Seth takes a closer look at President Trump sitting down for a rare interview with a network that wasn’t Fox News.
Because why not:
On the physical (im)possibility of lightsabers
In this paper, we use a science fiction theme (i.e. the iconic lightsaber from the Star Wars universe) as a pedagogical tool to introduce aspects of nonlinear electrodynamics due to the quantum vacuum to an audience with an undergraduate physics background. In particular, we focus on one major problem with lightsabers that is commonly invoked as an argument to dismiss them as unrealistic: light blades are not solid and thus cannot be used in a duel as normal swords would. Using techniques coming from ultra intense laser science, we show that for high enough laser intensities, two lightsaber blades can `feel’ solid to each other. We argue that this aspect of lightsabers is not impossible due to limitations of the laws of physics, but is very implausible due to the high intensities and energy needed for their operation.
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Because why not:
On the physical (im)possibility of lightsabers
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NERDS.
I love it.
More raining on scifi tropes:
Killing Science Fiction: Why Conscious States Cannot Be Copied or Repeated
Several philosophical problems arising from the physics of consciousness, including identity, duplication, teleportation, simulation, self-location, and the Boltzmann Brain problem, hinge on one of the most deeply held but unnecessary convictions of physicalism: the assumption that brain states and their corresponding conscious states can in principle be copied. In this paper I will argue against this assumption by attempting to prove the Unique History Theorem, which states, essentially, that conscious correlations to underlying quantum mechanical measurement events must increase with time and that every conscious state uniquely determines its history from an earlier conscious state. By assuming only that consciousness arises from an underlying physical state, I will argue that the physical evolution from a first physical state giving rise to a conscious state to a second physical state giving rise to a later conscious state is unique. Among the consequences of this theorem are that: consciousness is not algorithmic and a conscious state cannot be uploaded to or simulated by a digital computer; a conscious state cannot be copied by duplicating a brain or any other physical state; and a conscious state cannot be repeated or created de novo. These conclusions shed light on the physical nature of consciousness by rendering moot a variety of seemingly paradoxical philosophy and science fiction problems.
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re: #3 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
As if y’all couldn’t guess, the part of this paper that caught my eye was this:
4. How to Win the Lottery
re: #3 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
More raining on scifi tropes:
Killing Science Fiction: Why Conscious States Cannot Be Copied or Repeated
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Permutation City already dealt with that. It wouldn’t be you uploaded, but a copy. That copy would be think it was you up until it realized what was going on.
I watched the John Oliver video and I’m still for impeachment (sooner rather than latter). More and more I believe we need to do this to protect our democracy. Now I’m going to sleep…..
If only there were like 17 or so agencies who were tasked with the specific job of finding out things Kim Jong Un was unwilling to tell Tang the Conqueror and Tang the Conqueror actually respected the findings of those 17 or so agencies. 🤔 https://t.co/6jMCXyN4ET
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) June 18, 2019
This photo of sled dogs walking through water shows the reality of Greenland’s melting ice sheet https://t.co/36q2KSh3jf pic.twitter.com/JFFEoVyOKl
— CNN (@CNN) June 18, 2019
re: #3 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
More raining on scifi tropes:
Killing Science Fiction: Why Conscious States Cannot Be Copied or Repeated
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re: #6 Belafon
Permutation City already dealt with that. It wouldn’t be you uploaded, but a copy. That copy would be think it was you up until it realized what was going on.
Which brings me to this:
Logging onto Twitter: “Why is John Cusack trending? Gosh, I hope he’s OK.”
Clicks on link: pic.twitter.com/8yldetW65r— aceoaces (@aceoaces) June 18, 2019
And of course, he handled the situation in a mature and responsible fashion.
Kidding, he threw a hissy fit and threatened an opposing lawyer. https://t.co/AXZyn90LDb— aceoaces (@aceoaces) June 18, 2019
re: #13 Ace-o-aces
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Oh I think Asshole Alex has outlived his usefulness to his Corporate Masters and they are going to lower the boom on him.
Short Eyes is going to have a lot of fun in jail…
Says the chucklehead who won’t shut the fuck up about witch hunts, collusion, obstruction, whatever. Yeah, dude, you’re totally not guilty. https://t.co/5P4ldt7YCO
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) June 18, 2019
re: #15 teleskiguy
If rally sizes were important, then Trump lost to Obama.
President Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to the UN — current U.S. ambassador to Canada — was frequently absent from her post in Ottawa, according to officials in both the U.S. and Canada https://t.co/MxZ6WbF5ma
— POLITICO (@politico) June 18, 2019
“The didn’t tell me being Ambassador to Canada meant being in Canada all the time!”
re: #11 Ace-o-aces
Maybe Cusack’s trying for a part in the next Mel Gibson movie
re: #18 Deep State SuperElite Satinist
Maybe Cusack’s trying for a part in the next Mel Gibson movie
Didn’t see it - why is John Cusack trending? Did he say something outrageously stupid?
This is not a good start for Rosen. Lots of inmates complain about where they’re held - almost none get the Deputy AG’s attention. Just smacks of pure favoritism. https://t.co/32FAWL7oKG
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) June 18, 2019
Hi.
We survived the heavy weather. More scheduled for tomorrow.
In the meantime, at a LEGO conference in New Zealand, a fan was kicked out for his LEGO displays.
The problem? They were graphic, but accurate, depictions of nudity and violence in the Bible.
The organisers of the event said nearly half his displays were unsafe for children (duh, this is the Bible we’re talking about). The man, who is a Christian and put together the displays to honour his faith, says the conference is discriminating against him over his religion.
friendlyatheist.patheos.com (Friendly Atheist, with pictures of some of the displays. Caution in the comments for coarse language.)
“Bad Polling? Fire the Pollster!” and Other Leadership Solutions From a Great American Dipshit (Goes to Shower Cap’s Blog, more at the link):
PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT: It looks like treason might be contagious, as a disturbing number of congressional Republicans are showing symptoms. Take Utah’s Chris Stewart, who agrees with his Turd Emperor that accepting intelligence from foreign nations is just the bee’s knees, as the kids would say. The whole fucking GOP has become a shitty hive mind, like a bloated, sloppy, Borg cube, careening through space, hitting on teenagers at intergalactic shopping malls, and lying about the number of races they’ve assimilated, all while wearing an enormous, too-long, space necktie.
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I’m a mental health professional and have no such concerns. I know of no connection between marijuana use and increased risk of psychosis, either in research or my clinical practice.
— Trotskyist (@trotskydc) June 17, 2019
Oh they exist, but in my experience they’re all part of the addiction-treatment industry. Their motivation is money…
— Chris Myers (@Chris_Myers50) June 17, 2019
WTF, Norm.
Bacon-flavoured ice cream recipe, from the bacon Wiki.
re: #26 teleskiguy
Dude. O.J.’s third tweet.
Sociopath.
After today Kyle Kashuv, John Cusack, and O.J. Simpson deserve each other.
US women’s and men’s soccer should not be paid the same. On average the #paygap should close but we should reward those who are better. #betterpay4betterplay. Sorry men but maybe when you can win like the ladies we’ll pay you equal but for now PAY THE LADIES MORE #WomensWorldCup
— Charles D Kopec, PhD (@cdk007) June 13, 2019
re: #29 Anymouse 🌹
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Former Indiana Official Wants Buttigieg to Denounce Fisting, Rimming (Goes to The Advocate, caution for adult subject matter and a Republican lying about statistics)
Former member of the Indiana House of Representatives, Don Boys (R), now a preacher who decries Muslims, goes after Mayor Buttigieg.
As usual, moral scolds think a whole lot more about gay sex (real and imagined) than gay people do.
Utah Outcasts makes fun of another conservative (video, 10:03)
re: #32 Anymouse 🌹
Fixed YouTube link in previous comment (reload).
re: #34 Dread Pirate
You’d think an Indiana official would be better versed in gay-sex practices.
Well, I don’t know what sort of college courses GOP politicians take in Teh Geyh Buttsex from those librual Marxist university professors. (And those two things he’s asking Mr. Buttigieg are things never done by cishet married people… .)
Mr. Johnson is going to admonish me for running down the discourse on his family-friendly Website.
I’m giving up posting for the night. I’ve been in the rum barrel tonight. It only holds a liter, but it’s an oak barrel.
re: #36 Dread Pirate
I’m giving up posting for the night. I’ve been in the rum barrel tonight. It only holds a liter, but it’s an oak barrel.
I ran out of rum, can I borrow some?
re: #35 Anymouse 🌹
Thanks for cleaning up the post.
re: #30 Decatur Deb
This assumes that the purpose of a professional sport is to win the game.
that’s like assuming that the purpose of a news network is to keep us informed
So, am I the only one thinking that every time Drumpf is in semi-public that people around him should as a group start loudly coughing and sneezing?
re: #32 Anymouse 🌹
Because straight people NEVER engage in similar conduct, right?
moron
The Fake News doesn’t report it, but Republican enthusiasm is at an all time high. Look what is going on in Orlando, Florida, right now! People have never seen anything like it (unless you play a guitar). Going to be wild - See you later!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2019
O_o
Mario Draghi just announced more stimulus could come, which immediately dropped the Euro against the Dollar, making it unfairly easier for them to compete against the USA. They have been getting away with this for years, along with China and others.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2019
re: #44 Backwoods_Sleuth
Mario Draghi just announced more stimulus could come, which immediately dropped the Euro against the Dollar, making it unfairly easier for them to compete against the USA. They have been getting away with this for years, along with China and others.
I assume there was a Fox Economic News report on that very topic this morning
Wanda Gerschwitz: You think you’re an intellectual don’t you ape?
Trump: Apes don’t watch TV!
Wanda Gerschwitz: Yes they do, they just don’t understand it!
re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth
All 6 of them? 🤣 https://t.co/tmKpKlQoSV
— Shannon Resists 🌊 #MarchAgainstFascism (@richones1) June 18, 2019
re: #26 teleskiguy
OJ’s tweets went from sociopath to parole violation rather quickly.
His tweets should be grounds for a permaban for TOS violation, and referred to prosecutors as a parole violation.
He may claim satire, but his prior acts reveal someone who doesn’t care about right or wrong and acts on bad impulses.
re: #44 Backwoods_Sleuth
If the US economy is so strong, then this wouldn’t matter.
If the US economy was as strong as Trump claims, the Fed wouldn’t be warning that they’d have to drop interest rates because Trump’s idiotic trade war was having a direct and measurable impact on economic activity.
Trump’s a dumbass whose idiotic trade wars have cost Americans dearly and his base is among the hardest hit (as if they care - they think that others are getting hit worse; they aren’t). The service industry is doing well. It’s manufacturers who are hardest hit by the tariffs on raw materials like steel and aluminum. It’s farmers hardest hit by retaliatory tariffs that have sent Trumpworld scrambling to give them $25 billion in bailouts.
The shitshow rolls on.
while electoral-vote.com is one of my favorite sites, this here is what we were talking about yesterday re “impeachment”, and i think it’s a big error
On Monday, Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) announced that, “After weeks of study, deliberation and conversations with Orange County families, I’ve decided to support an impeachment investigation of the president.” That makes her roughly the 60th member of the House to publicly support impeachment.
they quoted her “impeachment investigation”
then said it meant she supports ‘impeachment’
we must be clear and keep pushing that there are separate discrete and distinct steps in this process. investigations alone can do a lot. and have nothing to do with whether the senate votes to convict (or even gets the opportunity)
Damn, I thought this November was the Presidential election, ugh, where did I lose a year?! Now I have to go and spend hours looking for new running shoes on Amazon. I miss going to the shoe store and walking out 15 minutes later.
re: #48 lawhawk
OJ’s tweets went from sociopath to parole violation rather quickly.
His tweets should be grounds for a permaban for TOS violation, and referred to prosecutors as a parole violation.
He may claim satire, but his prior acts reveal someone who doesn’t care about right or wrong and acts on bad impulses.
Setting up the premise for his GoFundMe?
Everything about OJ is about the grift now that he is pretty much excluded from polite society.
re: #30 Decatur Deb
This assumes that the purpose of a professional sport is to win the game.
We all know the purpose is to pamper men’s fragile egos.
Not surprised
#HappyFathersDay to my friend and our President @realDonaldTrump
— OJ Simpson (@The_OJSimpson32) June 17, 2019
Personally, I think impeachment talks will start coming out of the House in the fall, when most people are paying slightly more attention. I also expect a slow stream of more Democrats to announce they support it over the summer.
re: #57 I Would Prefer Not To
Not surprised
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Proof that I was correct in blocking that ass.
re: #57 I Would Prefer Not To
That’s not the real account. This is the one. @TheRealOJ32
Imagine having to deal with all that love! 😍😅 pic.twitter.com/iTuGaU9tS1
— Michelle (@Misha19800) June 18, 2019
The Nazi pulpit pimp’s original video is still up but the RWW video exposing it has been removed as “hate speech.”
Our video of Rick Wiles saying that YouTube is controlled by “the synagogue of Satan” (i.e., Jews) has now been removed for violating YouTube’s policy on hate speech … but the original program from which we clipped it is still available on YouTube. pic.twitter.com/mT3eljN1vb
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 18, 2019
re: #58 Belafon
Personally, I think impeachment talks will start coming out of the House in the fall, when most people are paying slightly more attention. I also expect a slow stream of more Democrats to announce they support it over the summer.
The only problem with this is that trump may be stupid enough to start a war by then and the republican battle cry will be “you can have impeachment during a war.” If you delay, you run into election season.
THERE IS, AND NEVER WILL, BE A PERFECT TIME TO START IMPEACHMENT.
Reverand Barber held the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) Moral Congress event with some Democratic candidates to talk about poverty. Anne has the details here: balloon-juice.com. Harris, Warren, Biden, Yang, Mayor Pete, and Sanders attended (maybe more, but she doesn’t quote them). An important point:
Also: “I’m going to be honest about this. I don’t think we can change this all in one election. I think it’s going to take the rest of my life.” https://t.co/KvN9s2yIiF
— Chelsea Janes (@chelsea_janes) June 17, 2019
re: #64 I Would Prefer Not To
The only problem with this is that trump may be stupid enough to start a war by then and the republican battle cry will be “you can have impeachment during a war.” If you delay, you run into election season.
THERE IS, AND NEVER WILL, BE A PERFECT TIME TO START IMPEACHMENT.
But there are lots of bad times to start one.
Will they be loaded onto trains? https://t.co/RQ1ldvvlJf
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) June 18, 2019
— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) June 18, 2019
re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth
The amazing images were taken at the exact minute the sun set over the entrance to the glacier in Iceland - a phenomenon that only occurs once or twice in a year.
The last light on Durin’s Day, indeed…
re: #53 MsJ
Setting up the premise for his GoFundMe?
Everything about OJ is about the grift now that he is pretty much excluded from polite society.
Any money he gets, including from a GoFundMe, is the rightful property of the people who have a $33M judgment outstanding against him.
re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth
That is my life with four dogs (the other two sleep with hubby who has a bad back and goes from the chair to the couch to the chair and back again [and again] when he’s trying to sleep. Those two follow him every time he moves).
Thankfully, they are all little.
I fear that one night I am going to roll over on the tiny 8 pound Jack Russel as she loves to sleep in the small of my back.
David Brooks, a self-described expert on “moral formation,” is upset that Harvard rescinded its admission to a student for using racist and anti-Semitic slurshttps://t.co/DNEbmDtWsB
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 18, 2019
There is no single group in this country more aggrieved than racist white teens. Apparently, the NYT commentariat agrees too.
re: #70 I Would Prefer Not To
If not now, when?
I think the fact the babies are being separated from parents is a good time.
Or next week’s ice raids.
or talk of/pans for war.
re: #73 Citizen K
There is no single group in this country more aggrieved than racist white teens. Apparently, the NYT commentariat agrees too.
What good are morals if you can’t be racist?
Shot:
NEW: Top Democrats are quietly warning voters aren’t paying attention to their legislative agenda, as freshmen start to fret about all-consuming Trump battles: ‘It doesn’t break through,’ one says of House bills.https://t.co/0Nd8wCUhuK
— Mike DeBonis (@mikedebonis) June 17, 2019
Chaser:
The fact that you don’t know they’re already doing this speaks to how effective it is. https://t.co/7HuB2THOLN
— Molotov Frappuccino Thrower (@agraybee) June 17, 2019
A powerful earthquake jolts northwestern Japan, and officials are warning of a tsunami of up to 3.3 feet high along parts of the coast. https://t.co/JdaX6uZu0e
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 18, 2019
BREAKING: A tsunami warning has been issued after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit off northwestern Japan https://t.co/CNxZcuvxTH
— Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) June 18, 2019
MORE: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan’s Yamagata prefecture at 10:22 p.m. local time, Japan Meteorological Agency says in statement pic.twitter.com/n4iRgpwprY
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) June 18, 2019
Yet another Pig walks because he’s a pig. He’ll even legally be able to remain a pig.
re: #73 Citizen K
David Brooks, a self-described expert on “moral formation,” is upset that Harvard rescinded its admission to a student for using racist and anti-Semitic slurs
privileged white kid cannot get into the elite college of his choice = his life is ruined
black kid gets put away for five years over minor drug bust = he got what he deserved
re: #73 Citizen K
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My comment on it:
William
Madison, WI | Pending Approval
What absolute garbage. This racist little punk can spend the next several decades proving he really is changed. IF he does that, he’s welcome to reapply for his 40th birthday.The little punk rich white boy privilege needs to end. He needs learn that actions have consequences though he’ll instead go on the wingnut welfare gravy train and be paid millions to pretend he’s a victim of his own racism.
Harvard has done what they should and needs to continue to do so.
re: #84 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Given his other songs about hot rods, I always figured it was about a 32 Ford “deuce”. I’d rather a ratty Chevy Nova sleeper instead but that’s me.
And somehow this vile hag hasn’t been perma-banned:
We don’t want Mexicans, we don’t want Muslims, we don’t want gays and we absolutely do not want black color people in America. out!
— Rossie (@rossiej67) June 17, 2019
re: #86 Dr. Matt
And somehow this vile hag hasn’t been perma-banned:
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Tell her she can lead the parade out of the country and not to mind the sound of the door closing behind her silly ass.
re: #86 Dr. Matt
And somehow this vile hag hasn’t been perma-banned:
We don’t want Mexicans, we don’t want Muslims, we don’t want gays and we absolutely do not want black color people in America. out!
I have to be Devil’s Advocate here and point out that she is expressing an opinion and not advocating any violence against said persons she does not like.
My own opinion is that she is an asshole.
re: #84 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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There’s a line in “Chuck E.’s In Love” by Rickie Lee Jones that to me sounds for all the world like she’s using a racial epithet. I know she isn’t — I’ve read the lyric. And yet I hear it every single time.
re: #89 Scout
There’s a line in “Chuck E.’s In Love” by Rickie Lee Jones that to me sounds for all the world like she’s using a racial epithet. I know she isn’t — I’ve read the lyric. And yet I hear it every single time.
Similar occurrence with CCR’s Down on the Corner, “bring a nickel tap your feet”…another n-word comes to mind.
re: #88 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
*rolling my eyes* It’s hate speech against POC and SGMs. Plain and simple. It doesn’t have to be expressing violence to be hate speech.
re: #84 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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re: #54 Belafon
We all know the purpose is to pamper men’s fragile egos.
Purpose is to sell beer, nothing more metaphysical.
Enya’s 80s hit Sail Away seems especially susceptible to misheard lyrics.
The Misheard Lyrics:
Save a whale, save a whale, save a whale
The Real Lyrics:
Sail away, sail away, sail away
The Story: I was working in a new age bookstore in the 80’s when a customer approached me, asking for ‘the save a whale’ song. I asked her to hum it to me. She was not to be convinced that she was mistaken until I actually played her the song and showed her the cd jacket. She seemed irritated, as though someone had played a trick on her, but she bought it. - Submitted by: David Morrison
Misheard Lyrics:
Jebediah the Pariah said, ‘Come & bring your shorts.’
Original Lyrics:
Let me sail, let me sail, let me crash upon your shore.
Obviously a product of the drug culture.
My wife tells a story of a night when she was young and out and about and listening to a local band at a bar:
“put another frog in the dryer” from “put another log on the fire”
No idea about anything about the band or the song.
Is there anybody here who watched all those seasons of The Good Wife and now watches The Good Fight?
Do I need to have watched the original show to enjoy the sequel show?
Every asylum seeker I’ve interviewed has always said the United States is a beacon of hope for them. A Somali I interviewed in the El Paso detention center told me as a child he’d learned about the US as a haven because of the branding we put on the sacks of rice his family ate
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) June 18, 2019
We have become the cruelest joke
— john r stanton (@dcbigjohn) June 18, 2019
Where is the woman in the apron & cameo brooch? Buried out back with the 4 other wives who worked to death?
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) June 18, 2019
re: #95 Colère Tueur de Lapin
My wife tells a story of a night when she was young and out and about and listening to a local band at a bar:
“put another frog in the dryer” from “put another log on the fire”
No idea about anything about the band or the song.
Don’t know about the band she was listening to, but this was probably the song, written by Shel Silverstein:
re: #96 sagehen
The show is independent of The Good Wife, once you get going all the pieces fall in place
It is way less about national/state politics, more about local politics and nitty gritty of law practice.
I love the show, its very topical
re: #98 The Vicious Babushka
Barefoot and popping out babies regardless of her health, needs, or future.
Those kids don’t get health care, and get opportunity to work to death thanks to GOP not giving a damn about their futures either.
re: #32 Anymouse 🌹
Former Indiana Official Wants Buttigieg to Denounce Fisting, Rimming (Goes to The Advocate, caution for adult subject matter and a Republican lying about statistics)
Former member of the Indiana House of Representatives, Don Boys (R), now a preacher who decries Muslims, goes after Mayor Buttigieg.
As usual, moral scolds think a whole lot more about gay sex (real and imagined) than gay people do.
Utah Outcasts makes fun of another conservative (video, 10:03)
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Don Boys: “Gay sex isn’t my bag, baby!”
Flight Attendant on Intercom: “Mr. Boys, paging Mr. Boys: you left a semen-crusted copy of your autobiography, “Fisting and Rimming Kids in the Boy Scouts,” jammed between the seats. Please come to reception to recover your material and to have a nice chat with a couple of gentlemen.”
re: #52 jeffreyw
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an early arrival, checking to see if the kitchen has put anything out on the buffet table yet.
re: #101 lawhawk
Barefoot and popping out babies regardless of her health, needs, or future.
Those kids don’t get health care, and get opportunity to work to death thanks to GOP not giving a damn about their futures either.
Have you ever noticed that the woman in the “American Gothic” painting, assumed to be the wife of the pitchfork-wielding dude, looks young enough to be his daughter?
BTW: the actual models for the painting were Grant Woods’ sister and their dentist.
re: #73 Citizen K
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his lawyers formulated an excellent apology letter for him. having gotten ground through academic administration before as an instructor, I feel for the kid. But I also know that his getting into Harvard means some deserving kid didn’t. Probably not a hard call for Harvard to just say, “Next up!”
Well today is the wife and my 20th anniversary. Time flies.
re: #85 William Lewis
Given his other songs about hot rods, I always figured it was about a 32 Ford “deuce”. I’d rather a ratty Chevy Nova sleeper instead but that’s me.
You don’t think the fact that he very clearly sings “wrapped up like a douche” should have given you a hint that this was definitely not a song about automobiles? /////
These people aren’t just moving the goalposts, they’re changing the sport. That’s the point. Frame everything their political rivals are doing as “socialism” and equate that with failure/evil, when what the GOP are doing is actually awful and a failure. They’re projecting.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 18, 2019
re: #103 steve_davis
an early arrival, checking to see if the kitchen has put anything out on the buffet table yet.
That’s Ginger Boy, watching the hummers flit about. I haven’t seen him jump for one, so far. Homer Kitty is bad about that.
re: #108 lawhawk
These people aren’t just moving the goalposts, they’re changing the sport. That’s the point. Frame everything their political rivals are doing as “socialism” and equate that with failure/evil, when what the GOP are doing is actually awful and a failure. They’re
Let’s go find everything that is broken for more than 72 hours and blame it on Socialism.
I’ll go first: Flint, Michigan’s water supply.
Trump is planning on live-tweeting the Democratic debates: dailykos.com. That might be funny.
re: #99 TedStriker
Don’t know about the band she was listening to, but this was probably the song, written by Shel Silverstein:
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Ultimate misheard lyrics (pardon the sound quality):
A valedictorian speech about complaining that is worth the read: dailykos.com.
re: #110 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Let’s go find everything that is broken for more than 72 hours and blame it on Socialism.
I’ll go first: Flint, Michigan’s water supply.
Puerto Rico’s power grid.
re: #105 steve_davis
The argument that all 16 year-old do stupid shit is really not a good one. If you go on a racist screed online, there is a basis for that view of ‘others’ and it is a negative one. He didn’t do it ‘just because’, it is a learned aspect of his personality that is there; can he change that? Of course, but an apology letter is just that, an apology. It doesn’t mean that the core racism is cured, that take proof by action.
I work in an American store. One of the restrooms has been broken for over a month.
Your point?— jay (@random__name) June 18, 2019
(We have 3 sets of restrooms, +1 unisex restroom)
re: #73 Citizen K
Yes Mr. Brooks. Redemption for White kids who are racist. Death for Black kids who are unmarked.
Tree that inspired Dr. Seuss tale ‘The Lorax’ falls in California https://t.co/BcA5PdcZWX pic.twitter.com/AJmURFQksv
— New York Post (@nypost) June 17, 2019
re: #118 Sufficient unto the day…
Conservatives truly are stupid people.
re: #111 Belafon
Trump is planning on live-tweeting the Democratic debates: dailykos.com. That might be funny.
Cool, we can have the batshit insane point of view of the debate also. Teach all sides.
re: #25 Dread Pirate
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WTF, Norm.
While I support decriminalization and legalization of marijuana, certain people who have already manifested certain mental illnesses - like bipolar disorder with congruent psychotic features - need to be very careful, as my wife and I learned last winter when we had to hospitalize our daughter the second time in the space of six weeks.
She’s a non-user, but during her second episode, her tests showed marijuana in her system which wasn’t present during her first episode (which was a walking nightmare for everyone in and of itself).
She remembers the days leading up to her first psychotic break and the delusions and hallucinations she experienced. She does not remember much of the night of the second psychotic break or how she ended up with THC in her system. Our leading theory is that she got into a (now former) housemate’s stash of edibles while alone and manic.
Do I blame the marijuana? No. Do we think it possible that it exacerbated the second incident due to our daughter’s irregularities in her brain chemistry? Yeah. Do we know for certain? No. Is caution warranted? Yes. Is Ornstein being hysterical? Probably.
re: #86 Dr. Matt
And somehow this vile hag hasn’t been perma-banned:
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I reported that, but this is a fake account…or a fake ass person.
try again pic.twitter.com/c1HhP0NRFG
— 𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 (@emobrocks) June 18, 2019
re: #118 Sufficient unto the day…
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(We have 3 sets of restrooms, +1 unisex restroom)
Not a socialism problem.
With supply chains streamlined to operate just-in time, components that rarely fail are much less likely to have more than one piece in stock, which means that two failures of the same component in the same general area leads to long lead times…— 🐄 Teo 🐄 (@Teukka72) June 18, 2019
re: #111 Belafon
Trump is planning on live-tweeting the Democratic debates: dailykos.com. That might be funny.
That might be really good for the democrats.
It seems likely to me that it would entice some Republican voters to watch the debates so they can follow along with the tweets, who wouldn’t normally do watch the Democratic debates.
Back to the well again. Fox is running out of ways to lie about how shitty a Trump is doing, so they have to default to “Killary” coverage.
Hannity right now pic.twitter.com/82M4mEeODZ
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) June 18, 2019
re: #125 Teukka
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Apartment building I used to live in was a re-purposed office building that had been built in 1924. When the elevators broke down* they would often be down for close to a week since repairs and finding replacement parts was quite difficult.
I presume that an old hotel in Vienna would probably have a quite similar issues. If not worse since I expect that the elevators were not original to the construction and were probably shoehorned in at some point. And at least part of the equipment is probably 1920s or older.
* - The place I used to live in eventually did an *expensive* refurbishment of their two elevators that stretched out over multiple months since they had to try to guarantee that one, and/or the freight elevator would always be available.
I mean, if there’s a standard here, it’s that the AG and watchdog groups can pound the defeated party’s candidate for at least two years after the last election.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) June 18, 2019
Love folks wanting to punish Dems for hypothetical grievances and giving the GOP pass for literally the exact same thing but done in reality rather than just hypothetically. Gotta love it. No, wait, what’s the opposite of that?
re: #126 Danack
That might be really good for the democrats.
It seems likely to me that it would entice some Republican voters to watch the debates so they can follow along with the tweets, who wouldn’t normally do watch the Democratic debates.
But at least some of the dems are going to bait trump into tweeting about trump so they can claim that trump is really afraid of me. Everything with trump is a clusterfuck.
re: #104 The Vicious Babushka
Have you ever noticed that the woman in the “American Gothic” painting, assumed to be the wife of the pitchfork-wielding dude, looks young enough to be his daughter?
BTW: the actual models for the painting were Grant Woods’ sister and their dentist.
No wonder he looks so down in the mouth.
This is Bodie. He’s thrilled you finally asked about his Pride pose. Been working on it for weeks. 14/10 it’s delightful Bodie #PrideMonthPuppo pic.twitter.com/POrFmEiGWd
— WeRateDogs™ 🏳️🌈 (@dog_rates) June 18, 2019
AOC compares Trump to Hitler here:
-‘Never Again’ references the Holocaust
-Concentration camps are a reference to the Holocaust
-AOC mentions WWII internment camps Japanese Americans were forced in
-Calling Trump a “fascist” is comparing him to Hitler given the time period— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) June 18, 2019
Please @Liz_Cheney do us all a favor and take the rest of your life off from speaking for Jews and weaponizing us to defend this administration. You disgrace the memory of the 6 million by invoking them to defend Trump’s concentration camps. How dare you. https://t.co/X4qcqLwAWv
— Sophie Ellman-Golan (@EgSophie) June 18, 2019
Great, it’s Fuckups Eve which means we’re being haunted by the Ghost of Quagmires Past
— Frank thee Goddamned (@goddamnedfrank) June 18, 2019
“When sausage rolls go wrong… “https://t.co/cIEpjD1IeT pic.twitter.com/Pv960LxnzD
— The Poke (@ThePoke) June 18, 2019
re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth
And for the shrieking Republicans who don’t know the difference: concentration camps are not the same as death camps.
Concentration camps are considered by experts as “the mass detention of civilians without trial.”
And that’s exactly what this administration is doing.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 18, 2019
While we’re on the subject of “misheard lyrics” here is “Google mistranslated lyrics”
Part 2 pic.twitter.com/8QlR2AILBO
— Michael W. Twitty (@KosherSoul) June 18, 2019
re: #137 The Vicious Babushka
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And sadly, most in her replies seem of the idea that all of the people in these camps are ‘illegal’ and therefore don’t deserve human rights, much less constitutional rights.
I just….goddammit.
re: #139 Citizen K
And sadly, most in her replies seem of the idea that all of the people in these camps are ‘illegal’ and therefore don’t deserve human rights, much less constitutional rights.
I just….goddammit.
Those camps are intentionally inhumane as they are meant to serve as a “deterrent”.
Feature, not a bug.
How long have Republicans been calling Democrats “socialists”? At least since the New Deal.
Don’t pretend like this is some new thing Trump discovered.— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) June 18, 2019
Unfortunately, the point still stands that apparently, this country hates ‘socialism’ so much it’s willing to accept fascism.
re: #139 Citizen K
And sadly, most in her replies seem of the idea that all of the people in these camps are ‘illegal’ and therefore don’t deserve human rights, much less constitutional rights.
I just….goddammit.
Which is only what Trump has been saying for the past two plus years.
re: #142 Eclectic Cyborg
Which is only what Trump has been saying for the past two plus years.
And only what much of the GOP has been trying to seed for the last couple of decades. It’s still depressing that it’s that widespread, and now might even become all but official policy because of Trump.
Refugees faced enormous obstacles in finding safe havens during WWII. In mid-1938, 140,000 people, most of whom were Jews, had applied for US visas. Within a year, that number had nearly doubled, creating an 11-year waiting list. #WorldRefugeeDayhttps://t.co/U5EFFIvVlI pic.twitter.com/WZ4BKFrunQ
— US Holocaust Museum (@HolocaustMuseum) June 14, 2019
Trump’s antecedents used the same arguments Trump now makes to keep Jews out of the US, limit the number of people entering the US, and ultimately resulted in the deaths of many of those trying to flee violence elsewhere in the world.
re: #140 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Those camps are intentionally inhumane as they are meant to serve as a “deterrent”.
Feature, not a bug.
Trump and his sycophants explicitly stated as much. They wanted to make the process as painful as possible as a deterrent to any of them coming to the US.
The whole point was to stop nonwhite legal immigration. Asylum is legal immigration, and Trump’s fixated on stopping it. His policies are all meant to further a white nationalist agenda.
We’ve seen this before too - from the nativist/white nationalist base that comprises the GOP.
It’s called a phone and the FBI https://t.co/7EaYq8n2qR
— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) June 18, 2019
re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth
Yeah, but Mitt also wants the GOP to be able to profit off of the information.
more people who don’t have jobs…
The dregs of society. https://t.co/IrRr1dBNne
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) June 18, 2019
another one bites the dust
….I thank Pat for his outstanding service and will be naming Secretary of the Army, Mark Esper, to be the new Acting Secretary of Defense. I know Mark, and have no doubt he will do a fantastic job!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2019
re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth
more people who don’t have jobs…
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Looks like a fun bunch. And so diverse!
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Interesting thread:
Politics is not a dirty word. It does not suggest self-interest or nefarious intent.
Politics is the process by which we make the rules for society to live by.
If we don’t win, we have to play by rules set by the other side. There’s no glory in letting GOP make the rules.
1/— Sally Albright (@SallyAlbright) June 15, 2019
You know that garlic hack from yesterday? I just tried it. It turns out that you have to use a particular very short stiff-bladed paring knife. My paring knife is too flexible and all it did was shred the garlic instead of removing it whole from the peel.
This viral hack for peeling garlic is taking over Twitter: https://t.co/gFwvvhMp0c pic.twitter.com/8odbNg79qj
— Food52 (@Food52) June 18, 2019
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
another one bites the dust
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Oh, wonderful. Another Acting defense secretary, while we’re deep in the muck with Iran.
What could possibly go wrong?
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
He’s not nominating someone to be Sec Def. He’s naming an acting Sec. Def., so as to avoid the confirmation process.
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
another one bites the dust
This Infrastructure Week has taken an expendently unexpendent turn.
re: #152 The Vicious Babushka
You know that garlic hack from yesterday? I just tried it. It turns out that you have to use a particular very short stiff-bladed paring knife. My paring knife is too flexible and all it did was shred the garlic instead of removing it whole from the peel.
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Oh yeah, and you can hurt yourself if you use the wrong type of knife. I didn’t cut myself because I stopped once I saw the hack wasn’t working for me, but it can bite you, like that showy avocado seed removal with a machete thing.
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
another one bites the dust
Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, who has done a wonderful job, has decided not to go forward with his confirmation process so that he can devote more time to his family….
Because he has realizes that the long-term damage to his career and reputation outweighs any advantages offered him by such an appointment…
re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth
The Tea Party compared Obama to Hitler every day.
The guy caught up in a domestic violence scandal will be replaced by a former top lobbyist for defense contractor Raytheon.
Trump gets the very best people, always. https://t.co/YarjAzZ6Bx— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 18, 2019
re: #156 The Vicious Babushka
Oh yeah, and you can hurt yourself if you use the wrong type of knife. I didn’t cut myself because I stopped once I saw the hack wasn’t working for me, but it can bite you, like that showy avocado seed removal with a machete thing.
I’d like to try the other Saveur one where he used two steel bowls, but I never need that much garlic. Just gonna keep smashing the cloves with the flat of the knife—that works well.
re: #154 lawhawk
He’s not nominating someone to be Sec Def. He’s naming an acting Sec. Def., so as to avoid the confirmation process.
I think I just hit on the wording I want for nominations: If the president does not presenta nominee for confirmation within 60 days of a vacancy, then the Senate shall select a nominee for consideration.
re: #156 The Vicious Babushka
Thanks! I’m planning on giving that a whirl and this is crucial info. Maybe my oyster shucking knife will work.
re: #161 Belafon
I think I just hit on the wording I want for nominations: If the president does not presenta nominee for confirmation within 60 days of a vacancy, then the Senate shall select a nominee for consideration.
And if the Senate does not open SCOTUS confirmation hearings withing 60 days, the President shall appoint the nominee without hearings…
The whole thread is a stunning read: https://t.co/pYRCMYQNiz
Tory party members don’t care if a candidate was Leave or Remain back in 2016, as long as they’re not just pro-Leave now, but willing to do No-Deal. Anyone who is not, is unacceptable pic.twitter.com/uL5al1dD0M— Joost (@almodozo) June 18, 2019
The Torys are willing to see the UK collapse long as they get their beloved Brexit. It’s the sole reason for their party at this point it seems. That’s just….
re: #150 Eclectic Cyborg
Looks like a fun bunch. And so diverse!
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The crowd at any Trump event has at least a quarter million years experience in being privileged.
re: #163 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And if the Senate does not open SCOTUS confirmation hearings withing 60 days, the President shall appoint the nominee without hearings…
If the Senate does not open SCOTUS confirmation hearings within 60 days of the nomination, the Senate will have deemed to have assented to the nomination and the nominee will be seated on the Court.
If the Senate does not hold a vote on a SCOTUS confirmation within 120 days of the nomination, the Senate will have deemed to have assented to the nomination and the nominee will be seated on the Court.
Because I can see how someone like McConnell might try to game the situation to give hearings but never schedule a vote.
re: #128 Feline Fearless Leader
Apartment building I used to live in was a re-purposed office building that had been built in 1924. When the elevators broke down* they would often be down for close to a week since repairs and finding replacement parts was quite difficult.
I presume that an old hotel in Vienna would probably have a quite similar issues. If not worse since I expect that the elevators were not original to the construction and were probably shoehorned in at some point. And at least part of the equipment is probably 1920s or older.
* - The place I used to live in eventually did an *expensive* refurbishment of their two elevators that stretched out over multiple months since they had to try to guarantee that one, and/or the freight elevator would always be available.
i presume that the status of a hotel elevator repair most anywhere has zero to do with soshulizm
re: #139 Citizen K
And sadly, most in her replies seem of the idea that all of the people in these camps are ‘illegal’ and therefore don’t deserve human rights, much less constitutional rights.
I just….goddammit.
she was very clear “detention of civilians without trial”
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