And Now, Some Intergalactic Stunt Guitar: Steve Vai, “Bad Horsie” Live From the Harmony Hut
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Exclusive: 11 members of the U.S. Secret Service are positive for coronavirus.
More than 20 previously positive cases recovered, and dozens more quarantined/self-monitoring.
Via @janawinter and @hunterw https://t.co/f1JeNL404x— Sharon Weinberger (@weinbergersa) May 8, 2020
re: #1 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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As long as the McDonalds front line cooks test negative then the POTUS is safe.
That awkward moment when Trump wants everyone to get back to work and reopen the economy, and then Google tells all their employees to work from home until 2021 because Trump has failed to protect us. Oops!
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) May 8, 2020
I hope that the POTUS and VPOTUS deny their exposure to the virus for as long as they can.
re: #2 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
cornmeal pound cake
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it was great with some dulce de leche ice cream. yum
That sounds amazing right now, actually, after I just had a pile of barbecue from a local smoker.
Erick Son of Erick shows a teensy weensy li’l shred of self awareness.
When did the conservative movement get filled with a bunch of whiny little bitches? Muh freedom! They are making me wear a mask. OMG I can’t go get drunk at my favorite restaurant. Give me liberty or give me coronavirus. Good grief. You people are grifty whiners.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) May 8, 2020
No hate crime charges will be filed #NoJusticeNoPeace pic.twitter.com/RrLsWU4YbJ
— leftist (@luistheleftist) May 8, 2020
Bill Barr on a roll this week.
re: #4 Anymouse 🌹🏡
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re: #8 DodgerFan1988
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Bill Barr on a roll this week.
Hate crime laws don’t exist in GA. Yeah, that tracks. Hard to charge ‘em with a hate crime if there’s no such thing, and there’s no WAY that Southerners could be racist, noooooo.
re: #7 teleskiguy
Erick Son of Erick shows a teensy weensy li’l shred of self awareness.
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That thread was something.
Still. Fuck him.
re: #7 teleskiguy
Erick Son of Erick shows a teensy weensy li’l shred of self awareness.
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Stopped clock moment?
LOL They’re doing it again! When I parted ways with the right I obviously left a lot of these people deeply traumatized. A week ago, @Popehat was the new me. Today’s new me is Matt Drudge!
Not sorry about the trauma, by the way. pic.twitter.com/OiLsy0l9zA— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 9, 2020
re: #6 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
That sounds amazing right now, actually, after I just had a pile of barbecue from a local smoker.
Cornmeal is underrated
re: #8 DodgerFan1988
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Bill Barr on a roll this week.
I just read an article on this, Georgia doesn’t have hate crimes laws. The feds could, but won’t.
re: #7 teleskiguy
Erick Son of Erick shows a teensy weensy li’l shred of self awareness.
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They’ve always been whiners Erick. You’re the one who doesn’t eat Chinese food because of Pearl Harbor.
And as the beaches are open, the hotels are open, and the restaurants are getting ready to offer indoor seating here in south by dog carolina
WE’RE NUMBER 51!
Number of tests with results per 1,000 population—14.3.
re: #16 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
They’ve always been whiners Erick. You’re the one who doesn’t eat Chinese food because of Pearl Harbor.
He’s a whiner, too. Read the whole thread.
This may be the worst thing Trump has said since the COVID-19 outbreak began (Eclectablog)
It’s not just that he’s doing everything wrong; it’s that he knows he is.
On Saturday night March 7th, right after the lie about the tests, Trump told GOP donors, “They’re trying to scare everybody, from meetings, cancel the meetings, close the schools — you know, destroy the country. And that’s ok, as long as we can win the election.”
The key word in this admission is “they.” Who is the “they” who wanted him to shut down everything?
He was referencing the press as the antecedent. But I hope and pray that he was also hearing this from any health expert who can get near him and isn’t afraid of telling him the truth. Because our lives depend upon it.
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re: #8 DodgerFan1988
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Ummm, according to the chyron on that screen cap, Georgia doesn’t have a “hate crimes” law, (which doesn’t come as much of a surprise) - so these bozos will have to be charged under “normal” murder law, I guess.
My guess is that, disgracefully, the McMichaels are probably going to ultimately walk for this crime, but I’ll be only too happy to be proved wrong…
ok right but fuck you anyway pic.twitter.com/cIGeNrMRLb
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 9, 2020
re: #13 Charles Johnson
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Then LGF became left, followed by the NCAA, the CDC, the Dollar Store, Drudge, then FoxNews, then the GOP, Mitch McConnell, Visa & Mastercard….etc…everyone who points out that the Emperor has no clothes is automatically on the left.
re: #8 DodgerFan1988
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If I understand correctly, if they are acquited, they can be charged with hate crimes at a latter date.
re: #2 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
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it was great with some dulce de leche ice cream. yum
Wife has found ways to conceal zucchini in things like that—chocolate, lemon, cinnamon/raisin.
For the first time ever, I won’t knock Guy Fieri. It’s a mitzvah. Good on him.
I would note that it shouldn’t be up to celebrities to scrape together tiny bits of money relative to the scope of the catastrophe.
This is why we have a damn government. Or it’s supposed to be. https://t.co/XKSg0XL68U— Joshua Holland 🔥 (@JoshuaHol) May 9, 2020
re: #16 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
They’ve always been whiners Erick. You’re the one who doesn’t eat Chinese food because of Pearl Harbor.
That doesn’t make sense, I gave up German food because of Pearl Harbor.
who are you and what have you done with erick son of erick
— gg 🙊🙈🙉 (@gina_goldberg) May 9, 2020
re: #26 Shropshire Slasher
That doesn’t make sense, I gave up German food because of Pearl Harbor.
Forget it… they’re rolling.
A cool thing about getting older is that you feel less inhibited about saying FUCK YOU to assholes.
Not that I was all that inhibited about it when I was younger, either. But I’m less now.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 9, 2020
Wingnuts are making #boycottcostco a thing.
re: #29 Shropshire Slasher
Oh look, an inch of snow, in May.
We’re scheduled for snow on Sunday night/Monday morning.
re: #32 Anymouse 🌹🏡
We’re scheduled for snow on Sunday night/Monday morning.
So far not making an appearance here… Good news, since I’m planning on finishing up the work I can do indoors on the big brown Lincoln this weekend, and I would hate to roll it out for its first ignition in the snow.
This poor man has no toast. We should all send him out toast. I’ll go first. pic.twitter.com/b6ROkUrEho
— Edwin Mix (@TheEdMix) May 9, 2020
re: #7 teleskiguy
Erick Son of Erick shows a teensy weensy li’l shred of self awareness.
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Remarkable. A dog is licking its anus on a public street. Suddenly it freezes and raises its head in disgust. It looks around in startled embarrassment, then slinks away.
News — Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant has tested positive for coronavirus, I’m told. The assistant, who works in a personal capacity, hasn’t been around Ivanka in several weeks & has been teleworking. Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner both tested negative today, source says.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 9, 2020
Thank heavens we have enough tests to keep our nepotistic drone strategic reserve safe.
A brief history of batshit conservative boycotts (The Outline), the lede:
Although American conservatives are frighteningly competent when it comes to actually winning elections, they cannot stage a public protest for shit. Republican attempts to emulate liberal rallying cries like the March on Washington and the Women’s March typically end like 2013’s 2 Million Bikers to DC rally, which drew a crowd of 10,000, or last year’s March 4 Trump, which brought nearly 100 conservatives to the nation’s capital. Even extraordinarily well-funded astroturf groups like Turning Point USA still manage to come up with self-defeating stunts like wearing adult diapers in public to protest “safe spaces.”
re: #31 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Full retail was good enough for our Founding Fathers.
Only a threat when it suits them?
— Yazz (@AussieYazz) May 7, 2020
re: #38 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Because doing things themselves is… hard.
They have no sense of humor.
They can’t do sarcasm.
They lack any kind of “wit”.
re: #39 Jay C
Why?
What now….???
Over Costco’s requirement to wear a mask in their stores.
Apparently, a health directive aimed to protect their employees and other customers somehow is an infringement on their liberty, they don’t understand capitalism, and it leads to a slippery slope where Costco will make you geyh marry your neighbour’s cat.
There is some hilarious dragging of conservative snowflakes on that hashtag.
South Korea and the US had their first reported case on the same day.
Today, South Korea has reduced daily cases by 90%. In the US, 70,000 Americans have died and unemployment has hit 14.7%.
The difference: competent government that heeds experts. Vote for that in November.— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 8, 2020
re: #43 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Over Costco’s requirement to wear a mask in their stores.
Apparently, a health directive aimed to protect their employees and other customers somehow is an infringement on their liberty, they don’t understand capitalism, and it leads to a slippery slope where Costco will make you geyh marry your neighbour’s cat.
There is some hilarious dragging of conservative snowflakes on that hashtag.
So the usual shit. Thought so, thanks.
re: #13 Charles Johnson
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re: #31 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Wingnuts are making #boycottcostco a thing.
Good. More space for the sane people.
Let them boycott until they starve, have no coffee or toilet paper and can’t buy any clothes, patio furniture or books. Scratch that last one. Who am I kidding? Books? 😂😂😂
re: #32 Anymouse 🌹🏡
We’re scheduled for snow on Sunday night/Monday morning.
Flurries here - on and off all day.
Roy from Sigfried and Roy has passed.
Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy Has Died at 75 After Catching COVID-19 https://t.co/kuWDzWv9KH
— TMZ (@TMZ) May 9, 2020
re: #14 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Cornmeal is underrated
I fucking LOVE cornmeal! Corn meal mush as a hot cereal, or sliced and fried….corn bread….grits…scrapple….corn meal IN bread, like Anadama bread…..
One of my happy memories - Dad’s baked beans. Nice, completely cooked, but not mushy beans in a savory, SLIGHTLY sweet, dark brown gravy, best sopped up with homemade cornbread - not the sweet, cakey kind, but rather the crumbly, flinty kind made with more cornmeal than flour, and hardly any sugar…..
Now I’m salivating
re: #41 Dread Pirate
John Bolton is spinning in his coffin right now.
re: #31 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Wingnuts are making #boycottcostco a thing.
They’ll make YouTube videos of themselves burning all the Kirkland TP they’ve been hoarding.
Trump’s willing to lose lives so he can have his economic comeback.https://t.co/NrDkbn40vv pic.twitter.com/x7UmuEKgOd
— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) May 9, 2020
re: #49 makeitstop
Roy from Sigfried and Roy has passed.
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God damn it. 2020 just keeps on delivering those gonad shots.
Florida tried to black out death records from medical examiners that have never been kept secret before. They messed up the redaction and we could read them anyway - and got a window into the many ways the unrelenting coronavirus has found to cause death. https://t.co/276orji7wv
— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) May 8, 2020
Please take time today to thank spouses for all that they do to support their #Soldier and #USArmy on #MilitarySpouseAppreciationDay. Your sacrifices have not gone unnoticed.
Thank you for your service! pic.twitter.com/DTIQ2npT7e— U.S. Army (@USArmy) May 8, 2020
Happy Birthday @flynavy !
Read Now:
Marking the 109th Anniversary of Naval Aviation Excellence ⬇️ https://t.co/3q5GXYddvb pic.twitter.com/JRuha4Ngka— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) May 8, 2020
Made Impossible Burgers for dinner. Fried them in a hot oiled skilled, two minutes on a side and seasoned after cooking as per recommendations.
Good stuff. Will be buying more soon. Be nice if the price came down a bit but it helps to bear in mind that it’s worth some kind of premium to lower the risk of arteriosclerosis.
re: #41 Dread Pirate
Costing too much money that can’t be stolen by campaign contributors, more like.
re: #59 William Lewis
Costing too much money that can’t be stolen by campaign contributors, more like.
Somebody got bored.
re: #58 goddamnedfrank
Made Impossible Burgers for dinner. Fried them in a hot oiled skilled, two minutes on a side and seasoned after cooking as per recommendations.
Good stuff. Will be buying more soon. Be nice if the price came down a bit but it helps to bear in mind that it’s worth some kind of premium to lower the risk of arteriosclerosis.
Made Impossible burgers for dinner. They were good.
I’d totally have believed they were real meat, just only off a weird animal like a platypus— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) May 9, 2020
it’s a good thing that Michael Flynn was just a wealthy white traitor who sold out his country and pleaded guilty to it, and not, for example, a black man out for a jog, because there are serious consequences for that
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) May 8, 2020
Exclusive: Obama, in private talk with ex-aides, says “the rule of law is at risk” in Flynn case and calls Trump response to pandemic an “absolute chaotic disaster.” Listen to the tape: https://t.co/HUOXFvPI1m
— Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff) May 9, 2020
re: #61 goddamnedfrank
Save the venomous spurs as toothpicks.
Governor Ricketts’s order to permit church services to resume only applies to the church service itself. No Sunday School or CCD, no church socials or dinners, &c.
Over in Omaha, the Catholic Archdiocese will open St. Cecilia’s Cathedral for regular Mass. St. Charles Borremeo Catholic Church will open in the suburbs (it started having daily Mass on Tuesday). Most Protestant churches are staying closed.
Across the state, of the roughly two hundred forty Missouri Synod Lutheran churches, about one-third will open (the one in my town will remain closed).
Here, the two Greek Orthodox churches in my county will remain closed, as will the two Catholic churches, the Assembly of God church, the independent Baptist church, and the Presbyterian church.
Over in Scottsbluff, the churches will remain closed except for the Unitarian-Universalist church.
Friend just sent me this. pic.twitter.com/Z6i2Ymsu5z
— josie duffy rice (@jduffyrice) May 8, 2020
There’s an actual “Free the McMichael’s” Facebook Group.
re: #67 DodgerFan1988
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There’s an actual “Free the McMichael’s” Facebook Group.
Oh, I have my own idea of justice for those motherfuckers…….
re: #2 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
You put two of my dude’s most favorite things together in one delicious package. Wow!
re: #63 gocart mozart
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Not smart, Mr.President: your incompetent successor will probably use this footage to charge you with, umm, something or other - lese-majeste , maybe: assuming Trump or anybody even knows what lese-majeste means…
State fiscal crisis watch: notice that revenues are off more than 50% in Kansas and Missouri 1/ https://t.co/2y17x2NkvF
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) May 8, 2020
Mitch McConnell may imagine that this is only a blue state problem. It isn’t. 3/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) May 8, 2020
Peter Piot: “Many people think COVID-19 kills 1% of patients, and the rest get away with some flulike symptoms. But the story gets more complicated. Many people will be left with chronic kidney and heart problems. Even their neural system is disrupted…”https://t.co/FTjW8Sujhi
— Natalie E. Dean, PhD (@nataliexdean) May 9, 2020
“… We are learning while we are sailing. That’s why I get so annoyed by the many commentators on the sidelines who, without much insight, criticize the scientists and policymakers trying hard to get the epidemic under control. That’s very unfair.”
— Natalie E. Dean, PhD (@nataliexdean) May 9, 2020
For those asking about long-term outcomes, obviously we don’t know for a new disease. But this article reviews the available evidence.https://t.co/vCv2L6oUpo
— Natalie E. Dean, PhD (@nataliexdean) May 9, 2020
re: #66 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Speaking of Ricketts, looks like he’s got his very own SeanSarahKayleigh SpiceHuckaNany:
Hello Gov Ricketts communications person!
2 things:
(1) A thread I commend to your attention: https://t.co/06TweyZTlL
(2) Are you saying Gov Ricketts actually *is* releasing COVID-19 data on individual nursing homes and individual meat processing plants? If so, great! Where? https://t.co/74P5GBGypJ— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) May 8, 2020
re: #31 Anymouse 🌹🏡
I hope they do boycott. Then I might feel safe going there again.
This is something that needs to happen, or there will be nothing left to re-open when the pandemic runs its course. https://t.co/9wdKKSIGc0
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 9, 2020
re: #58 goddamnedfrank
They are yummy. I did much the same as you and added jalapenos to the frying. Really damn good.
re: #73 Interesting Times
Speaking of Ricketts, looks like he’s got his very own SeanSarahKayleigh SpiceHuckaNany:
Taylor Gage is a first-class wingnut. He also seems to be obsessed with Dr. Maddow.
.@maddow has launched targeted attacks against @govkristinoem @IAGovernor and other Midwest governors who have been doing a fantastic job in bringing people and communities together to slow the spread of #coronvirus. https://t.co/qcoz8B9veb
— Taylor Gage (@gagetaylor) May 8, 2020
re: #70 Jay C
I don’t think he new he was being recorded.
re: #77 Anymouse 🌹🏡
She isn’t attacking anyone. Now the corona virus maybe attacking Nebraskans because our governor is playing games with the numbers. Show us the data on the packing plants, assisted living with names. And prison info. What are you trying to hide.
— Nan Lujan (@nan1217) May 9, 2020
NEW: U.S. FDA Dir. Hahn has begun a 2-week precautionary self-quarantine after coming into contact with a person who has COVID-19, aides tell @NBCNews. https://t.co/54FOEufJoi
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) May 9, 2020
I mean, she is the woman who once tweeted (almost certainly since deleted) something about not knowing any Catholics until she went to college. She probably didn’t mean that literally, but it’s hard to be in Texas & not know a lot of Catholics
Maybe she meant _white_ Catholics?— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) May 9, 2020
re: #81 gocart mozart
“To be Left, you must be White”—Liz
re: #78 gocart mozart
I don’t think that anyone should assume that their conference calls or meetings aren’t being recorded now. It sounds like he’s having some difficulty just saying how corrupt he thinks Trump and Barr are. He must feel horrified.
Another take on Tara Reade: She’s been doing this narrative for years. Now it’s out of hand.
So, my current take on #TaraReade… is that she’s used some form of this baseline harassment narrative for 27 years. She used it with friends and family to excuse her termination (days apart, we now know) from Biden’s office.Whatever the reason, we know it … 1/11
— Still Untested (@Shoq) May 9, 2020
Sure beats clorox. Hand me the bong, wouldja?https://t.co/83sojqDRgD
— David Neiwert (@DavidNeiwert) May 8, 2020
re: #88 Sherlock Hound
Another take on Tara Reade: She’s been doing this narrative for years. Now it’s out of hand.
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Any idea what termination codes were found?
Pence today praised Iowa’s handling of COVID. “The numbers speak for themselves,” he said, though Des Moines Register notes cases in parts of the state have been spiking https://t.co/RGijzMy7K6
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) May 9, 2020
Texas today hit 10,000 covid deaths according to WFAA.
re: #86 De Kolta Chair
Yo if you gotta go, it’s alright
In French w/ Sandy Denny singing and Richard Thompson on accordion.
Sorry - but am I reading correctly that she is blaming heroes? https://t.co/yCBo81UCxj
— Sam Vinograd (@sam_vinograd) May 9, 2020
re: #94 Belafon
Texas today hit 10,000 covid deaths according to WFAA.
according to all the sites I am seeing, Texas just hit 1000 deaths. 10000 would make it second only to NY
re: #91 Belafon
Any idea what termination codes were found?
Let me find the other thread…
So I decided there’s enough information to put this into a thread. This pertains to those obscure codes on the disbursing form Tara Reade posted herself in 2019. They didn’t get much attention, but I think I’m going to change that.
1/ pic.twitter.com/Zqw3zYHIeB— STEMthebleeding (@STEMthebleeding) May 8, 2020
re: #97 danarchy
according to all the sites I am seeing, Texas just hit 1000 deaths. 10000 would make it second only to NY
Thanks. I could have misheard.
Their karma backs over their dogma in the driveway every damn day.
— Steven Smith (@FlyNavy123) May 9, 2020
re: #67 DodgerFan1988
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There’s an actual “Free the McMichael’s” Facebook Group.
“FRY the McMichaels” is more like it.
I need some help to see what my options are on a problem.
I have a 2013 Kia Sorento that I bought in 2016. I had to have some A/C maintenance done on it last week. A friend of my dad owns a repair shop, so I left it with him. On his way to the shop, the Kia just dies. They tow it to the shop, and are unable to find anything wrong. There are no computer codes either. After the repairs he drives it back to his out with no problems, and I drive it home no problem.
Yesterday, after it sitting for a few days, I take it out, and it dies on me. The first time, I start it up again, and it goes a little way before completely dying.
This morning I have it towed to the Kia dealership. When they call me, they tell me its the engine, and I’m just going to have to have it replaced. The quote on that is about $8100, which is probably more than the car is worth. And it’s about $2k more than have left to pay on it. I went afterwards to find out what exactly was wrong with the car, and they never tried to get to that much detail. Just that the engine is gone.
This starts my wife doing the internet search thing, and we come across these: cars.com. The middle one seems the most relevant, which says this:
Summary
Kia Motor Company (Kia) is recalling certain 2011-2014 Optima, 2012-2014 Sorento and 2011-2013 Sportage vehicles. Machining errors during the engine manufacturing process may cause premature bearing wear within the engine.Consequence
Bearing wear may result in the engine seizing, increasing the risk of a crash.What Owners Should Do
Kia will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the engine assembly, and replace the engine if necessary, free of charge. The recall began June 20, 2017. Owners may contact Kia customer service at [no phone numbers allowed]. Kia’s number for this recall is SC147.
At the current time, I can’t tell you what the history is of the car getting looked at for this. I know I took the car to the dealership to have the oil changed, and I remember them looking at some of the recall stuff, but I don’t know about this one.
It just seems that having the engine fail at this point is not right. What I don’t know is if that recall is something I can pursue, and what’s the best way to go about pursuing it. It’s kind of obvious the mechanics there aren’t going to do much about it unless forced, but my car is sitting on their lot and I will have to hire a tow company to movie it.
Any suggestions on how to proceed would be great. Fighting these kinds of fights is not my forte; it takes a lot more energy out of me to do these things than I know other people spend.
If gettin’ infected is your idea of patriotism, then knock yourself out. But the moment you give it someone else, you’re guilty of assault.
These folks belong in a 5’ x 8’ government-funded quarantine. https://t.co/JVO9k2GZUz— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) May 9, 2020
re: #104 Belafon
This kind of on-again, off-again problem does not sound like a seized engine to me, although I’m no car expert.
My parents had a very similar problem in one of their cars which was eventually and with great difficulty traced to a little cardboard disk from a container of dry gas that had gotten into the car’s gas tank and would occasionally cut off gas flow to the engine as it moved around.
re: #106 EPR-radar
This kind of on-again, off-again problem does not sound like a seized engine to me, although I’m no car expert.
My parents had a very similar problem in one of their cars which was eventually and with great difficulty traced to a little cardboard disk from a container of dry gas that had gotten into the car’s gas tank and would occasionally cut off gas flow to the engine as it moved around.
Since yesterday, it hasn’t started. When you turn the key, it sounds like it’s grunting to start, but that lasts like a quarter of a second.
Everything about this is horrible. So they’re still going ahead with this event tomorrow, despite a fighter testing positive? There’s no time to re-test everyone he came into contact with, so you’re potentially letting people fight while positive for covid19. Great. Very safe. https://t.co/z1zjkFIDPo
— Danny Boy (@Care2much18) May 9, 2020
re: #63 gocart mozart
Some Trumpster comments to the tweet:
Person 1: He is scared to death! House of cards is collapsing
Person 2: That was my take as well.
It’s really happening.
America will remain the greatest country on earth.Person 3: Now that the Russia hoax leads right to him. Classic.
The Trump base is eagerly waiting for Obama, Hillary, et al to be charged and carted off. Barr has been evil his entire career, supporting crimes committed under GOP administrations, and undermining the rule of law. I have long thought that this would be a step too far even for him — but occasionally I am plagued by nightmares that we have irrevocably slid into an authoritarian state, modeled after Putin’s Russia, where opponents can be dragged off and imprisoned for life or executed, merely for objecting to the crimes of the ruler or for knowing too much about these crimes.
After all — the one Conspiracy Theory that everyone accepts — regardless of politics — is that Epstein did not kill himself. And if that is true, he was in the custody of Barr’s DOJ and his death occurred there.
re: #107 Belafon
Since yesterday, it hasn’t started. When you turn the key, it sounds like it’s grunting to start, but that lasts like a quarter of a second.
If the engine was seized it wouldn’t try to turn over, you’d just hear the starter motor kind-of whining (or grinding on the flywheel if it jumped the teeth).
You probably need to know what “gone” means before you can decide what to do.
re: #107 Belafon
Since yesterday, it hasn’t started. When you turn the key, it sounds like it’s grunting to start, but that lasts like a quarter of a second.
It’s difficult with mechanics, but this is a great time for a second opinion. Preferably someone who does import autos but not a dealership.
re: #110 uncah91
If the engine was seized it wouldn’t try to turn over, you’d just hear the starter motor kind-of whining (or grinding on the flywheel if it jumped the teeth).
You probably need to know what “gone” means before you can decide what to do.
re: #111 William Lewis
It’s difficult with mechanics, but this is a great time for a second opinion. Preferably someone who does import autos but not a dealership.
That’s partially what I’m thinking. I’ll need to get it towed somewhere else. Now to find someone who I could trust to look at it.
But, let’s say we find out it’s the bearings. Any idea how I would pursue that?
re: #1 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
So, I wake up this morning and discover that the White House is a COVID-19 hotzone. What a time to be alive.
Did this get posted?
Figures on the far left have been meeting far right activists to discuss conspiracy theories, many virulently antisemitic. For much of that time, their meetings have been infiltrated. This is what they have been trying to hide: pic.twitter.com/p4YU1IrEno
— HOPE not hate (@hopenothate) February 24, 2020
And link to Labour:
The #Plandemic & #Climate Hoax have the same aim: #NewWorldOrder; +come from the same Globalist data-tampering MegaRich MegaCorps interests.
DON’T #extendlockdown.#BreakTheLockdown
….
Can we tackle both climate change + Covid-19 recovery? | Free to read https://t.co/AbzVqPE96C— Piers Corbyn (@Piers_Corbyn) May 8, 2020
re: #115 Dr Lizardo
So, I wake up this morning and discover that the White House is a COVID-19 hotzone. What a time to be alive.
We all knew Resident Evil was a documentary.
And now, a letter from the Ken Burns documentary: Corona Virus pic.twitter.com/hymzWGU7km
— IM (@newplanetseeker) May 9, 2020
re: #116 Teukka
Going to let others tackle the first one. The second one: There are more jobs in going green than sticking with fossil fuels.
re: #119 Belafon
Going to let others tackle the first one. The second one: There are more jobs in going green than sticking with fossil fuels.
I hope you realize that Piers Corbyn (brother of the Labour leader) is a conspiracy nut.
re: #58 goddamnedfrank
Made Impossible Burgers for dinner. Fried them in a hot oiled skilled, two minutes on a side and seasoned after cooking as per recommendations.
Good stuff. Will be buying more soon. Be nice if the price came down a bit but it helps to bear in mind that it’s worth some kind of premium to lower the risk of arteriosclerosis.
Good to know - a few retailers are now offering Impossible Burgers, though like you said, they’re kind of pricey, but I’ll have to try ‘em out one of these days.
Here’s John Herrera (drums)and a few other local friends in Turning Point (Thano Sahnas-guitar, Demitri Sahnas-bass, Steve Culp-keys and Dominic Amado-horn)
re: #117 Belafon
We all knew Resident Evil was a documentary.
Milla Jovovich looks great handling automatic weapons. That’s really the only selling point of those flicks - it sure as hell isn’t the (highly convoluted) storyline.
Yes you nailed me. Don’t care about grandma. Kill them all. Human sacrifice in Times Square. That is exactly I think. https://t.co/GmoIeFDhGb
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) May 8, 2020
Fuck off, you Fascist scum!
re: #124 DodgerFan1988
US wingnuts shouldn’t attempt sarcasm. There is nothing they could say that is clearly beyond what Trump/Miller will do if given a chance.
Crediting Miller with a lot of normal emotions here, pretty sure he only wails when one of his horcruxes gets destroyed
— Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) May 9, 2020
Coronavirus forces Russia to hold slimmed down Victory Day in blow to Putin https://t.co/6nIsL0YpHt pic.twitter.com/dpvIOfLFlD
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 9, 2020
So, there’s a new Sheriff Gerber Baby in town.
Sad to say, but I fully expect the usual suspects will soon be screaming bloody murder.
More on the story here: edition.cnn.com
re: #128 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Sad. I shed tears for him.The poor Czar of Kleptocrats.
{sniffle}
78,616 dead, per Worldometer.
Night all. As sweet a batch of dreams as you can have.
re: #128 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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In other news, the Russian Federation is accusing Finland of genocide…
The Director General of the National Archives, Jussi Nuorteva, finds the statement of the Russian Committee of Inquiry that Finland would have used gas chambers and burial alive to kill Soviet prisoners of war during the occupation of East Karelia completely unbelievable.
The Committee of Inquiry of the Russian Federation announced on Thursday afternoon that, on the basis of a preliminary investigation, it had launched a formal criminal investigation into the killings of civilians and prisoners of war during the occupation of East Karelia during the Continuation War.
The title of the criminal investigation is genocide.
People in Hong Kong are falling ill from a hepatitis virus found in rats — but nobody knows how they’re being infected. https://t.co/uyHDvXbG5u
— CNN (@CNN) May 9, 2020
Guten tag, you can read it here: @EWErickson: Dear friends, I am currently hangry and it has been a long week, both of which are signs that I should… https://t.co/WnQAzbzGgR Enjoy :) 🤖
— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) May 9, 2020
re: #88 Sherlock Hound
Another take on Tara Reade: She’s been doing this narrative for years. Now it’s out of hand.
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I think like so many others this year, she and her Berner enablers were caught totally off-guard by this pandemic. I think they really expected that her “story” was going to help make the case for a brokered convention. That it would eat into Biden’s support, particularly among women, and that might cost him just enough votes in the remaining primaries that he couldn’t gather enough delegates to win outright. And then, like in 2016, they fantasized about things going to the second ballot and Bernie managing to sway enough superdelegates to his banner to win the nomination.
re: #136 Targetpractice
I think like so many others this year, she and her Berner enablers were caught totally off-guard by this pandemic. I think they really expected that her “story” was going to help make the case for a brokered convention. That it would eat into Biden’s support, particularly among women, and that might cost him just enough votes in the remaining primaries that he couldn’t gather enough delegates to win outright. And then, like in 2016, they fantasized about things going to the second ballot and Bernie managing to sway enough superdelegates to his banner to win the nomination.
It looks like the fantasy now is that Biden will be totally discredited by these allegations, withdraw in shame, and Bernie will clean up in the now-back-on NY primary to get a plurality of delegates and VICTORY.
I’m pretty sure Bernie will get his ass handed to him in NY, and I assume that this means that the delegate deal to shut Bernie up is now off, as well. And has Bernie told his rabid dead enders to knock it off, or has he lost all semblance of control?
re: #137 ericblair
I think even if Bernie bluntly and unequivocally told his cultists to sit down and shut the fuck up, they’re out of his control now. It’s pretty obvious the Sandernistas are out to burn the Democratic Party to the ground, even if that means getting Trump re-elected this November.
Quarantine cleaning in my office and uncovered a cache of old DOGMA press clippings, including this 1999 issue of @EW. There will never again be another online poll that ranks me above my cinematic betters, unless the poll is “Who Sucks Most?” Crazy that it ever happened at all. pic.twitter.com/sJRta2LPAr
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) May 9, 2020
What the fuck 1999?
re: #137 ericblair
It looks like the fantasy now is that Biden will be totally discredited by these allegations, withdraw in shame, and Bernie will clean up in the now-back-on NY primary to get a plurality of delegates and VICTORY.
I’m pretty sure Bernie will get his ass handed to him in NY, and I assume that this means that the delegate deal to shut Bernie up is now off, as well. And has Bernie told his rabid dead enders to knock it off, or has he lost all semblance of control?
All the arguments that Berners offer are ones made in bad faith.
- “Other candidates could unsuspend if Biden drops out!” = The only candidate they care to see do that is Bernie.
- “There are still primaries on the calendar!” = Not enough outstanding delegates out there to overcome Bernie’s lead if Biden drops out.
- “The party could nominate someone else!” = They would declare any such move as “undemocratic” and sit out the election anyway
re: #99 Sherlock Hound
Here’s a thread on evidence that Reade was charged with fraud in 1993, which looks like the reason she was terminated:
🚨BREAKING: @LukeRodriguez75 just heard back from SLO. I confirmed the person that replied to the emails works for the courthouse. She provided a document showing the case number matching the case number from the databases & date — 8/2/1993 — 3 days before she was terminated. 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/DIVPlRCqKG
— Sluethy Kyle 🥁 TeamJoe 🥁 (@kyle_teamjoe) May 8, 2020
2) “But the fact of the matter is, velociraptors are intelligent, shifty creatures that are not going to be contained any time soon, so we might as well just start getting used to them killing a few people every now and then”
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 7, 2020
The rest behind the clicky
4) “you’ll be pleased to know that, rather than double down on our containment efforts, we’ve decided to dissolve the Velociraptor Containment Task Force altogether, and focus instead on how we can get people back into the park as quickly as possible.”
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 7, 2020
6) “will some employees have their limbs torn off and tossed into the air? Undoubtedly. But we’re confident that with a few safety precautions put in place, we’ll be able to keep the level of workplace injuries/deaths just below levels that would elicit widespread public outrage”
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 7, 2020
8) “many of our EMTs get mauled & dismembered by velociraptors. That’s why, as sign of appreciation, we will be repainting the JP ambulance with the words “Hero Mobile” in big letters. We think this is a far more meaningful token of gratitude than salary increase they requested.”
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 7, 2020
10) … next to the T-shirts that say I SURVIVED A VISIT TO JURASSIC PARK AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT.”
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 7, 2020
12) “Dr. Ian Malcolm recommended that we wait until velociraptors have been located & contained before reopening park: his exact words “you were so preoccupied with whether you could reopen the park, you didn’t stop to think whether you should.” Talk about a guy on a high horse.”
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 7, 2020
re: #63 gocart mozart
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Telling the truth is an explosive accusation to make on Obama. But I see you have tape of it. Guilty as charged.
re: #67 DodgerFan1988
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There’s an actual “Free the McMichael’s” Facebook Group.
Christians? Isn’t there some suggestion or something in their book of rules that says something about killing? I know I’ve read it somewhere. Maybe I’m mistaken.
re: #144 ericblair
Here’s a thread on evidence that Reade was charged with fraud in 1993, which looks like the reason she was terminated:
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One of the guys who was here when I first got hired left about 3 months after I came on. Told me that he was going back home because of family troubles and he needed to be there to help out.
Found out over a year later the reason why he so suddenly left: He was dating a meth addict and didn’t realize that all he was doing was feeding her habit until he was evicted for being months behind on his rent and virtually penniless despite working himself to death between shifts here and working as an Uber driver.
IRS update: Victory is mine!
Originally I was one of those for whom the Get My Payment web page could only return the blurb that it was unable to determine my eligibility.
Then about 10 or 12 days ago it changed to that it could determine my eligibility but it needed my info (including bank data.) So I entered it and it said it was processing.
And lo, Thursday the deposit was made.
So I am declaring a major victory.
So Trump’s valet…Pence’s spokeswoman…Ivanka’s assistant. In the military we call this “bracketing”. It means the big booms are getting closer to their target. It’s a bad thing if you’re in the middle. https://t.co/IYZDrEcpEK
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) May 9, 2020
re: #116 Teukka
And link to Labour
What link to Labour?
Piers Corbyn left the Labour Party in 2002 in the run up to the invasion of Iraq, and stood as an independent candidate on housing issues in the Southwark election in 2015. According to The Sunday Times in September 2017, his attempt to rejoin the Southwark Constituency Labour Party in January 2017 was blocked.
re: #120 Teukka
I hope you realize that Piers Corbyn (brother of the Labour leader) is a conspiracy nut.
I hope you realise that Piers Corbyn is not a member of the Labour party and that his brother Jeremy is not leader of the Labour party.
re: #157 John Hughes
I hope you realise that Piers Corbyn is not a member of the Labour party and that his brother Jeremy is not leader of the Labour party.
Not anymore, no.
It makes sense… no one will be looking at their hands or faces anyway.
So people putting others’ health at risk are now called “coronavirus warriors”… let me make a note. pic.twitter.com/KxbtlBsk8d— Albert Ramsey (@albertcramsey) May 8, 2020
re: #143 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The UK did their VE day celebrations as a virtual sing-a-long.
Katherine Jenkins and Dame Vera Lynn’s ‘We’ll Meet Again’ reaches number one on iTunes charts (ITV)
The ‘We’ll Meet Again’ duet between Katherine Jenkins and Dame Vera Lynn has reached number one on iTunes’ top songs.
The pair joined forces to re-release Dame Lynn’s famous wartime song in support of NHS workers and their families.
The song had seen a recent surge in popularity after the Queen made reference to it in her historic address to the nation on April 5.
All of the money raised from sales of the duet are going to NHS Charities Together.
The UK showing the NHS that they are OUR NUMBER 1 💙 Thank you SO much for supporting this everyone - let’s keep it up there and raise as much as possible for @NHSCharities. Stream/download here https://t.co/oSrVwM7Ypk 💙 pic.twitter.com/cKPSZNvMpi
— Katherine Jenkins (@KathJenkins) April 16, 2020
(more)
The song reached #1 on the iTunes chart five days after it was released.
re: #160 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Translation: I’m willing to put my dancers at risk.
Not like the Portland, Ore. club which did a drive-through strip club so people could stay in their cars, and the club which started a home delivery service.
re: #160 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
From that article in the Omaha World-Herald:
The club’s reopening is an echo from the past. In November 1918, a burlesque show became the first lawful public gathering after restrictions were lifted during the 1918 flu pandemic. The Gayety Theater decided to open for a 12:01 a.m. burlesque show, and crowds lined up for admission.
Unfortunately, Omaha was one of many cities that dropped social distancing requirements too early and paid a price in sickness and death. Kansas City, Denver, Cincinnati and Birmingham, Alabama, all experienced new waves of influenza after lifting restrictions.
Nudity and face masks: Club Omaha plans to reopen next week
According to the article, he wrote the city attorney and city officials, who said “state problem.” He then wrote the state attorney and other state officials, who ignored his E-mail.
He says that churches can open up, and private clubs can open up at 50% capacity, so he doesn’t feel he’s outside the so-called Directed Health Measure for Douglas County. He plans to open the club at 25% capacity.
re: #105 jaunte
The comments on that WI COVID uptick article are pathetic. Most are pissed that the article couldn’t say definitively that the MAH FREEDUMBS rally was where they got the ‘Rona and another was “fill the empty hospital beds and recall the nurses on furlough”. Whatever.
From the Greatest Generation to the Stupidest Generation.
re: #106 EPR-radar
This kind of on-again, off-again problem does not sound like a seized engine to me, although I’m no car expert.
My parents had a very similar problem in one of their cars which was eventually and with great difficulty traced to a little cardboard disk from a container of dry gas that had gotten into the car’s gas tank and would occasionally cut off gas flow to the engine as it moved around.
I had that same thing happen with some water getting into the gas tank. On and off over and over again. Had to drop and empty the tank and clear the lines and it never happened again.
In terms of recalls, I had a blown head gasket once and the dealer called me to tell me it was covered under a prior recall. Thank God, that was $1500 (20 years ago). Now I’m guessing they need every dollar they can make.
I’d again ask for specifics on the engine failure and refer to that recall. The thing about recalls is Kia pays them off it falls under the recall so if you, re: #104 Belafon, ask them about it, you might get lucky.
Now Playing: “We’ll Meet Again” by Katherine Jenkins and Dame Vera Lynn (3:39)
(which LGF will not allow to embed from Spotify, and I don’t do Apple iThings)
re: #153 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
IRS update: Victory is mine!
Originally I was one of those for whom the Get My Payment web page could only return the blurb that it was unable to determine my eligibility.
Then about 10 or 12 days ago it changed to that it could determine my eligibility but it needed my info (including bank data.) So I entered it and it said it was processing.
And lo, Thursday the deposit was made.
So I am declaring a major victory.
That’s good.
Still nothin’ on my end though.
re: #168 SteelPH
That’s good.
Still nothin’ on my end though.
I’m not expecting to see my paper cheque in this lifetime.
re: #104 Belafon
I need some help to see what my options are on a problem.
I have a 2013 Kia Sorento that I bought in 2016. I had to have some A/C maintenance done on it last week. A friend of my dad owns a repair shop, so I left it with him. On his way to the shop, the Kia just dies. They tow it to the shop, and are unable to find anything wrong. There are no computer codes either. After the repairs he drives it back to his out with no problems, and I drive it home no problem.
Yesterday, after it sitting for a few days, I take it out, and it dies on me. The first time, I start it up again, and it goes a little way before completely dying.
This morning I have it towed to the Kia dealership. When they call me, they tell me its the engine, and I’m just going to have to have it replaced. The quote on that is about $8100, which is probably more than the car is worth. And it’s about $2k more than have left to pay on it. I went afterwards to find out what exactly was wrong with the car, and they never tried to get to that much detail. Just that the engine is gone.
This starts my wife doing the internet search thing, and we come across these: cars.com. The middle one seems the most relevant, which says this:
At the current time, I can’t tell you what the history is of the car getting looked at for this. I know I took the car to the dealership to have the oil changed, and I remember them looking at some of the recall stuff, but I don’t know about this one.
It just seems that having the engine fail at this point is not right. What I don’t know is if that recall is something I can pursue, and what’s the best way to go about pursuing it. It’s kind of obvious the mechanics there aren’t going to do much about it unless forced, but my car is sitting on their lot and I will have to hire a tow company to movie it.
Any suggestions on how to proceed would be great. Fighting these kinds of fights is not my forte; it takes a lot more energy out of me to do these things than I know other people spend.
You need to get a second, or third opinion. Just because it’s a dealer doesn’t mean they know how to properly diagnose an issue such as yours. They get paid to swap out parts. The description you give doesn’t sound like it needs a new engine, sounds like a grounding or electrical problem which is hard to find problem. Dealers will give quotes like that because they don’t want to do the work, especially since they couldn’t show you the problem. Call around, word of mouth, NOT the internet. Call a tow place (if the dealer did their job the engine should be apart, if not they guessed) and ask the driver. I wish you well, cars are a necessary evil. BTW, I prefer old hole in the wall garages, non descriptive, privately owned.
re: #114 Belafon
But, let’s say we find out it’s the bearings. Any idea how I would pursue that?
That’s a “new” engine. You can also have a shop put a used engine in. There are many Kia’s on the road, so that would definitely get the cost down.
Was up this morning and checked out my Instagram. A friend of mine had a video up that said “this is what I think of aubery murder” and it is an NRA video talking about carrying guns and not stopping for anyone while jogging. You know the whole good guy with a gun protecting myself ideal
It is 711am. I think I swore enough to wake up the little lady
I should have figured that they would politicize this as a reason for open carry.
re: #163 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Translation: I’m willing to put my dancers at risk.
Not like the Portland, Ore. club which did a drive-through strip club so people could stay in their cars, and the club which started a home delivery service.
Same club - the Lucky Devil Lounge (some of my old friends still living in the US were dancers in Portland back in the day).
re: #172 nowherenorth2
Was up this morning and checked out my Instagram. A friend of mine had a video up that said “this is what I think of aubery murder” and it is an NRA video talking about carrying guns and not stopping for anyone while jogging. You know the whole good guy with a gun protecting myself ideal
It is 711am. I think I swore enough to wake up the little lady
I should have figured that they would politicize this as a reason for open carry.
Did they mention the minor detail that they will only support a white male citizen doing that? Or did or NRA grifters pretend they were more inclusive to try and steal minority money too?
re: #155 Targetpractice
And you know what? Even if they did test positive, they’d never admit it, not a single one of them. Let’s say Trump came down COVID-19….we sure as hell wouldn’t find out about it via the White House or even Trump’s twitter feed. No, we’d find about it via a breaking news alert, “President Trump rushed to Walter Reed, anonymous White House sources say he’s been battling coronavirus for the last several days” or something to that effect.
re: #114 Belafon
But, let’s say we find out it’s the bearings. Any idea how I would pursue that?
Start calling local junkyards looking for the exact model and finding out the cost of a used engine. That’s what I did for the horrifically expensive main battery in a first generation Prius.
So sad that this is a thing.
New: ProPublica health care reporter Marshall Allen describes the questions he asks to assess coronavirus misinformation, starting with a viral video that claims the coronavirus is part of a “hidden agenda.” https://t.co/0dmcr4gV7n
— ProPublica (@propublica) May 9, 2020
re: #174 William Lewis
Nope. Not at all. Not one bit.
re: #172 nowherenorth2
Was up this morning and checked out my Instagram. A friend of mine had a video up that said “this is what I think of aubery murder” and it is an NRA video talking about carrying guns and not stopping for anyone while jogging. You know the whole good guy with a gun protecting myself ideal
It is 711am. I think I swore enough to wake up the little lady
I should have figured that they would politicize this as a reason for open carry.
Philando Castille was unavailable for comment.
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This 2nd grade teacher crafted a custom ‘quarantine hugs station’ for her students ❤️ pic.twitter.com/TZV6B4xMVp
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) May 9, 2020
re: #178 nowherenorth2
Nope. Not at all. Not one bit.
No surprise. As someone who is into guns and even sees some legitimate reason for concealed carry, I especially despise what the NRA has become sine the coup of 77. Criminal thugs pushing “rights” without responsibility. < spit >
When has a black man killed by white guys been armed and not immediately assumed to be “up to no good”? If anything, having a gun on himself would probably have convinced wingnuts that he intended harm to the McMichaels because “If he was out for a jog, why did he need a gun?!”
re: #159 Barefoot Grin
What’s this white shit outside?
Yeah, it’s coming down here also. Not accumulating much but still.
Trending on Urban Dictionary, Trump’s Razor.
re: #177 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
So sad that this is a thing.
Someone here a few days ago mentioned while conspiracy theories have always been around, in times of trouble they tend to undermine society. No conspiracy theory adds any sort of knowledge to what we already know (this also goes for creationism), but undermines knowledge itself. Such “theories” provide a lucrative grift (such as flat earthers).
re: #10 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Hate crime laws don’t exist in GA. Yeah, that tracks. Hard to charge ‘em with a hate crime if there’s no such thing, and there’s no WAY that Southerners could be racist, noooooo.
re: #17 BeachDem
And as the beaches are open, the hotels are open, and the restaurants are getting ready to offer indoor seating here in south by dog carolina
WE’RE NUMBER 51!
Number of tests with results per 1,000 population—14.3.
somebody’s got to be number 51. it’s usually us.
So I saw this photo on Shorpy and liked the look of the guitar. I looked it up on the interwebs and found this. Now I am kicking around a possible purchase of a refurbished one. Maybe get it and put “cat-gut” strings on. Play it like a cowboy on the range. Might sound pretty good along with my buddy playing the fiddle. I had what must have been a late 50’s early 60’s Harmony back in the late 60’s that I liked (thin, hollow body electric. Whammy bar). Have to look around a little more and see what other models might be out there.
re: #189 Shropshire Slasher
He would rather sit outside in the snow than on the couch with me.
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Cute pupperoo.
He looks like he’s concerned you’re about to do something.
re: #172 nowherenorth2
Was up this morning and checked out my Instagram. A friend of mine had a video up that said “this is what I think of aubery murder” and it is an NRA video talking about carrying guns and not stopping for anyone while jogging. You know the whole good guy with a gun protecting myself ideal
It is 711am. I think I swore enough to wake up the little lady
I should have figured that they would politicize this as a reason for open carry.
Part of me thinks the NRA won’t like what would happen, at all. Then again, they threw Philando Castile away.
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Well, Sen. Hunt, I’m guessing opening strip clubs in Omaha isn’t part of it.
How do we take steps to safely resume activities while we wait out the development of a vaccine? We can’t just “stand on one foot,” as former Obama health care lead @ASlavitt says.
Here’s his list of suggestions, in one excellent thread: https://t.co/zgaxdOmVNq— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) May 9, 2020
re: #192 Eric The Fruit Bat
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re: #195 jeffreyw
Even the birds are wary of restaurants reopening.
re: #192 Eric The Fruit Bat
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Breakfast: T-bone steak and Brussels sprouts wrapped in bacon.
re: #198 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Breakfast: T-bone steak and Brussels sprouts wrapped in bacon.
I just had a coupla cheeseburgers. Yum.
re: #197 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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re: #200 Eric The Fruit Bat
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Shopping centers are all re-opening here in Czech Republic on Monday the 11th. I was in Ostrava’s biggest mall yesterday morning to pick something up and saw the store employees all at work, taking inventory and putting up sales signage. Retail analysts anticipate that next weekend (16/17 May) is very likely going to be the equivalent of Black Friday, owing to pent-up demand combined with (on average) 80% off pricing as the stores seek to move out their spring merchandise so their summer merchandise can hit the salesfloor.
Cuteness defined.
Let these puppets teach you about sea otters https://t.co/dUhOnpKKkI https://t.co/mMU8KA3Q3L @AquariumPacific
— Daily Otter (@TheDailyOtter) May 9, 2020
re: #192 Eric The Fruit Bat
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re: #204 William Lewis
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re: #67 DodgerFan1988
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There’s an actual “Free the McMichael’s” Facebook Group.
Otherwise known as the “Criminals or not, we’ll teach those n______s not to be in our white neighborhood.” fB group.
re: #104 Belafon
I need some help to see what my options are on a problem.
I have a 2013 Kia Sorento that I bought in 2016. I had to have some A/C maintenance done on it last week. A friend of my dad owns a repair shop, so I left it with him. On his way to the shop, the Kia just dies. They tow it to the shop, and are unable to find anything wrong. There are no computer codes either. After the repairs he drives it back to his out with no problems, and I drive it home no problem.
Yesterday, after it sitting for a few days, I take it out, and it dies on me. The first time, I start it up again, and it goes a little way before completely dying.
This morning I have it towed to the Kia dealership. When they call me, they tell me its the engine, and I’m just going to have to have it replaced. The quote on that is about $8100, which is probably more than the car is worth. And it’s about $2k more than have left to pay on it. I went afterwards to find out what exactly was wrong with the car, and they never tried to get to that much detail. Just that the engine is gone.
This starts my wife doing the internet search thing, and we come across these: cars.com. The middle one seems the most relevant, which says this:
At the current time, I can’t tell you what the history is of the car getting looked at for this. I know I took the car to the dealership to have the oil changed, and I remember them looking at some of the recall stuff, but I don’t know about this one.
It just seems that having the engine fail at this point is not right. What I don’t know is if that recall is something I can pursue, and what’s the best way to go about pursuing it. It’s kind of obvious the mechanics there aren’t going to do much about it unless forced, but my car is sitting on their lot and I will have to hire a tow company to movie it.
Any suggestions on how to proceed would be great. Fighting these kinds of fights is not my forte; it takes a lot more energy out of me to do these things than I know other people spend.
I thought Kia warrantied their power-trains for 100,000 miles or 10 years?
re: #192 Eric The Fruit Bat
Call a local dentist if you don’t have a regular one. Mine has an emergency contact number you can get off her voice mail. Even if they can’t do anything right now, they might be able to tell you what to do about the pain.
NEW POLL: Biden opens nine-point lead over Trump in Senate battleground states https://t.co/RuLwjBFcUu pic.twitter.com/rlPedor5vB
— The Hill (@thehill) May 8, 2020
It didn’t have to be this bad. The hard truth is that Donald Trump was simply not up to the job. https://t.co/sUd5GjD6cl
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 8, 2020
It seems like common sense to thematically link Trump’s personal corruption to a broader policy critique of plutocracy but Democrats haven’t actually done it much, smart I think to see Biden take that direction. https://t.co/zk46HfJrXx
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 8, 2020
re: #169 Anymouse 🌹🏡
I’m not expecting to see my paper cheque in this lifetime.
I’m sort of in your boat. I have to wait for my 2019 return to be processed before asking for the payment.
re: #210 Belafon
The car’s at 101k miles.
Then I would definitely contact the dealer. If the car has been serviced at all for the recall - and an engine replacement is a pretty big service - they’ll have a record of it somewhere, even if it was done at a different dealership. If it hasn’t been recalled, then that would be the angle I would pursue.
Looking forward to more of these adverts.
Jesus this is good pic.twitter.com/kwxmZGfsAX
— Danny Ocean (@The_UnSilent_) May 8, 2020
I saw him do that snake thing at a rally in 2015 and watched everyone laugh. I couldn’t believe it. He was warning them, but they thought he was talking about someone else (HRC didn’t have the nomination yet, of course).
re: #169 Anymouse 🌹🏡
I’m not expecting to see my paper cheque in this lifetime.
A friend got her paper check this last week. She had not expected to see one for months.
re: #216 retired cynic
A friend got her paper check this last week. She had not expected to see one for months.
I had to file a tax form this year (the first time in many years) to provide the IRS with our current address.
Currently tax form processing centres are shut down due to the epidemic. Until they reopen, they will not process any paper tax forms.
The Innovator. The Originator. The Emancipator. The architect of rock n’roll. Gone. Goddamn it.
Little Richard, rock’n’roll pioneer, dies aged 87 https://t.co/VoK093BCM8
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 9, 2020
re: #210 Belafon
The car’s at 101k miles.
I’m afraid I have little to contribute on this. I would say though, that having it “just quit”, without any other symptoms, such as an obvious loss of power, or smoking, just doesn’t add up. You might want to work the dealerships email up the chain of command in search of clarification. If they expect you to pony up $8,100.00, they should be able to offer a specific dx. (You’re right, spending that on the car would probably be a poor investment.)
Have you described where you’re at on this to your Dad’s friend who has the shop? I would for sure get a second opinion.
Oh, good morning.
re: #104 Belafon
I need some help to see what my options are on a problem.
I have a 2013 Kia Sorento that I bought in 2016. I had to have some A/C maintenance done on it last week. A friend of my dad owns a repair shop, so I left it with him. On his way to the shop, the Kia just dies. They tow it to the shop, and are unable to find anything wrong. There are no computer codes either. After the repairs he drives it back to his out with no problems, and I drive it home no problem.
Yesterday, after it sitting for a few days, I take it out, and it dies on me. The first time, I start it up again, and it goes a little way before completely dying.
This morning I have it towed to the Kia dealership. When they call me, they tell me its the engine, and I’m just going to have to have it replaced. The quote on that is about $8100, which is probably more than the car is worth. And it’s about $2k more than have left to pay on it. I went afterwards to find out what exactly was wrong with the car, and they never tried to get to that much detail. Just that the engine is gone.
This starts my wife doing the internet search thing, and we come across these: cars.com. The middle one seems the most relevant, which says this:
At the current time, I can’t tell you what the history is of the car getting looked at for this. I know I took the car to the dealership to have the oil changed, and I remember them looking at some of the recall stuff, but I don’t know about this one.
It just seems that having the engine fail at this point is not right. What I don’t know is if that recall is something I can pursue, and what’s the best way to go about pursuing it. It’s kind of obvious the mechanics there aren’t going to do much about it unless forced, but my car is sitting on their lot and I will have to hire a tow company to movie it.
Any suggestions on how to proceed would be great. Fighting these kinds of fights is not my forte; it takes a lot more energy out of me to do these things than I know other people spend.
We had a similar problem with our Honda Civic (quitting for no apparent reason). Turns out that is was the ignition switch going bad. Of course ymmv and all that.
South Korea fears spread of coronaivirus from nightclub infections in Seoulhttps://t.co/ffUEEP3ZiI pic.twitter.com/UJVtTHA2R7
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 9, 2020
From a mythopoetic perspective, it would make perfect sense if the President was an asymptomatic carrier.
I mean, it would just make concrete what’s happening in the abstract.
re: #67 DodgerFan1988
That group has crossed over 100,000 members.
I woke up this morning thinking about #AhmaudArbery and how he was just hunted down by guys who were looking for a black man to shoot. And then to see the growth of this group. I don’t want to live in this country anymore. pic.twitter.com/g3QEGf6VxI— Dee “Stay home—STAY HOME!” Holmes (@mmmirele) May 9, 2020
re: #161 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Katherine Jenkins and Dame Vera Lynn’s ‘We’ll Meet Again’ reaches number one on iTunes charts (ITV)
The song reached #1 on the iTunes chart five days after it was released.
What an amazing life Vera Lynn has had, and it’s not over yet.
VE Day: Dame Vera Lynn says ‘hope remains’ in message
Dame Vera Lynn has spoken about the bravery and sacrifice that characterises the nation on the eve of the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
In 1945, huge crowds celebrated after learning of the final surrender of the Nazis, but many will spend Friday’s anniversary in coronavirus lockdown.
Dame Vera, now 103, said while people would be apart, “hope remains even in the most difficult of times”.
Quoting from her most well-known song, she said: “We will meet again.”
re: #221 lizardofid
I’m afraid I have little to contribute on this. I would say though, that having it “just quit”, without any other symptoms, such as an obvious loss of power, or smoking, just doesn’t add up. You might want to work the dealerships email up the chain of command in search of clarification. If they expect you to pony up $8,100.00, they should be able to offer a specific dx. (You’re right, spending that on the car would probably be a poor investment.)
Have you described where you’re at on this to your Dad’s friend who has the shop? I would for sure get a second opinion.
Oh, good morning.
Probably not a great contribution but my Mazda 323 once “just quit”. Turned out to be a cracked crank shaft.
Edit: Though I think that’d be a detectable condition and not something that is repaired and then just dies again.
re: #228 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Probably not a great contribution but my Mazda 323 once “just quit”. Turned out to be a cracked crank shaft.
Interesting. Did they find it in an autopsy?
re: #228 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Probably not a great contribution but my Mazda 323 once “just quit”. Turned out to be a cracked crank shaft.
Edit: Though I think that’d be a detectable condition and not something that is repaired and then just dies again.
Just to clarify. The shop that did repairs on the A/C didn’t do anything to the engine. They tried looking for the cause, but couldn’t find it. And then it mysteriously worked for just a little while after the first time.
re: #230 Belafon
Just to clarify. The shop that did repairs on the A/C didn’t do anything to the engine. They tried looking for the cause, but couldn’t find it. And then it mysteriously worked for just a little while after the first time.
Probably a dumb question, but did they check fuel filter? (or did they say a restriction would prompt a code?)
I wonder what it’s like to be a germaphobe like Trump, sitting in the White House, knowing the virus has already breached whatever protective measures he put in place and could be lurking inside any one of the very few people he trusts. I imagine that’s uhhh, pretty unpleasant.
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) May 9, 2020
re: #231 lizardofid
Probably a dumb question, but did they check fuel filter? (or did they say a restriction would prompt a code?)
They didn’t say much of anything other than I need a new engine.
re: #225 mmmirele
The Aubrey and Trayvon Martin shootings derive from a centuries old Southern tradition.
“Slave patrols … were organized groups of armed white men who monitored and enforced discipline upon black slaves in the antebellum U.S. southern states. The slave patrols’ function was to police slaves, especially runaways and defiant slaves. …”
“The use and physical formation of slave patrols came to its end in 1865 when the Civil War ended. This end, however, is linked to post-Civil War groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, which continued to terrorize and threaten the black community.”
“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”
― Lyndon B. Johnson
BY the way, the argument of States Rights was originally used by Northern States to stop organized groups of southern “Slave Catchers” from invading Northern States and kidnapping blacks, then dragging them south to be sold. The Federal Government during this period was run by the Northern wing of a party that was dependent upon the Southern wing to maintain power. And the Federal enforcement of ‘contraband laws’ was part of the bargain.
re: #232 Belafon
I have the impression that “germophobe” is another of one of Mr. Trump’s lies personal brandings.
I don’t see a germophobe having unprotected sex with women not his wife.
re: #226 A hollow Gandalfian voice says, VOTE, you fools!
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My momma saw me up that high in a backyard pecan tree one fine summer day and pretty much lost her shit.
One more bit from the period. My understanding is that the phrase was also used to describe Northern blacks kidnapped by Southern “Slave Catcher” gangs in Northern States and then dragged back to the South and sold.
“For generations, the phrase “sold down the river” has been used to signify a profound betrayal.
“River” was a literal reference to the Mississippi or Ohio rivers. For much of the first half of the 19th century, Louisville, Ky., was one of the largest slave-trading marketplaces in the country. Slaves would be taken to Louisville to be “sold down the river” and transported to the cotton plantations in states further south.”
Coronavirus: China offers to help North Korea fight pandemic (BBC)
Even China doesn’t believe North Korea’s claim of no cases. China has a vested interest in preventing an outbreak in North Korea.
China used the opportunity of a message Mr. Kim just sent congratulating China in containing the virus in offering aid. North Korea previously turned down a US offer, and China sees it as reasserting its position as North Korea’s benefactor.
re: #221 lizardofid
I would also suggest calling Kia directly. Sometimes going direct to the main US headquarters can get desired results. And I would still get a second opinion from a local, independent repair shop with a good reputation.
re: #236 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Eh…
“Germaphobe” doesn’t translate to “…accurately understands or appreciates prophylaxis to prevent infection.”
In the case of Trump, it’s best to assume that he’s is a bundle of impulses with no consistent sorting of priorities. He can hate germs and avoid sick people because he thinks of sickness as weakness and sick people as weak, but the “fuck stuff” node in his brain can activate strong enough to cancel that out. It’s also best to assume that his understanding of health is superficial: if someone “looks healthy” that’s enough for him in the moment.
And as a narcissist, it’s never his fault if he gets sick or catches VD. It’s something that was done to him.
re: #232 Belafon
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Perusing coronavirus articles on the BBC, it seems a dying industry has been revived by the pandemic: home milk delivery.
One such remaining company has been slammed with new customers wanting milk delivered in traditional glass bottles to their homes, due to shortages at supermarkets. It also provides an outlet for dairy farmers who have been pouring out milk due to the breakdown of the supply chain.
The company reports since the outbreak began, 25,000 customers have signed up (the company had to temporarily suspend sign ups), and is currently looking for a hundred new employees.
bbc.com (includes interviews with several employees including one of thirty-five years, and customers)
re: #229 lizardofid
Interesting. Did they find it in an autopsy?
Happened about 11pm at night as I was warming car up after attending a hockey game. It simply quit and wouldn’t restart. Luckily tow trucks hung around that lot after events for obvious reasons.
So I got it towed that night to a garage I knew about relatively (< 1 mile) from my house and had the tow truck leave it there. (And conveniently close to an ATM so that I could go get cash to pay the tow truck driver.) I called the garage the next day and talked to them, and they diagnosed it later that day. (They were a bit curious why a car had suddenly appeared.) Took close to a week to get the part(s) and do the repair. And, of course, this was right after the power train warranty had expired on the car.
re: #225 mmmirele
That group has crossed over 100,000 members.
I woke up this morning thinking about #AhmaudArbery and how he was just hunted down by guys who were looking for a black man to shoot. And then to see the growth of this group. I don’t want to live in this country anymore.
I think you can rest assured that over 90% of that is bots and trolls.
re: #237 jeffreyw
My momma saw me up that high in a backyard pecan tree one fine summer day and pretty much lost her shit.
Shouldn’t have left your wings in your room.
re: #234 ckkatz
Which was why the Underground Railroad eventually had to extend and get the runaway slaves all the way to Canada.
Little Richard (1932-2020) consenting to pose with obscure opening act in Hamburg, 1962: pic.twitter.com/HRFyE3knJE
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) May 9, 2020
re: #225 mmmirele
I guess I’m not all that surprised that there would be 100,000 racists willing to take the most passive step possible and join a facebook page to wallow in their racism, especially given the garbage that facebook is willing to allow in order to make money.
There’s about 5% of facebook that I miss after quitting.
Rock and roll ❤️ pic.twitter.com/mW4u7tCbSG
— Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre (@RedRocksCO) May 9, 2020
re: #144 ericblair
Here’s a thread on evidence that Reade was charged with fraud in 1993, which looks like the reason she was terminated:
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And people wonder why I *completely lost my shit* at the (now not existing) First Interstate Bank (because gobbled up by my current employer) back in the spring of 1989 when they took a $62 check which had been encoded for $620 by American Express, posted it to my account and then watched me bounce checks all over town. Back in those days, check fraud of various types was a Very Bad Thing, I was undergoing the second round of investigation prior to taking the Texas Bar and these people were fucking up my life. Boy, does that bring back memories (most of them not good).
FWIW, this is not a photo of real events, or even a staged re-enactment. It is a 1/76 scale diorama by master model-builderGuy DeLillio, showing the aftermath of the Battle of Caen in 1944. The tanks are each about 3 inches long. It was built from old Matchbox kits. The vehicles are a Sherman Firefly tank, a Sherman mine-clearing tank, a Citroen 11CV car, and a German field gun.
re: #228 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Probably not a great contribution but my Mazda 323 once “just quit”. Turned out to be a cracked crank shaft.
Edit: Though I think that’d be a detectable condition and not something that is repaired and then just dies again.
My 323 “just quit” on a business trip to Duluth when the timing chain broke. Luckily it didn’t do any other damage to the engine and I was able to get it repaired and back home by the next evening.
re: #140 Dave In Austin
1st out….. We had another fledge tonite. One is still in the box last I looked.
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re: #169 Anymouse 🌹🏡
I’m not expecting to see my paper cheque in this lifetime.
My mother got her paper check earlier this week. Then she wanted my brother to spend it on a pool for her (obviously not thinking about the cost and suchlike). My brother was all “How are you going to get in and out of it? How are you going to keep it clean?” My mother backed down after that.
I predict the next thing she’s going to want to spend her check on is a sewing machine, when she has at least five around the house. *sigh*
re: #255 stpaulbear
My 323 “just quit” on a business trip to Duluth when the timing chain broke. Luckily it didn’t do any other damage to the engine and I was able to get it repaired and back home by the next evening.
What doesn’t compute on Belefon’s Kia though, is it restarts after a period of time.
I had fuel filters do that on some old trucks in the past. (But they didn’t have tell tale codes, so it may not be relevant)
re: #255 stpaulbear
My 323 “just quit” on a business trip to Duluth when the timing chain broke. Luckily it didn’t do any other damage to the engine and I was able to get it repaired and back home by the next evening.
My Smart “just quit” returning from Massachusetts. I would let it sit for a few minutes, and restart it, then it would quit again a few miles later.
The dealership had the car towed from my home in Nebraska to Denver to figure out why that was.
It turned out that the lead weights on the rear wheels had been lost, presumably due to the bad unpaved roads here.
Because it was an engineering question, Mercedes-Benz told me there was no charge either for the tow or repair (that tow was over two hundred miles). They also annotated my service record for the car to ensure those weights are checked every time I bring the car in for service.
re: #258 lizardofid
What doesn’t compute on Belefon’s Kia though, is it restarts after a period of time.
I had fuel filters do that on some old trucks in the past. (But they didn’t have tell tale codes, so it may not be relevant)
It started that first time, but after it failed on Thursday, it didn’t start on Friday. But yeah, there is the fact that the first failure it managed to do 30 or so miles afterwards, sit for a couple of days, and then die again after I took it out.
re: #249 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I think those kids from Liverpool have promise.
Nah, that guitar band stuff is on the way out.
/Some record exec in England who completely missed the point.
re: #262 makeitstop
Nah, that guitar band stuff is on the way out.
/Some record exec in England who completely missed the point.
All joking aside, can you imagine having seen them before they got big? The closest story I got to that is my old man seeing The Eagles in Aspen at a dive there and talking to Henley after the show.
re: #263 Citizen K
Read the tweets linked to the last tweet in there. It’s someone pointing out that, however that group was launched, it’s basically been hostile takeovered by black posters taking the piss out of the group.
Yup. And before it was renamed, the group was “Christians Against Google,” created in 2017.
re: #261 Belafon
It started that first time, but after it failed on Thursday, it didn’t start on Friday. But yeah, there is the fact that the first failure it managed to do 30 or so miles afterwards, sit for a couple of days, and then die again after I took it out.
Only other input I could put in is that my one Saturn did that a few times - died, would restart and run, then die. Then wouldn’t even turn over. They traced that (after a tow) to a corroded wire to a sensor. (Corrosion due to an anti-freeze leak.) But that’s something I think a dealership’s diagnostic computer stuff would catch.
My only other “car won’t start” thing goes back to pre-electronic ignition stuff where it was moisture getting into the distributor cap. (I’ve had 1-2 good towing experiences per car so far in my life. None yet with the Subaru I got in late December.)
re: #264 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
All joking aside, can you imagine having seen them before they got big? The closest story I got to that is my old man seeing The Eagles in Aspen at a dive there and talking to Henley after the show.
Old Man Music Industry story incoming…
Around 1979 sometime, the band I was in did a showcase for Mercury Records at a long-gone club called Great Gildersleeves in Lower Manhattan. We were rehearsed up and ready to go. The opening act that night was a band called Blue Angel, and at the end of the night we got encouraging words from Mercury’s A&R guy, but the opening band got signed on the strength of their lead singer.
The singer’s name was Cyndi Lauper, and even then she was great.
This is a shocking development:
72 got COVID-19 after being at large event
it’s a sad kabuki dance.
sad bc we’re stuck in a crippling pandemic and Trump still gets to sit and give nonsense answers for 20 mins; pic.twitter.com/SxBRONoXKx— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) May 9, 2020
re: #267 makeitstop
Old Man Music Industry story incoming…
Around 1979 sometime, the band I was in did a showcase for Mercury Records at a long-gone club called Great Gildersleeves in Lower Manhattan. We were rehearsed up and ready to go. The opening act that night was a band called Blue Angel, and at the end of the night we got encouraging words from Mercury’s A&R guy, but the opening band got signed on the strength of their lead singer.
The singer’s name was Cyndi Lauper, and even then she was great.
Closest I have is this. I went to the Fillmore East in Silver Spring, Maryland to see a free show of Of Monsters and Men. A few months later, their song Little Talks seemed to be everywhere. I also saw First Aid Kit before they got big too.
This is hilarious. Uber-batshit antivaxx conspira-liar Shiva Ayyadurai(who once claimed to have invented email, after it had been in use for years) is suing mainstream antivaxx conspira-liar Robert Kennedy Jr for 95 million dollars over something or other.
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) May 9, 2020
re: #268 BigPapa
This is a shocking development:
72 got COVID-19 after being at large event
Agh but you know Plandemnic.//
re: #263 Citizen K
Read the tweets linked to the last tweet in there. It’s someone pointing out that, however that group was launched, it’s basically been hostile takeovered by black posters taking the piss out of the group.
OH GOOD. This makes me feel better. I thought about joining so I could tell fellow white people how incredibly stupid they were, but you know, now, maybe I won’t.
re: #271 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
This is hilarious. Uber-batshit antivaxx conspira-liar Shiva Ayyadurai(who once claimed to have invented email, after it had been in use for years) is suing mainstream antivaxx conspira-liar Robert Kennedy Jr for 95 million dollars over something or other.
RFK Jr is an asshole and it saddens me to say that given his old man is one of my political heroes.
re: #269 Citizen K
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It sounds like trying to get information out of a toddler as to why the cookie jar is broken. You can’t just up-front ask why he botched the response so badly, and why he got rid of all of the tools prior administrations had left for him to deal with a new virus, because he’ll just stomp out of the room.
Does the state’s mandatory attendance law carry any weight if kids are doing geometry in their bedrooms?Local school officials across the state want some answers.
Under normal circumstances, what happens inside a school is heavily scripted by pages and pages of state rules and laws.
Break them, and a school can risk funding or its accreditation.
But with COVID-19 blowing up the school year, schools have been unable to comply with many rules, and are poised to break more next year unless operations return to normal. School officials want to know which rules the state will make them follow and which ones they can punt.
(more at the Omaha World-Herald)
Coronavirus blows up school rules for daily Pledge of Allegiance, fire drills, mandatory attendance
A group representing schools sent a petition to the state education commissioner asking them to review state laws and regulations regarding public schools and set aside those they cannot comply with (non-compliance means losing accreditation).
Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant has reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus (Business Insider)
Ivanka Trump’s personal assistant has tested positive for the coronavirus, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reported.
The assistant has reportedly not been around the first daughter in several weeks and has been working remotely. Collins reported that both Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, tested negative on Friday.
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I am wolf pic.twitter.com/dWUnwWfup7
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) May 8, 2020
re: #206 Florida Panhandler
Otherwise known as the “Criminals or not, we’ll teach those n______s not to be in our white neighborhood.” fB group.
Yeah, they’re all big about fictitious Muslim “no-go-zones” but coddle actual white “no-go-zones”. Fucking lying hypocrites.
JFC. The CDC’s Facebook page is a comment section nightmare. The comments on the latest post are full of anti mask wearing morons trying to sell the idea that masks will poison you with CO2, that they work less than 2 percent of the time, and other derp so derpy that it’s impossible to comprehend the level of derp. Can’t they monitor their damned page? It’s really bad. So is the Ga Dept of Health’s page. I cannot deal with these fucking people.
re: #254 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Really nice diorama. Thank you for sharing that.
re: #279 Eventual Carrion
It’s consistent if their actual belief is the distinction that they get to do things, and “others” are bad people for doing the same damn thing.
re: #220 makeitstop
Good morning. Time and Tide and all that….
He closed out the Atlantic City Pop Festival in 1969 on Sunday night. Johnny Winter was supposed to be the final act but purportedly had equipment issues. I never bought that. JW had other issues.
But Little Richard absolutely tore it up. Had a full length fur coat. Danced on his grand piano. Had a rhythm and horn section that was insane, backup singers and he was in excellent voice. If I recall he ended the night with Bony Maronie. About 5 or 6 straight times. And the band played on as he left in the mayhem, people dancing all over the stage. Slipped off the stage and jumped in a Caddy and drove off into the night as the event ended.
Johnny Who?
He was the epitome of a showman.
And the remaining crowd went nuts.
Take care all I have some chores to catch up on.
Cooper is doing great, what sweetheart.
State outbreak update:
Dakota County now leads the state in coronavirus cases, surpassing Douglas County (Omaha) and Hall County (Grand Island).
Dakota County (population 21,006, seat Dakota City, largest city South Sioux City) has a Tyson chicken plant associated with the outbreak.
The county is in the northeast corner of the state, bordering both South Dakota and Iowa.
re: #280 A Mom Anon
JFC. The CDC’s Facebook page is a comment section nightmare. The comments on the latest post are full of anti mask wearing morons trying to sell the idea that masks will poison you with CO2, that they work less than 2 percent of the time, and other derp so derpy that it’s impossible to comprehend the level of derp. Can’t they monitor their damned page? It’s really bad. So is the Ga Dept of Health’s page. I cannot deal with these fucking people.
Christ.
re: #280 A Mom Anon
JFC. The CDC’s Facebook page is a comment section nightmare. The comments on the latest post are full of anti mask wearing morons trying to sell the idea that masks will poison you with CO2, that they work less than 2 percent of the time, and other derp so derpy that it’s impossible to comprehend the level of derp. Can’t they monitor their damned page? It’s really bad. So is the Ga Dept of Health’s page. I cannot deal with these fucking people.
Why would they want to monitor the page? The CDC is now a political arm of the Republican Party.
Moreover, an argument could be made that the CDC cannot block comments as a government agency (the core of the suit against Trump blocking people on his Twitter feed).
The same people saying CO2 is bad for you in a mask are those who deny climate change is human-caused.
Religion requires being able to deny facts or hold opposite statements as both true at the same time. Conservatism is no different.
re: #284 Anymouse 🌹🏡
State outbreak update:
Dakota County now leads the state in coronavirus cases, surpassing Douglas County (Omaha) and Hall County (Grand Island).
Dakota County (population 21,006, seat Dakota City, largest city South Sioux City) has a Tyson chicken plant associated with the outbreak.
The county is in the northeast corner of the state, bordering both South Dakota and Iowa.
Minnesota’s numbers: 4993 new tests, up to 106263; 702 new cases, up to 10790; 24 dead, up to 558. After a truly worrying spike in positive test % to start the week, we’ve come back down to our pre-increased testing percentage. The mini-trends in the data related to St. Paul’s various policies are fascinating to watch.
re: #285 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Christ.
I’m pretty sure he’s now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Republican Party.
re: #267 makeitstop
Old Man Music Industry story incoming…
Around 1979 sometime, the band I was in did a showcase for Mercury Records at a long-gone club called Great Gildersleeves in Lower Manhattan. We were rehearsed up and ready to go. The opening act that night was a band called Blue Angel, and at the end of the night we got encouraging words from Mercury’s A&R guy, but the opening band got signed on the strength of their lead singer.
The singer’s name was Cyndi Lauper, and even then she was great.
Cool. There’s a great video on YouTube of her on Johnny Carson. Great fun.
Closest thing I have is seeing X many times, Hole, Paul Westerberg, Husker Du and the shamefully unremembered Urban Guerrillas. They were a couple of years too early - a couple of years later their reggae inflected alt rock would have been a smash like REM. Their jet speed cover of Freebird was a delight too.
re: #216 retired cynic
A friend got her paper check this last week. She had not expected to see one for months.
Wife got hers yesterday.
And as a musical aside, I wonder how “Shuffle” has changed the way kids think of music. Album order is lost but OTOH you can go from Rage Against The Machine “Killing In The Name” to Led Zep “Fool in the Rain” to whatever comes next.
re: #291 William Lewis
And as a musical aside, I wonder how “Shuffle” has changed the way kids think of music. Album order is lost but OTOH you can go from Rage Against The Machine “Killing In The Name” to Led Zep “Fool in the Rain” to whatever comes next.
Oh definitely. I listened to Revolver for the first time in order in years the other day and was amazed with the flow.
re: #292 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Oh definitely. I listened to Revolver for the first time in order in years the other day and was amazed with the flow.
I find I’m more inclined to put Jazz on in album order than rock. Something about rock/pop seems to work better (for ME) in shuffle than other types of music.
OTOH, I’d not trade Side A of “Boston” for anything. So, yeah.
re: #293 William Lewis
I find I’m more inclined to put Jazz on in album order than rock. Something about rock/pop seems to work better (for ME) in shuffle than other types of music.
OTOH, I’d not trade Side A of “Boston” for anything. So, yeah.
Agreed with that. Rock/pop does flow better on shuffle than other types of music.
Let’s see if this link from archive.org will play…
re: #291 William Lewis
And as a musical aside, I wonder how “Shuffle” has changed the way kids think of music. Album order is lost but OTOH you can go from Rage Against The Machine “Killing In The Name” to Led Zep “Fool in the Rain” to whatever comes next.
I loved a good albumn back in the day. And intros.
“The average intro time has dropped from more than 20 seconds to five seconds since the mid-1980s, research has found. Producer Mark Ralph said it is because the rise of streaming services means it’s now much easier to move on to the next song if you’re not instantly hooked.”
re: #296 lizardofid
I loved a good albumn back in the day. And intros.
“The average intro time has dropped from more than 20 seconds to five seconds since the mid-1980s, research has found. Producer Mark Ralph said it is because the rise of streaming services means it’s now much easier to move on to the next song if you’re not instantly hooked.”
Oh, intros… like the Hunter intro to Sweet Jane on Rock N Roll Animal? :D Of course that’s like a Donut to Homer Simpson :LOL:
good fucking grief
CA25 is a Rigged Election. Trying to steal it from @MikeGarcia2020. @GavinNewsom must act now!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 9, 2020
The death of 78,000 from the #coronavirus that you allowed to get out of hand is not greatness. https://t.co/8HtyggyHoT
— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) May 9, 2020
re: #237 jeffreyw
My momma saw me up that high in a backyard pecan tree one fine summer day and pretty much lost her shit.
I lived in the trees when I was a kid. I would sit 40 feet up in our trees out back of the house and read, look out and think, and would sometimes snooze in a couple big branch crotches. I was always a bit of a loner, and really liked being up high.
re: #300 Eventual Carrion
I lived in the trees when I was a kid. I would sit 40 feet up in our trees out back of the house and read, look out and think, and would sometimes snooze in a couple big branch crotches. I was always a bit of a loner, and really liked being up high.
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re: #298 Backwoods_Sleuth
good fucking grief
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2/The right to vote is sacred and something I fought to protect for nearly two decades. But our citizens should also expect a fair process free from political games.
— Mike Garcia (@MikeGarcia2020) May 9, 2020
re: #286 Anymouse 🌹🏡
They don’t have to block anyone to refute bullshit. I realize that’s a 24/7 job, but I personally think the truth should be the order of the day. If that means you have to remove lies, then remove them. Or at least refute the shit on new posts or something. You can’t fight lies by playing fair to the liars.
re: #287 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Minnesota’s numbers: 4993 new tests, up to 106263; 702 new cases, up to 10790; 24 dead, up to 558. After a truly worrying spike in positive test % to start the week, we’ve come back down to our pre-increased testing percentage. The mini-trends in the data related to St. Paul’s various policies are fascinating to watch.
On Friday, Dakota County reported an additional 361 cases for a total of 1,407. (That’s out of 2,006 people.)
Oh, lookie here. Yet another evidence-free accusation designed to deceive. Last I looked at the news it was a republican trying to falsify an election. US Rep. Ken Buck https://t.co/mzZeP1iyAb
— Manksy (@TheManksy) May 9, 2020
re: #304 Belafon
What rules are they trying to change?
The state went to all-mail voting in CA-25 for the special election.
The GOP is whinging because making voting easier means they lose.
re: #303 A Mom Anon
They don’t have to block anyone to refute bullshit. I realize that’s a 24/7 job, but I personally think the truth should be the order of the day. If that means you have to remove lies, then remove them. Or at least refute the shit on new posts or something. You can’t fight lies by playing fair to the liars.
Refute them and the refutations are overrun by more lies, promoted by bots or trolls, where many of the trolls may be operating on Putin’s payroll. Unfortunately, by reading these lies, real people have been transformed into mindless pod people who can regurgitate any fabrication promulgated by Trump and his supporters.
re: #304 Belafon
What rules are they trying to change?
Probably something to do with changing voting rules due to the coronavirus pandemic?
But typical, though: candidate Garcia tweets a gripe about the election rules (and I’d like some more info as well) - but idiot Trump chimes in gibbering about a “rigged election” - which of course, in Trump-speak, means any election where he or his favored candidate doesn’t win.
re: #243 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Perusing coronavirus articles on the BBC, it seems a dying industry has been revived by the pandemic: home milk delivery.
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I can support that coming back. Just like when I was a kid. Too bad most all of the small dairy farms around here are gone now. Here it is pretty much Dean’s dairy, which is a fairly large operation. Mostly corn, soy and meat livestock anymore for small farms in this area.
re: #302 Backwoods_Sleuth
because this:
The Republican mayor of the city ASKED for it. You know, the one who endorsed you.
— Mike Devlin (@mic_dee) May 9, 2020
I just went to his post about suing R Kennedy. The first comment thread I saw. I’m dying laughing here pic.twitter.com/AJRxls3yys
— Kim T (@nrskim) May 9, 2020
re: #308 Hecuba’s daughter
Refute them and the refutations are overrun by more lies, promoted by bots or trolls, where many of the trolls may be operating on Putin’s payroll. Unfortunately, by reading these lies, real people have been transformed into mindless pod people who can regurgitate any fabrication promulgated by Trump and his supporters.
Call them a crackpot and move on.
re: #308 Hecuba’s daughter
Then turn off the comments and present facts. The reason we’re in this madness is because of internet crap that supposedly can’t be refuted. Free speech doesn’t mean the right to lie without being called on it.
It’s going to be interesting to note how this false info flows post election. Will it increase or will we see a drop in this madness til the bots and trolls find another shithole to crawl out of?
re: #307 Anymouse 🌹🏡
The state went to all-mail voting in CA-25 for the special election.
The GOP is whinging because making voting easier means they lose.
Might have been nice if Smith had not caught foot in mouth disease right at the peak of this election fight. Dissing a guy for serving as a combat fighter pilot likely hurt her with that very rural remote LA/Ventura county distrct.
re: #309 Jay C
ADD: I found this piece from ABC about the CA-25 race (dated yesterday): it points out how important both Parties consider it (lotta bucks being spent on it), but doesn’t cite any particular incident or action of Newsom’s specifically related to the Special - though GOPers seem - as usual - bent out of shape over the Governor’s actions re the November GE (CA going to all-mail-in).
re: #316 Jay C
California leading the way to a more fair election. Other states should follw suit. As the right claims “fraud” we can ask them to agree to spend the money for whatever internal checks they want. But everybody registered gets a ballot to their address of record. I hope Smith pulls this out but seems unlikely.
The Intercept is bashing Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Read. Every. Word.
And for god’s sake, don’t fall for this Governor’s okie doke https://t.co/xaBkagvTnC— Gustavo Rivera (@NYSenatorRivera) May 9, 2020
re: #315 Rightwingconspirator
Might have been nice if Smith had not caught foot in mouth disease right at the peak of this election fight. Dissing a guy for serving as a combat fighter pilot likely hurt her with that very rural remote LA/Ventura county distrct.
Republicans freely diss combat veterans and walk away with victory; same rules don’t apply to Democrats.
re: #317 Rightwingconspirator
California leading the way to a more fair election. Other states should follw suit. As the right claims “fraud” we can ask them to agree to spend the money for whatever internal checks they want. But everybody registered gets a ballot to their address of record. I hope Smith pulls this out but seems unlikely.
Notice they don’t bitch about all-mail voting in states which they control (like mine).
Nebraska had mail voting before anyone on the Pacific Coast.
State law here permits requesting mail ballots where there are still polling stations (major cities only), or absentee ballots without excuse.
My village’s polling station was abolished decades before we moved here.
re: #319 Hecuba’s daughter
Sadly true. Like Trumps 25 accusers vs Joes 1. Well 1/2 about now lol.
Following Republican Senator John Kennedy’s metaphor, people out of work from coronavirus shutdowns are like people banished to hell for their own sins.
And he wouldn’t give them a glass of water. https://t.co/JZD5BPcKb7— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) May 9, 2020
Donald Trump is really, really, really worried that millions of Americans will vote him out safely this November.
Get vote-by-mail details for your state here ⬇️ https://t.co/kgkFkMRF1S— Swing Left (@swingleft) May 9, 2020
re: #201 Anymouse 🌹🏡
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re: #318 Anymouse 🌹🏡
The Intercept is bashing Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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I try to avoid reading The Intercept. Easier for my blood pressure.
re: #260 Shropshire Slasher
Mewest member of my family, does she look like a Zoey?
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re: #204 William Lewis
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re: #324 Eric The Fruit Bat
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re: #322 Backwoods_Sleuth
WTF is a “classic recession?” In my not-very-well educated mind on economics, every recession or depression had unique factors which triggered the downturn.
re: #310 sagehen
[ Turn abandoned malls into apartment complexes ]
Easy peasy redevelopment for anyone with the cash.Solid exteriors, load-bearing walls and pillars inside, already there. And elevators and escalators. They already have all the water, sewage and electrical hookups. On-site grocery store, plus a couple of restaurants, maybe a Fed-Ex/UPS/printing shop and a dry-cleaner. Bus lines and/or subways already go there. Parking lots are big enough for two spaces per apartment, plus a generous visitors’ lot, and still enough room left to put in a pool and tennis court and gym.
Not enough space for windows, too much blind inside space.
re: #327 Eric The Fruit Bat
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re: #303 A Mom Anon
They don’t have to block anyone to refute bullshit. I realize that’s a 24/7 job, but I personally think the truth should be the order of the day. If that means you have to remove lies, then remove them. Or at least refute the shit on new posts or something. You can’t fight lies by playing fair to the liars.
And you dont fight lies by legitimizing liars
re: #330 John Hughes
Not enough space for windows, too much blind inside space.
Depending on the construction used, install serious numbers of skylights for the windows?
If you’re gonna shout, you mook, at least try to shout something that makes sense. The idiocy makes my teeth hurt. https://t.co/52Oy3mqmEC
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 9, 2020
Haha, right! I’m sure he’ll get on that for you right away. https://t.co/TbgAQnJCne
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 9, 2020
In pandemic’s early days, US declined offer to make N95 masks in America https://t.co/m5wfAgwjY8
— Rickster Rickster (@RicksterRicks) May 9, 2020
The Trump gang was warned, and sat on their hands.
Thread, ten tweets.
Okay, let me see if I can explain:
US Presidents — or any elected civilian leader — should not salute, or otherwise engage in military fetishism.
In the US, the President, and the elected government, are civilians by design, for very good reason.
1/— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 9, 2020
NPR has a good piece slamming Plandemic about as hard as I’ve seen anywhere. Seems the “scientist” behind it is a real piece of work.
Seen ‘Plandemic’? We Take A Close Look At The Viral Conspiracy Video’s Claims
Your daily reminder that Trump’s stupidity, incompetence, corruption, arrogance and criminal malfeasance have killed thousands of Americans. https://t.co/N2m5JnXEX3
— Bruce Bartlett (@BruceBartlett) May 9, 2020
re: #313 Anymouse 🌹🏡
Call them a crackpot and move on.
The problem is that they vote and they manage to convert other people to their way of thinking. There have been various stories over recent years of teenagers being radicalized by sophisticated online videos manufactured by the far right. Pre Internet, cults have been successfully doing that through speeches and written propaganda.
But it’s not just teenagers who fall prey — those of any age can be similarly brainwashed when some predator or conman finds their weaknesses and persuades them that the answer to their problems is to listen to the “truth” that has been hidden from them by the evil “deep state” or Jews or African-Americans or ….
re: #329 Anymouse 🌹🏡
WTF is a “classic recession?” In my not-very-well educated mind on economics, every recession or depression had unique factors which triggered the downturn.
Well, that quote comes from Sen. Ron Johnson, so “not-very-well-educated-mind” also applies to him, for sure.
It is true that the Coronavirus Recession has developed remarkably differently (perhaps uniquely) from other economic downturns: but I’m guessing Sen. Johnson’s dopey take (him seeming to be a notable dope even by Republican-Senator standards) is that the whole “pandemic” thing is just a passing annoyance, and that it will all “be over” in a couple of months, and that the country can quickly “reopen” and get back to the booming prosperity of the Glorious Trump Economy just in time for the November election. And so, no superfluous “handouts” needed for lazy slackers (Democrats all) using a minor health scare to justify their slacker laziness….
re: #339 William Lewis
NPR has a good piece slamming Plandemic about as hard as I’ve seen anywhere. Seems the “scientist” behind it is a real piece of work.
Seen ‘Plandemic’? We Take A Close Look At The Viral Conspiracy Video’s Claims
So does Professor Stick. (16:35)
re: #333 William Lewis
Depending on the construction used, install serious numbers of skylights for the windows?
I installed a skylight in my apartment…. The people who live above me are furious!
- Steven Wright
re: #337 jaunte
The Trump gang was warned, and sat on their hands.
Tweeting while Rome burned. I despise Trump. I really do.
re: #255 stpaulbear
My 323 “just quit” on a business trip to Duluth when the timing chain broke. Luckily it didn’t do any other damage to the engine and I was able to get it repaired and back home by the next evening.
Buy are you lucky: I had a Cadillac Catera (aka Holden Commodore / Opel Omega) whose 3.0 L engine had a nasty habit of having its timing belt tensioner go snafu, which did massive damage to the engine. GM first issued a quiet recall, then turned it into a full recall. I went and bought a Chevy Monte Carlo SS which was a pretty solid ride and had the first generation OnStar onboard (which never got an upgrade as Verizon kept it analog)
As of May 3rd, there was no detectable Coronavirus in my self-administered sample. No detectable changes since, except I got the email with this info.
re: #315 Rightwingconspirator
Might have been nice if Smith had not caught foot in mouth disease right at the peak of this election fight. Dissing a guy for serving as a combat fighter pilot likely hurt her with that very rural remote LA/Ventura county distrct.
Don’t forget Carpetbagger Cenk sabotaging her calling her a corpadem…
re: #333 William Lewis
Depending on the construction used, install serious numbers of skylights for the windows?
You want to live in an apartment where the only natural light is from skylights? How do skylights work for people who aren’t on the top floor? Of course even for people lucky enough to have windows what is their view? The parking lot?
Malls are could be suitable for re-purposing as factories, maybe horrible office farms, maybe even actual farms, but I don’t see being able to turn them into residential property.
Ah, sorry for being in such a negative mood, I’ll give up on this now.
There appears to be disconnect between what the Michigan Sate Health Department issues for infected and deaths: the state says that in my county was 5 deaths, but the hospital says there were 8 deaths.
re: #155 Targetpractice
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— Tim O’Donnell (@TimODee16) May 8, 2020
Day starts off bad with a hard drive dying.
Instacart makes up for it, they can’t get any A&W Diet Cream Soda but they substituted a 2 liter bottle of Diet Vernors which just started getting stocked at the store.
Crack it open, toss in a couple ice cubes. Life’s good…
re: #352 sagehen
Yes. That is why I say earlier I hope Nancy can hit the ground running.
re: #352 sagehen
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re: #354 PhillyPretzel
Yes. That is why I say earlier I hope Nancy can hit the ground running.
Let’s suppose something amazing happens and both Pence and Trump are felled by coronavirus — and Nancy takes over. Does that mean she can immediately withdraw every single judicial nomination?
re: #222 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
We had a similar problem with our Honda Civic (quitting for no apparent reason). Turns out that is was the ignition switch going bad. Of course ymmv and all that.
I would also recommend calling the national customer service number for Kia and ask for direction on what steps you need to take. You’ll need to provide make/model/VIN and possibly mileage on the car - but I’ve found that they tend to be more open about recalls than some of the local dealerships.
re: #356 Hecuba’s daughter
Let’s suppose something amazing happens and both Pence and Trump are felled by coronavirus — and Nancy takes over. Does that mean she can immediately withdraw every single judicial nomination?
She will be considered president then. And according to tRump and crew, she has unlimited power. She could command the respirators be turned off for both tRump and Six Pence and have them arrested, so it seems according to Barr. She can also fire Barr’s ass, at her pleasure. All kinds of things will be available to her according to tRump and company, because she is now president which invests unlimited power.
re: #356 Hecuba’s daughter
Let’s suppose something amazing happens and both Pence and Trump are felled by coronavirus — and Nancy takes over. Does that mean she can immediately withdraw every single judicial nomination?
If “felled” you mean “killed,” she is sworn in as President and she can withdraw every nomination pending.
If “felled” you mean “incapacitated,” no.
re: #356 Hecuba’s daughter
Let’s suppose something amazing happens and both Pence and Trump are felled by coronavirus — and Nancy takes over. Does that mean she can immediately withdraw every single judicial nomination?
Yep.
Car quit stories:
1973 Monte Carlo: In 1983 was 21 and 2/3 feral driving I -10 from Tucson to California Seventy miles west of Indio, CA. Car backfired loud and would not run anymore but I was right by a rest area and limped in. Pre.cell phone And no pay phone. But there is a phone link to highway patrol. I pick it up and I hear this relieved voice “oh thank God someone picked up. “ i find out she is trapped at similar rest stop 44 miles west. They linked the 2 rest stops but no connection to CHP either side. Nice
It’s hot but I lift the big hood on the Monte Carlo to peek at a solution path. A retiree couple from San Jose is next to me in a RV
Husband breaks out full tool set and timing light and we determine the heat made the system ignition timing slip. We set timing and wife breaks out an ice cold Coors and a plate of tri tip and asparagus for me. I have spent many years paying their kindness forward
1986 Lebaron: it would die suddenly with no diagnostic footprint. Many hours if diagnosis leading nowhere. Old mechanic comes by and kicks the hell out of the gas tank and points me to start. It fired up. Fuel pump binding
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