Seth takes a closer look at the president deciding to inhabit an alternate reality where the coronavirus pandemic doesn’t exist, even as the US sets a single-day record for new cases.
Fuck Trump!
Also: It’s almost fucking JULY and we STILL don’t have a National testing strategy unless “Don’t test” counts as a strategy…
re: #2 I Would Prefer Not To
No, fuck the Financial Times, too.
It’s just Bizarro World at this point. He’s insanely pushing a strategy that’s actually causing his poll numbers to plunge. It’s almost as if he cares less about reelection, and more about getting as many Americans sick and dead as possible. https://t.co/P74SlczCjl
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 26, 2020
I’m marshwellowing out with an endless stream of Veronica Mars. It’s making me happy.
re: #6 plansbandc
I’m marshwellowing out with an endless stream of Veronica Mars. It’s making me happy.
I take it you’re a fan. What did you think of the 4th season on Hulu?
Russian intelligence defector thriving in his adopted homeland
More than a year after first being discovered, the enigmatic beluga, who has been caught on camera approaching boats, making friends with fishermen and playing fetch, seems to have found a home in Scandinavia.https://t.co/4Lgatfn1zl
— Howard Altman (@haltman) June 26, 2020
re: #8 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
“… “Hvaldimir” — an amalgamation of the Norwegian hval, meaning “whale” and of course Russian President Vladimir Putin. …”
re: #7 Teddy’s Person
I haven’t seen it yet!! That’s why I’m watching season 3 right now!
Re this
Question: “Do you think holding the rallies without requiring people wear masks sets a good example?”
Pence: “I would remind you we have a 1st Amendment”
The 1st Amendment doesn’t prevent you from setting a good example.— Doremus Jessup (@DoremusJ) June 26, 2020
The vice president is an idiot
re: #10 plansbandc
I haven’t seen it yet!! That’s why I’m watching season 3 right now!
I recommend watching the movie in between seasons 3 and 4.
re: #11 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
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The vice president is an idiot
He is. Well to remember the shit he said when he was a decaf Limbaugh before he got elected.
re: #11 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
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The vice president is an idiot
Just remember that Good Xtian Pence shut down Planned Parenthood in Indiana and in so doing he let HIV run unchecked in the name of Jesus!
re: #12 Teddy’s Person
I did! I just haven’t seen season 4 because we haven’t had Hulu until now.
I got a feeling Trump is going to dump Pence and put Nimrada on the ticket.
Just imagine the debate between Val Demmings and Nimrada. Demmings will steamroll her…
I’d like to remind everyone that Pence said the virus would be over with on Memorial Day.
re: #7 Teddy’s Person
I take it you’re a fan. What did you think of the 4th season on Hulu?
Even though you didn’t ask me, as an original Marshmallow, I’ll take any Veronica Mars I can get. And I love this Kristen Bell quote:
I told Rob Thomas that I will do Veronica Mars until it’s Murder, She Wrote. I will keep doing this show until everyone in Neptune is dead. And then the big reveal [in the eventual series finale] is that Veronica’s the criminal; she killed everyone! … As long as the fans want more, I will try to do it again.
Shameless page plug:
A genuinely interesting documentary. Sadly, African history is all too often overlooked in the Western world so documentaries such as this can really help people fill in the blanks.
re: #18 Ace Rothstein
I’d like to remind everyone that Pence said the virus would be over with on Memorial Day.
And he said the SAME FUCKING THING WHEN HIV RAN WILD IN HIS STATE…
Watching Pence try to defend the campaign’s superspreader events is a masterwork in watching a person at the very limits of his intellect try to take one step beyond it.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) June 26, 2020
re: #21 🌹UOJB!
Narrator: “He was wrong. Deadly wrong.”
I guess we still have a few institutions capable of pushing back against this nightmare administration. https://t.co/Wnm1Ct85Rq
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 26, 2020
re: #18 Ace Rothstein
I’d like to remind everyone that Pence said the virus would be over with on Memorial Day.
He didn’t say what year.
re: #18 Ace Rothstein
I’d like to remind everyone that Pence said the virus would be over with on Memorial Day.
I liked it better when it had vanished before Easter.
re: #11 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Re this
Question: “Do you think holding the rallies without requiring people wear masks sets a good example?”
Pence: “I would remind you we have a 1st Amendment”
The 1st Amendment doesn’t prevent you from setting a good example.— Doremus Jessup (@DoremusJ) June 26, 2020
The vice president is an idiot
What does wearing a mask have to do with the First Amendment? Pence is just doing the GOP traditional performance art of throwing out words to inflame the average base voter, who will regurgitate any nonsense that they hear from GOP officials or read on Twitter or FB.
re: #27 Hecuba’s daughter
Apparently he believes that not wearing a mask is some form of “Freedom of expression” or civil disobedience to protest “Liberal tyranny” or some other bullshit.
This is absolutely embarrassing and infuriating. pic.twitter.com/MqUrNOQea1
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 26, 2020
re: #28 Eclectic Cyborg
Someone has to remind him of the spreading fire in a crowded theater exception.
re: #28 Eclectic Cyborg
Apparently he believes that not wearing a mask is some form of “Freedom of expression” or civil disobedience to protest “Liberal tyranny” or some other bullshit.
Idiocy
And fine until it coughs on *my* constitutional rights
re: #27 Hecuba’s daughter
What does wearing a mask have to do with the First Amendment? Pence is just doing the GOP traditional performance art of throwing out words to inflame the average base voter, who will regurgitate any nonsense that they hear from GOP officials or read on Twitter or FB.
What’s exceptionally frustrating is if it was a democrat they were questioning, they’d never let a bullshit answer like that go unchallenged.
re: #19 BeachDem
I sincerely hope there are many many seasons of Veronica. I love KB, and I absolutely love the show. It’s criminal that it didn’t get more seasons on regular TV, but regular TV isn’t about well written shows with a strong female lead and excellent supporting characters.
I’m getting the sinking feeling watching season 1 of Monty Python on Netflix that the show is small bits of funny combined with large tracts of unfunny. And I’m pretty sure it’s not just my American sensibilities, because the audience also seems to be rather mystified about what the writers could possibly have thought of as being funny in a skit. I know many later comic acts and writers trace their genesis to having experienced Monty Python, but not much of this seems all that durable.
“Won’t Get Fooled Again” by The Who. Simply the most epic scream in the history of rock music. https://t.co/xiWGYB2KYm
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 26, 2020
Maybe I’m crazy, but it seems a WHOLE LOT of grief could have been avoided if social networks like Facebook and Twitter and Reddit had simply banned Nazis and fake news con men from the start. Allowing these creeps to have free rein of the network was a MASSIVE mistake. https://t.co/S6ZnXOsZVM
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 26, 2020
And it was a mistake that was totally predictable and totally avoidable, if there weren’t insulated, privileged, ethically void tech-libertarians running these sites.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 26, 2020
re: #37 Charles Johnson
“Warning: This statement by Speaker Nancy Pelosi contains the truth and might make some people uncomfortable.”
re: #33 plansbandc
I sincerely hope there are many many seasons of Veronica. I love KB, and I absolutely love the show. It’s criminal that it didn’t get more seasons on regular TV, but regular TV isn’t about well written shows with a strong female lead and excellent supporting characters.
Totally agree. I watched it and loved it when it originally aired (even though I was far outside the target demo, even back then) and have watched every season and the movie several times. I am still impressed with how many of the issues they addressed when the series first aired have come to the forefront in recent years. (I particularly chuckle at Veronica’s comment before heading to NY for her graduation trip (and this was 2006)—
edit—wrong link—corrected:
I think you’ve inspired me to do another VM marathon this weekend!
re: #37 Charles Johnson
Yep, convenient that Zuckerberg finally decides to act once all the advertising dollars start flying out the door, isn’t it?
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The thing about running is you can be 100 yards from someone one minute and one yard from someone the next
— Christian Blatner (@cblatner94) June 26, 2020
And breathing real hard
— tom machinchick (@machinchick) June 26, 2020
re: #35 steve_davis
I’m getting the sinking feeling watching season 1 of Monty Python on Netflix that the show is small bits of funny combined with large tracts of unfunny. And I’m pretty sure it’s not just my American sensibilities, because the audience also seems to be rather mystified about what the writers could possibly have thought of as being funny in a skit. I know many later comic acts and writers trace their genesis to having experienced Monty Python, but not much of this seems all that durable.
Speaking for myself, a lot of Python’s comedy was enhanced by, umm, substances.
This looks good. Gonna make some people mad, though.
This scene from The Big Ugly is the reason why I took the movie. It says everything you need to know about those who would besmirch the dignity of our country by displaying a symbol of being on the wrong side of history. pic.twitter.com/8Uh88xLGgJ
— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) June 25, 2020
re: #43 makeitstop
This looks good. Gonna make some people mad, though.
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Wear a mask.
Or, Dick Cheney will shoot you in the face— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) June 26, 2020
From Obamacare to Cuba / Venezuela to COVID, it’s hard to identify what Rubio hasn’t been passionately wrong about. https://t.co/tWhRZktaSm
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) June 26, 2020
re: #35 steve_davis
I’m pretty sure there wasn’t an audience for Monty Python. It was not “filmed before a live audience” and it didn’t have a laugh track, at least in the British television incarnation.
Great call, American Airlines///
American Airlines Group Inc. said it would sell flights to capacity starting July 1, abandoning caps on passenger loads that were designed to promote social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic…
American is ditching its restrictions on filling aircraft cabins just as the pandemic worsens in parts of the U.S. that had largely been spared earlier this year. Those areas include states where the carrier has major operations, such as Texas, Arizona and North Carolina.
re: #45 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Cheney is an old man who had a heart transplant, he wants everyone to ear a mask.
If Dick Cheney was younger and with a good ticker he wouldn’t wear a mask. Republicans are funny that way….
In these perilously polarized times, we need more free speech, not less. Important points of view are being blocked by Big Tech social media platforms that might help us come together as a nation.
That’s why I am very hopeful about the rise of Parler, and what they can bring to the marketplace of ideas.
re: #50 BeachDem
Great call, American Airlines///
American Airlines Group Inc. said it would sell flights to capacity starting July 1, abandoning caps on passenger loads that were designed to promote social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic…
American is ditching its restrictions on filling aircraft cabins just as the pandemic worsens in parts of the U.S. that had largely been spared earlier this year. Those areas include states where the carrier has major operations, such as Texas, Arizona and North Carolina.
That’s insane. Are they going to make everyone sign waivers before boarding?
re: #30 jaunte
Someone has to remind him of the spreading fire in a crowded theater exception.
There is also this part of the Constitution that says the government has to look out for our safety and health.
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, …”
re: #11 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
How the fuck is this even remotely close to a first amendment issue? What the actual fuck?
Democratic leader of the Mississippi State House tells NBC News they appear to have the votes needed to change the state flag to remove the confederate emblem and that a vote in the State House could happen as soon as today.
— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) June 26, 2020
MIKE PENCE: All lives matter.
REPORTER: So, Americans should wear masks?
MIKE PENCE: Wait, no, I was being racist.— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 26, 2020
re: #56 A Mom Anon
How the fuck is this even remotely close to a first amendment issue? What the actual fuck?
Freedom of religion? Your right to hold stupid ideas based on what Pence says?
Monty Python is… occasionally difficult.
The movies are devastatingly funny. The three seasons of TV are very, very uneven. It’s maybe best considered as experimental humor television, running the range from straight skit performance to convoluted recursive injokes. All of which is from a 1970’s BBC context, with large doses of politics and period economics.
When I was 17, an ep showed up on PBS one night and I watched it and I didn’t get it. Any of it. When I was in college with my buddies it was a riot, but I’d burn out after about five eps in a row. My last watch of it I saw the humor in most of it, but maybe enjoyed about a third.
Like Star Trek, the second season is the best. Third gets a bit too political and they go for gross-out more often. But don’t think you’re weird if segments just fly right past you.
…yes, some booze helps.
Trump tries to say “plague” but says “pledge,” then talks about how great the economy used to be and cites a bunch of outdated statistics. #nostalgia pic.twitter.com/46kh28vCAb
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 26, 2020
Oh, just shut the fuck up.
re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg
Not testing is as much a strategy as bald is a hair style.
re: #52 thecommodore
In these perilously polarized times, we need more free speech, not less. Important points of view are being blocked by Big Tech social media platforms that might help us come together as a nation.
That’s why I am very hopeful about the rise of Parler, and what they can bring to the marketplace of ideas.
Is this sarcasm? I can’t tell anymore.
This is some kind of sentence https://t.co/zCFP0tRffg
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) June 26, 2020
Because Brad needs another condo. Maybe a yacht, or a vacation villa in Aspen. https://t.co/kytpYffWZp
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 26, 2020
Today Mike Pence said we should expect 240,000 people to die, and he wanted to be congratulated for it.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 26, 2020
re: #51 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
Cheney is an old man who had a heart transplant, he wants everyone to ear a mask.
If Dick Cheney was younger and with a good ticker he wouldn’t wear a mask. Republicans are funny that way….
Dick Cheney has had a bad ticker for a long time. Dick Cheney had his first heart attack at 37.
re: #68 A Three Hour Tour
Dick Cheney has had a bad ticker for a long time. Dick Cheney had his first heart attack at 37.
Dick Cheney was also a relatively smart politician (yeah, he used his skills and intelligence for terrible fucking outcomes), and as such he would know that wearing masks is the best way to beat the pandemic that we have right now, and if you’re an incumbent seeking re-election that should be goal number 1 through goal number 1,000 at this point.
re: #53 makeitstop
That’s insane. Are they going to make everyone sign waivers before boarding?
“As of June 30, American also will ask customers to certify that they have been free of Covid-19 symptoms for the previous 14 days.”
Not sure what the “certification” involves—probably pinkie-swearing they’re good to go.
re: #64 I Would Prefer Not To
Is this sarcasm? I can’t tell anymore.
Sarcasm, satire, and irony all have a suicide pact.
re: #67 Charles Johnson
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re: #70 BeachDem
“As of June 30, American also will ask customers to certify that they have been free of Covid-19 symptoms for the previous 14 days.”
Not sure what the “certification” involves—probably pinkie-swearing they’re good to go.
Probably spit in your hand and shake.
re: #55 Eventual Carrion
There is also this part of the Constitution that says the government has to look out for our safety and health.
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, …”
Ok, going to get all wonky and deep in the weeds on constitutional theory, but…
there is one school of thought, rather pedantic in nature (so of course it draws a lot of paleo-cons and glibertarian types) that says that while the preamble states the goals of the constitution, the first two articles (in particular) provide the process by which we achieve those goals. They tend to be very focused on Article I, Section 8 and Section 9; and to a certain extent, the Bill of Rights. But they’re fond of ignoring the 14th Amendment and the implications of what that clause saying “Congress shall have the power to enforce these provisions” actually means.
They’ll jump on Hamilton’s idea of state police powers being “health, welfare, and morality” - mostly when it suits them - to argue that something like a pandemic should be solely the responsibility of the individual states, while ignoring that in the modern world you need an active federal government to accomplish most “big” things.
Extremists who are being incited and given the green light to terrorize scientists and doctors by the president of the United States. https://t.co/gcfZp7DNtQ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 26, 2020
re: #62 makeitstop
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It’s an election year, so as painful as it is for me to say this, I’d prefer he keep talking. Every time he does, he reminds voters how completely out of his depth he is and his numbers sink even further.
re: #77 KGxvi
And may DT’s number continue to sink.
re: #13 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
He is. Well to remember the shit he said when he was a decaf Limbaugh before he got elected.
I saw some videos from those days and his opinions were awful, but he seemed to have some personality back then. He’s a one note robot now. He’s completely shut down as a human being.
re: #55 Eventual Carrion
There is also this part of the Constitution that says the government has to look out for our safety and health.
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, …”
The BOR overrides that.
re: #64 I Would Prefer Not To
Is this sarcasm? I can’t tell anymore.
Sorry, I forgot the wingnut font.
Holy shit… I was just looking at statewide polling numbers and there was a poll from two weeks ago in Arkansas showing Trump only leading by 2. How the fuck does a Republican win if they’re in the margin of error in places like Texas and Arkansas?
re: #81 thecommodore
Sorry, I forgot the wingnut font.
I was almost going to down ding. Sarcasm is always cool, but I have no patience for stupidity. As sarcasm your post was LOL.
re: #53 makeitstop
That’s insane. Are they going to make everyone sign waivers before boarding?
It’ll probably be buried in all of the T&C legalese no one ever reads when they buy tickets and it’ll be like “by purchasing this fare, you waive all legal rights against AA as related to COVID-19”.
This is truly barf-inducing
“I just appreciate your unrelenting focus on creating opportunity for all Americans … I so appreciate your leadership there … we are privileged to carry out your vision in policy and action … thank you for your leadership” — @BetsyDeVosED https://t.co/p9SEhGMhss
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 26, 2020
re: #82 KGxvi
Holy shit… I was just looking at statewide polling numbers and there was a poll from two weeks ago in Arkansas showing Trump only leading by 2. How the fuck does a Republican win if they’re in the margin of error in places like Texas and Arkansas?
This would mean more if it were November 1 — everything changes so quickly. We are living in Trump world where every day is at least a month long. Never forget that the American public has the attention span of a gnat.
re: #46 nines09
There should be a couple of martinis on the table in that photo.
BRILLIANT https://t.co/kf4YydjOqb
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 26, 2020
re: #50 BeachDem
Great call, American Airlines///
American Airlines Group Inc. said it would sell flights to capacity starting July 1, abandoning caps on passenger loads that were designed to promote social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic…
American is ditching its restrictions on filling aircraft cabins just as the pandemic worsens in parts of the U.S. that had largely been spared earlier this year. Those areas include states where the carrier has major operations, such as Texas, Arizona and North Carolina.
Yes. If these dishonest goons are admitting to a number like 240,000, it means they know a hell of lot more than that will die. https://t.co/BASOboFTaT
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 26, 2020
Translation: “You bet the rallies contradict the warnings of health experts, but WE DON’T CARE!” https://t.co/rEFi41qiyp
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 26, 2020
I don’t get to say this very often but I am PROUD of my state today! It’s about time Mississippi got rid out of that stupid outdated flag.
Sigh.
The #3 overall post on US Facebook today, with almost 200,000 shares, is a photo of a Vietnam War memorial vandalized by BLM protesters.
Except the photo is from 2016, the vandals weren’t BLM-affiliated, and it was debunked by a fact-checker weeks ago. https://t.co/HuXbnomrLM pic.twitter.com/VR2kHqyBBc— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) June 26, 2020
re: #82 KGxvi
Holy shit… I was just looking at statewide polling numbers and there was a poll from two weeks ago in Arkansas showing Trump only leading by 2. How the fuck does a Republican win if they’re in the margin of error in places like Texas and Arkansas?
They get local government lackeys to close polling stations in predominantly minority/democrat precincts.
re: #35 steve_davis
coming from the POV of being introduced to Python as a budding rebellious teen, it was awesome in multiple ways… it was sophomoric humor for smart people. As such, it caused me to get better acquainted with world events in order to “get” the joke. Their prevalent theme of tweaking authority and being subversive had enormous appeal and the breakneck pace of switching gears in the middle of sketches and defying conventions contributed to that. It was in short, somewhat revolutionary in that it was built from the roots of The Goon Show and The Frost Report and with the advent of Gilliam’s linking illustrations, was unlike anything else.
Plus it was 50 years ago, times change, I am no longer the impressionable teenager I was then when I discovered them and if you examine them thru the lens of today, it doesn’t look the same, but in all honesty, what does?
re: #68 A Three Hour Tour
Dick Cheney has had a bad ticker for a long time. Dick Cheney had his first heart attack at 37.
And yet the bastard will be 80 next year. Amazing how some of them can hang on so long.
The real horor here is that not only is NOBODY surprised by this, but NOBODY would have expected Trump to do anything different.
He’s so far up Putin’s ass that he’s fine with US troops dying at Russian bounty. https://t.co/HDLZW5aJTc— soonergrunt 🇺🇸 (@soonergrunt) June 26, 2020
re: #50 BeachDem
Great call, American Airlines///
American Airlines Group Inc. said it would sell flights to capacity starting July 1, abandoning caps on passenger loads that were designed to promote social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic…
American is ditching its restrictions on filling aircraft cabins just as the pandemic worsens in parts of the U.S. that had largely been spared earlier this year. Those areas include states where the carrier has major operations, such as Texas, Arizona and North Carolina.
there’s
- $$$$$$$$$$
- ad there’s what everyone knows is right and would work
the tension between the two is constant
see building codes, health codes, osha, union negotiations etc
right now it’s more than extraordinary
$$$ are winning
re: #29 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
National policy on COVID-19 is officially “don’t test, don’t count” now I guess.
re: #36 Charles Johnson
I dunno, I thought The Beatles cover of Twist and Shout, when Lennon goes off kind of set the groundwork as far as white American youth would be concerned, but ymmv…
there have been so few good ones that don’t seem phony (at least that I can immediately recall)
re: #95 GlutenFreeJesus
The problem is that the margin is coming from reliable Republican districts. The powers that be already know where the Democratic areas are and can take care of them through some of the tricks. But in the reliable or marginal Republican areas, there’s no way of really suppressing this. Women are the ones changing their minds, and of course, turncoats can’t be gerrymandered or suppressed out either.
CFI has raised it’s Psychic Challenge to $250K
Could somebody forward that challenge to Mark Taylor because he blocked me on Facebook?
re: #100 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
National policy on COVID-19 is officially “don’t test, don’t count” now I guess.
Don’t ask, don’t tell.
re: #92 Eclectic Cyborg
I don’t get to say this very often but I am PROUD of my state today! It’s about time Mississippi got rid out of that stupid outdated flag.
They did? Awesome
Money talks. After advertisers started canceling ads on Facebook, and FB stock dropped 8% today, Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will flag false posts from politicians.
Link
Uh no.
Tang the Conqeror wants to return to the old spoils system where he packs his stooges into Federal jobs so they can fuck everything up!— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) June 26, 2020
re: #94 BeachDem
Sigh.
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I’m sick of people pushing fake shit because they’re outrage junkies who don’t even look at datelines.
re: #111 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m sick of people pushing fake shit because they’re outrage junkies who don’t even look at datelines.
Happy they don’t care. Which only proves that they act just like Soviet Communists.
re: #96 piratedan
coming from the POV of being introduced to Python as a budding rebellious teen, it was awesome in multiple ways… it was sophomoric humor for smart people. As such, it caused me to get better acquainted with world events in order to “get” the joke. Their prevalent theme of tweaking authority and being subversive had enormous appeal and the breakneck pace of switching gears in the middle of sketches and defying conventions contributed to that. It was in short, somewhat revolutionary in that it was built from the roots of The Goon Show and The Frost Report and with the advent of Gilliam’s linking illustrations, was unlike anything else.
Plus it was 50 years ago, times change, I am no longer the impressionable teenager I was then when I discovered them and if you examine them thru the lens of today, it doesn’t look the same, but in all honesty, what does?
And they are still 200% better than SNL.
re: #106 TedStriker
I can’t hear “Immigrant Song’ anymore without the last major fight scene in Thor: Ragnarok going through my head (and it is awesome, the quality of this particular YT clip aside):
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That’s easily one of the greatest moments in comic book filmdom. It’s a Renaissance painting come to life.
re: #35 steve_davis
I’m getting the sinking feeling watching season 1 of Monty Python on Netflix that the show is small bits of funny combined with large tracts of unfunny. And I’m pretty sure it’s not just my American sensibilities, because the audience also seems to be rather mystified about what the writers could possibly have thought of as being funny in a skit. I know many later comic acts and writers trace their genesis to having experienced Monty Python, but not much of this seems all that durable.
first season aired in 69
50 years ago now (!!? gak)
by repetition over time, the ‘really good’ stuff has been sifted and lifted
the rest mostly ignored - like the not great episodes of any show
python also has the advantage of while being ‘episodic’ when broadcast, it’s also skit based, so a great skit in a meh episode still has been able to pass the test of time
then there were the albums, so we could repeat and repeat and hone our craft to a T.
and the live performances went where the BBC wouldn’t let them.
‘fuck your sales, I have to protect the public”
“I don’t care how fucking runny it is. Hand it over with all speed.” (the camembert)
re: #112 🌹UOJB!
Happy they don’t care. Which only proves that they act just like Soviet Communists.
Fuck, I miss Facebook when it was just a thing for college kids to stay in touch.
re: #97 Eclectic Cyborg
And yet the bastard will be 80 next year. Amazing how some of them can hang on so long.
“Verbal gaffes” seems so clumsy. So I wonder: if a typing mistake is a typo, is a speaking mistake a talk-o?
Suddenly I’m hungry. Never mind.
re: #111 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m sick of people pushing fake shit because they’re outrage junkies who don’t even look at datelines.
that’s not why
they know
re: #109 JC1
After advertisers started canceling ads on Facebook, and FB stock dropped 8% today, Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will flag false posts from politicians.
Once again: “If your business depends on a platform, you don’t have a business.”
re: #91 sagehen
Great song, but I wouldn’t really consider that a “scream” because he’s actually singing notes, not just screaming.
Actually, he’s singing “Bali Hai.”
re: #101 piratedan
I dunno, I thought The Beatles cover of Twist and Shout, when Lennon goes off kind of set the groundwork as far as white American youth would be concerned, but ymmv…
there have been so few good ones that don’t seem phony (at least that I can immediately recall)
That was the last track recorded in a marathon session where they recorded the entire first album. Lennon’s throat, by all accounts, was shredded at that point.
Great performance.
re: #114 Dr Lizardo
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That’s easily one of the greatest moments in comic book filmdom. It’s a Renaissance painting come to life.
LZ has historically been very difficult to deal with to acquire rights to use their songs in TV and film (Jack Black literally filmed a message to the band begging to use “Immigrant Song” in School of Rock, which they granted) and with good reason to a point, given how many of their contemporaries basically gave song rights to pretty much anyone with enough cash.
Basically, it took Marvel/Disney pretty much finishing the movie, showing the remaining members of the band a teaser trailer (with the song in it), and the band pretty much being given dump trucks full of cash to secure the rights…and the song definitely works for that scene in spades.
re: #120 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
that’s not why
they know
Nah I think a lot of people genuinely are addicted to clicks. I’ve seen it on our side too sad to say.
re: #106 TedStriker
For here forth, I can’t hear “Immigrant Song’ without the last major fight scene in Thor: Ragnarok going through my head:
Sorry but this is what I think of:
re: #124 TedStriker
LZ has historically been very difficult to deal with to acquire rights to use their songs in TV and film (Jack Black literally filmed a message to the band begging to use “Immigrant Song” in School of Rock, which they granted) and with good reason to a point, given how many of their contemporaries basically gave song rights to pretty much anyone with enough cash.
Basically, it took Marvel/Disney pretty much finishing the movie, showing the remaining members of the band a teaser trailer (with the song in it), and the band pretty much being given dump trucks full of cash to secure the rights…and the song definitely works for that scene in spades.
It was a great moment. I saw it in a theater when it came out, and it had the audience cheering….and Czechs rarely do that.
re: #91 sagehen
Okay, I would call that more of a waaaaaaaiiiiiiiiillllll.
re: #42 makeitstop
Speaking for myself, a lot of Python’s comedy was enhanced by, umm, substances.
as was audience appreciation
re: #125 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Nah I think a lot of people genuinely are addicted to clicks. I’ve seen it on our side too sad to say.
you may be right
i think anyone too lazy or unwilling to even see if something hit google news or any news site’s front page before they forward it, knows what they’re doing
re: #43 makeitstop
This looks good. Gonna make some people mad, though.
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ALL OF THE FUCKING UPDINGS!!!!!!
re: #51 b.d. (Follow science, survive and vote!)
Cheney is an old man who had
amultiple heart transplant, he wants everyone to ear a mask.If Dick Cheney was younger and with a good ticker he wouldn’t wear a mask. Republicans are funny that way….
re: #102 CarolJ
The problem is that the margin is coming from reliable Republican districts. The powers that be already know where the Democratic areas are and can take care of them through some of the tricks. But in the reliable or marginal Republican areas, there’s no way of really suppressing this. Women are the ones changing their minds, and of course, turncoats can’t be gerrymandered or suppressed out either.
….
President Trump’s storied grip on the white working class is weakening among women, threatening both his reelection prospects and his party’s efforts to improve its standing with female voters,” the Los Angeles Times reports.
“While working-class men remain among Trump’s most loyal backers, defections among their wives, sisters and daughters are a big part of the president’s recent slide in opinion polls.”
OK Lizards - you know what to do….
Wow: Facebook losing BIG advertisers bad enough that they started to label hate speech from politicians. #deplatformFacebook
— ericfruitbat (@ericfruitbat) June 26, 2020
re: #131 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
you may be right
i think anyone too lazy or unwilling to even see if something hit google news or any news site’s front page before they forward it, knows what they’re doing
Either way, lot of intellectually lazy people out there.
Karma bites this fool in the ass!
“A Maryland man who organized rallies to pressure Gov. Larry Hogan to lift the state’s stay-home order says he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, and does not plan to provide names of people with whom he had contact to public health officials for contact tracing,” the Washington Post reports.”
Indict the prick for attempted murder.
re: #134 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
If white working-class women bail on Trump, all the voter suppression efforts the GOP can muster aren’t going to be enough to prevent a Trump defeat. There simply aren’t enough white working-class men to eke out a victory.
re: #124 TedStriker
LZ has historically been very difficult to deal with to acquire rights to use their songs in TV and film (Jack Black literally filmed a message to the band begging to use “Immigrant Song” in School of Rock, which they granted) and with good reason to a point, given how many of their contemporaries basically gave song rights to pretty much anyone with enough cash.
Basically, it took Marvel/Disney pretty much finishing the movie, showing the remaining members of the band a teaser trailer (with the song in it), and the band pretty much being given dump trucks full of cash to secure the rights…and the song definitely works for that scene in spades.
There’s been a Zillow TV spot running in NY with two lines from Bob Dylan’s ‘Shelter From the Storm.’ Knowing how protective the Dylan camp is about his intellectual property, I nearly fell out of my chair the first time I saw it. Even my wife said ‘What the fuck?’
re: #138 Dr Lizardo
If white working-class women bail on Trump, all the voter suppression efforts the GOP can muster aren’t going to be enough to prevent a Trump defeat.
Surely Trump can just grab ‘em by the pussy and drag them back in, no?
//
re: #141 Eclectic Cyborg
Surely Trump can just grab ‘em by the pussy and drag them back in, no?
//
And posted this earlier today for the first time
re: #141 Eclectic Cyborg
Surely Trump can just grab ‘em by the pussy and drag them back in, no?
//
It was so much easier for Trump and Putin when he had the email lady as his foil. I hope if Biden wins, he makes life miserable for Putin and Putin lives in fear of being ousted by his own people.
Yes, but when the pandemic turns out to be a hoax and all of those people come back to life, watch out for a big Trump come back
— Craig Machen (@CraigWMachen) June 26, 2020
re: #144 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
It was so much easier for Trump and Putin when he had the email lady as his foil. I hope if Biden wins, he makes life miserable for Putin and Putin lives in fear of being ousted by his own people.
I also hope that Biden (and hopefully, a Democratic House and Senate) put the screws to Putin. I’d be content with Putin not being able to leave the Kremlin for so much as a weekend at his dacha for fear that he’ll be ousted by his treacherous cronies in a palace coup.
FFVCS has now hit 56.1 percent disapproval in the 538 polling average.That is the highest mark since January 29, 2018. His disapproval is now even higher than H.W. Bush and Carter at the same point in their presidencies. Bush’s worst mark later would be 59.4, while Carter’s crest at 57.8 percent. Orange Anus’ all-time worst remains 57.5 percent on December 16, 2017.
I am enjoying watching Trump sink faster than the Titanic, I just hate that it took over 120 000 dead bodies for us to get here.
re: #147 TarHellion
FFVCS has now hit 56.1 percent disapproval in the 538 polling average.That is the highest mark since January 29, 2018. His disapproval is now even higher than H.W. Bush and Carter at the same point in their presidencies. Bush’s worst mark later would be 59.4, while Carter’s crest at 57.8 percent. Orange Anus’ all-time worst remains 57.5 percent on December 16, 2017.
Trump tomorrow (probably): “Bigly disapproval ratings, the highest of any President! Better than H.W. Bush or Carter! Skies the limit, folks!”
re: #146 Dr Lizardo
I also hope that Biden (and hopefully, a Democratic House and Senate) put the screws to Putin. I’d be content with Putin not being able to leave the Kremlin for so much as a weekend at his dacha for fear that he’ll be ousted by his treacherous cronies in a palace coup.
I’m fine with some good old fashioned payback. I want Vlad to realize he fucked with the wrong country and I want him to be in fear.
re: #147 TarHellion
FFVCS has now hit 56.1 percent disapproval in the 538 polling average.That is the highest mark since January 29, 2018. His disapproval is now even higher than H.W. Bush and Carter at the same point in their presidencies. Bush’s worst mark later would be 59.4, while Carter’s crest at 57.8 percent. Orange Anus’ all-time worst remains 57.5 percent on December 16, 2017.
Call me an optimist but I don’t see how he fixes this. I think Biden is going to make him wish he never ran for potus.
Dunno if this ad has been posted here, but it’s excellent.
It has been a long four years. But I created this video to remind us to stay strong. #NoMoreYears #Vote
Please turn the sound on, and share this video widely.@JoeBiden @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/Okhz5Cwlf3— fact (@FindAClearTruth) June 26, 2020
re: #150 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m fine with some good old fashioned payback. I want Vlad to realize he fucked with the wrong country and I want him to be in fear.
I think if Biden wins, along with a Democratic takeover of the Senate and gains in the House, Putin will be badly shook up. He’s suddenly going to feel there’s a Sword of Damocles dangling over his head.
And with that, good night, Lizards and stay healthy.
And here comes #RussianRonJohnson to Trump’s rescue!
According to a report from POLITICO, a Senate committee is targeting former Obama administration officials once again in an investigation targeting Joe Biden’s son, demanding transcribed interviews and documents.
“The renewed scrutiny from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee comes amid intensifying efforts by President Donald Trump to target Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, over what the president and his allies portray as a corruption scandal that disqualifies the former vice president,” POLITICO reports.
re: #139 Jay C
Big Orange Rump?
THE BILL OF RIGHTS!!! STAY AT HOME ORDERS ARE HOUSE ARREST WITHOUT DUE PROCESS!!!
re: #82 KGxvi
Holy shit… I was just looking at statewide polling numbers and there was a poll from two weeks ago in Arkansas showing Trump only leading by 2. How the fuck does a Republican win if they’re in the margin of error in places like Texas and Arkansas?
bound to happen when Cotton jumps in to “help”
re: #36 Charles Johnson
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The scream isn’t quite as epic, but there are a few more of them in the song, so math says they must be about equivalent.
re: #152 makeitstop
Dunno if this ad has been posted here, but it’s excellent.
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Good ad. Who’s the singer? He sounded familiar.
re: #157 Jebediah, RBG
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The scream isn’t quite as epic, but there are a few more of them in the song, so math says they must be about equivalent.
Oh yeeeeah!
A request:
If you’re going to post a story from the Raw Story site, could you please go to the site that Raw Story is taking the story from, and link to the original version instead? IMHO, Raw Story is a really crappy site, and the people who actually do the original (usually much better) reporting should get the clicks instead.
Thanx.
re: #150 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I’m fine with some good old fashioned payback. I want Vlad to realize he fucked with the wrong country and I want him to be in fear.
frank burns is out
sherman potter is on the way in
Dear @realDonaldTrump: There is no shame in resigning - after all, Dick Nixon did it. Resign now, before you go down in history as the president that presides over 500,000 deaths in just his first term.
— Eric The Fruit Bat (@ericfruitbat) June 26, 2020
Horseshoe theory…
Thinking people should be required to wear a mask for covid-19 now makes you pro-cop/anti-BLM? pic.twitter.com/qykZEhGOOh
— The Public Option is good actually (@gdigitalzsmooth) June 26, 2020
So I just checked in over at Parler. It’s a cesspool as usual. I just replied to a post about how Big Tech Companies are a threat to the First Amendment by saying the First Amendment doesn’t apply to them. I’m expecting to get dog piled any moment for that.
Also, they allow individual Parleys (their version of Tweets) to be up to 1000 characters.
re: #164 Eclectic Cyborg
So I just checked in over at Parler. It’s a cesspool as usual. I just replied to a post about how Big Tech Companies are a threat to the First Amendment by saying the First Amendment doesn’t apply to them. I’m expecting to get dog piled any moment for that.
Also, they allow individual Parleys (their version of Tweets) to be up to 1000 characters.
You should ask them how many safe spaces they need to hide from the reality that they support a failure as a President who is an even bigger failure as a human being.
Breaking: Putin has been trying to kill US troops, and Trump knows it: Russia Secretly Offered Afghan Militants Bounties to Kill U.S. Troops, Intelligence Says - The New York Times #PutinsPuppet https://t.co/FypZAEneLr
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) June 26, 2020
Killing American Troops to own the Libs.
re: #166 DodgerFan1988
Another reason proving that a state of war exists between the USA and the Russian Federation and that all members of the Trump Crime Family are also guilty of Treason, as defined by the Constitution.
re: #49 Nojay UK
I’m pretty sure there wasn’t an audience for Monty Python. It was not “filmed before a live audience” and it didn’t have a laugh track, at least in the British television incarnation.
re: #91 sagehen
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oh my. “Child in Time,” Deep Purple. “I Only Want to Say,” Jesus Christ Superstar. “Time has Come Today,” Chambers Brothers. “Hey Jude,” Wilson Pickett, w/ Duane Allman.
Sure, Jan.
…I am doing what is necessary to keep our communities safe — and these people will be brought to Justice!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2020
re: #170 Eclectic Cyborg
Pick your choice.
youtube.com
re: #154 🌹UOJB!
And here comes #RussianRonJohnson to Trump’s rescue!
According to a report from POLITICO, a Senate committee is targeting former Obama administration officials once again in an investigation targeting Joe Biden’s son, demanding transcribed interviews and documents.
“The renewed scrutiny from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee comes amid intensifying efforts by President Donald Trump to target Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, over what the president and his allies portray as a corruption scandal that disqualifies the former vice president,” POLITICO reports.
Not surprising “Ukraine scandals” are basically about the last source of dirt Team Trump has to throw at Joe, now that “Obamagate” has fizzled out, and Tara Reade proved to be utter non-credible. TBH, I think Biden and his campaign really should get out ahead of this - they blow up the “Ukrainian corruption” bullshit, and it will leave Trump and GOP with fundamentally nothing to run against him (outside of the usual GOP bullshit scare-talk about “socialism”/”communism”/”radicalism”, and of course, race-baiting).
I think pushing the narrative that Joe Biden’s activities in Ukraine were in the cause of fighting (Russian-based) corruption rather than fostering it would be a good start. And turning the story back on Trump as The Russians’ Pal wouldn’t hurt, either.
You Lizardim see this?
“He’s not draining the swamp. He is the swamp. He’s Donald Swamp. Old Swampy Don…. let’s trend it.” #SwampyDon pic.twitter.com/D2lpiewj3V
— A Late Show (@colbertlateshow) June 25, 2020
Well this seems like an all new level of fuckery:
North Carolina lawmakers attempted in the early hours of Friday morning to undermine the Democratic governor’s announcement that face coverings would be required in public to stem the spread of COVID-19.
Since the 1950s, North Carolina has banned mask-wearing in public, a law aimed at members of the Ku Klux Klan. That law ran up against guidelines to keep people safe from the coronavirus, and earlier this year, the state voted to exempt citizens from the law until Aug. 1. But when Democratic lawmakers attempted to extend that exemption, Republicans blocked the effort at around 2 a.m., despite an increased number of cases in the state.
It’s 1730, and worldometers is reporting we’re over 40k cases today already. Hold on, folks, the ride gets bumpy from here.
re: #170 Eclectic Cyborg
Hey man. You left your belt buckle in Tulsa. pic.twitter.com/QBRqnrWmgq
— Oh. My. Glob. (@efuseakay) June 26, 2020
re: #172 Jay C
That should shut them up, just like when Obama showed his birth certificate before the 2008 election.
re: #168 William Lewis
Another reason proving that a state of war exists between the USA and the Russian Federation and that all members of the Trump Crime Family are also guilty of Treason, as defined by the Constitution.
Not just Trump but also every single Putin apologists like Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Tucker Carlson, Dana Rohrabacher, David Clarke, and Glenn Greenward. Motherfuckin’ traitors! Fuck them all!
re: #172 Jay C
Not surprising “Ukraine scandals” are basically about the last source of dirt Team Trump has to throw at Joe, now that “Obamagate” has fizzled out, and Tara Reade proved to be utter non-credible. TBH, I think Biden and his campaign really should get out ahead of this - they blow up the “Ukrainian corruption” bullshit, and it will leave Trump and GOP with fundamentally nothing to run against him (outside of the usual GOP bullshit scare-talk about “socialism”/”communism”/”radicalism”, and of course, race-baiting).
I think pushing the narrative that Joe Biden’s activities in Ukraine were in the cause of fighting (Russian-based) corruption rather than fostering it would be a good start. And turning the story back on Trump as The Russians’ Pal wouldn’t hurt, either.
Exactly. The prosecutor Biden worked to remove, Viktor Shokin, was absurdly corrupt. If Trump wants to tie himself to Shokin, let him.
re: #158 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Good ad. Who’s the singer? He sounded familiar.
Jeffrey Martin. Here’s the song.
re: #179 DodgerFan1988
Not just Trump but also every single Putin apologists like Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Tucker Carlson, Dana Rohrabacher, David Clarke, and Glenn Greenward. Motherfuckin’ traitors! Fuck them all!
As I said, I want life to be hell for Vlad once Biden becomes potus. Putin emboldened threatens my family members who live near Ukraine.
re: #175 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
The Republicans in state legislatures are the best argument for voting a straight Dem ticket I can think of.
I know there’s a belief that “the government closest to the people” is best at governing. But I swear, in the last hundred years it seems like just the opposite is true. The closer/smaller the government, the worse it tends to be.
Or as I’m fond of say, “the best argument against democracy is a home owner’s association.”
So this is making the rounds. They really think they can get away with shit like this?
Yeah. Heath Ledger. “The Dark Knight Rises”
re: #184 KGxvi
I know there’s a belief that “the government closest to the people” is best at governing. But I swear, in the last hundred years it seems like just the opposite is true. The closer/smaller the government, the worse it tends to be.
Or as I’m fond of say, “the best argument against democracy is a home owner’s association.”
Local definitely doesn’t always know best.
re: #185 Teukka
So this is making the rounds. They really think they can get away with shit like this?
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Can’t tell but that could be someone trying to mess with them. I remember Trump got goaded into RTing a photo of someone’s “parents” who were a notorious British serial murdering couple.
re: #187 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yeah, given that he as “ACAB” in his screen name, I’m guessing it might be a work.
re: #188 KGxvi
Yeah, given that he as “ACAB” in his screen name, I’m guessing it might be a work.
Yeah I’m going to go with this is someone messing.
re: #162 Eric The Fruit Bat
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share it with pence?
Dear @realDonaldTrump: There is no shame in resigning - after all, Dick Nixon did it. Resign now, before you go down in history as the president that presides over 500,000 deaths in just his first term.
— Eric The Fruit Bat (@ericfruitbat) June 26, 2020
I just had the privilege of signing a very strong Executive Order protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues - and combatting recent Criminal Violence. Long prison terms for these lawless acts against our Great Country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2020
He cares more about marble sculptures than living humans.
It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years. I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color. Therefore, I will be stepping down from the role. pic.twitter.com/FmKasWITKT
— Mike Henry (@mikehenrybro) June 26, 2020
I’ll miss Cleveland.
re: #187 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Can’t tell but that could be someone trying to mess with them. I remember Trump got goaded into RTing a photo of someone’s parents who were a notorious British serial murdering couple.
re: #188 KGxvi
Yeah, given that he as “ACAB” in his screen name, I’m guessing it might be a work.
re: #189 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Yeah I’m going to go with this is someone messing.
I’ve seen enough shit among these lines to know that it can be unironically posted. Basically, they’re in the mindset that “it’s true, so it won’t matter if I help evidence along a little”.
re: #191 Eclectic Cyborg
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He cares more about marble sculptures than living humans.
Just the Confederate ones.
re: #193 Teukka
I’ve seen enough shit among these lines to know that it can be unironically posted. Basically, they’re in the mindset that “it’s true, so it won’t matter if I help evidence along a little”.
Oh I gotcha. Just guessing. I particularly liked the one about the brave cop killed by the biker who kidnapped a child.(Terminator 2)
re: #190 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
share it with pence?
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…funny how all the chatter about dumping Pence has died in the last quarter. I’d think it would work even better (“SEE HOW THAT LOSER BOTCHED COVID19”) now than ever. Or maybe he appreciates how much Pence’s fail has tied him to the administration.
I’d still give it 40% or better that there will be a new veep candidate on that side.
re: #196 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
Oh I gotcha. Just guessing. I particularly liked the one about the brave cop killed by the biker who kidnapped a child.(Terminator 2)
Yeah, and who then helped a dangerous female AntiFA mental case out of a state mental hospital…
re: #197 NetworkKed
…funny how all the chatter about dumping Pence has died in the last quarter. I’d think it would work even better (“SEE HOW THAT LOSER BOTCHED COVID19”) now than ever. Or maybe he appreciates how much Pence’s fail has tied him to the administration.
I’d still give it 40% or better that there will be a new veep candidate on that side.
sort of associated, from all of 7 days ago
Let us start here with a proposition: Vice President Mike Pence, as currently constituted, has no political future beyond his current post. First of all, Donald Trump is getting desperate as his polling numbers get worse and worse. The bag of tricks is close to empty, and one of the few game-changers the President has left is to change VPs, perhaps to Nikki Haley. That means that literally any morning, Pence could wake up and find out via Twitter that he’s been kicked off the ticket.
re: #198 Teukka
Yeah, and who then helped a dangerous female AntiFA mental case out of a state mental hospital…
Yep!
re: #192 makeitstop
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I’ll miss Cleveland.
I can’t believe Family Guy has been around for 20 years now. Christ, that makes me feel old.
Holy cow. “The intelligence finding was briefed to President Trump, and the White House’s National Security Council discussed the problem at an interagency meeting in late March, the officials said…the White House has yet to authorize any” response. https://t.co/BTnwE0huWJ
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) June 26, 2020
Trump doesn’t care if Americans are killed.
re: #202 jaunte
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Trump doesn’t care if Americans are killed.
You’re just realizing this now?
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re: #195 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
WOW!
That looks just like the skillet cornbread with blueberries Mom would make!
re: #203 Eclectic Cyborg
“Why am I surprised???!!!”
This band is certainly not going to be to everyone’s tastes. Sort of a prog-emo-metal thing with a unique vocalist. They’re a Canadian band called Protest the Hero that just released (in my opinion) the best American protest album of the Trump era. The entire thing is a critique of American exceptionalism through the 20th and 21st centuries. The last track (here) manages to use “Make America Great Again” as a chorus, and is somehow simultaneously hopeful and a scathing condemnation of the MAGA mindset. If you’re into this type of music, this album is fantastic.
re: #49 Nojay UK
I’m pretty sure there wasn’t an audience for Monty Python. It was not “filmed before a live audience” and it didn’t have a laugh track, at least in the British television incarnation.
definite audience tittering in episode 1, and it’s not a laugh track. it’s nervous tittering, like a bunch of people got roped into seeing this, and nobody knows what the hell is going on.
re: #204 🌹UOJB!
WOW!
That looks just like the skillet cornbread with blueberries Mom would make!
Cornbread is always happy. Unless it’s so dry you can feel the cornmeal grains.
Bingo. This was what first occurred to me as well, to look back at every Trump statement & action re Putin & Russia after he found out the Kremlin was paying for US soldiers to be murdered. Treasonous. https://t.co/22GJvIcvqC
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) June 26, 2020
Refreshing Worldmeters every 15 min or so and it’s going up 800-1k each hit. 42.2k now.
Wait, back up. When does the PRESIDENT get to determine length of prison terms via Executive Order?
When did that happen? https://t.co/cxsVcLHWKn— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 26, 2020
re: #210 NetworkKed
Refreshing Worldmeters every 15 min or so and it’s going up 800-1k each hit. 42.2k now.
Neck and neck with Brazil today.
re: #208 NetworkKed
Cornbread is always happy. Unless it’s so dry you can feel the cornmeal grains.
I like to add a small can (8 oz) of creamed corn to cornbread muffins.
re: #213 The Pie Overlord!
I like to add a small can (8 oz) of creamed corn to cornbread muffins.
I hated creamed corn as a child. Just the worst possible thing with the mixed texture and the tasteless corn. Now I love it.
What has happened to me???
re: #208 NetworkKed
Cornbread is always happy. Unless it’s so dry you can feel the cornmeal grains.
Just so it’s made Northern style with 50 % flour and a bit of sugar. I don’t care for the classic southern 100% corn and unsweetened style.
re: #208 NetworkKed
Cornbread is always happy. Unless it’s so dry you can feel the cornmeal grains.
Mom would serve her skillet blueberry cornbread with honey butter.
Oh those were the days!
I’ve retained a real affinity for the necessarily low-cost food with which my mother worked miracles to feed the mob (8 children) when I was young. Creamed corn is an exception though. Didn’t like it then, don’t like it now.
My younger daughter goes so far as to say that cheap food is one of my hobbies. My favorite is probably red beans, cornbread and fried potatoes (usually broiled nowadays, though, since I am afraid my arteries would clog and send me pitching over dead right on the spot if I even looked at fried spuds). The feast also includes some sort of non-bean greens on the side (usually spinach or turnip greens).
re: #212 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Neck and neck with Brazil today.
Russia’s numbers are what you get when you have an authoritarian regime, in total control, that can successfully conceal results by defenestrating anyone who might want to promote the truth. That can silence even the boldest critics.
Our health care system can’t handle these rapid spikes for much longer…
re: #219 Eclectic Cyborg
Our health care system can’t handle these rapid spikes for much longer…
And if the shit mutates into something worse because of the ample opportunity to do so, Lord have mercy on us all…
re: #220 Teukka
And if the shit mutates into something worse because of the ample opportunity to do so, Lord have mercy on us all…
This is mostly the territory of bad techno-thrillers. Crichton and “Andromeda Strain” had the whole cloud of superbug mutate into something different all at once multiple times and that’s stuck in a lot of people’s heads.
In reality while you’ll see some changed strains of any virus, the odds that any will make much difference are low and the odds that the specific mutation will make a difference on timescales shorter than months and years are just silly. And just about any mutation will probably mostly be regional and limited anyway.
The place this matters is with endemic bacteria where resistant strains are outrunning development of new drugs. And that’s still a long-term concern.
re: #204 🌹UOJB!
WOW!
That looks just like the skillet cornbread with blueberries Mom would make!
we only take 1/2 credit
came from the recipe jeffreyw posted
re: #214 NetworkKed
I hated creamed corn as a child. Just the worst possible thing with the mixed texture and the tasteless corn. Now I love it.
What has happened to me???
the wisdom of experience
…so I just finally got the courage up to click on this “Spy” button to see what it does. Yes I’m paranoid. That’s nifty, if basic.
New — @GovAbbott to KVIA: “If I could go back and redo anything, it probably would have been to slow down the opening of bars” #coronavirus
— Patrick Svitek (@PatrickSvitek) June 26, 2020
Monday morning quarterbacking from a drunk driver.
And the Stone pardon is coming in 5…4…3…2…1…
A federal judge has ordered Roger Stone to report to prison July 14, granting him a two-week delay because of the coronavirus pandemic, but not the two months that President Trump’s confidant had requested with prosecutors’ assent
re: #224 plansbandc
Creamed corn? *shudder*
Dude loves it though.
The only use for creamed corn is with another can of kernel corn, an egg, and some milk mixed and poured into a baking dish with either a crumbled saltine or tatertot crust. 350, about an hour. Makes a nice Thanksgiving side dish.
re: #226 jaunte
No, it’s really just blame shifting. “Those dumb drunks are spreading it.”
…along with EVERYONE ELSE you’ve leaned on to return to civil society. Ass.
My evil too big to fail employer
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Now go do something for living people relating to this Pandemic you incompetent git.
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) June 26, 2020
Headline of the day:
The Chicks Just Drove Old Dixie Down
And for anyone who hasn’t watched it yet (or wants to watch it again and again and again)
Thread: It’s OK to bitch about wearing masks, while wearing them anyway. It’s OK to bitch about a lot of things, as long as we do the right things anyway.
I understand the importance of wearing a mask.
I’m following the rules because I don’t want to get COVID or expose others to COVID.
I also find wearing a mask physically painful, especially in hot weather.
I think that it needs to be ok to acknowledge that it hurts.— Rabbi Ruti Regan 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 (@RutiRegan) June 26, 2020
re: #235 Sherlock Hound
I tend to get hot wearing my mask in Wal-Mart but it’s a price worth paying.
She seems nice….
So much hatred. pic.twitter.com/yHO6vkmYz3
— David Yankovich (@DavidYankovich) June 26, 2020
I’m going to vote for @JoeBiden. I will also vote for him if he picks @KamalaHarris, @staceyabrams, @sarahcpr, or a random woman he meets on the street. https://t.co/XOY0sp1mpH
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) June 26, 2020
re: #237 Dave In Austin
She might want to get checked for melanoma.
re: #228 William Lewis
Next time up I’m doing that.
Cold weather side.
Thanks.
re: #237 Dave In Austin
So much skin cancer.
Job shaming! Awesome! I’m in. Great idea. This CANNOT go wrong.
Let’s rank the virtue of every profession and if your state has too many workers in the bottom 20% you get kicked out of America.
Who wants to start?? https://t.co/O8K29uIIjB— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 25, 2020
re: #238 NO SMOCKING GUN!
Or the #TomatoCan2020
— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) June 26, 2020
re: #238 NO SMOCKING GUN!
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I’d vote for biden if he picked Palin (he wont)
or a rock
or an alligator
or a chimp…
re: #242 nines09
That’s pole burn.
And I’m not denigrating that profession. But if you want to sell your tits to fuck over and piss on people, I hope it gets infected and yours and yous and yins can get a new set.
re: #248 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
43 thousand followers. Yikes.
Why not begin to refer the # of followers of a MAGAt as their R0?
re: #248 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
She just joined this month. Something is off about her, beyond the obvious.
re: #146 Dr Lizardo
I also hope that Biden (and hopefully, a Democratic House and Senate) put the screws to Putin. I’d be content with Putin not being able to leave the Kremlin for so much as a weekend at his dacha for fear that he’ll be ousted by his treacherous cronies in a palace coup.
i picture denzel washington stepping out a dacha while on the phone, dead bodyguards strewn all over the driveway.
I saw that “Tina” is 28 years old. That must be in dog years.
re: #35 steve_davis
I’m getting the sinking feeling watching season 1 of Monty Python on Netflix that the show is small bits of funny combined with large tracts of unfunny. And I’m pretty sure it’s not just my American sensibilities, because the audience also seems to be rather mystified about what the writers could possibly have thought of as being funny in a skit. I know many later comic acts and writers trace their genesis to having experienced Monty Python, but not much of this seems all that durable.
re: #49 Nojay UK
I’m pretty sure there wasn’t an audience for Monty Python. It was not “filmed before a live audience” and it didn’t have a laugh track, at least in the British television incarnation.
re: #207 steve_davis
definite audience tittering in episode 1, and it’s not a laugh track. it’s nervous tittering, like a bunch of people got roped into seeing this, and nobody knows what the hell is going on.
There was definitely an audience. THe main problem is that the initial audience was decidedly a crowd that was fully expected something different. They went into this a bit some years back when they were in Aspen to be honored as a group:
EDIT: Clarifying a bit because I realize I kinda muddled my negatives there.
re: #252 A Mom Anon
She just joined this month. Something is off about her, beyond the obvious.
No kidding.
Also, why is the writing on her hat and top reversed? She’s sitting behind the wheel of a car: shouldn’t this be a straight-ahead selfie? Or is “Tina” just totally backwards?
So, this is hysterical. @DineshDSouza demanded proof that Republicans ever admitted there was a Southern Strategy, and then political scientist @AngieMaxwell1 — who literally wrote the book on this topic — dumped a raft of receipts. https://t.co/ZR3The71t4
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 26, 2020
re: #252 A Mom Anon
She just joined this month. Something is off about her, beyond the obvious.
Lots of Qanon in those follows/following.
re: #255 Ace Rothstein
I saw that “Tina” is 28 years old. That must be in dog years.
Like Kellyanne… Whose younger than me yet looks 15 years older.
Laurence Tribe
@tribelaw
*1h
70,000 American lives were lost between the last Corona briefing and today’s. This performance was the most dishonest yet. These people are collaborating with pure evil. Do you value your life? The lives of your family and friends? If you do, VOTE THESE KILLERS INTO OBLIVION
re: #257 Jay C
No kidding.
Also, why is the writing on her hat and top reversed? She’s sitting behind the wheel of a car: shouldn’t this be a straight-ahead selfie? Or is “Tina” just totally backwards?
That seems to happen on almost all the videos I watch.
Remember the good old days when right-wingers opposed foul language in the media? I remember they headed for their fainting couches the first time the word “shit” was uttered in primetime. This was during the first broadcast of ET The Extra-Terrestrial in, iirc, 1990, when ET discoverer Elliott is about to show ET to his skeptical older brother. “What is this shit, Elliott?”
re: #119 A Cranky One
“Verbal gaffes” seems so clumsy. So I wonder: if a typing mistake is a typo, is a speaking mistake a talk-o?
Suddenly I’m hungry. Never mind.
A “speako,” I believe.
If the current polls were election night.
Trump shouldn’t just lose, let’s work to ensure it’s a complete rebuke. #TrumpIsLosing pic.twitter.com/lKYeeaecr7— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 25, 2020
re: #170 Eclectic Cyborg
Sure, Jan.
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they closed bedminster, right?
I was going to go to Bedminster, New Jersey, this weekend, but wanted to stay in Washington, D.C. to make sure LAW & ORDER is enforced. The arsonists, anarchists, looters, and agitators have been largely stopped…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2020
re: #261 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Hate really ages a person.
Upcoming LGF Meaningless Milestone Alert!
Don’t know if anyone else has noticed this, but I was glancing at the address bar on my browser, and I noticed that LGF posts are numbered. And that the present one is no. 49,993.
So in a day or so, our bloghome will be registering it’s (Charles’) 50,000 post!
Yay us!
re: #266 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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There’s a poll with Biden up in Mississippi?!??!
re: #266 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
When the Trump monster is finally dead we must remember to drive a stake through its heart in the form of a comprehensive DoJ review of corruption and foreign influence at all levels while Trump was in office. None of this “move on” “bind up the wounds” and “national reconciliation” shit, appealing as that might be. I really suspect that Biden doesn’t have the temperament for that kind of snow-job anyway.
re: #267 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
they closed bedminster, right?
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The governor called and told him masks are law would be my guess.
Sorry. Story is funny but the person who tweeted it was QAnon. Can’t amplify that shit.
re: #270 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
There’s a poll with Biden up in Mississippi?!??!
Can’t find one. Most polls have Trump up by 7-10 in Mississippi right now, which is not impossible to overcome, just unlikely. projects.economist.com
I would LIKE to see a 50 state sweep against Cheeto, except for one thing: That would probably require an exponentially worse disaster than the various ones we already have, something like several million Covid19 deaths.
re: #215 William Lewis
Just so it’s made Northern style with 50 % flour and a bit of sugar. I don’t care for the classic southern 100% corn and unsweetened style.
Yeah, I heartily despise unsweetened corn bread. I absolutely love grits, on the other hand.
re: #233 Teukka
So, caught this in a response thread to Stephen King on Twitter…
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this is definitely not a new thought, but very much true.
If Texas goes blue, we will need thousands of additional taco trucks for the celebration. Whole convoys of them could be rounded up in Mexico and positioned to rush the border and fan out toward Dem strongholds all over the state. The Cheeto SS wouldn’t dare shoot, knowing that they would have a new boss in 11 short weeks. We should start planning now.
re: #276 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Can’t find one. Most polls have Trump up by 7-10 in Mississippi right now, which is not impossible to overcome, just unlikely. projects.economist.com
I would LIKE to see a 50 state sweep against Cheeto, except for one thing: That would probably require an exponentially worse disaster than the various ones we already have, something like several million Covid19 deaths.
A Yellowstone Eruption might bring Wyoming over though, since the half dozen hardy survivors who claw their up through the ash to hold an election would undoubtedly be Democrats.
re: #176 NetworkKed
It’s 1730, and worldometers is reporting we’re over 40k cases today already. Hold on, folks, the ride gets bumpy from here.
WashPo has 45,000
🚨 BREAKING: President @realDonaldTrump has signed an Executive Order to PROTECT our monuments, memorials, and statues!
Those who vandalize our monuments will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
This President is committed to ACTION over anarchy!— Kayleigh McEnany (@PressSec) June 26, 2020
Black People killed by corrupt cops?
“Meh.”
Protesters toppling down Confederate statues?
“There will be a reckoning!”
re: #228 William Lewis
The only use for creamed corn is with another can of kernel corn, an egg, and some milk mixed and poured into a baking dish with either a crumbled saltine or tatertot crust. 350, about an hour. Makes a nice Thanksgiving side dish.
I’m sorry, but that sounds like an even worse “white people side dish” than greenbean casserole (and I say that as the one who always made the dreaded greenbean casserole for Thanksgiving…)
Today I learned that rolly pollies are a land crustacean biologically very similar to shrimp. They are edible and taste like, well, shrimp.
I really love shrimp, so if I ever decide to eat some bugs…
re: #286 Backwoods_Sleuth
Green bean casserole. NOM
re: #282 DodgerFan1988
Instead of saving people or making changes to oppressive institutional structures, Trump cares more about symbols, especially oppressive symbols at that.
To quoth Carlin: “I consider them to be symbols and I leave symbols to the symbol minded.” Screw your performative outrage. https://t.co/m0uD7qk0Tl— Something has to change, K? (@Citizen_Kryptik) June 27, 2020
re: #286 Backwoods_Sleuth
Is it too early to talk about what the US is going to do this year for Thanksgiving? The migration of millions of US citizens travelling thousands of miles to be with distant families is somewhat problematic if, as is likely, COVID-19 is still going to be around and posing a threat.
It’s possible to make good green bean casserole. No one does. Much butter and spice is necessary. And the fried onion… things can go to hell.
re: #287 plansbandc
Peeling the shells off gets a little finicky.
re: #290 Nojay UK
Is it too early to talk about what the US is going to do this year for Thanksgiving? The migration of millions of US citizens travelling thousands of miles to be with distant families is somewhat problematic if, as is likely, COVID-19 is still going to be around and posing a threat.
no one in my family would even consider traveling
the risk of permanent injury or death just to be together and eat?
nope we’ll zoom it
re: #256 Citizen K
There was definitely an audience. THe main problem is that the initial audience was decidedly a crowd that was fully expected something different. They went into this a bit some years back when they were in Aspen to be honored as a group:
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this was funny, and enlightening!
re: #11 Welcome to The Imbleachment (dangerman)
Pence isn’t an idiot.
He’s a public health hazard who has no business involved in any public health decisions.
He’s enabling Trump’s know nothing approach to covid19, which is to ignore the problem entirely, claim it’s not a problem, all while cases soar, deaths continue to pile up, and the economy remains in neutral because the overwhelming majority of people aren’t going to risk their lives to go to work or restaurants or engage in leisure travel because covid19 kills people.
New Zealand is the opposite case - they not only got containment, but zero cases for 3 weeks.
They’re actually back to public sports and crowds - all without masks.
They successfully contained covid19.
We could have done that. Trump made it impossible.
And we have fucknuts like DeSantis and Abbott who thought they could bluster and bulkshit their way through this all while the cases pile up.
The cases are piling up, and the economic damage continues to mount. I fully expect the hard work done by NY and NJ to be undone because assholes take the Trump view on masks and ignore social distancing and masking and get others infected here.
Practically every other country was able to control the first wave of cases.
The US gave up after NY/NJ controlled the worst of their outbreaks. Now we’re watching the cases soar in places where the local idiots in charge have no clue what they’re doing beyond trying to deflect, ignore, and outright lie about the cases and deaths.
re: #292 jaunte
Yep. It’s a shell and all sort of deal. I watched a dude boil and eat some and he said, “Good news for people who like al dente. Pill bug shells are always al dente.” :D
re: #296 plansbandc
Well, if the grocery shopping dries up around here, I’ve got plenty.
re: #290 Nojay UK
It’s indeed early, but there’s no way we’re doing Thanksgiving under the current circumstances.
It was stressful enough to do family outside with social distancing for Father’s Day. And that’ll come after weeks of indoor activities like school and potential work back in an office (I don’t expect to return to my office before the end of the year - officially, the earliest we’d be voluntarily going is October).
re: #297 jaunte
Just make sure to cook them thoroughly. :D
re: #289 Citizen K
An EO that does less than the federal laws already on the books. That EO isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.
Meanwhile, 100s are dying every day of covid19, and the economy is circling the drain thanks to Trump.
re: #279 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
If Texas goes blue, we will need thousands of additional taco trucks for the celebration. Whole convoys of them could be rounded up in Mexico and positioned to rush the border and fan out toward Dem strongholds all over the state. The Cheeto SS wouldn’t dare shoot, knowing that they would have a new boss in 11 short weeks. We should start planning now.
A nice thought, but I’m thinking that chart is over-allocating Dem EVs by at least 60. Though a 383-154 win on Election Night wouldn’t be too objectionable….
If only he had known. If only someone had warned him. https://t.co/SOAe2fFagg
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) June 27, 2020
re: #285 plansbandc
Republicans: Symbols over people every time.
Because people can be controlled with symbols.
You can’t make this stuff up:
I don’t think anyone suggested that, but I can see why he’d be concerned
— Jim Fannin (@FanninJim) June 26, 2020
Fun fact: Gay marriage has now been around longer than the Confederacy.
— Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) June 26, 2020
The Democratic Party should have immediately moved to impeach Trump again when the first effort failed. There was no scarcity of impeachable offenses, ffs.
And then again if that effort failed. And then again, etc.
I know, I’m nuts. What am I thinking. Argh.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 27, 2020
Another Friday news dump from Bill Barr — he’s establishing a task force to investigate “violent antigovernment extremists” led by the sycophant he tried to install at SDNY and a Texas US attorney. https://t.co/1J4iGY0mDj
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) June 27, 2020
“It is the policy of the United States to prosecute…any person or any entity that damages, defaces, or destroys religious property, including by attacking, removing, or defacing depictions of Jesus or other religious figures or religious art work.” pic.twitter.com/DmnSW54KKT
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) June 27, 2020
re: #266 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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Kentucky saw a massive increase in Democratic turnout for the primary earlier this week. November will be interesting.
re: #272 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The governor called and told him masks are law would be my guess.
more likely it was the mandatory 14-day quarantine
re: #295 lawhawk
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New Zealand is the opposite case - they not only got containment, but zero cases for 3 weeks.They’re actually back to public sports and crowds - all without masks.
They successfully contained covid19.
[…]
All arrivals to NZ have to go through 14 days isolation. The govt pays for them to stay in a hotel. At the moment we are seeing 1 or 2 new cases a day in these repatriations. If you test positive you are moved to a more secure facility and your room is not used for 10 days.
The system is working and the figures show we absolutely need it. There was one awful flub early on - two Britons were given permission to leave isolation early on compassionate grounds and drove down from Auckland to Wellington to attend a funeral.
They were not tested prior to departure and were both positive. Contact tracing seems to indicate they haven’t infected anyone else fortunately.
At that point the government got the military to take over management of the isolation facilities. They are the logistics experts after all.
re: #309 Backwoods_Sleuth
It was totally the 14 day quarantine. He knuckled under. Watch for him to go to his VA business to golf instead.
This is crazy.
No mask mandate at July GOP convention leaves Houston hospitality workers uneasy - https://t.co/hNMCk73bvG https://t.co/dZnUHHvKDN
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 27, 2020
“…Hilton employees are set to lose their health coverage at the end of July if they do not work enough hours in June to qualify for coverage, while those laid off earlier will lose it by June 30. Union officials said nearly 450 employees have been laid off by the Hilton since February, accounting for about 95 percent of the hotel’s employees.
Bo Delp, senior political organizer for Unite Here Local 23, questioned how the Hilton could adequately staff the convention if only 5 percent of its employees are set to qualify for health coverage through the end of July.
“Houston First has made a decision that during a global pandemic, it is going to continue to host events,” Delp said. “The minute they made that decision, from our perspective, they had a moral and public health obligation to make sure that the workers who are coming in as a result of their decision to host events, that they are healthy and safe.”
Mincberg said Houston First lacks the ability to cancel the event or require convention guests to wear masks, even if conditions worsen before mid-July.
“(Houston First) does not have the authority to require safety measures, unless included in the original license agreement. Since this agreement was issued prior to the pandemic, no such provision was included,” Mincberg said.”
I would get a second bladder implanted just to be able to piss on your grave longer.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) June 26, 2020
Mayor Turner should call a halt to the GOP convention for public health reasons.
re: #311 lawhawk
It was totally the 14 day quarantine. He knuckled under. Watch for him to go to his VA business to golf instead.
yep. And that 14 day quarantine applies to his entire entourage, including Secret Service.
The most Lubbock story you will ever see:
Prairie dogs dig up buried remains at City of Lubbock cemetery
One cynic commented, “That’ll be the day.”
…..which earned this response: “Guarantee you if bones were exposed at Buddy Holly’s grave they’d be on eBay by sunset.”
I am singularly unconcerned about this, even though I plan to be buried there; in the far future with any luck, next week without (since there are no guarantees about these things.)
Since SCOTUS won’t force elected officials in the state you live in to make it safe for you to vote, you may want keep this in mind as you make your candidate selections. Otherwise, your elected officials can end up choosing who they want to vote. https://t.co/pZfibsCcaQ
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) June 26, 2020
re: #286 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m sorry, but that sounds like an even worse “white people side dish” than greenbean casserole (and I say that as the one who always made the dreaded greenbean casserole for Thanksgiving…)
I’ve got a casserole dish that you should have. It’s made by Campbells and it has their chubby-cheeked little girl and the recipe for green bean casserole at the bottom of the dish. It’s very festive and would definitely be a hit at almost any white Thanksgiving dinner.
MORE FRIDAY NIGHT CRAZY: Behold this incredibly condescending letter from @realDonaldTrump to Illinois @GovPritzker & Chicago Mayor @LoriLightfoot pic.twitter.com/pXH8zFokbd
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) June 27, 2020
“I think the best way for @Democrats to handle it, especially @JoeBiden, is you call it what it is, and then you move along and keep going with what you were talking about,” says @Theonlyhonest https://t.co/mrF19G62lC
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) June 26, 2020
re: #318 stpaulbear
I’ve got a casserole dish that you should have. It’s made by Campbells and it has their chubby-cheeked little girl and the recipe for green bean casserole at the bottom of the dish. It’s very festive and would definitely be a hit at almost any white Thanksgiving dinner.
there is no doubt in my mind!
re: #266 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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If the polls held all the way til November, then the best the Repubs could hope to do with their suppression efforts is reduce Donny’s defeat from a landslide to simply a blow-out.
Hey @VP: If your appendix bursts, just pray and see how that works out.
— Don Millard (@OTOOLEFAN) June 27, 2020
re: #307 Dread Pirate
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Knowing this administration like we do, “Violent Anti-Government Extremists” translates directly to “Anybody Who Hates Trump.” The way to keep them from coming for you is to just wave the Dixie Swastika around.
— Dr Rachel Pope (@preshitorian) June 26, 2020
re: #325 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Just ask the Germans. Or the peoples of Eastern Europe. Or Iraqis.
I live in Florida. I am a senior citizen. I want to thank President Trump and Governor DeSantis for not caring whether I live or die. But if I am alive in November I will crawl naked over broken glass smeared with covid virus in order to vote against Trump and every (R) I see. pic.twitter.com/K6Ywa2afKs
— Joe Albanese 🌊🌊🌊 (@AlbaneseJoe) June 26, 2020
re: #322 Targetpractice
If the polls held all the way til November, then the best the Repubs could hope to do with their suppression efforts is reduce Donny’s defeat from a landslide to simply a blow-out.
I’ll settle for blow-out, though “epic one-of-a-kind landslide” would be better. I want “beaten like a Trump” to enter the language as a regular figure of speech for the next thousand years.
AIDE: “Mr. President, American citizens are trying to peacefully protest in the park.”
TRUMP: “Do I send SWAT teams or the military?”
AIDE: “Mr. President, Putin is trying to kill US troops in Afghanistan.”
TRUMP: “Do I send chocolates or flowers?”— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) June 27, 2020
re: #306 Charles Johnson
The Democratic Party should have immediately moved to impeach Trump again when the first effort failed. There was no scarcity of impeachable offenses, ffs.
And then again if that effort failed. And then again, etc.
I know, I’m nuts. What am I thinking. Argh.
In an ideal world, I would love to have seen this happen and it would have been effective.
In the extremely skewed world we live in, Dems very well would have been strung up for trying that, by the media, by Red State dems, hell probably by lefter-than-thou folks who would’ve found an excuse to turn it into something, and definitely by the GOP and all involved there. And that noise machine could have very well translated it into some martyrdom support for Trump just because Dems are always wrong when they do something and wrong whenever they don’t do something.
It’s why I’m not hankering for Pelosi’s head like so many (including some folks I wish knew better) are, for not committing to impeaching Barr. Considering the logjam we’re getting as is for the current investigations will in progress thanks to subpoenas and documents still held up in court proceedings, I’m not convinced an impeachment could be fast tracked, nor that one would be greeted would open arms to begin with, even by the folks who are excoriating Dems for not doing so yesterday and a minute ago.
Am I being a bit gunshy with that? Possibly. I just find myself doubtful that repeated impeachment attempts would be anywhere near accepted as they should be under the current situation. Something that might be a bit colored by things like Baquet still insisting that the Times’ 2016 coverage was sterling and super-perfect.
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
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