Powerful New Music From Trevor Rabin: “Oklahoma”

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“Oklahoma” is the third track taken from the album ‘Rio’. As Trevor describes: “In 1995 I wrote the germ of a lyric inspired by the devastating bombing in Oklahoma. It traumatised the entire nation and will always be a dark day for the country. Thirty plus years later I believed the time was right and ok to tackle the song I had written. It’s dedicated to family and friends who lost loved ones.”

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278 comments
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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 30, 2023 • 6:43:31pm

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wrenchwench  Sep 30, 2023 • 6:48:49pm

Watching it 7 times didn’t help.

Mastodon

Nor did 2 more in Preview.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2023 • 6:55:35pm

re: #2 wrenchwench

knot theory

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wrenchwench  Sep 30, 2023 • 6:57:49pm

re: #3 Charles Johnson

knot theory

What the hell kind of plug is that, anyway? What planet is that from?

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darthstar  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:00:01pm

Sorry…had a two hour drive home and needed to pick up a bunch of oysters to shuck as well.

re: #54 BigPapa

Coo l! H ow f as t

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I went with 400mbps. Fast enough for what I need. Should be plenty for streaming Amazon/Netflix/Hulu/Disney+/Whatthefuck later when I get a TV….that’s still a ways away as there’s wood paneling to be addressed and the only cable input I found is in a weird location so I’ll have to splice and re-route it.

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darthstar  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:01:44pm

re: #4 wrenchwench

What the hell kind of plug is that, anyway? What planet is that from?

Looks like standard EU plug. Germany, France, Austria, etc.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:02:03pm

re: #4 wrenchwench

It’s European. They have different plugs for everything over there.

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darthstar  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:03:13pm

Looks like the ‘gummint ain’t shutting down tonight. God Bless Speaker McCarthy for leading us through this time of crisis. //

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darthstar  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:03:55pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

It’s European. They have different plugs for everything over there.

Step on a plug in the UK and you’ll wish you stepped on a Lego. Those fuckers hurt.

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wrenchwench  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:04:08pm

re: #6 darthstar

Looks like standard EU plug. Germany, France, Austria, etc.

re: #7 Charles Johnson

It’s European. They have different plugs for everything over there.

I’ve been there, but it wasn’t this millennium. And I don’t remember plugging anything in.

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BigPapa  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:04:35pm

re: #4 wrenchwench

What the hell kind of plug is that, anyway? What planet is that from?

It’s 220, 221, whatever it takes.

Probably Europe.

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darthstar  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:05:14pm

re: #10 wrenchwench

I’ve been there, but it wasn’t this millennium. And I don’t remember plugging anything in.

Build fire? Sharpen stick?

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:06:08pm

re: #4 wrenchwench

What the hell kind of plug is that, anyway? What planet is that from?

European. Round prongs instead of flat blades. That end still needs replaced as the ground prong appears to have been pulled out of the plug body.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:07:21pm

At least we’ll have USB-C in common now.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:08:23pm

The 9 Republicans who voted NO in the Senate

Blackburn (R-TN)
Braun (R-IN)
Cruz (R-TX)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Lee (R-UT)
Marshall (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Schmitt (R-MO)
Vance (R-OH)

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darthstar  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:09:22pm

Okay, so as you already know I’m not getting the Rivian - can’t justify the extra 85k this month…or for the next 20-30 months really. But I need a truck. So I found a Ram 1500 Bighorn in Stockton (about 70 miles away) for under 30K (my upper limit) with reasonable miles (2021 with 62k…all central valley miles)…and asked Carmax to move it to their dealer about 12 miles from me…Thursday night. It arrived this morning and has been checked out and I’m scheduling a test drive tomorrow.

Oh, and getting it moved an hour closer to me? 99 bucks.

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darthstar  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:10:10pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

At least we’ll have USB-C in common now.

Eventually…iPhones still use fire wire.

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wrenchwench  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:10:37pm

re: #12 darthstar

Build fire? Sharpen stick?

Batteries. Backpack, trains, buses, feet. Cheap hotels, camping, sleeping on the train. That was the first one. The second one, stay at brother’s, then stay at sister’s. They did all the plugging.

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Nerdy Fish  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:12:29pm

re: #15 Joe Bacon ✅

The 9 Republicans who voted NO in the Senate

Blackburn (R-TN)
Braun (R-IN)
Cruz (R-TX)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Lee (R-UT)
Marshall (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Schmitt (R-MO)
Vance (R-OH)

So, in order:

* Putin toadie
* Indiana (so KKK-adjacent)
* It’s Ted Fuckin’ Cruz, what else do I need to say?
* Useless idiot
* Useless idiot
* Useless idiot
* Somehow a combination of all the above, which is impressive
* Probably makes love to an AR-15 at night
* Really doesn’t belong here, but is making the most of punching above his weight class before he’s found out.

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DodgerFan1988  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:19:26pm


Russia borrowing Stephen Miller’s playbook of putting children in cages.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:24:11pm

re: #20 DodgerFan1988

[Embedded content]

Russia borrowing Stephen Miller’s playbook of putting children in cages.

Maybe they gave him the idea in the first place.

Half /

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Florida Panhandler  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:25:20pm

re: #20 DodgerFan1988

[Embedded content]

Russia borrowing Stephen Miller’s playbook of putting children in cages.

They are doing much, much worse to those children apart from putting in cages.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:26:08pm

re: #20 DodgerFan1988

[Embedded content]

Russia borrowing Stephen Miller’s playbook of putting children in cages.

Have I recently said how much I hate Count Fuckula?

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sizzzzlerz  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:31:18pm

re: #16 darthstar

Oh, and getting it moved an hour closer to me? 99 bucks.

That’s probably less than the cost of that sweet California gasoline you’d burn there and back.

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sizzzzlerz  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:32:36pm

re: #17 darthstar

Eventually…iPhones still use fire wire.

iphone 15 has usb c now

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:35:09pm

re: #25 sizzzzlerz

iphone 15 has usb c now

I read somewhere (maybe CNet) that the people were noticing that the iPhone 15 Pro had a tendency to get really hot during charging; Apple said that this isn’t a hardware issue, but some kind of bug in iOS 17, so presumably, a patch will be forthcoming.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:36:56pm

re: #26 Dr Lizardo

I read somewhere (maybe CNet) that the people were noticing that the iPhone 15 Pro had a tendency to get really hot during charging; Apple said that this isn’t a hardware issue, but some kind of bug in iOS 17, so presumably, a patch will be forthcoming.

I downgraded to the iPhone SE and it also gets hot when I use inductive charging.

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Nerdy Fish  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:37:09pm

re: #26 Dr Lizardo

I read somewhere (maybe CNet) that the people were noticing that the iPhone 15 Pro had a tendency to get really hot during charging; Apple said that this isn’t a hardware issue, but some kind of bug in iOS 17, so presumably, a patch will be forthcoming.

$FEATURE_SET_PHONE_ON_FIRE_WHILE_CHARGING = $true
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Belafon  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:37:41pm

re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg

[Embedded content]

My son once setup 6 straight plays of “Hello, Pussycat”, then another song, then 6 more plays of “Hello, Pussycat.” Then he left.

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Belafon  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:38:48pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

It’s European. They have different plugs for everything over there.

That’s what happens when your frequency is only divisible by 2 and 5.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:41:14pm

re: #27 Joe Bacon ✅

re: #28 Nerdy Fish

When I first read about that, the Samsung fiasco immediately came to mind, but that was (IIRC) was a genuine hardware issue. Not enough space for battery expansion during charging, causing the battery to combust.

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sizzzzlerz  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:42:19pm

re: #30 Belafon

That’s what happens when your frequency is only divisible by 2 and 5.

Bonus points for a comment combining electrical engineering and mathematics!

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Nerdy Fish  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:42:29pm

re: #31 Dr Lizardo

When I first read about that, the Samsung fiasco immediately came to mind, but that was (IIRC) was a genuine hardware issue. Not enough space for battery expansion during charging, causing the battery to combust.

Yep. I’m pretty sure the hardware manufacturers learned their lessons from that, but my guess is that they tried some clever trick to optimize the software overseeing their charging cycle and introduced a bug in the process.

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Belafon  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:42:51pm

re: #20 DodgerFan1988

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Belafon  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:45:19pm

re: #28 Nerdy Fish

It was supposed to read:

$FEATURE_SET_PHONE_ON_FIRE_WHILE_CHARGING_WITH_USB = $true

but they didn’t do a proper code review.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:58:00pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

At least we’ll have USB-C in common now.

Kumbaya, my lord, kumbaya…

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 30, 2023 • 7:59:32pm

re: #2 wrenchwench

It’s a Penn and Teller special.

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Dangerman  Sep 30, 2023 • 8:17:26pm

re: #2 wrenchwench

Watching it 7 times didn’t help.

[Embedded content]

Nor did 2 more in Preview.

C’mon
It’s knot complicated

(I can’t believe no one hit this grapefruit )

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 30, 2023 • 8:18:04pm

On the Tunderf00t video busting Elon Musk’s robots:

re: #122 Teukka

Say what you will about Thunderf00t in general, but his take on the Elongated one… [Embedded content]

Well, he is wearing a cowboy hat in the April 2022 video (also backward).

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jaunte  Sep 30, 2023 • 8:21:38pm

re: #39 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Well, he is wearing a cowboy hat in the April 2022 video (also backward).

Is this a southern hemisphere custom?

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jaunte  Sep 30, 2023 • 8:22:38pm

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com

President Biden has signed the funding bill

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 30, 2023 • 8:29:58pm

re: #15 Joe Bacon ✅

The 9 Republicans who voted NO in the Senate

Blackburn (R-TN)
Braun (R-IN)
Cruz (R-TX)
Hagerty (R-TN)
Lee (R-UT)
Marshall (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Schmitt (R-MO)
Vance (R-OH)

??? Was Josh Hawley absent for the vote??? Certainly he didn’t vote Y, did he??

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Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2023 • 8:31:52pm

re: #2 wrenchwench

Watching it 7 times didn’t help.

[Embedded content]

Nor did 2 more in Preview.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Sep 30, 2023 • 8:32:20pm

re: #42 Hecuba’s daughter

??? Was Josh Hawley absent for the vote??? Certainly he didn’t vote Y, did he??

Hot Damn! Hee Hawley Voted Yes.

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Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2023 • 8:36:16pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

At least we’ll have USB-C in common now.

Let us thank the EU for helping to put a major dent in the stupidity that is proprietary charging cables.

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JC1  Sep 30, 2023 • 8:42:48pm

re: #4 wrenchwench

What the hell kind of plug is that, anyway? What planet is that from?

Common in Europe.
en.m.wikipedia.org

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 30, 2023 • 8:43:20pm

re: #20 DodgerFan1988

Russia borrowing Stephen Miller’s playbook of putting children in cages.

That and genocide.

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wrenchwench  Sep 30, 2023 • 8:48:19pm

re: #46 JC1

Common in Europe.
en.m.wikipedia.org

‘Unearthed’ sounds so much more like ‘dug up’ than ‘ungrounded’.

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Sep 30, 2023 • 8:54:00pm

2023: Complex Sky over Ventura County Fairgrounds

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Captain Magic  Sep 30, 2023 • 8:57:55pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

And in 2 years, replaceable batteries…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:00:08pm

re: #40 jaunte

Well, he is wearing a cowboy hat in the April 2022 video (also backward).

Is this a southern hemisphere custom?

Looking at a random hat seller’s site in Australia, no.

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Belafon  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:01:17pm

re: #50 Captain Magic

And in 2 years, replaceable batteries…

The year Apple stops using Gorilla glass.

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Dangerman  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:01:32pm

Still should be able to straighten out Ukraine pretty quick

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:02:07pm

re: #50 Captain Magic

And in 2 years, replaceable batteries…

Perhaps better to say consumer replaceable batteries. You can already replace the batteries in any smartphone…you just have to take it to a shop for service or have the technical skills and tools to do it.

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Belafon  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:04:07pm
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Dr Lizardo  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:05:25pm

LOL, Trumpy MAGA cartoonist Ben Garrison has gone so far off the deep end, he inadvertently made a pro-Biden cartoon. 🤡

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:06:53pm

re: #55 Belafon

LOL

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Captain Ron  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:08:23pm
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Dr Lizardo  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:10:53pm

Heh, love Heather Thomas’ simple reply to a Tweet by Rep. Eric Swalwell…


Yep…the Heather Thomas.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:12:31pm

Tonight’s dinner: My wife made pork lo-mein.

I finally set up our new microwave. I was avoiding it because I knew what a job cleaning the counter would be when I removed the old one.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:12:36pm

re: #56 Dr Lizardo

LOL, Trumpy MAGA cartoonist Ben Garrison has gone so far off the deep end, he inadvertently made a pro-Biden cartoon. 🤡

[Embedded content]

Garrison really misses his beloved Trump who he has such a crush on always drawning Trump as a macho bodybuilder…

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Captain Ron  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:14:33pm
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Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:21:36pm

re: #53 Dangerman

[Embedded content]

Still should be able to straighten out Ukraine pretty quick

And the only reason Qev managed to remain Speaker for at least one more weekend is that he adjourned the House over Gas Pedal’s protests. So he’ll get a day’s worth of positive press from the BSAB Beltway pundits, then return Monday to an almost-guaranteed fight to keep the “Freedumb” assholes from filing to vacate.

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BeachDem  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:37:53pm

re: #42 Hecuba’s daughter

??? Was Josh Hawley absent for the vote??? Certainly he didn’t vote Y, did he??

Tim Scott missed the vote. Must have been busy with his invisible (Canadian?) girlfriend.

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:42:54pm

re: #64 BeachDem

Tim Scott missed the vote. Must have been busy with his invisible (Canadian?) girlfriend.

And Ron Johnson also voted for it?? What’s going on here?

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Belafon  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:45:51pm

My wife and I finished watching Fiona and Cake tonight. A great spinoff of a great cartoon, and it really should win some awards with the writing.

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:46:39pm

re: #63 Targetpractice

And the only reason Qev managed to remain Speaker for at least one more weekend is that he adjourned the House over Gas Pedal’s protests. So he’ll get a day’s worth of positive press from the BSAB Beltway pundits, then return Monday to an almost-guaranteed fight to keep the “Freedumb” assholes from filing to vacate.

Have to say — he’s done far better than I was expecting — a razor-thin margin with a bunch of crazies in his caucus and he pulled this out at the last minute, contrary to the wishes of the party leader and chief psychopath..

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:46:41pm

I haven’t looked at social media to see, but I can well imagine Trump must be livid at McCarthy for “failing” to shut down the government, presumably under the mistaken impression that a shutdown would sideline all those court cases against him, or at least the Federal ones.

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William Lewis  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:47:09pm

re: #65 Hecuba’s daughter

And Ron Johnson also voted for it?? What’s going on here?

Putin must have said it was OK since there was no Ukrainian aid money in it.

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Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:53:46pm

re: #67 Hecuba’s daughter

Have to say — he’s done far better than I was expecting — a razor-thin margin with a bunch of crazies in his caucus and he pulled this out at the last minute, contrary to the wishes of the party leader and chief psychopath..

He did pretty much what most people said was his only option to get a CR through: He junked most of the MAGAt BS, set the numbers at those agreed to in May, and the only giveaway that Dems had to make was Ukraine funding. But it’s also only good for 45 days, and there’s still no real incentive on the Dem side to save his ass from a motion to vacate.

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A Cranky One  Sep 30, 2023 • 9:54:29pm

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 30, 2023 • 10:04:38pm

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Captain Ron  Sep 30, 2023 • 10:11:30pm
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Joe Bacon ✅  Sep 30, 2023 • 10:18:28pm

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Teukka  Sep 30, 2023 • 10:19:19pm

re: #4 wrenchwench

What the hell kind of plug is that, anyway? What planet is that from?

It’s a Schuko, grounded connector where I’m from. 235V.

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Teukka  Sep 30, 2023 • 10:43:48pm

re: #7 Charles Johnson

It’s European. They have different plugs for everything over there.

Yeah, almost as many connector types as there are countries. Personally, I’d wish that they’d harmonized and all use the IEC 60906-1 connector, just like they did with the DCL connector for light fixtures.

Teh DCL (Device Connector for Luminaires).

re: #9 darthstar

Step on a plug in the UK and you’ll wish you stepped on a Lego. Those fuckers hurt.

Ah yes, the BS1362. Those are an abomination for feet. Hence why I try to spread the gospel of the IEC 60906-1.

IEC 60906-1 in Brazilian format (bottom left) and “Euro” connector (top left)

re: #14 Charles Johnson

At least we’ll have USB-C in common now.

re: #13 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

European. Round prongs instead of flat blades. That end still needs replaced as the ground prong appears to have been pulled out of the plug body.

No, it’s because grounding connectors look a bit different here, here are two springs, top and bottom if you’re in Schuko country, and a pin in the connector if you’re in French country. That’s a combi connector for both. We use the Schuko in Sweden.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 30, 2023 • 10:49:49pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom is not winning any friends lately amongst the very-left.

Associated Press, two hours ago

California governor rejects bill to give unemployment checks to striking workers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California won’t be giving unemployment checks to workers on strike, with Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoing a bill Saturday that had been inspired by high-profile work stoppages in Hollywood and the hotel industry.

Newsom, a Democrat, says he supports workers and often benefits from campaign contributions from labor unions. But he said he vetoed this bill because the fund the state uses to pay unemployment benefits will be nearly $20 billion in debt by the end of the year.

“Now is not the time to increase costs or incur this sizable debt,” Newsom wrote in a veto message.

The fund the state uses to pay unemployment benefits is already more than $18 billion in debt. That’s because the fund ran out of money and had to borrow from the federal government during the pandemic, when Newsom ordered most businesses to close and caused a massive spike in unemployment. The fund was also beset by massive amounts of fraud that cost the state billions of dollars.

(more)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 30, 2023 • 10:58:11pm

(9:16)
When will you see snow this winter?

Here’s When You’ll See Snow This Year…

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Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2023 • 11:02:01pm

re: #78 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

(9:16)
When will you see snow this winter?

[Embedded content]

Around the start of the year? Yeah, that sounds about right, the last two times that we got snow was during the first weekend of January. Guess I should look forward to another 4 day weekend of being stuck at work.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 30, 2023 • 11:09:42pm

re: #79 Targetpractice

Around the start of the year? Yeah, that sounds about right, the last two times that we got snow was during the first weekend of January. Guess I should look forward to another 4 day weekend of being stuck at work.

I live in the area which sees its first snowfall on average on or before October 2.

Tomorrow it’s supposed to be 89°F, so I don’t think that’s happening this year.

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Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2023 • 11:16:56pm

re: #80 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I live in the area which sees its first snowfall on average on or before October 2.

Tomorrow it’s supposed to be 89°F, so I don’t think that’s happening this year.

True, last time they predicted a wet and cold winter, we had relatively mild weather and perhaps a dusting or two that barely lasted a few hours. So we’ll have to see how it plays out.

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Captain Ron  Sep 30, 2023 • 11:44:24pm

re: #78 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

(9:16)
When will you see snow this winter?

[Embedded content]

The last time it snowed here was 1976.

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Captain Ron  Sep 30, 2023 • 11:46:13pm

The last time we had a hard freeze was in the 1990s.

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William Lewis  Sep 30, 2023 • 11:52:24pm

Ah, NOT at the hotel tonight. Been training a new guy to do the part time night audit. He’s caught on quick and we had a full house tonight (bonus $!) plus everyone was in house by midnight so we could run audit early. Once that’s done, it’s all just the busy work. So being my birthday night, punched out early and am sitting here with a Guinness and a tot of rum in front of me and music in my headphones. Chill for awhile and then actually get some sleep while it’s dark - fancy that! Happy birthday indeed 😉

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 30, 2023 • 11:56:45pm

re: #84 William Lewis

Happy Birthday!

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Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2023 • 11:57:16pm

If you were wondering what that loud screeching you were hearing tonight was, it’s MAGAts absolutely losing their shit.

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Captain Ron  Sep 30, 2023 • 11:57:25pm

Long-time residents recall 1976 blizzard that blanketed the Bay Area

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Sep 30, 2023 • 11:57:27pm

(15:28)
Speculation on what would happen with a North Korean missile launch at the USA.

What If North Korea Launched a Nuclear Bomb (Minute by Minute)

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BigPapa  Sep 30, 2023 • 11:58:44pm

re: #87 Captain Ron

Long-time residents recall 1976 blizzard that blanketed the Bay Area

I was an 8-year-old kid and they let us out of school and it was amazing.

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Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2023 • 11:59:58pm

re: #84 William Lewis

Ah, NOT at the hotel tonight. Been training a new guy to do the part time night audit. He’s caught on quick and we had a full house tonight (bonus $!) plus everyone was in house by midnight so we could run audit early. Once that’s done, it’s all just the busy work. So being my birthday night, punched out early and am sitting here with a Guinness and a tot of rum in front of me and music in my headphones. Chill for awhile and then actually get some sleep while it’s dark - fancy that! Happy birthday indeed 😉

Yeah, I got asked this morning to talk with our own rookie part-time auditor, as apparently he’s not clear on what the job actually entails and is only doing the bare minimum (i.e. laundry, paperwork, check-ins). I didn’t have the heart to tell management that most of the shit that I do on a nightly basis wasn’t part of the job when I got hired and that as management that’s really a chat they should be having with him themselves. They certainly demonstrated how little they think of my management skills by passing me over for the second time in two years for promotion.

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Captain Ron  Oct 1, 2023 • 12:07:58am

YouTube

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William Lewis  Oct 1, 2023 • 12:20:08am

re: #90 Targetpractice

Yeah, I got asked this morning to talk with our own rookie part-time auditor, as apparently he’s not clear on what the job actually entails and is only doing the bare minimum (i.e. laundry, paperwork, check-ins). I didn’t have the heart to tell management that most of the shit that I do on a nightly basis wasn’t part of the job when I got hired and that as management that’s really a chat they should be having with him themselves. They certainly demonstrated how little they think of my management skills by passing me over for the second time in two years for promotion.

We have a checklist. I do what’s on it & taught him that. If they want more, we’ll need to have a discussion about that so thankfully not your problem here.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 1, 2023 • 12:31:06am

Mission Local, September 29, 2023

Does anyone recall the particular political ideology which calls for jailing socialists?

Elon Musk calls for jailing San Francisco supervisor Dean Preston

Elon Musk, the owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, called today for the jailing of District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston.

“Dean Preston should go to prison,” Musk posted, in response to a Mission Local article reporting the passage in committee of legislation on Thursday, introduced by Preston, that would ban security guards from unholstering their weapons over property crimes.

The democratic socialist Preston’s legislation was unanimously supported by the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee’s three moderate members, Catherine Stefani, Matt Dorsey and Joel Engardio.

Musk has made no secret of his disdain of the supervisor: Last week, he called for Preston to be fired and named him “arguably the person most responsible for the destruction of San Francisco.” Half an hour later, he pledged $100,000 to a political action committee fundraising to unseat the supervisor, who is the only democratic socialist on the Board of Supervisors.

The PAC, dubbed Dump Dean and run by the political pressure group Grow SF, said they had not received a donation from Musk and would, after today’s comments, not take one in the future.

“We won’t accept the donation,” said Steven Buss, one of the co-founders of the group. Buss said he had never believed the donation would materialize and had not been contacted by Musk.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 1, 2023 • 12:32:06am

re: #84 William Lewis

Ah, NOT at the hotel tonight. Been training a new guy to do the part time night audit. He’s caught on quick and we had a full house tonight (bonus $!) plus everyone was in house by midnight so we could run audit early. Once that’s done, it’s all just the busy work. So being my birthday night, punched out early and am sitting here with a Guinness and a tot of rum in front of me and music in my headphones. Chill for awhile and then actually get some sleep while it’s dark - fancy that! Happy birthday indeed 😉

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Targetpractice  Oct 1, 2023 • 12:37:53am

re: #92 William Lewis

We have a checklist. I do what’s on it & taught him that. If they want more, we’ll need to have a discussion about that so thankfully not your problem here.

We have checklists, but not only are their outdated, it’s become habit for people on every shift to either not fill them out or to just mark everything off as completed even if you never even so much as lifted a mop or wiped down a counter. We’re running a skeleton crew and struggling to keep up with the workload, so that much of the extra shit that ended up as our responsibility due to the new ownership just gets dumped on audit because we “have so much free time.” Which has led to a situation where management keeps hiring for the audit position on the idea that you just sit on your ass all night and do a bit of paperwork, but then you start the training only to realize you just signed up to be a housekeeper, dishwasher, and personal servant all in one.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 1, 2023 • 12:45:31am

The Boston Public Library System has signed up to the “Books Unbanned” initiative, joining Brooklyn, Seattle, and Los Angeles County, to counteract efforts to ban books in conservative-run areas.

Anyone can sign up with the Boston Public Library if they are a US resident and aged 13-26 for their entire catalogue of E-books and audio books on-line.

Books Unbanned (goes to the Boston Public Library)

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William Lewis  Oct 1, 2023 • 12:47:36am

re: #96 Targetpractice

We have checklists, but not only are their outdated, it’s become habit for people on every shift to either not fill them out or to just mark everything off as completed even if you never even so much as lifted a mop or wiped down a counter. We’re running a skeleton crew and struggling to keep up with the workload, so that much of the extra shit that ended up as our responsibility due to the new ownership just gets dumped on audit because we “have so much free time.” Which has led to a situation where management keeps hiring for the audit position on the idea that you just sit on your ass all night and do a bit of paperwork, but then you start the training only to realize you just signed up to be a housekeeper, dishwasher, and personal servant all in one.

That sucks. Thankfully none of my managers have sugar coated what’s expected. First night shift walked through all of the responsibilities - janitorial, paperwork, getting the coffee station ready, etc. No laundry at my current location. I made that clear before even talking to them as my back no longer allows me to deal with hotel laundry other than perhaps towels. Of course, I have done enough places and different jobs by now that I’m paranoid about what is expected and what’s on the job description. If they want it done, they better have it written up or they’ll learn the definition of “Malicious compliance” and then later find out that, yes, they’re going to get stuck for UC checks while I look for a different job because they screwed the pooch.

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Targetpractice  Oct 1, 2023 • 1:01:56am

re: #98 William Lewis

That sucks. Thankfully none of my managers have sugar coated what’s expected. First night shift walked through all of the responsibilities - janitorial, paperwork, getting the coffee station ready, etc. No laundry at my current location. I made that clear before even talking to them as my back no longer allows me to deal with hotel laundry other than perhaps towels. Of course, I have done enough places and different jobs by now that I’m paranoid about what is expected and what’s on the job description. If they want it done, they better have it written up or they’ll learn the definition of “Malicious compliance” and then later find out that, yes, they’re going to get stuck for UC checks while I look for a different job because they screwed the pooch.

Yeah, I think I’m gonna have to come in one of my days off soon and have a sitdown with the GM about things going forward. Instead of doing anything to help me out and deal with the stress, I’ve had the impression that they’re doing the exact opposite by slacking on the day shifts and just passing on their savings to me because of the false impression that I have nothing to do at night. And I’m running into that service industry reality that they can’t afford to fire me but they won’t promote me so I’m basically stuck in this job until I either quit or transfer out.

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sagehen  Oct 1, 2023 • 1:09:11am

re: #94 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Mission Local, September 29, 2023

Does anyone recall the particular political ideology which calls for jailing socialists?

Elon Musk calls for jailing San Francisco supervisor Dean Preston

(more)

the first comment on that story:

I have some issues with Preston, but ouch. If Musk had any self-awareness whatsoever, he’d understand that “Elon Musk Hates Me!” is basically a campaign ad in D5.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 1:09:53am

Meanwhile, in Ankara:

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Sunday that a terrorist blew himself up and another was “neutralized” in a terror attack targeting the headquarters of the Turkish National Police in the capital Ankara.

Yerlikaya said in a social media post that two terrorists approached the entrance of the building with a light commercial vehicle and one of them blew himself up. He added that the other terrorist was “neutralized” in the ensuing shootout with police that also left two police officers slightly injured. “Neutralized” is a term used by Turkish authorities to describe terrorists captured dead or alive.

dailysabah.com

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William Lewis  Oct 1, 2023 • 1:13:01am

re: #99 Targetpractice

Yeah, I think I’m gonna have to come in one of my days off soon and have a sitdown with the GM about things going forward. Instead of doing anything to help me out and deal with the stress, I’ve had the impression that they’re doing the exact opposite by slacking on the day shifts and just passing on their savings to me because of the false impression that I have nothing to do at night. And I’m running into that service industry reality that they can’t afford to fire me but they won’t promote me so I’m basically stuck in this job until I either quit or transfer out.

Yeah, I ran into that 3 hotels ago. I finally said FU & quit to work at what turned into a dead end and got a temp job at a Kwik Trip instead. That lead to a good hotel (the KT held their monthly staff meetings there. One month I asked the manager “are you hiring” and she said yes :) LOL! )

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 1:15:59am

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 1, 2023 • 1:29:52am

re: #103 Dr Lizardo

That was, uh, an unfortunate sentence.

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William Lewis  Oct 1, 2023 • 1:32:15am

re: #104 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

That was, uh, an unfortunate sentence.

That is one way to phrase that editorial content ;)

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 1:38:51am

re: #104 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

re: #105 William Lewis

You’d think an editor would notice such a thing. But here we are.

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William Lewis  Oct 1, 2023 • 1:40:21am

re: #106 Dr Lizardo

You’d think an editor would notice such a thing. But here we are.

Especially given the commas in the upper part of the headline ;)

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William Lewis  Oct 1, 2023 • 1:41:29am

Little current Joan Jett just because. Still love her rocking self :D

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - If You’re Blue (Official Video)

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Targetpractice  Oct 1, 2023 • 1:50:25am

Since it is officially the start of the Halloween season, I bring you a treat: George A Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead…being totally savaged by the guys over at Rifftrax. If you’re not familiar with Rifftrax, it’s Mike, Kevin, & Bill from MST3K keeping the funny alive. Enjoy.

RiffTrax Live: Night Of The Living Dead (Full Movie)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 1, 2023 • 2:03:10am

Microwave follies:
So my last microwave (Sanyo) I bought because I broke the glass Lazy Susan plate in my previous one. When I tried to order the plate, it cost more than an entire new microwave.

When I set up my new Faberware last night, I noticed it has the exact same plate as the Sanyo. (It even has the same wheeled track the plate sits on.)

So I’m saving the plate and track in case I break the one in the new microwave.

“Right to repair” doesn’t mean much if the parts cost more than the whole item.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 2:07:48am

You know, it occurred to me that the new film Reptile seems to have been inspired by an actual unsolved murder case, that of a real estate agent in B.C. in 2008. I remember reading about it years ago on Websleuths and seeing Reptile sorta jogged my memory.

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silverdolphin  Oct 1, 2023 • 2:12:53am

re: #103 Dr Lizardo

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It’s a photoshopped fake copy. They removed some commas,

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 1, 2023 • 2:13:32am

Race Scientists Ask You Believe in Impossible Things (Fardel’s Bear, a log of the alt-right, September 27, 2023)

When racial hereditarian researchers tell you they are objective scientists only concerned with the rigorous scientific pursuit of truth, what else do you need to believe to accept that claim? What are the markers of an open-minded researcher who is completely nonpartisan politically? We would expect that person to be careful not to entangle themselves and their research with those who are pursuing political ends; those who seek to use the mask of science to advance specific policy options and social orders. We would not expect them to draw upon political writers as authorities for their scientific claims. We would not expect them to collaborate with people pushing a political agenda.

In a recent article (goes to Springer, September 14, 2023), Michael Woodley, Matthew A. Sarraf & Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre write that they believe the Holocaust happened. They also want to make clear that They are “hereditarians” not racists. Nor are they eugenicists. Oh, and Woodley especially wants us to know that he had nothing to do with his work being cited by the Buffalo shooter who killed African Americans in the name of racial purity. (I know what you are thinking, “Where does Woodley stand on the existence of Bigfoot?” Well, he appears to think the jury’s still out on that question).

Of course, anyone who must take to print to deny they are Holocaust deniers, a scientific racist, a eugenicist an inspiration for a racist terrorist might want to stop and think about why they are so characterized by so many people. An obvious question is, “Maybe it is me?” It appears that the authors never ask themselves that question. They portray themselves as objective scientists and their many, many critics must simply misunderstand the nature of science and objective inquiry because they are so blinded by “leftist” ideology. To believe their claims, you must believe a host of other impossible claims they use to support it.

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Targetpractice  Oct 1, 2023 • 2:14:21am

re: #110 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Microwave follies:
So my last microwave (Sanyo) I bought because I broke the glass Lazy Susan plate in my previous one. When I tried to order the plate, it cost more than an entire new microwave.

When I set up my new Faberware last night, I noticed it has the exact same plate as the Sanyo. (It even has the same wheeled track the plate sits on.)

So I’m saving the plate and track in case I break the one in the new microwave.

“Right to repair” doesn’t mean much if the parts cost more than the whole item.

Let’s be honest, the people screaming the loudest about “right to repair” are those who own or operate off-brand repair shops who are scared that manufacturers are slowly driving them out of business by turning everything electronic in your life into a black box that only their “licensed technicians” can service. It’s not going to save you or me any money, it just means that the guy who’s gouging us doesn’t have “Licensed Ford Mechanic” in his job title.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 2:19:14am

This is what Reptile reminded me of.

en.wikipedia.org

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 2:19:38am

re: #112 silverdolphin

It’s a photoshopped fake copy. They removed some commas,

Ah, OK.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 2:46:44am

re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg

There|s a John Mulaney sketch about the guys playing “What’s New, Pussycat?” twelve times over and watching the rest of the restaurant react.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 2:47:46am

re: #4 wrenchwench

What the hell kind of plug is that, anyway? What planet is that from?

British plugs look big and bulky but they have a built-in fuse and child protection.

They consist of one long plastic rod and two metal ones. The socket openings remain closed until the long plug pushes them open for the metal rods to slide in.

Bloody brilliant, actually.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 2:56:35am

re: #69 William Lewis

Putin must have said it was OK since there was no Ukrainian aid money in it.

This means that Europe and the rest of the world have to step up their game

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 2:59:35am

re: #119 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

This means that Europe and the rest of the world have to step up their game

Definitely - gonna have to cover Slovakia, too, now that tankie Robert Fico looks set to be the new PM.

Granted, he’s gonna have to form a coalition government, so that’s his next task.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:02:26am

re: #82 Captain Ron

The last time it snowed here was 1976.

Last time we had a proper White Christmas on the Rhine with a blanket of snow that stuck around for a while was in 2010.

It snows a couple times each winter, but then it is a matter of 2-3” max which lasts less than a week.

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ericblair  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:04:08am

This shithead is just a pro-Putin troll at this point. I’m pretty sure he has some sort of security clearance, and I’ve heard there is a counterintelligence investigation ongoing, but neither of those things are public knowledge and we may never know what happens with them.

This is textbook foreign preference, and more concerning are his private meetings with Putin and his lackeys which are foreign influence.

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ericblair  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:05:33am

re: #121 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Last time we had a proper White Christmas on the Rhine with a blanket of snow that stuck around for a while was in 2010.

It snows a couple times each winter, but then it is a matter of 2-3” max which lasts less than a week.

Don’t worry, though, the Germans will be yelling at you to put on your winter tires Oktober bis Ostern (October to Easter).

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:06:29am

re: #122 ericblair

I’m pretty sure he has some sort of security clearance, and I’ve heard there is a counterintelligence investigation ongoing

Wait, what?!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:06:51am

re: #97 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The Boston Public Library System has signed up to the “Books Unbanned” initiative, joining Brooklyn, Seattle, and Los Angeles County, to counteract efforts to ban books in conservative-run areas.

Funny, I remember a time when the term “banned in Boston” was a euphemism for anything racy or controversial.

“But will it play in Peoria?”

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:07:35am

re: #109 Targetpractice

Since it is officially the start of the Halloween season,…

Halloween?

My local grocery store’s bakery is putting out Christmas stuff.

Therefore, I declare it is officially the start of Christmas season.

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Targetpractice  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:08:24am

re: #122 ericblair

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This shithead is just a pro-Putin troll at this point. I’m pretty sure he has some sort of security clearance, and I’ve heard there is a counterintelligence investigation ongoing, but neither of those things are public knowledge and we may never know what happens with them.

This is textbook foreign preference, and more concerning are his private meetings with Putin and his lackeys which are foreign influence.

Musk is like Trump, there’s a better than even chance that money is somehow involved. Either he has business interests that in Russia that Putin can make or break, debts in Russian banks, or he’s got some future plans in Russia that could be fubar if he angers Vlad.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:09:43am

re: #103 Dr Lizardo

“…cooking her family and her dog”

this one is my favorite.

Copy writer: Is it “first-hand” or “first hand”?
Editor: It’s all the same, whatever!

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Targetpractice  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:11:20am

re: #126 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Halloween?

My local grocery store’s bakery is putting out Christmas stuff.

Therefore, I declare it is officially the start of Christmas season.

I oughta downvote you just on general principle.

It ain’t Christmas season any earlier than the day after Thanksgiving and anybody who says otherwise is wrong!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:11:27am

re: #111 Dr Lizardo

You know, it occurred to me that the new film Reptile seems to have been inspired by an actual unsolved murder case, that of a real estate agent in B.C. in 2008. I remember reading about it years ago on Websleuths and seeing Reptile sorta jogged my memory.

I am just reading Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen, which also involves murder and large reptiles. And a large, fat orange President and his morganatic First Lady.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:13:12am

re: #123 ericblair

Don’t worry, though, the Germans will be yelling at you to put on your winter tires Oktober bis Ostern (October to Easter).

Yes, it’s the law, one put through by tire manufacturers’ lobby. Although granted, other parts of Germany get a lot more snow than our balmy Rhine valley. (I have all-season radials)

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steve_davis  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:14:45am

re: #72 Patricia Kayden

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But when the tax man come to the door
Ooh the house look like a rummage sale…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:16:39am

re: #129 Targetpractice

I oughta downvote you just on general principle.

It ain’t Christmas season any earlier than the day after Thanksgiving and anybody who says otherwise is wrong!

Germans officially commence the Christmas season with the first Sunday of Advent, (the fourth Sunday before Christmas) but shops are already putting out Xmas chocolates and gingerbread and Stollen

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:21:45am

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

Germans commence the Christmas season with the first Sunday of Advent, (the fourth Sunday before Christmas) but shops are already putting out Xmas chocolates and gingerbread and Stollen

We have a couple outlets of Action, the German discount chain, here in Ostrava. They had Xmas decorations on the shelves in early August.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:22:34am

re: #134 Dr Lizardo

We have a couple outlets of Action, the German discount chain, here in Ostrava. They had Xmas decorations on the shelves in early August.

Then they should be putting out chocolate Easter bunnies soon…

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steve_davis  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:24:07am

re: #97 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The Boston Public Library System has signed up to the “Books Unbanned” initiative, joining Brooklyn, Seattle, and Los Angeles County, to counteract efforts to ban books in conservative-run areas.

Anyone can sign up with the Boston Public Library if they are a US resident and aged 13-26 for their entire catalogue of E-books and audio books on-line.

Books Unbanned (goes to the Boston Public Library)

What if we’re approaching 60 but have a shitty county library system?

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steve_davis  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:33:20am

re: #99 Targetpractice

Yeah, I think I’m gonna have to come in one of my days off soon and have a sitdown with the GM about things going forward. Instead of doing anything to help me out and deal with the stress, I’ve had the impression that they’re doing the exact opposite by slacking on the day shifts and just passing on their savings to me because of the false impression that I have nothing to do at night. And I’m running into that service industry reality that they can’t afford to fire me but they won’t promote me so I’m basically stuck in this job until I either quit or transfer out.

Similar situation with the the online tutoring. Rolling through my second academic year with them, no raise. And I’ve asked multiple times. “My student evals are 4.85 out out of 5.” Oh, we don’t look at student evals for promotion decisions because maybe you just got lucky….I’ve run over 2000 sessions. We’re past luck and into “consistently excellent work product” here. So I’m just doing what I want this year. I take no voice sessions anymore. Those are generally miserable experiences where I’m on the blower with some drunk-assed functionally illiterate lady with a teething child in the near background and I’m like fuck it, I could making more at chick Fila putting fruit cocktail in the little cups during morning prep. You want top-rate service, pay me.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:33:29am

re: #135 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Then they should be putting out chocolate Easter bunnies soon…

Maybe towards the end of November.

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steve_davis  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:37:03am

re: #106 Dr Lizardo

You’d think an editor would notice such a thing. But here we are.

There are no editors anymore. I’ve asked. “Dear Rawstory: pay me a per piece rate and I’ll help keep your writers from looking like the illiterate dweebs they are.”

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sagehen  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:55:47am

re: #130 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I am just reading Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen, which also involves murder and large reptiles. And a large, fat orange President and his morganatic First Lady.

I just bought it, because it was recc’d here.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:57:26am

re: #139 steve_davis

There are no editors anymore. I’ve asked. “Dear Rawstory: pay me a per piece rate and I’ll help keep your writers from looking like the illiterate dweebs they are.”

I have written stroppy letters to the BBC berating them for examples of shoddy grammar, usage and spelling. I expect a lot more from the national standard bearer.

From an article on a Russian woman mathematician:

“Growing up in a Siberian village, maths came easily to her at a young age…”

AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!

Maths did not grow up in a Siberian village, she did.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:57:50am

re: #140 sagehen

I just bought [Squeeze Me], because it was recc’d here.

Ditto here, it has been out since 2020

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sagehen  Oct 1, 2023 • 3:58:09am

re: #136 steve_davis

What if we’re approaching 60 but have a shitty county library system?

Then you’ll have to pay a few bucks to get the access they’re giving kids for free.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 1, 2023 • 4:10:23am

I’d post Christmas music buy y’all would be put off by it… so here’s some Halloween themed music, from Hogwart’s Legacy game:

Halloween at Hogwarts 🎃 | Harry Potter Music & Ambience

..

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 4:13:19am

Today is the official start of Hallowe’en season, so those cobwebs hanging from my ceiling now count as decorations for the next six weeks.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 4:32:00am

re: #145 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Today is the official start of Hallowe’en season, so those cobwebs hanging from my ceiling now count as decorations for the next six weeks.

A great reason not to dust. I never thought of that. I’ll have to tell the girlfriend 😄

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Thanos  Oct 1, 2023 • 4:35:09am

This looks like fun

Argylle — Official Trailer | Apple TV+

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 1, 2023 • 4:37:03am

re: #129 Targetpractice

And then I said to the Great Pumpkin: “No one steals my gimmick and lives…”
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Nerdy Fish  Oct 1, 2023 • 4:40:46am

It’s too warm in the house this morning, it’s going to be a long day, but at least I have this.

Click to Reveal

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TarHellion  Oct 1, 2023 • 4:42:56am

Able to get the par and match my longest streak (85).

Watched alma mater (Lenoir-Rhyne University) play an almost flawless game yesterday in a 56-3 victory. The team is now 5-0 - and the defense has given up just 27 points thus far. The Bears are ranked 14th in Division II. A notable alum is current New England Patriots starting safety Kyle Dugger (number 23).

Click to Reveal

Wordle 834 4/6*

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TarHellion  Oct 1, 2023 • 4:45:10am

re: #149 Nerdy Fish

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TarHellion  Oct 1, 2023 • 4:49:02am

re: #147 Thanos

Sign me up! Also looking forward to Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut in Woman of the Hour about the 1970s serial killer who got to be a contestant on The Dating Game.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Oct 1, 2023 • 5:01:04am

re: #140 sagehen

I just bought it, because it was recc’d here.

Anything Hiaasen is gonna be great. He was always one of my Buy In Hard Cover authors.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 1, 2023 • 5:01:53am

Right-wing Catholic nationalist xenophobes have really ramped up on Xitter since Musk took over. There are quite a few of them. Here’s one:

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 5:09:15am

re: #152 TarHellion

Sign me up! Also looking forward to Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut in Woman of the Hour about the 1970s serial killer who got to be a contestant on The Dating Game.

Rodney Alcala. Right up there with Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy or Gary Ridgeway - though not as well known, or mostly forgotten about, which is surprising, as it’s suspected by authorities that he may have killed well over 100.

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Florida Panhandler  Oct 1, 2023 • 5:10:02am

re: #127 Targetpractice

Musk is like Trump, there’s a better than even chance that money is somehow involved. Either he has business interests that in Russia that Putin can make or break, debts in Russian banks, or he’s got some future plans in Russia that could be fubar if he angers Vlad.

No. It’s just Musk is a craven coward who respects the real possibility of violence towards him by Putin or any other dictator.

Musk despises democracy because in his view it is weak, egalitarian and cannot last. Only the single- minded focus, direct or stochastic threats and violent acts of dictatorships can make a society last over time. Musk is a fascist. A few years ago he was just a fellow traveler. Ever since the initial racial discrimination case in Fremont a few years ago, he changed to full-blown fascism and moved to Texas to be with a bunch of his fellow fascists.

It is time to nationalize Starlink, Space X and force the BOD to fire Musk as CEO of Tesla.

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Dangerman  Oct 1, 2023 • 5:16:31am

re: #126 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Halloween?

My local grocery store’s bakery is putting out Christmas stuff.

Therefore, I declare it is officially the start of Christmas season.

We’ve had Xmas commercials on TV since july

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Dangerman  Oct 1, 2023 • 5:18:17am

re: #130 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I am just reading Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen, which also involves murder and large reptiles. And a large, fat orange President and his morganatic First Lady.

+1
No, 2

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 5:23:15am

re: #153 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Anything Hiaasen is gonna be great. He was always one of my Buy In Hard Cover authors.

I don’t read detective novels save for Carl Hiaasen and Tony Hillerman

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 5:24:27am

re: #158 Dangerman

+1
No, 2

morganatic free man

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Oct 1, 2023 • 5:26:02am

re: #136 steve_davis

What if we’re approaching 60 but have a shitty county library system?

You can write them and ask. The worst they can do is tell you no.

The programme was started by Brooklyn from red states attacking books that have LGBT+ or minority character or authors aimed at teens.

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Dangerman  Oct 1, 2023 • 5:27:22am

re: #56 Dr Lizardo

LOL, Trumpy MAGA cartoonist Ben Garrison has gone so far off the deep end, he inadvertently made a pro-Biden cartoon. 🤡

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Dangerman  Oct 1, 2023 • 5:27:38am

re: #59 Dr Lizardo

Heh, love Heather Thomas’ simple reply to a Tweet by Rep. Eric Swalwell…

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Yep…the Heather Thomas.

Damn!

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Colère Tueur de Lapin ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 5:44:36am

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jeffreyw  Oct 1, 2023 • 5:58:42am

Good morning!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 6:01:44am

re: #165 jeffreyw

mmm. gonna be burgers on the grill today

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Belafon  Oct 1, 2023 • 6:03:31am

re: #129 Targetpractice

I oughta downvote you just on general principle.

It ain’t Christmas season any earlier than the day after Thanksgiving and anybody who says otherwise is wrong!

The HOA prevents us from starting to decorate for a holiday more than a month out, so today is the first day we can start officially for Halloween. The stores don’t know this, because they put up their Halloween decorations at the beginning of September, and have removed almost all of them now and are starting to put out Christmas decorations. If patterns hold like last year, they will begin removing Christmas stuff the second week of December.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 6:09:47am

In honor of Halloween, here’s a little J-Horror for you. Teketeke, from 2009, based on the well-known Japanese urban legend of Teke Teke (which concerns the vengeful ghost of a schoolgirl whose body was cut in half by a train). Written by Takeki Akimoto and directed by Kōji Shiraishi. In a spoiler tag because it’s NSFW (violence). Not the best picture quality unfortunately, but it’s got hardcoded English subtitles.

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Urban legend of “TekeTeke” full movie with sub

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 6:23:52am

On the subject of J-Horror and Halloween, this urban legend - Kisaragi Station - would make an absolutely fantastic short horror film. I wouldn’t change a single thing, even the unresolved ending. I can easily visualize how the film would look.

en.wikipedia.org

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Belafon  Oct 1, 2023 • 6:31:45am
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Belafon  Oct 1, 2023 • 6:38:00am
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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines  Oct 1, 2023 • 6:44:59am

re: #170 Belafon

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Again, I think it’s possible that Darth Cheney has all the details but cannot reveal them because doing so would compromise his source. The only things he can do are warn, denounce, and (most importantly) distance himself and his own family/cabal as far from the tools as possible. It’s not a certainty that Putin will fall or that his networks will be exposed if he does, but it’s the way to bet.

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Dave In Austin  Oct 1, 2023 • 6:45:56am

Centex sez Good Morning!

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Oct 1, 2023 • 6:48:15am

No one won last night’s PowerBall jackpot, so it moves up to real money: $1.04B.

Of course that is the annuity value, the present cash value is much less.

All the more so now as annuity rates jumped up again. I do not like how annuity rates are going up all the time. It tells me money managers think inflation and/or high interest rates are going to be around for a while.

As for me: had many plays with two white balls, but only one with three white balls. Also two lines with a wb+pb combo. $17, which is far short of the $975M jackpot value.

Once again I lament that getting a three white ball hit only paid $7 even though the odds are 1 in 580. I’d make a whole lot more money gambling in Las Vegas.

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wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2023 • 6:50:28am

Green and white birbie. Wordle 834 3/6*

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darthstar  Oct 1, 2023 • 6:51:28am

So the way the House brought the CR to the floor for a vote - ‘under suspension’ requiring 2/3 support - I take it this is how all legislation will come to the floor for a vote going forward? Did Nancy Pelosi tell Hakeem Jeffries, ‘Don’t worry about going after Kevin’s balls…by Saturday afternoon he’ll bring them to you on a platter.’?

By neutralizing the MAGA bloc Democrats have shown McCarthy a path forward. Keep up with the elevated rhetoric and senseless hearings, but concede everything else to bipartisan process.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 6:52:34am

re: #174 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

No one won last night’s PowerBall jackpot, so it moves up to real money: $1.04B.

So it now equals buying Slappy T’s vote on the corrupted court.

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darthstar  Oct 1, 2023 • 6:53:52am

re: #174 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I’ll have to buy another ticket. I discovered the perfect tax write off. When Trump’s properties get put up at auction, I’m buying Mar-a-Lago and donating it to a non-profit to make a cultural learning center.

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wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2023 • 6:54:24am

Mastodon

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Joe Bacon ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 6:55:18am

‘Let’s be honest’: Jake Tapper busts Matt Gaetz on his plan to oust Kevin McCarthy

Matt Gaetz to file a motion to vacate against Kevin McCarthy

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines  Oct 1, 2023 • 6:58:21am

re: #177 Joe Bacon ✅

So it now equals buying Slappy T’s vote on the corrupted court.

The SC would still be out of reach but think of all the useful things you could buy: swarms of yokel officials, a whole menagerie of state legislators, several Congress-critters and all kinds of insider information.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:00:41am

‘Exceedingly dangerous’: Why the rise of Christian nationalism is ‘entirely out of our control’

Note who is whacking the alarm bell on this…

In a Sunday, October 1 op-ed, New York Times opinion columnist David French posits that Christian nationalism may not be “serious,” but it is “very dangerous.”

He argues, “It’s not a serious position to argue that this diverse, secularizing country will shed liberal democracy for Catholic or Protestant religious rule. But it’s exceedingly dangerous and destabilizing when millions of citizens believe that the fate of the church is bound up in the person they believe is the once and future president of the United States.”

French notes that upon seeing “a tremendous surge of interest in Christian nationalism” immediately following the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol, “I started to hear questions I’d never heard before: What is Christian nationalism and how is it different from patriotism?”

The columnist cites Baylor University church history professor Thomas Kidd, who argues, “Actual Christian nationalism is more a visceral reaction than a rationally chosen stance.”

French responds to Kidd’s argument saying, “He’s right. Essays and books about philosophy and theology are important for determining the ultimate health of the church, but on the ground or in the pews? They’re much less important than emotion, prophecy and spiritualism.”

That’s why the Trump fever won’t break. That’s why even the most biblically based arguments against Trump fall on deaf ears. That’s why the very act of Christian opposition to Trump is often seen as a grave betrayal of Christ himself. In 2024, this nation will wrestle with Christian nationalism once again, but it won’t be the nationalism of ideas. It will be a nationalism rooted more in emotion and mysticism than theology. The fever may not break until the ‘prophecies’ change, and that is a factor that is entirely out of our control.

alternet.org

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Joe Bacon ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:03:34am

‘Will try to kill people’: Expert warns Trump is using a known tactic to pass down marching orders

MSNBC 10 01 2023 09 29 26

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JC1  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:04:54am

re: #147 Thanos

This looks like fun

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Looks great, but why are they promoting it everywhere 6 months before release?

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:06:18am

re: #184 JC1

Looks great, but why are they promoting it everywhere 6 months before release?

Gotta build the hype.

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Jay C  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:09:55am

re: #176 darthstar

So the way the House brought the CR to the floor for a vote - ‘under suspension’ requiring 2/3 support - I take it this is how all legislation will come to the floor for a vote going forward? Did Nancy Pelosi tell Hakeem Jeffries, ‘Don’t worry about going after Kevin’s balls…by Saturday afternoon he’ll bring them to you on a platter.’?

By neutralizing the MAGA bloc Democrats have shown McCarthy a path forward. Keep up with the elevated rhetoric and senseless hearings, but concede everything else to bipartisan process.

I wouldn’t be too quick to pronounce the MAGA bloc (or at least the House Free Dumb Caucus) quite “neutralized” just yet - see Matt Gaetz’s gibberings above. They still have a lot of sway over the House GOP: their “bloc” is, if only a minority, too big to be ignored.
Though it’s definitely pass-the-popcorn time….

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:14:12am

re: #179 wrenchwench

They cancelled a marathon in October because it’s too hot!

Maybe when sporting events that don’t suck get canceled, people will start to care about climate change.

If it starts to impact pro or collegiate sports, then they will take steps. But not until enough athletes have died or become permanently crippled due to heat exhaustion

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:16:40am

re: #182 Joe Bacon ✅

Christian Nationalsts are fine ignoring even the Constitution as they can claim to answer to a “Higher Law”, one which they define and interpret for themselves.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:17:07am

re: #183 Joe Bacon ✅

‘Will try to kill people’: Expert warns Trump is using a known tactic to pass down marching orders

“Stand down and stand by!”

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darthstar  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:18:17am

re: #183 Joe Bacon ✅

‘Will try to kill people’: Expert warns Trump is using a known tactic to pass down marching orders

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Gotta let his supporters kill, or try to kill and get arrested so they can say they were only following his orders, before the courts will remand him into custody. And as most of the witnesses against him happen to be fellow Republicans, several elected GOPers will make disapproving noises when asked about it on camera, though he still has his First Amendment rights.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:18:44am

‘Everybody knew it was coming’: Fox News host scolds Byron Donalds for missing crucial shutdown vote

Byron Donalds blames Kevin McCarthy after he misses crucial vote

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darthstar  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:18:48am

re: #189 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

“Stand down and stand by!”

Standing by for the next 20 years, boss! —Proud Boys

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:20:45am

At least up to know, DJT can claim “No jury has convicted me of a criminal offense!”, he was convicted by a jury of a civil offense (rape) and by a judge (fraud).

But even if a jury does convict him of a criminal offense, that will just make him all more the Martyr to the Cause of Freedumb

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jeffreyw  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:26:52am

bsky.app

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jeffreyw  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:34:47am

Mastodon

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wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:36:59am

Mastodon

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jeffreyw  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:38:14am

Mastodon

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:39:33am

re: #196 wrenchwench

Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish farm.

you can’t keep salmon imprisoned, they can just pick the lox…

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:44:34am

re: #189 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

“Stand down and stand by!”

All I know is that we need to speak up a lot more loudly about how fucked up these MAGA domestic terrorists are before we find ourselves with no other choice but another William Tecumseh Sherman to save us.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:49:07am

This is why I pay my internet bill.

Godzilla Gecko V Mini Mothra

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:51:10am

re: #199 Dr Lizardo

All I know is that we need to speak up a lot more loudly about how fucked up these MAGA domestic terrorists are before we find ourselves with no other choice but another William Tecumseh Sherman to save us.

I fear it will have to come down to that.

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 7:53:00am

I just finished my laundry and it isn’t 11AM. Yippee! And tomorrow I start light duty in Old City 4 PM to 12 Midnight.

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wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:03:02am

re: #202 PhillyPretzel ✅

I just finished my laundry and it isn’t 11AM. Yippee! And tomorrow I start light duty in Old City 4 PM to 12 Midnight.

Sounds like Dark Duty.

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Dangerman  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:06:05am
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PhillyPretzel ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:08:12am

re: #203 wrenchwench

It is. But this is what the PPA does to everyone who is injured. They change your schedule and stick you in a remote location. I managed to get Old City because the shop steward fought for me saying that since I take public transit it was the closest to a train stop that could get me to Northeast Philly.

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Dangerman  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:10:49am

re: #179 wrenchwench

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Too hot. Pfftt

Do I have to provide the link??

Seriously though in fairness they are not trained and prepared for extended heat running up therre. Definitely prudent. Still, humorous around our breakfast table

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:14:25am

re: #149 Nerdy Fish

It’s too warm in the house this morning, it’s going to be a long day, but at least I have this.

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Jay C  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:16:12am

re: #200 Dr Lizardo

This is why I pay my internet bill.

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Video

Definitely worth it: if only for this…..

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Eventual Carrion  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:18:06am

re: #154 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Right-wing Catholic nationalist xenophobes have really ramped up on Xitter since Musk took over. There are quite a few of them. Here’s one:

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And unless they are a member of a Native American tribe they can just shut the fuck up about immigrants.

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wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:19:24am

Mastodon

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jaunte  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:20:33am

re: #204 Dangerman

Oh, what will we all do if the Hunter Biden investigations are ‘done and stalled?’

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:21:14am

re: #208 Jay C

Definitely worth it: if only for this…..

The little roar towards the end - before Mothra flies away with him. Perfect.

And very well-done animation, too. Pretty much photo-realistic.

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wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:22:11am

Mastodon

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:23:09am

re: #213 wrenchwench

Happy 99th Jimmy. :)

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Captain Ron  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:29:52am
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Belafon  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:31:12am

If you go to Disney+, they are animating th Falcons-Jaguar game that is being played in London. It’s a miniature football field in Andy’s room. The players and their movements are rough, for sure, but Slinky Dog is being used to represent the first down markers on the sideline, and the Claw is being used to reset the ball at the end of each play. The announcers are calling the game and explaining it with analogies from the movies.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:32:14am
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Captain Ron  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:32:19am

re: #213 wrenchwench

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Belafon  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:32:38am

re: #215 Captain Ron

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Republicans in disarray.

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Belafon  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:33:06am

re: #215 Captain Ron

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And smart is clearly relative to the rest of their caucus.

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Jay C  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:33:14am

re: #215 Captain Ron

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Right: so the GOP are contemplating booting Matt Gaetz out of the House entirely, while letting George Santos stay???

I mean, good f—-ing riddance, but SRSLY??

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Patricia Kayden  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:33:18am

re: #215 Captain Ron

A smart guy? Who are they referring to? Not Gaetz!!

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:34:44am

re: #221 Jay C

Right: so the GOP are contemplating booting Matt Gaetz out of the House entirely, while letting George Santos stay???

I mean, good f—-ing riddance, but SRSLY??

GOP heads yakking. Performative BS until there are meaningful votes or testimony under oath.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:36:11am

re: #216 Belafon

If you go to Disney+, they are animating th Falcons-Jaguar game that is being played in London. It’s a miniature football field in Andy’s room. The players and their movements are rough, for sure, but Slinky Dog is being used to represent the first down markers on the sideline, and the Claw is being used to reset the ball at the end of each play. The announcers are calling the game and explaining the game with analogies from the movies.

Sorry, but it should resemble this, and it doesn’t

lol

Back to Basics Toys: NFL Vibrating Football Game

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Belafon  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:37:22am

re: #216 Belafon

Oh, and aliens showed up. And then one of the announcers said “I wonder if Aaron Rogers saw the aliens. It wouldn’t be the first time.”

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:38:28am
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PhillyPretzel ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:39:17am

re: #226 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

DT is not radical enough for him.

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jaunte  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:43:38am

@msignorile.bsky.social

There’s Steve Scalise in a mask again, because Republicans know masks protect people, including immune-compromised people, from Covid.

And they’ve always believed that. Full stop.

Congress averts government shutdown with last-minute scramble
Lawmakers avoid closing the government, but Ukraine funding — and McCarthy’s position — now may be at risk

\washingtonpost.com
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:46:04am

re: #221 Jay C

Right: so the GOP are contemplating booting Matt Gaetz out of the House entirely, while letting George Santos stay???

I mean, good f—-ing riddance, but SRSLY??

Mstt Gaetz was toxic before we even heard of Santos, but for some reason that investigation was put on hold. Obviously a cunning Deep State plot to make Matt Gaetz look like a fucking idiot by continuing to let him serve as a Congressman and open his mouth on the the floor…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:46:56am

re: #224 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Sorry, but it should resemble this, and it doesn’t

lol

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Video

I had a vibrating football game as a kid.

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Charmingly Persistent  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:48:35am

re: #29 Belafon

My son once setup 6 straight plays of “Hello, Pussycat”, then another song, then 6 more plays of “Hello, Pussycat.” Then he left.

Your son is John Mulaney?!

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:53:30am
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Charmingly Persistent  Oct 1, 2023 • 8:53:44am

re: #2 wrenchwench

The thing is - you would have to do this in reverse to get it under there. It has to have that loop.

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:02:07am

re: #232 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Mars is gonna be waiting for a long time. And if Elon wants to practice terraforming something, he can start with the Sahara Desert.

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jaunte  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:02:29am

The Case for Amplifying Trump’s Insanity

“…On the political left, there has long been a steady drumbeat of admonishment on social media for those who highlight Trump’s awful rhetoric. Whenever I tweet about Trump’s dangerous language, there’s always the predictable refrain from someone who replies: “Don’t amplify him! You’re just spreading his message.”

The press, to an astonishing extent, has followed that admonishment. I looked at the New York Times for mention of Trump calling to execute shoplifters, or water the forests, or how he thinks an 82 year-old man getting his skull smashed in his own home by a lunatic with a hammer is hilarious. Nothing. I couldn’t find it.
…………..

“…persuadable voters are being given the chance to forget the horrible stuff Trump did that they once knew about, all while reading blaring headlines about how Biden is old. (Biden is three years older than Trump — but, and I can’t believe I need to say this, elevated age is not remotely the same as being an authoritarian fraudster, found liable for rape, who stole the government’s nuclear secrets and sought to overturn an election to stay in power by inciting a violent attack on the US Capitol).”
forkingpaths.co

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:03:23am

Related (IMO)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:07:22am

We could always just boycott stores that display Christmas wares before Thanksgiving.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:11:25am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:13:30am

Try injecting the trees with bleach

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jaunte  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:17:17am

@amandamarcotte.bsky.social

I remember the first year or two of Trump, when I’d casually mention that it’s a near-certainty that he’s a diagnosable sociopath, people would be skeptical. They aren’t anymore.

Trump Mocks Hammer Attack On Pelosi’s Husband In Incendiary Speech
forbes.com

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Joe Bacon ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:18:31am

Last night Spectrum sends an e-mail indicating they will install an internet speed boost and service won’t be interrupted.

OOPS

Hour ago—Spectrum down—multiple places in Los Angeles…should be back on line by 1030…sure…

Got my iPad going on AT&T…

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Belafon  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:19:52am

re: #231 Charmingly Persistent

Your son is John Mulaney?!

Quite possibly. He does like John.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:19:53am

When I see Christmas Trees sold with Pumpkin Spice aroma…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:20:11am

re: #240 jaunte

@amandamarcotte.bsky.social

Trump Mocks Hammer Attack On Pelosi’s Husband In Incendiary Speech
forbes.com

He has nothing to lose at this point, he is going for the most outrageous things that pop into his head at the moment he is speaking without advance consideration or concern for repercussions.

Which represents no major change from his style and approach to date…

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:21:34am

re: #84 William Lewis

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday and wonderful year!

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Teukka  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:21:41am

re: #236 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Related (IMO)

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I thinks this calls for telling of the legend that every time a Christmas ornament, Christmas music music etc. is used/displayed/played before the 1st of advent, Santa shoots an elf…

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Unabogie  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:22:40am

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but the whole Sarah Huckabee mess looks way worse when you read the receipts. This looks like pure embezzlement to me.

bluehogreport.com

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Joe Bacon ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:27:48am

re: #247 Unabogie

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but the whole Sarah Huckabee mess looks way worse when you read the receipts. This looks like pure embezzlement to me.

bluehogreport.com

Well at least she didn’t copy her Daddy letting Wayne Dumond and Maurice Clemmons out of jail so they could kill again…

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:27:58am

re: #247 Unabogie

I just took a quick look at amazon offerings for podiums and the highest priced one was a little over $550 and that was on the 1st page.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:28:52am

re: #249 PhillyPretzel ✅

I just took a quick look at amazon offerings for podiums and the highest priced one was a little over $550 and that was on the 1st page.

Yes, but are the Gubernatorial enough, especially for Arkansas where the standards of Gubernatoriality are notoriously high?

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sizzzzlerz  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:29:13am

re: #232 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

[Embedded content]

Actually, that isn’t too bad.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:31:14am

re: #250 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Yes, but are the Gubernatorial enough, especially for Arkansas where the standards of Gubernatoriality are notoriously high?

They are high…on Right Wing Jesus!

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Dr Lizardo  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:33:11am

re: #249 PhillyPretzel ✅

I just took a quick look at amazon offerings for podiums and the highest priced one was a little over $550 and that was on the 1st page.

Maybe Hucksterbee’s idea of a “lectern”, one that would befit her lofty position, was more like this….

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sizzzzlerz  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:33:17am

re: #247 Unabogie

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but the whole Sarah Huckabee mess looks way worse when you read the receipts. This looks like pure embezzlement to me.

bluehogreport.com

But when you account for the bones of illegal aliens being ground into dust that is then remade into the materials that make up the lectern, it really isn’t that much.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:34:16am

re: #253 Dr Lizardo

Maybe Hucksterbee’s idea of a “lectern”, one that would befit her lofty position, was more like this….

[Embedded content]

That’s not high enough for Smoky Eyes!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:35:04am

One worthy of a Carthagenian general

a Hannibal Lectern

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PhillyPretzel ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:35:40am

re: #253 Dr Lizardo

Probably.

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:39:39am

Birbie today

Click to Reveal

Wordle 834 3/6

🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Group:3,3,4,5

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BeachDem  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:49:29am

re: #232 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

[Embedded content]

Kate Langsdorf did it in 2019

215music.net

and The Fallout Boys did it in 2023

billboard.com

(We don’t need no stinkin’ AI/ChatGPT)

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Eclectic Cyborg  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:54:47am

re: #256 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

One worthy of a Carthagenian general

a Hannibal Lectern

I want to hate you for this but I just can’t.

😛

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Joe Bacon ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 9:58:38am

re: #224 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

I had that vibrating football game when I was a kid. It came with the Steelers and Packers. Lots of fun setting up one team in an arrow and another in a circle…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 10:02:31am

re: #261 Joe Bacon ✅

I had that vibrating football game when I was a kid. It came with the Steelers and Packers. Lots of fun setting up one team in an arrow and another in a circle…

I later read a book on Samurai warfare, which is basically that.

Once a Samurai battle is joined, everybody just rushes in, so the point is to deploy them properly in advance. And there is an arrowhead formation for attack and an “oxbow” formation for defence, a “crane’s wings” formation to envelop the enemy, etc…

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wrenchwench  Oct 1, 2023 • 10:03:46am

re: #233 Charmingly Persistent

The thing is - you would have to do this in reverse to get it under there. It has to have that loop.

Suddenly it makes sense.

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Joe Bacon ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 10:03:54am

LMAO at the Daily Fail.

They actually think Newsom will appoint Megan Markle to replace Dianne in the Senate?!

dailymail.co.uk

She has made no secret about her left-leaning politics and belief that women can change the world.

So it may come as no surprise that Meghan Markle’s name was being bandied about in Hollywood last night as a long-shot replacement for Californian Senator Dianne Feinstein.

Indeed, within minutes of 90-year-old Feinstein’s death being announced on Friday, the Mail on Sunday was told ‘phones lit up’ with speculation the Duchess of Sussex could throw her hat in the ring to serve out the remaining 13 months of Feinstein’s term.

A major Democratic donor who is close to Californian Governor Gavin Newsom - who will choose Feinstein’s replacement - told the MoS: ‘Meghan is definitely a long-shot but in the craziness that is US politics these days it’s not an impossibility. Crazier things have happened.’

Earth to Daily Fail…Newsom is more likely to appoint Mel Brooks than Megan… 🤣

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Oct 1, 2023 • 10:04:28am

re: #263 wrenchwench

Suddenly it makes sense.

yes, we do not see the other end of the electric cable, just the end with the plug…

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Joe Bacon ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 10:16:30am

Internet is back up so let’s open up the Cineplex and have a peep at this camp classic DIMENSION 5 with Jeffrey Hunter and France Nuyen

Dimension 5 (1966) | RETRO SCI-FI MOVIE | Jeffrey Hunter - France Nuyen - Harold Sakata

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retired cynic  Oct 1, 2023 • 10:25:05am

Mind boggled

pbs.org

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darthstar  Oct 1, 2023 • 10:25:52am

re: #215 Captain Ron

Gaetz is so toxic that Republicans regret not expelling him earlier when he was under investigation and people kept asking them why they were defending a suspected pedophile sex trafficker.

So better late than never, I guess…unless Gaetz has Madison Cawthorn level kompromat on them as some were undoubtedly his clients.

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retired cynic  Oct 1, 2023 • 10:28:00am

re: #268 retired cynic

Sorry, I thought the clip would load. It is called The Law that all Languages Obey, and it is utterly amazing.

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈  Oct 1, 2023 • 10:28:57am

re: #267 Joe Bacon ✅

Rocket Robin Hood : S03 E08 - Dementia Five

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Joe Bacon ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 10:30:17am

re: #269 darthstar

Gaetz is so toxic that Republicans regret not expelling him earlier when he was under investigation and people kept asking them why they were defending a suspected pedophile sex trafficker.

So better late than never, I guess…unless Gaetz has Madison Cawthorn level kompromat on them as some were undoubtedly his clients.

Maybe Gaetz WANTS to be expelled thinking that would give him a boost in his Florida Gubernatorial campaign. Are Florida voters dumb enough to put Gaetz in the Governor’s chair? Probably…

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Joe Bacon ✅  Oct 1, 2023 • 10:33:30am

re: #271 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈

[Embedded content]

Video

And that Rocket Robin Hood was recycled into a Bakshi Spiderman cartoon which was rejected by ABC as unacceptable for Saturday Morning TV.

REVOLT IN THE 5TH DIMENSION

dailymotion.com

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🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈  Oct 1, 2023 • 10:36:14am

re: #273 Joe Bacon ✅

And that Rocket Robin Hood was recycled into a Bakshi Spiderman cartoon which was rejected by ABC as unacceptable for Saturday Morning TV.

REVOLT IN THE 5TH DIMENSION

dailymotion.com

I already have that open in another tab.

Rejected at one time. I saw it as a kid, and it was the most memorable episode of the series.

Here’s a comparison.

Dementia 5 | Spider-Man / Rocket Robin Hood

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Teukka  Oct 1, 2023 • 10:36:43am

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 1, 2023 • 10:42:48am

re: #209 Eventual Carrion

And unless they are a member of a Native American tribe they can just shut the fuck up about immigrants.

My favorite dialogue on the American Ghosts as they plot to stop the new owners from turning their home into a hotel:

Revolutionary war commander: We can’t let these invaders take our land.
Lenape ghost: Do you hear it, at all? Do you hear the words you are saying?

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Hecuba's daughter  Oct 1, 2023 • 10:47:14am

re: #221 Jay C

Right: so the GOP are contemplating booting Matt Gaetz out of the House entirely, while letting George Santos stay???

I mean, good f—-ing riddance, but SRSLY??

Santos district is likely to flip to a Democrat; Gaetz is in a deep red district.

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sagehen  Oct 1, 2023 • 11:00:44am

re: #264 Joe Bacon ✅

Meghan is definitely a long-shot but in the craziness that is US politics these days it’s not an impossibility. Crazier things have happened.’

Other famous black women in California:

Oprah Winfrey
Kerry Washington
Regina King

not as famous-famous outside business circles, but… Mellody Hobson is a super-successful, super-rich venture capitalist, married to George Lucas.


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