Brilliant Weirdo Kurt Vile: "One Trick Ponies"

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Brilliant Weirdo Kurt Vile: “One Trick Ponies”

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Joe Biden’s gaffe o’ the day was saying “one horse pony” when he meant “one trick pony,” which immediately made me think of this great weird song by Kurt Vile.

From Kurt Vile’s new album, ‘Bottle It In’ out now via Matador Records. Stream & buy the album here: http://smarturl.it/bottleitin

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Video by Marisa Gesualdi

one trick ponies

loved you all a long, long while
looked down into a deep, dark well
called all your names
they echoed down for miles and miles
and all that other mystical, well, never-you-mind

loved them all through many a lifetime
some are gone but some still strong
some are weird as hell but we love ‘em
some are one trick ponies but we embrace ‘em
cuz i’ve always had a soft spot for repetition

loved you all a long, long while
looked down into a deep, dark well
called all your names
they echoed down for miles and miles
and all that other mystical, well, never-you-mind

loved you all a long, long time
looked long into the length of a tunnel
called all your names
and we was tripping out cuz we needed a way out
and all them other crystalline mystic rationalizations

loved them all right down to my soul
looked well into the depth of a hole
pondered perpetual motion in the echo
just like the song if the repeats were long

loved you all a long, long while
looked down into a deep, dark well
called all your names
they echoed down for miles and miles
and all that other mystical, well, never-you-mind

loved you all a long, long while
and i’d give my left—nevermind—for one big synchronized smile
some are one trick ponies but so am i
round ‘em up into a mixed bag bundle of love now

loved them all a long, long tick
and it’s four, five, six
prevent your schtick
throw them at the wall in a mixed bag and see if they stick
then give ‘em a glass of water
give ‘em a cherry pie
loved you all a long, long while
looked down into a deep, dark well
called all your names
they echoed down for miles and miles
and all that other mystical, well, never-you-mind

http://vevo.ly/6j1c9n

“One horse pony.” I like that. I think I’ll start using it and see who notices. https://t.co/dMyZ52kuvv

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 22, 2020

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306 comments

Ace Rothstein Dec 22, 2020 • 5:25:56pm

I noticed that a lot of people are wondering where the fuck Trump’s video rant and sort-of veto threat came from considering his own team helped put the deal together. It’s because it’s damn near verbatim from Limbaugh’s show today.

Charles Johnson Dec 22, 2020 • 5:28:44pm

Fascinating to see Trump trying to get on Mitch McConnell’s left. I wonder what he thinks he’ll gain by standing up for larger direct payments? What’s in it for him? Certainly not good will, that ship has sailed.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 23, 2020

Nothing to see, just the president pardoning all his cronies, bag men, and fellow traitors. Oh, and a war criminal or two while he’s at it.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 23, 2020

And meanwhile, his Justice Department has been on a killing spree, executing more prisoners in a single year than the US has in decades.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 23, 2020

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 5:37:19pm

One of the men pardoned by Trump was found guilty of first degree murder by a Jury for a massacre that killed 10 men, two women and two boys, ages 9 and 11. https://t.co/O8OGIixHn5

— Naveed Jamali (@NaveedAJamali) December 23, 2020

Charles Johnson Dec 22, 2020 • 5:40:35pm

This is too much winning for me. https://t.co/8JnJbdRX6u

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 23, 2020

Charles Johnson Dec 22, 2020 • 5:43:28pm

Please note that I have been known to be sarcastic without making it obvious enough for Twitter.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 23, 2020

thedopefishlives Dec 22, 2020 • 5:47:43pm

Continuing in the FAIL, from downstairs…

Actually, credit where due, they may manage to hit ALL the reasons you can lose your case under Fed R Civ P 12. Which takes real talent, but they might just have done it.

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) December 23, 2020

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 5:51:11pm

fun stuff. The FBI thinks Iran is trying to goad MAGAs into assassinating Trump’s opponents just for the lulz https://t.co/cdLknALkA4

— Zeddy (@Zeddary) December 23, 2020

Charles Johnson Dec 22, 2020 • 5:52:35pm

It would totally fit with the rest of this fucked up year if Nancy Pelosi used Trump to actually increase the pathetic direct payment the GOP engineered. But McConnell’s going to fight back, bet on it.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 23, 2020

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 5:52:43pm

Cletuses and their AR-15s give asymmetric warfare experts all kinds of possibilities.

Dave In Austin Dec 22, 2020 • 5:53:03pm

Charles Johnson Dec 22, 2020 • 5:57:10pm

Al Franken got a raw deal. That’s it, that’s the comment.

The Ghost of a Flea Dec 22, 2020 • 5:57:12pm

Trump’s just saying something that makes him look good…or more precisely, that avoids blame at a moment when the government he presides over is sticky with shame and failure—but it’s not his money, nor will he do the work to get that $2K—while making people he has a grudge against look worse.

thedopefishlives Dec 22, 2020 • 5:58:07pm

re: #11 Charles Johnson

Al Franken got a raw deal. That’s it, that’s the comment.

You’re damn right he did. I miss him.

Ace Rothstein Dec 22, 2020 • 5:58:49pm

re: #12 The Ghost of a Flea

Read my comment at the very top.

thedopefishlives Dec 22, 2020 • 5:58:57pm

re: #13 thedopefishlives

Though I will admit, I got castigated by Mrs. Fish for saying that he got screwed. I have to choose my audience carefully when airing that particular grievance.

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 22, 2020 • 5:59:12pm

re: #12 The Ghost of a Flea

Trump’s just saying something that makes him look good…or more precisely, that avoids blame at a moment when the government he presides over is sticky with shame and failure—but it’s not his money, nor will he do the work to get that $2K—while making people he has a grudge against look worse.

he “thinks” it will help Loeffler and Perdue

moron

bratwurst Dec 22, 2020 • 5:59:39pm

Dems should pass an amendment to make it $2000 per person and call it the “Donald Trump amendment” — make the Republicans kill that and show their true colors. No hiding from that at this point.

— Justin Kanew (@Kanew) December 23, 2020

The Ghost of a Flea Dec 22, 2020 • 6:02:08pm

re: #14 Ace Rothstein

Read my comment at the very top.

Yeah, Trump doesn’t really have an interior, and it makes perfect sense that he’s just imitating someone.

lawhawk Dec 22, 2020 • 6:04:26pm

So the current $600 checks cost about $167 billion. Bumping that up to $2000 would put the price tag at roughly $560 billion, me calculates

— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) December 23, 2020

Charles Johnson Dec 22, 2020 • 6:10:09pm

We probably need legislation to take the nuclear football away from a lame duck president and put it in escrow or whatever. Because it’s terrifying to see a president this unhinged who still has the power to launch nuclear apocalypse.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 23, 2020

Florida Panhandler Dec 22, 2020 • 6:12:30pm

re: #17 bratwurst

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I prefer to use the printed term “Donald Trump Socialist Giveaway” on each check for exactly what this is in no uncertain terms.

For those receiving and cashing the checks it will show them to their faces that they are the beneficiaries of Socialism in its rawest form. They will have no excuse to deny that they are depending on Socialism and it is Republicans that are fighting against them receiving their money. A little bit of honesty presented in their face might prove to be an eye-opener. Then again, maybe not.

The Pie Overlord! Dec 22, 2020 • 6:14:24pm

BREAKING: House Democrats will pass a bill on Thursday that gives $2,000 direct payments to every American.

SOURCE: @CNN

— United for the People 💛🥁 (@people4kam) December 23, 2020

Charles Johnson Dec 22, 2020 • 6:15:29pm

Trump loves making his underlings look stupid, because the underlings just take it. https://t.co/UlC9jWTKYw

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 23, 2020

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 6:21:01pm

I honestly am having trouble dealing with how unrepentantly evil Republicans are, and how many of them there are. https://t.co/Tll76PD7uJ

— A.R. Moxon (@JuliusGoat) December 23, 2020

teleskiguy Dec 22, 2020 • 6:23:26pm

An update on guitarist Leslie West. 🙏❤️🙏 pic.twitter.com/becXHNpZM0

— Mitch Lafon (@mitchlafon) December 23, 2020

lawhawk Dec 22, 2020 • 6:23:29pm

Me and @AOC have the amendment ready. Send the bill back, and we will put in the $2,000 we’ve been fighting for that your party has been blocking. pic.twitter.com/GGXtJt77D9

— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) December 23, 2020

thedopefishlives Dec 22, 2020 • 6:24:25pm

re: #25 teleskiguy

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There’s still a little more than a week left to this hellish year. Plenty of time to claim a few more victims.

Dread Pirate Ron Dec 22, 2020 • 6:24:28pm

Today’s Covid numbers. Christmas travel is going to depress new cases reporting for the next week.

William Lewis Dec 22, 2020 • 6:31:21pm

re: #22 The Pie Overlord!

Every American? That could get interesting! Puts Moscow’s Mitch on the spot which is even better.

teleskiguy Dec 22, 2020 • 6:31:30pm

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross https://t.co/DUAteqZ5os pic.twitter.com/G0pgukQw9K

— The Onion (@TheOnion) December 23, 2020

teleskiguy Dec 22, 2020 • 6:39:38pm

Fuckface Von Clownstick is big mad at Moscow Mitch for acknowledging Biden won the election, so the orange shithead is putting him on the spot with this $2,000 gambit. Definitely sounds like something Rush Limbaugh would cook up on his radio show, like Operation Chaos back in 2008.

Teukka Dec 22, 2020 • 6:40:03pm

re: #30 teleskiguy

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Damn. My Poe alarm just went off…

mmmirele Dec 22, 2020 • 6:42:40pm

My brother called to rant about Mom getting a wild hair about wanting to vacuum the living room and then falling because, well, guess what, the vacuum is out of order, so she tried to start using a floor sweeper and she fell. I asked him if I needed to come over there and read mom the riot act. He said no.

Then he went off on a rant about $10 million in gender studies in Afghanistan tucked into the appropriations bill. I don’t know where it came from and I’m not going to check where but MAN it was a rant. He finally basically hung up on me after I pointed out that a charter school had disgorged $10 million to one of its principals after getting a PPP loan. I’m not so sure he hung up because he was mad at me or rather because he realized he’d worked himself into a froth and shouldn’t have done that. I have been staying away from politics, so he brought this quite upon himself.

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Dec 22, 2020 • 6:48:22pm

re: #33 mmmirele

My brother called to rant about Mom getting a wild hair about wanting to vacuum the living room and then falling because, well, guess what, the vacuum is out of order, so she tried to start using a floor sweeper and she fell. I asked him if I needed to come over there and read mom the riot act. He said no.

Then he went off on a rant about $10 million in gender studies in Afghanistan tucked into the appropriations bill. I don’t know where it came from and I’m not going to check where but MAN it was a rant. He finally basically hung up on me after I pointed out that a charter school had disgorged $10 million to one of its principals after getting a PPP loan. I’m not so sure he hung up because he was mad at me or rather because he realized he’d worked himself into a froth and shouldn’t have done that. I have been staying away from politics, so he brought this quite upon himself.

A few talking points about foreign aid in the bill are getting heavy play in conservative circles since they hate foreign aid and it’s a useful distraction to blame that on why the citizens at large are only getting $600 instead of the machinations of McConnell and crew with the rich getting all those nice loans, etc. etc.

Citizen K Dec 22, 2020 • 6:51:03pm

re: #24 jaunte

The fundamental rule of American Politics, above all else, seems to be “The GOP is contractually not allowed to face consequences for anything they do.”

thedopefishlives Dec 22, 2020 • 6:54:23pm

This just… this just keeps devolving into, “Everything that doesn’t agree with our interpretation of the Constitution is unconstitutional.” I wish I had delusions of grandeur as magnificent as these bastards.

Ohfuckingmotherfuck -

They’re arguing that state constitutions that don’t conform with their addled ravings are also unconstitutional. We’re one step away from them claiming that the constitution is uncons—-

No, they did do that already, I think.

FML. pic.twitter.com/tu0xe2Pf3A

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) December 23, 2020

teleskiguy Dec 22, 2020 • 6:56:09pm

congress passing the stimulus plan pic.twitter.com/MhiIP9EM0R

— kylie brakeman (@deadeyebrakeman) December 22, 2020

cat-tikvah Dec 22, 2020 • 6:59:03pm

re: #8 Charles Johnson

At least it makes Senator Pat “No Need to Reload the Money Cannon” Toomey squirm.

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 6:59:14pm

re: #33 mmmirele

Just guessing, but I’d say it’s probably far cheaper to invest in empowering women to vote and open businesses than to fight anti-terror wars.

“…The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) works with the Government of Pakistan and development partners to address gender inequality, which affects women of all ethnic groups and socio-economic strata.

Our programs work to improve women’s access to economic opportunities, increase girls’ access to education, improve maternal and child health, combat gender-based violence, and increase women’s political and civic participation in Pakistan. All of our efforts across sectors incorporate the cross-cutting theme of gender equality. This work helps promote a more prosperous, stable, and inclusive society in Pakistan, which helps further international peace and security.”
usaid.gov

Citizen K Dec 22, 2020 • 6:59:55pm

The inability of the Democratic Party to turn “We want to give you money and they don’t” into a successful political message is wild

— Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan) December 22, 2020

We do. The Republican message is “They give your money to people who aren’t white” and that unfortunately works with most white people.

— Phoenix Woman 🍩 (@PhoenixWomanMN) December 22, 2020

Oh yeah, lets not forget the Fox in the room either. Kind of hard to change the paradigm when right wing noise dominates most of it, either by half the audience only listening to that, or “real” news thinking only the GOP ever deserves benefit of the doubt b/c “liberal media”

— Citizen K Dissents (@Citizen_Kryptik) December 22, 2020

At some point, blaming everything on Dem’s messaging abilities increasingly becomes the same Green Lantern thinking as blaming everything on the Dem’s supposed lack of will. It’s a search for a magic bullet that doesn’t fucking exist.

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 6:59:56pm

“Trained and financed more than 50,000 women entrepreneurs.”
usaid.gov

Now Republicans are anti-capitalism.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 22, 2020 • 7:13:13pm

re: #31 teleskiguy

Fuckface Von Clownstick is big mad at Moscow Mitch for acknowledging Biden won the election, so the orange shithead is putting him on the spot with this $2,000 gambit. Definitely sounds like something Rush Limbaugh would cook up on his radio show, like Operation Chaos back in 2008.

To what end? I get that Donnie thinks is he gives everyone as couple Grand he’ll be made God emporor for life. But Rush? That makes no Republican sense.

The Ghost of a Flea Dec 22, 2020 • 7:15:21pm

Republicans have always given away money and told the recipients they deserved it, because they were the right kind of people.

They have then told their constituents that giving away money to the wrong kind of people—mostly this means black people, but really the point is that everyone can be re-assigned to “bad person” as necessary—is a crime.

It’s never been as simple as “no money for all” or any of the purported free market principles they talk about. It’s always been doing a socialism inflected with nationalist sentiment.

🌹UOJB! Dec 22, 2020 • 7:16:28pm

Why won’t I be surprised when Trump pardons Snowdon and Assange?

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 22, 2020 • 7:17:27pm

re: #41 jaunte

“Trained and financed more than 50,000 women entrepreneurs.”
usaid.gov

Now Republicans are anti-capitalism.

Not just icky women but brown icky women. Yeah, REPUBLICANS are completely against that.

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 7:18:49pm

re: #45 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Interferes with potential Ivanka/Lara Trump sweatshops.

teleskiguy Dec 22, 2020 • 7:19:24pm

re: #42 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

re: #1 Ace Rothstein

I noticed that a lot of people are wondering where the fuck Trump’s video rant and sort-of veto threat came from considering his own team helped put the deal together. It’s because it’s damn near verbatim from Limbaugh’s show today.

Cheechako Dec 22, 2020 • 7:19:45pm

I don’t think anyone noticed that yesterday was the winter solstice…the shortest day of the year. Today, in SE Alaska, the sunrise was at 08:46 am and the sunset was 03:08 pm for a total daylight of 6 hours nd 22 miniutes.

And, in other news:

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jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 7:21:51pm

This is so offensive. The US supposedly can’t afford adequate assistance to help jobless families, or to make schools safe, yet zillionaires lobby successfully for billions of dollars in hidden tax breaks that are sneaked into what’s supposed to be an emergency relief bill. Ugh. https://t.co/FNLTH0qfGu

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) December 23, 2020

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 7:22:20pm

So that’s what the hubbub over foreign aid was about.

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 7:23:50pm

“High-income business owners have had tax benefits and unprecedented government grants showered down upon then. And the scale is massive.”

— Jesse Drucker (@JesseDrucker) December 23, 2020

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 7:24:12pm

Parasites.

calochortus Dec 22, 2020 • 7:26:09pm

re: #48 Cheechako

I don’t think anyone noticed that yesterday was the winter solstice…the shortest day of the year. Today, in SE Alaska, the sunrise was at 08:46 am and the sunset was 03:08 pm for a total daylight of 6 hours nd 22 miniutes.

And, in other news:

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retired cynic Dec 22, 2020 • 7:33:13pm

re: #48 Cheechako

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PrairieQueen Dec 22, 2020 • 7:35:03pm

Oh, our shifty little banking buddy might have her butt in a sling.

Rosemary Vrablic is under investigation by her employer for a real estate transaction involving Jared Kushner. https://t.co/lT7cICXXWB

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 22, 2020

retired cynic Dec 22, 2020 • 7:35:12pm

Bring Back the New Deal’s Federal Writers Project, Charles Pierce

And why not all of the art support from the New Deal era? Cheap at twice the price!

unproven innocence Dec 22, 2020 • 7:38:26pm

New details on poisoning of Navalny:

Russia opposition leader poisoned in underpants, FSB agent says

And the FSB agent admits the details to …Navalny.

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 7:48:18pm

The anti-vaxxers went so far right, they looped around and invented vaccinations pic.twitter.com/yD4mIqmsVs

— Washington Post TikTok Guy Comma Georgia (@davejorgenson) December 23, 2020

retired cynic Dec 22, 2020 • 7:49:51pm

re: #58 jaunte

hahahahahahahahahahaa aaa aa wheeze

calochortus Dec 22, 2020 • 7:53:44pm

re: #58 jaunte

This is some sort of performance art, right? Please tell me it is.

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 7:56:11pm

re: #60 calochortus

Probably. He’s stupid, but crafty enough to know that’s the kind of thing that creates “engagement.”

thecommodore Dec 22, 2020 • 8:00:53pm

@SpeakerPelosi needs to refuse to seat Greene, along with the 125 other Republican congresspersons who supported the Texas challenge to Biden’s election.

Sedition must never be tolerated.#Seditious126 #Sedition

— Hal Perry (@halperry) December 23, 2020

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 22, 2020 • 8:02:35pm

re: #47 teleskiguy

I saw that? I’m asking WHY. Rush is all in on REPUBLICANS.

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 8:02:44pm

#BREAKING Dozens of maskless carolers show up for 2nd time at caroling event hosted by #KirkCameron at Ventura County mall amid surge in COVID-19 cases, deaths https://t.co/V7kdCxSeIt

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) December 23, 2020

May Kirk receive his just reward.

Targetpractice Dec 22, 2020 • 8:05:50pm

re: #11 Charles Johnson

Al Franken got a raw deal. That’s it, that’s the comment.

It wasn’t that he got a raw deal that still sickens me, it was that his own damned party led the charge. Ran out on a rail without even the decency of having the allegations looked into.

But hey, it sure stopped the Repubs from putting Justice Beerbong on the USSC bench, didn’t it?///////

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 22, 2020 • 8:08:53pm

My wife and I are back from the hospital in Scottsbluff. Seeing news trucks, National Guard, police and such was disconcerting until we found out why.

The Moderna vaccine has arrived in the Nebraska Panhandle, and distribution started today at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff and Morrill County Community Hospital in Bridgeport. The Nebraska National Guard is on hand in both Scottsbluff and Bridgeport to assist in distribution and administration of the vaccine (along with security).

Physicians, nurses, and staff such as janitors and cooks were first in line at both hospitals to receive their first doses of the vaccine today.

The state health department determined the Panhandle would get the Moderna vaccine because of the less-stringent storage requirements making it easier to store in rural hospitals. The Pfizer vaccine will not be sent here, as we have no way to store it and electricity can be sketchy in Winter.

Vaccines will be distributed to “group 1a” first (physicians, nurses, all other hospital staff, patients, and those in nursing homes). Group “1b” are police, EMT, fire departments, teachers, utility workers, transportation workers, agriculture workers, and retail workers in groceries and butcher shops. Group “1c” is over 65 in age, those with certain disabilities or conditions which increase risk, those who live in group settings (such as students in dorms). After that, others will receive the vaccine as it becomes available.

Panhandle Public Health District will telephone each person in the Panhandle as the vaccine becomes available for them (or send someone to their house to tell them).

The current weekly positivity rate here is 40.2%. Fourteen more cases were reported today, bringing the total to 7,354.

mmmirele Dec 22, 2020 • 8:09:42pm

re: #39 jaunte

Just guessing, but I’d say it’s probably far cheaper to invest in empowering women to vote and open businesses than to fight anti-terror wars.

Why yes, but my brother doesn’t get this realpolitik.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Dec 22, 2020 • 8:10:17pm

Probably an under reported story: Fox News ratings are way way down.

Just looked at the Monday cable finals, and the various Fox evening shows are down dramatically in the key demo, compared to before the election.

E.g., Hannity finished 50th for the night.

The old folk are still watching, but the 18-49 year olds have moved on to other things.

mmmirele Dec 22, 2020 • 8:11:22pm

re: #44 🌹UOJB!

Why won’t I be surprised when Trump pardons Snowdon and Assange?

Because he’s going to do it. You know he’s working up to it with these obnoxious pardons. The next ones will be heinous. The ones after that will be odious. The next ones, abominable. And so on and so forth. We’ve got 28 days to go, folks.

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 8:13:02pm

re: #67 mmmirele

I’ve been thinking about the tradeoffs a lot lately, as my oldest daughter’s marriage is breaking up under the stresses of multiple war on terror deployment PTSD.

mmmirele Dec 22, 2020 • 8:14:44pm

re: #52 jaunte

Parasites.

This is the sort of thing that has people looking at plans for guillotines.

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 8:15:40pm

War makes investors a lot more money than foreign aid, but it does grind up the little people.

mmmirele Dec 22, 2020 • 8:15:59pm

re: #64 jaunte

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May Kirk receive his just reward.

Hey @KirkCameron, hell isn’t quite hot enough for you yet. Also, Jesus didn’t tell you to do this; you’re doing it for your own self-aggrandizement.

— Dee *I picket cults, I don’t join them* Holmes (@mmmirele) December 23, 2020

Yeah, I’m mean tonight. I am so not in the mood for this bullshit.

calochortus Dec 22, 2020 • 8:16:01pm

re: #70 jaunte

I’ve been thinking about the tradeoffs a lot lately, as my oldest daughter’s marriage is breaking up under the stresses of multiple war on terror deployment PTSD.

I’m really sorry to hear that.

stpaulbear Dec 22, 2020 • 8:16:09pm

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 22, 2020 • 8:16:26pm

re: #68 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Probably an under reported story: Fox News ratings are way way down.

Just looked at the Monday cable finals, and the various Fox evening shows are down dramatically in the key demo, compared to before the election.

E.g., Hannity finished 50th for the night.

The old folk are still watching, but the 18-49 year olds have moved on to other things.

Newsmax and OANN. Weeeeee.

Teukka Dec 22, 2020 • 8:16:37pm

re: #39 jaunte

Just guessing, but I’d say it’s probably far cheaper to invest in empowering women to vote and open businesses than to fight anti-terror wars.

re: #67 mmmirele

Why yes, but my brother doesn’t get this realpolitik.

re: #70 jaunte

I’ve been thinking about the tradeoffs a lot lately, as my oldest daughter’s marriage is breaking up under the stresses of multiple war on terror deployment PTSD.

The thing is, if you rely only on force to prop up a structure, once the force is removed, the structure will collapse. You need to build the structure itself proper for it to work.

Targetpractice Dec 22, 2020 • 8:16:41pm

Occam’s Razor says that this sudden call for $2,000 checks is purely Trump trying to screw with Mitch. It’s pure “dominance politics,” putting Yertle on the spot and making him responsible for the failure to pass the bill and thus failure to get those checks out in time to save Loeffler and Purdue’s asses at the polls.

If I thought the man was capable of complicated planning, I’d almost think a bit of sheer brilliance to this one. Embracing the larger checks blows up whatever deal-making Mitch has made with his own caucus to get this bill through, as they’ll demand more for the price of agreeing to those checks, which Pelosi and Schumer will immediately reject absent any further concessions on Mitch’s part. And he can’t even blame the Dems when he rejects those larger checks because Trump’s the guy insisting he’ll blow up the bill without them.

But I don’t think the man’s that clever, so I can only assume that somebody put the idea in his head.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 22, 2020 • 8:19:10pm

re: #78 Targetpractice

Apparently Limbaugh did. But I can’t for the life of me figure out why.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Dec 22, 2020 • 8:19:47pm

re: #76 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Newsmax and OANN. Weeeeee.

Well, I’m not sure where the viewers have gone.

The election bubble really helped Fox News viewership.

They are back to where they were a year ago, though Hannity has lost about 400k viewers year over year.

For some reason Tucker Carlson remains more popular. Is he some sort of sex-symbol for the Fox crowd???

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Dec 22, 2020 • 8:21:30pm

re: #79 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I suspect the idea is to run up the deficit as large as possible for the FY, then blame Biden for it.

Just wait for it - once Biden takes office Limbaugh and the rest will suddenly rediscover the deficit as the talking point.

Targetpractice Dec 22, 2020 • 8:21:49pm

re: #79 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Apparently Limbaugh did. But I can’t for the life of me figure out why.

Simple: Bitterness over Mitch acknowledging reality (i.e. Biden as president-elect) rather than embracing the idea of waging a last, futile effort to overturn the election in the halls of Congress. That it would blow up this relief bill, a bill that most MAGAts hate because they think the “solution” to the economic crisis is forcing workers to show up or face termination, is just a nice little bonus in his eyes.

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 22, 2020 • 8:22:24pm

re: #3 jaunte

We need to yeet private security contractors right out of service. That’s what we have a military for. (The point of hiring private security contractors by the conservatives was so they would not be provided federal benefits, not subject to the UCMJ, &c.)

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 22, 2020 • 8:22:30pm

re: #80 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

They are back to where they were a year ago, though Hannity has lost about 400k viewers year over year.

For some reason Tucker Carlson remains more popular. Is he some sort of sex-symbol for the Fox crowd???

Hannity is all in on trump.

Tucker is all in on white supremacist hate.

Targetpractice Dec 22, 2020 • 8:23:59pm

Let’s see if I get this. After a day of McConnell et al bragging on Fox that they got people $600 checks despite Pelosi “blocking” it, Trump says “No! $2000!” And pelosi says “Yah! $2000!” So now GOP must accept $2000 or admit they lied about Pelosi & THEY blocked it. Delicious.

— Kurt “Masks Save Lives” Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) December 23, 2020

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 8:25:26pm

re: #83 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

We also need to stop conducting ‘police actions’ which let Congress off the hook.

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 8:26:17pm

Trump is now trying to bribe his way into overthrowing the election. I’m not sure you can demand quid pro quo terms from a hundred million people though.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) December 23, 2020

Just take the money.

bratwurst Dec 22, 2020 • 8:31:01pm

Of course, leftist Twitter is already raging against the mainstream Democrats who won’t even pretend to take Trump at his word about $2000 payments.

I guess if people were unable to resist taking the bait for the last 4 years it’s not realistic to expect them to wise up in the final 4 weeks.

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 8:39:58pm

Trump’s love of war criminals tells me one thing: If he had generals willing to do his bidding, he’d commit genocide.

The best thing the military has done since 9/11—for which it will be remembered decades from now—is telling Trump to fuck off when he tried to end the Republic.

— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) December 23, 2020

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 22, 2020 • 8:45:37pm

You’re assuming a certain amount of continuity of thought (and actions) that the GOP just doesn’t possess.

They’ll lie.

Their sucker base will believe it.

Done. Easy peasy.

— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) December 23, 2020

jaunte Dec 22, 2020 • 8:46:46pm

This moment in American history is as militarily consequential as Normandy or Gettysburg. But not for what our military did. For what it did not do.

— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) December 23, 2020

Dread Pirate Ron Dec 22, 2020 • 8:52:23pm

A way to punish republicans. He’s gonna make them say no to it in public and/or recorded vote. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

— Chris Gibbs (@ChrisRGibbs) December 23, 2020

Dread Pirate Ron Dec 22, 2020 • 8:58:22pm

President Clinton issued controversial pardons on his way out the door.

The result: A federal criminal investigation (fyi by @Comey) and congressional probes.

Trump associates/advisors conspiring in #pardongate 2.0 should take that as a warning.https://t.co/6fu0rBMjln

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) December 22, 2020

Belafon Dec 22, 2020 • 9:24:31pm

re: #81 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I suspect the idea is to run up the deficit as large as possible for the FY, then blame Biden for it.

Just wait for it - once Biden takes office Limbaugh and the rest will suddenly rediscover the deficit as the talking point.

You must not be reading the news. The deficit is already his fault.

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 22, 2020 • 9:34:21pm

re: #48 Cheechako

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

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 22, 2020 • 9:42:52pm

re: #58 jaunte

Lots of people in that thread saying that he’s joking or sarcastic and libs just don’t understand that.

He’s not joking. He’s a moran. Why would all these people simp for Jack Posebiec? Needz moar Brain Force perhaps?

Citizen K Dec 22, 2020 • 9:46:45pm

re: #40 Citizen K

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At some point, blaming everything on Dem’s messaging abilities increasingly becomes the same Green Lantern thinking as blaming everything on the Dem’s supposed lack of will. It’s a search for a magic bullet that doesn’t fucking exist.

Just following up on this…I just want to know how much ‘better messaging’ and ‘force of will’ can make up for this kind of shit?

Dems win election by 7M votes, getting more votes than any candidate in history, NYT highlights “warnings” that loom for Dems

maybe do the party that just got whooped ?

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) December 23, 2020

Belafon Dec 22, 2020 • 9:49:01pm

Now, as part of Sesame Workshop’s Play to Learn humanitarian program, the show has partnered with nonprofit organizations to feature new characters to shed light on the ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis.
Sesame Workshop announced the addition of two new muppets to the cast of Sesame Street on Dec.16. The characters, 6-year-old twins Noor and Aziz, live in the largest refugee camp in the world, located in Bangladesh. According to the news release, Cox’s Bazar, the camp where the children live, is home to more than 800,000 Rohingya refugees. Created to support children and families impacted by the Rohingya refugee crisis, the muppets are Rohingya Muslims who escaped ethnic cleansing in Myanmar. The muppet twins will appear alongside popular muppets, including Elmo, in educational programs about math, science, health, and other topics in the camps. They are expected to appear in all 150 countries that broadcast Sesame Street.

m.dailykos.com

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 22, 2020 • 9:52:19pm

re: #68 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Probably an under reported story: Fox News ratings are way way down.

Just looked at the Monday cable finals, and the various Fox evening shows are down dramatically in the key demo, compared to before the election.

E.g., Hannity finished 50th for the night.

The old folk are still watching, but the 18-49 year olds have moved on to other things.

There’s also the attacks on FOX from uber-wingnuts claiming they are too liberal and folks should move to Newsmax or OANN. I’m not sure how much of an effect that had, but it probably isn’t none.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 22, 2020 • 9:56:17pm

re: #73 mmmirele

Yeah, I’m mean tonight. I am so not in the mood for this bullshit.

yes he is but we’re not all nuts. Don’t judge God by His worshipers :)

— 2 left feet (@sarahco48979387) December 23, 2020

Well, we have evidence of his worshippers; him not so much. So I’ll just judge the worshippers by their own actions, and Kirk Cameron and his followers are a danger to society when they do this.

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gocart mozart Dec 22, 2020 • 9:56:59pm

Thank you for B.O pic.twitter.com/GwMpBWLm0q

— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) December 23, 2020

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 22, 2020 • 9:58:18pm

re: #48 Cheechako

I don’t think anyone noticed that yesterday was the winter solstice…the shortest day of the year. Today, in SE Alaska, the sunrise was at 08:46 am and the sunset was 03:08 pm for a total daylight of 6 hours nd 22 miniutes.

And, in other news:

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 22, 2020 • 10:01:23pm

re: #75 stpaulbear

Good news, but my two bits is that they should put all retail workers in the group 1b list. Their risk from customers is the same. The employees don’t have much choice to be there if they want to eat and pay rent, and they can’t work from home.

I think the idea is that other types of retail outlets can be shut (such as restaurants or department stores) whereas groceries and butchers cannot.

The state can change these priorities as the rollout of the vaccines continue.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 22, 2020 • 10:02:44pm

re: #77 Teukka

The thing is, if you rely only on force to prop up a structure, once the force is removed, the structure will collapse. You need to build the structure itself proper for it to work.

As in, nation building, the very thing conservatives hate. (That doesn’t make money or expand their power.)

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Dread Pirate Ron Dec 22, 2020 • 10:06:05pm

The city of Detroit broke down the math of the Trump post-election onslaught before requesting attorneys’ fees sanctions, before they can seek tougher Rule 11 sanctions.

Background: https://t.co/Xw7hjCXzLU pic.twitter.com/wqJEs3jjZ6

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) December 23, 2020

“Certainly, no court in the free world would ever seriously entertain this nonsense. No, the point of all of these lawsuits was to sow doubt, to delegitimize the Biden presidency…”

Scorching opener on Detroit’s request for sanctions.

Doc: https://t.co/HJAsY8Fh8g pic.twitter.com/ugYhbweTQo

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) December 23, 2020

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 22, 2020 • 10:15:12pm

re: #85 Targetpractice

Incoming hypocrisy:

Appreciate the fact that Speaker Pelosi supports President @realDonaldTrump’s idea to increase direct payments to $2,000 per person.

The American people are hurting and deserve relief. I know there is much bipartisan support for this idea.

Let’s go further.

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 23, 2020

Trump’s idea, not that Democrats haven’t been stumping for this all along.

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Dread Pirate Ron Dec 22, 2020 • 10:22:17pm

Mask-beard is a thing in 2020.

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EstebanTornado1963 Dec 22, 2020 • 10:29:40pm

re: #106 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Of course there’s a catch.

I hope Speaker Pelosi will agree with President Trump that Big Tech needs to be reined in by winding down Section 230 liability protections.

I have reason to believe this combination will lead to President Trump supporting the NDAA and COVID19 omnibus bills.

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 23, 2020

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 22, 2020 • 10:34:40pm

Very high winds right now. High wind warnings are up on the High Plains from the Canadian border to northeastern Texas.

…HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST WEDNESDAY…

* WHAT…Northwest winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 65 mph
expected.

* WHERE…In Wyoming, Converse County Lower Elevations, Niobrara
County and East Platte County Counties. In Nebraska, Box
Butte, Scotts Bluff County, Banner County, Morrill, Kimball
County, Cheyenne and South Sioux Counties.

* WHEN…Until 2 PM MST Wednesday.

* IMPACTS…High blow over risk for lightweight and high profile
vehicles. Expect travel delays and possible road closures for
lightweight and high profile vehicles. Travel will be
difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

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Ace-o-aces Dec 22, 2020 • 10:36:15pm

When they’re pardoned that wipes out the restitution order as well? So They get to keep the money they stole?

— Ellen Cavallaro (@EllenCavallaro1) December 23, 2020

MOTHERFUCKER! pic.twitter.com/UfAkuYRjnO

— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) December 23, 2020

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Citizen K Dec 22, 2020 • 10:38:44pm

The Trump administration is considering granting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman legal immunity for alleged assassination plot, sources say https://t.co/axFj3GyOz4 pic.twitter.com/nFaZ6ToNyf

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 23, 2020

The only crimes in Trump’s America are insufficient fealty to Trump, being non-white, being LGBTQ, and/or being poor.

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Dread Pirate Ron Dec 22, 2020 • 10:42:21pm

re: #111 Citizen K

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The only crimes in Trump’s America are insufficient fealty to Trump, being non-white, being LGBTQ, and/or being poor.

It’s a good thing Trump brought back political assassinations of foreign leaders.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 22, 2020 • 10:42:50pm

Christmas Day weather extremes here:

Highest temperature: 66°F in Scottsbluff and Sidney, Nebraska (1971)
Lowest temperature: -30°F in Laramie, Wyoming (1987)
Most rain: 0.96” in Sidney (1982)
Most snow: 9.3” in Scottsbluff (2014)
Greatest snow depth: 20” in Laramie (1982)

Christmas Day temperature here is predicted to be 55°F.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 22, 2020 • 10:44:41pm

re: #108 EstebanTornado1963

Of course there’s a catch.

Hold the Defense Budget hostage, Sen. Graham. Let’s see how that plays with your defence company donors and military personnel and retirees. I’m sure millions of veterans and active duty dependents would love to have their Tricare payments cut off.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 22, 2020 • 10:53:38pm

This place is a circus.

Brennan should resign. Omaha needs serious leadership, not this racist sideshow. https://t.co/s02YmKT9ZJ pic.twitter.com/EKaanClpGS

— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) December 23, 2020

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 22, 2020 • 10:55:59pm

Colleen Brennan also penned an essay on race in which she said White people want to know “why African Americans don’t stop the adoration of gangs, crime and violence when they are the disproportionate victims of it.”

Get the story from @reecereports: https://t.co/TVb6XJDlGd

— Omaha World-Herald (@OWHnews) December 23, 2020

I have now read Colleen’s essays, and boy howdy, if she thinks that’s satire, satire is dead because she personally strangled it to death. https://t.co/FGG0Zkq4L2

— Matthew Hansen (@redcloud_scribe) December 23, 2020

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 22, 2020 • 11:05:12pm

Ok going back to reading my book about the rise and fall of nations now - shockingly less depressing than reading that nonsense.

— Senator Adam Morfeld (@Adam_Morfeld) December 23, 2020

Her blog is absolutely insane. Full of conspiracy theories and racist nonsense. https://t.co/SipyAsFUPU

— Senator Adam Morfeld (@Adam_Morfeld) December 23, 2020

She is a Democrat married to a Republican who served in the Reagan Administration.

I’m sure she will be taking it down soon so read while you can.

— Senator Adam Morfeld (@Adam_Morfeld) December 23, 2020

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 22, 2020 • 11:31:43pm

re: #117 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Yikes! She sounds like a Kim Davis Democrat, a woman who retained the party label long after adopting Republican positions on all issues.

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Dread Pirate Ron Dec 23, 2020 • 12:35:50am

YouTube

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 23, 2020 • 12:40:03am

re: #119 Dread Pirate Ron

LOL “Not recommended for airplay”

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Dread Pirate Ron Dec 23, 2020 • 12:40:42am

Ursids meteor shower…

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Dread Pirate Ron Dec 23, 2020 • 12:59:15am

That’s behind the hill for me. it rises up 25 feet plus 2-story houses on top.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 23, 2020 • 1:00:39am

Population growth has halted in Nebraska.

Nebraska’s slow but steady population growth pulled back from its normal walking pace in 2020.

A demographic researcher said Nebraska’s low level of growth reflects some of the state’s root challenges in growing its population, not the coronavirus pandemic.

Population estimates released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau indicated that Nebraska grew by just under 5,000 people from July 2019 to July 2020 — or just about one-quarter of 1%.

David Drozd, research coordinator at the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Center for Public Affairs Research, said the growth was the smallest gain and the lowest rate of increase since 1989 for Nebraska.

Drozd attributed the relatively small growth to a slowing of the state’s birth rate and its increasing number of deaths as baby boomers age. Plus, he said, Nebraska isn’t gaining as much population from international immigration and still loses people on net to other states.

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Nebraska’s population growth slowest since 1989 (Omaha World-Herald)

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Dread Pirate Ron Dec 23, 2020 • 1:13:15am

re: #123 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The California Department of Finance, which monitors the state’s population data, found that from July 1, 2019 to July 1, 2020, California saw a net gain of only 21,200 new residents — a 0.05% growth rate not seen since 1900. As of July, the state’s population was 39.78 million.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 23, 2020 • 1:19:47am

Voat — the social media site for people too vile for Reddit — is shutting down (Goes to We Hunted the Mammoth, caution for racist and antisemitic comments lifted from that site).

Some people at Voat say they might invade Parler to argue with them.

Pour one out for the folks on Voat. The so-called “free speech” Reddit clone — designed to appeal to people too hateful for Reddit — has apparently run out of money and will close its virtual doors on Christmas day.

According to site co-founder Justin Chastain, in a weirdly sexually suggestive post on Voat titled “I Can’t Keep It Up,” the site has basically been running on fumes since its big investor pulled support for the site in March. “I personally decided to keep Voat up until after the US election of 2020,” Chastain explained. “I’ve been paying the costs out of pocket but now I’m out of money.”

Chastain has decided to milk the melodrama of the shutdown for all it’s worth.

I will lay Voat upon the cross on December 25th 2020 at 12 noon PST. I have chosen Christmas as the day to do so in honor of the only True thing you will find in this world and that is Jesus Christ, the son of God, and the only way to the Father. I chose 12 noon in honor of the twelve disciples who spread the message of salvation to the world. In this way, my hope is that perhaps 12 people will carry the cross for Freedom of Speech and sacrifice part of their lives for an ideal in the way I did, but hopefully with much more success, glory, and reward.

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John Hughes Dec 23, 2020 • 1:20:58am

re: #33 mmmirele

Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump has opposed to such a provision, while one of the prime movers of such an aid to Pakistan Senator Lindsay Graham argued that it was important to make life better for women in Pakistan. The legislation, running into…

Read more at: deccanherald.com

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John Hughes Dec 23, 2020 • 1:36:14am

re: #100 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

yes he is but we’re not all nuts. Don’t judge God by His worshipers :)

Uh, that’s a paraphrase of the text on one of the cartoons that got Charlie Hebdo shot up.

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John Hughes Dec 23, 2020 • 1:43:37am

re: #111 Citizen K

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The only crimes in Trump’s America are insufficient fealty to Trump, being non-white, being LGBTQ, and/or being poor.

So when does Putin get his immunity for Navalny, Skripal, and Litvinenko?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 23, 2020 • 1:46:31am

re: #126 John Hughes

Wingnuts are going to fuque this “gender programmes” chicken to death, aren’t they?

The amount they are citing, $10 million, to educate girls, promote equal rights, and sponsor entrepreneurial education (I thought these folks liked capitalism) is $32 a head in the county. If you’re looking for “soft power” that encourages a nation to become more open and less dangerous, that seems like a good investment to me. That’s much cheaper than fighting endless wars against partisans.

But pretty much everything a conservative sells is outrage. How dare you give foreign aid (this argument’s been going on as long as I’ve been alive—Israel excepted) when we could:

a) Feed our homeless (they never seem to get around to that)
b) Help our veterans (they never seem to get around to that, either)

It’s almost as if conservatives lie, and that $10 million was really meant to go to some Republican donor. Naw, that couldn’t be it.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 23, 2020 • 1:51:00am

re: #127 John Hughes

Uh, that’s a paraphrase of the text on one of the cartoons that got Charlie Hebdo shot up.

Image: o-OVERWHELMED-570.jpg

Well, considering how many Christians have shot up places in the USA, it seems apt.

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John Hughes Dec 23, 2020 • 1:53:19am

re: #129 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Yeah. But did you notice who’s been sponsoring this spending:

one of the prime movers of such an aid to Pakistan Senator Lindsay [sic] Graham argued that it was important to make life better for women in Pakistan.

Appearing on Fox News, Senator Graham justified the move:

“Pakistan is a place I really worry about. Eighty-five countries a woman can’t open up a bank account without her husband’s signature. She can’t inherit property. If you’re a young girl in Pakistan life is pretty tough. So we’re trying to make life better for women throughout the world”.

Weird.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 23, 2020 • 2:00:03am

Hundreds of USS Ronald Reagan sailors in ‘close contact’ coronavirus quarantine as holidays draw near (Stars & Strips)

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Hundreds of sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan are quarantined after having close contact with others who tested positive for the coronavirus, according to emails between the ship’s leaders.

About 350 Reagan sailors “are in some form of” quarantine at Yokosuka, the carrier’s homeport, according to executive officer Capt. Matthew Ventimiglia, who started an email chain Sunday between the ship’s senior leaders. Some are in isolation because they recently arrived in Japan, according to Ventimiglia’s email.

Stars and Stripes on Tuesday obtained the email chain, which includes messages from Reagan commander Capt. Fred Goldhammer and senior medical officer Capt. George Rice to department heads and leading chief petty officers.

(more)

Does Trump fire the senior officers like he did to the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 23, 2020 • 2:08:28am

“There has been a man with a bag and a coat walking around, cutting off power to the buildings around here,” a Marine Corps recruiter in Greensboro, North Carolina, told a 911 operator on Dec 14.
“We’re the only section with power still.”

“He’s been cutting off the breakers behind the building,” said a Navy recruiter next door separately told a Guilford Metro 911 operator.

The ominous scene was set just minutes before that same man started firing shots into a recruiting station, where Marine Corps and Navy recruiters worked.

Just after 6:20 p.m., according to 911 reports obtained by Military Times via a records request, the man fired four shots into the building, sparking nearly 10 calls to 911 from people nearby.

“There’s a guy out here shooting at our windows,” a Navy recruiter said at 6:21 p.m. The recruiter, who had barricaded himself in the office, identified the weapon as a 9 mm handgun based off its sound.

Before opening fire, the shooter had gone behind the building and attempted to cut off the recruiting center’s power, according to three 911 calls and a source with direct knowledge of the incident, who spoke with Military Times and asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to speak to media in an official capacity.

Police later recovered a Glock 43 9 mm pistol from James Alexander Cooper, the suspected shooter, when he was arrested near the scene.

(more)

New details emerge with surveillance video of North Carolina recruiting station shooting (goes to Navy Times)

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Eventual Carrion Dec 23, 2020 • 2:08:35am

re: #106 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Incoming hypocrisy:

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Trump’s idea, not that Democrats haven’t been stumping for this all along.

MAY 15 2020

Proposal that Putin’s Mitch has been sitting on for months

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 23, 2020 • 2:27:05am

US Population Growth Smallest in at Least 120 Years (Voice of America)

Demographers attribute the shift to Trump’s immigration policies, declining birth rates, and Covid-19.

The state with the largest percentage of loss was New York. The greatest gain was Idaho.

Population growth in the U.S. already was stagnant over the past several years due to immigration restrictions and a dip in fertility, but coronavirus-related deaths exacerbated that lethargic-growth trend, said William Frey, a senior fellow at The Brooking Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program.

“I think it’s a first glimpse of where we may be heading as far as low population growth,” Frey said. “It’s telling you that this is having an impact on population.”

The U.S. population grew by 0.35% from July 2019 to July 2020, an increase of 1.1 million people in a nation whose estimated population in July was more than 329 million residents, according to Census Bureau estimates.

(more)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 23, 2020 • 2:42:00am

re: #83 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

We need to yeet private security contractors right out of service. That’s what we have a military for. (The point of hiring private security contractors by the conservatives was so they would not be provided federal benefits, not subject to the UCMJ, &c.)

The latter being most important…

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Dangerman; Not a Dr. & don't play one on TV Dec 23, 2020 • 2:46:53am

re: #78 Targetpractice

Occam’s Razor says that this sudden call for $2,000 checks is purely Trump trying to screw with Mitch. It’s pure “dominance politics,” putting Yertle on the spot and making him responsible for the failure to pass the bill and thus failure to get those checks out in time to save Loeffler and Purdue’s asses at the polls.

If I thought the man was capable of complicated planning, I’d almost think a bit of sheer brilliance to this one. Embracing the larger checks blows up whatever deal-making Mitch has made with his own caucus to get this bill through, as they’ll demand more for the price of agreeing to those checks, which Pelosi and Schumer will immediately reject absent any further concessions on Mitch’s part. And he can’t even blame the Dems when he rejects those larger checks because Trump’s the guy insisting he’ll blow up the bill without them.

But I don’t think the man’s that clever, so I can only assume that somebody put the idea in his head.

trump is not three paragraphs of explanation clever

he’s barely and rarely even one tweet clever. and maybe not the full 250 characters

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Dangerman; Not a Dr. & don't play one on TV Dec 23, 2020 • 2:47:22am

re: #87 jaunte

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Just take the money.

and vote D

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Dec 23, 2020 • 2:52:48am

Begs the question… of what came first, the chicken or the egg…

Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus [1947]

Bach - Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter BWV 650 - Jacobs | Netherlands Bach Society

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Ming5000 Dec 23, 2020 • 3:05:23am

I wanted to take a peek at the vaccination timeline now that the Moderna vaccine is available. Looks like midsummer-ish for significant coverage in the general population. This sounds fine to me. Wish it was faster, but to have a vaccine at all, so soon, is a win.

Dr. Vivek Murthy, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for surgeon general, poured some cold water on the Trump administration’s rosy vaccine distribution timeline on Sunday.
“I think it’s more realistic to assume that it may be closer to mid-summer or early fall when this vaccine makes its way to the general population. So we want to be optimistic, but we want to be cautious as well,”

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Decatur Deb Dec 23, 2020 • 3:28:22am

re: #139 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Interesting question arises from the Nederlands Bach project: Are top-tier musicians held to a much greater acoustic standard than MP3/cloud can capture and disseminate?
IOW, how much skill and discipline do we waste?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 23, 2020 • 3:36:26am

re: #141 Decatur Deb

Interesting question arises from the Nederlands Bach project: Are top-tier musicians held to a much greater acoustic standard than MP3/cloud can capture and disseminate?
IOW, how much skill and discipline do we waste?

They will still be expected to play for a live audience again one day and need to maintain their standards

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Decatur Deb Dec 23, 2020 • 3:39:27am

re: #142 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

They will still be expected to play for a live audience again one day and need to maintain their standards

This is part of a generational argument with Son2. He insists I should abandon CDs and not try to restore my ancient hifi system—that the mass-market MP3 route is good enough for (old) ears.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 23, 2020 • 4:11:55am

re: #143 Decatur Deb

This is part of a generational argument with Son2. He insists I should abandon CDs and not try to restore my ancient hifi system—that the mass-market MP3 route is good enough for (old) ears.

My ears have never been that picky. I can tell a good system from a poor one but never really made a big deal about owning a high-end sound system.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 23, 2020 • 4:17:13am

re: #144 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

My ears have never been that picky. I can tell a good system from a poor one but never really made a big deal about owning a high-end sound system.

I have a Schneider all-in-one stereo system - turntable, cassette, CD, AM/FM receiver. Extraordinarily good sound for a relatively small system.

This model:

Picked it up on the cheap here; the turntable works, but I think the drive belt is worn out, so I’ll have to figure out how to replace it.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Dec 23, 2020 • 4:27:12am

re: #141 Decatur Deb

Live music can be quite different than even a recording of the same event.

Many people have never heard live bands or orchestras.

Still, there is an audience, live, for those Bach musicians. Not during the pandemic, but otherwise.

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Dangerman; Not a Dr. & don't play one on TV Dec 23, 2020 • 4:31:58am

After sitting on his hands during COVID negotiations, Trump just demanded big changes in compromise bill, threatening its future. With a madman in the WH, we are entering the most dangerous 4 weeks of his presidency. @CNN @AC30, @JohnBerman

— David Gergen (@David_Gergen) December 23, 2020

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Decatur Deb Dec 23, 2020 • 4:35:38am

re: #146 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Live music can be quite different than even a recording of the same event.

Many people have never heard live bands or orchestras.

Still, there is an audience, live, for those Bach musicians. Not during the pandemic, but otherwise.

When I want to feel depressed I remember our town in Italy—100K, a World Heritage Site. Most weekends we had to decide which church’s Fri or Sun concert to attend—sometimes a conflicting tradeoff was difficult. Or we could just walk to the XVI Cent villa owned by the ‘suburban’ commune and see what they were doing.

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b.d. (We Won!) Dec 23, 2020 • 4:42:19am

Has Trump pardoned Lee Harvey Oswald yet?

After all, he was just fighting Socialism!

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William Lewis Dec 23, 2020 • 4:48:53am

re: #143 Decatur Deb

This is part of a generational argument with Son2. He insists I should abandon CDs and not try to restore my ancient hifi system—that the mass-market MP3 route is good enough for (old) ears.

After 16 years around M-60 tanks, M-113 carriers & HMMWVs, my hearing can’t tell the difference anymore if I ever could. MP3s are fine for me.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 23, 2020 • 4:52:54am

re: #148 Decatur Deb

When I want to feel depressed I remember our town in Italy—100K, a World Heritage Site. Most weekends we had to decide which church’s Fri or Sun concert to attend—sometimes a conflicting tradeoff was difficult. Or we could just walk to the XVI Cent villa owned by the ‘suburban’ commune and see what they were doing.

I remember going to Evensong at St Paul’s in London and being impressed as hell with the acoustics under the big dome.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 5:00:13am

I can’t wait to see what the latest acting toady is going to do.

Today is Bill Barr’s last day as Attorney General

— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) December 23, 2020

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 5:01:43am

re: #152 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I can’t wait to see what the latest acting toady is going to do.

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Try to join the lawsuit being brought in DC to stop Pence and Congress from certifying the election, maybe?

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Barefoot Grin Dec 23, 2020 • 5:01:49am

.

🐀🐀🐀

tonight’s joke is #TRUMP2020ToSaveAmerica

Insurrection Act parasite #Trump2020 #Trump pic.twitter.com/oaFQMODY9O

— Emile Zola (@La_Bete_humaine) December 23, 2020

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 5:03:33am

re: #154 Barefoot Grin

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I am ded. Oh my God.

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Decatur Deb Dec 23, 2020 • 5:06:33am

re: #150 William Lewis

After 16 years around M-60 tanks, M-113 carriers & HMMWVs, my hearing can’t tell the difference anymore if I ever could. MP3s are fine for me.

Only got my chimes rung at Knox a few times. No one wants to believe what 1000 hours in front of Heavy Metal concert speakers has done to a couple generations.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 5:19:45am

Pelosi is right to call the bluff. Push as far as you can and force a showdown between Trump and McConnell because ultimately that’s big battle that has to happen before this era ends.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) December 23, 2020

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 23, 2020 • 5:28:30am

re: #147 Dangerman; Not a Dr. & don’t play one on TV

What changes is he asking for besides larger payments?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 23, 2020 • 5:29:58am

re: #144 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

My ears have never been that picky. I can tell a good system from a poor one but never really made a big deal about owning a high-end sound system.

I used to own a high-end sound system, but my first divorce ended that (my ex-wife has it).

I don’t have the money for one now.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 23, 2020 • 5:36:41am

re: #152 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I can’t wait to see what the latest acting toady is going to do.

Bill Kristol (who is frequently wrong about things, so take that under consideration) is concerned about it.

Thread, thirteen tweets.

1. This thread is based on recent conversations with people whose information and judgment I trust, who in turn have spoken candidly with Trump appointees still on the inside.

Here’s a question: Why did Trump and Barr, when they negotiated Barr’s departure, settle on Dec. 23?

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) December 22, 2020

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 5:37:16am

Florida’s Keyontae Johnson diagnosed with COVID-related heart condition after on-court collapse https://t.co/oTA4xGXj5o

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 23, 2020

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 5:39:20am

re: #161 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

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That might be a very expensive lawsuit.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 23, 2020 • 5:43:39am

re: #162 thedopefishlives

That might be a very expensive lawsuit.

Denialists are already in that thread with “but lots of diseases can cause myocarditis. Could be lots of things.”

They are simply not going to accept anything which interferes with conservative religion.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 23, 2020 • 5:45:15am

re: #160 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

1. This thread is based on recent conversations with people whose information and judgment I trust, who in turn have spoken candidly with Trump appointees still on the inside.

Here’s a question: Why did Trump and Barr, when they negotiated Barr’s departure, settle on Dec. 23?

HE WANTED TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH HIS FAMILY LIKE A GOOD CHRISTIAN!!!

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Dangerman; Not a Dr. & don't play one on TV Dec 23, 2020 • 5:48:18am

re: #164 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

HE WANTED TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH HIS FAMILY LIKE A GOOD CHRISTIAN!!!

…so he quit his job.
That some logic there.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 23, 2020 • 5:52:23am

re: #165 Dangerman; Not a Dr. & don’t play one on TV

…so he quit his job.
That some logic there.

“Good logic on both sides.”

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 23, 2020 • 5:57:39am

re: #164 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

HE WANTED TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH HIS FAMILY LIKE A GOOD CHRISTIAN!!!

The lease on the shredder ended on 24 December.

— Ray Pelletier (@raypelletierjr) December 22, 2020

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 6:01:50am

Completely unsurprising.

Trump’s Fox News pardon pipeline: A comprehensive review

Fox’s programming and personalities influenced at least 20 of Trump’s acts of clemency — so far https://t.co/9PqoPFINKy

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) December 23, 2020

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jeffreyw Dec 23, 2020 • 6:05:11am

Good morning!

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fern01 Dec 23, 2020 • 6:07:17am

re: #93 Dread Pirate Ron

I would never take an investigation of the Clintons as an example of anything. The GOP has used any excuse for the past 40 years to investigate the Clintons. They have also refused to investigate trump - so unless it becomes 100% obvious that trump is selling pardons there will be no investigation.

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 6:12:02am

I’m pretty sure this has been posted before (I may have even posted it), but in case you haven’t seen it and also because it’s been making the rounds at work this week:

Match Made in Hell

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Dec 23, 2020 • 6:14:31am

(3:25)

Let’s talk about Trump, Biden, counties, and votes….

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 6:14:55am

Also, if you didn’t read this thread from last night, please do. It’s an absolute shit show from start to finish.

OK - let’s get started. I’ve been actively avoiding other commentaries, even though I know @AkivaMCohen and others have started to look at it - I want to appreciate the full glory of this case without preconceptions.

But we’re not going to start with the pleading. https://t.co/FEwpgSClQA

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) December 23, 2020

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 6:17:59am

Over/Under trump pardons Rittenhouse?

Anyone?

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Eventual Carrion Dec 23, 2020 • 6:18:40am

re: #174 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Over/Under trump pardons Rittenhouse?

Anyone?

Don’t think he can with state charges.

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 6:19:03am

re: #175 Eventual Carrion

Don’t think he can with state charges.

He can’t, but that won’t stop him from trying.

/half
//might wind up having to eat the sarc

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 23, 2020 • 6:19:41am

re: #171 thedopefishlives

I’m pretty sure this has been posted before (I may have even posted it), but in case you haven’t seen it and also because it’s been making the rounds at work this week:

It is a classic for all the little details you might miss on the first pass…

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Teukka Dec 23, 2020 • 6:21:16am

FBI Says White Supremacists Plotted Attack on U.S. Power Gridhttps://t.co/HAOE9FmwAU

— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) December 23, 2020

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Dr Lizardo Dec 23, 2020 • 6:22:22am

re: #178 Teukka

It’s long past time to start calling these asshats what they are - domestic terrorists, and name names; Proud Boys, various and sundry militia groups, Oath Keepers, etc.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 6:24:26am

NBC News confirms: The U.S. reported 3,350 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, setting a new daily record for deaths since the outbreak of COVID.

In the past week, 18,980 people have died in the U.S. from COVID, a faster rate than any other time during the pandemic. @NBCNews

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 23, 2020

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 23, 2020 • 6:27:46am

re: #178 Teukka

you remember what a hissy fit the Right Wing media threw when the Department of Homeland Security pointed out that Right Wing terror was a bigger threat than any sort of Islamist terror?

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lawhawk Dec 23, 2020 • 6:28:19am

re: #174 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Over/Under trump pardons Rittenhouse?

Anyone?

Zero.

Trump can’t pardon on state crimes, only federal.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 6:31:27am

Biden won by 7 million votes. Before he even takes office, Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz seek to sabotage his plan to rejoin Paris and Iran agreements. https://t.co/IyK7PB5zjp

— Richard Hine (@richardhine) December 23, 2020

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lawhawk Dec 23, 2020 • 6:32:59am

Trump’s disastrous trade policies, trade wars, and disastrous covid19 response has pushed the trade deficit to their worst levels since 2008. It’s only gotten *worse* since 2017. https://t.co/Ew2wah27xY

— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) December 23, 2020

Everything Trump’s done in office has been to benefit Trump personally and directly. He has never cared about anyone else. He’s leaving the US weaker and with worse natsec than he inherited.

Fewer jobs. Higher unemployment rate. Bigger trade deficits. Much higher national debt.

— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) December 23, 2020

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mmmirele Dec 23, 2020 • 6:33:29am

re: #160 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Bill Kristol (who is frequently wrong about things, so take that under consideration) is concerned about it.

Thread, thirteen tweets.

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As much as I dislike Bill Kristol, I can’t help but agree with him that we are in very dangerous times. And yes, I could see a bunch of odious pardons dropping after 5 pm on Christmas Eve. Also New Year’s Eve too. And God only knows when else. I think he’s right about a huge signal being if Pat Cipollone departs in haste. Then, all bets are off.

Every time I think about this, I think about my Louisville Slugger propped up downstairs next to my front door. I really don’t want to have to pick that thing up in anger. I really don’t. Plus it would be stupid, but if I wanted to get the point home to an idiot congressman, it might be super helpful.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 23, 2020 • 6:36:39am

re: #182 lawhawk

Zero.

Trump can’t pardon on state crimes, only federal.

But Rittenhouse crossed state lines!!!

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 6:38:09am

re: #186 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

But Rittenhouse crossed state lines!!!

He was never charged with a federal crime. In fact, I’m not sure what he could be charged with at the federal level. (Of course, I am not a criminal attorney, obviously I would not know such things.)

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Dangerman; Not a Dr. & don't play one on TV Dec 23, 2020 • 6:40:59am

re: #182 lawhawk

Zero.

Trump can’t pardon on state crimes, only federal.

Irrelevant detail // (1/2)

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PhillyPretzel Dec 23, 2020 • 6:48:43am

re: #172 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Beau once again puts a hole into another theory.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 23, 2020 • 6:53:22am

BBC makes a valiant effort, but…

How should you talk to friends and relatives who believe conspiracy theories?

3: Encourage critical thinking

People who believe conspiracy theories often say: “I do my own research.”

The problem is that their research tends to consist of watching fringe YouTube videos, following random people on Facebook, and cherry-picking evidence from biased Twitter accounts.

But the spirit of doubt that pervades the conspiracy-minded internet is actually a key opening for rational thought, says Jovan Byford.

“Many people who believe in conspiracy theories see themselves as healthy sceptics and self-taught researchers into complex issues,” he says. “Present this as something that, in principle, you value and share.

“Your aim is not to make them less curious or sceptical, but to change what they are curious about, or sceptical of.”

That’s what helped Phil from Belfast. He used to be big into 9/11 conspiracies.

“I used to point out the fact that there were various experts who doubted official stories. This was very persuasive to me,” he explains. “Why would these experts lie?”

But then he began applying scepticism not to just “official sources” but also the alternative “experts” that was listening to.

He developed a deeper understanding of the scientific method and scepticism itself. Just because one expert believes something, doesn’t make it true.

“You can find experts and very intelligent people who lend credence to any position,” he says.

“Focus on those who are pushing these ideas, and what they might be getting,” says Claire Wardle. “For instance, financial gain by selling health supplements, or reputational gain in building a following.”

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PhillyPretzel Dec 23, 2020 • 6:56:52am

re: #190 Eclectic Cyborg

The remark of “I do my own research” is used by people who also read newspapers daily. I say this because I use that phrase and do not believe any of that “Q” stuff.

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lawhawk Dec 23, 2020 • 6:57:45am

Trumpworld in disarray (day ending in Y).

Reposting to clarify - 20 mins ago folks were sent a note to DISREGARD an email saying EO staff will start to leave their jobs on Jan 4 and last paycheck goes through Jan 19, per a source who saw email. It’s going to create confusion for people still there.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 23, 2020

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PhillyPretzel Dec 23, 2020 • 6:58:47am

re: #192 lawhawk

Typical DT. Say one thing and mean something completely different.

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 6:59:36am

re: #192 lawhawk

Trumpworld in disarray (day ending in Y).

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The chaos is the point. They want there to be confusion that the next guy will have to straighten out. Any petty way they can strike at the enemy.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 23, 2020 • 6:59:41am

re: #190 Eclectic Cyborg

BBC makes a valiant effort, but…

How should you talk to friends and relatives who believe conspiracy theories?

My rather anti-vaxer SiL sent me a video about a fellow promoting a class action suit against the people manufacturing Covid tests.

Then I did some digging and found out that in this particular case, participants in the class-action suit have to put up €800 (nearly $1000 at todays bloated exchange rate) to participate.

so basically if this guy can get 1,000 people to sign up for this suit, he has made a million without having to lift a finger…

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PhillyPretzel Dec 23, 2020 • 7:05:26am

This article is from The Washington Post on voter fraud. Summary of article is that very little fraud has occurred.
washingtonpost.com

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 7:08:54am

re: #196 PhillyPretzel

This article is from The Washington Post on voter fraud. Summary of article is that very little fraud has occurred.
washingtonpost.com

On both sides, I might add. I know, it’s a popular theory that the Republicans are always guilty of what they accuse others of doing, and I have no doubt they tried - or at least tried to think up harebrained schemes - but they were only able to come away with a few, easily identified, votes for dead people.

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PhillyPretzel Dec 23, 2020 • 7:11:17am

re: #197 thedopefishlives

Yes. I know. That is the type of voting that the voting commissioners in Philly cleaned up. The dead no longer vote in Philly.

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A Cranky One Dec 23, 2020 • 7:11:50am

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A Cranky One Dec 23, 2020 • 7:13:13am

Fred Schultz on Twitter: “Grandpa with the mic drop. 😏🤣🎤

Grandpa with the mic drop. 😏🤣🎤 pic.twitter.com/HpOqYYxoSZ

— Fred Schultz (@fred035schultz) December 22, 2020

“

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 7:13:47am

re: #198 PhillyPretzel

Yes. I know. That is the type of voting that the voting commissioners in Philly cleaned up. The dead no longer vote in Philly.

There was that one guy out in Forty Fort that tried, but he just got rung up on charges. And Texas owes John Fetterman $1M in Sheetz gift cards for it.

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PhillyPretzel Dec 23, 2020 • 7:15:12am

re: #201 thedopefishlives

lol. They do and so does DT. And everyone knows DT is a very slow pay.

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lawhawk Dec 23, 2020 • 7:19:18am

So obvious Trump is selling pardons on the way out. He should be removed from office before more damage is done. https://t.co/C07aYD2bZ4

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) December 23, 2020

Trump’s definitely doing quid pro quos for his pardons. That’s how he operates.

All of his pardons are suspect, and they also show he doesn’t care about the rule of law or upholding the Constitution. He’s a treasonweasel out to protect himself at all costs.

Those costs include shredding the Constitution and rule of law.

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Barefoot Grin Dec 23, 2020 • 7:25:25am

re: #200 A Cranky One

Fred Schultz on Twitter: “Grandpa with the mic drop. 😏🤣🎤

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I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. Thank you!

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Teukka Dec 23, 2020 • 7:26:38am

re: #179 Dr Lizardo

It’s long past time to start calling these asshats what they are - domestic terrorists, and name names; Proud Boys, various and sundry militia groups, Oath Keepers, etc.

Y’all Qaeda. Yeehawdies. Tealibans.

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Dangerman; Not a Dr. & don't play one on TV Dec 23, 2020 • 7:29:12am

re: #191 PhillyPretzel

The remark of “I do my own research” is used by people who also read newspapers daily. I say this because I use that phrase and do not believe any of that “Q” stuff.

The issue of “research” ..in this context “learn about something” has to be viewed as an endeavor to address honest curiosity

It must be objective, widespread, unbiased in selecting sources.
It must not ignore or toss out explanations or arguments you dont like or that don’t agree with your preconceived conclusions

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 23, 2020 • 7:30:18am

re: #206 Dangerman; Not a Dr. & don’t play one on TV

The issue of “research” ..in this context “learn about something” has to be viewed as an endeavor to address honest curiosity

It must be objective, widespread, unbiased in selecting sources.
It must not ignore or toss out explanations or arguments you dont like or that don’t agree with your preconceived conclusions

THIS.

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PhillyPretzel Dec 23, 2020 • 7:30:27am

re: #206 Dangerman; Not a Dr. & don’t play one on TV

Exactly. One must look at all of the information and try to make a conclusion from that.

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Belafon Dec 23, 2020 • 7:38:46am

re: #107 Dread Pirate Ron

Mask-beard is a thing in 2020.

This Mask has had a beard since 2002.

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Belafon Dec 23, 2020 • 7:45:23am

re: #153 thedopefishlives

Try to join the lawsuit being brought in DC to stop Pence and Congress from certifying the election, maybe?

Since Barr said there was no evidence to require a special investigation, it would actually be real awkward for him to join.

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 7:49:59am

re: #210 Belafon

Since Barr said there was no evidence to require a special investigation, it would actually be real awkward for him to join.

For Barr, yes. His replacement is under no such compunction. And God only knows, if we get Acting Attorney General Sidney Powell…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 23, 2020 • 7:50:28am

re: #211 thedopefishlives

For Barr, yes. His replacement is under no such compunction. And God only knows, if we get Acting Attorney General Sidney Powell…

AAG QAnon

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lawhawk Dec 23, 2020 • 7:53:11am

re: #211 thedopefishlives

For Barr, yes. His replacement is under no such compunction. And God only knows, if we get Acting Attorney General Sidney Powell…

Vacancies Act means the Deputy AG Rosen is the Acting AG. Powell can’t be AG. She hasn’t been confirmed, let alone nominated.

That’s at least what the law would require. As we know, Trump is a fucknut who doesn’t care about the law and rules, so he might try something illicit here.

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 7:54:02am

re: #213 lawhawk

Vacancies Act means the Deputy AG Rosen is the Acting AG. Powell can’t be AG. She hasn’t been confirmed, let alone nominated.

That’s at least what the law would require. As we know, Trump is a fucknut who doesn’t care about the law and rules, so he might try something illicit here.

I was wondering about that. Lawtwitter suggested that it would be a virtual impossibility for Orly Taitz 2.0 to be appointed as acting AG, but I didn’t know if that was a thing that Trump could just do and people were downplaying the possibility.

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🌹UOJB! Dec 23, 2020 • 7:56:05am

re: #196 PhillyPretzel

This article is from The Washington Post on voter fraud. Summary of article is that very little fraud has occurred.
washingtonpost.com

So when is Dan Patrick going to make good on his payment to John Fetterman? I do believe John uncovered 3 cases of voter fraud…ALL COMMITTED BY REPUBLICANS…

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🌹UOJB! Dec 23, 2020 • 7:57:19am

re: #205 Teukka

Y’all Qaeda. Yeehawdies. Tealibans.

Q Cucks Klan.

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PhillyPretzel Dec 23, 2020 • 7:57:41am

re: #215 🌹UOJB!

I have no idea.

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lawhawk Dec 23, 2020 • 8:00:30am

Trump’s words never bear any relationship to actual policies, they are always about manipulating the perceptions of his supporters so as to advance his own power and self-interest. https://t.co/lTkvlDC7Io

— Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) December 23, 2020

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 8:01:28am

re: #200 A Cranky One

Fred Schultz on Twitter: “Grandpa with the mic drop. 😏🤣🎤

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What else she can do? Rotoblow his prostate?

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 8:03:28am

Read the whole thread. It’s 🔥

In sum, the wrong plaintiffs sued the wrong (and sometimes nonexistant) defendants in the wrong court based on a totally made up legal theory supported by pages of “facts” that had nothing to do with the imaginary theory, all while telling the court it had no jurisdiction anyway

— Akiva Cohen (@AkivaMCohen) December 23, 2020

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lawhawk Dec 23, 2020 • 8:05:09am

re: #220 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Can we now impose sanctions and costs to these fucknuts pushing this crap?

You’d think GOPers would be behind any effort to reduce frivolous lawsuits (aka tort reform, immunity, etc.), but it turns out that they’re the ones pushing all of this crap.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 23, 2020 • 8:06:02am

re: #220 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Read the whole thread. It’s 🔥

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What in the actual everloving fuck?

When do these people start to face consequences for all these frivolous suits?

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Dr Lizardo Dec 23, 2020 • 8:07:51am

So, for any Lizards who are true crime fans, here’s an excellent documentary about John Arthur Ackroyd, a serial killer who haunted Central Oregon and killed at least three, and is suspected of other homicides as well. Note: disturbing and graphic recountings of crimes.

The Ghosts of Highway 20.

Ghosts of Highway 20 - COMPLETE SERIES

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 8:09:48am

re: #222 Eclectic Cyborg

What in the actual everloving fuck?

When do these people start to face consequences for all these frivolous suits?

Oh, you had to ask.

Lin Wood, call your office.👀 pic.twitter.com/7T6o4mrRfA

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) December 23, 2020

If you don’t understand the legalese, L. Lin Wood has applied to appear on behalf of Carter Page in Delaware superior court. He’s not licensed to practice in Delaware, so the judge had to explicitly allow him to do this. Well, the judge learned of his extracurricular shenanigans, and is now ordering Wood to tell him why he shouldn’t kick him out of his courtroom posthaste.

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A hollow voice says,1st round on points. Onward! Dec 23, 2020 • 8:10:43am

re: #169 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 8:12:11am

Gateau Basque “dough” in the fridge. Interesting that it’s wetter than pastry dough… Has a loose marzipan feel to it.

Pastry cream being made tonight. Assembly and bakeage happens tomorrow.

The only question…to add jam or not.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 8:13:24am

re: #221 lawhawk

Can we now impose sanctions and costs to these fucknuts pushing this crap?

You’d think GOPers would be behind any effort to reduce frivolous lawsuits (aka tort reform, immunity, etc.), but it turns out that they’re the ones pushing all of this crap.

This idiotic lawsuit is from the Thomas Moore Society.

Sanction them and take away their licenses. All of them.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 8:15:38am

re: #224 thedopefishlives

Oh, you had to ask.

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If you don’t understand the legalese, L. Lin Wood has applied to appear on behalf of Carter Page in Delaware superior court. He’s not licensed to practice in Delaware, so the judge had to explicitly allow him to do this. Well, the judge learned of his extracurricular shenanigans, and is now ordering Wood to tell him why he shouldn’t kick him out of his courtroom posthaste.

Did you read the filing from the City of Detroit going for Section 11 (12??) sanctions against Wood and Powell? It was absolutely brutal.

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 8:15:54am

re: #220 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Read the whole thread. It’s 🔥

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This thread, combined with @questauthority’s from last night, should be required reading for anyone interested in going into the legal profession.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 8:16:04am

re: #225 A hollow voice says,1st round on points. Onward!

Western good morning!

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That’s pretty far West! 😂

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 8:18:36am

re: #228 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Did you read the filing from the City of Detroit going for Section 11 (12??) sanctions against Wood and Powell? It was absolutely brutal.

Delicious schadenfreude.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 8:26:16am

W.T.F.???https://t.co/NnqXxMsBPB

— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) December 23, 2020

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jeffreyw Dec 23, 2020 • 8:26:47am

re: #225 A hollow voice says,1st round on points. Onward!

Western good morning!

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I believe that those things were used in a game, similar to chess. Prove me wrong.

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🌹UOJB! Dec 23, 2020 • 8:27:22am

Oh Danny Boy, John Fetterman is waiting…For you to make good on your wager, boo…

Recap: Texas sued PA claiming mass voter fraud to SCOTUS.

Sure, TX got demolished, but my dude LG Dan Patrick put out a handsome reward for voter fraud.

We delivered.

He owes us $3M, Pennsylvania.

That’s *a lot* of Shmuffins + Sizlis, folks.https://t.co/H6Ts3UNTEe

— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) December 23, 2020

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PhillyPretzel Dec 23, 2020 • 8:28:49am

re: #234 🌹UOJB!

I hope John gets everything and quite a bit more. ::: evil grin :::

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🌹UOJB! Dec 23, 2020 • 8:30:04am

Giselle got a consolation prize!

Of course I didn’t get holiday cards done *again* this year but here’s something. 🎄🎄 cc @JohnFetterman pic.twitter.com/KBaJlCmNCG

— Gisele Barreto Fetterman (@giselefetterman) December 23, 2020

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A hollow voice says,1st round on points. Onward! Dec 23, 2020 • 8:30:57am

re: #230 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

That’s pretty far West! 😂

So far it’s actually the last outpost of the east! (But I’m still here in the west.)

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 8:31:52am

re: #236 🌹UOJB!

Giselle got a consolation prize!

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OMG these two. Pennsylvania is rightly proud.

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PhillyPretzel Dec 23, 2020 • 8:32:30am

re: #238 thedopefishlives

Yes we are.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 8:34:39am

I’m not crying, you are!

Tzadekes

I don’t say that lightly. This girl is an absolute hero and I hope my kids grow up to be people as good as she is. https://t.co/pPnShCFqTZ

— Akiva Cohen (@AkivaMCohen) December 22, 2020

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A hollow voice says,1st round on points. Onward! Dec 23, 2020 • 8:34:44am

re: #233 jeffreyw

I believe that those things were used in a game, similar to chess. Prove me wrong.

Well, using traditional methods it took multiple people and at least one day to get one of those guys upright, so it would take a very long time to finish the game.

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 23, 2020 • 8:37:26am

re: #232 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

W.T.F.???https://t.co/NnqXxMsBPB

— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) December 23, 2020

“Hey bro, I’ve got a great idea for a TikTok video!”

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🌹UOJB! Dec 23, 2020 • 8:37:28am

re: #241 A hollow voice says,1st round on points. Onward!

Well, using traditional methods it took multiple people and at least one day to get one of those guys upright, so it would take a very long time to finish the game.

It would take a couple hours to get that Pawn to King’s 4!

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 8:38:21am

re: #237 A hollow voice says,1st round on points. Onward!

So far it’s actually the last outpost of the east! (But I’m still here in the west.)

That was one hell of a left turn. 😉

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jeffreyw Dec 23, 2020 • 8:39:43am

re: #241 A hollow voice says,1st round on points. Onward!

Well, using traditional methods it took multiple people and at least one day to get one of those guys upright, so it would take a very long time to finish the game.

They were honoring their Gods by playing. They should not have stopped because their Gods became very angry and killed them, mostly.

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🌹UOJB! Dec 23, 2020 • 8:40:47am

One can only hope this asshole gets butt-bongoed!

Dem Files Petition To Disbar Rep. Matt Gaetz Over Support of Trump’s Election Lawsuits https://t.co/jydrEKeOEC

— ~~ 𝕯𝖔𝖓𝖓𝖆 ~~ (@Dcl_60) December 23, 2020

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🌹UOJB! Dec 23, 2020 • 8:45:42am

Trump just bought 4 mercenaries that kill people who look like me for money. That’s the headline. Not his lies about $2000. Talk about the pardons.

— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) December 23, 2020

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 8:47:03am

re: #246 🌹UOJB!

One can only hope this asshole gets butt-bongoed!

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Ah, good ol’ Matt “I got my nuts stepped on by a bouncer” Gaetz.

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 8:57:52am

re: #234 🌹UOJB!

Oh Danny Boy, John Fetterman is waiting…For you to make good on your wager, boo…

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Then there’s this:

Also, if I’m forced to sue my colleague to claim my handsome reward, my case is exponentially stronger than that pile of hot garbage lawsuit TX tried with SCOTUS.

— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) December 23, 2020

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PhillyPretzel Dec 23, 2020 • 9:00:44am

re: #249 thedopefishlives

Go get them John. PA has won fair and square.

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 23, 2020 • 9:02:27am

re: #160 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Bill Kristol (who is frequently wrong about things, so take that under consideration) is concerned about it.

Thread, thirteen tweets.

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Kristol is reliably wrong, though not as much as Dick Morris. But I think that one can infer from his tweets support for my theory about why the DOD refuses to work with the Biden Team: they are planning to involve the military in some shenanigans to retain the WH for Trump and do not want Biden to have any advance warning of their illegal actions. Trump is terrified of what awaits him in NY and will do anything to avoid justice, including destroying our nation. And Trump will issue pardons for all those military personnel/Blackwater contractors who engage in these actions.

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 23, 2020 • 9:05:22am

re: #170 fern01

I would never take an investigation of the Clintons as an example of anything. The GOP has used any excuse for the past 40 years to investigate the Clintons. They have also refused to investigate trump - so unless it becomes 100% obvious that trump is selling pardons there will be no investigation.

The Biden DOJ and the Pelosi House will have a very different agenda from the GOP harassment of the Clintons.

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wrenchwench Dec 23, 2020 • 9:06:07am

2020 yielded a collection of photographs that many photojournalists would be satisfied to capture in a career, let alone in one city and year. https://t.co/z2zKHTLtVY

— L.A. TACO 🌴🌮 (@LATACO) December 23, 2020

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 9:07:27am

re: #251 Hecuba’s daughter

Kristol is reliably wrong, though not as much as Dick Morris. But I think that one can infer from his tweets support for my theory about why the DOD refuses to work with the Biden Team: they are planning to involve the military in some shenanigans to retain the WH for Trump and do not want Biden to have any advance warning of their illegal actions. Trump is terrified of what awaits him in NY and will do anything to avoid justice, including destroying our nation. And Trump will issue pardons for all those military personnel/Blackwater contractors who engage in these actions.

I’m fairly certain that Biden has eyes and ears inside the Pentagon.

I’m also fairly certain that pardoning a blackwater contractor, one who makes 5x what a real military person makes, and who wantonly killed civilians making the rest of military personnel less safe, infuriated the vast majority of the military. Should trump go down that path, it’s going to end poorly for all of them. Real poorly. Deadly poorly.

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 23, 2020 • 9:13:00am

re: #254 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I’m fairly certain that Biden has eyes and ears inside the Pentagon.

I’m also fairly certain that pardoning a blackwater contractor, one who makes 5x what a real military person makes, and who wantonly killed civilians making the rest of military personnel less safe, infuriated the vast majority of the military. Should trump go down that path, it’s going to end poorly for all of them. Real poorly. Deadly poorly.

I hope you are right. But there are 74 million Americans who have sworn allegiance to the Donald — and some of these are in the military. Trump has also filled senior DOD positions with his lackeys and their loyalty is only to him and not our Constitution.

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Belafon Dec 23, 2020 • 9:15:22am

re: #251 Hecuba’s daughter

Kristol is reliably wrong, though not as much as Dick Morris. But I think that one can infer from his tweets support for my theory about why the DOD refuses to work with the Biden Team: they are planning to involve the military in some shenanigans to retain the WH for Trump and do not want Biden to have any advance warning of their illegal actions. Trump is terrified of what awaits him in NY and will do anything to avoid justice, including destroying our nation. And Trump will issue pardons for all those military personnel/Blackwater contractors who engage in these actions.

The military isn’t going to get involved, they have made that clear.

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Belafon Dec 23, 2020 • 9:16:35am

re: #256 Belafon

The military isn’t going to get involved, they have made that clear.

It’s the civilian part of the DOD that is fucking with Biden, but they’re not the military.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 23, 2020 • 9:19:19am

Judge Boasberg says the absurd new election-overturning case in D.C. will go forward just as soon as the @ThomasMoreSoc files proof of service “on all Defendants,” which will be challenging because one of the defendants is the Electoral College, which isn’t really a thing. pic.twitter.com/U8f50fpYoP

— Brad Heath (@bradheath) December 23, 2020

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 23, 2020 • 9:20:49am

So according to CNN, Russians are skeptical of a coronavirus vaccine — which seems a totally reasonable position to take. For good reason, few of them trust anything promoted by Putin. And a Russian doctor working on a COVID vaccine was mysteriously murdered.

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 9:24:04am

re: #258 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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That judge, throwing some shade. I have to wonder how many drinks he had trying to read through that completely nonsensical filing.

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jaunte Dec 23, 2020 • 9:24:24am

Keep an eye out for what Department of Justice is willing to do after Barr’s departure today.

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) December 23, 2020

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jaunte Dec 23, 2020 • 9:24:31am

Bill Barr is no longer the Attorney General of the United States. If by chance he picked today so as not to be complicit in some horrific abuse of power, we all better prepare for the worst.

— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) December 23, 2020

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Dec 23, 2020 • 9:24:34am

re: #156 Decatur Deb

Only got my chimes rung at Knox a few times. No one wants to believe what 1000 hours in front of Heavy Metal concert speakers has done to a couple generations.

Heck, attending a Deep Purple concert back in the 1980’s made my ears ring for three days.

Though I suspect most of my hearing damage came from the 5-6 months I spent working in a plant doing injection molding work right after college. Not much ear protection available - and one machine had a set of ear protectors hanging next to it. I started using those pretty quickly around that machine due to the proximity you had to get to the main noise source.*

* - And people there got taunted about being wimps if they used ear plugs and such.

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🌹UOJB! Dec 23, 2020 • 9:25:03am

re: #258 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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He should have sanctioned those assholes from the Thomas More Society on the fucking spot.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Dec 23, 2020 • 9:26:13am

re: #160 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Well, with Trump’s sense of the dramatic maybe Barr (and others) wanted to be clear before Christmas itself since you have to simply expect Trump to attempt something “big” on the 24th or 25th.

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Dr. Teddy's Person Dec 23, 2020 • 9:27:13am

If what comes next is shit that motherfucker Barr can’t get behind then I’m terrified of what comes next.

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 9:27:53am

re: #266 Dr. Teddy’s Person

If what comes next is shit that motherfucker Barr can’t get behind then I’m terrified of what comes next.

That’s not necessarily guaranteed. The fact that it’s a plausible possibility, however, is daunting.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 23, 2020 • 9:31:21am

re: #263 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Heck, attending a Deep Purple concert back in the 1980’s made my ears ring for three days.

Though I suspect most of my hearing damage came from the 5-6 months I spent working in a plant doing injection molding work right after college. Not much ear protection available - and one machine had a set of ear protectors hanging next to it. I started using those pretty quickly around that machine due to the proximity you had to get to the main noise source.*

* - And people there got taunted about being wimps if they used ear plugs and such.

Went to an Iron Maiden concert when I was about 17….I’d scored seats only about 20 feet away from the stage and failed to comprehend how loud Iron Maiden was going to be (this was when they were on top of the world, back in the mid-1980s).

33 years later and my ears are still ringing (nothing that bad, but it’s there).

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Dr. Teddy's Person Dec 23, 2020 • 9:32:01am

re: #267 thedopefishlives

That’s not necessarily guaranteed. The fact that it’s a plausible possibility, however, is daunting.

I’m just more anxious now than I’ve been all year. I know the grownups are coming but the manbaby still has access to power and the unwavering support of way too many people whose job it is to restrain his power.

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PhillyPretzel Dec 23, 2020 • 9:32:55am

My house has a new roof and skylight. It is a rubber roof that is good for 15 years and hopefully I will not have any more problems with it.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Dec 23, 2020 • 9:34:19am

re: #234 🌹UOJB!

Oh Danny Boy, John Fetterman is waiting…For you to make good on your wager, boo…

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I still think Fetterman is a much better person and politician for the progressive to rally around than Bernie Sanders. Seems to be focused on the practical and also has a good grasp of when to be out of fucks to give.

And I think handling a place like Braddock, PA as mayor gave him a lot more useful training than Bernie hermiting himself in a white enclave state.

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 9:34:29am

re: #270 PhillyPretzel

My house has a new roof and skylight. It is a rubber roof that is good for 15 years and hopefully I will not have any more problems with it.

Congratulations!

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Hecuba's daughter Dec 23, 2020 • 9:36:14am

re: #269 Dr. Teddy’s Person

I’m just more anxious now than I’ve been all year. I know the grownups are coming but the manbaby still has access to power and the unwavering support of way too many people whose job it is to restrain his power.

I was more anxious before the election, terrified of a repeat of 2016. Remember, a change of only 44,000 votes in 3 states would have led to a Trump victory. That’s how close we came to a second legal Trump term. The EC is poisoning our nation and potentially destroying our future.

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jimmyvluv4u Dec 23, 2020 • 9:36:31am

re: #268 Dr Lizardo

Yeah that happened to me at a Metallica show in the early 00s. Ended up on the floor in front of the left speaker and after my friend and I drove home, I shut off the car and he said “are you going to shut off the car?” It was impossible to tell if the engine was running or not. Since then I have invested in some high quality earplugs for all my live shows.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Dec 23, 2020 • 9:37:26am

re: #232 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

W.T.F.???https://t.co/NnqXxMsBPB

— Yeah Sure WTF Ever 🇨🇦🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦 (@YeahSureWhatev2) December 23, 2020

Libertarian freedom martyrs. They probably thought they had the right to leave anytime they wanted, since the airline is a private entity and did not have a legal warrant to hold them against their will. There is some fine print in the purchase contract that covers this, like “obey the captain’s orders,” but freedumb loving Americans cannot be bothered to read that.

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Florida Panhandler Dec 23, 2020 • 9:39:43am

re: #266 Dr. Teddy’s Person

If what comes next is shit that motherfucker Barr can’t get behind then I’m terrified of what comes next.

If the situation from the DOJ gets really dire can’t Barr be charged with illegal and Unconstitutional acts anyway from his complicit knowledge of what was to come?

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 23, 2020 • 9:39:58am

Best version I’ve seen yet.#StarWars pic.twitter.com/eH38zzYbUi

— Giant Military Cats (@giantcat9) December 23, 2020

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Dec 23, 2020 • 9:40:32am

re: #274 jimmyvluv4u

Yeah that happened to me at a Metallica show in the early 00s. Ended up on the floor in front of the left speaker and after my friend and I drove home, I shut off the car and he said “are you going to shut off the car?” It was impossible to tell if the engine was running or not. Since then I have invested in some high quality earplugs for all my live shows.

Went to a George Thorogood concert with my brother in the mid-80. (Syria Mosque for you ‘burghers out there.) Noticed pretty soon that it was *very* loud, and that my brother was wearing ear plugs. Asked him if he had another pair - and he did. First time I wore ear plugs to a concert and I don’t think it affected thing negatively at all. (In part due to the fact that I think part of the concert experience is simply being in a crowd/audience.)

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Dr Lizardo Dec 23, 2020 • 9:40:47am

re: #274 jimmyvluv4u

Yeah that happened to me at a Metallica show in the early 00s. Ended up on the floor in front of the left speaker and after my friend and I drove home, I shut off the car and he said “are you going to shut off the car?” It was impossible to tell if the engine was running or not. Since then I have invested in some high quality earplugs for all my live shows.

Yeah, you don’t always realize how loud some of the PA systems bands use can be until you end up with this oddly persistent ringing in your ears.

I’ve seen Iron Maiden a few times since then, including a few years back and went with a student (my ex despised heavy metal music and refused to go with me) in August 2008 who was into dubstep, but she thought, “Free concert, what the hell” and she was headbanging mid-show like she’d been a metal fan her entire life, LOL. She later said she’d never seen anything like it and greatly enjoyed it.

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Teukka Dec 23, 2020 • 9:41:55am

re: #275 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Libertarian freedom martyrs. They probably thought they had the right to leave anytime they wanted, since the airline is a private entity and did not have a legal warrant to hold them against their will. There is some fine print in the purchase contract that covers this, like “obey the captain’s orders,” but freedumb loving Americans cannot be bothered to read that.

Here, it’d be up to four years up river for violation of Chapter 13, section 5a of the penal code, “aviation sabotage”…

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Dr. Teddy's Person Dec 23, 2020 • 9:44:05am

re: #273 Hecuba’s daughter

I was more anxious before the election, terrified of a repeat of 2016. Remember, a change of only 44,000 votes in 3 states would have led to a Trump victory. That’s how close we came to a second legal Trump term. The EC is poisoning our nation and potentially destroying our future.

I could channel my election anxiety into donations and activities. Now, I fear Trump will plunge us into the Great Depression 2.0 and/or war with some country and no amount of supporting the GA runoff is allaying my fears.

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 9:44:37am

re: #280 Teukka

Here, it’d be up to four years up river for violation of Chapter 3, section 5a of the penal code, “aviation sabotage”…

The FAA is, shall we say, a bit lax when it comes to these things. Many years ago, a man tied a bunch of helium balloons to a lawn chair and grabbed a pellet gun (apparently to pop the balloons and allow him to descend), and rode it - right into the flight pattern at LAX. When he finally came down, he was arrested - as one would expect - but, to quote the inspector, “We know he broke some part of the Federal Aviation Act, and as soon as we decide which part it is, some type of charge will be filed. If he had a pilot’s license, we’d suspend that, but he doesn’t.”

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jaunte Dec 23, 2020 • 9:46:43am

*Phone rings*

Me: Capitol Hill Books

Angry guy: Yeah, I don’t like what you’re doing w this stimulus bill.

Me: Sir, you’ve called a bookstore.

AG: This is Capitol Hill, isn’t it!!!

Me: Capitol Hill is a neighborhood.

AG: Well put me through to AOC!

— Capitol Hill Books (@chbooksdc) December 23, 2020

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PhillyPretzel Dec 23, 2020 • 9:48:23am

re: #283 jaunte

That is a good one. I like it.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Dec 23, 2020 • 9:53:07am

re: #283 jaunte

I see Rudy is still getting it wrong.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Dec 23, 2020 • 9:58:10am

Just chillin’

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 23, 2020 • 9:58:51am

Did a beard write this https://t.co/bmUf90mZS2

— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) December 23, 2020

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Jay C Dec 23, 2020 • 9:59:25am

re: #275 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Libertarian freedom martyrs. They probably thought they had the right to leave anytime they wanted, since the airline is a private entity and did not have a legal warrant to hold them against their will. There is some fine print in the purchase contract that covers this, like “obey the captain’s orders,” but freedumb loving Americans cannot be bothered to read that.

This case got a bunch of local coverage here, since it happened at La Guardia, and TBH, it sounds more like a mental issue than a “political” one. From most reports, the guy apparently just had a panic attack on the takeoff taxi, and decided to bolt: his girlfriend and dog just followed him out. That said, this is potentially dangerous (though I really hope you can’t open the doors in flight) while they should get the book thrown at them, IMO that book ought to be the DSM….

Who I really feel sorry for is the poor dog (though he was supposed to be bailed out today….)

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DesertDenizen Dec 23, 2020 • 10:00:41am

re: #288 Jay C

This case got a bunch of local coverage here, since it happened at La Guardia, and TBH, it sounds more like a mental issue than a “political” one. From most reports, the guy apparently just had a panic attack on the takeoff taxi, and decided to bolt: his girlfriend and dog just followed him out. That said, this is potentially dangerous (though I really hope you can’t open the doors in flight) while they should get the book thrown at them, IMO that book ought to be the DSM….

Who I really feel sorry for is the poor dog (though he was supposed to be bailed out today….)

You can’t open the doors in flight. The pressure differential holds them closed pretty darn strongly.

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 10:02:23am

re: #289 DesertDenizen

You can’t open the doors in flight. The pressure differential holds them closed pretty darn strongly.

For some airplanes. I don’t think it’s universally standard that they have inward-opening doors.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Dec 23, 2020 • 10:02:48am

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The teen was in a text group with more than a dozen people in the fall of 2019 when he introduced the idea of saving money to buy a ranch where they could participate in militant training, according to the affidavit, which was filed under seal along with a search warrant application in Wisconsin’s Eastern U.S. District Court in March. The documents were inadvertently unsealed last week before the mistake was discovered and they were quickly sealed again.

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Dr Lizardo Dec 23, 2020 • 10:09:48am

re: #291 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

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Teukka Dec 23, 2020 • 10:10:36am

re: #290 thedopefishlives

For some airplanes. I don’t think it’s universally standard that they have inward-opening doors.

Even for the outward-opening aircraft doors, the construction is such that the pressure differential keeps the door shut. You have had some exceptions which use other mechanisms, usually cargo doors, but there have been bad accidents resulting from when those mechanisms fail, such as UAL 811 and THY 981.
And as I recall, there are other mechanisms for the overwing emergency exists.
And this was on the ground, it takes time before the aircraft becomes pressurized enough to prevent opening of the doors.

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The Pie Overlord! Dec 23, 2020 • 10:11:27am

re: #226 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Gateau Basque “dough” in the fridge. Interesting that it’s wetter than pastry dough… Has a loose marzipan feel to it.

Pastry cream being made tonight. Assembly and bakeage happens tomorrow.

The only question…to add jam or not.

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That looks interesting. I might try it.

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thedopefishlives Dec 23, 2020 • 10:13:02am

re: #293 Teukka

Even for the outward-opening aircraft doors, the construction is such that the pressure differential keeps the door shut. You have had some exceptions which use other mechanisms, usually cargo doors, but there have been bad accidents resulting from when those mechanisms fail, such as UAL 811 and THY 981.
And as I recall, there are other mechanisms for the overwing emergency exists.
And this was on the ground, it takes time before the aircraft becomes pressurized enough to prevent opening of the doors.

Correct. I was responding to the assertion that the pressure differential keeps the doors shut. I knew outward-opening cargo doors were secured against in-flight opening (with the notable accidents you referenced), and I figured that there was some mechanism to relieve pressure on cabin doors that open outwards, but I wasn’t 100% sure that they were secured against being able to be opened at all.

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retired cynic Dec 23, 2020 • 10:13:46am

re: #292 Dr Lizardo

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Teukka Dec 23, 2020 • 10:19:21am

re: #295 thedopefishlives

Correct. I was responding to the assertion that the pressure differential keeps the doors shut. I knew outward-opening cargo doors were secured against in-flight opening (with the notable accidents you referenced), and I figured that there was some mechanism to relieve pressure on cabin doors that open outwards, but I wasn’t 100% sure that they were secured against being able to be opened at all.

As I recall, most cabin doors of the outward opening varient actually are built so they slide inside, one or both long edges of the door mechanically pressing against the body, the top and bottom mechanically sealed.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Dec 23, 2020 • 10:20:15am

re: #294 The Pie Overlord!

That looks interesting. I might try it.

Super easy. This is the recipe I’m using (video only, ingredients are in the description). I swapped out 1c of the AP flour for almond flour and would have used almond extract in the dough if I had some, but I just ran out.

French Basque Cake Recipe (Gâteau Basque) || William’s Kitchen

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Teukka Dec 23, 2020 • 10:20:53am

re: #297 Teukka

As I recall, most cabin doors of the outward opening varient actually are built so they slide inside, one or both long edges of the door mechanically pressing against the body, the top and bottom mechanically sealed.

Boeing 737 Passenger door

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The Pie Overlord! Dec 23, 2020 • 10:23:15am

re: #249 thedopefishlives

Then there’s this:

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Dr Lizardo Dec 23, 2020 • 10:23:23am

re: #296 retired cynic

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lawhawk Dec 23, 2020 • 10:26:30am

re: #274 jimmyvluv4u

Yeah that happened to me at a Metallica show in the early 00s. Ended up on the floor in front of the left speaker and after my friend and I drove home, I shut off the car and he said “are you going to shut off the car?” It was impossible to tell if the engine was running or not. Since then I have invested in some high quality earplugs for all my live shows.

What?

I can’t hear you.

What?

Yeah, that was me after every major rock concert I attended growing up. Metallica/Faith No More/Gn’R was one of the loudest. AC/DC was right behind ‘em. But some of those small venue shows by bands I can’t recall were louder that that b/c arena rock can lessen the db levels. Now? I don’t go a show without earplugs.

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HypnoToad Dec 23, 2020 • 10:27:01am

re: #293 Teukka

Even for the outward-opening aircraft doors, the construction is such that the pressure differential keeps the door shut. You have had some exceptions which use other mechanisms, usually cargo doors, but there have been bad accidents resulting from when those mechanisms fail, such as UAL 811 and THY 981.
And as I recall, there are other mechanisms for the overwing emergency exists.
And this was on the ground, it takes time before the aircraft becomes pressurized enough to prevent opening of the doors.

Most large airliners pressurize to a cabin altitude of 8,000 feet. Below that altitude, inside and outside air pressure basically stays the same. They start to pressurize the cabin once they’ve climbed to and past that height.

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PhillyPretzel Dec 23, 2020 • 10:29:33am

re: #300 The Pie Overlord!

As they say in their jingle, “We do it just a little bit better at Wawa.”

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BeenHereAwhile Dec 23, 2020 • 11:25:51am

re: #156 Decatur Deb

Only got my chimes rung at Knox a few times. No one wants to believe what 1000 hours in front of Heavy Metal concert speakers has done to a couple generations.

During my years of being front stage and back stage at ABB, Marshall Tucker, Elvin Bishop, Wet Willie, Dixie Dregs, etc, concerts, I always wore foam earplugs.
Figured that if they were good enough for chainsaws, couldn’t hurt for concerts.

They didn’t hinder conversation during concerts, as to do so everyone had to yell face to face anyway.

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BeenHereAwhile Dec 23, 2020 • 11:52:03am

re: #263 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Heck, attending a Deep Purple concert back in the 1980’s made my ears ring for three days.

Though I suspect most of my hearing damage came from the 5-6 months I spent working in a plant doing injection molding work right after college. Not much ear protection available - and one machine had a set of ear protectors hanging next to it. I started using those pretty quickly around that machine due to the proximity you had to get to the main noise source.*

* - And people there got taunted about being wimps if they used ear plugs and such.

The roadies had all suffered hearing loss well before my time on the scene, so they understood need for ear plugs.

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