From Downstairs:
re: #299 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
While still supporting the destructive settlers and their militias.
It’s a shame that Nvidia has no real competition for VR use. If AMD ups their game, I’ll drop Nvidia.
I have refused to use Nvidia for a very long time due to their garbage drivers. That their politics sucks doesn’t surprise me in the least. I buy only AMD for x86 CPUs & GPUs.
Anything else for real computers 😉
re: #2 William Lewis
From Downstairs:
I have refused to use Nvidia for a very long time due to their garbage drivers. That their politics sucks doesn’t surprise me in the least. I buy only AMD for x86 CPUs & GPUs.
Anything else for real computers 😉
AMD is bad for VR due to a video encoder that does not work nearly as well as NVidia’s encoder. I haven’t had a driver issue in a very long time.
re: #3 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
AMD is bad for VR due to a video encoder that does not work nearly as well as NVidia’s encoder. I haven’t had a driver issue in a very long time.
You don’t use Linux/BSD or other non-Windows OS I’m presuming?
This guy lied his way to a good life, rose too high and got caught, then appears to have killed himself. The people who worked for him seem to have been happy, but the lies did him in.
A fire chief under investigation over claims he lied on his CV has been found dead at his home in Birmingham.
Wayne Brown, the head of the West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS), was facing allegations he lied about achieving a master’s degree to secure his £180,000-a-year position.
Police have confirmed that Mr Brown’s “sudden death” on Wednesday morning is not being treated as suspicious.
“The man’s family is being supported by specialist officers and our thoughts are with them at this time,” a spokesman for West Midlands Police said.
Greg Brackenridge, chair of the West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority, said: “All our thoughts and love are with his family, his friends and his colleagues.
“We ask everyone that his family and his colleagues are given time and space at this tragic time.”
Before his death, Mr Brown was being investigated by his bosses following claims he had lied on his online CV about achieving a Master of Business Administration degree from London South Bank University.
The university said it had no record of the degree, The Sun newspaper reported.
Fire chief under investigation over claims he lied on CV found dead (Telegraph)
re: #4 William Lewis
You don’t use Linux/BSD or other non-Windows OS I’m presuming?
Only for retro gaming on a Pi. My VR PC is Win 11 for minimal headaches.
Hilarious. Trump abruptly fired this kid because he posted a photo of Alina Habba attending the party when she told the judge she was too sick to be in court. Cry harder MAGAT https://t.co/IP95Ivpaxg
— Liam Nissan™ (@theliamnissan) January 24, 2024
VERMIN SUPREME VS ERIC TRUMP 🥊 pic.twitter.com/IrSvf9uus6
— CultureClipsTV 🇺🇸 (@CultureClipsTV) January 24, 2024
re: #7 gocart mozart
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Dumbass Habba posed for that photo, and has not been fired. From that you can deduce how Trump feels about this useless parking-garage lawyer.
Klasfeld:
The guy whose cellphone alarm went off in the middle of Carroll v. Trump trial proceedings just before the lunch break?
It was Trump’s campaign spokesperson, who was quickly booted.
Developing double-byline, with
@benfeuerherd
, at
@TheMessenger
Trump’s idiot staffers ignored the court rules - and will find out.
re: #7 gocart mozart
But I guarantee you he’ll still vote for the orange man.
re: #11 Eclectic Cyborg
But I guarantee you he’ll still vote for the orange man.
He has that dense fratboy look to him, so probably.
WE PHOTO-BOMBED MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE’S APPEARANCE ON STEVE BANNON’S WART-ROOM!
And it is glorious…
With @VerminSupreme @RobbyRoadsteame @OccupyNH and @AppleGuyFlowers #NHprimary #StrongHorseLegs #BagFullOfUnderageGirls pic.twitter.com/UQA2tswBS6— Rod Webber (@RodWebber) January 24, 2024
re: #2 William Lewis
Anything else for real computers 😉
I’m just going to buy another Mac. Apple Silicon is more than able to do any graphics I will ever need.
The Biden Administration Just Made One of Its Most Important Climate Decisions
Biden is planning to announce a moratorium on new LNG projects. Here’s why that’s such a big deal.
distilled.earth
The chart in the article really blew my little mind.
Over the last few months, the Biden administration has been weighing up what many environmental groups have called one of the President’s biggest climate decisions. White House officials have deliberated over whether or not to approve or block the Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminal.
The $10 billion project has been called a “carbon mega bomb.” If built, it would be the largest natural gas export facility in the country, capable of exporting 20 million tons of gas per year. The terminal would increase America’s natural gas export capacity by 20 percent.
Its approval would also set a regulatory precedent for what climate writer and activist Bill McKibben has called the biggest fossil fuel infrastructure buildout in the world. The decision could clear the way for dozens of other LNG projects at a time when climate scientists have said countries must stop building new fossil fuel infrastructure.
Yesterday, the New York Times reported that the administration will ask the Energy Department to evaluate the climate impacts of CP2 before deciding on the project’s future. They are expected to delay their decision until after the election, effectively putting a moratorium on all new LNG projects.
The policy move, which was celebrated by climate activists and environmental groups, signals that the administration might block the massive CP2 project and about two dozen other proposed LNG projects.
As President Biden once famously said, “This is a big f—ing deal.”
To see just how big of a deal it is, let’s put the total emissions of the CP2 project and all proposed LNG projects in context.
Starting 2/1 I will start down dinging all hate site links again.
BREAKING: NAVARRO sentenced to 4 months in prison.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 25, 2024
re: #15 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I’m just going to buy another Mac. Apple Silicon is more than able to do any graphics I will ever need.
I’ve been a Mac person since 1992, and I don’t think I could do the publishing work I do on anything else. And I have worked on other machines.
Is Navarro actually going to hear a cell slam tonight, or is this another turn in the courthouse ballet?
re: #17 Randall Gross
Starting 2/1 I will start down dinging all hate site links again.
So, if someone downdings all of your comments?
I get it. But you might talk to some people about how their communities are still on Twitter.
re: #20 Decatur Deb
Is Navarro actually going to hear a cell slam tonight, or is this another turn in the courthouse ballet?
No, he won’t be jailed until after he has exhausted his appeals, just like Bannon.
re: #17 Randall Gross
Starting 2/1 I will start down dinging all hate site links again.
I guess it’s a free country.
re: #14 Randall Gross
As you may be aware, WWE is now merged with the parent company of UFC.
Just two days ago they announced that Netflix is going to be the sole home of much WWE shows, and as time goes by the rest of the WWE stuff on Peacock and other systems globally will migrate their too.
The sale to the UFC parent company netted Vince McMahon a lot of money.
The new merged company, TKO, successfully brings together all the bad actors in the fight business, and of course Trump is their guy.
re: #6 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Only for retro gaming on a Pi. My VR PC is Win 11 for minimal headaches.
Gotcha. I do still have a PC running W10 (named Windog on my network) for the games that won’t run on anything else but most things I have can be done on other OS’s now. For me, VR is off there with AI as not something I am concerned with.
So TFG didn’t testify I’m guessing…and Navarro got 4 months. Nice. Back to the work computer for me.
re: #27 darthstar
So TFG didn’t testify I’m guessing…and Navarro got 4 months. Nice. Back to the work computer for me.
No. Apparently Navarro got the threat of maybe 4 months someday.
re: #20 Decatur Deb
Is Navarro actually going to hear a cell slam tonight, or is this another turn in the courthouse ballet?
He’s been sentenced to two years of TV appearances whining about a four month sentence.
re: #30 darthstar
He’s been sentenced to two years of TV appearances whining about a four month sentence.
YEAH…
2 years on 19th Century Fox, Newsmax, OANN, Right Side News…
Rule Number One: Biden is never allowed even the smallest of victories. Every bit of good news must be leavened liberally with that signature snarky bitterness we’ve all come to know (and hate) by reporters like this one https://t.co/nI7e8RoJ87
— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) January 24, 2024
re: #10 lawhawk
Klasfeld:
Trump’s idiot staffers ignored the court rules - and will find out.
Rules are for suckers
re: #32 Belafon
Pre$$titute$ will Pre$$titute no matter what for the Republican Party.
Carroll defamation damages suit set to resume. Habba is being asked by the Judge as to what Trump will testify about. She says she doesn’t know what he’ll say - which is total bulkshit, because every attorney knows or should know what their client is going to say. That’s what trial prep is all about.
Via Erica Orden: Judge Kaplan is asking Alina Habba to tell him everything Trump plans to say on the witness stand. Habba: “I can’t testify for my client, your honor.”
re: #27 darthstar
So TFG didn’t testify I’m guessing…and Navarro got 4 months. Nice. Back to the work computer for me.
I’m gonna testify is the lie everyone breathlessly jumps at every single time
re: #33 Vicious Babushka
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re: #36 lawhawk
Carroll defamation damages suit set to resume. Habba is being asked by the Judge as to what Trump will testify about. She says she doesn’t know what he’ll say - which is total bulkshit, because every attorney knows or should know what their client is going to say. That’s what trial prep is all about.
Why can’t I just let him rant freestyle???
First amendment you know//
re: #39 Dangerman
He testifies, Carroll’s lawyer gets to cross - especially on any issue that Trump brings up that he opens the door for. It’s a booby trap of disasters that should mean he doesn’t testify, but he always thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room (he isn’t).
re: #36 lawhawk
Carroll defamation damages suit set to resume. Habba is being asked by the Judge as to what Trump will testify about. She says she doesn’t know what he’ll say - which is total bulkshit, because every attorney knows or should know what their client is going to say. That’s what trial prep is all about.
Trump is never on trial, he’s always rallying.
Not surprising:
Climate change drives Amazon rainforest’s record drought, study finds
The video summary if that’s your thing:
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My mom was a racist, therefore everyone is???
Rep. Jerry Carl (R-AL) said that “everyone has some racist in them,” pushing back on GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s assertion that the United States has never been a racist country, NBC News reports.
Said Carl: “I used to work a lot with ministers, and I had some very private conversations. Everyone has some type of racist in them.”
He added: “My mother, who after Pearl Harbor — she couldn’t stand the Japanese. She couldn’t stand them. And it used to just eat her from the inside out. So it’s there.”
That’s besides Nikki’s comment being asinine
re: #44 Dangerman
My mom was a racist, therefore everyone is???
That’s besides Nikki’s comment being asinine
His mom was a saint, from his perspective. She was racist, therefore every lesser person is also racist.
re: #43 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
BTW, popularizes are not your friend when it comes to issues like these.
The need for clickbait headlines undermine any good they will attempt.
Take for example NdGT, who just yesterday ran with this headline: “How 2023 Broke Our Climate Models”.
So there, see, climate models are bunk ! Right?
The video is here:
re: #46 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The bottom line is that most people don’t watch an entire 16 minute YouTube video.
That is why YouTube came up with Shorts, to compete with TikTok.
Clickbait is the death of journalism and real communication.
Gavin Schmidt doesn’t help, really, in the video, because he does not push back against the meme of “we were wrong”.
This is the problem with scientists in ivory towers - they don’t relate to how the masses think.
Trump’s on the stand, and the Judge isn’t letting Habba or Trump get away with turning this into a tirade. Via inner city press:
Habba: Defense calls President Donald Trump…
Trump: Donald John Trump.
Habba: You viewed your deposition?
Trump: I stand by it 100%, yes.
Trump: She said something I considered a false accusation —
Roberta Kaplan: Objection!
Judge Kaplan: Sustained.
Habba: I have no further questions.
Judge Kaplan: Cross examination.
Roberta Kaplan: There was a trial here, correct?
Trump: Yes
Roberta Kaplan: Mr. Trump, is this the 1st trial between you and Ms. Carroll you’ve attended?
Trump: Yes.
Roberta Kaplan: No further questions.
Habba: Did you have counsel at the previous trial & follow their advice?
Trump: Yes.
Roberta Kaplan: Objection
Sustained
re: #49 lawhawk
Trump’s on the stand, and the Judge isn’t letting Habba or Trump get away with turning this into a tirade. Via inner city press:
One of the shortest examinations of a witness I’ve ever seen!
Herbert “Cowboy” Coward, best known for his role as the Toothless Man in “Deliverance,” has died at the age of 85.Coward was killed in a car accident, according to local news outlets WLOS and FOX Carolina, citing North Carolina State Highway Patrol officials.
He died on Wednesday in Haywood County, NC, when his Nissan, which was exiting a parking lot, was hit by a pickup truck driven by a 16-year-old.
His girlfriend, Bertha Brooks, 78, and his pet chihuahua and pet squirrel were also killed in the crash. According to WLOS, authorities said Coward and Brooks were not wearing seat belts.
re: #49 lawhawk
Trump’s on the stand, and the Judge isn’t letting Habba or Trump get away with turning this into a tirade. Via inner city press:
He took the stand. He said absolutely nothing to help himself. The cross was smart…he showed up at trial when money was involved, but not when his reputation was at stake because he didn’t see his actions as wrong.
re: #49 lawhawk
Carol’s lawyer and the judge have the same last name. This is an outrage. I call for a mistrial and demand to see each Kaplan’s tax returns.
It seems the sole point of the examination was so that Trump could say the accusation was false to the jury, even though the objection to his answer was sustained.
Erica Orden’s transcription of one exchange from Trump’s examination:
Habba: Did you instruct anyone to hurt Ms. Carroll?
Trump: No, I just wanted to defend myself, my family, and, frankly, the presidency …
Judge Kaplan instructs the jury to disregard everything after “No.”
The entire Trump testimony today.
Trump: She said something I considered a false accusation —
Roberta Kaplan: Objection!
Judge Kaplan: Sustained.
Habba: I have no further questions.
Judge Kaplan: Cross examination.
Roberta Kaplan: There was a trial here, correct?
Trump: Yes— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) January 25, 2024
Habba: No further questions.
Judge Kaplan: Jurors, you may go until tomorrow morning, closing arguments.
[Jury leaves]— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) January 25, 2024
Tesla shares plunge to wipe out $73 billion in market value, after dour earnings call
cnn.com
re: #55 Randall Gross
Roadhouse remake with Jake Gyllenhaal
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Hollywood once again proves it’s out of original ideas.
re: #2 William Lewis
From Downstairs:
I have refused to use Nvidia for a very long time due to their garbage drivers. That their politics sucks doesn’t surprise me in the least. I buy only AMD for x86 CPUs & GPUs.
Anything else for real computers 😉
This is going to turn into choosing between Lowe’s and Home Depot, where you find out that all corporations are amoral.
re: #63 Joe Bacon ✅
Hollywood once again proves it’s out of original ideas.
I think it’s entirely unnecessary, but it’s not based on a video game, so I’ll allow it.
re: #66 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Hollywood has been recycling ideas since the get-go, so is it surprising that they’re rushing to mine the 1970s/1980s/1990s for movie remakes?
Heck, they’re doing a Fall Guy remake.
re: #63 Joe Bacon ✅
Hollywood once again proves it’s out of original ideas.
There are only a few stories in the village, they all get retold in time.
re: #61 jaunte
Tesla shares plunge to wipe out $73 billion in market value, after dour earnings call
cnn.com
In retrospect, spending $44 billion to become a shitposting edgelord to impress people who live to piss off the people who buy your electric cars may not have been the brilliant business move it seemed at the time.
Seemingly unspoken in all of this is the fact that an increasing number of potential EV purchasers would simply never purchase a car from a company owned by Elon Musk. https://t.co/vHYYYAIhfa
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) January 25, 2024
I don’t know what is cuter, Claudia or her cat in the backpack!
Nepo babies were at one point the center of the cultural zeitgeist. Now, there’s a new category of nepotism for the internet to obsess over: “nepo pets.”
Nepo pets are the fur babies that ride the cat-tails of their celebrity owners’ success and reach celebrity status of their own — as the celeb’s partner-in-crime or even sometimes becoming more popular than their owners.
re: #65 Belafon
This is going to turn into choosing between Lowe’s and Home Depot, where you find out that all corporations are amoral.
You always have to choose between your demons. I prefer AMD & Lowes though I won’t pretend either is perfect.
re: #36 lawhawk
Carroll defamation damages suit set to resume. Habba is being asked by the Judge as to what Trump will testify about. She says she doesn’t know what he’ll say - which is total bulkshit, because every attorney knows or should know what their client is going to say. That’s what trial prep is all about.
A competent attorney would, at least.
re: #74 Shropshire Slasher
I don’t know what is cuter, Claudia or her cat in the backpack!
Space kitty does not look happy.
re: #77 Mike Lamb
A competent attorney would, at least.
With Trump? I sure don’t know what he’ll say, just that it’ll be heinous and absurdly self-serving, if it’s coherent at all.
I need a word in my life for being sadly amused. Similar to schadenfreude, but “amused by”, not “pleased by” or “finding pleasure in”.
Trump’s testimony left me feeling disappointed and unsatisfied… Now I know what it’s like to be his wife.
re: #83 Backwoods Sleuth
Oh I remember when that happened to my doggy. Let her back in the house and she scampered to the space heater and wouldn’t budge from it until she thawed out.
re: #82 Charles Johnson
And if she’d gone to a place where security wasn’t around and the insurrectionists had gotten frisky?
re: #77 Mike Lamb
A competent attorney would, at least.
An honest attorney certainly. She couldn’t tell the Judge the truth, which was that Trump wanted to tell the jury Carroll’s allegation was false before her attorney could object.
re: #29 Eventual Carrion
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the fog…..that glorious time in the early 80’s when a 48 year-old man could pick up a purported teen hitchhiker and bed her in the next scene. It was Jamie lee Curtis, so probably an understandable lapse to temptation.
Revisting Lowe’s v Home Depot: Both were very valuable supporters of our Habitat for Humanity, for decades. But that’s the whole of it—both are determinedly anti-union and treat their people like shit. The difference is that Home Depot is proud about it, and has turned their anti-union activity into an exportable package they sell to other companies. I buy what I must from Lowe’s, HD can get get fucked.
re: #47 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The bottom line is that most people don’t watch an entire 16 minute YouTube video.
That is why YouTube came up with Shorts, to compete with TikTok.
Clickbait is the death of journalism and real communication.
Gavin Schmidt doesn’t help, really, in the video, because he does not push back against the meme of “we were wrong”.
This is the problem with scientists in ivory towers - they don’t relate to how the masses think.
it’s because they can’t think the way the masses think. It’s why I’m a damned good teacher. Nothing about math is intuitive or easy for me. And yet everything about English is intuitive to the point where they can’t actually make Verbal portions of standardized tests that I find remotely troubling. So when students show up who tell me they just have terrible problems with English, I can empathize, because I know what it is to struggle with a discipline.
re: #92 Decatur Deb
Revisting Lowe’s v Home Depot: Both were very valuable supporters of our Habitat for Humanity, for decades. But that’s the whole of it—both are determinedly anti-union and treat their people like shit. The difference is that Home Depot is proud about it, and has turned their anti-union activity into an exportable package they sell to other companies. I buy what I must from Lowe’s, HD can get get fucked.
This.
Up here we have Menard’s. John Menard makes HD look like Saint’s and Angels.
re: #92 Decatur Deb
Revisting Lowe’s v Home Depot: Both were very valuable supporters of our Habitat for Humanity, for decades. But that’s the whole of it—both are determinedly anti-union and treat their people like shit. The difference is that Home Depot is proud about it, and has turned their anti-union activity into an exportable package they sell to other companies. I buy what I must from Lowe’s, HD can get get fucked.
Check out the graffiti wars in the men’s room at a Lowe’s/HD some time…Fuck Lowe’s management! I just got a job at Home Depot!
Stuff like that.
re: #84 darthstar
Trump’s testimony left me feeling disappointed and unsatisfied… Now I know what it’s like to be his
wifewives.
re: #94 William Lewis
This.
Up here we have Menard’s. John Menard makes HD look like Saint’s and Angels.
I go to Ace Hardware whenever possible… locally owned franchises. Fresh eggs and good pork chops in the freezer.
Roman sea swimming pools in Cala Furia near Livorno, Italy pic.twitter.com/LOgIUnYrf3
— Journey Through Time (@JrnyThroughTime) January 25, 2024
re: #89 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I was going to be rich, but they forgot to include the link.
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I think they’re looking for replies from the dumbest marks they can find.
I would guess Brittnyelle did not major in English.
re: #94 William Lewis
This.
Up here we have Menard’s. John Menard makes HD look like Saint’s and Angels.
They do seem to have moved away from the bible quotes that used to be on the flyers to quotes from notable people.
re: #99 sizzzzlerz
I would guess Brittnyelle did not major in English.
You don’t need to study anything in a world where clueless people will send you their bank info.
re: #89 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I was going to be rich, but they forgot to include the link.
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I think they’re looking for replies from the dumbest marks they can find.
that’s how it works. They actually include spelling errors and grammar mistakes in those emails so that they can just go ahead and weed out smart people, who obviously know that Chase Bank is a)not a company that makes subject/verb agreement errors in its press releases and b) doesn’t need your checking account to help it transfer nazi gold, because that nazi gold is already sitting in its cage down under the Federal Reserve.
I did not realize just how many women and children are being impregnated by rapists before it became illegal for them to get abortions. In Kentucky alone since Dobbs a staggering estimated 3,000 pregnancies caused by rape. Imagine how many rapes have to occur to cause 3,000 pregnancies in just 17 months.
Bears repeating that these are *estimates* based on historical Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.
— Alex Acquisto (@AcquistoA) January 25, 2024
re: #104 sizzzzlerz
Why?
Because it’s not on this absolutely insane list.
Yes, there are some good shows on the list, but it’s just too much.
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re: #104 sizzzzlerz
Because their are no “new” stories. Only old ones wrapped in different costumes and in a different time.
Formulas played out to the point that if you think too much, will ruin every movie you view.
See ya in five months, Pete!
Have fun in the slammer, and remember not to drop the soap! pic.twitter.com/BWhj5XT2Mo— Arch 🛰️ (@Arch_LGF) January 25, 2024
re: #105 No Malarkey!
I did not realize just how many women and children are being impregnated by rapists before it became illegal for them to get abortions. In Kentucky alone since Dobbs a staggering estimated 3,000 pregnancies caused by rape. Imagine how many rapes have to occur to cause 3,000 pregnancies in just 17 months.
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Shining a light is sort of like a silver lining in the deadly cloud. Now we need to do something about it.
re: #112 (((Archangel1)))
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I’ve just realized that rich people going to prison feels really good. Maybe we need more of that.
re: #114 wrenchwench
Shining a light is sort of like a silver lining in the deadly cloud. Now we need to do something about it.
But we should also assume that wealthy child rapists are still driving their kids to blue states for the abortions.
re: #109 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
They could make a movie of Civ4, but you and your mate would have to take turns closing your eyes.
re: #115 Unabogie
I’ve just realized that rich people going to prison feels really good. Maybe we need more of that.
In the same way that stopping banging your head against the wall feels good.
For a moment you feel like our elites don’t lord over you and are not above the law. The absence of abuse feels good.
re: #16 retired cynic
The Biden Administration Just Made One of Its Most Important Climate Decisions
Biden is planning to announce a moratorium on new LNG projects. Here’s why that’s such a big deal.
distilled.earthThe chart in the article really blew my little mind.
Ugh. Nat gas is way cleaner than coal or oil. LNG is the best way to reduce Europe’s reliance on Russia.
re: #97 darthstar
I go to Ace Hardware whenever possible… locally owned franchises. Fresh eggs and good pork chops in the freezer.
And popcorn.
20 years ago, there was a TrueValue hardware in East Point GA, out by ATL that had a soul food restaurant inside. Still remember their pork chops with collards, mac & cheese.
re: #115 Unabogie
I’ve just realized that rich people going to prison feels really good. Maybe we need more of that.
Weinstein felt good, Cosby before he got released, then Epstein, his accomplice Maxwell, and most recently SBF. Trump will be the absolute best.
re: #116 Unabogie
But we should also assume that wealthy child rapists are still driving their kids to blue states for the abortions.
If we stop the rape, we don’t worry about the rest of it. It’s not just girls. Child rape is family, a lot of the time. We need to know how much of the time it is, because we need to know what’s going on so we know we need to do something.
Ingenuity has made its last flight on Mars. It was only supposed to make five flights over thirty days, but made 72 flights over two years, a smashing success.
re: #122 wrenchwench
And you need to know why it happens, because badly-targeted countermeasures will take us places we don’t want to go.
re: #124 No Malarkey!
Ingenuity has made its last flight on Mars. It was only supposed to make five flights over thirty days, but made 72 flights over two years, a smashing success.
The next NASA release in that thread reminds us that this is Opportunity’s 20th anniversary on Mars.
re: #127 Decatur Deb
The next NASA release in that thread reminds us that this is Opportunity’s 20th anniversary on Mars.
A good rover, like they wanted.
re: #124 No Malarkey!
Ingenuity has made its last flight on Mars. It was only supposed to make five flights over thirty days, but made 72 flights over two years, a smashing success.
Wonder if NASA could squeeze more science out of it by having Opportunity set it up as a static observer.
re: #116 Unabogie
But we should also assume that wealthy child rapists are still driving their kids to blue states for the abortions.
Flying to Europe.
re: #72 No Malarkey!
In retrospect, spending $44 billion to become a shitposting edgelord to impress people who live to piss off the people who buy your electric cars may not have been the brilliant business move it seemed at the time.
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It’s Elmo still a billionaire?
re: #130 Decatur Deb
Wonder if NASA could squeeze more science out of it by having Opportunity set it up as a static observer.
Dullest nature cam ever right up until you see an animal and it becomes the most exciting nature cam ever.
not an animal, just a blue police box of 1960’s vintage.
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re: #132 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
It’s Elmo still a billionaire?
Yes. His net worth last I looked was somewhere around $180 B
re: #127 Decatur Deb
The next NASA release in that thread reminds us that this is Opportunity’s 20th anniversary on Mars.
A spectacular success; I’m sure no-one on the project dared to imagine that Opportunity would still be functioning twenty years after arriving on Mars!
re: #139 Backwoods Sleuth
But before you work up that estimate I want to introduce you to Mr Hose.
Republicans in disarray!
The AZGOP has now cancelled its Friday night “Freedom Fest” altogether, the party spox tells us, after former President Trump withdrew from the party’s big event & its chair resigned yesterday. https://t.co/xKpL1L7xAz
— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) January 25, 2024
re: #143 No Malarkey!
The marks have paid us and we are skipping town.
re: #143 No Malarkey!
Republicans in disarray!
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So tired of fascists trying to tie themselves to freedom, when they offer tyranny.
re: #144 PhillyPretzel ✅
I want to see those idiots get their money back. I’m sure their is wording in the contract that states if it gets cancelled, you be screwed.
re: #97 darthstar
I go to Ace Hardware whenever possible… locally owned franchises. Fresh eggs and good pork chops in the freezer.
I always patronize my local Ace Hardware when possible. They had a really bad problem with shop lifting (700 grand of losses last year), so it became more annoying to go there on the way back from work (no backpacks, and I really don’t want to leave my laptop in the car). But they have people who know their stuff, and I can often find hardware I can’t at Home Depot, and their Garden center is first class.
Friends and allies of Donald Trump are giving him the names of mostly women and Black men as he seeks their advice on a running mate to join his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination,” Reuters reports.
i mean i get the hypocrisy and all but isnt this like, the identity politics they hate
picking someone for a job because of…
re: #152 Dangerman
i mean i get the hypocrisy and all but isnt this like, the identity politics they hate
picking someone for a job because of…
Better question, if you don’t win the Veepstakes, does she have to marry you even though she doesn’t get to be the Second Lady?
— Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) January 25, 2024
re: #152 Dangerman
i mean i get the hypocrisy and all but isnt this like, the identity politics they hate
picking someone for a job because of…
Shameless hypocrisy is the GOP superpower.
re: #152 Dangerman
i mean i get the hypocrisy and all but isnt this like, the identity politics they hate
picking someone for a job because of…
Because they’re full of shit. The party of white Christian nationalist identity politics loves to throw stones from their glass house.
been busy at work this week, but wanted to jump on to tell everyone I got a call over the weekend that ended up being a pollster. It was for the California Senate race and I’d call it an Adam Schiff push-poll.
Favorite question: on a scale of 0-10 how would you rate Donald Trump? I almost laughed and asked if I could go with a negative number, but just said zero.
Anyway, felt like a Schiff push-poll because it asked to rate all the candidates and who we would be supporting. Then they gave us some information about the various candidates and asked if we’d be more or less likely to support them or if it would change our vote. All the stuff about Schiff was positive, the stuff about Porter was decidedly not.
re: #157 KGxvi
How would I rate DT? Donald Who? Sorry I don’t know him.
re: #152 Dangerman
i mean i get the hypocrisy and all but isnt this like, the identity politics they hate
picking someone for a job because of…
How many of them just think, ‘This is how it’s done’.
re: #157 KGxvi
been busy at work this week, but wanted to jump on to tell everyone I got a call over the weekend that ended up being a pollster. It was for the California Senate race and I’d call it an Adam Schiff push-poll.
Favorite question: on a scale of 0-10 how would you rate Donald Trump? I almost laughed and asked if I could go with a negative number, but just said zero.
Anyway, felt like a Schiff push-poll because it asked to rate all the candidates and who we would be supporting. Then they gave us some information about the various candidates and asked if we’d be more or less likely to support them or if it would change our vote. All the stuff about Schiff was positive, the stuff about Porter was decidedly not.
Definitely a push poll.
🤣 Trump forced this pathetic little douchenozzle to change his story about getting kicked out of the party because it made him look so bad to all the other pathetic little MAGA douchenozzles out there https://t.co/Y4EOTpMMcl
— Liam Nissan™ (@theliamnissan) January 25, 2024
re: #158 PhillyPretzel ✅
How would I rate DT? Donald Who? Sorry I don’t know him.
“Is there an option in your poll for negative infinity? The man is literally Satan’s anus.”
re: #162 gocart mozart
Mom is sooooooooooo proud.
re: #161 No Malarkey!
Definitely a push poll.
a push poll aimed at Porter. Had sort of banal stuff to say about Barbara Lee and standard “by the way he’s a Republican” stuff for Garvey.
Also, I think there’s a decent chance that Garvey actually makes it onto the general election ballot. I have a feeling that Republican voters are going to rally to him and it might be good enough to get him to about 25-30%.
re: #167 KGxvi
Steve Garvey is not my padre.
re: #144 PhillyPretzel ✅
The marks have paid us and we are skipping town.
Or they’re worried that they’ll be served an arrest warrant related to the fraudulent elector investigation in Arizona.
re: #167 KGxvi
Also, I think there’s a decent chance that Garvey actually makes it onto the general election ballot. I have a feeling that Republican voters are going to rally to him and it might be good enough to get him to about 25-30%.
If so, Garvey will be toast in the general election.
re: #170 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
“Finally, she’s going to do something for her constituents.”
re: #171 EPR-radar
If so, Garvey will be toast in the general election.
oh, no doubt. It’ll be the typical 60-40 Democratic win. But it will also be an interesting test case for how Republicans approach the non-partisan primary going forward. Statewide they only seem to get someone on the general election ballot when there’s an incumbent or there’s only one prominent Democrat running. They’re only chance in an open primary might be to coalesce around a celebrity candidate. But those seem to be hard for them to find.
re: #143 No Malarkey!
Republicans in disarray!
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They are quickly reaching Fyre Fest levels of incompetence.
re: #162 gocart mozart
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So, with all that, did he ever say why he got kicked out? I watched it, but obviously must have missed something.
re: #160 wrenchwench
How many of them just think, ‘This is how it’s done’.
of course it’s how it’s done
you pick a vp who can step in to the job* and hopefully also deliver votes (ie a state)
but when a D doesnt actually do it but it could be spun like they did, the R’s are all over themselves in righteous indignation
*well it was that way until mccain
Chest hair never tasted better!!!
Jason Kelce’s hilarious antics at the Chiefs game on Sunday night have landed him a spot in cookie history.
On Sunday, the NFL center, 36, let out a scream and pulled his shirt off in the stands of Highmark Stadium while cheering on his brother Travis Kelce. The moment inspired Eileen’s Colossal Cookies in Liberty, Missouri, to re-create Jason’s shirtless body in cookie cake form.
On a new episode of Travis and Jason’s podcast New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce, presented by Wave Sports & Entertainment, the brothers discussed the confection — and it’s uncanny resemblance to the dad of three.
“Apparently your antics at the game were so popular with Chiefs fans that there’s already a bakery in Missouri making ‘Shirtless Jason’ cookie cakes, and it’s pretty damn good,” said Travis, 34.
From cnn.com
It was in “extreme fear” about 3 months ago.
As MIT professor Paul Samuelson said in 1982 - “the stock market has predicted nine out of the last five recessions”. The geniuses don’t care how often they’re right. They make money no matter what.
A friend of the victim posted this to Fark. It’s horrible.
‘Please help me.’ Inmate begged for help before jail staff let him die, lawsuit says (The State)
Googling it, I discovered that McClatchy is publishing exactly the same content in exactly the same format in multiple “newspapers.”
‘Please help me.’ Inmate begged for help before jail staff let him die, lawsuit says (The Kansas City Star)
Story dated yesterday evening. Gaetz is not in the clear. Too many Republicans hate him.
The House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz has reached out to the woman whom the congressman allegedly had sexual relations with when she was a 17-year-old minor, according to a source familiar with the committee’s work.
The outreach, which has not previously been reported, is a sign that the GOP-led committee’s investigation into the Florida Republican has recently expanded to include questioning around allegations of sex crimes.
Sources said the committee also has reached out to the Justice Department requesting materials from its investigation into Gaetz, which included allegations of lobbying violations, sex-trafficking and possible obstruction of justice. The federal probe, which also included allegations he had sex with a minor, concluded in 2023 with no charges brought against the congressman.
Gaetz has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, including ever having sex with a minor or paying for sex.
“Those allegations were not true, have never been true, and the people who spread those lies have been exposed, indicted, and imprisoned,” Gaetz said in response to CNN Wednesday.
The Ethics Committee’s outreach to the young woman and the Justice Department comes amid a new flurry of activity in the probe, including outreach to multiple other witnesses and starting to conduct witness interviews. The increased activity under Republican leadership is notable given the committee probe was started by House Democrats in 2021.
popehat liked this:
It links to this 2017 article about Trump: pressthink.org
But I think the article was in error; I don’t recall the press spending any time warning us about this.
RNC Moving to Declare Trump Its Presumptive Nominee
Typical fascist, anti-democratic actions,. Why even have primaries or let the people speak? Just declare him dictator.
re: #143 No Malarkey!
Yeah! My city will not polluted by orange faced diaper man!
re: #184 silverdolphin
RNC Moving to Declare Trump Its Presumptive Nominee
Typical fascist, anti-democratic actions,. Why even have primaries or let the people speak? Just declare him dictator.
Maybe something big is going to drop about the Orange man, and they want him to get the nom rather than potentially even lose.
re: #113 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I just can’t watch anything with that sick freak Jeffrey Jones in it.
re: #171 EPR-radar
If so, Garvey will be toast in the general election.
I’m conflicted about this.
I don’t want Porter-Schiff to suck the oxygen from all the downballot House Rep races. I’m already bombarded with text messages, and emails from both of them.
I don’t want a likely blowout Schiff-Garvey, to reduce people coming into the polls.
(Personally, I’ll be very happy with any of three Dems in the race.)
re: #186 aatharuv
Maybe something big is going to drop about the Orange man, and they want him to get the nom rather than potentially even lose.
Maybe. But from what I understand, by declaring him the presumptive nominee he gets access to RNC money now rather than later. It may be a recognition of his poor financial situation. I hope.
re: #188 Joe Bacon ✅
I just can’t watch anything with that sick freak Jeffrey Jones in it.
You’re the audience for a new Howard the Duck movie!
re: #186 aatharuv
Maybe something big is going to drop about the Orange man, and they want him to get the nom rather than potentially even lose.
Why would they insist on losing the general election? The Republican party is so broken.
re: #193 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
They’re really afraid of the backlash to downballot races if Trump doesn’t get the nom and Trump loyalists go third party or sit it out.
re: #192 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
You’re the audience for a new Howard the Duck movie!
I actually did sit thru that gawdawful experience.
I got my revenge when I voted for it every chance I could on my RAZZIE® ballot and it actually got the RAZZ-ing it deserved!
Boeing, not Spirit, mis-installed piece that blew off Alaska MAX 9 jet, industry source says
JFC. Apparently Boeing’s own records show that 4 critical bolts to hold the door-plug were not installed when the plane was delivered!! How many other QC defects flew under the radar (pun intended ;-)?
re: #195 Joe Bacon ✅
I actually did sit thru that gawdawful experience.
I got my revenge when I voted for it every chance I could on my RAZZIE® ballot and it actually got the RAZZ-ing it deserved!
I just liked that it had Lea Thompson in a major role. It was not a great adaptation of the comic.
re: #190 aatharuv
I’m conflicted about this.
I don’t want Porter-Schiff to suck the oxygen from all the downballot House Rep races. I’m already bombarded with text messages, and emails from both of them.
I don’t want a likely blowout Schiff-Garvey, to reduce people coming into the polls.
(Personally, I’ll be very happy with any of three Dems in the race.)
Ticks me off that there are three Democrats on the ballot that could split the vote and let Mr. I Can’t Keep My Twinkee In My Pants squeak thru.
Remember that you got to vote TWICE in the Senate Election—first to complete Feinstein’s term and then second for the six-year term.
Personally I lean to Katie Porter but whichever Democrat gets in has my vote no matter what!
re: #196 silverdolphin
Boeing, not Spirit, mis-installed piece that blew off Alaska MAX 9 jet, industry source says
JFC. Apparently Boeing’s own records show that 4 critical bolts to hold the door-plug were not installed when the plane was delivered!! How many other QC defects flew under the radar (pun intended ;-)?
I’d think having that on a report would mean that the plane does not get delivered. Logging defects is useless if you don’t act on the data.
re: #199 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
High school buddy was an FAA inspector until Carter deregulated the airlines and turned inspection over to non-government companies.
Chalk up another win for getting government out of the airplane inspection business.
Robert Plant stating his opinion about a band that sounds oddly like Led Zeppelin (Greta Van Fleet).#LedZeppelin pic.twitter.com/eLubbijKtr
— 🎸 Rock History 🎸 (@historyrock_) January 22, 2024
re: #196 silverdolphin
Boeing, not Spirit, mis-installed piece that blew off Alaska MAX 9 jet, industry source says
JFC. Apparently Boeing’s own records show that 4 critical bolts to hold the door-plug were not installed when the plane was delivered!! How many other QC defects flew under the radar (pun intended ;-)?
And let us not forget lovely Nikki’s time on the Boeing board:
While serving on the board of Boeing in 2020, GOP presidential candidate and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley helped kill an initiative designed to force the company to more comprehensively disclose its spending to influence politicians and safety regulators, government filings show.
The Boeing board’s opposition to the shareholder measure came the same year that the company was lobbying the Federal Aviation Administration on “certification,” or approving planes to fly — and the agency lifted its grounding order of the company’s 737 fleet, which had been in effect since two of the airliners had crashed in 2018 and 2019, killing 346 people.
levernews.com
re: #89 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I was going to be rich, but they forgot to include the link.
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I think they’re looking for replies from the dumbest marks they can find.
I received an email from myself that started “Hello pervert.” I figured it must be legit: they know me so well, they must be me.
Ain’t that a shame!
The Arizona Republican Party has pulled the plug on their upcoming “Freedom Fest” event after former President Donald Trump, who was set to headline the gathering, ditched it to attend to legal matters in court.
The event was scheduled to take place in Phoenix. Per local reporter Brahm Resnik, EventBrite still had tickets on sale for the event for some time after Trump bailed, although they slashed the price multiple times.
The festival wasn’t explicitly a Trump campaign event; however, a number of people who paid for tickets to the event may have done so primarily to see him speak.
re: #205 Joe Bacon ✅
With Trump cancelling and the internal party warfare that is taking place at the State level (Kari Lake exposing the current state GOP chair of trying to muscle her out of the Senate race) it’s a dumpster fire. Plus the state GOP coffers are low (159K supposedly) to cover a national election and this was to help refill some of those concerns. Why are the coffers so low? Thanks to Ms. Kari Lake and her endless failed lawsuits and the Cyber Ninja costs….. So now, thanks to Senorita Airbrush, they’ll stay low.
Jones: Texas Should Secede With Musk As President
Now claims the Declaration of Independence allows Texas to secede. These guys are like the fire-eaters of the Civil War era. Going on and on about how the Federal government was not listening to them, and was going to take away their rights and that free and fair elections made the government illegitimate if it did not do exactly what they wanted and how the only thing left was to secede.
And that any secession would be great. It would result in a grand era of riches and wealth.
All so wrong. Sam Houston gave a great speech from a Southerner’s argument against Secession. He actually had many of the same views as Lincoln in 1860 (that the Union must be supported at all costs). He just came at the views from a state’s perspective rather than a Federal view - the same sort of debate the US has had from the beginning.
He felt that the best way was to work within the Constitutional boundaries and that if Lincoln went off the rails wrt slavery, that the Constituion had ways to deal with it.
But in the speech, Houston talked about the fire-eaters and accurately spoke of how their grand view post-seccession would not work.
Deprived of the protection of the Union, of the aegis of the Constitution, they would soon dwindle into petty States, to be again rent in twain by dissensions or through the ambition of selfish chieftains, and would become a prey to foreign powers.
Still holds today.
It’s time to resurrect…Today’s Episode Of…STUPID TREK!
A 47-year-old Texas man charged with storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, told the FBI he had no idea what kind of business went on in there, according to a newly unsealed complaint filed in Washington, D.C., federal court.
However, Duong Dai Luu, who documented the riot with cell phone video of ransacked offices and MAGA-hatted selfies, said he probably should have known he wasn’t supposed to be on the premises.
“Luu was unable to describe the function of the Capitol building, but admitted that he recognized that it wasn’t good to be inside the building as it was the property of the government and that he was not allowed to enter without permission,” a member of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) wrote in an affidavit.
Luu, who does not yet have an attorney listed in court records, was arrested Thursday in Houston. Multiple calls to Luu’s phone—which was what ultimately outed him to authorities—rang through to voicemail.
re: #206 piratedan
With Trump cancelling and the internal party warfare that is taking place at the State level (Kari Lake exposing the current state GOP chair of trying to muscle her out of the Senate race) it’s a dumpster fire. Plus the state GOP coffers are low (159K supposedly) to cover a national election and this was to help refill some of those concerns. Why are the coffers so low? Thanks to Ms. Kari Lake and her endless failed lawsuits and the Cyber Ninja costs….. So now, thanks to Senorita Airbrush, they’ll stay low.
This really does seem eerily similar to the break up of the Whigs because of internal politics. The different coalitions no longer able to work together. We already have the modern Know Nothing (Officially the American) party, just instead of being rabidly anti-Catholic they are anti-brown. I wonder if any other real alternatives appear?
re: #209 silverdolphin
This really does seem eerily similar to the break up of the Whigs because of internal politics. The different coalitions no longer able to work together. We already have the modern Know Nothing (Officially the American) party, just instead of being rabidly anti-Catholic they are anti-brown. I wonder if any other real alternatives appear?
I think it’s time for Dr. Frankenstein and Igor to go to the Political Graveyard and shock Teddy Roosevelt’s Bull Moose Party back to life!
Chip Roy Tells Texas to Ignore the Supreme Court
So, using this same logic, the state could defend itself against any minority simply by saying so. And if one starts to ignore the Supreme Court here, why obey them anywhere?
This shows the further degradation of the SCOTUS and its reputation. I would really like to see how big these tough guys are if the National Guard members there are ordered to leave and the Border Patrol surrounds the park, not letting anyone enter or leave. What if the Border Patrol just takes posession of the boat ramp needed by the Coast Guard to perform its duties?
re: #190 aatharuv
I’m conflicted about this.
I don’t want Porter-Schiff to suck the oxygen from all the downballot House Rep races. I’m already bombarded with text messages, and emails from both of them.
I don’t want a likely blowout Schiff-Garvey, to reduce people coming into the polls.
(Personally, I’ll be very happy with any of three Dems in the race.)
It’s a presidential election, and Trump will be on the ballot, don’t need to worry about turnout in California. We’ve had turn out over 70% in every presidential election since 2000. Last time it was over 80%. Where turn out is an issue is in the midterms (despite our statewide elections being those years)
re: #211 silverdolphin
Chip Roy Tells Texas to Ignore the Supreme Court
So, using this same logic, the state could defend itself against any minority simply by saying so. And if one starts to ignore the Supreme Court here, why obey them anywhere?
This shows the further degradation of the SCOTUS and its reputation. I would really like to see how big these tough guys are if the National Guard members there are ordered to leave and the Border Patrol surrounds the park, not letting anyone enter or leave. What if the Border Patrol just takes posession of the boat ramp needed by the Coast Guard to perform its duties?
This shows more the degradation of the Trump Party, which salivates for a dictatorship.
re: #212 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
This is the dip that got in trouble for posting a picture of Habba. He’s said that we need to end the war on alpha males. These “alpha males” are buffoons.
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And he got his just desserts from Trumpy Bear!
re: #210 Joe Bacon ✅
I think it’s time for Dr. Frankenstein and Igor to go to the Political Graveyard and shock Teddy Roosevelt’s Bull Moose Party back to life!
My hypothesis is this: the Wall Street/Main Street business critters would rather have stability than be ruled by nutballs. There are things they want to get passed that are just sitting there. They will make common cause with moderates in the Dems (ie Third Way Dems) to pass pro-business legislation. And will allow liberal social legislation as long as it does not really impact profits. The GOP goes the way of the Whigs.
This creates a Democratic super party but one that can now ignore the progressives.
This leaves the white working class/ rurals hanging, until the progressive wing reaches out hard to them in order to balance the moderate Dems. Things like two years of free college/training, infrastrucure upgrades to better support WFH economies, etc.
The Democrats now fracture and we again have two parties - a moderate one and a liberal one. The question for me is how many election cycles will this take. It happened relatively quickly in the late 1850s and early 1930s. Hope so this time.
re: #193 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Why would they insist on losing the general election? The Republican party is so broken.
my guess is that the present thinking among Republicans is that Trump is the only one that has a path in the electoral college. I think they’ve come to accept that they can’t win the popular vote (considering they’ve won it only once since 1988), so they know their only real path is someone who can win at the margins like Trump did in 2016.
The problem is that Trump now actually has a record to run on, and any time the election has been a referendum on his record, they have underperformed or just flat out lost.
A more cynical view is that they know they can’t get past Trump until he is thoroughly defeated and if he loses the EC twice in a row, and the popular vote three times, that might be enough to break the spell.
re: #213 KGxvi
It’s a presidential election, and Trump will be on the ballot, don’t need to worry about turnout in California. We’ve had turn out over 70% in every presidential election since 2000. Last time it was over 80%. Where turn out is an issue is in the midterms (despite our statewide elections being those years)
Also remember Dodds. And the SCOTUS will rule on mail-order abortion drugs before the election. And also on the ability of Executive branch departments to regulate anything without specific authorization by Congress (ie so specific drugs can only be approves by specific legislation from Congress, not to mention Clean Air and Clean Water).
There will be lots of reasons to show up.
re: #212 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I’m wondering if he did this on purpose to make himself go viral?
re: #198 Joe Bacon ✅
Ticks me off that there are three Democrats on the ballot that could split the vote and let Mr. I Can’t Keep My Twinkee In My Pants squeak thru.
In the general election, there will only be two candidates, so that scenario is not a threat.
The top two primary in CA screws over the good guys if 2 bad buys are the top two in the primary, leading to an R vs R race in the general. The chance of that happening for CA-SEN is extremely remote.
re: #196 silverdolphin
Boeing, not Spirit, mis-installed piece that blew off Alaska MAX 9 jet, industry source says
JFC. Apparently Boeing’s own records show that 4 critical bolts to hold the door-plug were not installed when the plane was delivered!! How many other QC defects flew under the radar (pun intended ;-)?
They were installed when the plane was delivered, but not put back when the plane went back for repairs and the plug was removed. (Although it’s being reported that there are lots of issues with bolts on Spirit’s deliveries.)
re: #223 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
I’ve had explosive bowel movements that color.
re: #217 KGxvi
The spell will only be broken when he dies. There is no other way out.
re: #221 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS
Boeing has a full order book for 737 MAX (nearly 4000 at the moment) and the previous MCAS fuckup plus COVID-19 stovepiped the delivery schedule. No delivery, no multi-million dollar bank transfer. Boeing is rolling out a complete 737 MAX daily now and checking that some unimportant bolts aren’t in place or torqued down to spec and then fixing the problem could slow down those bank transfers oops I mean delivery of complete certificated and properly inspected totally safe to fly multi-million dollar bank transfers oops I mean airframes. The first D check inspection in a couple of years time will catch the missing bolts anyway. Ship it! (and ignore the rattling noise from behind that panel).
re: #225 Ace Rothstein
The spell will only be broken when he dies. There is no other way out.
And even then, they will memorialize him and bemoan his greatness, all the while tearing each other to shreds in the process of trying to anoint a successor to the Cult of Trump.
re: #211 silverdolphin
Chip Roy Tells Texas to Ignore the Supreme Court
So, using this same logic, the state could defend itself against any minority simply by saying so. And if one starts to ignore the Supreme Court here, why obey them anywhere?
This shows the further degradation of the SCOTUS and its reputation. I would really like to see how big these tough guys are if the National Guard members there are ordered to leave and the Border Patrol surrounds the park, not letting anyone enter or leave. What if the Border Patrol just takes posession of the boat ramp needed by the Coast Guard to perform its duties?
they cant say the court is ‘rigged’ - it’s mostly their people
but it’s the same as the election was stolen argument
we didnt get the result we expected so…how do we get what we want
because that’s what it’s all about - ‘getting what we want’
if the election, if the voters, of the courts, if the jury agrees with us, then great. we have cover - the appearance of legitimacy.
if not, we’re still gonna do what we want anyway
rules and ‘the system’ are for suckers. (unless we win)
re: #226 Nojay UK
Boeing has a full order book for 737 MAX (nearly 4000 at the moment) and the previous MCAS fuckup plus COVID-19 stovepiped the delivery schedule. No delivery, no multi-million dollar bank transfer. Boeing is rolling out a complete 737 MAX daily now and checking that some unimportant bolts aren’t in place or torqued down to spec and then fixing the problem could slow down those bank transfers oops I mean delivery of complete certificated and properly inspected totally safe to fly multi-million dollar bank transfers oops I mean airframes. The first D check inspection in a couple of years time will catch the missing bolts anyway. Ship it! (and ignore the rattling noise from behind that panel).
The plane in question is not a 737 MAX….
re: #218 silverdolphin
Also remember Dodds. And the SCOTUS will rule on mail-order abortion drugs before the election. And also on the ability of Executive branch departments to regulate anything without specific authorization by Congress (ie so specific drugs can only be approves by specific legislation from Congress, not to mention Clean Air and Clean Water).
There will be lots of reasons to show up.
yeah but not free water
re: #229 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS
The plane in question is not a 737 MAX….
The Alaska Airlines plane that had the door panel problem was a 737 MAX 9. Am I missing something?
Said Judge Royce Lamberth, a Reagan appointee: “In my thirty-seven years on the bench, I cannot recall a time when such meritless justifications of criminal activity have gone mainstream.”
He added: “I have been shocked to watch some public figures try to rewrite history, claiming rioters behaved ‘in an orderly fashion’ like ordinary tourists, or martyrizing convicted January 6 defendants as ‘political prisoners’ or even, incredibly, ‘hostages.’ That is all preposterous. But the Court fears that such destructive, misguided rhetoric could presage further danger to our country.”
re: #223 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Not done yet. Put it back in.
re: #229 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS
The plane in question is not a 737 MAX….
It’s a 737 Max-9, a fuselage stretch of the first 737 MAX, superceding the -8 stretch over the original model MAX. Last I heard Boeing were offering a -10 stretch, not sure if anyone’s ordered or receiving them yet.
Boeing in Washington state complete final assembly and inspection of all 737 MAX airframes. They should catch missing bolts and other manufacturing faults even if Spirit has messed up (which they shouldn’t do anyway). I’d guess the rush to get billable product out the Seattle factory door and into the hands of repeat customers like South West Airways means that not all boxes are being ticked properly on the inspection checklists.
re: #223 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
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70 million people look at this freak and think he should be in charge of the country. The mind reels.
re: #226 Nojay UK
Boeing has a full order book for 737 MAX (nearly 4000 at the moment) and the previous MCAS fuckup plus COVID-19 stovepiped the delivery schedule. No delivery, no multi-million dollar bank transfer. Boeing is rolling out a complete 737 MAX daily now and checking that some unimportant bolts aren’t in place or torqued down to spec and then fixing the problem could slow down those bank transfers oops I mean delivery of complete certificated and properly inspected totally safe to fly multi-million dollar bank transfers oops I mean airframes. The first D check inspection in a couple of years time will catch the missing bolts anyway. Ship it! (and ignore the rattling noise from behind that panel).
Yep. The same mentality that destroyed McDonnell-Douglas is doing the same here. In some cases it is the same people. I believe tha under the old Brin, the 737Max would have been presented as a whole new plane. Instead they took the cheap way out and bolstered it onto an old airframe. The guy who made that decision - Boeing’s first CEO with no aviation experience - James McNerney
To my mind, Boeing’s huge mistake was in forcing Alan Mullaly out and putting McNerney.
They need an engineer at the head of the company. The current CEO is an accountant.
Unfortunately, the creator of Invincible appears to be a piece of crap corrupt businessman.
A legal battle between comic creator Robert Kirkman and an artist who says he was tricked into abandoning his copyright to Invincible has settled.
Lawyers for Kirkman and William Crabtree, a colorist for the first 50 issues who claims he co-created the series, notified the court of an agreement to resolve the case, according to a notice of settlement filed on Thursday. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. A jury trial was set to start Feb. 20.
The legal battle revolved around claims that Kirkman duped Crabtree into surrendering his ownership stake under the guise of making the title easier to sell to studios. The 2005 agreement stated that Kirkman was the “sole author” of Invincible and “owner of all rights of every kind and nature,” while characterizing Crabtree’s contributions as a “work-for-hire,” meaning that Kirkman was assigned any rights the colorist would’ve had to the series.
Robert Kirkman ‘Invincible’ Ownership Lawsuit Settles Just Ahead of Trial (THR)
re: #245 🐈 Crush White Nationalism 🐈
Unfortunately, the creator of Invincible appears to be a piece of crap corrupt businessman.
Robert Kirkman ‘Invincible’ Ownership Lawsuit Settles Just Ahead of Trial (THR)
Not the first time this has happened in the comics industry and it won’t be the last.
See also: Kane, Bob.
re: #246 TedStriker
Not the first time this has happened in the comics industry and it won’t be the last.
See also: Kane, Bob.
It’s not even the first time Kirkman did it.
re: #207 silverdolphin
Jones: Texas Should Secede With Musk As President
Now claims the Declaration of Independence allows Texas to secede. These guys are like the fire-eaters of the Civil War era. Going on and on about how the Federal government was not listening to them, and was going to take away their rights and that free and fair elections made the government illegitimate if it did not do exactly what they wanted and how the only thing left was to secede.
And that any secession would be great. It would result in a grand era of riches and wealth.
All so wrong. Sam Houston gave a great speech from a Southerner’s argument against Secession. He actually had many of the same views as Lincoln in 1860 (that the Union must be supported at all costs). He just came at the views from a state’s perspective rather than a Federal view - the same sort of debate the US has had from the beginning.
… to be again rent in twain by dissensions or through the ambition of selfish chieftains, and would become a prey to foreign powers.
Best political leaders Putin’s money can buy.
re: #244 silverdolphin
I believe tha under the old Brin, the 737Max would have been presented as a whole new plane. Instead they took the cheap way out and bolstered it onto an old airframe.
They couldn’t. South West Airlines only operates 737s, they have about 750 of them and all their pilots and first officers are qualified to fly 737s, and they weren’t the only short-haul airline looking for thousands of modernised 737-shaped flying blobs. The MAX was sold as a new 737 with the front-office crew able to upgrade their certifications for the MAX based on a one-hour iPad tutorial and exam. A “new” plane would mean new certifications, new ground-handling gear, a lot of expensive time and effort for the airlines and Boeing couldn’t sell them on that idea hence the MAX with the killer MCAS system.
The Airbus A320neo does all the things the MAX does, just about and it’s not designed to kill everyone on board if a minor part fails unlike the MAX but it’s not a 737 so SWA isn’t interested.
re: #234 Nerdy Fish
The Alaska Airlines plane that had the door panel problem was a 737 MAX 9. Am I missing something?
Sorry, I was thinking of a DIFFERENT 737 issue….
re: #150 nines09
Melanie.
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Mary Weiss.
Remember her?
She left us on Jan. 19.
75 years old
Also did you know:
It’s her voice in this meme:
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