The Glorious Chaos of Them Crooked Vultures: Live on Austin City Limits (Full Concert)
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Original Air Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010
Season 35, Episode 14
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Grohl seems to be on ACL a lot in a lot of different combos. The dude is kind of genius.
re: #5 Dave In Austin
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It’s a brave motherfucker who would get spritzed with that at a mall.
re: #3 De Kolta Chair
Her presentation is more about the collection and study of remains, rather than much on individual animals. She’s trying to emphasize that museums (like the Penn Museum) do important work.
This video must have come up on YouTube’s page for anyone that watches music today…that is some supreme search engine optimization. I watched it earlier this morning. It’s like YouTube magic that it’s here now!
And John Paul Jones…still has it. He and Dave Grohl are a powerful rhythm section.
re: #2 austin_blue
Probot and Play are both cool Grohl side projects too. I’d love to sit down and drink with that man. He never seems to stop.
re: #9 A Mom Anon
Probot and Play are both cool Grohl side projects too. I’d love to sit down and drink with that man. He never seems to stop.
No, he doesn’t, and he is such a roots music geek. I absolutely admire his commitment to musicology. Respect.
re: #12 austin_blue
An auld joke:
A lodger in a Scottish guest house in Milngavie, near Glasgow, was on his way to the bathroom carrying his shaving gear, when the landlady stopped him and asked, “Have you got a good memory for faces, Mr MacGregor?”
“Och aye,” Mac replied.
“That’s just as well,’” said the landlord, “Because there’s no mirror in the bathroom.”
We rewatched Incredibles 2, and there’s an interesting subplot that I think would be great to explore if Pixar wanted a third movie: how dangerous is the world because of the people who hate supers? I mean both of the movies were only partially about the heroes, but also about people who resent them and will put others in danger to feed that resentment.
re: #14 Belafon
We rewatched Incredibles 2, and there’s an interesting subplot that I think would be great to explore if Pixar wanted a third movie: how dangerous is the world because of the people who hate supers? I mean both of the movies were only partially about the heroes, but also about people who resent them and will put others in danger to feed that resentment.
It’s a metaphor for the Deplorables vs. The Elites.
Okay, I’ll throw this in. One of the most beautiful and beautifully structured songs ever written. Written by Mckay, on a fishing boat of the same name:
Oh, and that harp, which is obviously odd looking, was built by the Davies at Starfish Instruments as a prototype. Threw a chunk of the most used strings on a clarsach (trad Scottish harp) doubled into the middle of the instrument. Useful to a degree, but ultimately abandoned because it fucked up the players hand reach. I think that may be the only example of it.
I’ll see them next month and ask.
Oh, and Stout is playing fiddle. Because of course. He’s the best Shetland player in the world. And probably the best trad fiddle player in Scotland alive, regardless of provenance.
Based on personal experience, I think Chris is probably on the spectrum. He is not very socially ept. I have known many musicians who are like that. Just tooled down on their craft to the point of ignoring any outside influence. Eric Johnson is a great example.
re: #18 GlutenFreeJesus
Grohl loves to play at ACL. :D
He does! Saw him a couple of years ago in the new venue. It was an absolute monster of a show.
Now THIS is a false statement. They never met before. @RepMarkMeadows should delete this tweet & apologize.
But, here’s something every American should know: there were points during our @HouseIntel interview w/ @MichaelCohen212 where there were ZERO @HouseGOP members present. https://t.co/d2MGECEDqB— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) March 9, 2019
Sorry, Mr. Trump and Mr. Meadows. I was not part of any of the staff proffer sessions with Mr. Cohen.
You really should be more careful about making or propagating false statements if you wish to condemn Cohen and others.
I’m sure it was unintentional…. pic.twitter.com/DS2wote6Ri— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) March 9, 2019
Here’s a bit of interesting news regarding a Czech company, Semantic Visions.
Semantic Visions has been announced as the winner of a $250,000 grant to help fund the development of cutting-edge new technology to combat disinformation online.
“The Tech Challenge” was created as part of a transatlantic crackdown on the spread of disinformation - a collaboration between the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the Cabinet Office and the US State Department’s Global Engagement Centre (GEC).
Held yesterday in Bristol, the competition brought technology companies from across the globe together and gave them the opportunity to showcase new product ideas for tackling disinformation.
After a competitive pitch process, Semantic Visions secured the funding award to finance their platform which provides real-time detection of adversarial propaganda and disinformation and gives user joint situational awareness of event and emerging trends.
“Don’t tell me Republicans are racist,” says the guy who assumes African Americans don’t know anything about history and blindly vote Democratic because it’s a “plantation.” https://t.co/gmoYbDcai6
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 9, 2019
re: #23 Dread Pirate Whitebeard
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“DON’T CALL ME A RACIST!!!!” screams white man who thinks Democrats use welfare to bribe black voters when the largest percentage of welfare recipients are white.
Looks like President Oompa-Loompa has a nifty new idea:
In private discussions with his aides, US President Donald Trump has devised an eye-popping formula to address one of his long-standing complaints: that allies hosting US forces do not pay Washington enough money.
Under the formula, countries would pay the full cost of stationing American troops on their territory, plus 50 percent more, said US and foreign officials familiar with the idea, which could have allies contributing five times what they provide.
Trump calls the formula “cost plus 50,” and it has struck fear in the hearts of US allies who view it as extortionate.
Rumours that the formula could become a global standard have especially rattled Germany, Japan and South Korea, which host thousands of forces, and US officials have mentioned the demand to at least one country in a formal negotiation setting, said people familiar with the matter.
Basically, Trump views NATO as nothing more than a protection racket: he’s a wannabe Don Corleone, but without the wisdom and solid instincts that made Vito Corleone such a successful (fictitious) mobster.
This is exactly what would’ve happened if Fredo had taken over the Corleone crime family……and it’s Fredo’s all the way down.
It was such a dangerous act for DOJ to even begin this review, which came after Trump urged it, and the fact it’s still ongoing is even worse. Now we find out Whitaker lied about the records too. https://t.co/12Up33e9AQ
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) March 9, 2019
That Republican is out there, it cant be bargained with, it cant be reasoned with, it doesn’t feel pity or remorse or fear, and it absolutely will not stop lying…EVER, until you are dead!
re: #25 Dr Lizardo
Looks like President Oompa-Loompa has a nifty new idea:
Basically, Trump views NATO as nothing more than a protection racket: he’s a wannabe Don Corleone, but without the wisdom and solid instincts that made Vito Corleone such a successful (fictitious) mobster.
This is exactly what would’ve happened if Fredo had taken over the Corleone crime family……and it’s Fredo’s all the way down.
Like I said the other day, if you wish not to default to “He’s a Russian agent,” you could see this as a conman thinking he can extort money out of marks. But he doesn’t quite get that our allies don’t see themselves as marks and may finally be forced to bow to domestic pressure to demand we remove our forces from their territory.
I stumbled across ‘Formula 1: Drive to Survive’ on Netflix. Race car docu-series in 4K and I’m going to go out on a limb and say HDR also. It’s beautiful.
re: #27 Targetpractice
Like I said the other day, if you wish not to default to “He’s a Russian agent,” you could see this as a conman thinking he can extort money out of marks. But he doesn’t quite get that our allies don’t see themselves as marks and may finally be forced to bow to domestic pressure to demand we remove our forces from their territory.
Trump is a fair-to-middling swindler, and really, that’s about it.
If Trump were a Mafiosi, he’d be a caporegime that would end up either in New York Bay on the orders of the boss, or whacked by his own underlings (with permission from the head of their crime family) because of his utter incompetence.
re: #29 Dr Lizardo
Trump is a fair-to-middling swindler, and really, that’s about it.
He is also so damn egotistical that he cannot see when he is being played.
Rightwing snowflakes going to have a sad; they failed to torpedo Captain Marvel.
Are you going to have a sad now, snowflake? https://t.co/oir1OWmjtI
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 10, 2019
re: #25 Dr Lizardo
Looks like President Oompa-Loompa has a nifty new idea:
Basically, Trump views NATO as nothing more than a protection racket: he’s a wannabe Don Corleone, but without the wisdom and solid instincts that made Vito Corleone such a successful (fictitious) mobster.
This is exactly what would’ve happened if Fredo had taken over the Corleone crime family……and it’s Fredo’s all the way down.
I assume they are not only going to tell him No, but “Hell no!” I suspect even the Congressional GOP will revolt if Trump tries to withdraw our forces from Germany and Korea.
Lord, grant me the confidence of David Davis, who keeps opining about how to deliver Brexit, despite having spectacularly failed at his last job of *checks notes* delivering Brexit. #Marr
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) March 10, 2019
re: #31 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Rightwing snowflakes going to have a sad; they failed to torpedo Captain Marvel.
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#CaptainMarvel herself, @brielarson, popped in to theaters on Saturday night to surprise fans on opening weekend! #HigherFurtherFaster pic.twitter.com/TP7Nt8KkiE
— Captain Marvel (@captainmarvel) March 10, 2019
re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Its going to be a very interesting week for Brexit, what with votes scheduled Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. What a shitshow.
Hello, it feels weird to be up this early, Sprung forward and flying all darn day. Oh my need mah coffee!
re: #32 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I assume they are not only going to tell him No, but “Hell no!” I suspect even the Congressional GOP will revolt if Trump tries to withdraw our forces from Germany and Korea.
I would hope so, but with the GOP now firmly in Trump’s tiny-fingered grip - and in absolute terror of its own base, which Trump owns - I have my reservations as to whether they’d finally stand up to him and say no.
re: #37 Dr Lizardo
I would hope so, but with the GOP now firmly in Trump’s tiny-fingered grip - and in absolute terror of its own base, which Trump owns - I have my reservations as to whether they’d finally stand up to him and say no.
Enough of them have the moxie to join the Democrats to vote against Trump’s “emergency”, so I expect that a move as catastrophic as withdrawing our forces from Germany or Korea will engender an even greater GOP response. Graham in particular, who has always been a superhawk, would finally have to pull himself out of Trump’s ass.
re: #38 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Enough of them have the moxie to join the Democrats to vote against Trump’s “emergency”, so I expect that a move as catastrophic as withdrawing our forces from Germany or Korea will engender an even greater GOP response. Graham in particular, who has always been a superhawk, would finally have to pull himself out of Trump’s ass.
Amazing what might finally trigger real Senatorial oversight actions.
re: #39 Unshaken Defiance
Amazing what might finally trigger real Senatorial oversight actions.
Even the GOP Senate is starting to sense the long-term damage that Trump is about to bring down on everyone…
re: #40 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Even the GOP Senate is starting to sense the long-term damage that Trump is about to bring down on everyone…
But will they turn on him sufficiently before the 2020 elections?
I suppose it comes to how much the GOP Senators political instincts inform them about Trump’s re-election chances. If they figure he’s gonna go down, they’ll distance themselves from him as fast as they can so the Republican Senators up for re-election next November don’t end up getting dragged down with him.
If they sense it’s at best a 50/50 chance, they’ll occasionally engage in some “brow furrowing” and express “concerns” on the pundit talking head programs, but that’s about it.
If they figure Trump’s going to win, they’ll keep their mouths shut, at least publicly.
re: #41 Dr Lizardo
And I should’ve added, I’m sure they’ll be looking at the polling data as well, especially towards the end of this year, when the 2020 campaign unofficially begins in earnest.
re: #42 Dr Lizardo
And I should’ve added, I’m sure they’ll be looking at the polling data as well, especially towards the end of this year, when the 2020 campaign unofficially begins in earnest.
Their problem is that even while Trump is toxic to the general public, he remains super popular with the shrinking GOP base. So to avoid being primaried, they have to stay on his good side at least through primary season, if they draw a Trumpy challenger. And even then if they distance themselves too much from Trump they demoralize their core GOP voters they need to turn out in the Fall. The GOP has really put itself into a bind by embracing Trump, all for tax cuts and judges.
re: #41 Dr Lizardo
But will they turn on him sufficiently before the 2020 elections?
If they figure Trump’s going to win, they’ll keep their mouths shut, at least publicly.
They are working on ways to reign him in without appearing to oppose him.
But he is too much of a loose cannon.
Ethopian Airlines plane crashes shortly after takeoff, with no survivors. It’s the same model plane as one that crashed in Indonesia in October — Boeing 737 Max..
Following the crash of Lion Air flight 610 in Indonesia, Boeing issued an emergency notice that an erroneous sensor input could “cause the flight crew to have difficulty controlling the airplane,” leading to “possible impact with terrain.”
In the Lion Air crash, a malfunctioning sensor convinced the airplane’s software that the flight was stalling and corrected by pointing the nose down.
This model plane lacks a common override feature that allows pilots to reliably pull planes out of nose dives.
Oh. I see.
re: #32 NO SMOCKING GUN!
I assume they are not only going to tell him No, but “Hell no!” I suspect even the Congressional GOP will revolt if Trump tries to withdraw our forces from Germany and Korea.
Well, they wouldn’t let him withdraw from Syria.
On another topic, it’s the middle of the night and I am grumpy. I hate Daylight Savings Time.
re: #44 NO SMOCKING GUN!
re: #45 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Yep, the GOP is between the proverbial rock and a hard place; A cage of their own making.
And yes, I entirely agree, the GOP’s biggest problem is Trump himself. His loud mouth and endless braggadocio is great for firing up the base but at the same time, this increasingly turns off the general electorate - while it also fires up the Democrats base and motivates them to turn out to get rid of the GOP where this is possible.
The only things really keeping the U.S.S. Grand Old Party afloat are the Electoral College and voter suppression/gerrymandering: without those two, the Republicans are reduced to little more than a regional party. Remove those two factors, and the only place where they’d still have any relevance on the national level would be the Senate.
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Stockholm excitement… Bus driven by LNG ignores height restriction…
Wakey wakey, Trump supporters.
Arizona ranchers who supported Trump’s imaginary racist wall now have doubts about border plans https://t.co/4KZXYXNq1O
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) March 10, 2019
“…Gary Thrasher, a rancher and veterinarian, voted for Trump and supported the wall, but has doubts after what’s happened at Ladd’s ranch.
“It’s sickening to me that that much has been invested in something not well thought out,” said Thrasher, 73.”
re: #48 Dr Lizardo
Yep, the GOP is between the proverbial rock and a hard place; A cage of their own making.
And yes, I entirely agree, the GOP’s biggest problem is Trump himself. His loud mouth and endless braggadocio is great for firing up the base but at the same time, this increasingly turns off the general electorate - while it also fires up the Democrats base and motivates them to turn out to get rid of the GOP where this is possible.
The only things really keeping the U.S.S. Grand Old Party afloat are the Electoral College and voter suppression/gerrymandering: without those two, the Republicans are reduced to little more than a regional party. Remove those two factors, and the only place where they’d still have any relevance on the national level would be the Senate.
I agree and then I think about all the selfish white people easily swayed with tax cuts and bigotry. Brought us Nixon Reagan Bush drumpf. They don’t seem capable of learning except the hard way
re: #49 jeffreyw
“Hey! Over there! Cat!”
re: #52 Old Liberal
I agree and then I think about all the selfish white people easily swayed with tax cuts and bigotry. Brought us Nixon Reagan Bush drumpf. They don’t seem capable of learning except the hard way
Unfortunately most of those idiots can’t even learn the hard way.
re: #51 jaunte
“I never expected the thing I supported would come to affect me personally!!”
See, also Brexit.
re: #51 jaunte
Wakey wakey, Trump supporters.
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Not much sympathy tbh. They didn’t listen. They were too busy embracing Trump because he exploited their resentments.
re: #54 BlueSpotinAL
Unfortunately most of those idiots can’t even learn the hard way.
People Voting For Leopards Eating Faces
re: #56 HappyWarrior
Who could have predicted that “build a wall, and Mexico will pay for it” was not a well thought out plan?
re: #56 HappyWarrior
Not much sympathy tbh. They didn’t listen. They were too busy embracing Trump because he exploited their resentments.
“We’re gonna build a Wall!”
“Yeah, MAGA!!”
“We’re gonna build part of it on your property!”
“Now, wait just a doggone minute there, podner.”
“And we’re the government, so we’ll just take what we need and give you a fair price.”
“No you won’t!”
“Yes we will. It’s a national emergency!!”
“…”
What pocket universe were all these surprised Trump supporters living in that they missed the rise of Trump the tv fake, the casino swindler, the real-estate con man?
While Paul Manafort gets a slap on the wrist, Bibi’s boys commit war crimes & get similar lite “penalties”
3 of 5 IDF soldiers get 6.5 months for beating Palestinians https://t.co/SW3fFOqpR0
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) March 10, 2019
re: #58 jaunte
Who could have predicted that “build a wall, and Mexico will pay for it” was not a well thought out plan?
Exactly
re: #59 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
“We’re gonna build a Wall!”
“Yeah, MAGA!!”
“We’re gonna build part of it on your property!”
“Now, wait just a doggone minute there, podner.”
“And we’re the government, so we’ll just take what we need and give you a fair price.”
“No you won’t!”
“Yes we will. It’s a national emergency!!”
“…”
Right. They’re finding out the hard way that the beautiful wall Trump promised would impact them. They were warned.
re: #60 jaunte
What pocket universe were all these surprised Trump supporters living in that they missed the rise of Trump the tv fake, the casino swindler, the real-estate con man?
This is what gets me: as I’ve said here before, I’ve known about this fool and his shenanigans since the late ’80s. Hell, my dad called him a “two-bit shyster” and a “conman”. It was after the publication of ‘The Art of the Deal’ that he rose to national prominence - lots of interviews on talk shows around that time.
Then in the ’90s, his financial shenanigans caught up with him and his personal life became the stuff of tabloid fodder.
Were these people all asleep under a rock or something?
re: #64 Dr Lizardo
This is what gets me: as I’ve said here before, I’ve known about this fool and his shenanigans since the late ’80s. Hell, my dad called him a “two-bit shyster” and a “conman”. It was after the publication of ‘The Art of the Deal’ that he rose to national prominence - lots of interviews on talk shows around that time.
Then in the ’90s, his financial shenanigans caught up with him and his personal life became the stuff of tabloid fodder.
Were these people all asleep under a rock or something?
Hell I was only a kid in the 90’s and thought most people saw Trump the same way we later saw Paris Hilton. A vapid, attention seeker, and unintelligent person famous for being famous.
The most amusing thing to me is seeing the same people who called Bill Clinton immoral embracing this guy as a holy messager. I know it’s because of Roe and the judges but holy crap, they couldn’t be more blatantly frauds.
If a hijab is indicative of loyalty to Sharia law what is autographing bibles indicative of?
— oooKILROYooo (@BJB_says) March 10, 2019
re: #65 HappyWarrior
Hell I was only a kid in the 90’s and thought most people saw Trump the same way we later saw Paris Hilton. A vapid, attention seeker, and unintelligent person famous for being famous.
Pretty much - he’s never been anything more than a self-aggrandizing carnival barker.
re: #67 The Vicious Babushka
What did Pirro say?
re: #53 A hollow voice says, Collusion!
“Hey! Over there! Cat!”
An adult Cooper’s Hawk is about crow sized. Cats have nothing to fear from this one except competition for those succulent songbirds.
re: #68 Dr Lizardo
Pretty much - he’s never been anything more than a self-aggrandizing carnival barker.
Right. It really says a lot about the right that he’s gotten to them in a way someone like McCain who I wasn’t a fan of could not.
re: #51 jaunte
Wakey wakey, Trump supporters.
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But you can be sure that, even with this going on, he’d still sooner stick his dick in a blender than vote for a Democrat. Why? “Because they want open borders and we can’t have them illegals in here!”
He’s not against building a wall, he just doesn’t want it built on his property. Like all the folks who loved Keystone XL…until they had folks on their front porch, telling them they were there to “buy” the land for a “fair price.”
re: #64 Dr Lizardo
This is what gets me: as I’ve said here before, I’ve known about this fool and his shenanigans since the late ’80s. Hell, my dad called him a “two-bit shyster” and a “conman”. It was after the publication of ‘The Art of the Deal’ that he rose to national prominence - lots of interviews on talk shows around that time.
Then in the ’90s, his financial shenanigans caught up with him and his personal life became the stuff of tabloid fodder.
Were these people all asleep under a rock or something?
He’s the Manchruan candidate, but since he’s a Republican and the other country is Russia, it’s ok to these people because it’s about maintaining power.
re: #48 Dr Lizardo
The only things really keeping the U.S.S. Grand Old Party afloat are the Electoral College and voter suppression/gerrymandering: without those two, the Republicans are reduced to little more than a regional party. Remove those two factors, and the only place where they’d still have any relevance on the national level would be the Senate.
And the structure of the senate in which less densely populated states are over-represented.
re: #31 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Rightwing snowflakes going to have a sad; they failed to torpedo Captain Marvel.
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FFS, I had my issues with Alita, but it still pisses me off that these fuckwits only want people to see it to hurt Marvel for daring to give a woman the starring role in one of their films.
re: #51 jaunte
Wakey wakey, Trump supporters.
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re: #51 jaunte
Wakey wakey, Trump supporters.
“It’s sickening to me that that much has been invested in something not well thought out,” said Thrasher, 73.”
Say it again: the wall is just a symbol and a rallying point. There are no concrete plans or studies, no environmental or legal impact statements, not even a proposed budget or timetable, just demands for funding.
re: #73 Belafon
He’s the Manchruan candidate, but since he’s a Republican and the other country is Russia, it’s ok to these people because it’s about maintaining power.
I can’t help but wonder what lengths the GOP and their base will go to in order to maintain power.
I’m thinking…..it wouldn’t be good. Actually, it would most certainly be un-American.
re: #69 Dr Lizardo
What did Pirro say?
Fox host Jeanine Pirro says that Ilhan Omar’s hijab may mean that she’s against the Constitution. pic.twitter.com/yxGRVoYkQm
— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) March 10, 2019
re: #78 Backwoods_Sleuth
Fox host Jeanine Pirro says that Ilhan Omar’s hijab may mean that she’s against the Constitution.
This is a view that is supported in a German ruling that Muslim public schoolteachers may not wear a headscarf.
re: #78 Backwoods_Sleuth
Oh, she’s just spewing more bigoted nonsense from her piehole.
No surprise there.
“Did you ever hear about the time I met Laura Linney?” pic.twitter.com/pS9vroDcm2
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) March 10, 2019
Ask Trump how much he believes about the Constitution. I guarantee it’s less than Omar.
re: #64 Dr Lizardo
This is what gets me: as I’ve said here before, I’ve known about this fool and his shenanigans since the late ’80s. Hell, my dad called him a “two-bit shyster” and a “conman”. It was after the publication of ‘The Art of the Deal’ that he rose to national prominence - lots of interviews on talk shows around that time.
Then in the ’90s, his financial shenanigans caught up with him and his personal life became the stuff of tabloid fodder.
Were these people all asleep under a rock or something?
No. And they weren’t fooled, either. They weren’t conned, or misinformed. They all knew exactly what they were voting for, just as we all knew exactly what we were voting against. The only places where Trumpers voted for a ‘better deal’, or for ‘an outsider’, or out of ‘economic anxiety’ are on the pages of the New York Times.
CNN can pretend and normalise all it wants, but all of us, Trumpers or not, know exactly what the vote was about. Trumpers wanted the freedom to publicly express their hate. They wanted all of us to know that they hated us, and that being an awful white man was still just fine, because of the white man part.
re: #38 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Enough of them have the moxie to join the Democrats to vote against Trump’s “emergency”, so I expect that a move as catastrophic as withdrawing our forces from Germany or Korea will engender an even greater GOP response. Graham in particular, who has always been a superhawk, would finally have to pull himself out of Trump’s ass.
That bit about Graham…I’m no longer so sure about. But you do make a good point. If Graham says nothing about any of these demands for payment or we are out then we know for sure he is compromised.
And here is Meat the Chuck. Pounding on the Democrats for, well, everything. Ugh. United and divided.
We have our work cut out for us.
re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Mom, Grandpa keeps on offering the waiter a spot in his business that failed years ago.
He doesn’t want to vote on something smart that could help more Americans exercise their right to vote and begin to get excessive special interest money out of politics. Why? Very simple - he benefits from a more corrupt and less voter friendly system, always has. https://t.co/2qHJO2Tmaz
— Amy McGrath (@AmyMcGrathKY) March 10, 2019
What a harrowing tale. Glad everyone made it out ok. https://t.co/Es9addE2ng
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) March 10, 2019
Devin Nunes hops onto the coffeeshop hipster anecdote circuit.
re: #69 Dr Lizardo
What did Pirro say?
Fox News’s Jeanine Pirro suggests Ilhan Omar’s hijab is “indicative” of loyalty to Sharia law https://t.co/jpBACu7bYs pic.twitter.com/UlFgwG1RmP
— The Hill (@thehill) March 10, 2019
re: #90 The Vicious Babushka
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How about Christians who wear crosses and crucifixes, Jeanine? Are they also following religious law?
re: #84 HappyWarrior
Ask Trump how much he
believesknows about the Constitution. I guarantee it’s less thanOmarANYONE.
FTFY
It was cold. We couldn’t hear him and he couldn’t hear us because of Marine 1. If only there were a room with a podium and lights, cameras and mics. Seats for reporters. And members of the administration could brief us on the news of the day. If only. @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/dxCvz6aVSZ
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) March 10, 2019
re: #70 jeffreyw
An adult Cooper’s Hawk is about crow sized. Cats have nothing to fear from this one except competition for those succulent songbirds.
I had in mind the hawk misdirecting the birds it was hunting. (There are Coopers hawks around here, but you rarely see them.)
re: #90 The Vicious Babushka
I remember when conservatives thought JFK would only be loyal to “the Pope in Rome.” Not sure why they insisted on specifying the city.
re: #49 jeffreyw
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Uh Oh! The other birdies coming to Jeffrey’s Fly-in better watch out. Someone else is lurking looking for dinner.
(Unless that image is not at the Fly-in.)
Let’s do the same unsuccessful thing as before, but this time ask for way more money. That’ll work, right?
President Trump on Monday will request at least $8.6 billion in new funding to build additional sections of a wall along the Mexico border, two people familiar with the request said Sunday.
As part of a broader spending package, Trump will seek $5 billion in additional funds for the Department of Homeland Security and another $3.6 billion in military construction funds. This money would come in addition to the roughly $6.5 billion Trump said he was redirecting for the wall’s construction last month.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth
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More realistically: He won’t allow a vote on HR1 because there’s no way to spin GOP opposition in their favor. But he figures he can spin any Senate Dem votes for the GND as votes for “socialism,” so he’s pushing forward with a vote on it.
re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth
Man, that expression on the orange shit-goblin in the top picture is the epitome of senile-old-man.
“I’m going to be working for you, I’m not going to have time to play golf.”
—Trump, 2016 Campaign Promise. https://t.co/Sj0iR9jCDe— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 10, 2019
re: #99 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Man, that expression on the orange shit-goblin in the top picture is the epitome of senile-old-man.
He looks like he slept in that polo shirt.
re: #95 jaunte
I remember when conservatives thought JFK would only be loyal to “the Pope in Rome.” Not sure why they insisted on specifying the city.
Maybe they think there’s still one in Avignon. They’re pretty far out of date.
re: #101 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
He looks like he slept in that polo shirt.
That, too. But, TAN SUIT.
re: #101 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
He looks like he slept in that polo shirt.
I’m trying to figure out what that pile of gravel-looking stuff is that is on his plate in the second pic, and what the white crap is on the empty seat on the left.
These are very messy people
moron is so full of shit
Despite the most hostile and corrupt media in the history of American politics, the Trump Administration has accomplished more in its first two years than any other Administration. Judges, biggest Tax & Regulation Cuts, V.A. Choice, Best Economy, Lowest Unemployment & much more!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 10, 2019
More people are working today in the United States, 158,000,000, than at any time in our Country’s history. That is a Big Deal!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 10, 2019
re: #60 jaunte
What pocket universe were all these surprised Trump supporters living in that they missed the rise of Trump the tv fake, the casino swindler, the real-estate con man?
Have you ever seen the commercials like they run here in Ohio about the opioid crisis.
it’s whole theme is based on a clueless little town called Denial, Ohio.
It is full of people expressing total ignorance and saying there is no opioid problem in Denial.
Same thing about Trump getting elected. Ignorance. Denial.
Welcome to the 51st state in America. The state of Denial USA.
Now just add Ann Coulter and an omelette station and you’ve got the romcom no one wants or needs. https://t.co/emuYQz2N6j
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 10, 2019
re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m trying to figure out what that pile of gravel-looking stuff is that is on his plate in the second pic, and what the white crap is on the empty seat on the left.
These are very messy people
That’s what the help is for — cleaning up messes they leave.
“Melania, standing by, assumed David was the foreign minister and she said to me: ‘Julie, will you be coming to my ladies’ lunch tomorrow?,”
“And I said ‘No, David’s going to the partners’ lunch’.
“So this went on until the president explained that I was the foreign minister.” https://t.co/hp7yX4cT2w— Lulu Garcia-Navarro (@lourdesgnavarro) March 10, 2019
re: #95 jaunte
I remember when conservatives thought JFK would only be loyal to “the Pope in Rome.” Not sure why they insisted on specifying the city.
The little known Pope in Veince I guess.
Could this be a devious plan to shrink the size of the federal work force? This budget proposal will inevitably lead to shut down & cause federal employees to consider their options. Very Bannon-like. https://t.co/8uS6uhVOL7
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) March 10, 2019
re: #90 The Vicious Babushka
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She wouldn’t say that shit about a Christian wearing a cross.
re: #91 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
How about Christians who wear crosses and crucifixes, Jeanine? Are they also following religious law?
You may not want to ask that…because you most likely will get the whole “In God We Trust” for sure America is based on the Christian religion argument. So, yes there are many in this county who would be just fine saying they are following religious law.
A bad dog owner dumped this pup at a kill shelter when he got too big and too much to handle…they didn’t know he was 88% Gray Wolf 😱🐶 He was then saved by a wolf sanctuary!https://t.co/etaU0ssmoi
(@ShyWolfSanct) pic.twitter.com/4ssO9ubDqG— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) March 10, 2019
re: #113 HappyWarrior
She wouldn’t say that shit about a Christian wearing a cross.
What about Orthodox Jewish women who cover their hair?
The face you make when you’re only one Frequent Customer Punch-Card visit away from a free handjob. https://t.co/68BWPrBPIh
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 9, 2019
re: #114 ObserverArt
You may not want to ask that…because you most likely will get the whole “In God We Trust” for sure America is based on the Christian religion. So, yes there are many in this county who would be just fine saying they are following religious law.
I know. It has to be the “right” religious law, of course. //
NEW: My investigation into the $125,000 paid to Manafort’s lawyers that Manafort allegedly lied about. Until now, source of $$ had been identified only as Firm A.
We report Firm A is Va. based Multi Media Services Corp, owned by GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio https://t.co/IKkFQiqFrd— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) March 10, 2019
Tony Fabrizio’s dual role as: a) the owner of MMSC, which was the biggest vendor by far to the top pro-Trump super PAC, Rebuilding America Now, and b) his job as the Trump campaign’s lead pollster, has not been reported until now.
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) March 10, 2019
Rebuilding America Now paid Fabrizio’s firm MMSC unusually high commission rates on ad buys, so high that PAC donors actually questioned them in 2016. Now we know why: Fabrizio and Laurance Gay had a secret commission split arrangement: 6% rate was paid to MMSC, and Gay got 3%.
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) March 10, 2019
re: #116 The Vicious Babushka
What about Orthodox Jewish women who cover their hair?
She probably would. TBH it’s disgusting to question her love of this country especially since she came here by choice.
re: #116 The Vicious Babushka
What about Orthodox Jewish women who cover their hair?
And Catholic nuns…
re: #116 The Vicious Babushka
What about Orthodox Jewish women who cover their hair?
They don’t need excuses to hate Jews.
What if traditional Muslim women all switched to wigs instead of hijab?
re: #89 jaunte
I love The Straw Police—especially their hot single, Every Sip You Take ( I’ll Be Watching You) https://t.co/9k1Xi06Hjs
— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) March 10, 2019
re: #122 A hollow voice says, Collusion!
They don’t need excuses to hate Jews.
What if traditional Muslim women all switched to wigs instead of hijab?
JIHAD TOUPEES!!!11ty
re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth
Because the last shutdown worked out so well for Trump, right?
Liz Cheney learned how to be a complete asshole from her father I see. She was on Meat The Chuck today and she made a huge deal about Democrats have a big antisemitism problem.
Looks like we know what one of the big “issues” is going to be in the 2020 elections. The Democrats are the party of hate and they only passed that funky anti-hate bill to cover for themselves.
Also, the Democrats are crazy dangerous and their New Green Deal is going to strip America of, well, everything we enjoy now and it is being led by young mouthy Democrats that are dangerous for you and yours.
Time to get to work putting those fires out.
And we are going to have to deal with Bernard, who seems to be making decent numbers and could be Trump-like in that he comes out on top because of too many candidates splitting up the numbers.
re: #48 Dr Lizardo
Yep, the GOP is between the proverbial rock and a hard place; A cage of their own making.
And yes, I entirely agree, the GOP’s biggest problem is Trump himself. His loud mouth and endless braggadocio is great for firing up the base but at the same time, this increasingly turns off the general electorate - while it also fires up the Democrats base and motivates them to turn out to get rid of the GOP where this is possible.
The only things really keeping the U.S.S. Grand Old Party afloat are the Electoral College and voter suppression/gerrymandering: without those two, the Republicans are reduced to little more than a regional party. Remove those two factors, and the only place where they’d still have any relevance on the national level would be the Senate.
Which is why I think that if the democrats win control of Congress in 2020, their first order of business after abolishing the filibuster should be to make D.C. and P.R. (and I think even the Pacific islands) states to immediately seat 4-6 new Senators to help rectify the imbalance in favor of rural whites. They should expand the House as well to further help rectify the imbalance.
I can’t believe I agree with Donald Trump on something, but he’s right. Ann Coulter is indeed a wacky nut job.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 10, 2019
re: #95 jaunte
I remember when conservatives thought JFK would only be loyal to “the Pope in Rome.” Not sure why they insisted on specifying the city.
Just in case another anti-Pope in Paris pops up?//
FYI, @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/p1ZR7KLYfM
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) March 10, 2019
re: #84 HappyWarrior
Ask Trump how much he believes about the Constitution. I guarantee it’s less than Omar.
Actions outweigh words. Trump opposes constitutional safeguards before breakfast most days.
LMAO
So a 93-year-old #woman in #lululemon running gear told the guy #manspreading next to me at the bus stop to “keep your knees together and stop invading this young woman’s space. You can air your balls at home.”#OMG.#InternationalWomensDay #WomensDay
— Daphne S. Ling 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈🧠🧒💊 (@daph_ling) March 9, 2019
re: #126 ObserverArt
Liz Cheney learned how to be a complete asshole from her father I see. She was on Meat The Chuck today and she made a huge deal about Democrats have a big antisemitism problem.
Looks like we know what one of the big “issues” is going to be in the 2020 elections. The Democrats are the party of hate and they only passed that funky anti-hate bill to cover for themselves.
Also, the Democrats are crazy dangerous and their New Green Deal is going to strip America of, well, everything we enjoy now and it is being led by young mouthy Democrats that are dangerous for you and yours.
Time to get to work putting those fires out.
And we are going to have to deal with Bernard, who seems to be making decent numbers and could be Trump-like in that he comes out on top because of too many candidates splitting up the numbers.
I think the Democrats have proportional distribution of delegates all the way through the primaries. So what I fear is that Bernie gets the plurality of delegates, then the nomination is “stolen” from him as the anybody but bernie faction selects a different candidate, then Bernie sulks and the berniebros work to re-elect Trump. Bernie needs to be defeated early and not have the lead in delegates going into the convention.
My wife recently found out about an outfit called the New York Adventure Club, which arranges tours of buildings and NY landmarks. Today, we’re going to venture out in the rain to go into the city for a tour of the Czech Republic Consulate, complete with a room full of Antonín Dvořák artifacts. Should be cool! I’m taking my camera.
And there you go. Bibi Netanyahu blurting out the parts that are supposed to be left unsaid. Hillel standing on one foot could not give a better single-sentence summary of the existential threat that confronts democracy in Israel. https://t.co/xb6gpvqfI8
— David Simon (@AoDespair) March 10, 2019
re: #118 wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam
I know. It has to be the “right” religious law, of course. //
Those sarc lines are unnecessary here: this probably is exactly what idiot “Judge Jeanine” means. Ginning up Islamophobia is always a cheap-points move for the wingers; and the last thing any GOP hack is going to want to do is even hint at the smallest bit of anti-Jewish prejudices: they want to save that to try to hang around the necks of Democrats.
Straws? Sounds like you took your family to a pretty fancy restaurant there, Rockefeller. Probably even has crayons for coloring the place mats.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 10, 2019
re: #135 Patricia Kayden
David Simon ✔
@AoDespair
And there you go. Bibi Netanyahu blurting out the parts that are supposed to be left unsaid. Hillel standing on one foot could not give a better single-sentence summary of the existential threat that confronts democracy in Israel.
I wonder what Liz Cheney has to say about that?
Most likely not a damn thing. It serves her no purpose.
The straw thing just pisses me off. Adapt people, it’s a fucking straw. Sip out of the cup. Bring your own straw. Goddamn. If we can’t make the little changes without this horseshit, then we are well and truly fucked.
re: #141 Dr Lizardo
More like 283 pounds. That I’d believe.
I’ll see your 283, and raise you with a 328.
On the tech side of things, I took my wife’s old HP netbook—28GBHDD, 2GB RAM— (and converted it to Ubuntu a couple of years ago. Needing a laptop since getting laid off, I pulled it out and gave it a quick update - still on 16.04 for now - but the browsers (Opera, Firefox) both sucked…pages would hang, really a pain. I put Chromium on it and now it acts like a regular computer. I was also able to connect our HP printer to the new mesh network I put in this week, which I hadn’t been able to do with my windows machine…go figure.
Taking advantage of Google’s free year of cloud servers for anything I need real horsepower on as I can ssh in from this thing.
It’s kind of fun getting my tech shit together. The 140 bucks I spent on a modem is nothing compared to the 11 bucks a month I gave Comcast to ‘rent’ a modem for 8 fucking years.
re: #143 makeitstop
I’ll see your 283, and raise you with a 328.
I’ll see your 283, and raise you with an 832.
//
re: #147 darthstar
Be gone, Satan. (Yes, I kid)
re: #147 darthstar
Trump does have some nice moobs.
No, no he doesn’t.
Also, he is wearing a polo shirt with sleeves that come down to his elbows. The shirt is way too wide at the shoulder, presumably because to get it to go around his stomach it needs to be enormous. That leaves the shoulders too wide, because your shoulders don’t widen much when your midsection does. He needs to quit spending money on gold paint and overdone steaks and get a decently fitted wardrobe.
re: #145 darthstar
It’s kind of fun getting my tech shit together. The 140 bucks I spent on a modem is nothing compared to the 11 bucks a month I gave Comcast to ‘rent’ a modem for 8 fucking years.
I’m seriously thinking about getting rid of my current Netgear NightHawk AC1900 cable modem+router and go to separate components.
Why?
Because who the hell knows what kind of firmware my ISP is pushing down to it as Netgear doesn’t provide firmware updates for this integrated device type. That’s another reason why I use an VPN that works across all of my devices.
re: #144 HappyWarrior
That’s not socialism, you idiot.
If it is, I guess a ban on DDT, asbestos, and lead paint also qualify.
re: #134 makeitstop
My wife recently found out about an outfit called the New York Adventure Club, which arranges tours of buildings and NY landmarks. Today, we’re going to venture out in the rain to go into the city for a tour of the Czech Republic Consulate, complete with a room full of Antonín Dvořák artifacts. Should be cool! I’m taking my camera.
Planning a pub run in Chelsea tonight…
The issue with plastic is a failure of our market economy.
A market can only function if the price of an item reflects its actual (total ) costs.
And that is the case with most all plastic; it is cheap to manufacture and distribute, easy and convenient to use, but the disposal costs are high.
But the latter get socialized.
I am happy to live in a country where there is a mandatory deposit on most soft drink and beer bottles, and most plastic is recycled through a dual system of trash collection.
If the price of plastic starts to reflect its actual cost, then people will recycle or find alternatives.
Markets do not work properly unless they are well regulated, just like militias…
re: #157 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The issue with plastic is a failure of a market economy.
A market can only function if the price of an item reflects its actual (total ) costs.
And that is the case with most all plastic; it is cheap to manufacture and distribute, easy and convenient to use, but the disposal costs are high.
But the latter get socialized.
I am happy to live in a country where there is a mandatory deposit on most soft drink and beer bottles, and most plastic is recycled through a dual system of trash collection.
If the price of plastic starts to reflect its actual cost, then people will recycle or find alternatives.
Markets do not work properly unless they are well regulated, just like militias…
Problem is that at least here it’s getting harder to find someone to recycle that plastic without charging a lot to do so. China used to pay for plastic waste but now they’re getting pickier about what they’ll take.
re: #158 calochortus
Problem is that at least here it’s getting harder to find someone to recycle that plastic without charging a lot to do so. China used to pay for plastic waste but now they’re getting pickier about what they’ll take.
Germany established a dual system decades ago and it works fine.
But they are a socialist hellhole that no True American would want to live in.
re: #158 calochortus
Problem is that at least here it’s getting harder to find someone to recycle that plastic without charging a lot to do so. China used to pay for plastic waste but now they’re getting pickier about what they’ll take.
We need to revive glass for containers. Milk etc
re: #136 HappyWarrior
Bibi needs to go the fuck away.
Directly to jail. Do not pass Go, Do not collect $200.
re: #144 HappyWarrior
That’s not socialism, you idiot.
Under socialism you will only get a straw if you want one, whereas under good freedom straws are mandatory. https://t.co/fgHMvBOYKV
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 10, 2019
re: #160 Unshaken Defiance
We need to revive glass for containers. Milk etc
Except that it increases transportation costs/fuel consumption because of the weight.
Plastic recycles poorly when compared to glass aluminum or steel.
Happy Warrior…sports talk!
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re: #154 Eric The Fruit Bat
I’m seriously thinking about getting rid of my current Netgear NightHawk AC1900 cable modem+router and go to separate components.
Why?
Because who the hell knows what kind of firmware my ISP is pushing down to it as Netgear doesn’t provide firmware updates for this integrated device type. That’s another reason why I use an VPN that works across all of my devices.
I’ve been of the same mind, even before Comcast has been issuing combo modem/WiFi routers by default to all resi customers to expand their Xfinity hotspot network. For a few years now, all Xfinity combo modems/WiFi routers have two wireless networks: your “private” WiFi that counts against your bandwidth cap, the same as your wired traffic (for most Comcast customers, that’s 1TB/month total), and a “public” WiFi network that can be accessed by any Xfinity Internet customer that has Xfinity Hotspot access (which is most Xfinity Internet customers except the ones on the cheapest Internet tiers) and whose traffic does not count against your monthly cap (and which can be a PITA to disable, requiring a call to Comcast customer service to turn the Hotspot functionality off).
While that’s handy for me for me to have another connectivity path when I’m out and about by being able to connect to a Xfinity Hotspot, I don’t particularly want other people’s wireless Internet traffic to come across my equipment at home, even if it is on a segregated WiFi network that doesn’t count against my monthly cap (which it wouldn’t anyway, because I pay for the Unlimited Data option); it’s just too much of a possible security hole to ignore, especially if exploits are found in Comcast’s firmware. For years, I’ve run separate modems and routers that I own outright; that way, I can get what I the features I need/want and don’t have to pay Comcast rental fees.
Right now, I run a Motorola Networks MB8600 DOCSIS 3.1 modem with an Asus RT-AC86U router running AsusWRT-Merlin firmware with WiFi disabled doing my network routing only (augmented with a Cisco SLM2024 24-port Gigabit switch), with two more Asus RT-AC1750_B1 routers in Asus’ AiMesh configuration connected to the AC86U to provide wireless coverage throughout my house. If you’re on Comcast, check here for their list of approved modems: mydeviceinfo.xfinity.com
re: #163 calochortus
Except that it increases transportation costs/fuel consumption because of the weight.
True but seems better if moved and smelted with green electricity.
re: #165 ObserverArt
Happy Warrior…sports talk!
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re: #159 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Germany established a dual system decades ago and it works fine.
But they are a socialist hellhole that no True American would want to live in.
Apparently the problem is in non-recyclables getting mixed in with the recyclables. It is not always easy to know exactly what is recyclable and what isn’t. Then there are the people who come to install something or other at your house and throw all the packaging into your recycling cart because it’s easy, never mind whether it’s recyclable or not. China will no longer take “contaminated” lots of stuff.
re: #167 Unshaken Defiance
True but seems better if moved and smelted with green electricity.
It’s complicated…
Tim Apple’s got a whole new entourage:
— Scott Knaster (@scottknaster) March 7, 2019
re: #165 ObserverArt
Speaking of dysfunctional franchises - a Knicks fan saw owner James Dolan exiting the Garden yesterday and yelled ‘Sell the team!’ at him.
Dolan called the guy over and told him he was being banned from MSG, telling him ‘Enjoy watching them on television.’
Dolan’s stayed out of the way since changing Knicks upper management after Phil Jackson, but this is a perfect illustration of what a complete dickhead he can be.
New rule, know what socialism actually is before you make it the bad guy and if the worst thing in your life is sucking on a paper straw, you’re doing ok I think.
Putin is trying to ride a horse, but is going backwards instead of moving forward. I’m sure there’s a metaphor somewhere in there.#Russiahttps://t.co/GzCa3mGK9b
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) March 10, 2019
Yes, soap is slippery on bathroom floors…
Or have a brake failure when he’s travelling somewhere…
Accidents do happen, you know…— Teo (@Teukka72) March 10, 2019
About the time plastic straws came in, tearing off one end of the wrapper and blowing into the straw stopped sending it across the room as a projectile, like when I was in school. Fuck plastic straws, is what I’m saying….
re: #173 HappyWarrior
New rule, know what socialism actually is before you make it the bad guy and if the worst thing in your life is sucking on a paper straw, you’re doing ok I think.
Yeah, but then these are the same people that would look at the good public transportation system we enjoy here in Ostrava and start muttering about GODLESS BOLSHEVISM! or something.
re: #164 Unshaken Defiance
Plastic recycles poorly when compared to glass aluminum or steel.
PET (clear food and soft drink) bottles is pretty good for recycling. I think other plastics can be developed that have a full loop from manufacture to recycle can be developed if they put in the effort. Also, many soft drink companies manufacture the PET bottles right in the plant that makes and packages the product, so no transportation costs. Make and fill.
Also a great need for plastics that are fully biodegradable. I think with effort and demand that can be achieved.
re: #176 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, but then these are the same people that would look at the good public transportation system we enjoy here in Ostrava and start muttering about GODLESS BOLSHEVISM! or something.
If you can’t afford a car, you don’t deserve to go anywhere. That’s great until my undocumented immigrant housekeeper can’t get to my house to scrub my toilets. No way she can live walking distance from my gated community! MAGA!
re: #178 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
If you can’t afford a car, you don’t deserve to go anywhere. That’s great until my undocumented immigrant housekeeper can’t get to my house to scrub my toilets. No way she can live walking distance from my gated community! MAGA!
Meanwhile, here in Ostrava, we’re getting a new fleet of these, which are gradually replacing the older trams:
All new, air conditioned and with WiFi capabilities. Pretty nice.
re: #177 ObserverArt
Would biodegradable plastic put short chain polymers in our food? Water bottles do when exposed to bright sun. Rather not consume the container material.
re: #174 Teukka
A brake failure while single-hoofedly carrying a piano upstairs, and falling into an open elevator door onto 17 polonium-tipped bullets laying at the bottom of the elevator shaft.
— jay (@random__name) March 10, 2019
re: #180 Dr Lizardo
Meanwhile, here in Ostrava, we’re getting a new fleet of these, which are gradually replacing the older trams:
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All new, air conditioned and with WiFi capabilities. Pretty nice.
re: #172 makeitstop
Speaking of dysfunctional franchises - a Knicks fan saw owner James Dolan exiting the Garden yesterday and yelled ‘Sell the team!’ at him.
Dolan called the guy over and told him he was being banned from MSG, telling him ‘Enjoy watching them on television.’
Dolan’s stayed out of the way since changing Knicks upper management after Phil Jackson, but this is a perfect illustration of what a complete dickhead he can be.
I just heard that being talked about while listening to ESPN radio and making lunch. I don’t know much about him, but he seems to be very disliked by just about everyone in the sports world.
re: #178 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
If you can’t afford a car, you don’t deserve to go anywhere. That’s great until my undocumented immigrant housekeeper can’t get to my house to scrub my toilets. No way she can live walking distance from my gated community! MAGA!
The U.S. is going to have a tough time unscrewing its transportation infrastructure until the privileged finally get used to the idea that poorer people should have equal access to the rest of the world.
re: #180 Dr Lizardo
Meanwhile, here in Ostrava, we’re getting a new fleet of these, which are gradually replacing the older trams:
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All new, air conditioned and with WiFi capabilities. Pretty nice.
These folks have been waiting for the tram here for 40 years now. And they missed it by 30!
But at least they’re recycled aluminum!
re: #184 Teukka
There’s a couple of early 20th century trams here too; They take ‘em out and run ‘em on national holidays, usually. It’s pretty cool, but having taken one, yeesh, they’re noisy.
re: #183 Sufficient unto the day…
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— Teo (@Teukka72) March 10, 2019
*THUD*
When Trump campaign advisor Katrina Pierson couldn’t name one black White House staffer, she asked “How many black people were in Abraham Lincoln’s West Wing?” https://t.co/noUC30OKby pic.twitter.com/EOVUy6uySP
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) March 10, 2019
In North Korean elections, there’s allegiance to a supreme leader, no opposition allowed, parades, and supporters wearing red propaganda gear. #MakingNKoreaGreatAgain https://t.co/a2KicSP2Mw https://t.co/Bmj6WYjfKw
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) March 10, 2019
re: #191 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump’s wildest dream come true.
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
When Trump campaign advisor Katrina Pierson couldn’t name one black White House staffer, she asked “How many black people were in Abraham Lincoln’s West Wing?”
I have to give her some credit for coming up with a creative, dissembling way to get out of answering an embarrassing question
re: #65 HappyWarrior
Hell I was only a kid in the 90’s and thought most people saw Trump the same way we later saw Paris Hilton. A vapid, attention seeker, and unintelligent person famous for being famous.
Except that Paris Hilton is actually a savvy business-person. Her net worth today is about 100 times more than what she inherited.
Her family background gave her the education, connections and name ID to act as a trampoline for building her business… but she’s also done the work. And done it well.
re: #181 Unshaken Defiance
Would biodegradable plastic put short chain polymers in our food? Water bottles do when exposed to bright sun. Rather not consume the container material.
There is a lot of discussion over that. Some PET proponents say there should be no problems as there is no BPA in it. Like anything maybe learning the issues and then working to handle the products storage and use better will help.
I just keep the future open to development because a good answer may be coming. But I understand your concerns.
re: #72 Targetpractice
But you can be sure that, even with this going on, he’d still sooner stick his dick in a blender than vote for a Democrat. Why? “Because they want open borders and we can’t have them illegals in here!”
He’s not against building a wall, he just doesn’t want it built on his property. Like all the folks who loved Keystone XL…until they had folks on their front porch, telling them they were there to “buy” the land for a “fair price.”
I read the article; he doesn’t mind it being on his property, what he’s pissed off about is it’s not monitored and the wall doesn’t do much without human patrols. Also, when the border patrol does drive through, they don’t close the gates and his different kinds of cattle are getting all mixed together so his annual branding and vaccinations and separating them out for breeding takes 3 times longer than it used to.
I know the week has only just started, but I think we can all pack it in here, because no one is going to top this tweet. pic.twitter.com/NwYVpMyjd4
— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) March 10, 2019
re: #51 jaunte
Wakey wakey, Trump supporters.
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re: #50 Teukka
Stockholm excitement… Bus driven by LNG ignores height restriction…
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Pictures have emerged from when the accident happened. Note that the driver has already passed a set of barriers without noticing (see below):
re: #197 sagehen
I read the article; he doesn’t mind it being on his property, what he’s pissed off about is it’s not monitored and the wall doesn’t do much without human patrols. Also, when the border patrol does drive through, they don’t close the gates and his different kinds of cattle are getting all mixed together so his annual branding and vaccinations and separating them out for breeding takes 3 times longer than it used to.
People in the border regions of AZ and Texas used to be living in a totally isolated backwater, now they find themselves in the front line of a massive drug war and wave of migration and smuggling.
I can understand that they are getting fed up, but the only solution is a comprehensive solution to immigration policies, drug laws and economic/political relations with our southern neighbors and not just slogans like “round ‘em up!” and “build the wall and make them pay for it!”
Ok. Show of hands, how many of you Christians were “forced” to “celebrate” the LGBT community?
Come on, get those oppressed hands up. Let’s see ‘em. https://t.co/PSODULqeFJ— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 10, 2019
re: #95 jaunte
I remember when conservatives thought JFK would only be loyal to “the Pope in Rome.” Not sure why they insisted on specifying the city.
Because the Eastern Orthodox (i.e., Russian “catholics”) have their own pope.
re: #203 sagehen
Because the Eastern Orthodox (i.e., Russian “catholics”) have their own pope.
That had less to do with it than stressing that he would be beholden to a foreign power. I suspect that many of his detractors were unaware that there was more than one Pope.
re: #81 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
This is a view that is supported in a German ruling that Muslim public schoolteachers may not wear a headscarf.
So I guess no nuns need apply.
re: #185 ObserverArt
I just heard that being talked about while listening to ESPN radio and making lunch. I don’t know much about him, but he seems to be very disliked by just about everyone in the sports world.
The hate from Knicks fans is white freaking hot. But truth be told, he’s the type of owner that most franchises would kill for (at least he has been lately) - willing to spend money on the team, and he’s learned his lesson about trying to micro-manage things after the Jackson debacle.
I think a lot of the good points are overlooked because he’s such an asshole.
re: #201 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
People in the border regions of AZ and Texas used to be living in a totally isolated backwater, now they find themselves in the front line of a massive drug war and wave of migration and smuggling.
I can understand that they are getting fed up, but the only solution is a comprehensive solution to immigration policies, drug laws and economic/political relations with our southern neighbors and not just slogans like “round ‘em up!” and “build the wall and make them pay for it!”
They have lots of patience if it took them 35 years to get fed up with being the “front line” of a drug war and wave of smuggling/ human trafficking.
re: #164 Unshaken Defiance
Plastic recycles poorly when compared to glass aluminum or steel.
Flip side: Lower carbon cost in shipping because of the vastly lower packaging weight.
This scans.
They do this because there are NO RISKS TO BEING WHITE(Particualry in America)You see a lot of black or brown people swimming with sharks? Climbing Mount Killyoass? Or trying to pet animals that would tear them in half and use their intestines as floss? No. Know why?
->— Jay Dav-O (@ChocnessMonsta) March 10, 2019
by life that the only thing that can entertain them is RISKING THEIRS. Can you imagine being SO privileged that doing something with the option to live or DIE is an ACTIVITY?
— Jay Dav-O (@ChocnessMonsta) March 10, 2019
This is what happens when “privilege” is bored. SMH
— Jay Dav-O (@ChocnessMonsta) March 10, 2019
re: #205 Old Liberal
So I guess no nuns need apply.
*ahem*
that is an issue in itself. Although Germany officially practices “separation of church and state”, it allows religious instruction in schools.
Currently it offers Lutheran and Catholic instruction. It is optional (students may take an Ethics class instead) and “separation of church and state” is “ensured” in that the school only provides the classrooms, the respective churches provide the instructors.
There has been some talk about Islamic instruction, but the problem there is that there is no “Islamic Church” with the same status as the Catholic Church or the Lutheran Diocese of Germany.
So nuns are allowed, and unlike Moslem schoolteachers, their headgear is not seen as indicative of supporting an ideology that is at odds with the Constitution (this being the reason that headscarves are banned)
Because the Catholic Church is a bastion of Democracy and equality for women…
There are many things I like about life in Germany, but their approach to religious instruction in schools is not one of them)
re: #163 calochortus
Except that it increases transportation costs/fuel consumption because of the weight.
If you drop a cardboard milk carton you get milk everywhere.
If you drop a glass milk bottle you get milk everywhere and shards of glass in it.
Here is Liz Cheney on Meat Chuck today. I post this because I think it important to see how Republicans are framing things for the next election. This is about the Ilhan Omar ‘antisemitism’ comments.
I don’t know if it is the name, or her, but I already have a strong distaste for Liz Cheney.
re: #142 plansbandc
The straw thing just pisses me off. Adapt people, it’s a fucking straw. Sip out of the cup. Bring your own straw. Goddamn. If we can’t make the little changes without this horseshit, then we are well and truly fucked.
But it’s not conservative to not waste needlessly. Maximum waste is today’s conservatism
re: #207 Weaselone
They have lots of patience if it took them 35 years to get fed up with being the “front line” of a drug war and wave of smuggling/ human trafficking.
They have been annoyed for a long time, don’t forget all the voluntary “border militias” that were forming as far back as the 90’s…
re: #213 Old Liberal
But it’s not conservative to not waste needlessly. Maximum waste is today’s conservatism
People like Trump measure progress and wealth in terms of how many resources we consume.
He’s GOLFING?!?! pic.twitter.com/iRsaVk5pQI
— Arch1 (@Arch_LGF) March 10, 2019
re: #218 Teukka
Onion does it again… Spoilered because… NSFW…
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It’s weird that in a country that loves guns so much, firing squad is the one and only method of execution that no legislature is willing to consider.
re: #219 sagehen
It’s weird that in a country that loves guns so much, firing squad is the one and only method of execution that no legislature is willing to consider.
Isn’t that an option in Utah any more?
Don’t retweet this embarrassing photo of Biff (and his left boob). He’ll hate it. @realDonaldTrump (via @sarahwoodwriter) pic.twitter.com/GlH79FhhwV
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 10, 2019
re: #135 Patricia Kayden
Hey, being open about your racism worked for Donald Trump. So yeah, I could see Bibi trying it.
re: #219 sagehen
It’s weird that in a country that loves guns so much, firing squad is the one and only method of execution that no legislature is willing to consider.
Or that one of the most humane method of execution, asphyxiation by N2. There was this British documentary which looked at execution, and proposed N2 to the pro-death penalty folks… Their response was sickening…
re: #219 sagehen
It’s weird that in a country that loves guns so much, firing squad is the one and only method of execution that no legislature is willing to consider.
Wapo, Feb 6, 2015
…at least two state legislatures (Utah and Wyoming) have recently considered bills to bring back the firing squad. Some death penalty opponents have castigated the move as ghastly and reactionary. And indeed, judging by statements by some of the bills’ supporters, they seem more about provocation than finding a solution to the dispute [over lethal injections].
re: #142 plansbandc
The straw thing just pisses me off. Adapt people, it’s a fucking straw. Sip out of the cup. Bring your own straw. Goddamn. If we can’t make the little changes without this horseshit, then we are well and truly fucked.
I don’t really disagree but straws should still be made available on demand because a lot of disabled folks, especially those with degenerative neurological conditions whose hands don’t work that well anymore genuinely need them to be able to access the same spaces with dignity. Also studies have shown that the real problem of plastic in the oceans is fishing.
This study provides a detailed quantification and characterization of ocean plastic within a major oceanic plastic pollution hotspot: the GPGP. The sea surface environment of this oceanic region is now dominated by polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) pieces, substantially outweighing other artificial and natural floating debris. Our aerial survey data, combined with in-situ observations from two different trawl devices, supported the development of a comprehensive assessment of all GPGP debris larger than 0.05 cm. Our model estimates that this 1.6 million km2 accumulation zone is currently holding around 42k metric tons of megaplastics (e.g. fishing nets, which represented more than 46% of the GPGP load), ~20k metric tons of macroplastics (e.g. crates, eel trap cones, bottles), ~10 k metric tons of mesoplastics (e.g. bottle caps, oyster spacers), and ~6.4 k metric tons of microplastics (e.g. fragments of rigid plastic objects, ropes and fishing nets).
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Secondly, at least half of the collected GPGP plastics was composed of objects from marine based sources, while the relative source amplitudes considered in our model predicted that mass contributions from land-based plastics, even though lower than global average, would still dominate in these offshore environments. This discrepancy could be due to differences in the magnitude of certain removal processes between land-based and marine-based plastics that were not accounted for in our models. We trust that beaching is one of these processes as it may primarily remove plastics that are discarded in coastal environments through wave, tidal and onshore winds transport. Nonetheless, the GPGP dominance of marine-sourced plastics could also be attributed to their purposely engineered durability in the marine environment (e.g. strong and thick-walled nets, traps, ropes, and floats used by marine industries) as well as overestimations of land-based sources and/or underestimations of marine-based sources. In this study, we considered fishing, aquaculture and shipping to be responsible for 28.1% of the global plastic inputs into the oceans, based on coastal clean-up data62; however, observations at sea may lead to much higher estimates of plastic loads being lost or discarded at sea. As fishing, shipping and aquaculture intensify globally42, it is crucial to better quantify and mitigate this significant source of highly persistent ocean plastic.
Finally, it seems that most plastics accumulating in the GPGP region are hardly transported by winds. Our model predicted that the GPGP is dominated by objects with low or null windage coefficient, and it was the null windage forcing scenario that best represented the GPGP plastic concentrations gradients measured in this study. Furthermore, most objects captured in our trawls (e.g. broken fragments of hard plastic objects, nets and ropes) exhibited no or very little air draft when placed in seawater, and many objects sighted during the aerial expedition seemed fully submerged. Ghostnets, which were the main contributors to the total mass of GPGP plastic, generally have a draft of several metres, and therefore are unlikely to be influenced by wind transport. Our model also suggests that debris items with higher windage are transported over larger areas, with a higher likelihood of beaching, as well as exiting oceanic ‘garbage patches’. For instance, North Pacific particles with 1% wind forcing were spread over a large area around the GPGP that included the Hawaiian archipelago and the North American coastline. The negligible amounts of foam collected within the GPGP, together with the high abundance of foam removed from Alaska during beach clean-ups63, and early sightings of highly buoyant debris originated from the 2011 Tohoku tsunami along shorelines (i.e. floating docks, boats and large buoys44,45) further suggest that high windage debris may not accumulate within the GPGP region.
re: #210 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
*ahem*
that is an issue in itself. Although Germany officially practices “separation of church and state”, it allows religious instruction in schools.
Currently it offers Lutheran and Catholic instruction. It is optional (students may take an Ethics class instead) and “separation of church and state” is “ensured” in that the school only provides the classrooms, the respective churches provide the instructors.
There has been some talk about Islamic instruction, but the problem there is that there is no “Islamic Church” with the same status as the Catholic Church or the Lutheran Diocese of Germany.
So nuns are allowed, and unlike Moslem schoolteachers, their headgear is not seen as indicative of supporting an ideology that is at odds with the Constitution (this being the reason that headscarves are banned)
Because the Catholic Church is a bastion of Democracy and equality for women…
There are many things I like about life in Germany, but their approach to religious instruction in schools is not one of them)
I imagine there’s nostalgia for all the nasty Catholic/Protestant conflicts where jeebus was glorified by his devoted disciples.
re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yeah, it’s aging him rapidly.
He’s gonna look like an extra out of some zombie flick pretty soon; A really fat zombie.
re: #226 Old Liberal
I imagine there’s nostalgia for all the nasty Catholic/Protestant conflicts where jeebus was glorified by his devoted disciples.
Catholics and Protestants have come to terms over Germany and divvied the country up into spheres of influence. They even co-operate on a number of matters, namely keeping other religions from gaining a toehold.
They really give Jehovah’s Witnesses and Scientologists a hard time, not even granting either the status of a religious organization in Germany. (Not that the latter don’t deserve it, but it still strikes me as a matter of defending their turf more than anything else)
re: #227 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, it’s aging him rapidly.
He’s gonna look like an extra out of some zombie flick pretty soon; A really fat zombie.
Somebody’s gotta slap a warning label on the head so the poor zombies won’t get infected…
If we’re going to have to watch that clip Jeanine Pirro slandering @IlhanMN over and over again in our feeds, we may as well learn something. Some historical context. https://t.co/o1BOPrpiWx
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) March 10, 2019
re: #219 sagehen
It’s weird that in a country that loves guns so much, firing squad is the one and only method of execution that no legislature is willing to consider.
Wasn’t the old-fashioned guillotine developed to be a more humane way of death?
In any case, I’m glad that in 2003 our criminal governor (the Republican one) George Ryan commuted the death sentences of all death row inmates and then in 2011 Illinois officially outlawed capital punishment. Of course, in 2018 Bruce Rauner in a desperate attempt to secure reelection talked about reinstating the punishment but fortunately he lost.
re: #227 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, it’s aging him rapidly.
He’s gonna look like an extra out of some zombie flick pretty soon; A really fat zombie.
Presidents before & after their terms
This might be my favorite interaction on Twitter in ages: pic.twitter.com/7RRyudk5Wn
— Celeste Ng (@pronounced_ing) March 9, 2019
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
*THUD*
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Someone want to remind Katie Bullets that Lincoln was a Republican?
Things I discover on Twitter: Michael Jackson has a rabid cult following and they’re incredibly vicious toward people who criticize their idol. It’s downright Trumpian.
re: #236 Charles Johnson
Things I discover on Twitter: Michael Jackson has a rabid cult following and they’re incredibly vicious toward people who criticize their idol. It’s downright Trumpian.
Replace Trump with Bernie.
re: #234 Jay C
Someone want to remind Katie Bullets that Lincoln was a Republican?
Except that may be the exact point she was making: she is comparing Trump to Lincoln and implying they are both great Republican Presidents who had no African-American senior advisers on their staffs.
OT: Grr. I just had to re-program my TV. For some reason my TV was not getting a signal from NJTV. Now it does and I still have WHYY.
re: #236 Charles Johnson
Things I discover on Twitter: Michael Jackson has a rabid cult following and they’re incredibly vicious toward people who criticize their idol. It’s downright Trumpian.
Once thought the office Elvis Worshipper was putting us all on with over-the-top Graceland relics/pilgrimage. She wasn’t.
re: #238 Hecuba’s daughter
Except that may be the exact point she was making: she is comparing Trump to Lincoln and implying they are both great Republican Presidents who had no African-American senior advisers on their staffs.
Someone should ask her who Trump’s Frederick Douglass is.
re: #241 Belafon
Someone should ask her who Trump’s Frederick Douglass is.
Diamond and Silk.
Much bigly better: there are two of them, and they’re both better-looking than old Fred…
re: #238 Hecuba’s daughter
Except that may be the exact point she was making: she is comparing Trump to Lincoln and implying they are both great Republican Presidents who had no African-American senior advisers on their staffs.
Republicans didn’t have blacks serving then and don’t now. Democrats didn’t have blacks serving then and do now. Checkmate RWNJ!
(Makes as much sense as anything they say.)
“unfuckingbelievable” pic.twitter.com/VrqJGMeNpa
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) March 10, 2019
Topsy Lowrent, scolding Black people who showed up to a #BlueLivesMatter event.
To the Black Lives Matter protesters who had the audacity to show up at this event to honor the families of fallen officers: you’re sick, you’re rude, and you’re classless.
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) March 10, 2019
Trump supporters scared of antifa have created a MAGA-style Yelp for restaurants that will protect them. https://t.co/06DkFqSCjb
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) March 10, 2019
I thought conservatives didn’t believe in safe spaces.
I like this take:
I’ve converted, my new religion is kangaroo ultraviolence https://t.co/ufC7N9rzYC
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) March 9, 2019
I found this in my Twitter feed from 3 years ago. Still true.
Venn Diagram of Trump Supporters #StrongerTogether #tcot #UniteBlue pic.twitter.com/k8vhzN3xCV
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) August 4, 2016
re: #219 sagehen
It’s weird that in a country that loves guns so much, firing squad is the one and only method of execution that no legislature is willing to consider.
Correction. It’s not a choice. Lethal injection is the prefered methode. Firing squad next in line if the drugs needed are not available.
Note to self: read the entire article first.
re: #251 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
nobody on the right is going to know or care
Marco probably tried translating the news report himself…LOL
re: #252 Backwoods_Sleuth
Marco probably tried translating the news report himself…LOL
Dam, I wish I was your lover!
re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth
I recall no concern for the American citizens who died in Puerto Rico.
Strange.
re: #251 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
nobody on the right is going to know or care
Sometimes you have to laugh at them, not with them.
I’m in tears.
— Jason Sparks (@sparksjls) March 10, 2019
re: #94 A hollow voice says, Collusion!
I had in mind the hawk misdirecting the birds it was hunting. (There are Coopers hawks around here, but you rarely see them.)
Oh, they’re there alright. The squirrels are very good at misdirection. They cavort about on the ground and on tree limbs saying “look at me, harmless squirrel!” All the while covering for the hawk’s stealthy approach. Squirrels begrudge the songbirds’ appetite for seeds. The world is not so simple as the storybooks would have it.
Julia Ruth Stevens, the last surviving daughter of Hall of Fame baseball slugger Babe Ruth and a champion of his legacy, has died at 102. https://t.co/4JE4iJRrxs
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 10, 2019
re: #96 ObserverArt
Uh Oh! The other birdies coming to Jeffrey’s Fly-in better watch out. Someone else is lurking looking for dinner.
(Unless that image is not at the Fly-in.)
That is from several years back. He’s on a limb overlooking a feeder on the south side of the house.
I hate to nitpick here but everybody getting straws was socialism. A waitress giving them to only people who want them is capitalism. It’s that whole supply-demand thing.
You’re super dumb. Like, super, super dumb.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 10, 2019
re: #248 The Vicious Babushka
I found this in my Twitter feed from 3 years ago. Still true.
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The big news here is that Devin Nunes was actually in his “home” state for long enough to eat a meal. https://t.co/Hm2cvfZ41T
— BrandValue$4B (@LizMair) March 10, 2019
Yikes. https://t.co/A637CF2yZc
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 10, 2019
What is it with drinking everything through a straw, or out of an “adult sippy cup” (travel mug?) I understand not wanting to spill fluids all over your car (why are you dining/drinking in your car anyway?) But I see people using those things everywhere. When you cut off your ability to smell your beverage, you lose a bunch of the flavor. Why do you want to do that?
re: #263 Charles Johnson
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— Teo (@Teukka72) March 10, 2019
re: #265 Teukka
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/Now what am I going to do?
re: #89 jaunte
We went out to dinner in California last night. My wife got a paper straw. We’re never going back there again.//
re: #264 calochortus
What is it with drinking everything through a straw, or out of an “adult sippy cup” (travel mug?) I understand not wanting to spill fluids all over your car (why are you dining/drinking in your car anyway?) But I see people using those things everywhere. When you cut off your ability to smell your beverage, you lose a bunch of the flavor. Why do you want to do that?
Because I might spill it. And I really don’t need to smell my diet soda.
re: #269 Belafon
Because I might spill it. And I really don’t need to smell my diet soda.
And, 99 times out of 100, I refill the cup and take it with me.
re: #269 Belafon
Because I might spill it. And I really don’t need to smell my diet soda.
Instead of leaving my coffee on the warmer, I put it in a big travel mug and suck on it for hours. And when I flip the cap up, the center vent is right under my nose, so I can smell it.
And when you get those 32 or 44 ounce cups from the movie theater of whataburger, you need the lid to provide structural integrity to the top of the cup.
re: #264 calochortus
What is it with drinking everything through a straw, or out of an “adult sippy cup” (travel mug?) I understand not wanting to spill fluids all over your car (why are you dining/drinking in your car anyway?) But I see people using those things everywhere. When you cut off your ability to smell your beverage, you lose a bunch of the flavor. Why do you want to do that?
owning the liberals by wasting plastic straws
re: #269 Belafon
Because I might spill it. And I really don’t need to smell my diet soda.
I just hate not getting the full aroma coffee experience, so I virtually never put it in a travel mug. I drink it at home or when I get where I’m going.
I rarely drink soft drinks, so that’s not something I have much experience with. It might make more sense there.
re: #272 Belafon
And when you get those 32 or 44 ounce cups from the movie theater of whataburger, you need the lid to provide structural integrity to the top of the cup.
Umm, no experience with that…
re: #274 calochortus
I just hate not getting the full aroma coffee experience, so I virtually never put it in a travel mug. I drink it at home or when I get where I’m going.
I rarely drink soft drinks, so that’s not something I have much experience with. It might make more sense there.
coffee is something to be enjoyed at leisure, not just sucked down while travelling.
re: #271 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Instead of leaving my coffee on the warmer, I put it in a big travel mug and suck on it for hours. And when I flip the cap up, the center vent is right under my nose, so I can smell it.
Either you have a travel mug that is vastly superior to the one I tried, or I’m just really particular about being enveloped in coffee aroma. :)
re: #276 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Some of us have no choice in that matter.
re: #272 Belafon
And when you get those 32 or 44 ounce cups from the movie theater of whataburger, you need the lid to provide structural integrity to the top of the cup.
But when did they stop putting the cutout for the straw at the edge of the lid and start putting it in the middle, so you have to get it down in front of your chest and bend your neck forward to take a drink?
re: #200 Teukka
Pictures have emerged from when the accident happened. Note that the driver has already passed a set of barriers without noticing (see below):
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Is the LNG tank on the top of the bus?
re: #280 danarchy
Is the LNG tank on the top of the bus?
Undoubtedly. Pierce Transit here is that way. No room for those ginormous tanks under the floor. Why they don’t tip over is beyond me.
re: #281 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Undoubtedly. Pierce Transit here is that way. No room for those ginormous tanks under the floor. Why they don’t tip over is beyond me.
Gaseous things don’t weigh so much, even when ‘compressed’.
/I don’t know how these things work [ETA, cuz I lernt a little]
re: #284 wrenchwench
Gaseous things don’t weigh so much, even when ‘compressed’.
/I don’t know how these things work [ETA, cuz I lernt a little]
Well, the gas is lighter than diesel, but the tanks are a lot heavier. I’m still unclear how you run a diesel engine on natural gas, which is —what, 140 octane?
re: #284 wrenchwench
Gaseous things don’t weigh so much, even when ‘compressed’.
So the 239 lbs is real?
And she’s absolutely correct. https://t.co/fufnqLib5C
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 10, 2019
re: #287 Charles Johnson
“Suggests” he was a racist? Do you think she’s a wimp like RS? Surely she SAID Reagan was a racist.
re: #287 Charles Johnson
Yes, she is, and I absolutely hated that person….
re: #285 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Well, the gas is lighter than diesel, but the tanks are a lot heavier. I’m still unclear how you run a diesel engine on natural gas, which is —what, 140 octane?
You use the diesel as “pilot” fuel, burning gas and diesel.
Dual-fuel Diesel engine
Guess who else has 100% known about this from the beginning? Chinese intelligence services. https://t.co/mlHftkVQuo
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) March 9, 2019
re: #287 Charles Johnson
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Those comments from the conservative Reagan backers in the tweet are disgusting. To be expected, but still.
If I hear one conservative mention partisanship and deep divisions being a problem in this country I am going to lose it.
I don’t see any conservatives making any damn moves to even come close to the middle, let alone even acknowledging the left.
Oh yeah, we have to move to them. Fuck that.
re: #288 A hollow voice says, Collusion!
“Suggests” he was a racist? Do you think she’s a wimp like RS? Surely she SAID Reagan was a racist.
Her comment didn’t seem to be explicitly saying he was a racist but that he was part of the wealthy elite who have, for decades, divided the working class so that they would not unite with a common goal of providing economic security for all Americans. This is using racism as a tool to protect their wealth and privileged status.
re: #227 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, it’s aging him rapidly.
He’s gonna look like an extra out of some zombie flick pretty soon; A really fat zombie.
The zombies craving brains would walk right by him.
re: #293 Hecuba’s daughter
Her comment didn’t seem to be explicitly saying he was a racist but that he was part of the wealthy elite who have, for decades, divided the working class so that they would not unite with a common goal of providing economic security for all Americans. This is using racism as a tool to protect their wealth and privileged status.
Racist is as racist does. Screw Reagan and all his horses in all his movies.
OK I have a bunch of leftover brisket that is all little pieces so should I make:
1. Tacos
2. Cornish pasties
3. Beef hash over rice
re: #296 The Vicious Babushka
OK I have a bunch of leftover brisket that is all little pieces so should I make:
1. Tacos
2. Cornish pasties
3. Beef hash over rice
Tacos!
You can never go wrong with tacos. Had some last night.
re: #296 The Vicious Babushka
OK I have a bunch of leftover brisket that is all little pieces so should I make:
1. Tacos
2. Cornish pasties
3. Beef hash over rice
Tacos.
Tacos
Tacos
re: #14 Belafon
We rewatched Incredibles 2, and there’s an interesting subplot that I think would be great to explore if Pixar wanted a third movie: how dangerous is the world because of the people who hate supers? I mean both of the movies were only partially about the heroes, but also about people who resent them and will put others in danger to feed that resentment.
this gets explored partly, as I recall, in one of the Batman movies. The theory is that the rise of the super villains has a good deal to do with the rise of the super heroes.
re: #299 steve_davis
this gets explored partly, as I recall, in one of the Batman movies. The theory is that the rise of the super villains has a good deal to do with the rise of the super heroes.
Dark Knight Rises. Both Batman and Bane came out of the League of Shadows.
re: #296 The Vicious Babushka
OK I have a bunch of leftover brisket that is all little pieces so should I make:
1. Tacos
2. Cornish pasties
3. Beef hash over rice
Tacos.
And then send some my way, please. 🤣
re: #47 A hollow voice says, Collusion!
Well, they wouldn’t let him withdraw from Syria.
On another topic, it’s the middle of the night and I am grumpy. I hate Daylight Savings Time.
i’m finally back on schedule, after months. I thought with longing this morning about how badly I wanted lunch after morning eucharist. Then I looked at the clock and it was 10, which to me is reasonable lunch time.
re: #291 DodgerFan1988
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Well, reading through those twitter threads, I’d have to say that unfortunately (unfortunate mainly because it doesn’t throw mud directly on the Trump [crime] family), the “connections” between Cindy Yang and Chinese intelligence services appear a great deal less than “100%” certain. Very likely, and probable, IMO, but not overt - or very provable unless other information comes out. Which of course, it may.
What does seem provable on the face of current evidence, is that Ms. Yang is a fairly accomplished grifter. What it sounds like to me is that she’s used some of her massage-parlor bucks for handy self-promotion: buy a membership at Mar-a-Lago, then put on a nice suit and go over to hobnob with the bigwigs. And of course, pose for numerous photo-ops which she can use to gull the marks back in Guangdong or wherever into paying her for “consulting” - banking on the illusion that she’s Donny and Melania’s BFF, and hangs out with POTUS and his family all the time. With pictures to prove it.
Sleazily corrupt, of course, but I’m sure Cindy Yang isn’t the only one…..
re: #264 calochortus
What is it with drinking everything through a straw, or out of an “adult sippy cup” (travel mug?) I understand not wanting to spill fluids all over your car (why are you dining/drinking in your car anyway?) But I see people using those things everywhere. When you cut off your ability to smell your beverage, you lose a bunch of the flavor. Why do you want to do that?
Also, do people who use straws in restaurants use them at home, too?
re: #296 The Vicious Babushka
OK I have a bunch of leftover brisket that is all little pieces so should I make:
1. Tacos
2. Cornish pasties
3. Beef hash over rice
3! Please mail me a plate!
A buddy of mine used to make beef bacon hash for Sunday morning after being out late Saturday nights to eat while watching the Packers and their then insane new QB Favre :D
re: #305 William Lewis
3! Please mail me a plate!
A buddy of mine used to make beef bacon hash for Sunday morning after being out late Saturday nights to eat while watching the Packers and their then insane new QB Favre :D
Sorry, Team Tacos wins!
moron
Trump called @Tim_Cook “Tim Apple,” but now he’s claiming he didn’t. At an RNC confab, “Trump told the donors that he actually said ‘Tim Cook Apple” really fast, and the ‘Cook’ part of the sentence was soft,” @jonathanvswan reports. It’s on video! https://t.co/SVq7qfur8o
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 10, 2019
re: #307 Backwoods_Sleuth
moron
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More alternative truths. Otherwise called lying like a bratty 6 year old.
And people make excuses for this shit. So mature.
re: #287 Charles Johnson
Not seeing the contraversy here.
re: #309 ObserverArt
About 2 decades ago I followed The Motley Fool guys-and in their Foolish 4 portfolio, they actually shorted JDT (as it was listed on the NYSE) and they eventually cashed out after it had a real nice fall.
Trump is the Honey Badger-he doesn’t care, he doesn’t give a shit-after all, he dropped Roy Cohn like a hot potato after he was diagnosed and hospitalized with AIDS (“Trump pisses ice water!”)
He also pulled the same stunt with his yacht the Trump Princess-he told his creditors that he was dropping insurance-the creditors paid the insurance premiums.
The only thing Trump cares about is his image that the unwashed masses see. If I was on a Trump contract for something tangible and he decided to stiff me, I’d yank everything out under a mechanics lien.
re: #14 Belafon
We rewatched Incredibles 2, and there’s an interesting subplot that I think would be great to explore if Pixar wanted a third movie: how dangerous is the world because of the people who hate supers? I mean both of the movies were only partially about the heroes, but also about people who resent them and will put others in danger to feed that resentment.
A major part of the appeal of The Incredibles is “apparent” to anyone who has raised kids: We remember the days when we used to be super heroes, work hard all week at our burgeoning careers, party all weekend and come back ready for more, had active hobbies & social lives.
Now we are glad to just get through another week, heck we are happy to just get through dinner without collapsing under the stress…
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
America should watch @TulsiGabbard at 7pm cst on @cnn. You won’t agree on everything, but Tulsi is very smart, a patriotic veteran and has meaningful contributions to make to America’s foreign policy. Democrats could (and probably will) do far worse.
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) March 10, 2019
re: #308 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
But what about Eddy Internet?
He ran off with some Yahoo.
re: #314 Eclectic Cyborg
And left a bunch of tweets.
re: #283 nines09
I had posted one of this fellows earlier works. This is another. Amazing.
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Brisket tacos @KosherSoul pic.twitter.com/Pq8R6p3eIH
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) March 10, 2019
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is the homeland “only of the Jewish people,” in a new jab at the country’s Arab minority ahead of April’s election.
Netanyahu on Sunday addressed “slightly confused people” after an Israeli celebrity defended the rights of Israel’s Arab population. Arabs comprise about 20 percent of Israel’s 9 million residents. They have full citizenship rights but have faced decades of discrimination.
On Saturday, actress Rotem Sela denounced Netanyahu’s frequent talking point that his political rival will form a government with Arab political parties.
“When the hell will someone in this government tell the public that Israel is a country of all its citizens,” Sela wrote on Instagram.
Netanyahu responded: Israel “is the national state, not of all its citizens, but only of the Jewish people.”
re: #318 Belafon
The rise of Jewish far-right religious nationalism in Israel will doom Israel. These kind of movements always fail (note that Trump’s attempt only has worked so far to line his pockets and hurt other people) to serve their societies, because in the end hyper-tribalism is destructive.
Dipshit D’Stupid gets bitch slapped by Kevin Kruse & he keeps going back for more!
Doesn’t this imply that Dinesh believes that African Americans benefited economically from slavery? https://t.co/8QZq4yP99R
— David Walsh (@DavidAstinWalsh) March 10, 2019
re: #320 The Vicious Babushka
Dipshit D’Stupid gets bitch slapped by Kevin Kruse & he keeps going back for more!
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Dinesh is starting to realize Kruse is hurting his “standing” so he’s trying to counter the history. What’s funny, is the ultimate outcome of the line of reasoning he’s heading down is to ultimately prove that there was a difference between southern Democrats and the rest of the country.
re: #320 The Vicious Babushka
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Without reading the thread, does Kevin Kruse point out that the New Deal was very carefully crafted to prevent African-Americans from benefiting from it?
re: #318 Belafon
I am awaiting someone from the Republican party to touch that statement from Netanyahu.
How long will I be waiting?
Sure makes Trump’s son-in-law’s peace plan a dud I would think.
re: #322 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Without reading the thread, does Kevin Kruse point out that the New Deal was very carefully crafted to prevent African-Americans from benefiting from it?
“Don’t tell me Republicans are racist,” says the guy who assumes African Americans don’t know anything about history and blindly vote Democratic because it’s a “plantation.” https://t.co/gmoYbDcai6
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 9, 2019
re: #200 Teukka
Were there passengers on that bus, or was only the driver in it? I doubt there was time for anyone to evacuate the bus before it blew.
Also, props to Mr Wu for his Swedish language skilz. I should show that interview to my English students who say English is hard to pronounce.
re: #263 Charles Johnson
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Color me unsurprised. The links between business and government in China are so tight as to be inseparable. Business leaders who cooperate with the government get special treatment in return. Those who don’t find their lives and their relatives’ lives somewhat more difficult thereafter.
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