians
Another interesting thread:
Was Jesus short?
Luke 19 tells the story of Zacchaeus, a tax collector who was eager to see Jesus as he came through Jericho. Luke 19:3 says that Zacchaeus “was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature.” (1/7) pic.twitter.com/S6R24qcC42— Andy Mickelson (@AncientBaldGuy) May 21, 2023
It’s not just that “Jesus” is, in the English speaking world, portrayed as European, but often is portrayed as tall.
And in the Trumper-right, their myth-Jesus is often a body builder.
Instead, whatever historical validity might exist for the character, a “Jesus” that is shorter than normal for a male will never find its way into American portrayals of such character.
Not being a pickup truck guy, never understood the value of a pickup truck with a bed too small for a 4’x8’ piece of sheetrock. Guess that’s why I’ve never owned one and only borrow/rent the few times I need one. I suppose there’s value in towing a 38’ long camping trailer, but you can get some pretty damn nice cabins/hotel rooms for the cost of gas and a campsite (not even adding in the cost of the pickup and trailer).
these two trucks have the same bed length pic.twitter.com/kv7dJpqRXc
— brandon (@coolbutstinky) May 29, 2023
re: #132 ckkatz
i’d guess they still have a shitload of desks and chairs.
maybe a few coffee makers
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I think Musk is very lucky to get a $15B valuation here. https://t.co/m63jvbmd62
— Scott Nover (@ScottNover) May 30, 2023
re: #137 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Another interesting thread:
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It’s not just that “Jesus” is, in the English speaking world, portrayed as European, but often is portrayed as tall.
And in the Trumper-right, their myth-Jesus is often a body builder.
Instead, whatever historical validity might exist for the character, a “Jesus” that is shorter than normal for a male will never find its way into American portrayals of such character.
How do we know that the verse is not referring to Zacchaeus as the short guy?
re: #140 The Pie Overlord!
How do we know that the verse is not referring to Zacchaeus as the short guy?
That is the common interpretation.
But as noted, linguistically it works either way (in the original.)
And also as noted, supposedly Origen relates a story handed down that the character of Jesus was short and ugly.
re: #103 BeenHereAwhile
Tara can hang out with Snowden while she slowly realizes, “I don’t speak the language, I’m not in Kansas anymore, and I’ve fucked up.”
Apparently Russia gets our very best.
re: #140 The Pie Overlord!
The deconstruction of Christian literature started in earnest with the Reformation, and it has not stopped since then.
Once observation about the canonical gospels is that the author(s) often are ambiguous, and carefully craft the passages to fit certain beliefs.
In other words, they are written with the intent that the reader will have to interpret things. Indeed, the earliest Christian writings often have an air of secrecy about them. This became notable in the 2nd century in Egypt and likely forms the bedrock of “mysteries” that became a central theme in Christianity in Egypt at that time.
re: #134 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
but ten years of DMs from the accounts of Iranian, Saudi, Turkish, etc activists are still worth a lot to somebody somewhere.
Dat_said brings up some really good points upthread - how your respiratory system is a SYSTEM… proper breaths + beats = sufficient oxygen in your bloodstream, it’s why they really need a pulse ox built into those pacing leads.
re: #138 dat_said
Not being a pickup truck guy, never understood the value of a pickup truck with a bed too small for a 4’x8’ piece of sheetrock. Guess that’s why I’ve never owned one and only borrow/rent the few times I need one. I suppose there’s value in towing a 38’ long camping trailer, but you can get some pretty damn nice cabins/hotel rooms for the cost of gas and a campsite (not even adding in the cost of the pickup and trailer).
There was a local guy who pulled around a hot dog stand with one of those Japanese “kei” trucks. He said he got it through a place that specializes in Florida for about $7k. I’d like one for fun, but wonder how they deal with snow—I’m guessing not well.
Neguse: Do you know when he submitted the budget?
Smith: I don’t remember
Neguse: March 9.
Smith: It was late.
Neguse: When did Republicans submit their budget? pic.twitter.com/nGzZhwwJN0— Acyn (@Acyn) May 30, 2023
Fewer than 3,000 people died in Japanese crashes in 2021, compared to almost 43,000 in the United States. On a per capita basis, Japan had just 2.24 deaths per 100,000 residents, less than a fifth the US rate of 12.7 per 100,000.
Interesting read (to me). Not all the difference is due to better commuter infrastructure. No street parking and lighter cars in the city play a role too.
McGovern: This represents an all time high in recklessness and stupidity. Let me point out the obvious, every time Republicans are in charge they screw things up. pic.twitter.com/XOPDevZtFc
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 30, 2023
re: #148 dat_said
Interesting read (to me). Not all the difference is due to better commuter infrastructure. No street parking and lighter cars in the city play a role too.
Also, Japanese people don’t drive 100 miles to work every day.
I think Tweetdeck is having convulsions.
re: #150 sagehen
Also, Japanese people don’t drive 100 miles to work every day.
But Americans drive 100 miles to work and back in Japanese vehicles.
inside you are two millennials pic.twitter.com/wrMr1ZD7Cb
— Gritty is the Way (@Gritty20202) May 29, 2023
re: #145 Thanos
Dat_said brings up some really good points upthread - how your respiratory system is a SYSTEM… proper breaths + beats = sufficient oxygen in your bloodstream, it’s why they really need a pulse ox built into those pacing leads.
Doesn’t really need to be in the leads and making the leads more complex means more points of failure (extra wire, extra component, extra power, extra etc.). Reacting to pulse ox doesn’t really need to be real time either so a wearable that provides frequent input to the implanted can might also suffice.
Now, if you want to really get me going, ask me how the autonomic nervous system can impact cardiac, respiratory, kidney, bowels, etc and vice versa. Still way too much treatment and specialization focused on “cardiac disease”, “respiratory disease”, “Parkinson’s”, etc. Each of those and more adversely affect the autonomic nervous system so you end up with a whole bunch of comorbidities, so it would be best to have a more holistic approach or a team of specialists.
re: #148 dat_said
Interesting read (to me). Not all the difference is due to better commuter infrastructure. No street parking and lighter cars in the city play a role too.
Don’t the Japanese hold a higher respect for laws including traffic laws? I bet they also have a much lower incidence rate of drunk driving partly because they have a alcohol blood level limit of 0.
Even Republicans in Wisconsin are acknowledging that the state has shifted leftward — and abortion has a lot to do with that.
How the GOP lost Wisconsin👇https://t.co/EK0tSnDkpm— POLITICO (@politico) May 30, 2023
re: #153 The Ghost of a Flea
Big tech (online ad sales companies) continue cost cutting
businessinsider.com
Looks the House Freedom Caucus (HFC) is, as predicted here on lgf, morphing the budget fight into a coup attempt against McCarthy.
HFC is basically positioning this as a fight between them and the leadership. They will try to whip against the bill to keep mccarthys total to less than half of the Republican conference while McCarthy tries to maximize his vote total. https://t.co/y4bTjoVqgt
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) May 30, 2023
re: #55 jaunte
Tara Reade, who accused Joe Biden of sexual assault has appeared on Russian media to announce her defection to Russia.
Good!! More idiots should follow her. In fact, all of them should.
re: #160 Patricia Kayden
Good!! More idiots should follow her. In fact, all of them should.
OMG I want to see the scene in Mel Brooks “History of the World” where all the neo-nazis in the US get chased out by Teh Juice. (EDIT: & teh Blacks & teh Gays & teh Trans)
do it and be legends https://t.co/JjdTosKsFo
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 30, 2023
— Nolan 🌹 (@VoidOfRoses) May 30, 2023
re: #154 dat_said
One example of how our systems interact: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Difference between early Autonomic Dysfunction and late Autonomic Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease (PD) patients can be simplified to when PD starts affecting other body systems. PD sucks - the motor symptom dysfunctions like where your hand tremors and you can’t easily hold a cup of coffee without medication is a nasty quality of life impact. However, when PD starts adversely impacting other systems like cardiac or digestive or sexual or urinary via the autonomic nervous system (ANS), that’s when the prognosis goes south.
It’s getting better, but most PD specialists don’t treat or view PD thru the lens of the ANS (and some drugs that help PD motor symptoms can adversely affect ANS, so really need a balanced and watchful approach).
re: #162 Captain Ron
I wonder why the far-righties in the House don’t just come out and say that their goal is to crash the US economy come hell or high water?
re: #154 dat_said
Doesn’t really need to be in the leads and making the leads more complex means more points of failure (extra wire, extra component, extra power, extra etc.). Reacting to pulse ox doesn’t really need to be real time either so a wearable that provides frequent input to the implanted can might also suffice.
Now, if you want to really get me going, ask me how the autonomic nervous system can impact cardiac, respiratory, kidney, bowels, etc and vice versa. Still way too much treatment and specialization focused on “cardiac disease”, “respiratory disease”, “Parkinson’s”, etc. Each of those and more adversely affect the autonomic nervous system so you end up with a whole bunch of comorbidities, so it would be best to have a more holistic approach or a team of specialists.
“Team of specialists” is exactly what I have. Cardio, Pulmonologist, Gastro, regular Doctor, Health Coach.
re: #165 Orange Impostor
I wonder why the far-righties in the House don’t just come out and say that their goal is to crash the US economy come hell or high water?
Because they want to blame it on the Democrats!
re: #159 ckkatz
Looks the House Freedom Caucus (HFC) is, as predicted here on lgf, morphing the budget fight into a coup attempt against McCarthy.
HFC is basically positioning this as a fight between them and the leadership. They will try to whip against the bill to keep mccarthys total to less than half of the Republican conference while McCarthy tries to maximize his vote total. https://t.co/y4bTjoVqgt
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) May 30, 2023
i’m gonna repost this in its entirety from the last thread
They have not thought this through
Today’s electoral-vote.com
Whatever happens, however, is there any way the Freedom Caucus doesn’t end up as the loser here? When it comes to the debt-ceiling bill, we have to imagine it will become law. In that case, the Caucus gets almost nothing, and ends up with egg on its face. Alternatively, it is possible that Roy & Co. manage to sink the deal. In that case, the deadline will be imminent, the President will have tried to do things “the right way,” and will have cover to resort to extraordinary measures of some sort. The one outcome that is not on the table is “Rapid reboot with new bill in which the Freedom Caucus gets everything (or most of what) it wants.”
And then there is McCarthy. Once the Freedom Caucusers fail spectacularly, what will they do about him? If they don’t try to toss him out on his ear, then they will look like paper tigers. If they try and fail, say because House Democrats have secretly agreed to guarantee McCarthy’s speakership, then they will also look like paper tigers. If they try and succeed, it’s inconceivable that any other Republican will accept the devil’s bargain that McCarthy did, just so they can be speaker for a few months. No, that hypothetical next Speaker of the House would take note of the budget-ceiling bill, would notice that it’s way easier to work with the 20-30 centrist Democrats as opposed to the 20-30 Freedom Caucusers, and would ignore Roy and his friends.
re: #55 jaunte
Tara Reade, who accused Joe Biden of sexual assault has appeared on Russian media to announce her defection to Russia.
Wasn’t there evidence years ago that she was working for the Russians — that her whole accusation was a Russian disinformation stunt?
re: #170 Hecuba’s daughter
Wasn’t there evidence years ago that she was working for the Russians — that her whole accusation was a Russian disinformation stunt?
If there was you can count on the CCCP to suppress it.
I like this version betterpic.twitter.com/ECqdJFjmpW
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) May 30, 2023
re: #162 Captain Ron
paper tigers or the courage of their convictions?
Heh.
This is what liberal America has done to baseball pic.twitter.com/JW7uQ0cE38
— levy (@1929stockcrash) May 30, 2023
re: #170 Hecuba’s daughter
2018:
“Why a Liberal Democrat Supports Vladimir Putin”
—Alexandra Tara Reade, J.D.
web.archive.org
re: #155 sizzzzlerz
Don’t the Japanese hold a higher respect for laws including traffic laws? I bet they also have a much lower incidence rate of drunk driving partly because they have a alcohol blood level limit of 0.
I went to many teachers’ parties where special taxis with two drivers were hailed; the extra driver drove the sake-imbibing teacher* home. Getting a DUI would be career suicide.
*teacher’s car
re: #175 jaunte
Ruthless dictator supports women, so he’s a good guy. What, and I cannot emphasize this enough, The. Fuck?
Journalist rips the mainstream media for mindlessly ‘parroting anti-abortion bunk’
THE PRESS IS FALLING FOR ANTI-ABORTION “FETAL HEARTBEAT” PROPAGANDA
Reporters are parroting — and spreading — sentimental falsehoods.
“ONCE A FETAL heartbeat could be detected, typically around the sixth week of pregnancy … “
When I read this phrase in the New Yorker, referring to Texas’s first abortion ban, I shot off a letter to the editor. “This is misleading,” I wrote. “There is no heartbeat at six weeks because the fetus does not yet have a heart. As San Francisco OB-GYN Dr. Jennifer Kerns told NPR: ‘What we’re really detecting is a grouping of cells that are initiating some electrical activity. In no way is this detecting a functional cardiovascular system or a functional heart.’” I noted that “a six-week fetus is about the size and shape of a baked bean.”
If the vaunted New Yorker copy desk could let this bit of anti-abortion bunk stand without comment, what was going on? I combed the media. Not just the National Review—which calls corrections like Dr. Kerns’s “mendacity”— or the Catholic press but also mainstream local and national news outlets including CNN, The Associated Press, Reuters, U.S. News & World Report, and PBS were parroting the same descriptor of the inaccurately — and of course strategically — named “fetal heartbeat” laws being debated or enacted in states from Idaho to Iowa, Georgia to New Hampshire.
The chorus resounded from websites, television, and radio from coast to coast: South Carolina was debating a law that “bans most abortions after early cardiac activity can be detected in a fetus or embryo, which can commonly be detected as early as six weeks into pregnancy”; in Georgia, a “law banning abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically around six weeks”; Nebraska’s legislature made an “unconventional move … after conservatives failed to advance a bill that would have banned abortion once cardiac activity can be detected — generally around six weeks of pregnancy.”
A number of the reports got it half right, adding that when the so-called heartbeat is first detected, many women do not even know they are pregnant.
Poor Bandit, killed while attempting to apprehend a murder suspec- wait. He was accidentally shot by the cops while they were trying to shoot the suspect.And then the cops shot the guy’s dog as well for good measure pic.twitter.com/qfpoiERxfD
— Hbomberguy (@Hbomberguy) September 17, 2020
While attempting to annihilate a 21 year old boy running from a traffic stop, officers accidentally killed the longest serving K-9 in the departmenthttps://t.co/kkZJOoOiAE pic.twitter.com/3nEf2XT5EW
— Hbomberguy (@Hbomberguy) May 30, 2023
re: #177 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
Not sure how to say Kinder, Küche, Kirche in Russian, but that’s what she’s supporting.
re: #82 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
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Unfortunately, most legislation is not written in English. It will say something like “amend paragraph 147.3.2(a) by striking ‘not’ and adding ‘up to 4%’”. You need experts to decipher the meaning of the language.
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) claimed that Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to back primary challenges to certain members of Congress if they endorsed Donald Trump for president over him, Yahoo News reports.
totally not quelle surprised
besides, who’s scared of a yutz who loses a fight to a mouse?
re: #181 Hecuba’s daughter
Unfortunately, most legislation is not written in English. It will say something like “amend paragraph 147.3.2(a) by striking ‘not’ and adding ‘up to 4%’”. You need experts to decipher the meaning of the language.
No, you need people versed in the language of legislation, which as legislators, they should be. As should their staff. There is nothing complicated about what you wrote if you know anything about the way paragraphs in the USC are phrased. As everyone in congress should be. Not an excuse.
re: #17 Dangerman (sigh…only in America)
Old age and treachery will beat youth and beauty every time.
re: #148 dat_said
Interesting read (to me). Not all the difference is due to better commuter infrastructure. No street parking and lighter cars in the city play a role too.
TLDR: do they quote the death rates per distance driven? That would seem like a better comparison than per capita.
re: #169 Thanos
Big news here
Federal Judge Makes History in Holding That Border Searches of Cell Phones Require a Warrant
Good. Next get rid of the stupid 100 mile buffer near the borders/coasts where our civil rights are ‘relaxed’.
But this screen cap gives a sense of how much money the Saudis are sloshing around via a golf cut-out.
And once some reasonable people believe they need to register, others might be expected to. pic.twitter.com/SqeSBGlOLv— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 30, 2023
Or maybe let’s put it this way.
If OTHER prominent Republicans have recognized that a regular grift from LIV equates to being a Saudi agent, then it means the GOP front-runner is actually a Saudi agent.— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 30, 2023
re: #187 Patricia Kayden
Trump is above the Constitution
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re: #146 Barefoot Grin
There was a local guy who pulled around a hot dog stand with one of those Japanese “kei” trucks. He said he got it through a place that specializes in Florida for about $7k. I’d like one for fun, but wonder how they deal with snow—I’m guessing not well.
I own a GEM NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle) that I paid my previous employer $1.00 for because they didn’t want to replace the battery pack (again) or the $100.00 disposal fee for hazmat because of the batteries. I replaced the batteries (6 of them) for just under $2K and the onboard charger for (IRC) around $300.00. It’s great in the summer, but really sucks in the winter (heater wise). It has the same problems on snow covered/icy roads that as a regular car does. I call it the “Egg”.
re: #183 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
No, you need people versed in the language of legislation, which as legislators, they should be. As should their staff. Theirs is nothing complicated about what you wrote if you know anything about the way paragraphs in the USC are phrased. As everyone in congress should be. Not an excuse.
Oregon law says laws must be written at 8th grade level.
I have no further info. on that.
re: #186 JC1
Good. Next get rid of the stupid 100 mile buffer near the borders/coasts where our civil rights are ‘relaxed’.
I was thinking this must apply to all those miles.
Ad Age: Bud Light donates $200k to LGBT Chamber of Commerce:
Bud Light, to wingers: https://t.co/gbfIss7KAI pic.twitter.com/BoJpmrPh9W
— skullsinthestars (@drskyskull) May 30, 2023
re: #183 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
No, you need people versed in the language of legislation, which as legislators, they should be. As should their staff. Theirs is nothing complicated about what you wrote if you know anything about the way paragraphs in the USC are phrased. As everyone in congress should be. Not an excuse.
You cannot just read the proposed legislation; you have to have a copy of the existing law also to see what the new language actually is — and then often have to read other provisions in the existing law that are cross-referenced.
re: #162 Captain Ron
They are not about governing. They are simply wasting time and acting like petulant children. This is who the American people put in charge of the House. Smh
re: #187 Patricia Kayden
Trump is above the Constitution
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John Eastman (that guy) was arguing in the summer of 2020 that Kamala was not eligible to be VP because her parents were not citizens at the time of her birth. He is not the only Federalist Society attorney who holds that view. You cannot trust current SCOTUS to uphold the law or the plain meaning of the Constitution.
re: #91 I Would Prefer Not To
Defecting to Russia is like sneaking into prison.
Wait till she finds out that her promised dacha is a surplus ammunition trailer in a mosquito-infested Siberian swamp.
(It’s surplus because oligarchs stole all the good ammo and sold it in African and the Middle East.)
re: #137 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Another interesting thread:
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It’s not just that “Jesus” is, in the English speaking world, portrayed as European, but often is portrayed as tall.
And in the Trumper-right, their myth-Jesus is often a body builder.
Instead, whatever historical validity might exist for the character, a “Jesus” that is shorter than normal for a male will never find its way into American portrayals of such character.
You would probably need to go back to the original, but I was taught it was Zacchaeus that was short.
re: #185 JC1
TLDR: do they quote the death rates per distance driven? That would seem like a better comparison than per capita.
No. They don’t. I agree it would be a relevant comparison.
However, there is a paragraph on how it used to be much worse in Japan and how changes have improved the numbers (better mass transit, drunk driving laws, etc.)
And Japanese roads are getting even safer: 2021 saw the fewest road fatalities of any year since record-keeping began in 1948. It’s quite a change from the 1960s, when a booming economy and millions of inexperienced drivers contributed to annual fatality figures six times higher than they are today. So dangerous were the nation’s streets that Japanese observers called the phenomenon the “Traffic War,” noting that annual roadway deaths exceeded those from the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894-5.
A closer comparison would likely be to Canada.
As I wrote recently in CityLab, an American is now about 2.5 times as likely as a Canadian to die in a crash and three times as likely as a French citizen.
re: #192 🔧-wench
Oregon law says laws must be written at 8th grade level.
I have no further info. on that.
Interesting. That is the average reading level (well, Google tells me 7th-8th grade) of US citizens, so it kinda makes sense. We are not a literate nation.
re: #169 Thanos
Big news here
Federal Judge Makes History in Holding That Border Searches of Cell Phones Require a Warrant
From what I have read, it is best to turn your phone off while crossing any border. The authorities can force facial / thumbprint use to open a phone, but they can’t beat the PIN out of you that is required of the phone is off and then turned on.
And I may be reading too many conspiracy sites, too.
re: #186 JC1
Good. Next get rid of the stupid 100 mile buffer near the borders/coasts where our civil rights are ‘relaxed’.
Which means the whole state of FL is subject to unauthorized search.
re: #170 Hecuba’s daughter
Wasn’t there evidence years ago that she was working for the Russians — that her whole accusation was a Russian disinformation stunt?
A bunch of lefty bloggers wrote about that at the time, but Greenwald and Tucker and their ilk insisted this was just part of the Russia Russia Russia Hoax.
No one does missile footage like South Korea. https://t.co/bYtkLKx1An
— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) May 30, 2023
re: #85 A Cranky One
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re: #196 Hecuba’s daughter
You cannot just read the proposed legislation; you have to have a copy of the existing law also to see what the new language actually is — and then often have to read other provisions in the existing law that are cross-referenced.
And, what is your point here? That they should be given a pass on doing their job? These are legislators with access to all the databases with the USC readily at hand. It’s not like congress critters or their staff are coming at it de novo. I can search, find, and cross reference every single edit in legislation very rapidly; 99 pages (of about 20 short lines per page is four hours of slow reading, max. Let’s be generous, 24 hours to cross reference every edit. With your staff doing all the work, those half-wits are bitching about nothing.
I do this every day in my job. I am not a legislator, but rather a lowly regulator. It is not complicated. And if you think it is, you shouldn’t be writing law.
re: #103 BeenHereAwhile
Tara can hang out with Snowden while she slowly realizes, “I don’t speak the language, I’m not in Kansas anymore, and I’ve fucked up.”
as far as I know, she hasn’t renounced her citizenship, and hasn’t broken any laws, so unlike Snowden can move back whenever she wants.
re: #212 danarchy
as far as I know, she hasn’t renounced her citizenship, and hasn’t broken any laws, so unlike Snowden can move back whenever she wants.
But didn’t she say she would be killed in US? I guess by the Biden crime syndicate.
re: #203 dat_said
No. They don’t. I agree it would be a relevant comparison.
I want to amend this somewhat. I’m not clear that it’s a relevant comparison (per mile driven). It’s much safer to drive 350 miles across ND on I94 at 75mph than it is to drive 30 miles around the Twin Cities on I694 & I494. Maybe per trip would be a better comparison ?
re: #204 Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅
Interesting. That is the average reading level (well, Google tells me 7th-8th grade) of US citizens, so it kinda makes sense. We are not a literate nation.
What is on the left side of the Bell Curve?
Yeah, those people.
re: #196 Hecuba’s daughter
You cannot just read the proposed legislation; you have to have a copy of the existing law also to see what the new language actually is — and then often have to read other provisions in the existing law that are cross-referenced.
It’s not particularly difficult to do, and it is their fucking jobs to know how to do it. They have staffers who prepare this stuff too. Chief of staff. Legislative aides. They all know how to parse out the edits of any piece of legislation.
But here’s a further clue that they’re all lying and dissembling: they know that Title 26 is the tax code. They know that changing the numbers there has consequences. You know how to get to the section involved. Heck, they probably have paper copies of everything, so they can go to the hard copy, look at the inserts, and then look at the proposed amendments to see precisely what’s going on.
This isn’t difficult.
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