Secretary Pete Buttigieg talks about having to attend his first Oval Office meeting via television, reveals how the Trump administration left the Department of Transportation and breaks down the relationship between racial equity and public transportation.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 24, 2021
It’s so refreshing to have a government that’s not filled with assholes, isn’t it?
Yikes! What happened was already a disaster, what almost happened would have been horrendous.
Texas was 4 minutes and 37 seconds from a collapse of the power grid. pic.twitter.com/K3rXtEx7Tf
— Matt Largey (@mattlargey) February 24, 2021
Republicans are the absolute fucken worst people. https://t.co/taLJAfy5u4
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 24, 2021
Opinion: Senate committee chairs should crack down on Republicans, Jen Rubin, WaPo, with what we were all thinking!
It seems, given the Republican Party’s descent into political theater devoid of any regard to truth or governance, that it’s time for Democrats to take a firmer hand in requiring responsible conduct from Republican members. Just as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) instituted rules on mask-wearing and metal detectors, we need rules for committee conduct.
Democrats who control House and Senate committees should consider changing the ground rules. No phones in hearings. If you are not present for most of the hearing (say, 70 percent), you do not get to vote on whatever is before the committee.
I have long inveighed against poor questioning from elected representatives. Committee chairs should put a halt to long-winded speeches. Gavel to silence a member’s rant. Insist that they follow the Jeopardy rule: Their remarks should be in the form of a question. …
Democrats, in other words, should move to a zero-tolerance policy for the type of misinformation that had induced a mob to attack our democracy. If Johnson and others want to spread their toxic lies, they should do it on right-wing media, not perched on the committee dais.
Donald Trump Jr. sat for a deposition as part of the Washington DC Attorney General’s lawsuit alleging the misuse of inaugural funds, according to a court filing, per @soniamoghe https://t.co/Y9micshODw
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 24, 2021
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I have to wonder just how many of those endangered species have in fact “fully recovered” to the point of being able to be “delisted”??
Outside of coyotes* not many come to mind…
*probably never “endangered” to begin with.
Just enjoyed this for lunch.
Tuscan Bean Soup & Sourdough pic.twitter.com/zJ3PuQHUL6
— #BlueWave Blueberry Pie (@Pie_Overlord) February 24, 2021
re: #5 retired cynic
Insist that they follow the Jeopardy rule: Their remarks should be in the form of a question. …
This statue holds a torch high in New York harbor.
The Statue of Liberty! …eh?
Want to bet there are pro-Trump cops involved in this? https://t.co/0183bKrByW
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 24, 2021
suckers, chumps & assh*les
Checking out the CPAC sponsors. For $500, you can buy a “Fake News” hammock with a fake news snake from one of them. pic.twitter.com/riuKtR4vI9
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) February 24, 2021
they don’t even offer it in gilded?
The Qanon Shaman isn’t getting on well.
The motion for pre-trial release filed in the US District Court said Mr Chansley has been “very grateful” for the efforts to accommodate his dietary needs, following his hunger strike until receiving organic food.
“That being said, and without casting aspersions on the efforts of authorities in this regard, the defendant has experienced significant digestive tract issues for which medical consultation has been sought,” the motion said.
He reached out to Mark Meadows for a pardon. Didn’t work out well for him.
I don’t think much will work out well for him going forward either.
re: #13 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The Qanon Shaman isn’t getting on well.
Gee, that’s a real shame.
Now I just happen to wonder how he would be treated if he was black…
re: #3 b.d. (America is Great Again)
I did note that Texas uses a lot of electricity given its population — 59GW of electricity consumption is about what France uses in winter with a population of about 67 million people whereas Texas has about 35 million people living there. Perhaps it has a lot of energy-hungry industries?
re: #14 🌹UOJB!
Gee, that’s a real shame.
Now I just happen to wonder how he would be treated if he was black…
I’m pissed as hell that he’s getting organic food because of his religion. Fuck. That.
Rot in prison you lunatic. Bye.
re: #15 Nojay UK
I did note that Texas uses a lot of electricity given its population — 59GW of electricity consumption is about what France uses in winter with a population of about 67 million people whereas Texas has about 35 million people living there. Perhaps it has a lot of energy-hungry industries?
Oil/gas industry needs a lot of energy to get that oil/gas out of the ground and to convert it into fuels/products.
When the floof gets totally out of control. https://t.co/t486J48pFn
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 24, 2021
re: #15 Nojay UK
I did note that Texas uses a lot of electricity given its population — 59GW of electricity consumption is about what France uses in winter with a population of about 67 million people whereas Texas has about 35 million people living there. Perhaps it has a lot of energy-hungry industries?
And likely, France probably make energy conservation a major priority in its national planning. Unlike Texas, where “conservation” seems to be considered a borderline obscenity….
Though one probably doesn’t get many blizzards in St. Tropez or Cannes…
re: #14 🌹UOJB!
Gee, that’s a real shame.
Now I just happen to wonder how he would be treated if he was black…
Or Muslim
re: #13 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The Qanon Shaman isn’t getting on well.
He reached out to Mark Meadows for a pardon. Didn’t work out well for him.
I don’t think much will work out well for him going forward either.
Also from that article.
The motion gives further insight into Mr Chansley, his shamanistic faith, and his profession as a published author and artist, and living by the principle of Ahimsa, which promotes a life that does no harm to any living being.
Does he @#$ think we’re all morons? Participating in a riot that led to several deaths and was hoping for many more is pretty much the EXACT OPPOSITE of Ahimsa. I’m pissed at his appropriate of the term for going against it.
re: #8 The Pie Overlord!
Just enjoyed this for lunch.
Every time you make challah my mind registers it as soft pretzels. That’s mostly from living near Philly all my life. It’s weird, because they’re clearly labeled and the seeds look nothing like salt grains, but my brain still goes “Soft pretzel.”
re: #12 b.d. (America is Great Again)
suckers, chumps & assh*les
they don’t even offer it in gilded?
The graphic designer in me is screaming right now. That is horrendous.
re: #21 aatharuv
From that article.
Does he @#$ think we’re all morons? Participating in a riot that led to several deaths and was hoping for many more is the EXACT OPPOSITE of Ahimsa.
IF HE BELIEVED THAT NONVIOLENCE CRAP WHAT THE FUCK WAS HE DOING IN DC CHEERING THE THUGS ON?
LOCK THAT ASS IN JAIL FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE AND TOSS THE KEY AWAY!
The full Connolly/Jordan exchange: pic.twitter.com/umbXmsGgvE
— The Recount (@therecount) February 24, 2021
re: #13 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The Qanon Shaman isn’t getting on well.
He reached out to Mark Meadows for a pardon. Didn’t work out well for him.
I don’t think much will work out well for him going forward either.
Fuck this guy. Seriously. Life is about choices.
For example, I choose to reside in reality and recogoznie QAnon for the nonsense conspiracy as it is.
I also choose to not commit insurrection whenever my preferred POTUS candidate loses.
Consequently, I don’t wind up in jail.
Good choices. As nourishing as an organic meal.
re: #25 🌹UOJB!
IF HE BELIEVED THAT NONVIOLENCE CRAP WHAT THE FUCK WAS HE DOING IN DC CHEERING THE THUGS ON?
LOCK THAT ASS IN JAIL FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE AND TOSS THE KEY AWAY!
If he wants to start avoiding violence, he should start by singing like a bird about everyone else in the insurrection and everyone who helped get him there.
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Retaining_H2O 15 points 3 hours ago +15 / -0
Don’t pin all of this on just Mitch McConnell.
The entire Republican Party colluded with the Democrats on the election fraud and cover-up. It’s not just one man.
That’s why Republican officials in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, etc… refused to even look at the election fraud and have fought against meaningful auditing of ballots. That’s why Republicans in the House and Senate voted to certify the fraudulent election.
They were ALL involved in the election fraud. Both Republicans and Democrats, every stinking one of them.
The only way to fix this is to break the system. Get rid of any illusion about the sham “2-party system”. If we now have a uni-party (hiding behind the illusion of a 2-party system offering choice)… then let’s expose it once and for all.
Next election, REFUSE to vote for a Republican. just stay home. If 80 Million Trump voters simply choose to not have any faith in the corrupt, rigged elections and just stay home… Republicans will get swept from offices nation wide in one election cycle. The party will virtually cease to exist.
We can then have a discussion for 2024. Do they WANT a 2-party system of government? Or will we continue to have corrupt, rigged elections? We can’t have both.
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-MAGA_Coin [S] 6 points 2 hours ago +6 / -0
The left-right march has been one of the ways the illuminists controlled us.
Washington explicitly warned us they would use the illusion of choice to steal from us and ruin our nation. They would create false wars. We escaped it and they just FOLLOWED US into our new country.
They KNEW they could never take America by force. They were destroyed by farmers with guns.
So they spent centuries corrupting our country in an attempt to sell us back to our masters.
FUCK THESE PEOPLE and FUCK THEIR PUPPETS.
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-BoatingAccident 1 point 8 minutes ago +1 / -0
Yep. My ex-friend’s head exploded because he wanted to box me into “republican” when I was telling him everyone is corrupt.
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-suave200 1 point 1 hour ago +1 / -0
and that is why I quit the R party. Registered as no party affiliation and won’t vote until they fix the cheating.
re: #30 Nyet
-VetforTrump 3 points 1 hour ago +3 / -0
Hang them Both as traitors.then. females, males all of them.
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-MAGA_Coin [S] 2 points 1 hour ago +2 / -0
WWJD? Millstones about the neck.
re: #31 Nyet
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-MAGA_Coin [S] 2 points 1 hour ago +2 / -0
WWJD? Millstones about the neck.
Sad truth is that a significant chunk of Christians want blood flowing in the streets.
very solid study by very respected journalist puts the lie to this incessant claim…a chief tenet of the conservative grievances https://t.co/SiBi6L3wTv
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) February 24, 2021
re: #18 Charles Johnson
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Is that how they weigh things in Australia? In units of kangeroo?
Speaking of QAnon:
My partner had a massive blowout with her mom this weekend. She had to lay down the law with Mom a few months back over politics. Mom’s watching Fox non-stop and has a major narcissistic personality. She forces my partner into these arguments and then flips out when my partner calls her on her bullshit.
Partner says “No more. You don’t get to bring this shit up and just have me sit there. You get to spew your bulkshit, I get to push back.”
For whatever fucking reason, Mom starts in on every CT that Fox is spewing right now. Mom is also upset that we have a new dog who is severely reactive; literally flipping out at everyone but us. Partner’s statement of “When COVID clears, I may have to visit you solo and Matt stays home with the dog” got turned into “I’m never going to visit you ever again.”
My partner was in tears after this last go-around. If Mom didn’t live hundreds of miles away, I’d have had a face-to-face “discussion” about this. Mom is basically a prime example of how Fox just creates this heartache.
Anyways, I got to wondering this morning, after reading the previous post’s QAnon stories, if that’s what’s in store for us next. Her mom is taking COVID seriously from what we can tell, so I’m hoping that’s indicative that maybe she won’t fall for the other shit. And as far as I know, Fox isn’t pushing Q stuff too hard (they’re too busy with all the other lies and racism, I guess.)
Her mother is quite frankly a terrible person. That’s not standard “Mother-in-law’s a battle ax, AMIRITE???” hackery. She’s one of the most maniuplative, self-centered, bigoted, transactional people I’ve ever met. The idea of her going full Q-Tip is ulcer-inducing.
I do not know how folks out there dealing with relatives worse than this are doing it.
re: #34 KingKenrod
Is that how they weigh things in Australia? In units of kangeroo?
it’s like how in the USA we measure distance in units of football fields.
re: #30 Nyet
I’m 1000% being that plan. Don’t vote at all. Well done!
The Manhattan DA has subpoenaed financial records related to Steve Bannon’s crowdfunding border-wall effort, signaling the criminal investigation into former President Trump’s chief strategist is advancing, people familiar with the matter tell CNNhttps://t.co/qJrfYW3L1l
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 24, 2021
re: #30 Nyet
-suave200 1 point 1 hour ago +1 / -0
and that is why I quit the R party. Registered as no party affiliation and won’t vote until they fix the cheating.
Methinks this person won’t ever be voting again.
re: #40 Eclectic Cyborg
Methinks this person won’t ever be voting again.
Or is so full of shit that their eyes are brown.
re: #40 Eclectic Cyborg
Methinks this person won’t ever be voting again.
We can only pray that’s true :)
re: #39 jaunte
Major Fantasy, reporting for duty.
In my more poetic moments I wonder if all great empires manufacture a myth necessary to their existence but that will one day kill them.
But saying nasty things is disqualifying, eh? https://t.co/nZYtA046xI
— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 24, 2021
re: #30 Nyet
Sounds like a brilliant idea. Stay home.
re: #18 Charles Johnson
Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - New South Wales
Here we are in New South Wales, shearing sheep as big as whales
With leather necks and baggy tails and hides as tough as rusty nails
Dig Dug
Wow. https://t.co/lSLQq0WUvC has listed a ton of Council for National Policy (CNP) directories to its website. 1/ https://t.co/PzwFW4DkFb
— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) February 24, 2021
Wow @AmberMcReynolds on USPS board of governors would pull a voting rights advocate in a place where it really matters https://t.co/6FZc5fBy2v
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) February 24, 2021
I just got a call from my regular doctor’s office that I can come in for the Phizer Covid shot tomorrow afternoon. The office is about 10 minutes away.
I seem to remember some rules about not taking pain meds (Tylenol, Advil, etc.) before the shot. Anyone else seen this?
re: #49 stpaulbear
Go get your shot….. Just Go. Feel Blessed.
Can’t wait to see what these civility bound Republicans have to say to the CPAC audience.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 24, 2021
re: #49 stpaulbear
I just got a call from my regular doctor’s office that I can come in for the Phizer Covid shot tomorrow afternoon. The office is about 10 minutes away.
I seem to remember some rules about not taking pain meds (Tylenol, Advil, etc.) before the shot. Anyone else seen this?
A quick google search recommends against it: aarp.org.
re: #49 stpaulbear
I just got a call from my regular doctor’s office that I can come in for the Phizer Covid shot tomorrow afternoon. The office is about 10 minutes away.
I seem to remember some rules about not taking pain meds (Tylenol, Advil, etc.) before the shot. Anyone else seen this?
Yes! Let the Phizer do its thing w/o interference of other drugs, was the gist of it.
re: #49 stpaulbear
I just got a call from my regular doctor’s office that I can come in for the Phizer Covid shot tomorrow afternoon. The office is about 10 minutes away.
I seem to remember some rules about not taking pain meds (Tylenol, Advil, etc.) before the shot. Anyone else seen this?
That’s what I’ve heard. You can take it afterwards ok though.
re: #49 stpaulbear
I just got a call from my regular doctor’s office that I can come in for the Phizer Covid shot tomorrow afternoon. The office is about 10 minutes away.
I seem to remember some rules about not taking pain meds (Tylenol, Advil, etc.) before the shot. Anyone else seen this?
Yes.
On the questionnaire Kaiser had me fill out they asked if I took Tylenol or any ASHD before the shot. If so there is a caution that they will go over with you.
re: #49 stpaulbear
I just got a call from my regular doctor’s office that I can come in for the Phizer Covid shot tomorrow afternoon. The office is about 10 minutes away.
I seem to remember some rules about not taking pain meds (Tylenol, Advil, etc.) before the shot. Anyone else seen this?
I posted that last weekend. My daughter is an epidemiologist and she recommended to take nothing.
The first shot is not the one that can get you feeling bad, by accounts I read, it’s the second one.
We got the Modena and my wife was just tired. I got the chills and aches. That was after the 2nd.
And DO NOT take any OTC pain relief before.
That is a no no.
I felt like dirt but took nothing. Because my daughter is an epidemiologist.
Best of luck.
He stayed warm, though. https://t.co/thKvafsKa5
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 24, 2021
In re Gondor update:
Unfortunately, however, the defendant that Davis has named appears to be the United States Attorney for the district, and not one of the many upon many times many actual defendants named in the complaint.https://t.co/BBl8nhHadg pic.twitter.com/rVdqO2oZqj
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) February 24, 2021
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Morning all. Wife and I got our second Moderna shot Thursday. My wife only felt a sore arm and tired. I got chills and aches in my bones and muscles and sweated through two t shirts on Friday as I basically stayed in bed. Ate very little. Yesterday I felt better but exhausted and dehydrated. Today I’m feeling more normal.
And my epidemiologist daughter suggested we take no Tylenol or anything like that, because it could interfere with the process.
Nyquil is my miracle medicine when I feel like I felt, and man I could have used a dose of that.
A lot of the wisdom on use of OTC pain relief is scattered, which I really didn’t consider before.
The pharmacist who gave us the shot said we could use Tylenol, but not Aleve. Sites on line said either or none.
One thing everyone was firm on is no taking of anything beforehand to lessen effects.
So I decided to listen to my daughter.
Worth it
Good news.
INBOX: MANCHIN WILL VOTE TO CONFIRM HAALAND
— Emma Dumain (@Emma_Dumain) February 24, 2021
Thanks to everyone for the info. I think the only med I’ll take tomorrow morning is my Metformin.
re: #63 Belafon
I wonder if that was because of Kennedy.
Why?
His asinine raking of Haaland as a Commie?
re: #65 Jay C
Why?
His asinine raking of Haaland as a Commie?
I’d read earlier that, Manchin, being Manchin, was iffy on Haaland. I wonder if Kennedy had just set the bar so high on being a jerk that Manchin decided he didn’t want to look worse.
re: #19 Jay C
And likely, France probably make energy conservation a major priority in its national planning. Unlike Texas, where “conservation” seems to be considered a borderline obscenity….
Though one probably doesn’t get many blizzards in St. Tropez or Cannes…
A few years back, Montpelier, in the south of France, had a Texas-like cold snap and blizzard that stranded motorists on an autoroute for over 24 hours.
In March.
re: #66 Belafon
I’d read earlier that, Manchin, being Manchin, was iffy on Haaland. I wonder if Kennedy had just set the bar so high on being a jerk that Manchin decided he didn’t want to look worse.
I think Manchin and Haaland chatted and she said some soothing words he could use for cover.
re: #67 Sherlock Hound
NYC a few years back got hit with a major snowstorm during a rush hour and it caused a Manhattan-wide traffic jam because accidents at various bridges/tunnels caused everything else to back up, which meant plows couldn’t clear the streets and it was a mess for everyone involved. It came down harder/faster than anticipated and the resulting accidents snarled traffic all over.
Chicago had something like that a few years back too.
re: #43 The Ghost of a Flea
In my more poetic moments I wonder if all great empires manufacture a myth necessary to their existence but that will one day kill them.
Gibbon wrote about societies that collapse from, in his words, “a morbid intensification of their own first principles”.
Check.
re: #69 lawhawk
NYC a few years back got hit with a major snowstorm during a rush hour and it caused a Manhattan-wide traffic jam because accidents at various bridges/tunnels caused everything else to back up, which meant plows couldn’t clear the streets and it was a mess for everyone involved. It came down harder/faster than anticipated and the resulting accidents snarled traffic all over.
Chicago had something like that a few years back too.
One thing I have noted over my, ummm, numerous years of living in NYC is that severe weather events aren’t quite always the transit emergencies they had a tendency to be. Municipal response - especially to snowstorms - is a lot faster and more-efficient than at times in the past: presumably due in part to way-better forecasting/timing, and part (I’m sure) because no Mayor wants to have his legacy tarnished like John Lindsay’s; since mostly what people remember about his Mayoralty was his mishandling of a bad blizzard early on, which left vast swaths of the City snowbound for many days.
Though some things don’t ever change: watching news reports on last week’s snowstorms, we noticed they included that time-honored traditional phrase most long-term New Yorkers have heard since forever:
“However, many side streets in Queens still remain unplowed….”
re: #69 lawhawk
NYC a few years back got hit with a major snowstorm during a rush hour and it caused a Manhattan-wide traffic jam because accidents at various bridges/tunnels caused everything else to back up, which meant plows couldn’t clear the streets and it was a mess for everyone involved. It came down harder/faster than anticipated and the resulting accidents snarled traffic all over.
Chicago had something like that a few years back too.
Every big city has those. Boston had theirs in an otherwise nondescript December afternoon once when a storm blew up more than usual, and it was afternoon, the worst time of the day for it.
re: #72 Jay C
“However, many side streets in Brooklyn still remain unplowed….”
That resonates with me since I grew up there. My inlaws are on Staten Island, and that is an issue with them as well.
But now, they have tools to show where the plows are and how often they hit the various streets.
Good, now lets talk about Jared and Donalds involvement. https://t.co/m8PK9dZdyq
— dominique6138 (@dominique6138) February 24, 2021
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DeJoy is on the clock. May I never know the name of the Postmaster General again.
Confirmed: President Biden intends to appoint Ron Stroman, Anton Hajjar and Amber McReynolds to the three seats that remain open on the USPS Board of Governors.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) February 24, 2021
re: #77 No Malarkey!
DeJoy is on the clock. May I never know the name of the Postmaster General again.
There’s a DK diary talking about how DeJoy is planning on making some more changes quickly, like ending 1 to 2 day envelope mail delivery.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he doesn’t expect any charges against Tiger Woods after he crashed his car crash on Tuesday morning, leaving his legs and feet seriously injured. During a press conference on Instagram Live, Villanueva said there was no evidence of Woods being under the influence at the scene. As far as investigators can tell, the crash was an accident, Villanueva said, adding, “An accident is not a crime. They do happen, unfortunately.”He also revealed that the downhill curve where Woods crashed is notoriously dangerous for drivers. Between January 2020 and Tuesday there were 13 accidents, four of them with injuries, along that stretch of road, he said.
Villanueva said on Tuesday that Woods was traveling at “a relatively greater speed than normal.” But authorities are yet to pull any data from the vehicle’s black box, which could provide further information about the exact speed. It will be up to traffic investigators to get a search warrant to seize phone records and other information as they look into the circumstances surrounding the crash. The golf star underwent “a long surgical procedure” on Tuesday.
re: #61 No Malarkey!
Good news.
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re: #41 Targetpractice
Or is so full of shit that their eyes are brown.
This reminds me:
The Artist Who Celebrates Bavaria’s Rural Heritage With Elegant Cow-Dung Paintings, Atlas Obscura. They are really handsome, and he says they don’t smell once dry.
As long as my hands don’t rot and fall off, I can do this for the rest of my life. No one can take that away from me. I don’t need electricity, I don’t need a huge studio or chemicals to clean brushes. I just need water, cow dung, and something to paint on.
re: #18 Charles Johnson
I have not had a haircut in more than a year, and when I finally do - when the pandemic and all its knock-on effects are finally OVER - I think I’ll look like the “After” picture of poor Baa-Rack the sheep
re: #82 Khal Wimpo (exhaling for 1st time in 4 yrs)
I have not had a haircut in more than a year, and when I finally do - when the pandemic and all its knock-on effects are finally OVER - I think I’ll look like the “After” picture of poor Baa-Rack the sheep
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“It’s soooooo cold.”
re: #15 Nojay UK
I did note that Texas uses a lot of electricity given its population — 59GW of electricity consumption is about what France uses in winter with a population of about 67 million people whereas Texas has about 35 million people living there. Perhaps it has a lot of energy-hungry industries?
Yes. The energy industry is surprisingly energy intensive, both from production to the refinery/power plant/other end user, to the actual refining itself. Add to that plastics and other chemicals, aluminum production, and shipping, and you’ve got yourself a real power hog of a State.
re: #15 Nojay UK
59GW of electricity consumption is about what France uses in winter with a population of about 67 million people
It’s warmed up since the weekend, we’re only on about 52GW at the moment. (12% of that is being sent to our British, German, Italian and Swiss neighbours. Nice to have a grid).
I just got a Facebook timeout for telling someone they sound crazy for calling people who misbehave “Biden voters” based on zero evidence. I should probably just delete my account.
re: #79 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Since it’s a single-person collision with no alcohol/drugs involved, I’d say the event has punished him enough — much more than a judge would hand out.
re: #19 Jay C
And likely, France probably make energy conservation a major priority in its national planning.
Actually, no. Historically France has been really shitty in conservation, why bother when 70% of your electricity is nuclear (almost zero running costs) and 20% is hydro (almost zero running costs). We’re working on that, but we have a long way to go.
re: #87 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I just got a Facebook timeout for telling someone they sound crazy for calling people who misbehave “Biden voters” based on zero evidence. I should probably just delete my account.
Probably FB was deluged by bots who are sensitive to any criticism of the right.
re: #90 Hecuba’s daughter
I got put in FB jail the other day for saying that Americans are being selfish and shortsighted… I asked them to show me the lie. 24 hours - slap on the wrist.
re: #87 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I just got a Facebook timeout for telling someone they sound crazy for calling people who misbehave “Biden voters” based on zero evidence. I should probably just delete my account.
Marky Mark doesn’t like anyone slandering his Conservative buddies.
re: #8 The Pie Overlord!
Just enjoyed this for lunch.
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pics if i remember
re: #90 Hecuba’s daughter
Probably FB was deluged by bots who are sensitive to any criticism of the right.
I HAVE BEEN SILENCED!
It was annoying for about a minute, then I moved on.
re: #88 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
Since it’s a single-person collision with no alcohol/drugs involved, I’d say the event has punished him enough — much more than a judge would hand out.
I expect that will be their thinking on this. If he was speeding, I expect them to let that go.
— Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) February 24, 2021
Here’s how Trump Hotel staff were taught to handle the former president
From how to open Trump’s obligatory bottles of Diet Coke to the snacks that were required to be constantly available, it was all written down in the “standard operating procedure” document. LGBTQNation
Servers were supposed to recite “Good (time of day) Mr. President. Would you like your Diet Coke with or without ice?” and “discretely present” a mini bottle of hand sanitizer to the germophobic former leader. Chilled bottles and highball glasses were available no matter his choice.
The directions for how to open the bottle spanned seven pages and included illustrations, but the bottle was never to be opened “beforehand” where he couldn’t see it.
and
A tray of junk food was also required to be available. It had to include sour cream and chives Lay’s potato chips, Oreos, Nutter Butters, Milky Way and Snickers candy bars, Chips Ahoy cookies, Tic Tacs, gummy bears, granola bars, and chocolate-covered raisins among other items.
His steaks and shrimp had to be noticeably bigger than everyone else’s. And on…
re: #94 danarchy
This worse that what Spitzer did.
re: #44 jaunte
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But saying nasty things is disqualifying, eh? https://t.co/nZYtA046xI
— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 24, 2021
well of course
he’s already got his job
re: #100 retired cynic
Here’s how Trump Hotel staff were taught to handle the former president
From how to open Trump’s obligatory bottles of Diet Coke to the snacks that were required to be constantly available, it was all written down in the “standard operating procedure” document. LGBTQNationand
His steaks and shrimp had to be noticeably bigger than everyone else’s. And on…
He is literally how a poor person imagines they would live if they were rich.
re: #100 retired cynic
Here’s how Trump Hotel staff were taught to handle the former president
From how to open Trump’s obligatory bottles of Diet Coke to the snacks that were required to be constantly available, it was all written down in the “standard operating procedure” document. LGBTQNationand
His steaks and shrimp had to be noticeably bigger than everyone else’s. And on…
This shit is part of the reason that Trump is so brittle, and cracks up when things don’t go his way. His father’s money made people cater to his every spoiled demand.
re: #59 lawhawk
In re Gondor update:
I tried to parse that filing, but seriously, could not. Serving the entire 117th Congress just by putting their names on a document?
Um. No.
You can’t serve every single person in the U.S. Army just by putting “U.S. Army” in the defendant box of a pleading template.
re: #57 nines09
The first shot is not the one that can get you feeling bad, by accounts I read, it’s the second one.
This is all folklore at this point.
My wife (62 years old, fit, nursing assistant in a care home) had a 3 day reaction to the first Pfizer/BioNTech jab, one day for the second.
My dad (72 years old, really fit (only recently gave up doing half marathons)) had a sore arm after the first moderna jab, a couple of days after the second.
Frankly it’s all pretty random.
re: #14 🌹UOJB!
Gee, that’s a real shame.
Now I just happen to wonder how he would be treated if he was black…
His diet would be reduced to his teeth
Also, here’s Glenn Greenwald bleating something something bisexual people are liars
Of Americans now claiming “bi” identity, the vast majority of them in long-term relationships are in opposite-sex relationships (33%) rather than same-sex ones (3.7%).
So 10 times more people who identify as “bi” live in hetero-appearing relationships than gay/lesbian ones: pic.twitter.com/iOIM0tv2ON— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) February 24, 2021
Why? I mean, what’s the actual point of this?
re: #87 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I just got a Facebook timeout for telling someone they sound crazy for calling people who misbehave “Biden voters” based on zero evidence. I should probably just delete my account.
I only miss about three people from when I had my account. You can download all of your pictures before you delete the account if you want. It still feels somewhat satisfying to have bailed on Facebook.
re: #109 Khal Wimpo (exhaling for 1st time in 4 yrs)
I mean, what’s the actual point of this?
Greenwald needs to bloviate on SOMETHING to keep his Substack crowd around….
re: #82 Khal Wimpo (exhaling for 1st time in 4 yrs)
:D :D :D
re: #107 John Hughes
This is all folklore at this point.
My wife (62 years old, fit, nursing assistant in a care home) had a 3 day reaction to the first Pfizer/BioNTech jab, one day for the second.
My dad (72 years old, really fit (only recently gave up doing half marathons)) had a sore arm after the first moderna jab, a couple of days after the second.
Frankly it’s all pretty random.
It’s all pretty new. But I listen to the pros, and for the pain I ease one day or three is not worth the chance.
Do as you will.
I listen to those that are paid to know and instruct.
re: #111 Eric The Fruit Bat
Greenwald needs to bloviate on SOMETHING to keep his Substack crowd around….
Which is probably increasingly right-wing.
re: #109 Khal Wimpo (exhaling for 1st time in 4 yrs)
Also, here’s Glenn Greenwald bleating something something bisexual people are liars
Why? I mean, what’s the actual point of this?
Other than just being his usual self, nothing. If I was at home, I would pull the Questionable Content strip on the topic.
re: #109 Khal Wimpo (exhaling for 1st time in 4 yrs)
Also, here’s Glenn Greenwald bleating something something bisexual people are liars
Why? I mean, what’s the actual point of this?
That most people conform to societal norms when given the option?
re: #109 Khal Wimpo (exhaling for 1st time in 4 yrs)
Also, here’s Glenn Greenwald bleating something something bisexual people are liars
Why? I mean, what’s the actual point of this?
he’s being a purist about who can and cannot be whatever.
re: #110 stpaulbear
I only miss about three people from when I had my account. You can download all of your pictures before you delete the account if you want. It still feels somewhat satisfying to have bailed on Facebook.
I only started using it to post anti-Trump facts leading to the election. There are a couple of photos friends posted that I’d want to grab, but that’s about it.
re: #117 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’s being a purist about who can and cannot be whatever.
he’s the hall monitor.
re: #84 Sherlock Hound
WTF is wrong with these people? Mike Tyson quote, apropos of … what?
Cantwell delivered a rambling and emotional statement which he began by offering a Mike Tyson quote: “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.” (The point he was trying to make was unclear.)
Cantwell discussed the fact that the charges stemmed from a feud he had with rival neo-Nazis — a group he had attempted to report to law enforcement.
Cantwell compared the rival Nazis to “black bloc,” mentioned “Satanists,” and complained about having been subjected to a “constant stream of non-stop harassment” from the group. He was overcome with emotion after describing law enforcement “ignoring” his “pleas for help.” He cried again while describing how he could not identify which members of the rival group were targeting him.
The sentence fell short the 51 months prosecutors requested. Sentencing guidelines, which factor in a defendant’s criminal history as well as other mitigating and aggravating factors, called for Cantwell to be sentenced to a term of 41 to 51 months.
(Sobbing) “Oh help me help me policemen who I plan to kill on the mythical Day Of The Rope as unseen enemies harass me constantly but I do not know them but they are real (sobs more)
re: #117 Backwoods_Sleuth
he’s being a purist about who can and cannot be whatever.
That’s the only alternative to my guess, but the Tweets alone don’t say that. You have to know Greenwald to expect that that’s what he’s trying to imply.
Douchebag murders 3 after sentence commuted. Cut one’s heart out, murdered a 4 year old. Evidently, it’s what AOC would have wanted.
WHAT? AOC would have closed that jail anyway!! Let em ALL out. We don’t need jails! We don’t need security!!
— P4CNRZ (@PCnrz) February 24, 2021
re: #100 retired cynic
Here’s how Trump Hotel staff were taught to handle the former president
From how to open Trump’s obligatory bottles of Diet Coke to the snacks that were required to be constantly available, it was all written down in the “standard operating procedure” document. LGBTQNationand
His steaks and shrimp had to be noticeably bigger than everyone else’s. And on…
what a boor. with all his supposed money, just crude and vulgar.
all processed mostly name brand, junk food:
A tray of junk food was also required to be available. It had to include sour cream and chives Lay’s potato chips, Oreos, Nutter Butters, Milky Way and Snickers candy bars, Chips Ahoy cookies, Tic Tacs, gummy bears, granola bars, and chocolate-covered raisins among other items.
Republicans Can’t Math
We’ve run the numbers and here’s your receipt, @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer. pic.twitter.com/e2cAG8st8W
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) February 24, 2021
re: #76 nines09
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re: #109 Khal Wimpo (exhaling for 1st time in 4 yrs)
Also, here’s Glenn Greenwald bleating something something bisexual people are liars
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Why? I mean, what’s the actual point of this?
Sounds a little TERFy?
I am distressed that people are not gay in the way I accept?
re: #123 Dangerman
what a boor. with all his supposed money, just crude and vulgar.
all processed mostly name brand, junk food:
I do not understand how Trump is still alive.
The man eats nothing but white trash shit; relatives of mine who ate like that are moldering in their graves by age 60.
Is it that he doesn’t drink/smoke?
re: #114 No Malarkey!
Which is probably increasingly right-wing.
Not surprising considering who he was counsel to before he gave up law.
re: #122 PrairieQueen
Douchebag murders 3 after sentence commuted. Cut one’s heart out, murdered a 4 year old. Evidently, it’s what AOC would have wanted.
I did not call him stupid. Wouldn’t want two timeouts at once.
No she wouldn’t have. Whoever fed you that thinks that you’re stupid. I’d be very angry with them if I were you.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) February 24, 2021
re: #126 Teddy’s Person
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re: #79 Punish Domestic Terrorists
that does sound like a piece of road where a guardrail might be in order?
re: #128 Khal Wimpo (exhaling for 1st time in 4 yrs)
Is it that he doesn’t drink/smoke?
That probably helps some.
re: #71 Sherlock Hound
Gibbon wrote about societies that collapse from, in his words, “a morbid intensification of their own first principles”.
Check.
Myself, it has to do with the people invested with power, and therefore responsibility, in a society.
When those people start mistaking their own well-being for the well-being of the society they are responsible for that society is fucked.
re: #113 nines09
I wasn’t commenting on how to manage the pain. The medical advice I’ve seen says no NSAIDs before the jab.
I was just remarking that there is no real evidence that “the second jab is worse/better”.
Unless you can point to a peer reviewed study of course.
re: #128 Khal Wimpo (exhaling for 1st time in 4 yrs)
I do not understand how Trump is still alive.
The man eats nothing but white trash shit; relatives of mine who ate like that are moldering in their graves by age 60.
Is it that he doesn’t drink/smoke?
He made a deal with a demon named Crowley.
re: #121 Punish Domestic Terrorists
That’s the only alternative to my guess, but the Tweets alone don’t say that. You have to know Greenwald to expect that that’s what he’s trying to imply.
I do not know Glenn, but I know people exactly like him, so I 99% “know” what Glenn means.
re: #123 Dangerman
what a boor. with all his supposed money, just crude and vulgar.
all processed mostly name brand, junk food:
And all this garbage he eats shows. Every bit of it. Like most GOP old white guys, he is the antithesis of an athlete, or even remotely physical. But it’s more than non-physical, it’s actually repulsive; they become flabby, fat assed, and repulsive. Their appearance is repulsive, what comes out of their mouth is repulsive - they are repulsive through and through.
This is why they need to grift so damned hard, because they offer zero to attract the opposite (or same) sex. It’s a gamut of flabby fatasses with rotten skin, bad haircuts and cellulite, all paying for sex, and lying about paying for sex because they think they exude machismo.
If these were poor folk, they’d die single and sexless.
Junior is going to need more blow.
The Manhattan DA’s office seems to be expanding their criminal probe into Trump’s businesses and focusing in on Donald Trump Jr in recent weeks.https://t.co/QX5bBdSIRy
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) February 24, 2021
re: #135 John Hughes
If you feel bad, does it matter first or second shot? My point was, don’t take anything.
Hope this helps.
My fake boyfriend George literally steals my thoughts and turns them into videos, right down to how he emphasizes words. I should sue for infringement, but Lin Wood is kinda busy lately.//
Sometimes I can’t with the dumb fuckery. pic.twitter.com/R4peiJFMMy
— George Hahn (@georgehahn) February 21, 2021
YAY! Good humans!
Because you want to see a man save a beached dolphin and send it back home. pic.twitter.com/cf8smRVvLd
— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) February 23, 2021
re: #139 No Malarkey!
Junior is going to need more blow.
But after all is said and done, will he have the money? /
Seventeen firearms were recovered from Cantwell’s apartment and vehicle, according to pre-trial testimony from officers involved in the arrest. Inside his home, police found two AR-15s, five other rifles and long guns, four shotguns, and five handguns. A single handgun was recovered in an unlocked case attached to the exterior of Cantwell’s car, parked just yards away from an elementary school, police said. A large amount of ammunition, as well as a crossbow, a machete, and several knives, were also recovered from the scene, according to police.
This yutz goes on and on about how broke he is … and he’s got (by my estimate) about $11,000 in firearms, about $3000 in ammo and other weapons?
The NRA is such an effective wealth-transfer mechanism from ignorant white trash to oligarchs.
GOP demand: Focus on Antifa and NO LOOKING AT CRIMES BY MEMBERS!
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) February 24, 2021
re: #138 PrairieQueen
And all this garbage he eats shows. Every bit of it. Like most GOP old white guys, he is the antithesis of an athlete, or even remotely physical. But it’s more than non-physical, it’s actually repulsive; they become flabby, fat assed, and repulsive. Their appearance is repulsive, what comes out of their mouth is repulsive - they are repulsive through and through.
This is why they need to grift so damned hard, because they offer zero to attract the opposite (or same) sex. It’s a gamut of flabby fatasses with rotten skin, bad haircuts and cellulite, all paying for sex, and lying about paying for sex because they think they exude machismo.
If these were poor folk, they’d die single and sexless.
otoh, he’s so, what is it, parochial, that he wouldnt know good food, let alone appreciate it, if something was set in front of him
which means more for the rest of us
re: #146 darthstar
Sure. Republicans want to blame anti-fascists, and Democrats want to blame the people who told the big lie in an attempt to end our democracy, and the terrorists who attempted a coup.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) February 24, 2021
re: #142 darthstar
Dolphin? Looks more like an orca calf to me….
republicans have no idea how to oppose already popular biden policies without accidentally making them more popular https://t.co/mGsm3bcBiR
— kilgore trout, ted’s travel agent (@KT_So_It_Goes) February 24, 2021
re: #143 Nyet
But after all is said and done, will he have the money? /
That kind never is out of money. Never. Even when they’re bankrupted, they have money stashed in every hidey hole imaginable.
They aren’t like musicians that signed away all their royalty rights and spent nine years coked up to wake up broke, and gotta shlep their worn out body back on tour to keep their house in a good zip code. They aren’t like business owners that put every last cent into a business that failed, and now they’re losing their house and their shirt. They aren’t like a poor bastard that worked his ass off, then lost his shirt because his wife needed cancer treatment and the hospital bills are overwhelming.
When rich assholes are broke, they aren’t broke the way regular people know broke, up close and personal. He just may resort to a sketchier coke dealer, is all. He’ll still be sleeping on expensive sheets in a good zip code.
re: #152 Eric The Fruit Bat
Dolphin? Looks more like an orca calf to me….
I thought that at first but I believe it was a striped dolphin. The snout is too narrowed to be orca.
re: #109 Khal Wimpo (exhaling for 1st time in 4 yrs)
Also, here’s Glenn Greenwald bleating something something bisexual people are liars
Why? I mean, what’s the actual point of this?
Adapting to midlife crisis. Greenwald just discovered he’s straight.
re: #152 Eric The Fruit Bat
Dolphin? Looks more like an orca calf to me….
Lets just say Cetacean then.
re: #159 Nyet
Ой means something else.
Google translate lied to me and now I’ve spread misinformation online.
re: #153 darthstar
They’re all about “culture” and “civilization”… until they aren’t.
re: #153 darthstar
So in rough-math terms, out of a $2T bill, they want to allocate A quarter of one percent of it to museums and libraries?
And Republicans think this is a BAD idea…?
Are scientists sure this fellow wasn’t in North Jersey outside Giants Stadium? https://t.co/vfwaLxe2Gb
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@BillPascrell) February 24, 2021
re: #163 Jay C
So in rough-math terms, out a $2T bill, they want to allocate A quarter of one percent of it to museums and libraries?
And Republicans think this is a BAD idea…?
Republicans think any money spent on learning or culture is bad.
re: #163 Jay C
So in rough-math terms, out a $2T bill, they want to allocate A quarter of one percent of it to museums and libraries?
And Republicans think this is a BAD idea…?
A quarter of one tenth of one percent.
re: #154 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I’m a huge Supernatural fan, and Mark is great in everything he does.
I stopped watching a few years ago but recently completed re-watching the series to the end. He was greatly missed in the final couple of seasons.
I was already a fan when he joined Supernatural because of Firefly.
re: #163 Jay C
So in rough-math terms, out of a $2T bill, they want to allocate A quarter of one percent of it to museums and libraries?
And Republicans think this is a BAD idea…?
It’s supposed to make you think that the $$$ is bad.
re: #169 Teddy’s Person
I stopped watching a few years ago but recently completed re-watching the series to the end. He was greatly missed in the final couple of seasons.
I was already a fan when he joined Supernatural because of Firefly.
He was good in Doctor Who.
re: #140 nines09
If you feel bad, does it matter first or second shot? My point was, don’t take anything.
Hope this helps.
And I did not realize that peer reviewed studies were required when discussing/sharing lizard personal experiences.
Learn something new here every day…
It’d be nice if the media didn’t try to help convince Republicans not to vote for Biden’s Cabinet picks.
Is she trying to help court “no” votes?
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) February 24, 2021
re: #144 Khal Wimpo (exhaling for 1st time in 4 yrs)
This yutz goes on and on about how broke he is … and he’s got (by my estimate) about $11,000 in firearms, about $3000 in ammo and other weapons?
The NRA is such an effective wealth-transfer mechanism from ignorant white trash to oligarchs.
He would have saved a lot of cash if he just bought a pee pee pump.
re: #169 Teddy’s Person
I stopped watching a few years ago but recently completed re-watching the series to the end. He was greatly missed in the final couple of seasons.
I was already a fan when he joined Supernatural because of Firefly.
I’m also a big Firefly fan.
It looks like the showrunners pushed him out of Supernatural. Of course they have the right to make changes to their show.
screenrant.com
re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
And I did not realize that peer reviewed studies were required when discussing/sharing lizard personal experiences.
Learn something new here every day…
We take “the plural of anecdotes not data” very seriously here.
re: #150 Punish Domestic Terrorists
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or how about this for ‘scope’: the commission doesn’t decided in advance who did it.
instead, it elicits evidence that speaks for itself
Democrats and GOP at odds over scope of commission to investigate Capitol riothttps://t.co/d8Rqssg1vm
— Ram Ramgopal (@RamCNN) February 24, 2021
re: #173 darthstar
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So now they’re reading tweets presented to them by reporters…got it.
I fail to see how reporters can take seriously any GOP criticisms of Tanden’s social media accounts after 4+ years of ignoring Trump’s.
re: #178 Mike Lamb
So now they’re reading tweets presented to them by reporters…got it.
I fail to see how reporters can take seriously any GOP criticisms of Tanden’s social media accounts after 4+ years of ignoring Trump’s.
So you’re thinking of voting for her? Did you read what the bitch said about you?
re: #173 darthstar
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Typical Presstitute hell bent on sabotaging Joe.
Rohrbacher denied that this meeting happened.
🔴 Imágenes de 2017 que no han visto la luz hasta hoy: Dana Rohrabacher, congresista republicano, estaría ofreciendo el perdón presidencial a Julian Assange a cambio de decir que los rusos no ayudaron a Trump. ▶ #laSextaClave83 en directo: https://t.co/qUjqfbLj0n pic.twitter.com/jzqg5KLO0F
— laSexta Clave (@lasextaclave) February 23, 2021
The Bare Minimum, Judd Legum, Popular Info
It’s unlikely that Manchin or Sinema will change their position based on a discussion of monopsony power. But, as elected officials who face voters every six years, they might be convinced by the politics of increasing the minimum wage.
A 2019 poll found that 67% of Americans support increasing the minimum wage to $15, including 43% of Republicans. The broad support was reflected in recent state ballot initiatives for a $15 minimum wage. In Florida, for example, Trump prevailed over Biden with 51% of the vote. But a ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage to $15 passed with 61% support.
Manchin says he supports increasing the minimum wage to $11 per hour because it’s “the right place” for “rural America.” But according to the MIT living wage calculator, a single person in West Virginia with no children needs to make at least $13.93 per hour to cover basic expenses like food, housing, and transportation. West Virginia’s minimum wage is currently $8.75. A study by the Economic Policy Institute found that raising the minimum wage to $15 “would benefit approximately 255,000 West Virginia workers,” increasing pay for “35.5 percent of the West Virginia workforce.”
re: #94 danarchy
Cuomo is so done:
Given that Republicans are given a free pass and Democrats aren’t, it’s better that open harassers like Cuomo (if the allegations are true) have their skeletons revealed before they go to higher office.
Or we end up with a situtation like the North Carolina Senate race where Cunningham was leading up until news about his sexts came out, and brought us to this 50-50 Senate situation.
re: #107 John Hughes
This is all folklore at this point.
My wife (62 years old, fit, nursing assistant in a care home) had a 3 day reaction to the first Pfizer/BioNTech jab, one day for the second.
My dad (72 years old, really fit (only recently gave up doing half marathons)) had a sore arm after the first moderna jab, a couple of days after the second.
Frankly it’s all pretty random.
From what I read the worse your reaction to the vaccine the sicker you’d have been if you’d have gotten COVID. Not peer reviewed, obviously, so take it as you will.
re: #182 retired cynic
The Bare Minimum, Judd Legum, Popular Info
even if this were true
Manchin says he supports increasing the minimum wage to $11 per hour because it’s “the right place” for “rural America.”
and even if it’s true that he represents a state that is mostly ‘rural america’
he’s a United States Senator. voting on national policy.
just like most every other bill.
why should the FEDERAL minimum wage be keyed to WV?
as opposed to any other state?
alternatively, why should the federal govt ever send money to WV?
it doesnt benefit any other state.
it’s a stupid and childish way of looking at what the United States congress’s job is
oh
Former Trump White House official Sebastian Gorka: “They want to take away your hamburgers. This is what Stalin dreamt about but never achieved.”
😂😭😂😭🤦♂️ pic.twitter.com/t5amL02ABm— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2019
WATCH: Anti-science GOP senator urges Interior nominee to delete tweet saying ‘Republicans don’t believe in science’ https://t.co/QFJgH60eG7 #Science pic.twitter.com/TjIRMMMLyu
— 🌊 R Saddler (@Politics_PR) February 24, 2021
re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Wait, so the Hamburglar was actually Stalin?
So maybe when he said “robble robble” he was really saying “ruble, ruble.”
re: #189 Barefoot Grin
Wait, so the Hambuglar was actually Stalin?
No, it’s Michelle Obama, and Biden is just going to finish the job that she started.///
re: #186 Dangerman
even if this were true
and even if it’s true that he represents a state that is mostly ‘rural america’
he’s a United States Senator. voting on national policy.
just like most every other bill.why should the FEDERAL minimum wage be keyed to WV?
as opposed to any other state?alternatively, why should the federal govt ever send money to WV?
it doesnt benefit any other state.it’s a stupid and childish way of looking at what the United States congress’s job is
If there’s one fucking state in America that needs a high Fed minimum wage…
The seasons have turned in Baja Alabama. A couple roses are blooming, dandelions are up, and I got the outdoor Christmas decorations all the way to the backyard shed.
Waiting for asparagus to tip.
You can buy a signed copy of this card on https://t.co/eT2ppleupZ thanks Archie for the advert https://t.co/5VKhu2Yc3H
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) February 24, 2021
re: #186 Dangerman
even if this were true
and even if it’s true that he represents a state that is mostly ‘rural america’
he’s a United States Senator. voting on national policy.
just like most every other bill.why should the FEDERAL minimum wage be keyed to WV?
as opposed to any other state?alternatively, why should the federal govt ever send money to WV?
it doesnt benefit any other state.it’s a stupid and childish way of looking at what the United States congress’s job is
A one sized fits all minimum wage doesn’t work, especially the vast differential in the cost of living between say West Virginia and say Hawaii or California.
A low minimum wage suitable for West Virginia would be pointless for urban California, but a high minimum wage based on say the SF Bay Area’s cost of living might be job killing or at least inflationary in other parts.
Having a geographically based minimum wage also tied to the local COLA is a reasonable approach. Federal jobs have pay adjustments based on the Cost of living. Of course, this might end up higher than what Senator Joe Machin (Damnit we need him - WV) wants, even in West Virginia.
re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh
Well, if the Democrats really are plotting to “take away our hamburgers”, they’re doing a piss-poor job of it: two years since these dire predictions and the McDonald’s across the street from me is still in business!
Though they did take the McRib off the menu, which does seem like the evil outcome of a Sinister Plot….
re: #194 aatharuv
A one sized fits all minimum wage doesn’t work, especially the vast differential in the cost of living between say West Virginia and say Hawaii or California.
A low minimum wage suitable for West Virginia would be pointless for urban California, but a high minimum wage based on say the SF Bay Area’s cost of living might be job killing or at least inflationary in other parts.
Having a geographically based minimum wage also tied to the local COLA is a reasonable approach. Federal jobs have pay adjustments based on the Cost of living.
Our minimum wage is so low that no state in the country should have an issue with it. The highest proposed level will not bring us back to the rate last set—12 years ago.
Deranged Trump supporter in Tennessee admits to endangering a mother and her baby because she had a Biden sticker pic.twitter.com/C08Bo6EReb
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) February 24, 2021
re: #196 Punish Domestic Terrorists
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GOP State Rep. Diane Grendell says about Amish people in Ohio dying of COVID-19: “They’ve culled the herd, so to speak”
Grendell is one of Ohio’s biggest critics of coronavirus mitigation efforts pic.twitter.com/ve03Z5DZF5— Tyler Buchanan (@Tylerjoelb) February 24, 2021
(Part 2 below.)
For the record, Rep. Grendell is a COVID-19 conspiracy theorist who has baselessly claimed that the death counts are purposefully inflated. https://t.co/s8uQmKM2N8 pic.twitter.com/FI2TCa0ocJ— Tyler Buchanan (@Tylerjoelb) February 24, 2021
He was a US Congressman from 1993 to 2017, and then served as the attorney general of California, but sure, dismiss him as a “trial lawyer” https://t.co/jmYnm4QEkl
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 24, 2021
When you voted to confirm Ben Carson as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, did you think he was going to perform brain surgery on an apartment? https://t.co/HcIBsu7o5x
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 24, 2021
The New Republican Party front runner…..nite all
Remember this one pic.twitter.com/jsRnlS5nBP
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) February 24, 2021
“Cats are scared of me” #janeygodleyvoiceover pic.twitter.com/0HOTt6v6bt
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) February 15, 2021
re: #192 Decatur Deb
The seasons have turned in Baja Alabama. A couple roses are blooming, dandelions are up, and I got the outdoor Christmas decorations all the way to the backyard shed.
Waiting for asparagus to tip.
Meanwhile I’m ecstatic that it hit 36 degrees F today and there’s about a 12 ~ 18” base of snow still. Amazing how much difference about 15 degrees latitude makes :D
re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth
O_o
That’s the inadequacy of English. A Romance language would have a feminine inflection for “Piece of Shit”.
re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth
Remember this https://t.co/BK4aJKSTTl
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) February 24, 2021
Close ally of Marjorie Taylor Greene among those in Capitol mob - CNNPolitics https://t.co/h6BobR20K1
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 24, 2021
uh…
On the set of Michael Bay’s new movie. 🤯
➡️ Via https://t.co/7h2ra8Dab0 pic.twitter.com/2zB4oDf2u4— FilmFreeway (@FilmFreeway) February 24, 2021
Rep. Gerry Connolly hits Jim Jordan in the USPS oversight hearing for suggesting that DeJoy’s changes weren’t partisan:
“It was a federal judge who found it politically motivated. Not a Democratic critic.”
“That’s not some partisan Democrat. That’s a federal judge.”— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 24, 2021
re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth
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She’s a real piece of work:
She was supported by Larry Householder and a committee that he handpicked, against the recommendation of the Geauga County GOP Executive Committee.She was sworn in on May 29, 2019. On the same day, Grendell voted for House Bill 6, for which Householder was ultimately arrested by the FBI as part of an alleged $61M bribery and racketeering scheme…
In September of 2020, she proposed a bill to cancel the state of emergency and all public health restrictions. She stated that “the flu is far higher, far higher, and we don’t wear masks for that.” The Ohio Department of Health show an average seasonal flu death rate of 0.1% and a COVID-19 death rate of 3-4%.Three months after Grendell proposed her bill, average COVID-19 cases in Ohio had increased by more than 10x…
In December 2020, The Geauga Maple Leaf stated that several sources were reporting that Grendell and her husband, Judge Tim Grendell, had contracted COVID-19. When reached by phone for comment, Grendell said, “no comment” and hung up. It is not known if she adhered to quarantine guidelines.
re: #194 aatharuv
A one sized fits all minimum wage doesn’t work, especially the vast differential in the cost of living between say West Virginia and say Hawaii or California.
A low minimum wage suitable for West Virginia would be pointless for urban California, but a high minimum wage based on say the SF Bay Area’s cost of living might be job killing or at least inflationary in other parts.
Having a geographically based minimum wage also tied to the local COLA is a reasonable approach. Federal jobs have pay adjustments based on the Cost of living. Of course, this might end up higher than what Senator Joe Machin (Damnit we need him - WV) wants, even in West Virginia.
ding!
More than $30 million needed for Capitol repairs and new security after assault, officials say https://t.co/LxVxixFNki
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 24, 2021
Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell, who dismissed many charges against protesters, including felony cases against those who were arrested in front of @kyoag’s home, said he was “absolutely opposed” to the bill. pic.twitter.com/jd9gYTWZgW
— Jason Riley (@JasonRileyWDRB) February 24, 2021
Let’s make sure DeGoomba is proven very, very wrong. Whatever Biden needs to do, let’s make sure he has the support to do it. https://t.co/XV26bHt5ou
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) February 24, 2021
White Boarding - really is a form of torture when Katie Porter is holding it over your head. LOL
BREAKING: There is no Joy left in DeJoy anymore cuz Katie Porter is white boarding him
— Exploding Space Pillow Singh, MD 🌊 (@labyrinthweaver) February 24, 2021
moron
I started working by bussing tables at the Star Family Restaurant for $1/hour & slowly moved up to cook – the big leagues for a kid like me– to earn $6/hour. Businesses in small towns survive on narrow margins. Mandating a $15 minimum wage would put many of them out of business. pic.twitter.com/izQDOGRAH1
— Senator John Thune (@SenJohnThune) February 24, 2021
The nation’s first @SecondGentleman Douglas Emhoff got to touch a piece of U.S. history at the National Archives, where the landmark court ruling that legalized interracial marriage lives pic.twitter.com/uZIF0VgjHX
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) February 24, 2021
Actual #bestofnextdoor 💚 pic.twitter.com/DXCt40rNIK
— Best of Nextdoor (@bestofnextdoor) February 24, 2021
And by “lawmakers” you mean @texasgop officeholders in charge of the Legislature & every statewide office. https://t.co/1gEYGXUbcd
— Matt Angle (@LSPmatt) February 24, 2021
re: #222 jaunte
Back in 19 ought two.
When the minimum wage went to $1/hr, 1964 IIRC, I got a raise out of it. My $1/hr then is worth $8.44 now. The kids and the working poor have been screwed for decades.
re: #224 Decatur Deb
When the minimum wage went to $1/hr, 1964 IIRC, I got a raise out of it. My $1/hr then is worth $8.44 now. The kids and the working poor have been screwed for decades.
I was a dishwasher in 1966…paid 30 cents an hour.
re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth
I was a dishwasher in 1966…paid 30 cents an hour.
Yeah, but you’re female.
re: #224 Decatur Deb
My first official job was being a stockboy at Pier One for $2.50 an hour. They needed a signpainter, too, so I doubled at that and was paid slightly higher, $3-something. I wound up inventing many many reasons to paint signs.
re: #228 jaunte
My first job was gathering reports and stapling them, for a penny a staple (no matter how many pages there were). I was happy to do it.
re: #228 jaunte
My first offcial job was being a stockboy at Pier One for $2.50 an hour. They needed a signpainter, too, so I doubled at that and was paid slightly higher, $3-something. I wound up inventing many many reasons to paint signs.
I was doing the $1/hr while living on 39th Street, just off Park (Manhattan mid-town). My take-home was almost exactly room and board at a weird-ass “residence club”. I survived on fairly regular overtime, though one Sunday I went down Lexington Ave, making supper out of the pistachio machines—to proud to take my last remaining pennies to the Automat.
re: #13 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The Qanon Shaman isn’t getting on well.
He reached out to Mark Meadows for a pardon. Didn’t work out well for him.
I don’t think much will work out well for him going forward either.
The Objections podcast episode about him was… fascinating. The dude seems to live in a completely different world than the rest of us. The sort of guy that would have been speaking to imaginary crowds at the park or on the street corner a couple decades ago…
I was a Community College math tutor for $4.25 an hour.
this asshole
During Merrick Garland’s hearing this week, he was astonishingly unwilling to answer anything with any specificity. pic.twitter.com/SS82qPQZ5X
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 24, 2021
Maybe he could help you sue reality over the Cancun references you’ll be getting the rest of your life https://t.co/9l24EjO4Zs
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) February 25, 2021
I’m not sure what counts as my “first job”…
Under the age of 5 I used to push bundles of insulation around framed out houses… until I walked through a framed out wall in a split level house and tumbled a couple of feet.
Little bit older than that, I would work with my dad doing custom weatherstripping on high priced homes. Then it was acoustical ceilings by around junior high. We started doing commercial doors around high school (at which point I was picking up and delivering material once I had my driver’s license). There was also a couple years as part time lifeguard in Laguna Beach. Followed by delivering pizzas in college.
Honestly, couldn’t tell you want I was paid for any of those jobs at this point.
Will the Supreme Court make a bright-line rule allowing police officers to conduct warrantless home searches when in “hot pursuit” for a misdemeanor?
Read @AHoweBlogger’s takeaway from the oral argument today. https://t.co/yGVAwp1MNV— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) February 25, 2021
re: #233 Backwoods_Sleuth
well, considering that he’s still a judge, and if he isn’t confirmed, any answers could be used to force his recusal, this seems about right.
Also, ted is such an complete fucking joke.
re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth
The actual Best of Next Door!
As far as actual jobs go, I worked the closing sale at a local non-chain hardware store. The man who owned it went to our church and he was moving out-of-state. That was the summer and fall of 2001… It was a minimum wage job.
re: #219 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I started working by bussing tables at the Star Family Restaurant for $1/hour & slowly moved up to cook – the big leagues for a kid like me– to earn $6/hour. Businesses in small towns survive on narrow margins. Mandating a $15 minimum wage would put many of them out of business. pic.twitter.com/izQDOGRAH1
— Senator John Thune (@SenJohnThune) February 24, 2021
re: #236 KGxvi
my first jobs were also in the family business (publishing/printing).
My “pay” was room and board.
The aforementioned dishwasher job (and the subsequent promotion to waitress)? Every payday my earnings were turned over to my mom to help with household expenses.
Newest WaPo article on Neera Tanden’s nomination is basically a “Blood in the Water” piece.
It basically says that Manchin, Murkowski and Saunders, as well as the rest of the Republicans in lockstep, are not going to vote for her and that replacements are now being vetted by the White House.
Neera Tanden committee votes delayed as alternatives to lead White House budget office surface
washingtonpost.com
re: #219 Backwoods_Sleuth
Fun fact, minimum wage in South Dakota is $9.45 and is tagged to the consumer price index, so it’s likely going to continue to go up. Second “fun” fact: South Dakota is one of those shitty states that still allows a “tipped minimum wage.”
Some personal news. When I reached the inconceivable milestone of 200,000 followers, I made what I now realize may have been a catastrophic overpromise.
Gyms are closed. I have the musculature of a baby seal. And I am now 25,000 followers away from a terrible reckoning. https://t.co/JofLzxJI0Z— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) February 25, 2021
My first “job”was to sit in the road-side peach stand in front of my grandfather’s house in the population 300 Georgia town and sell lemonade. Nearly every one of the people who bought a cup from me said something about the “little yankee boy selling lemonade.” No condescension, nope, not at all. Anyway, I was about 7 or 8.
I guess I missed this years ago, but Ice T had Rush pegged.
We’ve come so far since… No, never mind. We haven’t.
re: #241 Dangerman
how many years ago? moron
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Minimum wage at $15 is too high, and yet…
In January 2019, Thune introduced legislation to repeal the estate tax, which applies to couples with estates above $22 million (it is estimated that approximately 1,700 families pay the tax annually)
re: #241 Dangerman
how many years ago? moron
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I question his making $6/hrs at a place where busboys made $1/hr. I also question him busing tables at age 6, which is how old he was when the minimum wage was last. $1/hr
re: #252 dat_said
I question his making $6/hrs at a place where busboys made $1/hr. I also question him busing tables at age 6, which is how old he was when the minimum wage was last. $1/hr
What? Thune lying? The shock!
What’s really amazing to me is that there are 31 states with a minimum wage over the federal level (sidenote: Georgia, the fuck you doing?). So in most states, this is a much smaller increase than people probably realize.
At Christmas, our Florida kids included a cheap lottery ticket with our presents—family joke. We won $4, and finally sent it off to the state. Today Wife got a hand-addressed envelope with a check for the $ and a form to report the taxable winnings.
Also, I wonder what the median minimum wage is, like factoring population and varying rates, what’s the midpoint minimum wage for workers in the US? But I am definitely not good enough at math to figure that out.
“i see you have pizza. I also like pizza”
📸: @mork54 pic.twitter.com/fQDichvKxn— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) February 24, 2021
Wearing a mask is one of the most important things we can do to protect others and change the course of this pandemic. That’s why over the next few weeks, we’re delivering over 25 million masks to community health centers, food pantries, and soup kitchens across the country.
— President Biden (@POTUS) February 25, 2021
Holy shit. Ugly on the inside too. Should be a shirt sold at CPAC.
More on this tonight at 9PM ET, MSNBC:https://t.co/Lilqhufu5C
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 24, 2021
re: #256 KGxvi
Also, I wonder what the median minimum wage is, like factoring population and varying rates, what’s the midpoint minimum wage for workers in the US? But I am definitely not good enough at math to figure that out.
Remember Acorn? Before they were destroyed by bogus claims, in addition to all the other things they fought for, Acorn was a driver of living wage ordinances. It still pisses me off what happened to that organization.
re: #253 DesertDenizen
What? Thune lying? The shock!
The more I think about it, the more his quote irks me. Not only is he blatantly lying at least twice. There’s no context. I was able to save enough money in high school working 10 cents over minimum wage as a dishwasher and weekend COOK (at a much swankier restaurant than a Star Family restaurant) to pay for at least two years of state college tuition and room and board. And, I didn’t work full time when high school was in session. Try paying for a year of state college tuition now on minimum wage, much less tuition, room, and board.
Mic check: Gov Abbott practicing sounding sincere #txlege #TexasBlackout pic.twitter.com/ZUyuQejJJ3
— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) February 25, 2021
Ah yes, @TomCottonAR has been entirely consistent when it comes to denouncing prominent political bullies over the last few years.
Also, remember when, just to spite Obama, you held up Cassandra Butts’s nomination to be an ambassador for so long that she died? https://t.co/WJ4dWUqtg8 pic.twitter.com/Q27TpSLOB4— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) February 25, 2021
The Postal Service provides life-saving medication to Americans, delivers Social Security checks to seniors, and connects communities.
Yet, Postmaster General DeJoy *laughed* when I asked him what work he values most.
Let’s educate him. How does your family depend on @USPS? pic.twitter.com/2ggn02MCUj— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) February 24, 2021
— Motown Monitor (@MotownMonitor) February 24, 2021
Then we’ll be sure not to make it retroactive to 1976, asshole. https://t.co/bnBqcrwyRh
— Blue Heron Farm (@BlueHeronFarmTX) February 25, 2021
re: #261 dat_said
To be fair, you might be able to pay for some of the textbooks.
Rep. McCarthy refuses to say if Trump and his election lies should be probed by 9/11-style commission @ryanobles reports pic.twitter.com/2BF8X4HM6B
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) February 24, 2021
The GOP Divide: the side that supports lies and conspiracy theories is winning @GloriaBorger @niaCNN discuss pic.twitter.com/0T8Cst4nOB
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) February 24, 2021
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Need a laugh today?
She’s big mad. Wait for it…pic.twitter.com/t2Oa3Ux2or— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) February 24, 2021
My first job after college, as a FORTRAN programmer, paid $10/hr. That was in 1986.
re: #146 darthstar
GOP demand: Focus on Antifa and NO LOOKING AT CRIMES BY MEMBERS!
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) February 24, 2021
No way to have a commission analogous to one studying 9/11. One political party is totally complicit and probably wants it to include an investigation into “voting fraud”. The real investigation should also cover everyone who promoted the “Stop the Steal” lie and everyone involved in hampering the election, include DeJoy and his efforts to sabotage the mail.
re: #270 The Pie Overlord!
My first job after college, as a FORTRAN programmer, paid $10/hr. That was in 1986.
Out of college in 2006, I was working a .NET job at $15/hr. I worked between $15-$25/hr (hourly and salaried) for the first 10 years of my career, then I hit it big. It took a while, coming from a family where my father worked at the same company for 30 years, to sink in that in this era and in my field, you get a raise by going somewhere else.
re: #183 aatharuv
Given that Republicans are given a free pass and Democrats aren’t, it’s better that open harassers like Cuomo (if the allegations are true) have their skeletons revealed before they go to higher office.
Or we end up with a situtation like the North Carolina Senate race where Cunningham was leading up until news about his sexts came out, and brought us to this 50-50 Senate situation.
Wasn’t Cunningham engaging only in good old-fashioned adultery and not unwanted advances? It wouldn’t be surprising if a significant portion of Congress were engaging in similar foibles, activities that are not illegal, but can prove fatal in a close election.
So if K State tuition went up ten times, the minimum wage should be $33.50/hour?
Whatever you say, Senator Marshall. We’ll follow your logic.— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 24, 2021
re: #264 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Watched the clip and I can confirm that Dejoy is still a complete and total asshole. I will love watching him go down. Make it so.
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