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Here’s the pre-trial schedule McConnell and Schumer agreed to, per a source familiar. pic.twitter.com/rmxmV8LupF
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 22, 2021
Got my second vaccine yesterday at lunch. Had bone shaking chills by 8:00 when the vaccine produced enough COVID spikes for my antibodies to react to. Feeling better today.
Worth single every side effect to know I probably can’t give COVID to my husband. I have been a nervous wreck ever since his brother died of COVID last month.
My husband was very worried about my chills since he had never seen anything like them (he is not in medicine). Fixed me hot tea and piled blankets on me. Assured him they would pass soon and it just meant my immune system was working.
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Is that a Rolex on Biden’s wrist?— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) January 22, 2021
What’s the worst presidential scandal, the time when Biden wore a Rolex, the time when Obama ordered Dijon mustard, or the time when Trump encouraged a insurrectionist mob to violently seize the Capitol in a vain attempt to overturn an election that he lost?
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) January 22, 2021
re: #2 Charles Johnson
Feb 2 is the day that Q and Trump will arrest Biden, and Trump will be President for life!!1!
cat now sleeping in triangle of my legs as my right foot presses against my left knee. this is both annoying and wonderful, which i gather is an emotion of love.
Mrs. Fish ordered our newest restock of liquor from a local liquor store that now delivers. Woo! In there was a bottle of something called “Old Grand-Dad’s 114-proof whiskey.” It’s actually not bad, for being bargain shelf. It’ll knock you flat on your ass, though.
I’m kind of in shock that lawmakers who participated in the attack on the Capitol are still making decisions for those of us who didn’t.
— Mama_C2 🇺🇸 (@mama_c2) January 22, 2021
re: #8 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Mrs. Fish ordered our newest restock of liquor from a local liquor store that now delivers. Woo! In there was a bottle of something called “Old Grand-Dad’s 114-proof whiskey.” It’s actually not bad, for being bargain shelf. It’ll knock you flat on your ass, though.
Got a tot of Old Grand-dad from our school’s military instructor when I was 12. It was sort of a performance award.
Many wingnuts are sour that Trumpanzee did not pardon Assange. So good.
re: #12 Nyet
Many wingnuts are sour that Trumpanzee did not pardon Assange. So good.
Let them fight.
Holy crap, I love lasagna. pic.twitter.com/YKhrIsXYKF
— Esther TheWonder Pig (@EstherThePig) January 22, 2021
The snowy topography in Banff, Canada, is accentuated by sun and shadows in this tranquil image by photographer Barry Chen pic.twitter.com/xHSOWFOg8C
— National Geographic (@NatGeo) January 22, 2021
re: #12 Nyet
And also forgetting about Snowden.
re: #10 Decatur Deb
Got a tot of Old Grand-dad from our school’s military instructor when I was 12. It was sort of a performance award.
After tasting it, my question is, “performance of WHAT?!”
re: #8 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Mrs. Fish ordered our newest restock of liquor from a local liquor store that now delivers. Woo! In there was a bottle of something called “Old Grand-Dad’s 114-proof whiskey.” It’s actually not bad, for being bargain shelf. It’ll knock you flat on your ass, though.
My old grandpa drank Old Grand-dad. Always had a couple bottles in the fridge in the office at his service station. For the price it is a good whiskey.
re: #8 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Mrs. Fish ordered our newest restock of liquor from a local liquor store that now delivers. Woo! In there was a bottle of something called “Old Grand-Dad’s 114-proof whiskey.” It’s actually not bad, for being bargain shelf. It’ll knock you flat on your ass, though.
I’ll have to try it sometime. Old Crow is my favorite cheap whiskey but I’m thinking that I need some Famous Grouse in the near future.
Lazy Daisy https://t.co/GaaIrmAwet pic.twitter.com/PNWkIQuc4j
— Old L.A. Photos (@OldLAPhotos) January 22, 2021
The WH press corps, however, seemed obsessed with getting Fauci to compare the Trump and Biden administrations, a sign that the fixation with politics over the conveyance of accurate information during a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic has not abated. https://t.co/4X2qJkS7jr
— Jennifer ‘America is Back’ Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 22, 2021
oh god, the same impeachment question is a giant waste of time. you have someone willing to answer questions ask them something new. dozens and dozens of topics.
— Jennifer ‘America is Back’ Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 22, 2021
I gotta say the wh press corps needs to ask better questions. Stop asking the same damn question about impeachment and find out something NEW, some facts.
— Jennifer ‘America is Back’ Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 22, 2021
Amplifying this, in case he tries to say otherwise soon. https://t.co/9E3W0A07pI
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 22, 2021
re: #17 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
After tasting it, my question is, “performance of WHAT?!”
Bunch of 12 yr-olds in a Catholic military reform school. We took what we could get, and it sure beat altar wine.
Mrs. Fish ordered our newest restock of liquor from a local liquor store that now delivers. Woo! In there was a bottle of something called “Old Grand-Dad’s 114-proof whiskey.” It’s actually not bad, for being bargain shelf. It’ll knock you flat on your ass, though.
Embalming fluid along the lines of 4 Roses and Old Crow.
But now they are Craft Spirts…
Building roads for Yosemite toads! That’s right, we’re hoping these undercrossings will not only help the toad, but other frogs and small mammals, as well. More: https://t.co/1dK2R32Sg2
Photo: Yosemite toads courtesy of Kris Basin/Caltrans pic.twitter.com/sZauh3Aus9— U.S. Fish and Wildlife (@USFWS) January 22, 2021
re: #12 Nyet
Many wingnuts are sour that Trumpanzee did not pardon Assange. So good.
While I’m glad he didn’t get pardoned, I’m far happier that that rat bastard Snowden didn’t get one. That little fucking Russian agent can rot over there or in Supermax for the rest of his miserable life.
re: #24 Decatur Deb
Bunch of 12 yr-olds in a Catholic military reform school. We took what we could get, and it sure beat altar wine.
I was a teetotaler until I was 26, my first drink was a bottle of Shiraz my boss-at-the-time got me as a wedding gift that I saved for 2 years and we drank when we bought our house. I am embarrassed to admit that we couldn’t handle the taste of the dry red and mixed it with Vanilla Coke because we were eager to suck it down and get buzzed for the first time in our lives.
re: #12 Nyet
Many wingnuts are sour that Trumpanzee did not pardon Assange. So good.
my idiot congresscritter:
The omission of Snowden, Assange, and Ulbricht, from the pardons and commutations list speaks volumes. The President went 0 for 3 in his final round with the swamp.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) January 20, 2021
re: #8 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Mrs. Fish ordered our newest restock of liquor from a local liquor store that now delivers. Woo! In there was a bottle of something called “Old Grand-Dad’s 114-proof whiskey.” It’s actually not bad, for being bargain shelf. It’ll knock you flat on your ass, though.
The problem with ordering online is that you always order a couple extra things. When I order from Target I wind up with cabinets full of snacks.
Per last thread, I have no idea how much snow I’m going to end up with. WeatherUnderground says 3.4 inches for my zip code but so far this winter I’ve never gotten as much as they’ve forecast. I suppose I’m due to get more than forecast. We’ll see.
re: #28 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
I was a teetotaler until I was 26, my first drink was a bottle of Shiraz my boss-at-the-time got me as a wedding gift that I saved for 2 years and we drank when we bought our house. I am embarrassed to admit that we couldn’t handle the taste of the dry red and mixed it with Vanilla Coke because we were eager to suck it down and get buzzed for the first time in our lives.
Heh. That’s ok, my liver made up for yours. I think I mentioned the first time I got carded? By the owner of the bar, the day after my 18th birthday (legal then), a place I was a regular at for 2 1/2 years by then… :D Cheap beer and my notebook full of bad poetry and worse philosophy, I’d love to go back then with my youthful body and current knowledge and skills.
re: #28 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
I was a teetotaler until I was 26, my first drink was a bottle of Shiraz my boss-at-the-time got me as a wedding gift that I saved for 2 years and we drank when we bought our house. I am embarrassed to admit that we couldn’t handle the taste of the dry red and mixed it with Vanilla Coke because we were eager to suck it down and get buzzed for the first time in our lives.
He shared out a dwindling bottle with his platoon leaders, so we didn’t get much. He was god’s own wild man, lost a leg in Korea, talked his way back into Viet Nam.
re: #32 still stpaulbear
The problem with ordering online is that you always order a couple extra things. When I order from Target I wind up with cabinets full of snacks.
Per last thread, I have no idea how much snow I’m going to end up with. WeatherUnderground says 3.4 inches for my zip code but so far this winter I’ve never gotten as much as they’ve forecast. I suppose I’m due to get more than forecast. We’ll see.
Yeah, we’ve been taking the under on ours as well, so we’re as much due for an over as you are. It’ll be interesting to see Sunday morning. I should really air up the tire in that snowblower tomorrow afternoon, I guess.
re: #33 William Lewis
Heh. That’s ok, my liver made up for yours. I think I mentioned the first time I got carded? By the owner of the bar, the day after my 18th birthday (legal then), a place I was a regular at for 2 1/2 years by then… :D Cheap beer and my notebook full of bad poetry and worse philosophy, I’d love to go back then with my youthful body and current knowledge and skills.
I’m currently in a belated “wild phase”, though Mrs. Fish and I have been cutting back on the drinking, now strictly on weekends, so we’re coming out of it. I was kept at home in my teen years with strict curfews, went to a conservative Christian college in bumfuck middle of nowhere (though I guess I could’ve gone out with some Ball State students to party), and had no friends through most of my first 5 years in Minnesota after I moved. Alcohol was a foreign experience until just a few years ago.
re: #34 Decatur Deb
He shared out a dwindling bottle with his platoon leaders, so we didn’t get much. He was god’s own wild man, lost a leg in Korea, talked his way back into Viet Nam.
Wow. That’s an experience.
re: #37 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Wow. That’s an experience.
Kid in formation dropped his 1903 Springfield. The Commandant said “Greer, if you do that again I’m going to take this leg off and shove it up your ass.”
I suspect he and the nuns had some kind of good-cop/bad-cop thing going.
I can’t believe it - Donald John Trump is trending…along with another keyword… pic.twitter.com/pM1arKhczk
— a different darth (@darthstar99) January 22, 2021
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I downloaded the one and only Tab I could find for Mountain Jam and started learning it. My instructor on zoom today listened to me play it, started playing the Allman’s version, then wrote up a new tab which is far more accurate and also easier to play as it stays in the 9-12 frets instead of dancing up and down the neck. Having a good instructor is great.
re: #38 Decatur Deb
Kid in formation dropped his 1903 Springfield. The Commandant said “Greer, if you do that again I’m going to take this leg off and shove it up your ass.”
I suspect he and the nuns had some kind of good-cop/bad-cop thing going.
I actually laughed out loud. Red Forman with a prosthetic.
Is he gonna try to steal an erection too?
*hides from the dope fish*
Here are the top 20 promoters of voter fraud disinformation on Twitter as per a data set released yesterday by @informor et al. More on the research here: https://t.co/q8HgTtNFRt pic.twitter.com/k1VcQHBA2V
— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) January 22, 2021
re: #43 Nyet
Is he gonna try to steal an erection too?
*hides from the dope fish*
SWIM SWIM HUNGRY…
(Actually, that was pretty good. Although they have little blue pills for that.)
re: #35 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Yeah, we’ve been taking the under on ours as well, so we’re as much due for an over as you are. It’ll be interesting to see Sunday morning. I should really air up the tire in that snowblower tomorrow afternoon, I guess.
Meghan McCain babbled on #TheView that Biden wasnt wearing a mask yesterday - wrong.
At the Lincoln Memorial on Jan 20 - NOT yesterday - he didnt wear a mask for a BRIEF virtual speech. The show is going to need fact checkers now that her Trump enablers are no longer in office pic.twitter.com/Dip1uXybao— Clay ‘Didn’t Hold My Vote Hostage’ Cane (@claycane) January 22, 2021
Vanity Fair, on Biden’s covid response:
“This is a wartime undertaking,” Biden said in remarks outlining his COVID response plan Thursday.
To that end, Biden in an executive order invoked the Defense Production Act as part of a plan to ensure vaccine manufacturing continues at a sufficient pace, and is involving the federal government in the administration of vaccines rather than putting most of the onus on states, including by using the Federal Emergency Management Agency to operate as many as 100 vaccination sites. It’s an ambitious plan, and not all of it can be pulled off unilaterally. Much will depend on congressional approval, which could face hurdles in the Senate, where Republicans say the president’s proposed COVID relief plan won’t get the 60 votes it needs to pass without significant concessions. Biden is already improving the government’s response by doing the simple things—emphasizing testing, health precautions, and honesty and expertise. But the more complex issues still loom large, and could be made more complicated by the continued politicization of the crisis.
Mitch can even F*K that up!
re: #46 still stpaulbear
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re: #44 Charles Johnson
So those jerks are active (most of them) and driftglass is permanently suspended? What a farce.
re: #52 nines09
Yes, storms rolling in off the Pacific, will be down here tomorrow, not much rain down here.
But lots of moisture heading east. A bigger storm in back of the first one, will give us a bit more rain down here.
For you in snow-land, these may be your big winter storms.
re: #53 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Yes, storms rolling in off the Pacific, will be down here tomorrow, not much rain down here.
But lots of moisture heading east. A bigger storm in back of the first one, will give us a bit more rain down here.
For you in snow-land, these may be your big winter storms.
We usually get slammed with a mixture of cold Canadian air mixing with moisture-laden air blowing up from the Gulf states. Moisture coming over the Rockies tends to drop on the near side of the Rockies and not make it all the way out here.
How do we say thank you to the health workers and scientists for their sacrifice and service? Receive the vaccine as soon as one can to lessen their load and keep wearing a mask to protect fellow citizens. In my 80th year, I am grateful and hopeful for better days ahead. pic.twitter.com/emGDlnYL2E
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) January 22, 2021
Navajo Code Talker John Kinsel Sr turns 100 today. Happy birthday! pic.twitter.com/91WlrGFX1L
— Sharon Chischilly (@Schischillyy) January 22, 2021
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DC_draino and prayingmedic are the only two I don’t recognize.
I way CLed myself because i had to go take an exam for a couple of hours, so I’m just going to put this here:
re: #254 Punish Domestic Terrorists
It sucks to be a Babylon 5 fan, because so much of the talented cast is already gone. Also, Jeff Conaway.
A couple were wingnuts though. Garabaldi… Jerry Doyle, he was a kind of a nutbar and had his own talk radio show for awhile. I’ve heard (and correct me if I’m wrong please) Bruce Boxleitner is… perhaps “right wing ish” but not as big of a dick about about it.
re: #57 KingKenrod
DC_draino and prayingmedic are the only two I don’t recognize.
@prayingmedic is already suspended.
President Biden and his Administration have re-engaged with our allies in the global climate effort. Thanks @TimmermansEU @JeppeKofod and EU Foreign Ministers for asking us to talk today on the road ahead. https://t.co/EjszLitAth
— Special Presidential Envoy John Kerry (@ClimateEnvoy) January 22, 2021
Why do trash think that fighting racism is “Marxist?” The American-right is so dishonest.
A viral video forced a wealthy Texas suburb to confront racism. A ‘silent majority’ fought back. (NBC)
The pressure is on. Let’s hope it continues.
80% of voters support $2,000 stimulus checks. When West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin suggested he might not support them, radio ads and billboards went up against him, and he quickly changed course.https://t.co/BQCIYuhO35
— The Appeal (@theappeal) January 22, 2021
A movement based on self-congratulatory lies, fake populism and excuses for racism is doomed to fail.
But here’s the question;
Am I referring to Berniebros or MAGATS? 🤔— Kurt Nice (@KurtNiceHHL) January 22, 2021
Twitter is sofa king random about who gets suspended, it’s maddening.
Moderation by algorithm sucks.
re: #59 Jack Burton
I way CLed myself because i had to go take an exam for a couple of hours, so I’m just going to put this here:
A couple were wingnuts though. Garabaldi… Jerry Doyle, he was a kind of a nutbar and had his own talk radio show for awhile. I’ve heard (and correct me if I’m wrong please) Bruce Boxleitner is… perhaps “right wing ish” but not as big of a dick about about it.
Yeah, Doyle was a loon, but Garabaldi was a great character.
Those Collings are really nice guitars.
And Lage is one hell of a crafty player.
re: #64 raistuumum
The pressure is on. Let’s hope it continues.
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Let’s see if we can get him to come around on the filibuster once Mitch starts blocking everything.
“I just wanted to come today to say thank you to all of you for keeping me and my family safe.”
First lady Jill Biden used her first official event outside of the White House to add a surprise visit to National Guard troops at the United States Capitol. https://t.co/e85czQX13v— CNN (@CNN) January 22, 2021
It was an honor for @SenCortezMasto and me to meet with brave @NVNationalGuard members, and to administer the reenlistment oath for some of them. pic.twitter.com/Wny81RlHXm
— Senator Jacky Rosen (@SenJackyRosen) January 22, 2021
re: #54 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
I keep the town of Pulaski NY on my phone so I can see what I no longer have to travel through. I don’t know how people live there.
Pulaski, New York gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year. Pulaski averages 146 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.
Average.
re: #72 nines09
Some folks just love a challenge, I guess.
re: #66 Charles Johnson
Twitter is sofa king random about who gets suspended, it’s maddening.
Moderation by algorithm sucks.
Sites with human mods often have problems as well. Many subreddits are moderated by trash, and Fark has an overnight mod whose sympathies seem to be with the Trumpists.
These big for-profit sites like Facebook and Twitter would have to spend a lot of money on the number of mods that a site that size needs, and they like money too much to do so.
re: #66 Charles Johnson
Twitter is sofa king random about who gets suspended, it’s maddening.
Moderation by algorithm sucks.
I’m pretty sure people like Driftglass have RW trolls monitoring their every move and report the slightest thing when they see it. Which is why he’s been in Twitter jail for things they do daily, more times than I change socks in a month.
re: #69 DesertDenizen
Currently McConnell is effectively stalling Manchin from assuming the chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, so it he might come around sooner than we think.
re: #72 nines09
I keep the town of Pulaski NY on my phone so I can see what I no longer have to travel through. I don’t know how people live there.
Pulaski, New York gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year. Pulaski averages 146 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.
Average.
The last time I went to fish country, it was clear here where I live when I left. By the time I reached the Minnesota-Wisconsin border, it was snowing buckets, traffic was driving maybe 45 miles an hour in a 70 mph zone. I got off at an exit a few miles into Wisconsin and slid through a roundabout in the snow. Literally 15 miles down the road again, it was clear weather, and we were back up to 70+ the whole rest of the way. The St. Croix River valley is such weird topography and the weather is so different from any of the nearby areas.
The Virginia Senate appears likely to censure a GOP state senator whose apology fell flat after she had defended those who stormed the U.S. Capitol. Sen. Amanda Chase had previously called for martial law to overturn the 2020 presidential election. https://t.co/nvrfjLokoD
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 22, 2021
re: #77 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Six favorite words on NOAA Radio when I was driving.
“The lakes are mostly ice covered.”
Discovery is going to be fun with Mr. MEIN PILLOW GUY!
MyPillow guy suing for report he dated Jane Krakowski: ‘They have damaged my integrity as a Christian’
And he hired the guy who killed Gawker.
So when does Mikey fall off the wagon and enter the Betty Ford Center?
I mean, here’s a man, in @nytdavidbrooks who’s done more, personally, to put people in that Capitol insurrection than nearly anyone else, yet, bc he does it politely, he’s still writing at @nytimes & invited on all the top shows? Just take a 2nd to reflect on the moral equiv here
— Rachel “The Doc” Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌 (@RachelBitecofer) January 22, 2021
Rachel. That makes no sense. Like, none.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 22, 2021
I like both of these new Senators.
.@ossoff trying to explain how he gets to be the senior senator from Georgia. pic.twitter.com/GxRwG9oLFh
— Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) January 20, 2021
re: #80 nines09
Six favorite words on NOAA Radio when I was driving.
“The lakes are mostly ice covered.”
I’ve walked on ice-covered lakes before. I have yet to drive on one, having been traumatized by a story from my father-in-law where he bailed out of a truck he was driving because he thought he was about to hit an open patch and lose the truck. When he got up, he saw the truck sitting in a 1/2” puddle of water on top of the ice. I don’t remember if he got the truck out of the puddle or not.
re: #82 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I don’t know what happened. I reposted that and it’s fixed, so recycle the comment.
re: #84 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
When the lakes are ice covered the lake effect snow machine shuts down.
re: #42 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
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THIS. IS. INSANE. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/AMbio21pHK
— Kristine Kenyon (@kristine_kenyon) January 22, 2021
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Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo gets cancelled by CEOs, sources say - Business Insider. Cancel Culture? NO!! She CANCELED HERSELF! All by her big Pro-Chump self #RIPGOPQ https://t.co/GfYdzgISXH
— joan (@badbusterboy) January 23, 2021
These guys keep digging holes.
Election Update: Seditionists v All Teh 117th Congress et al (the Gondor Case)
New filings - and not from the court, which remains silent in the face of an encroaching Shadow of Clownpantsery.
No, these wretched filings come not from the court, but from Plaintiff’s lawyers.— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) January 22, 2021
According to the FBI, Miller also chatted on Facebook about hanging the US Capitol Police Officer who shot who shot Ashli Babbitt.
(@wfaa) pic.twitter.com/u2dvglWisg— William Joy (@WilliamJoy) January 22, 2021
re: #81 🌹UOJB!
Discovery is going to be fun with Mr. MEIN PILLOW GUY!
MyPillow guy suing for report he dated Jane Krakowski: ‘They have damaged my integrity as a Christian’
And he hired the guy who killed Gawker.
So when does Mikey fall off the wagon and enter the Betty Ford Center?
Jane went a different way:
Jane Krakowski Denies Affair With Mike Lindell, Confirms Her Sense Of Humor
“Jane has never met Mr. Lindell. She is not and has never been in any relationship with him, romantic or otherwise,” her spokesperson told E! “She is, however, in full-fledged fantasy relationships with Brad Pitt, Regé-Jean Page and Kermit the Frog and welcomes any and all coverage on those.”
re: #77 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
The last time I went to fish country, it was clear here where I live when I left. By the time I reached the Minnesota-Wisconsin border, it was snowing buckets, traffic was driving maybe 45 miles an hour in a 70 mph zone. I got off at an exit a few miles into Wisconsin and slid through a roundabout in the snow. Literally 15 miles down the road again, it was clear weather, and we were back up to 70+ the whole rest of the way. The St. Croix River valley is such weird topography and the weather is so different from any of the nearby areas.
My neighborhood gets that effect sometimes. I’m in the valley just before the Mississippi heads through downtown St. Paul and I sometimes get valley-and-river-effect additional snow. It’s why I used to take the bus to work every time we had a big snowstorm. There would always be an extra 2-3” of snow on the bottom half of my driveway.
re: #94 still stpaulbear
My neighborhood gets that effect sometimes. I’m in the valley just before the Mississippi heads through downtown St. Paul and I sometimes get valley-and-river-effect additional snow. It’s why I used to take the bus to work every time we had a big snowstorm. There would always be an extra 2-3” of snow on the bottom half of my driveway.
It’s interesting because the Mississippi River valley isn’t particularly deep through there. I mean, it’s several stories, but the St. Croix valley is quite a bit deeper. Amazing how even that little of an influence has such an outsized effect.
According to the news, Tom Landry’s wife died yesterday at 93.
re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth
Patrick Stewart said he’d been Q ing for four hours! That does not sound….oh, wait. Queuing.
Nevermind.
re: #84 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
I’ve walked on ice-covered lakes before. I have yet to drive on one, having been traumatized by a story from my father-in-law where he bailed out of a truck he was driving because he thought he was about to hit an open patch and lose the truck. When he got up, he saw the truck sitting in a 1/2” puddle of water on top of the ice. I don’t remember if he got the truck out of the puddle or not.
Last time I drove on ice was when I was playing full time and I took a short cut across a lake in a Toyota Corolla at 1:00am after a gig north of the cities. There was an easily identifiable ‘roadway’ with a city of ice fishing houses for most of the trip. I was nervous about getting lost on the lake, but not about falling through.
re: #95 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
It’s interesting because the Mississippi River valley isn’t particularly deep through there. I mean, it’s several stories, but the St. Croix valley is quite a bit deeper. Amazing how even that little of an influence has such an outsized effect.
The bluffs across from my house are pretty high. Cherokee park on the high end of the high bridge is probably as tall or taller than St. Croix.
re: #100 still stpaulbear
Last time I drove on ice was when I was playing full time and I took a short cut across a lake in a Toyota Corolla at 1:00am after a gig north of the cities. There was an easily identifiable ‘roadway’ with a city of ice fishing houses for most of the trip. I was nervous about getting lost on the lake, but not about falling through.
On the nearest lake to me, they build subdivisions of ice houses. You drive out on the lake on a “main road”, and it branches off into clusters at points along the way. A microcosm of the subdivisions that the town named after the lake is comprised of.
Readouts of foreign calls are back!
The readout from national security adviser Jake Sullivan’s call with the Afghan national security adviser says Sullivan “made clear” the new admin will review the U.S.-Taliban agreement to see if the Taliban was living up to its commitments.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 22, 2021
re: #103 Dread Pirate Ron
Readouts of foreign calls are back!
Wait, transparency in government? SORCERY!
I’ve never been one to shy away from the big issues so here’s a dachshund and a tortoise playing football.
📹: Imgur user tiffachu16 pic.twitter.com/zJUpABRKyn— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) January 22, 2021
re: #57 KingKenrod
DC_draino and prayingmedic are the only two I don’t recognize.
prayingmedic was one of the people who the “The Internet” initially thought was Q.
re: #67 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Yeah, Doyle was a loon, but Garabaldi was a great character.
Almost every character in B5 was great. There were few to no one-dimensional people. It’s something Star Trek has always had trouble with when trying to have more than 2-3 be the “main cast”. The beginning of every ST series after TOS were very rough, partly because of that.
re: #26 Charles Johnson
Such excellent warty fellows.
I don’t knows are actually kind of refreshingly honest. If Kaylee McInsaney had fielded that question, her response would have been “I can’t speak for the task force. That’s something you should take up with them.”
— Wildbell (@wildbell) January 23, 2021
“Madison Cawthorn has misled the public about training for the Paralympics, just as he misrepresented his education and business history.”https://t.co/YFtbpF26eC
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 22, 2021
The first Friday in a long time when I’m not dreading suddenly hearing about another noxious act of stupid evil by the ever-thirsty Trump-thing.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 23, 2021
The FCC needs to pull the license for Fox “News.”
Pass it on.
I have been using condom full of cottage cheese, but I’ll allow it.
— Blue Heron Farm (@BlueHeronFarmTX) January 23, 2021
Piece of shit.
Cop Rioter Bragged He ‘Pissed’ in Pelosi’s Toilet, Feds Say
A Virginia police officer charged in the Jan. 6 sacking of the U.S. Capitol bragged to a friend on Facebook that he “pissed in Nancy P’s toilet,” referring to Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to an FBI search warrant application obtained by The Daily Beast.
re: #114 thecommodore
They aren’t broadcast over the airwaves, FCC has no control.
re: #114 thecommodore
The FCC needs to pull the license for Fox “News.”
Pass it on.
Fox News channel doesn’t have a license to pull.
The former CEO of Make-A-Wish Iowa has been arrested on felony charges alleging she embezzled tens of thousands of dollars from the charity that supports sick children, the group confirmed Friday https://t.co/0r2vCqod98
— KTLA (@KTLA) January 22, 2021
Pretty sure I know what Republicans are really worried about if Democrats “ram through” policies with 70 or 80% approval that will actually help people in meaningful ways.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 22, 2021
Today in the life and times of Orito, he successfully defended his favorite jam, raspberry, from a much larger starling, who was forced to instead eat the papaya jam, which Orito doesn’t like as much. pic.twitter.com/GX4ku5nZAx
— Frank Izaguirre (@BirdIzLife) January 22, 2021
Let this be a lesson for everyone wondering how to protect their jam.
— Frank Izaguirre (@BirdIzLife) January 22, 2021
If ever there were a time for Democrats to break the mid term curse through big, bold action, pretty sure the country in a catastrophe spiral while Republicans staff a clown parade is that time.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 22, 2021
re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #123 lawhawk
The right wing lunatics will claim that this means open season to impeach Bill Clinton or Barack Obama, despite zero actions to warrant it.
Good luck getting those impeachment bills through the House.
re: #124 A Three Hour Tour
Good luck getting those impeachment bills through the House.
They’ll do it just for the performative value. because their base will eat it like groceries.
See Marge Greene.
re: #91 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
I’m fully expecting that these clowns will claim that their briefs were eaten by a Balrog, that they lost the response papers in Mordor, and that the only way to rectify this is to quest to Mount Doom after gaining the One Ring.
When I’m a 78-year-old man who has dedicated my life to public service, lived through the death of a spouse and more than one child, and am elected president in the midst of pandemic to clean up after a sociopathic idiot, I’m wearing a fucking Rolex, too.https://t.co/TCebDcUgld
— Jennifer M. Wood (@j_m_wood) January 22, 2021
Hi, @nytimes
After being an outright accomplice in electing a financial fraud and career criminal in 2016, you can fuck right off with this bullshit. pic.twitter.com/F6vuNYZvfd— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) January 23, 2021
— Darius Jackson (@jacospades1) January 22, 2021
Oops, was supposed to start that with this..
Carlson’s claim that CNN got rid of the Covid tracker because Biden is now in charge is — like previous versions of the claim — entirely false.
CNN is still running the tracker, especially during Covid segments. It ran the tracker alongside Biden’s own speech yesterday. pic.twitter.com/3YqEmZNBg2— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 22, 2021
re: #125 makeitstop
They’ll do it just for the performative value. because their base will eat it like groceries.
See Marge Greene.
Maybe we can get Auntie Maxine to introduce impeachment bills against George Dubya and Ronnie Reagan in response. Just for the lulz.
SCOOP: The acting head of DOJ’s civil division spoke with Trump about a plan to stop the steal; and then told Acting AG Rosen that he was gonna be replaced in order for the plan to be implemented. And then DOJ senior leaders said they would quit en massehttps://t.co/PYKdMoutm5
— Katie Benner (@ktbenner) January 23, 2021
There’s gonna be so much bad shit revealed by the time that trial starts.
Hope everybody is taking notes.
re: #113 Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson
@Green_Footballs
The first Friday in a long time when I’m not dreading suddenly hearing about another noxious act of stupid evil by the ever-thirsty Trump-thing.
Except we’re still finding out about more and more of his noxious acts of stupid evil.
re: #118 A Three Hour Tour
Fox News channel doesn’t have a license to pull.
That’s a problem with an easy solution. Require licensing for all news organizations, whether or not they are broadcast on air.
The first amendment is not supposed to be a suicide pact.
re: #131 makeitstop
SCOOP: The acting head of DOJ’s civil division spoke with Trump about a plan to stop the steal; and then told Acting AG Rosen that he was gonna be replaced in order for the plan to be implemented. And then DOJ senior leaders said they would quit en massehttps://t.co/PYKdMoutm5
— Katie Benner (@ktbenner) January 23, 2021
What exactly is the timetable for either charging or clearing the congress members we all suspect were a party to seditious conspiracy? https://t.co/3fmo2Egd6I
— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 23, 2021
STATEMENT FROM FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER ON THE PASSING OF HANK AARON pic.twitter.com/Bp4Jh21MZ3
— The Carter Center (@CarterCenter) January 22, 2021
re: #113 Charles Johnson
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NYT just broke a story about Trump and Jeffrey Clark plotting to oust Jeffrey Rosen at DOJ, to use the federal government to force Georgia to turn over their results.
Got the first of my 2 injections of the Moderna vaccine today. 8 hours, no particular side effects other than a mildly sore injection arm so looking forward to the second dose in about a month.
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Coup-coup. >>Trump and Justice Dept. Lawyer Said to Have Plotted to Oust Acting Attorney General
Trying to find another avenue to push his baseless election claims, Trump considered installing a loyalist, and had the men make their cases to him. https://t.co/D5KQ6UUQva— Laffy (@GottaLaff) January 23, 2021
re: #138 sagehen
You spoke too soon.
NYT just broke a story about Trump and Jeffrey Clark plotting to oust Jeffrey Rosen at DOJ, to use the federal government to force Georgia to turn over their results.
I’m thinking stories like this are the reason why Schumer is cool with the 2/8 start date.
A few more stories like this one and no one will dare vote against conviction.
Just watched a really good short film on YouTube, sort of a modern Twilight Zone-ish story with a great premise. Will post later.
re: #141 makeitstop
Seems like every couple of days that pass another story of Trump’s criminality will get reported
On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we know that legality alone is not enough. As we mark nearly 50 years of legal abortion, it’s time to reimagine a future where each of us can live, work, and make decisions about our health with dignity and respect.
— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) January 22, 2021
That’s why I introduced LB276 to eliminate the requirement for a physician to be present in the room during a medical abortion. Telemedicine for abortion is currently banned, leaving many women without access to safe & necessary care. #NELeg
— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) January 22, 2021
As more and more women’s healthcare clinics are closing under the weight of governmental restrictions, telemedicine is an increasingly crucial option for low-income and rural patients. To not offer telemedicine for abortion is to create an undue burden for Nebraskan women.
— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) January 22, 2021
Please join me by contacting your senators to support LB276 to increase access to reproductive healthcare for low-income and rural women by allowing our first-class Nebraska physicians to use telemedicine for abortion. Legality means nothing without access.
— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) January 22, 2021
re: #112 Dread Pirate Ron
Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
“Madison Cawthorn has misled the public about training for the Paralympics, just as he misrepresented his education and business history.”
Media still having problems with using four letter words, I see.
He lied, Kyle. LIED.
We got a new assistant @SwitchbackFilms. Not sure how helpful he is though. pic.twitter.com/ROsKgVXw8B
— Mike Douglas (@MikeDski) January 23, 2021
re: #125 makeitstop
They’ll do it just for the performative value. because their base will eat it like groceries.
See Marge Greene.
Not very exciting when the bill never makes it out of committee.
My favorites, of course.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) January 21, 2021
re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth
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He has to go to prison.
I have a fear of Trump getting locked up, then a Republican President pardoning him in 4 years, and a resumption of the Mussolini routine.
His mind will probably be completely gone by then, but this Morning Joe segment was unnerving.
re: #7 steve_davis
cat now sleeping in triangle of my legs as my right foot presses against my left knee. this is both annoying and wonderful, which i gather is an emotion of love.
Or appreciation of appreciation of body heat.
re: #40 Eric The Fruit Bat
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I repaid my student loans and those of my ex-wife. It took me years. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone. Not fair? Fuck you. #forgivestudentloans
— a different darth (@darthstar99) January 23, 2021
So now we know why Jeffrey Rosen was so silent until inauguration.
Why was Chris Wray?— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 23, 2021
My nutter Qongress creature Lauren Boebert is such a reckless dingbat. And dumber than a box of shit.
You mean this Pueblo? https://t.co/nJPlFdexBt pic.twitter.com/Uq9lfGkXdQ
— Alexander Nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) January 22, 2021
re: #153 darthstar
“I got chicken pox, so it is unfair that kids today don’t get it because of the vaccine. Please stop vaccinating against chicken pox.”
Selfish uncompassionate bitch.
re: #155 teleskiguy
I’m sorry that you have to be represented by her. It sucks when the people around you prove themselves to be complete dumb shits who can’t vote for an intelligent representative to save their asses.
re: #150 Punish Domestic Terrorists
He has to go to prison.
I have a fear of Trump getting locked up, then a Republican President pardoning him in 4 years, and a resumption of the Mussolini routine.
His mind will probably be completely gone by then, but this Morning Joe segment was unnerving.
Which is why it’s important Trump be impeached. So even if he get’s out, he can’t get back into the White House. Or get elected Bad Fast Food Inspector.
Amazing. @laurenboebert can’t even fool a class of high schoolers into thinking she knows what she’s doing. #copolitics #CO03 pic.twitter.com/RrUsYfN5US
— Pourshoushtari (@davidkpoursh) January 22, 2021
re: #153 darthstar
It’s about doing the right thing and helping the economy. The people who can’t pay their loans weren’t given the job(s) you had to be able to pay yours. It’s pretty selfish and small-minded to complain about it.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) January 23, 2021
— Sterling Rose (@SterlingRose62) January 22, 2021
In an alternate timeline somewhere in the multiverse, Donald Trump’s attempt to steal the election actually worked.
But not in this timeline.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 23, 2021
But it was close. Too close. Here’s a toast to the people - the election workers, the judges, the officials, the DAs — who stood up and refused to be bullied into doing something they knew was wrong.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 23, 2021
re: #150 Punish Domestic Terrorists
He has to go to prison.
I have a fear of Trump getting locked up, then a Republican President pardoning him in 4 years, and a resumption of the Mussolini routine.
His mind will probably be completely gone by then, but this Morning Joe segment was unnerving.
I think we both have Post Trump Trauma Disorder
re: #132 still stpaulbear
Except we’re still finding out about more and more of his noxious acts of stupid evil.
But these are feel good stories. Clark is about to be witness #1 at the impeachment hearing or will be part and parcel to and of a works of hurt.
You honestly love to see it.
That was some article. Holy shit.
re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Kicker. 😂
11/ There goes @maddow’s A-Block. Last minute redo the show time.
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) January 23, 2021
Trump planned multiple coups to end American democracy. https://t.co/6XedwmehP1
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@BillPascrell) January 23, 2021
And Republicans were OK with it.
re: #166 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Kicker. 😂
This is where having YouTube TV pays off. I have most news shows set to “record.”
YouTube captures all TV, and there’s no limit on what you can keep, since it’s just a flag that gives you access to their recording.
Never forget pic.twitter.com/Qnsqpw2E09
re: #127 Backwoods_Sleuth
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After being an outright accomplice in electing a financial fraud and career criminal in 2016, you can fuck right off with this bullshit. pic.twitter.com/F6vuNYZvfd— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) January 23, 2021
NYT doesn’t know Rolex from Shinola
re: #72 nines09
I keep the town of Pulaski NY on my phone so I can see what I no longer have to travel through. I don’t know how people live there.
Pulaski, New York gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year. Pulaski averages 146 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.
Average.
There is a reason the US Army has a major winter training area near there at Fort Drum.
re: #167 jaunte
And Republicans were OK with it.
Most of them are right-wing authoritarians, so they fall in line for the leader.
@AOC the American attitude of “I got mine so fuck y’all” on display here is sickening
— EstebanTornado1963 (@ETornado1963) January 23, 2021
re: #153 darthstar
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How dare they put stuff on sale the week after I bought it
AOC please that’s not fair. I had to pay for my 4 year college education years ago. It taught me the value of money and how to be responsible. Cancelling all debt just doesn’t seem fair
— Nicole Anderson (@nicolekanderson) January 21, 2021
re: #160 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I assume Nichole’s parents and grandparents could vote without getting a cross burned in front of their house. Doesn’t seem fair.
re: #174 Dangerman
How dare they put stuff on sale the week after I bought it
People like Nicole are getting hammered on Twitter I think a lot of people have had enough of that shit after the 6th.
It’s nice that when a reporter says “the President’s preference,” it isn’t followed by something cruel and stupid these days.
re: #174 Dangerman
If you look at her Twitter feed. It’s all GoBlue, Resistance, pro-Biden, anti-Trump, etc. etc. She’s not a wingnut or a bullshit bootstraps glibertarian.
Just shows how badly FYJIGM is ingrained in Americans’ heads.
re: #176 Punish Domestic Terrorists
People like Nicole are getting hammered on Twitter I think a lot of people have had enough of that shit after the 6th.
It’s nice that when a reporter says “the President’s preference,” it isn’t followed by something cruel and stupid these days.
I paid off my student loans. And I’m hammering away, too!
Can’t think of anything more stupid than to hobble emerging workers with student debt that takes decades to repay.
re: #178 gwangung
I paid off my student loans. And I’m hammering away, too!
Can’t think of anything more stupid than to hobble emerging workers with student debt that takes decades to repay.
Indentured servitude is the best capitalism, haven’t you read Ayn Rand?
Former President Donald Trump gave nothing away about his plans for life after the White House as he dined with friends at his golf club on Friday,” the Washington Examiner reports
Well there’s an impeachment coming up so he’s got that going for him.
re: #180 Dangerman
Well there’s an impeachment coming up so he’s got that going for him.
And if there’s a God, prison?
re: #180 Dangerman
Well there’s an impeachment coming up so he’s got that going for him.
And regardless of whether or not that succeeds, Letitia James has some papers for him, and I’m sure Merrick Garland has his best people on the case as well. And let’s not forget Chris Carr in Atlanta, who is none too pleased with his second “perfect phone call”.
re: #178 gwangung
I paid off my student loans. And I’m hammering away, too!
Can’t think of anything more stupid than to hobble emerging workers with student debt that takes decades to repay.
I paid for a (state subsidized) University education myself. I was living rent free at the time though. My “Rent” was taking care of a recovering cancer patient.
Even if I wasn’t I still would be fighting for this, and for eventually moving to free college for all. Because I know the country will be a much better place with that, rather than how it is now. It will benefit *everyone*.
re: #177 Jack Burton
If you look at her Twitter feed. It’s all GoBlue, Resistance, pro-Biden, anti-Trump, etc. etc. She’s not a wingnut or a bullshit bootstraps glibertarian.
Just shows how badly FYJIGM is ingrained in Americans’ heads.
Or, “I really have no @#$ idea that college costs are rising twice as fast as inflation”
re: #63 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Why do trash think that fighting racism is “Marxist?” The American-right is so dishonest.
A viral video forced a wealthy Texas suburb to confront racism. A ‘silent majority’ fought back. (NBC)
The same way conservatives called Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. a communist.
The phrasing is very similar to the Nazi “cultural Bolshevist” (Jew) or “cultural Marxist” (Jew).
Because 100+ white GOP Congressmen tried to throw out the votes of African Americans for a lie.
Your corruption & racism is why they’re there, you confederate degenerate. https://t.co/86g9FwnTtR— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) January 22, 2021
re: #180 Dangerman
Oh wait there’s more
Said Trump: “We’ll do something, but not just yet.”
“An aide to the former chief executive then swooped in and swiftly, but politely, ended the interaction
So….2 weeks
re: #177 Jack Burton
If you look at her Twitter feed. It’s all GoBlue, Resistance, pro-Biden, anti-Trump, etc. etc. She’s not a wingnut or a bullshit bootstraps glibertarian.
Just shows how badly FYJIGM is ingrained in Americans’ heads.
I think debt forgiveness is basically a good idea, but it should be properly sold to persuadable (i.e., non-Republican) skeptics. And then there will have to be a consistent effort to keep it sold to enough voters to prevent backsliding.
We don’t want it turning into something like affirmative action which has become enough of a mess that CA couldn’t pass a proposition to get it back in place for state universities in the election we just had.
re: #178 gwangung
I paid off my student loans. And I’m hammering away, too!
Can’t think of anything more stupid than to hobble emerging workers with student debt that takes decades to repay.
I didn’t even have student loans, but in the mid-70’s government supported higher education to the point that my base tuition at the U of MN was only $325 per semester.
re: #75 Jack Burton
I’m pretty sure people like Driftglass have RW trolls monitoring their every move and report the slightest thing when they see it. Which is why he’s been in Twitter jail for things they do daily, more times than I change socks in a month.
Which begs the question: How many times do you change socks in a month? /s
“Caldwell received Facebook messages from unspecified senders updating him of the location of lawmakers. When he posted a one-word message, “Inside,” he received exhortations and directions describing tunnels, doors and hallways, the FBI said.”https://t.co/U6rVx6bbLT pic.twitter.com/QxOlOSUJsr
— ClearingTheFog (@clearing_fog) January 23, 2021
“God bless and godspeed. Keep going,” said a male voice from a quiet environment.
re: #79 Backwoods_Sleuth
And I think you’re a moran. I’ve lived under a military dictatorship. You don’t want that. The first thing which goes is everyone’s civil rights.
I don’t condone violence but I do think that martial law would’ve really been a good idea to save this country from a pathetic President Biden and vice president Harris that we have now we are in trouble we are in distress
— David jarrett (@TruckenDJ18) January 23, 2021
re: #193 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Fucking trash.
You wanted to destroy America’s democracy. Did you really think that patriotic Americans would let the radicalized right destroy the country? Really?
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) January 23, 2021
HOLY SHIT DID YOU READ THIS FROM WAPO. pic.twitter.com/A2RYhQ48ub
— Illinois (@zipillinois) January 22, 2021
re: #177 Jack Burton
If you look at her Twitter feed. It’s all GoBlue, Resistance, pro-Biden, anti-Trump, etc. etc. She’s not a wingnut or a bullshit bootstraps glibertarian.
Just shows how badly FYJIGM is ingrained in Americans’ heads.
A friend and I had a conversation months ago about student loans. She was a college dropout (her “ex” was a respected physicist and she herself is brilliant) and she repeated stories of how people she knew were able to repay their loans. She was thinking of college back in the 60s when we attended — and the costs were substantially lower in real terms than today. Too many are unaware of how costs have skyrocketed over the years even at public institutions, well in excess of the cost of living. I was fortunate to be able to pay for my education plus room and board through scholarships, part-time work during the year, and summer jobs. We were very poor and there could be no financial assistance from my family.
re: #196 Hecuba’s daughter
A friend and I had a conversation months ago about student loans. She was a college dropout (her “ex” was a respected physicist and she herself is brilliant) and she repeated stories of how people she knew were able to repay their loans. She was thinking of college back in the 60s when we attended — and the costs were substantially lower in real terms than today. Too many are unaware of how costs have skyrocketed over the years even at public institutions, well in excess of the cost of living. I was fortunate to be able to pay for my education plus room and board through scholarships, part-time work during the year, and summer jobs. We were very poor and there could be no financial assistance from my family.
Yeah, a lot of these types tell them to work their way through school.
I tell them my financial aid departments tells incoming students, in no uncertain terms, that it is physically impossible for a part time job to pay for college. You WILL need extra help. And this is a state-run school.
Not many people pick up the conversation after that.
re: #153 darthstar
That “not fair” argument is such bullshit. I always think of a petulant child having a temper tantrum. Its not fair it’s NOT FAIR.
Guess what? Life isn’t fair. I paid thousands of dollars more than I was loaned. It’s predatory lending and it took me a long damn time to pay it back. I know people who had it far worse than me, and could never get out from under.
Why in the world would I wish that on anyone else? Sometimes I really hate people.
re: #197 gwangung
Yeah, a lot of these types tell them to work their way through school.
I tell them my financial aid departments tells incoming students, in no uncertain terms, that it is physically impossible for a part time job to pay for college. You WILL need extra help. And this is a state-run school.
Not many people pick up the conversation after that.
States provided substantially more assistance to students back in my day. But then, at least partly thanks to the emergence of Ayn Rand and “no more taxes” philosophies, states were forced to cut back because they did not have the funds available to provide the same level of support. Also to retain the best faculty, schools seemed to be in a financial arms race, which left everyone poorer.
The approximate size of various ocean animals with a Bernie for scale. A Thread. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/4KsY1hof4m
— Open Ocean Exploration (@RebeccaRHelm) January 22, 2021
re: #200 Hecuba’s daughter
States provided substantially more assistance to students back in my day. But then, at least partly thanks to the emergence of Ayn Rand and “no more taxes” philosophies, states were forced to cut back because they did not have the funds available to provide the same level of support. Also to retain the best faculty, schools seemed to be in a financial arms race, which left everyone poorer.
Universities pass along knowledge AND they create knowledge. Creating knowledge is not cheap, but it also generates more knowledge and more economy-building things; check the incubators of new businesses, and they’re always around a high density of high quality colleges.
re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth
The last time the charge of Seditious Conspiracy was successfully employed in a case was in 1995.
THE TERROR CONSPIRACY: THE CHARGES;A Gamble Pays Off as the Prosecution Uses an Obscure 19th-Century Law (New York Times, October 2, 1995)
Previously it had been used in a Chicago case in 1987. Two other cases in the 1980s were found not guilty by juries.
Because of the broadness of the law (seditious conspiracy does not require any overt act to advance the conspiracy), the law cuts both ways. A defence lawyer can argue a person is being tried for political or religious views rather than sedition.
re: #198 plansbandc
That “not fair” argument is such bullshit. I always think of a petulant child having a temper tantrum. Its not fair it’s NOT FAIR.
Guess what? Life isn’t fair. I paid thousands of dollars more than I was loaned. It’s predatory lending and it took me a long damn time to pay it back. I know people who had it far worse than me, and could never get out from under.
Why in the world would I wish that on anyone else? Sometimes I really hate people.
I had a good little Christian pull that “it’s not fair” thing on me the other day. I asked if what Jesus described in the Parable of the Vineyard Workers (Matthew 20) was fair. I think he’s still spluttering.
re: #205 William Lewis
I had a good little Christian pull that “it’s not fair” thing on me the other day. I asked if what Jesus described in the Parable of the Vineyard Workers (Matthew 20) was fair. I think he’s still spluttering.
Vinyard workers should have organized and struck.
Here’s the Canadian’s side of it. pic.twitter.com/MEQMA2rIOZ
— Ravin Boodram (@rvbdrm) January 23, 2021
This cat looks like he’s watching his best friend testify against him in a RICO trial. pic.twitter.com/bBWBWba8h4
— Maggie Serota (@maggieserota) January 23, 2021
Where’s Ozzie, Eric? We need an Ozzie pic!
— dylan matthews (@dylanmatt) January 23, 2021
Busy busy busy at the lottery ticket sales line.
People in front of me buying tickets.
People behind me buying tickets.
When no one won MegaMillions on Tuesday the annuitized jackpot was raised to about $95OM. But after the PowerBall jackpot was hit, the PowerBall players (and I think it is a slightly more popular game than MegaMillions) now have little to play for on Saturday… so today is the day to spend money.
The MegaMillions jackpot now shows “999” on the LED displays around my area. All those nines sure draws attention. Probably why the displays dont read “1B” (and many of them can make a “B” on the LED panel, so this is a choice.)
You have 20 minutes left to go buy a ticket.
re: #211 teleskiguy
I find it difficult to avoid the conclusion that the GOP should at least be hit with a RICO investigation.
And the GOP being to Trump’s mob the way Sinn Fein is to the IRA is not a good look for Republicans.
Cash value is only 74% of the annuitized value.
This is less than the ratio back in the fall, when the jackpot was small.
Interest rates area creeping up… at least for those who have $740M to buy an annuity.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) January 23, 2021
re: #214 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Cash value is only 74% of the annuitized value.
This is less than the ratio back in the fall, when the jackpot was small.
Interest rates area creeping up… at least for those who have $740M to buy an annuity.
So after taxes that’s what, like half a billion dollars or so in most states?
re: #216 DesertDenizen
So after taxes that’s what, like half a billion dollars or so in most states?
If your state does not collect state income taxes - note in California the Calottery winnings are not taxed by the state - then the after tax value is around $465M.
Assuming you are not already worth millions, in which case you probably have instruments in place to shelter money from the tax collector.
And of course all the “news” sites are desperate for eyes and usually run this type of story… an example from today:
The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $1 billion ahead of Friday night’s drawing after more than four months without a winner. https://t.co/QNP7Bz5qor
— FOX26Houston (@FOX26Houston) January 23, 2021
The headline promulgates a common misunderstanding of probability.
re: #218 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Hmmm… wrong headline. The one I saw claimed it was more likely to be struck by a meteor than to win the jackpot.
Those kinds of claims are just wrong.
Many Americans have won jackpots the past few years, but no one (to my knowledge) has been hit by a meteorite.
Combat Fatigue, a new wonderful heart-wrenching essay by Stonekettle.
No quotes. You just have to read it.
DES MOINES, Iowa - The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $1 billion ahead of Friday night’s drawing after more than four months without a winner thanks to bad luck, poor odds and reduced play partially blamed on the coronavirus pandemic.It’s only the third time a lottery jackpot has grown so large, but much has changed since the last time such a big prize was up for grabs in 2018. The odds of winning a jackpot remain the same — incredibly small — but for a variety of reasons fewer people are playing Mega Millions or Powerball, the two lottery games offered in most of the country.
And even as the huge Mega Millions prize and a $731.1 million Powerball jackpot won Wednesday by a single ticket sold in Maryland have juiced sales for the games, Maryland lottery director Gordon Medenica noted: “We’re not out of the woods yet.”
Medenica acknowledged sales were dramatically lower before the pandemic, and they tanked even further in the spring and summer.
As I’ve noted for months here now. The sales are way down.
Which means the revenues for the states are way down.
Combine that with other pressures against state revenues, one thing that has been avoided by Republican politicians and Trump is that states and local government are going to need help.
We are not in good economic times, and that has been true for a while.
Trump’s bluster covered up for the real systemic issues we have.
And his marks just repeat his claims. Still. And they will continue, because they cannot believe that they are the marks that they are.
re: #209 Yeah Sure WhatEVs