Brad Mehldau Live: “And I Love Her”
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Concierto de Brad Mehldau en el Conservatorio de Toronto (26 de mayo de 2016)
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Donald has a rally in Waco this Saturday. It’s a ploy to remind his cult of the infamous Waco siege of 1993, where an anti-government cult battled the FBI. Scores of people died. He wants the same violent chaos to rescue him from justice.
But we can stop him. If we book the… pic.twitter.com/a5zCIfCVAZ— Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) March 24, 2023
Who wrote it? What is the provenance?
I hate to jump into rating pieces like this but this is an obvious ripoff of any number of Keith Jarrett songs.
Fuck everyone involved.
If you only voted Hitler for his infrastructure priorities, that still made you a fucking Nazi.
re: #3 Amory Blaine
If you only voted Hitler for his infrastructure priorities, that still made you a fucking Nazi.
Closely related — How many good Germans voted for Nazis in the Weimar Republic?
Zero, because nobody that voted for Nazis was good.
re: #3 Amory Blaine
If you only voted Hitler for his infrastructure priorities, that still made you a fucking Nazi.
If you’re trying to reference Trump’s 40 or so “infrastructure week” announcements, none of which ever resulted in any bill ever being proposed. It was Biden who did infrastructure. (and some minor baby steps towards gun laws, and lowering the price of insulin, and reengaging with NATO and backing the Ukrainians in their demolishing Russia’s offensive capabilities, and….)
The absolute ONLY things Trump accomplished was the 2017 tax scam, and packing the courts with federalist society wing nuts.
Today’s summary of the Unicameral session. The filibuster continues. My state senator Steve Erdman (R-District 47-Bayard) whinges that the new method that Republicans adopted to try to shut off debate (didn’t work) is cutting off Republicans who wish to speak.
In the meantime, my county newspaper has shifted its position today from supporting to Erdman’s so-called consumption tax to unambiguously opposing it, on the grounds it will not even come close to meeting the state budget and loads virtually all taxation on the poor. (His bill would repeal corporate taxes, the state income tax, the sales tax, prohibit municipality sales taxes, and replace them with a “production” tax.)
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life by @EricIdle, performed by the Polish cabaret string quartet The MozART Group pic.twitter.com/85TTpLKozQ
— Samuel West 💙💛 (@exitthelemming) March 24, 2023
re: #7 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Whoops, long thread.
We’ve made it to Day 50 of your #neleg, which for you #math nerds like me out there means the session is 5/9 of the way through after today.
What’s in store for the next 40 days? We could find out here in a few minutes… pic.twitter.com/5oFEaRpqri— Chris Dunker (@ChrisDunkerLJS) March 24, 2023
re: #7 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Today’s summary of the Unicameral session. The filibuster continues. My state senator Steve Erdman (R-District 47-Bayard) whinges that the new method that Republicans adopted to try to shut off debate (didn’t work) is cutting off Republicans who wish to speak.
In the meantime, my county newspaper has shifted its position today from supporting to Erdman’s so-called consumption tax to unambiguously opposing it, on the grounds it will not even come close to meeting the state budget and loads virtually all taxation on the poor. (His bill would repeal corporate taxes, the state income tax, the sales tax, prohibit municipality sales taxes, and replace them with a “production” tax.)
So basically Nebraska is trying to tread the road that Texas, Florida, and Kansas have already tread, resulting in crushing property taxes in the first, putting the second as 50th in terms of affordability in the nation, and so wrecked the third’s budget that even Republicans there admitted it was a mistake.
The Nebraska GOP is full of perverts.
“STOP TWERKING OUR KIDS” is an all-time line now memorialized in the transcript of the Legislature forever.
— Chris Dunker (@ChrisDunkerLJS) March 24, 2023
re: #11 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
She’s a courtesan.
A what? I’m not sure what that is.
A courtesan. Like an old-fashioned prostitute.— Chris Dunker (@ChrisDunkerLJS) March 24, 2023
Wingnuts have been going on all day about how Sen. John Fetterman doesn’t look the same as he does in other photographs, so he must have been “replaced.”
I’m sorry but one of these guys can’t be the real Fetterman. pic.twitter.com/qDccHcVKqO
— Millennial Minister of Truth Drew Thomas Allen (@DrewThomasAllen) March 25, 2023
There is an endless amount of derp going on if you search “John Fetterman” on Twitter.
re: #13 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Wingnuts have been going on all day about how Sen. John Fetterman doesn’t look the same as he does in other photographs, so he must have been “replaced.”
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There is an endless amount of derp going on if you search “John Fetterman” on Twitter.
Seems like all you have to do is declare “[insert political figure] was replaced with a body double” and immediately know who the conspiracy theorists are in your circle by watching to see who automatically nods.
Justice Department Announces Arrest of the Founder of One of the World’s Largest Hacker Forums and Disruption of Forum’s Operation
FBI Disrupts BreachForums Marketplace for Hacked and Stolen Datahttps://t.co/0ItVTAv3sB— Criminal Division (@DOJCrimDiv) March 24, 2023
Just now in the Ways and Means hearing with US Trade Rep. Katherine Tai, Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) told Amb. Tai she’s “too nice” to do her job well and he “feels sorry for her.” Stay to the end [sound on, edited down to make it fit].
Ambassador Tai shut him all the way down. pic.twitter.com/2NF9MZr2Wi— Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) March 24, 2023
I read “The Life of Rosa Parks” into the record to make a point about book bans—and @RepChipRoy vehemently denied many times that it’s been banned.
I triple checked & then searched the records at every Duval County Public School Library.
It’s banned. Which means he’s lying. pic.twitter.com/k6pDZtckfd— Rep. Jim McGovern (@RepMcGovern) March 24, 2023
What would you say if you saw this in another country? https://t.co/VkbVH07rry
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 25, 2023
re: #18 Belafon
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The sealed information would include who accompanied officials like Mr. DeSantis on trips within Florida and around the country.
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re: #17 Belafon
Sure is a lot of racist apologia in that thread.
Caught a little bit of who we now know as Deon, who spoke so eloquently at the school board meeting in Temecula last night, before he was told by a woman to ‘go to another country!’ as he walked back to his seat pic.twitter.com/HIqrNkC9jt
— THEE Fiery_Maliha 💃🏽💛🐝 (@fierymaliha) March 23, 2023
“It’s not Ruby Bridges that has trouble with history being taught. Its those that threw rocks at her, those whose grandchildren might see pictures and might recognize their faces.”
Not good for Utah skiers.
Alta, Snowbird shelter over 1,000 people as avalanche threat closes Little Cottonwood Canyon (two hours ago)
UPDATE 3/24, 7:17 p.m.: Alta Central plans to close SR-210 again at 10 p.m. this evening with interlodge resuming at 11 p.m. Openings are expected at 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning.
UPDATE 3/24, 6:35 p.m.: Alta Central estimates SR-210 and the Town of Alta will open around 6:45 p.m.
COTTONWOOD CANYON, Utah (ABC4) — Alta and Snowbird announced interlodge conditions several hours ago due to weather conditions, with 1,160 people sheltered in Alta alone. There is currently no estimation as to when skiers and employees can return home.
At 6 p.m. today, Mar. 24, Alta Central announced on their social media that “a natural and serious avalanche cycle has occurred threatening SR-210 and the Town of Alta.”
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re: #23 Belafon
The crowd got the woman removed.
Temecula, California needs many more like this man ✊🏼pic.twitter.com/esIJADSdMb
— The Astute Galoot ™️ 🕶️ (@TheAstuteGaloot) March 24, 2023
re: #23 Belafon
Temecula Valley Unified School District Trustee Jen Wiersma recently shared on Instagram that “CRT” curriculum wrongfully makes white students feel the shame of their patriarchy, when in actuality black people are to blame for their own slavery.
Oh, and FYI- racism ended 50yrs. pic.twitter.com/V5wZpsfqft— InMinivanHell (@inminivanhell) March 22, 2023
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After being accused of being possessed by demons for being an atheist, YouTube counter-apologist Genetically Modified Skeptic (Drew) has guests on [Dr. Justin Sledge and Dr. Joseph Laycock—both theologians] to discuss all the ways different religions say you can be possessed by demons or spirits.
As far as they can tell, the claim of possession by demons predates recorded history. The first recordings in writing is from the Sumerians in medical texts (demons caused illness).
Nine hours ago:
An Ohio Republican city councilman has been sentenced to three years in prison for possession of child sexual abuse materials. pic.twitter.com/rFgz7RRYKx
— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) March 24, 2023
re: #24 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Not good for Utah skiers.
Alta, Snowbird shelter over 1,000 people as avalanche threat closes Little Cottonwood Canyon (two hours ago)
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I want to say this happened in the first year I lived in Utah (so almost three decades ago), but I remember how a boulder bounded down a mountainside during the spring melt and came to a stop on Little Cottonwood Canyon road, where it crushed half a car. A woman was driving her teenage son. She was killed and he survived. I’ve never been able to get the capriciousness of this out of my head and am reminded of it whenever I hear about spring avalanches.
In the Vermont House Judiciary Committee, religious fruitcake lobbyist for Air BNB says Jesus wouldn’t have been born without unregulated short-term rental housing.
(video of testimony, 0:42)
re: #10 Targetpractice
So basically Nebraska is trying to tread the road that Texas, Florida, and Kansas have already tread, resulting in crushing property taxes in the first, putting the second as 50th in terms of affordability in the nation, and so wrecked the third’s budget that even Republicans there admitted it was a mistake.
Sen. Erdman has tried this before. His bills have always failed.
He’s tried to insert his bullshyte tax repeatedly into the anti-trans filibuster of Sen. Krauth’s bill and repeatedly gets ruled out-of-order and told to sit down.
re: #26 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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That’s one of those absolute truths of American conservatism, that racism “ended” at some nebulous point in the past and thus nobody alive today can claim to have been a victim of racism unless it was decades ago and thus they need to “Get over it.” IOW, it’s a variation on the classic “Nobody alive was a slave!” And if you challenge them to name the event that “ended” racism, you either get a bunch of mumbling or they’ll point to a law/act that “ended” racism as an official policy.
Can we talk for a second about how all liberal women over the age of 16 are witches in league with Lucifer?
— Steve Franssen (@SteveFranssen) March 23, 2023
Needz moar shivs.
🤣No offence, Ms Loomer.. but I can’t think of anyone less qualified to be a judge of like-ability…. https://t.co/WcXVwcdO51
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 24, 2023
re: #27 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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After being accused of being possessed by demons for being an atheist, YouTube counter-apologist Genetically Modified Skeptic (Drew) has guests on [Dr. Justin Sledge and Dr. Joseph Laycock—both theologians] to discuss all the ways different religions say you can be possessed by demons or spirits.
As far as they can tell, the claim of possession by demons predates recorded history. The first recordings in writing is from the Sumerians in medical texts (demons caused illness).
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re: #37 Targetpractice
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*snicker*
Devil to me: “What the fuck is wrong with your TEETH?” and then “I picked the wrong person to possess, see ya later.”
re: #38 mmmirele
*snicker*
Devil to me: “What the fuck is wrong with your TEETH?” and then “I picked the wrong person to possess, see ya later.”
Exorcist: I’m here to remove the demon that has possessed you
Me: I didn’t call you
Demon: I did— Hi, I’m Abby. Yep. (@abbycohenwl) October 17, 2019
Li’l Nebraska State Sen Lady Machaela Cavanaugh Sets Up Early Bid For BADASS OF THE YEAR!https://t.co/6o79JlBIkM by @SER1897
— Wonkette (@Wonkette) March 24, 2023
re: #25 Belafon
Temecula is a bedroom community. It’s quite a drive to either San Diego or the dense areas of Orange County, but Temecula (in far southwest Riverside County) was (and still is) a lot cheaper for housing than the coastal counties.
As such, for at least 4 decades now Temecula has been an escape from the big city feel of the urbanized part of SoCal. Of course with so many people moving to that part of Riverside county it is now highly populated but that’s the way things go.
Oh, and Temecula is where the religious right fled to as it finds San Diego and Orange County more uncomfortable.
It’s going to rain again. Next Tuesday, one week after this weeks heavy rain.
It should be the last big storm of our rain year.
Gov. Tate Reeves calls for prayers for the afflicted from the tornadoes God didn’t choose to stop (or deliberately inflicted on Mississippi).
Moron responds not knowing who Gov. Reeves is.
Are you #Democrat? Hey Dimwitted this is the kind of evil you’re voting for today. Its #atheism and anti American hate pretending to be #American
— REAL ESTATE SCAM OPERATIONS (@BarryDrew20) March 25, 2023
re: #43 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Many in the MS Delta need your prayer and God’s protection tonight.
We have activated medical support—surging more ambulances and other emergency assets for those affected. Search and rescue is active.
Watch weather reports and stay cautious through the night, Mississippi!— Governor Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) March 25, 2023
Major damage in Silver City. Causality situation. #wxtwitter #mswx pic.twitter.com/JKrrFzRo97
— Storm Chaser Sidney Grimmett (@WxSidneyG) March 25, 2023
March 23, 2023 New York Times
The Times acknowledges many selfless people who have come to Ukraine’s aid, including losing their lives. After a brief brush of them, they go into the stolen valour arc (with a swipe at President Biden implying that is his fault for our stance on Ukraine).
They rushed to Ukraine by the thousands, many of them Americans who promised to bring military experience, money or supplies to the battleground of a righteous war. Hometown newspapers hailed their commitment, and donors backed them with millions of dollars.
Now, after a year of combat, many of these homespun groups of volunteers are fighting with themselves and undermining the war effort. Some have wasted money or stolen valor. Others have cloaked themselves in charity while also trying to profit off the war, records show.
One retired Marine lieutenant colonel from Virginia is the focus of a U.S. federal investigation into the potentially illegal export of military technology. A former Army soldier arrived in Ukraine only to turn traitor and defect to Russia. A Connecticut man who lied about his military service has posted live updates from the battlefield — including his exact location — and boasted about his easy access to American weaponry. A former construction worker is hatching a plan to use fake passports to smuggle in fighters from Pakistan and Iran.
And in one of the more curious entanglements, one of the largest volunteer groups is embroiled in a power struggle involving an Ohio man who falsely claimed to have been both a U.S. Marine and a LongHorn Steakhouse assistant manager. The dispute also involves a years-old incident on Australian reality TV.
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Stolen Valor: The U.S. Volunteers in Ukraine Who Lie, Waste and Bicker
re: #46 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
March 23, 2023 New York Times
The Times acknowledges many selfless people who have come to Ukraine’s aid, including losing their lives. After a brief brush of them, they go into the stolen valour arc (with a swipe at President Biden implying that is his fault for our stance on Ukraine).
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Stolen Valor: The U.S. Volunteers in Ukraine Who Lie, Waste and Bicker
Because never in the history of warfare have American “volunteers” flooded into a war zone with ill intent before Ukraine.
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re: #47 Targetpractice
Because never in the history of warfare have American “volunteers” flooded into a war zone with ill intent before Ukraine.
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No one ever tried to grift or thieve before. That’s just not cricket.
“Russian email accounts sent a series of hoax bomb threats targeting the Manhattan district attorney and court buildings for three straight days this week amid a grand jury investigation of former president Donald Trump.” https://t.co/eI4cuXvZ7H
— Pete Strzok (@petestrzok) March 24, 2023
Salem Radio wingnut talking head.
How obviously fake is the Ukraine war? “Let’s send the Instagram models to shoot some propaganda and the Americans will still buy it!!” Yep. pic.twitter.com/4jhMEEdP8R
— Mike Crispi (@MikeCrispiNJ) March 14, 2023
If anything, the most common complaint I’ve heard from Ukrainians about American volunteers is that the civies with no combat experience showed up thinking it was going to be Call of Duty and found that warfare sometimes means digging trenches and lugging gear, while the combat vets trend towards fat and balding loafers who went looking for glory and instead found themselves as just another grunt in the ranks.
re: #51 Targetpractice
If anything, the most common complaint I’ve heard from Ukrainians about American volunteers is that the civies with no combat experience showed up thinking it was going to be Call of Duty and found that warfare sometimes means digging trenches and lugging gear, while the combat vets trend towards fat and balding loafers who went looking for glory and instead found themselves as just another grunt in the ranks.
I imagine the Ukrainian Army wouldn’t want me (sixty-two, epilepsy, but otherwise fit). My knowledge of military electronic warfare equipment might be outdated in today’s Navy, but considering some of the stuff Russia is pulling out of their museums it might be too advanced. /s (My general electronics training would be fine, though I am in no way nor ever was a combat infantry soldier.)
My mother told me the same: She’d be all-in on volunteering if they needed someone with general avionics training, but at eighty-two she figured she’d be more in the way than anything.
re: #50 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Salem Radio wingnut talking head.
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Ukraine: we’ll defeat russia in this war
China: here’s our plan to stop the war
russia: we achieved great success in this war@MikeCrispiNJ: there is no war— Hound Fella 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌐🏗️ (@Delay__Delay) March 24, 2023
There’s more video coming out of this war than any way in recent history, to the point that Ukraine’s military leaders have ordered their soldiers and begged the public not to share video or photos at various times to not only preserve operational security but also because there’s a plethora of examples of vatnyks getting smoked after broadcasting their locations via everything from text messages to Instagram. I still remember the case of the one unit commander getting whacked by a missile as he was streaming his latest “victory.”
But sure, it’s “fake” because you found a video of Ukrainian women in combat gear that you find unbelievable.
They are still winging about this.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) March 24, 2023
re: #55 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
They are still winging about this.
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I’m almost positive if I gave enough of a fuck to do the research, there are probably dozens of news articles and op-eds from back in the day suggesting the banning of leaded gasoline was a government conspiracy to rob us of “choice.”
I’m trying to figure out how to better vent my gas range. Since it is located on an interior wall, it would need to be moved to vent it properly without some expensive alteration to the roof of my house.
In the meantime, when the plumber comes on March 31, they will also be moving our washing machine to the only outside wall space in my kitchen [between the sink and the back door] so they can install the new plumbing; the main gas line for the house also goes right through there so the on-demand water heater will be there underneath it. (They can’t get under the house where the plumbing is now after they cut it off when we had the uber-freeze that left us with broken pipes.)
After the washer is moved, we’ll put a small table or counter in the space between the dryer and the kitchen closet where the washing machine is now. That might be a good spot for the air fryer to live, since it takes up the small counter space to the left of the sink.
re: #56 Targetpractice
I’m almost positive if I gave enough of a fuck to do the research, there are probably dozens of news articles and op-eds from back in the day suggesting the banning of leaded gasoline was a government conspiracy to rob us of “choice.”
New York Times, May 29, 2984
SHOULD USE OF LEADED GASOLINE BE ENDED OR SHARPLY CUT OVER NEXT FEW YEARS?
Officials of companies that produce leaded fuel argue that no link between their products and health hazards has ever been firmly established. Eliminating lead, they say, will force consumers to buy more costly unleaded gasoline, will cause problems for owners of older cars and will increase consumption of crude oil, because unleaded gasoline must be more highly refined to reach the same octane level as leaded, consuming about 10 percent more raw material.
The Background
Tetraethyl lead was developed by General Motors in the early 1920’s to increase the octane rating of gasoline and to prevent premature ignition in an engine cylinder, a condition known as knock. By adding the compound to gasoline, engines could be made smaller and more powerful by increasing the compression.
However, cars using leaded gasoline spew lead particles into the atmosphere, contaminating dust near streets and highways and entering the food chain. Over 400 million pounds of lead a year went into gasoline, and from there into the environment, in the peak years of the late 1960’s. The current discharge rate is about 120 million pounds a year.
High lead levels in the blood have been known to cause learning disabilities in children, among other health effects. Some researchers have pinpointed lead emitted from automobiles as a major source of lead in humans. In addition, leaded gasolines contain ethylene dibromide, or EDB, which is suspected of causing cancer. It is added to prevent lead from building up on engine components.
Since virtually all new cars are equipped with catalytic converters to eliminate noxious exhaust emissions, and require unleaded gasoline, the Environmental Protection Agency projected that the gradual scrapping of older cars would reduce the demand for leaded gasoline from the current level of about 45 percent of all gasoline sold to under 10 percent by the early 1990’s. When demand dropped to that level, they expected most refiners to stop making leaded brands.
However, demand for leaded gasoline has been strong, and now agency officials say that unless changes are made in the regulations, large amounts of leaded gasoline will continue to be sold indefinitely.
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A Gift of God? The Public Health Controversy Over Leaded Gasoline in the 1920s (Public Health Then and Now, April 1985, PDF, nine pages)
Why Did We Use Leaded Petrol for So Long? (BBC, August 28, 2017)
Amongst other things, tetraethyl lead was not taxed in the USA until the 1970s.
Facing sceptical reporters at a press conference in October 1924, Thomas Midgley dramatically produced a container of tetraethyl lead - the additive in question - and washed his hands in it.
“I’m not taking any chance whatever,” Midgley declared. “Nor would I… doing that every day.”
Midgley was - perhaps - being a little disingenuous. He had recently spent several months in Florida, recuperating from lead poisoning.
Some of those who’d made Midgley’s invention hadn’t been so lucky, which is why reporters were interested.
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re: #58 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
New York Times, May 29, 2984
SHOULD USE OF LEADED GASOLINE BE ENDED OR SHARPLY CUT OVER NEXT FEW YEARS?
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A Gift of God? The Public Health Controversy Over Leaded Gasoline in the 1920s (Public Health Then and Now, April 1985, PDF, nine pages)
Why Did We Use Leaded Petrol for So Long? (BBC, August 28, 2017)
Amongst other things, tetraethyl lead was not taxed in the USA until the 1970s.
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And much like the furor over “cheap” incandescent bulbs being removed from store shelves, this shit has all the stink of one or more companies banding together to boost sales for their products in the face of advancing technology by scaring potential customers with government regulation taking away their “choice.”
re: #59 Targetpractice
And much like the furor over “cheap” incandescent bulbs being removed from store shelves, this shit has all the stink of one or more companies banding together to boost sales for their products in the face of advancing technology by scaring potential customers with government regulation taking away their “choice.”
Or electric cars. There is a real problem of the up-front cost (LED or those weird florescent curly-q lamps cost a heckuva lot more than incandescent lamps and when you’re poor, that makes a difference). Incandescent lamps of high wattage are still available. (I use a 300 watt lamp in my basement to help keep the plumbing warm, plus one 300 watt lamp uses less energy than wiring my whole basement with lower wattage lamps so less cost to me. I also use two 300 watt floodlights for my back porch. On the other hand, I use a 15 watt front porch lamp, which is all that area needs to light the front yard to the street.)
There’s also this from the BBC article:
But was lead-free petrol really such an expensive luxury? True, the lead additive solved a problem: it enabled engines to use higher compression ratios, which made cars more powerful.
However, it was not the only way to solve the problem.
Ethyl alcohol had much the same effect and wouldn’t mess with your head, unless you drank it. Midgley knew this, having combined petrol with practically every imaginable substance, from iodine to camphor to melted butter.
Why did the petrol companies push tetraethyl lead instead of ethyl alcohol? Researchers who have studied the decision remain puzzled. Cynics might point out that any old farmer could distil ethyl alcohol from grain. It couldn’t be patented, or its distribution profitably controlled. Tetraethyl lead could.
Also in 1924, Congress held hearings on whether they would allow tetraethyl lead in gasoline.
On one side was General Motors lobbyists, the Ethyl Corporation’s lobbyists, and their paid scientists. On the other side were public health officials, and other scientists including the person who was considered the foremost expert in lead and its effects in the world.
GM and Ethyl were able to convince Congress that any arguments brought up by the other scientists were specious and theoretical at best, since no one had ever put tetraethyl lead in gasoline before; therefore the claimed risks were theoretical.
It didn’t help that the world’s foremost scientist on lead was a woman either. Misogyny also played out in the hearings.
In the end, Congress decided any theoretical risk to health was outweighed by the public benefit of technological progress.
There is a theory of economics and sociology which posits when societies first advance into the technological world, things such as health, safety, and environment take a back seat in the society’s minds for the promise of measurable improvements in their lives. Only when the society becomes more prosperous does it then turn its gaze to the issues of pollution or health.
The problem is that people who want to ban things aren’t always disinterested visionaries like Hamilton. Sometimes they’re obstructive cranks. The only way to tell the difference is by conducting studies.
And, as Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner point out, “For the next four decades, all studies of the use of tetraethyl lead were conducted by laboratories and scientists funded by the Ethyl Corporation and General Motors”. (BBC)
re: #14 Targetpractice
Seems like all you have to do is declare “[insert political figure] was replaced with a body double” and immediately know who the conspiracy theorists are in your circle by watching to see who automatically nods.
That was the point that I gave up on my ex-GF for good, when she insisted that Biden had been replaced by a double.
I asked if she thought he was a lizardoid alien changeling, to which she replied “no comment”, which is what sent me packing
Like leaded gasoline, it’s usually capitalists who make things worse for us: Either by poisoning two generations of children (such as the Ethyl Corporation), or by creating a model of sales designed to extract more money for the same product.
King Camp Gillette invented the safety razor in 1895. He originally priced it very expensively, but marketed it as a better alternative to straight razors, which you have to strop to keep sharp.
He then hit on a better idea (for him): Two-tier marketing. The safety razor was the first item marketed like that. The razor handle was sold relatively cheaply, while replacement blades were priced a bit lower than the handle. Since the blades were a bit cheaper, you weren’t going to throw out the razor and buy a new one, you would buy the replacement blades instead. Since the blades were significantly cheaper to manufacture than either the razor handle or a straight razor, that was much more profit for Gillette.
(It is only in recent years that straight razors are making a significant comeback, as the two-tier marketing of safety razors and follow-ons such as the Trac II and even more expensive things like multi-blade heads are simply becoming too expensive.)
That model is used in virtually anything needing replacement parts today, from inkjet printers to Playstations.
Obviously, for this model to work you need some way to prevent customers putting cheap, generic blades in your razor.
One solution is legal: patent-protect your blades. But patents don’t last forever. Patents on coffee pods have started expiring, so brands such as Nespresso now face competitors selling cheap, compatible alternatives.
Some are looking for another kind of solution: technological.
Just as other people’s games don’t work on the PlayStation, and non-branded print cartridges may not work in some printers, coffee companies have put chip readers in their machines to stop you sneakily trying to brew up a generic cup.
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How a razor revolutionised the way we pay for stuff (BBC, April 10, 2017)
Local area weather for Scottsbluff from the BBC. Oh joy, snow all day.
bbc.com (eight minutes ago)
Video, 1:25 for North America
re: #66 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I don’t know how I fouled up that URL, but I fixed it now.
re: #61 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
There’s also this from the BBC article:
And that’s really the long and short of it: At some point between raw material and finished product was something that one or more companies held control over. Whether it was patents, it was access to the raw materials, it was the secrets of the process, or what have you, they stood to lose a lot if their product was viewed as dangerous to public safety or health.
See also: Tobacco companies spending decades hiding their own studies into the link between smoking and lung cancer while regularly trotting out paid scientists to “question” the link any time consumer safety advocates raised the alarm with their own studies proving the link.
re: #36 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Needz moar shivs.
“Don’t listen to his words, listen to what is in his heart!”
-Kelly Conway
re: #55 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
They are still winging about [gas stoves].
These things become symbolic rallying points:
Clinton’s e-mails
Hunter’s laptop
three-flush toilets
CRT
Gas stoves
and the perennial 30-round magazine.
re: #71 Dave In Austin
This is the future liberals want.
I recall when there was a salmonella outbreak in Indiana and people were returning cans of salmon…
This is the same state where there was a listing under F for “Fone Company: see Phone Company”
re: #68 Targetpractice
And that’s really the long and short of it: At some point between raw material and finished product was something that one or more companies held control over. Whether it was patents, it was access to the raw materials, it was the secrets of the process, or what have you, they stood to lose a lot if their product was viewed as dangerous to public safety or health.
See also: Tobacco companies spending decades hiding their own studies into the link between smoking and lung cancer while regularly trotting out paid scientists to “question” the link any time consumer safety advocates raised the alarm with their own studies proving the link.
The same with asbestos, lead and coal.
With coal, the greenhouse gas effects of water vapour and carbon dioxide were discovered in 1859 by Irish physicist John Tyndell. He correctly predicted at the time if coal-fired industrial plants poured carbon dioxide into the air, that would have a significant effect on the climate in the future.
The dangers of asbestos and lead dust were discovered by a Vienna physician in 1897.
Long before that, the Romans had discovered lead was dangerous to work with as lead miners and smelters were smitten with diseases and death. At the time, lead was refined from silver ore. Pliney the Elder wrote about both the process of extracting lead from silver ore to refine it, and the dangers of handling lead and mercury in Natural History, Vol XXXIV. (In that book he was also critical of the greed of the gold bugs of his day and the absurdity of using gold for coinage, but gold buggery is a different story.)
When Prigozhin bails on your ass, even the rats go “Damn, that fucker’s quick!”
Prigozhin denied the Kremlin’s claim that Russia is fighting NATO in Ukraine and questioned whether there are really N*zis in Ukraine, as the Kremlin has consistently claimed.
Probably, Russia cannot conduct large-scale simultaneous offensive campaigns on several fronts. pic.twitter.com/ok5nCtg72m— Bakhmut Avdiivka HOLDS 🇺🇦 Збагачений Украніюм (@Heroiam_Slava) March 24, 2023
Yes folks, after weeks of being told that the encirclement and capture of Bakhmut and Avdiivka would happen “any day now,” it appears Russian and Wagner forces are beginning to look for an exit plan in light of the upcoming Ukrainian counter-offensives.
Aww, such a cute little Beagle! Having four letters identified (though not in proper order) on the first guess helped.
Local golfer update: J.T. Poston won his pool on Friday at the WGC Match Play. His reward? No. 1-ranked and defending champion Scottie Scheffler. Poston should don a Farleigh Dickinson shirt on the first tee. Even if he loses, he pockets about $350 grand. Not bad for walking on grass for four days.
Gonna get the ears lowered and the beard trimmed. Then come home, have some thick-cut bacon and work on taxes. A pleasant Saturday to all!
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re: #68 Targetpractice
…Whether it was patents, it was access to the raw materials, it was the secrets of the process, or what have you, they stood to lose a lot if their product was viewed as dangerous to public safety or health.
See also: Tobacco companies spending decades hiding their own studies into the link between smoking and lung cancer…
“The marketplace will regulate itself without government involvement. Any form of interference puts on on the road to serfdom!”
-Those who see the Free Market as an Ideology and a Divine State to which all advanced societies must aspire to (and be prepared to sacrifice human lives to achieve, as every good ideology calls for)
Three hours ago from the United Kingdom Defence Ministry.
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 25 March 2023.
Find out more about Defence Intelligence’s use of language: https://t.co/hPItxkp6cV
🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/bCnS87k1lJ— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) March 25, 2023
re: #79 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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The argument for weeks from the vatnyks and Putinistas alike was that Bakhmut was going to be a numbers game, that Russia had bigger numbers, and all they had to do was grind Ukraine down until they eventually retreated from the city or were encircled and forced to surrender. But it looks very likely that Putin’s demand for a Russian “victory” to buoy morale is instead going to cost him the war since Prigozhin is absolutely pissed that his guys bled and died fighting a fight they were never going to be allowed to win.
We still see capitalist cheerleaders in Congress today trying to fight rearguard actions for corporations or their dangerous products.
There is a surge of cheerleaders for making DDT available for wider use again (despite the discovery a couple days ago of a huge cache of barrels dumped off the California coast with undegraded DDT in them that scientists are trying to figure out how to safely dispose). The long fight against declaring Agent Orange a poison (which would open up a huge pile of claims from veterans, particularly from the Vietnam War). The fight against poisons dumped into the water table at Camp Lejeune. Even local politicians going to bat for disasters like Love Canal, Times Beach, or Rocky Flats (or even my village originally opposing water purification to remove arsenic and uranium to the point that the sheriff had to be armed at village board meetings, which was a real eye-opener for me when I first moved here).
re: #81 Targetpractice
The argument for weeks from the vatnyks and Putinistas alike was that Bakhmut was going to be a numbers game, that Russia had bigger numbers, and all they had to do was grind Ukraine down until they eventually retreated from the city or were encircled and forced to surrender. But it looks very likely that Putin’s demand for a Russian “victory” to buoy morale is instead going to cost him the war since Prigozhin is absolutely pissed that his guys bled and died fighting a fight they were never going to be allowed to win.
He puts this up every day:
Bakhmut Holds!
The momentum on northwest sector was stopped for now heavy battles continue.
Towards the south of a more difficult situation takes place the grey zone extends far.
In general defenders hold positions. pic.twitter.com/zbVjjfGTpO— WarMonitor🇺🇦 (@WarMonitor3) March 24, 2023
This is very much like the Battle of Westerplatte, the first battle of the Nazi assault on the Free City of Danzig. Every day Radio Poland put out a statement to the world on shortwave that “Westerplatte holds!”
Military analysts at the time felt that the garrison on the Westerplatte would only hold for a few hours. Despite repeated assaults by the Wehrmacht and the Danzig Police, Luftwaffe dive bomber attacks, and naval artillery attacks from a pocket battleship, the garrison on the Westerplatte held out for seven days.
Coupled with the Battle of the Polish Post Office in Danzig (I didn’t get to Westerplatte but I made a special trip to go to the Post Office museum—and mailed a bunch of postcards including one to my post office back home saying this is real heroism that postal officials show), those two battles, though lost, were extremely costly for the Nazis and inspired resistance in Poland and other countries for the rest of WW2.
Poland is building a museum to the Battle of Westerplatte, which will be completed in 2026.
re: #84 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Leave it to Putin to create his own personal Stalingrad and then be on the wrong side.
Update from Australia - our largest state, NSW, just had their state election today, another Liberal (our conservatives) government booted. Current situation here, Labor is in power in all mainland states and the Northern Territory, in the ACT with a Green-Labor coalition, and also Federally. The only Liberal (conservative) government in the entire country, Tasmania, with only 500k residents.
It’s a good day.
re: #81 Targetpractice
Combat is just more than numbers of bodies (duh). In the case of Ukraine’s army and partisans, they are defending their homes and families. Russia’s soldiers are there as an invading force without a clear moral reason to be there (such as the Allies fighting Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan in WW2). Coupled with seeming disinterest by the Russian state in properly arming and supplying their units, morale would seem to be a problem for Russia.
While I am no fan of our invasion of Iraq, similar things were seen in the Iraqi Army. Lots of analysts figured Iraq would be a tough nut to crack because of the huge numbers of people in their army. While the US Navy would quickly sweep the weak force of Iraqi corvettes from the Persian Gulf, the land battle was supposed to be a horrible grind as Iraq would put up massive resistance due to the size of their army.
It turns out that a huge chunk of the army hated Saddam Hussein, much of it was untrained and had little military discipline (shades of Russia’s army now), was poorly equipped (ditto), and were ready to surrender at the first opportunity to the American invading forces. (There is an anecdote about an entire Iraqi unit surrendering to one US Army officer.)
Like Russia’s army now, Iraq’s army had a huge number of conscripted soldiers with little training, backed by a small elite force which was hopelessly outnumbered by the invading coalition forces.
re: #87 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Combat is just more than numbers of bodies (duh). In the case of Ukraine’s army and partisans, they are defending their homes and families. Russia’s soldiers are there as an invading force without a clear moral reason to be there
add the Russian supply, logistics and command deficits to that and you have nothing but an endless bloodbath
re: #86 ozharas
Update from Australia - our largest state, NSW, just had their state election today, another Liberal (our conservatives) government booted. Current situation here, Labor is in power in all mainland states and the Northern Territory, in the ACT with a Green-Labor coalition, and also Federally. The only Liberal (conservative) government in the entire country, Tasmania, with only 500k residents.
It’s a good day.
Juice Media on the government of New South Wales nine days ago, before the election. (4:00)
re: #90 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
We can attempt to resolve the Taiwan issue through some form of diplomacy or we can expect war within coming decades. Either way, it is going to become a part of China.
re: #91 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We can attempt to resolve the Taiwan issue through some form of diplomacy or we can expect war within coming decades. Either way, it is going to become a part of China.
We’ll have to see. (I don’t really want to see.)
The big negative for China on an invasion of Taiwan is that would likely destroy their integrated circuit fabrication plants, which would fuque the whole world including China.
From the Taiwanese point of view, they probably don’t see US investment in our own chip industry as a benefit for their continued liberty.
I’m going to hit the rack now. I’ll catch y’all later.
re: #93 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
We’ll have to see. (I don’t really want to see.)
Taiwan vs Mainland China is an issue that has remained unresolved for decades.
Both sides are aware of the cost of a military resolution, and I hope they will ultimately avoid one, but that does not mean there won’t be a lot of saber-rattling in advance.
re: #92 Dr Lizardo
Looks like Gamera is coming to Netflix is a six-episode anime series.
Gamera appears to face down Teh Ghey Menace!
Stay tuned for Sodom and Gamera
re: #96 Targetpractice
I’ve heard that Gamera is very neat.
I recall Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris and the VFX were very well done. Hell, I forgot I was watching a Gamera flick.
already posted, im sure
this is how you contemporaneously push back
An absolute masterclass by Rep @GerryConnolly on how to dismantle Republican disinformation.
Must see TV 👀👇
pic.twitter.com/594uwjV5iP— STRIKE PAC 🗽 (@StrikePac) March 24, 2023
re: #28 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Nine hours ago:
How does he do a drag show with a beard? Seems that would throw the whole look off.
New Zealand isn’t putting up with her (Kellie-Jay Keen AKA Posie Parker) transphobic shit either.
“Soup Soup A Tasty Soup” pic.twitter.com/ylRcVUlaqj
— Kate 🍅 “More Soup for you” (@KateronaBiscuit) March 25, 2023
Speaking of Parkers, Parker Malloy’s twitter account is no more.
The account is still active, but all the content and followers/following has been zeroed out. It looks like what happens when someone deactivates/reactivates an account. I’ll check back later and see if it has repopulated.
re: #77 TarHellion
Aww, such a cute little Beagle! Having four letters identified (though not in proper order) on the first guess helped.
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re: #108 jeffreyw
The kitten is so tiny!
Charlie Pierce on the return of Child Labor exploitation
In February, journalist Hannah Dreier of The New York Times wrote a blockbuster piece in which she described the dangerous lives of migrant children who were being used as cheap labor in factories and processing plants. Dreier talked to over 100 children in 20 states. The jobs they do are exhausting and dangerous.
It was almost midnight in Grand Rapids, Mich., but inside the factory everything was bright. A conveyor belt carried bags of Cheerios past a cluster of young workers. One was 15-year-old Carolina Yoc, who came to the United States on her own last year to live with a relative she had never met. About every 10 seconds, she stuffed a sealed plastic bag of cereal into a passing yellow carton. It could be dangerous work, with fast-moving pulleys and gears that had torn off fingers and ripped open a woman’s scalp. The factory was full of underage workers like Carolina, who had crossed the Southern border by themselves and were now spending late hours bent over hazardous machinery, in violation of child labor laws. At nearby plants, other children were tending giant ovens to make Chewy and Nature Valley granola bars and packing bags of Lucky Charms and Cheetos — all of them working for the processing giant Hearthside Food Solutions, which would ship these products around the country.
Dreier’s story was appalling, but child labor does not merely involve easily exploited migrant children. In many places, it’s the coming thing for children generally. In March, the Economic Policy Institute issued a report that described how widely child labor was spreading throughout the country, and also how the corporate money power drives that process. From that report:
Both violations of child labor laws and proposals to roll back child labor protections are on the rise across the country. The number of minors employed in violation of child labor laws increased 37% in the last year and at least 10 states introduced or passed laws rolling back child labor protections in the past two years. Attempts to weaken state-level child labor standards are part of a coordinated campaign backed by industry groups intent on eventually diluting federal standards that cover the whole country.
How close was that putt for birdie?
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— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 25, 2023
re: #112 Dr Lizardo
Holy shit. The aftermath of the tornado that ripped through Rolling Fork, MS:
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I just texted my cousin. She was living outside Rolling Fork for a while, don’t know if she still does. She had been talking about moving down towards Jackson closer to her brother since her husband died but I don’t know if she has or not.
re: #114 Crush White Nationalism
I just noticed he changed his avatar from his campaign photo to one where he’s scowling with patriotic war paint on his face.
Meanwhile, Sinema eats battery acid. pic.twitter.com/K8nkbacQt0
— Renee (@PettyLupone) March 23, 2023
re: #116 darthstar
I just noticed he changed his avatar from his campaign photo to one where he’s scowling with patriotic war paint on his face.
He became the new QAnon shaman a while ago. As the law closes in, he becomes more and more unhinged.
re: #115 Eventual Carrion
I just texted my cousin. She was living outside Rolling Fork for a while, don’t know if she still does. She had been talking about moving down towards Jackson closer to her brother since her husband died but I don’t know if she has or not.
Looks like Rolling Fork was pretty much erased, or at least a big part of it. Also, seems to me that it’s a bit early in the year for a big tornado like that. Apparently, this one was on the ground for damn near 100 miles or so.
re: #118 Crush White Nationalism
He became the new QAnon shaman a while ago. As the law closes in, he becomes more and more unhinged.
I’m surprised nobody’s pointing out that parallel when they talk about his unhinged ‘troots’
re: #119 Dr Lizardo
Looks like Rolling Fork was pretty much erased, or at least a big part of it. Also, seems to me that it’s a bit early in the year for a big tornado like that. Apparently, this one was on the ground for damn near 100 miles or so.
I just heard back from my cousin. She texted back “I’m good. Rolling Fork destroyed.”. So not looking good for Rolling Fork at all.
re: #121 Eventual Carrion
I just heard back from my cousin. She texted back “I’m good. Rolling Fork destroyed.”. So not looking good for Rolling Fork at all.
Glad to hear she’s OK, but yeah, from what I’m seeing now that it’s daylight there and drone footage is coming in, Rolling Fork seems to have been wiped off the face of the map.
Lol sinema is like “how DARE you lump me in with manchin- can’t you see I’m WORSE?” https://t.co/vyC2Slnxrn
— Hemry, Local Bartender (@BartenderHemry) March 23, 2023
I hope Sinema isn’t on a Gabbard arc but uhhh it’s not looking good. https://t.co/OdXCB4qF6n
— Jean-Michel Connard (@torriangray) March 23, 2023
re: #121 Eventual Carrion
I just heard back from my cousin. She texted back “I’m good. Rolling Fork destroyed.”. So not looking good for Rolling Fork at all.
Another update from cousin in MS. She still works in Rolling Fork but lives a bit north of there in Grace. She said that she has heard that her office is no longer there.
re: #112 Dr Lizardo
Holy shit. The aftermath of the tornado that ripped through Rolling Fork, MS:
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It’s only going to keep getting worse as things get hotter. :(
re: #128 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
The NRA will repeatedly tell us that Tree Of Liberty is real thirsty for human blood!
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re: #130 jeffreyw
I like putting out a clean glass for big rain storms. Nothing like a fresh glass of rain water after it passes.
re: #86 ozharas
Update from Australia - our largest state, NSW, just had their state election today, another Liberal (our conservatives) government booted. Current situation here, Labor is in power in all mainland states and the Northern Territory, in the ACT with a Green-Labor coalition, and also Federally. The only Liberal (conservative) government in the entire country, Tasmania, with only 500k residents.
It’s a good day.
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re: #131 darthstar
I like putting out a clean glass for big rain storms. Nothing like a fresh glass of rain water after it passes.
re: #133 jeffreyw
Untouched by pipes or other vessels. Delicious.
By the skin of my teeth
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Two dead, several injured after migrants were found “suffocating” inside locked train car
Two undocumented immigrants died Friday afternoon after being trapped inside of a train car a few miles east of Knippa.
There were 15 people trapped inside the car in need of immediate medical attention, according to a statement from the Uvalde Police Department. Five of those individuals were flown to San Antonio hospitals, while five others were sent to area hospitals for treatment.
U.S. Border Patrol was able to reach the group after receiving a call at 3:50 p.m. notifying them that people traveling by rail were “suffocating” inside of a train car.
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re: #140 jeffreyw
While looking through my photo archive for that glass of rainwater I ran across this from July of ‘08. We used to have a small fish pond before the upkeep became too onerous.
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re: #141 wrenchwench
Snek pond.
One day Mrs J came running in, exclaiming “There’s a snake with a fish in its mouth and it’s freaking out!”
“I’ll bet the fish is,” I cried!
re: #138 Eventual Carrion
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re: #146 mmmirele
Hot dog…my brother is going to be interested (I am too, but this is great!).
Speaking of hot dogs…
Long thread about how doctors at Cigna deny claims, one claim every 1.2 seconds. And why no, they’re not opening your medical records to do it.
Doctors at a major US insurance company deny tens of thousands of claims a month without even looking at patients’ files.
“We literally click & submit,” a former Cigna doctor told @ProPublica & @Capitol_Forum. “It takes all of 10 seconds to do 50 at a time.”
The inside story 🧵— ProPublica (@propublica) March 25, 2023
re: #135 darthstar
As my uncle used to say, “Ah, angel piss”.
re: #150 mmmirele
Long thread about how doctors at Cigna deny claims, one claim every 1.2 seconds. And why no, they’re not opening your medical records to do it.
This is why you always appeal denied claims. A lot of the time, it’s just a pencil pusher clearing their backlog.
The BBC is reporting 23 dead in the Mississippi tornado, with more still missing.
re: #155 Nerdy Fish
WHYYYYY would you inflict that on yourself?!
See first post in this thread. I won’t be going. I live 17 hours away.
re: #157 Dr. Matt
Ahhh. I see. All bought up but empty.
Uptight parents in Florida upset their kids were shown photographs of Michelangelo’s David. Principal forced to resign. How absurd can you get.
re: #114 Crush White Nationalism
If Trump runs, he will win the GOP nomination.
Anyone else running is either positioning themselves for 2028 and/or vying for a cabinet spot.
Guy at Trump rally claims he served in Marines. Christina Bobb says she did too and asks his MOS. He can’t say. Then asks him where he served. He can’t say. pic.twitter.com/UCmhdFOs30
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 25, 2023
re: #161 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If Trump runs, he will win the GOP nomination.
Anyone else running is either positioning themselves for 2028 and/or vying for a cabinet spot.
I do think DeathSentence thinks he can outmaneuver Trump and win the nomination, though with the personality of a rotten turnip and nationwide name recognition as “that asshole from Florida who wants to ban everything,” I don’t know how well that’s going to go.
re: #160 GlutenFreeJesus
Uptight parents in Florida upset their kids were shown photographs of Michelangelo’s David. Principal forced to resign. How absurd can you get.
Italy is a socialistic hellhole of a country. Things like David’s dong dangling in full view of young people’s innocent, impressionable eyes were the first steps in their moral, political, social, ethical and economic decline.
re: #164 PhillyPretzel
“Public Broadcasting? That’s communism”
re: #166 jaunte
You mean to tell me that Masterpiece Theater is communistic? I just gave them my yearly contribution.
re: #167 PhillyPretzel
I think conservatives are just not that interested in art, or they wouldn’t support leaden propagandists like McNaughton.
I like how Trump is holding his hand out for money. Whatever’s supposed to be going on here appears serious, with people concentrating, the Marine saluting, and no one smiling. But Trump’s got his hand out. Really captures the essence of the man. https://t.co/CShwYEP5Vt
— Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) March 25, 2023
re: #166 jaunte
“Public Broadcasting? That’s communism”
In reality PBS was coopted by the Kochs and their fellow billionaires years ago.
re: #168 jaunte
I think conservatives are just not that interested in art, or they wouldn’t support leaden propagandists like McNaughton.
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Oh and dooooooo notice the snake slithering up Trump’s trousers…
re: #168 jaunte
I like how Trump is holding his hand out for money. Whatever’s supposed to be going on here appears serious, with people concentrating, the Marine saluting, and no one smiling. But Trump’s got his hand out. Really captures the essence of the man.
What is Mike Pence doing there?
re: #170 Joe Bacon
Oh and dooooooo notice the snake slithering up Trump’s trousers…
So much for “don’t tread on me” - another accidental accuracy about the Mango Moron who hates freedom for anyone other than his family.
re: #166 jaunte
“Public Broadcasting? That’s communism”
Pubic Broadcasting.
The lesson, given to 11 and 12-year-olds, also included references to Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” painting and Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus”.
I’ve seen her. I’ve always called her ‘Venus on the Half-shell’.
That one will give strange ideas about human birth. They will need to explain that Venus is not human. And not God.
re: #172 William Lewis
So much for “don’t tread on me” - another accidental accuracy about the Mango Moron who hates freedom for anyone other than his family.
The snake stands for Wokeism. Or CRT. Or Antifa. or BLM or PC whatever it is that Conservatives currently don’t approve of.
re: #170 Joe Bacon
Oh and dooooooo notice the snake slithering up Trump’s trousers…
I think that might be a Genesis reference as Trump appears to be crushing the serpent’s head and getting his heel bruised or some such.
The more important question is why the young couple are planting something in the middle of what appears to be a partially paved, extremely dry area. Couldn’t they find a better spot for it? Are they coming back every day to nurture it? Washington DC has year round precipitation, so if they put it in a nicely dug bed in an area where no one will step on it, and protect it from being stepped on/eaten, it should do fine once established. Why do all those people need to watch instead of helping out? Conservatives in a nutshell.
re: #170 Joe Bacon
Oh and dooooooo notice the snake slithering up Trump’s trousers…
TBF, the iconography of someone treading on a snake is an longtime convention of signifying “triumph over evil”: though, of course, in McNaughton’s political-cartoon depiction, it looks like the serpent is looking to go home…
re: #177 calochortus
The more important question is why the young couple are planting something in the middle of what appears to be a partially paved, extremely dry area. Couldn’t they find a better spot for it?
No, because Democrats ruined everything. That should be obvious…
re: #168 jaunte
I think conservatives are just not that interested in art, or they wouldn’t support leaden propagandists like McNaughton.
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re: #171 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
What is Mike Pence doing there?
He and everyone else in the picture including the painter are celebrating the sacrament of victimhood and the swearing of revenge.
Always remember, “mostly girls.” We have laws to protect children from labor exploitation for a reason. https://t.co/UOWYpYlnYj
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) March 25, 2023
re: #178 jeffreyw
That red heeler looks like Banjo
I just posted a new page showing how CIGNA rations health care.
Their “doctors” don’t even look at cases, they just deny them outright.
re: #185 darthstar
That red heeler looks like Banjo
Banjo and Merle - Banjo passed a few months after this.
re: #182 mmmirele
You know, even North Korean visual propaganda is more cheerful than whatever *that* is.
and less blatant in its symbolism
re: #184 jaunte
Today 1911 was Triangle shirtwaist factory fire, New York City, which killed 146 people, one of worst industrial disasters in American history and led to laws for better labor standards and working conditions:
But as far as I know, did not lead to any criminal charges for those responsible…
Trump indictment over Stormy Daniels will have ‘little impact’ on his evangelical Christian base
Of course not. Right Wing Jesus always forgives any naughty things done by his beloved Republicans. Besides, Those Christ-Centered Pulpit Pimps will just double down on trashing that Gawdless Hunter Biden!
The performer who was in the middle of their lines, paused but continued. Shaken. Kids backstage were terrified, in tears, having panic attacks, thinking it was a shooter.
8th grader came home furious and upset on top of being exhausted from work.— Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic 🦋 (@grubreport) March 25, 2023
We have yet to see them do something substantively. Meanwhile, many students at this school don’t feel safe at this school. Some even said of last night’s intrusion: “What do you expect? It’s [school name].”
— Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic 🦋 (@grubreport) March 25, 2023
It’s pathetic and it’s getting worse.
And we’re feeling absolutely hopeless over it.— Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic 🦋 (@grubreport) March 25, 2023
According to my kid, no. The adults on scene didn’t even acknowledge it.
— Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic 🦋 (@grubreport) March 25, 2023
re: #191 Joe Bacon
Trump indictment over Stormy Daniels will have ‘little impact’ on his evangelical Christian base
Of course not. Right Wing Jesus always forgives any naughty things done by his beloved Republicans. Besides, Those Christ-Centered Pulpit Pimps will just double down on trashing that Gawdless Hunter Biden!
God has long since forgiven Trump and any other White Male for their past peccadillos. But he will never be able to forgive Democrats as long as they continue to support abortion and LGBTQ rights!
re: #190 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Today 1911 was Triangle shirtwaist factory fire, New York City, which killed 146 people, one of worst industrial disasters in American history and led to laws for better labor standards and working conditions:
But as far as I know, did not lead to any criminal charges for those responsible…
No laws were broken I bet. And I guess wrongful death civil litigation wasn’t much of a thing.
Which is why many say that the labor laws and safety regulations are written in blood. They usually don’t turn up until enough people get killed that resistance to the legislation ebbs.
re: #185 darthstar
That red heeler looks like Banjo
I knew he looked familiar, couldn’t name him, though.
re: #184 jaunte
Yes it’s the anniversary of that heartbreaking Triangle Factory Fire.
But have no fear folks since the Republicans have packed the courts with enough assholes from the Federalist Society that we will soon return to the days when God’s Elect will be back in absolute control to promote True Industrial Freedom!
re: #194 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
No laws were broken I bet. And I guess wrongful death civil litigation wasn’t much of a thing.
Which is why many say that the labor laws and safety regulations are written in blood. They usually don’t turn up until enough people get killed that resistance to the legislation ebbs.
I know that was the case for a similar fire in Ireland in the early 1900’s: same story: emergency entrances blocked to keep the employees from sneaking out on their breaks…
For the Tolkien nerds among you, today is the day that the Great Ring was destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom (along with Gollum).
re: #171 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
What is Mike Pence doing there?
Oh, just hangin’.
— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) March 25, 2023
Wow.
Some quantum physics
[full story: https://t.co/q7WVM60Q73] pic.twitter.com/pACvrJRODx— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) March 25, 2023
re: #161 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If Trump runs, he will win the GOP nomination.
Anyone else running is either positioning themselves for 2028 and/or vying for a cabinet spot.
Or vp
re: #186 Joe Bacon
I just posted a new page showing how CIGNA rations health care.
Their “doctors” don’t even look at cases, they just deny them outright.
The Rainmaker
re: #193 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
God has long since forgiven Trump and any other White Male for their past peccadillos. But he will never be able to forgive Democrats as long as they continue to support abortion and LGBTQ rights!
What you mean “he”?
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