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1
Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Mar 4, 2021 • 10:15:33pm

Heh, I was about to post that…

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Mar 4, 2021 • 10:17:16pm

So instead I’ll offer this video up, it deserves more views, though it has taken off in the last day or so. From last September:

Stephen Axford: How fungi changed my view of the world

..

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William Lewis  Mar 4, 2021 • 10:18:30pm

Holy Moly! 10 nylon string classical guitar anyone?

Marina Krupkina - But Does It Djent? | 10 string guitar

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Dave In Austin  Mar 4, 2021 • 10:37:32pm

Such a followup……

The Wrong Way To Make Dinner

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 4, 2021 • 10:41:39pm

hi

Extremely local news: We put several hundred miles on the car yesterday driving to every county in the Panhandle looking for space heaters to deal with our dead furnace.

We finally found two in one store, and bought both.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 4, 2021 • 10:46:20pm

The cruelty is the point.

A Crete, Nebraska, man will face all-but-certain deportation as the result of a U.S. Supreme Court decision Thursday that some say makes it harder for immigrants who have been convicted of a crime to avoid deportation.

Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion for a 5-3 conservative majority that ruled against Clemente Avelino Pereida, a Mexican citizen who entered the U.S. illegally and has lived here for more than 25 years.

While the government was seeking his removal from the country, Pereida was charged with and convicted of attempted criminal impersonation, a misdemeanor.

The crime involved his use of a fraudulent Social Security card to get a job at National Service Company of Iowa, a business that operates near Crete.

The Department of Homeland Security asked the immigration judge to essentially ignore Pereida’s application to cancel his removal from the country after he had pleaded no contest to the state charge.

The question was whether Pereida’s conviction qualified as a crime of “moral turpitude,” which would make him ineligible for cancellation of his removal.

By statute, a defendant can do a number of things to commit criminal impersonation. But not all involve fraud.

For this reason, Pereida’s attorney, Carlos Monzón, argued that a conviction for it shouldn’t necessarily trigger deportation and that it was the government’s burden to prove that Pereida’s crime involved fraud, which it didn’t do.

But the immigration judge disagreed. Then, in March 2019, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did, too. And Pereida appealed. [clip]

Gorsuch said it was up to Pereida to prove that his crime didn’t involve moral turpitude and that he didn’t.

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Shorter Gosuch: Prove a negative

U.S. Supreme Court rules against Crete man seeking to stop deportation (Omaha World-Herald)

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gwangung  Mar 4, 2021 • 10:50:08pm

re: #7 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The cruelty is the point.

(more)

Shorter Gosuch: Prove a negative

U.S. Supreme Court rules against Crete man seeking to stop deportation (Omaha World-Herald)

What utter, self serving bullshit.

Immigration law itself originated from moral turpitude, as they were designed to keep America white.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 4, 2021 • 11:00:30pm

State Senator Carol Blood has a bill before a committee to expose dark money groups who come into Nebraska within thirty days of an election on “hit and run” advertising campaigns.

The bill is opposed by Republicans and the American Civil Liberties Union.

Nebraska lawmakers spar over bill targeting ‘dark money’ in politics (Omaha World-Herald)

She [Sen. Blood] said that at least 21 other states have reporting requirements for independent expenditures, including Colorado, Missouri and South Dakota. Frank Daley of the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission said LB 8 would bring Nebraska in line with federal reporting laws and Supreme Court rulings on the regulation political speech.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Mar 4, 2021 • 11:00:47pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 4, 2021 • 11:04:33pm

re: #9 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I’m really not a fan of the ACLU’s position “money is speech.” We have them to thank for the Citizen’s United case, and now they are trying to prevent our state from exposing dark money expenditures on advertising as well.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Mar 4, 2021 • 11:30:58pm

re: #11 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I’m really not a fan of the ACLU’s position “money is speech.” We have them to thank for the Citizen’s United case, and now they are trying to prevent our state from exposing dark money expenditures on advertising as well.

Definitely not a fan of Citizen’s United. Though why are they opposing open information about who is supplying the money to the campaigns?

I guess some principled stand regarding privacy of donations? (Though since elections are public, I don’t necessarily see how that would apply. And it’s different than the right to a secret ballot in the actual election.)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 4, 2021 • 11:35:43pm

re: #12 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Definitely not a fan of Citizen’s United. Though why are they opposing open information about who is supplying the money to the campaigns?

I guess some principled stand regarding privacy of donations? (Though since elections are public, I don’t necessarily see how that would apply. And it’s different than the right to a secret ballot in the actual election.)

I don’t know why, but it’s pretty much the same position they held in Citizen’s United.

The only thing I can think of is they are treating privacy rights like a suicide pact for democracy.

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Ace-o-aces  Mar 4, 2021 • 11:37:12pm

Discuss…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 4, 2021 • 11:37:17pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 4, 2021 • 11:38:42pm

Senator Megan Hunt pushing her atheist agenda again:

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 4, 2021 • 11:42:17pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 4, 2021 • 11:44:45pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 4, 2021 • 11:48:05pm

My Christian Nationalist state senator has introduced a bill in the Unicameral to force posting “In God We Trust” in every public school classroom, because who gives a crap about religious freedom.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 12:02:23am
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Dread Pirate Ron  Mar 5, 2021 • 12:17:19am

I seem to have misplaced most of my jackets over the last 20 years. I’m down to an Antarctic expedition grade parka and an old work jacket with the city logo so I bought something to wear just to be warm. It’s a hemp zip-up hoodie with cotton fleece lining. It won’t win any fashion awards but it is quite toasty in 42 degree weather. I’d say it’s good down to at least freezing.

It should go well with my hemp hat.

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boredtechindenver  Mar 5, 2021 • 12:28:26am

So, today, Friday, Colorado starts phase 1B.3. People ages 60 or older, frontline essential agriculture and grocery store workers and and people with 2 or more co-morbidities:

Cancer (patients who are currently receiving treatment or have received treatment within the last month for cancer)
Chronic kidney disease
COPD
Diabetes mellitus (types 1 and 2)
Down syndrome
Specific heart conditions (heart failure, cardiomyopathies or coronary heart disease, and severe valvular/congenital heart disease)
Obesity (BMI of 30 or more)
Pregnancy
Sickle cell disease
Solid organ transplant
Individuals with disabilities who require direct care in their home
People with disabilities that prevent them from wearing masks

I have type 2 Diabetes, and my BMI is over 30. (start of the week, 31, this morning. 30.6. I have been debating trying to get one as soon as possible or waiting the 2 weeks for my wife to be eligible, since she doesn’t have any health concerns and is eligible in the next phase. Also, my BMI keeps dropping or rising depending on the day.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 12:34:19am

re: #22 boredtechindenver

My wife and I should move to Colorado; then maybe she can get a vaccine.

In other news, sure dude, that’s why you did it.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Mar 5, 2021 • 12:37:11am

re: #22 boredtechindenver

I’m 64 with no co-morbidities. My daughter is a student teacher doing online teaching and as a ‘teacher’ she’s going to get the vaccine before me.

Here’s CA’s schedule.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Mar 5, 2021 • 12:44:53am

I’ll believe it when they rein in Sinema and Manchin.

fight, fight, fight, fight!

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 12:47:13am

Rick Wiles (Christian pastor, runs the radio show TruNews, who’s YouTube channel was booted from YouTube for ranting about a “Jew Coup” in the election, who urged President Trump to shoot Democrats [he didn’t get booted from YouTube for that], who argues atheists should be jailed or stripped of their rights, pastor of Flowing Streams Church in Vero Beach, Fla.) is considering running for President.

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Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David  Mar 5, 2021 • 12:56:29am

re: #26 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 1:04:16am

re: #27 Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David

Wiles also thinks Mitch McConnell is a member of the Illuminati (really), based on how he holds his hands when he speaks in the Senate.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 1:15:38am

re: #28 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Wiles also thinks Mitch McConnell is a member of the Illuminati (really), based on how he holds his hands when he speaks in the Senate.

I recall seeing someone post that gem of a video.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 1:23:43am

Great news, ladies! If you only ever eat raw food, don’t drink or smoke and drink enough water, you can have a baby when you are 80 years old! At least according to this ridiculous man on Twitter who somehow has over 480,000 followers!

According to Roger Bezanis, who describes himself in his bio as “Whole Food Raw Foodism Founder, Diagnostic Face Reading & Health Expert, Author, Educator, I’m not a doctor, I teach them & define the rules of health today,” menopause is not a natural part of women’s lives, but rather a response to “bad diet choices, toxic habits and big medicine drug accumulation.”

(more at Wonkette)

Ladies, Stop Giving Yourself Menopause, Says Professional Diagnostic Face Reader

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 1:27:56am

re: #30 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

More Postmodernist Performance Art.

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boredtechindenver  Mar 5, 2021 • 1:28:37am

So, I found this thread by Quinn Cummings. I thought I followed her 2 years ago, but I was mistaken. You have to read to where the Doodle updates start, then keep reading.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 1:44:31am

They must have their outrage.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 1:46:35am

re: #33 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

They must have their outrage.

Imagine a nation where context is nonexistent, nuance is dead, and the argument is won by the people who can shout and pound their fists the loudest.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 2:06:27am

re: #34 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Imagine a nation where context is nonexistent, nuance is dead, and the argument is won by the people who can shout and pound their fists the loudest.

It would be a government by snowflakes conservatives.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 2:21:44am

Brigham Young University is outraged because someone lit up the Y on their sign in rainbow colours.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 2:29:53am

re: #36 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Brigham Young University is outraged because someone lit up the Y on their sign in rainbow colours.

I recall that Polish authorities got upset over a rainbow Madonna.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 2:34:58am

re: #37 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I recall that Polish authorities got upset over a rainbow Madonna.

Yup. Poland is rapidly moving toward Christian Nationalism. I’m glad we got to visit before their bigotry became public policy.

Plenty of Christians bash Mormons for not being “true Christians” when the real issue is they don’t like the Mormon version of Christianity.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 2:36:50am

re: #38 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Yup. Poland is rapidly moving toward Christian Nationalism. I’m glad we got to visit before their bigotry became public policy.

Plenty of Christians bash Mormons for not being “true Christians” when the real issue is they don’t like the Mormon version of Christianity.

Yes, I would love to go visit Kraków again. They have a 24-hour pierogi restaurant there…

One advantage of living in a winemaking village on the Rhine is that the Mormons do not even bother sending missionaries around here as it would be thoroughly pointless.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 2:45:34am

?????

The Queen’s homeopathic pharmacist is selling ground-down fragments of the Berlin Wall to people who believe it will cure asthma and depression.

Ainsworths, which has held a Royal warrant since 1980 and also supplies the Prince of Wales, is charging up to £114 for a large bottle of tablets leading to warnings that vulnerable patients are being exploited.

The “remedy” is made by grinding down pieces of the Cold War relic and diluting it multiple times with lactose, water and alcohol.

Edzard Ernst, emeritus professor of contemporary medicine at Exeter University, said producers believe the tablets convey a “spiritual force” capable of bringing people together.

Among the claims made online in favour of Berlin Wall are that it treats asthma, headaches, aggression, depression, and insomnia.

Ainsworth itself makes no claims on its website about the benefits, however last night the company refused to explain why it sells the products.

(more at The Telegraph)

Queen’s homeopathic pharmacist selling pills made from Berlin Wall

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 2:50:51am

re: #40 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Queen’s homeopathic pharmacist selling pills made from Berlin Wall

right out of Monty Python

getyarn.io

getyarn.io

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 2:52:04am

Homeopathic Remedies are Often Made from Diseased Tissues and Discharges (Dr. Jennifer Gunter’s blog The Vagenda)

While homeopathy remedies do sometimes start with a plant (for example, arnica, which apparently treats everything), many are nosodes, meaning their origin is diseased human or animal tissues or drainage from diseased tissues. Apparently, 95% of homeopaths think nosodes are important medical care. Here are some examples:

Luesinum (also called syphilinum) — made from syphilis, likely from an ulcer. According to the website abc homeopathy, its use is for “utter prostration and debility in the morning” as well as shifting rheumatic pains, hereditary tendency for alcoholism, and ulcers in the mouth, nose, and on the genitals.

Personally, I use coffee for my morning utter prostration and debility.

And then there is….

Lyssinum (also called lyssin or hydrophobium) — from the saliva of a rabid dog.

Lachesis — made from venom from a pit viper. This one is used for hot flushes (or hot flashes) in menopause. I’m not exactly sure how to frame a woman having hot flushes as being like a pit viper, it feels a tad misogynistic.

Tuberculinum — from a tuberculosis abscess.

Meningococcinum — apparently from tissue infected with Neisseria meningitidis. The tragic thing is homeopaths recommend this to parents instead of the vaccine.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 2:55:44am

re: #42 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Homeopathic Remedies are Often Made from Diseased Tissues and Discharges (Dr. Jennifer Gunter’s blog The Vagenda)

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the principle behind the smallpox vaccine, was it not?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 3:08:18am

re: #43 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

the principle behind the smallpox vaccine, was it not?

Well, except for the “homeopathic remedies contain no active ingredients” part.

Homeopaths will often offer their “remedies” in lieu of vaccines (there is a large overlap between homeopathy and antivaxxers).

There is a study going on right now to evaluate homeopathic remedies against Covid-19 in Brazil.

Homeopathy for Covid-19 in Primary Care: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (Springer)

Homeopathy combat against coronavirus disease (Covid-19) (National Institutes of Health)

Aim

Today, humanity is living through the third serious coronavirus outbreak in less than 20 years, following SARS in 2002-2003 and MERS in 2012. While the final cost on human lives and world economy remains unpredictable, the timely identification of a suitable treatment and the development of an effective vaccine remain a significant challenge and will still require time. The aim of this study is to show that the global collective effort to control the coronavirus pandemic (Covid 19) should also consider alternative therapeutic methods, and national health systems should quickly endorse the validity of proven homeopathic treatments in this war against coronavirus disease.
Subject and methods

With the help of mathematics, we will show that the fundamental therapeutic law on which homeopathy is founded can be proved.
Results

The mathematical proof of the law of similarity justifies perfectly the use of ultra - high diluted succussed solution products as major tools in the daily practices of homeopathy.
Conclusion

It is now time to end prejudice and adopt in this fight against Covid-19 alternative therapeutic techniques and practices that historically have proven effective in corresponding situations.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 3:15:35am

re: #44 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

lots of people “doing their own research”, I see…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 3:18:15am

The joys of capitalist medical care:

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Mar 5, 2021 • 3:21:04am

re: #46 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The joys of capitalist medical care:

Except it should be covered by date of service, not by billing date. That’s how it was always explained to me.

Morning Lizardim from the warming and melting wild north country. Seems like spring is in full swing here, and just as much indoors as outdoors - Mrs. Fish did a deep clean of the refrigerator and freezer two days ago. The science experiments are finally over, for now. How go things among the lizardfolk?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 3:22:34am

re: #47 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

Except it should be covered by date of service, not by billing date. That’s how it was always explained to me.

I am sure they are aware of what they are doing.

Namely, cutting expenses and increasing their bottom line, which is the reason they are in business.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 3:25:21am

From newsmax:

Trump Tells Fox News to Dump ‘RINO’ Karl Rove

If Rove is a RINO then the only “True Republicans” are complete Fascists.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 3:39:25am

re: #48 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I am sure they are aware of what they are doing.

Namely, cutting expenses and increasing their bottom line, which is the reason they are in business.

Plus they’re probably betting on women not wanting to fight bean counters at insurance companies right after a stillbirth.

There are numerous women in that thread describing this exact thing happening to them over the last fifty years.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 3:46:13am

re: #47 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

Except it should be covered by date of service, not by billing date. That’s how it was always explained to me.

Morning Lizardim from the warming and melting wild north country. Seems like spring is in full swing here, and just as much indoors as outdoors - Mrs. Fish did a deep clean of the refrigerator and freezer two days ago. The science experiments are finally over, for now. How go things among the lizardfolk?

The remaining snow in my yard will probably melt today, along with the remaining ice on the North Platte River.

Right now it’s 25°F (-4°Commie); it’s supposed to get up to 64°F today.

Indoor temperature is now 65°F (yay).

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Teukka  Mar 5, 2021 • 3:48:49am

re: #33 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

They must have their outrage.

The same people who nuisance flag a YouTube video because it is from a series which features magic. And get this, the song isn’t even in English. And they fucking complain about cancel culture…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 3:55:09am

re: #50 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Plus they’re probably betting on women not wanting to fight bean counters at insurance companies right after a stillbirth.

There are numerous women in that thread describing this exact thing happening to them over the last fifty years.

same story with my widowed mom when US Steel screwed her out of her widow’s pension.

She later found out about a class action suit and received a settlement and a monthly stipend, but it did not replace the money we needed in 1967. Had it not been for Social Security we would have lost our house.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 3:59:12am

David Furtrelle’s father has passed away; he says he is taking off for a few days from his blog We Hunted the Mammoth.

In the meantime, he has this gem as his latest post:

“The Jews are behind the simultaneous hypersexualization and sexual segregation of fertile teenagers from the wider male population,” incel declares

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Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 3:59:35am
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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 4:07:03am

From a film that just won the Berlinale’s Golden Bear.

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn / Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno Excerpt 2

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 4:12:43am

re: #56 Nyet

From a film that just won the Berlinale’s Golden Bear.

[Embedded content]

Video

ah yes, defending our daughters’ “innocence” against sexual perversion…

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Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 4:16:15am

Subtle and spot in

Look Waiting for Go Duh

waiting for Trump’s Inauguration ….

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Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 4:20:55am

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jeffreyw  Mar 5, 2021 • 4:45:19am

Good morning!

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 4:51:28am

I’m off to bed. My hand is sore from typing (I’m not supposed to do that according to the doc).

Klingenschmitt: I Lost My Navy Chaplain Gig 15 Years Ago Due to “Cancel Culture” (Friendly Atheist)

No Gordon, you were canned for disobeying a lawful order.

He was complaining about “cancel culture” surrounding the Dr. Seuss books, and comparing himself to that.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 5, 2021 • 4:58:07am

Notably, Christians aren’t outraged by Jack Chick Publications pulling Jack Chick’s notorious tract on child molestation named “Lisa.” (In that tract, the protagonist is saved by accepting Jesus after raping his daughter and giving her herpes, because consequences don’t matter if you’re forgiven. The daughter is at fault for not accepting dad is a Christian now.)

Where’s the conservative outrage over this clear cancellation of Christian faith?

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 5:03:12am

The flying ship optical illusion is pretty astounding.

meduza.io

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 5:05:40am

Glitch in the Matrix.

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Decatur Deb  Mar 5, 2021 • 5:08:20am

re: #65 Nyet

Glitch in the Matrix.

History Officer on the alien scout vessel screwed up the camouflage again.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Mar 5, 2021 • 5:08:54am

re: #65 Nyet

Glitch in the Matrix.

I was test-firing HAARP and I missed my target.

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 5:10:20am

Fata Morgana

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Decatur Deb  Mar 5, 2021 • 5:11:23am

Driving out with Wife in a few, off to get her second Pfizer shot.

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 5:15:41am

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Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 5:41:09am

Ap-norc poll

70% of Americans back the president’s handling of the virus response, including 44% of Republicans

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Mar 5, 2021 • 5:43:28am

re: #33 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

She’s still trash.

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Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 5:48:09am

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) filed a lawsuit against former President Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) alleging that they and others are “responsible for the injury and destruction” of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Mar 5, 2021 • 5:48:53am

re: #30 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

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BlueSpotinAL  Mar 5, 2021 • 5:50:17am

re: #23 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

My wife and I should move to Colorado; then maybe she can get a vaccine.

In other news, sure dude, that’s why you did it.

There are a lot of people in prison who need good vibes, Q-Anon Shaman. Don’t forget your hat.

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Patricia Kayden  Mar 5, 2021 • 5:59:28am
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Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:04:02am

re: #71 Dangerman

Ap-norc poll

70% of Americans back the president’s handling of the virus response, including 44% of Republicans

Icymi, that’s more than voted for Joe and its also higher than his overall approval rating

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Patricia Kayden  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:04:28am

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Jay C  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:07:26am

re: #78 Patricia Kayden

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“Behaving like he’s still in office”?

IOW, taking mulligans, surreptitiously kicking close balls into the hole, and falsifying his score? Yep, Trumpian Presidential behavior, to be sure….

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darthstar  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:07:50am

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

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mmmirele  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:10:58am

A bunch of anti-abortion nuts terrorists have invaded a doctor’s office in Mt. Juliet, TN.

Allegedly the police are on the scene, but no arrests are taking place.

And, from the Independent (UK):

QAnon has merged with white Christian evangelicals, experts say — and the results could be lethal

*snip*

Colin Clarke, a senior research fellow at The Soufan Center who studies extremist violence, said the upheaval wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic, the recent presidential election, and the continued prosecution of several overseas wars has created a confluence of circumstances that scholars would consider a perfect incubator for belief in conspiracy theories and apocalyptic mass delusions.

“It’s not going to get better anytime soon, unfortunately… Conspiratorial thinking is very closely associated with high-anxiety situations and endless wars, elections and national tragedies,” he said.

Moreover, Clarke said there has been a “crossover” between the QAnon systems and evangelical Christianity that is going to imbue right-wing extremism with the sort of violent fanaticism more associated with al-Qaeda or Isis.

“Religious terrorism tends to be more lethal, because people believe they’re serving a higher purpose by committing acts of violence, as opposed to secular groups or ethno-nationalists who are fighting over territory or land,” he explained. “You can’t negotiate with these people, and you especially can’t negotiate with QAnon, because how do you assuage grievances that don’t exist?”

Clarke also posited that synergies between QAnon and the American anti-abortion movement — another religiously inspired faction that dominates the GOP — could spark extremist violence in the mould of the string of bombings carried out by Eric Robert Rudolph between 1996 and 1998.

independent.co.uk

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:11:23am

re: #62 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Notably, Christians aren’t outraged by Jack Chick Publications pulling Jack Chick’s notorious tract on child molestation named “Lisa.” (In that tract, the protagonist is saved by accepting Jesus after raping his daughter and giving her herpes, because consequences don’t matter if you’re forgiven. The daughter is at fault for not accepting dad is a Christian now.)

Where’s the conservative outrage over this clear cancellation of Christian faith?

Here is the tract for all who can stomach it.

boolean-union.com

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Patricia Kayden  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:17:19am

re: #81 mmmirele

No arrests are taking place. 🤔

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Patricia Kayden  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:18:54am

re: #62 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Jack Chick is Dead: The Worst Tract EVER

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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:23:26am

re: #25 Dread Pirate Ron

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fight, fight, fight, fight!

I’m starting to approach “no true Scotsman” territory with those two.

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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:31:16am
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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:32:32am
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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:34:20am
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darthstar  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:36:44am

Eric Swalwell is suing Trump, Don Jr., Giuliani, and Mo Brooks over Jan 6.

cnn.com

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Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:41:01am

re: #80 darthstar

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

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1. Trump told me to…
vs
2. he was just a coffee boy

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Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:42:37am

re: #81 mmmirele

A bunch of anti-abortion nuts terrorists have invaded a doctor’s office in Mt. Juliet, TN.

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Allegedly the police are on the scene, but no arrests are taking place.

And, from the Independent (UK):

independent.co.uk

door was open and unlocked
no police stopped us
….

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:44:56am

re: #87 Belafon

Be honest: If someone last year had asked you whether America (then lead by Trump), Boris Johnson’s Brexit Britain or Merkel’s Germany would be least effective at vaccinating people, would you have picked Deutschland? I wouldn’t have. But here we are

This is an instance of German thoroughness their insistence on testing and verifiable results) clashes with their sense of efficiency.

USA and UK were just get-it-out-the-door and lucked out that the vaccines are seem to work well.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:46:55am

These Christianists have too much in common with the 9/11 attackers.

‘God Put Me in That Window’: QAnon Adherent from Idaho Who Filmed Herself Inside Capitol Building Has Been Arrested(Law & Crime)

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:47:06am

re: #92 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Be honest: If someone last year had asked you whether America (then lead by Trump), Boris Johnson’s Brexit Britain or Merkel’s Germany would be least effective at vaccinating people, would you have picked Deutschland? I wouldn’t have. But here we are

This is an instance of German thoroughness their insistence on testing and verifiable results) clashes with their sense of efficiency.

USA and UK were just get-it-out-the-door and lucked out that the vaccines are seem to work well.

It’s the result of the inefficient bureaucracy, both on the German and EU level, rather than any thoroughness.

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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:50:09am

re: #92 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Be honest: If someone last year had asked you whether America (then lead by Trump), Boris Johnson’s Brexit Britain or Merkel’s Germany would be least effective at vaccinating people, would you have picked Deutschland? I wouldn’t have. But here we are

This is an instance of German thoroughness their insistence on testing and verifiable results) clashes with their sense of efficiency.

USA and UK were just get-it-out-the-door and lucked out that the vaccines are seem to work well.

The English speaking countries were always going to want more of a technological solution to a political one, but science has advanced enough that luck didn’t play into the creation of the vaccines. But, where we probably could have nearly eradicated it by following a few rules for a little bit, we’re going to have to live with it as a recurrent disease.

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darthstar  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:51:14am

Ron Johnson gets his day in the spotlight only to miss a bigger prize.

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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:52:20am

re: #94 Nyet

It’s the result of the inefficient bureaucracy, both on the German and EU level, rather than any thoroughness.

This does seem similar to why the Articles of Confederation in the US were replaced by the current constitution.

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:55:47am

The one who really lucked out was Putin. Good thing (without sarcasm) that Sputnik V turned out to be a good vaccine, because they began injecting it when it was basically only half-tested.

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darthstar  Mar 5, 2021 • 6:58:54am

re: #96 darthstar

Ron Johnson gets his day in the spotlight only to miss a bigger prize.

Okay, so at 2am when the staff finished reading the bill, Chris VanHollen moved that the Senate resume normal business at 9am today, followed by three hours of debate. Since there were no Republicans in the chamber to object, the agreement was made and Tammy Baldwin gaveled them out.

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mmmirele  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:01:43am

re: #91 Dangerman

door was open and unlocked
no police stopped us
….

The fury I feel, I cannot express it. I am going to read about / listen to a book sobre El Chapo Guzman y narcos en español. Maybe I’ll feel better. Maybe.

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mmmirele  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:03:13am

re: #93 Punish Domestic Terrorists

These Christianists have too much in common with the 9/11 attackers.

‘God Put Me in That Window’: QAnon Adherent from Idaho Who Filmed Herself Inside Capitol Building Has Been Arrested(Law & Crime)

If you haven’t read this about the alignment of QAnon with white Evangelical Protestantism, you should.

independent.co.uk

And it should absolutely scare the everloving shit out of you.

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Patricia Kayden  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:03:47am

re: #18 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Republicans are literally anti-democratic. It’s all about voter suppression and power grabs.

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jaunte  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:04:24am

re: #99 darthstar

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Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:07:35am

off to see if i have enough iron today to donate a pint of blood

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:07:44am

Hello, all. So, in news from COVID-infested Czech Republic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has officially asked for assistance from our neighboring countries - the situation is essentially out of control and the Czech healthcare system has, for all intents and purposes, collapsed.

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:11:04am

re: #98 Nyet

The one who really lucked out was Putin. Good thing (without sarcasm) that Sputnik V turned out to be a good vaccine, because they began injecting it when it was basically only half-tested.

But I can’t understand why the Russians didn’t immediately submit Sputnik V to the EMA for emergency-use review and authorization. They could’ve been first to market with an effective COVID-19 vaccine and there’s some major prestige that goes with that.

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Jay C  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:11:48am

re: #96 darthstar

Ron Johnson gets his day in the spotlight only to miss a bigger prize.

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Why would Sen. Johnson’s actions on the COVID-bill-delay be so hard to understand?
Most of his “motivations” can be ascribed to one or both of some VERY simple principles.
1. Ron Johnson is a cheap partisan hack prone to grandstanding.
2. Ron Johnson is a total idiot/asshole.

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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:13:01am

re: #106 Dr Lizardo

But I can’t understand why the Russians didn’t immediately submit Sputnik V to the EMA for emergency-use review and authorization. They could’ve been first to market with an effective COVID-19 vaccine and there’s some major prestige that goes with that.

Possibly because Putin wasn’t sure it would work. He wanted something to tell his citizens, but that didn’t mean it was actually effective.

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darthstar  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:14:57am

I like the fact that the White House isn’t spiking any footballs.

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:16:18am

re: #108 Belafon

Possibly because Putin wasn’t sure it would work. He wanted something to tell his citizens, but that didn’t mean it was actually effective.

That could well be and that makes sense. But in any event, Putin should’ve rolled the dice, because that’s a gamble that could’ve paid off handsomely. It would show Europe, and the world, that Russian science can still be cutting edge, timely and effective and he would’ve had all the bragging rights that goes with that (yes, he’d probably be insufferable about it, but in this case, it’d be justifiable).

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mmmirele  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:16:20am

re: #105 Dr Lizardo

Hello, all. So, in news from COVID-infested Czech Republic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has officially asked for assistance from our neighboring countries - the situation is essentially out of control and the Czech healthcare system has, for all intents and purposes, collapsed.

The same is pretty much true of Brazil.

Sao Paulo locks down as Brazil’s daily Covid-19 deaths reach new high

france24.com (from 2 days ago)

Opinion: Brazil’s President Is A Global Health Threat

npr.org (yesterday)

And from today, in Spanish:

Brasil: Récords de muertos del COVID-19 en un país al borde del colapso sanitario

Due to a record number of deaths, Brazil’s health care system is on the verge of collapse.

rfi.fr

Oh yeah, and the Brazilian variant has been found in five US states, thanks ever so much, Bolsonaro.

usnews.com

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darthstar  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:17:24am
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Dr. Matt  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:21:23am

Has the 19th POTUS Trump started rescinding Fake 46th POTUS Biden’s EOs?

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:22:01am

re: #113 Dr. Matt

Has the 19th POTUS Trump started rescinding Fake 46th POTUS Biden’s EOs?

Inauguration has been postponed to 3/20.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:23:26am

Newsweek: Qidiots say March 4 ‘False Flag’

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Dr. Matt  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:24:05am

re: #114 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

Inauguration has been postponed to 3/20.

Are we allowed to keep flying our MAGA flags until then?

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Dr. Matt  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:26:50am

WSJ Hits Back at Trump, Says Former President Should Get ‘Counseling’

“Losing to Joe Biden of all people, and by 7.1 million votes as an incumbent President, must be painful,” the editorial board wrote. “Counseling could be in order.”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:27:39am

re: #114 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

Inauguration has been postponed to 3/20.

and then 4/20

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:27:52am

re: #117 Dr. Matt

WSJ Hits Back at Trump, Says Former President Should Get ‘Counseling’

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“of all people”? As much as I hate to say it, Biden was the most electable candidate the Democrats had. And let’s be honest, he’s doing a great job of advocating for a liberal agenda.

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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:30:18am

re: #111 mmmirele

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:32:39am

re: #118 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

and then 4/20

Inevitably followed by 4/30.

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Eventual Carrion  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:36:59am

re: #57 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

ah yes, defending our daughters’ “innocence” against sexual perversion…

Be farther ahead to that end if they would just quit sending their innocent daughters (and sons for that matter) to church youth camps.

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:38:01am

re: #60 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

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darthstar  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:38:06am
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Dr. Matt  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:39:26am

re: #119 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

“of all people”? As much as I hate to say it, Biden was the most electable candidate the Democrats had. And let’s be honest, he’s doing a great job of advocating for a liberal agenda.

My 2 cents: My reading of “of all people” is just rubbing salt on Donnie’s wound.

Remember this quote:

“Running against the worst candidate in the history of presidential politics puts pressure on me,” Trump told supporters at an airport campaign rally in Macon, Georgia. “Could you imagine if I lose? My whole life - what am I going to do? I’m going to say I lost to the worst candidate in the history of politics.”

Trump said he might not feel so good after an election loss to Biden. “Maybe I have to leave the country, I don’t know,” he joked. usatoday.com

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Dr. Matt  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:40:51am

re: #121 Nyet

Inevitably followed by 4/30.

All their goal post moving is really doing a number on the pitch.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:41:16am

re: #120 Belafon

Yet on Thursday Mr Bolsonaro continued to downplay the threat posed by the virus.

“Stop whining. How long are you going to keep crying about it?” Mr Bolsonaro said at an event. “How much longer will you stay at home and close everything? No one can stand it anymore. We regret the deaths, again, but we need a solution.”

[…]

President Bolsonaro has consistently opposed quarantine measures introduced by governors, arguing that the collateral damage to the economy will be worse than the effects of the virus itself.

“Unfortunately, Brazil has to fight, at this moment, two viruses: the coronavirus and Bolsonaro virus. This is a sadness for the Brazilians,” Mr Doria said.

This all sounds vaguely familiar.

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Barefoot Grin  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:43:29am

re: #118 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

and then 4/20

Far out, man.

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:45:27am

So Takashi Miike’s manga-based As the Gods Will, mentioned yesterday, didn’t have an “interesting” ending (paving the way to a sequel that never happened) but it still was brain-exploding enough that I loved it. It was basically just a live manga.

How To Beat Every DEATH GAME In “As The Gods Will”

Now I want to watch Miike’s First Love which is highly praised (97% at RT).

FIRST LOVE (2019) Official US Trailer | Takashi Miike Film

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:48:01am

re: #126 Dr. Matt

All their goal post moving is really doing a number on the pitch.

Let’s just say 4/20 and 4/30 are special.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:51:54am

re: #130 Nyet

Let’s just say 4/20 and 4/30 are special.

or 4/26: Rudolf Hess’ Birthday, another Red-Letter day for Neonazis.

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:52:00am

re: #129 Nyet

Watch Ichi the Killer (if you haven’t already). Or Audition. Two of Miike’s best films.

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Jay C  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:52:12am

re: #118 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

and then 4/20

Isn’t 4/20 reserved for another *celebration* - i.e. a “High Holiday”….??

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:54:39am

re: #132 Dr Lizardo

Watch Ichi the Killer (if you haven’t already). Or Audition. Two of Miike’s best films.

I tried watching the first one and read about the second one, not my thing.

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Hecuba's daughter  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:54:54am

re: #73 Dangerman

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) filed a lawsuit against former President Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) alleging that they and others are “responsible for the injury and destruction” of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

According to the infamous Ali (wherever he may be), Gosar and Biggs are also involved. Lofren released a report about GOP lawmaker involvement.

The report also captures numerous tweets where Gosar invoked @ali on Twitter, which was formerly the account used by Ali Alexander, a leader of the “Stop the Steal” group, who said in several Periscope livestream videos that he planned the rally that preceded the riot in conjunction with Gosar and two other congressional Republicans, Mo Brooks of Alabama and Andy Biggs of Arizona.

Anymouse, you have good reason for your disdain of Swalwell but he has been fighting the good fight since his failed run for the Presidency.

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Teukka  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:56:53am

re: #82 Nyet

Here is the tract for all who can stomach it.

boolean-union.com

It’s like a how-to-ensure-repeat-offenders HOWTO…

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:59:43am

re: #136 Teukka

It’s like a how-to-ensure-repeat-offenders HOWTO…

right

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Hecuba's daughter  Mar 5, 2021 • 7:59:58am

re: #98 Nyet

The one who really lucked out was Putin. Good thing (without sarcasm) that Sputnik V turned out to be a good vaccine, because they began injecting it when it was basically only half-tested.

Did Russia develop it on its own or is it possible that they stole information from some other pharmaceutical firm, such as J&J?

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:00:17am

re: #137 Nyet

Q as Jack Chick for the New Era.

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:00:34am

re: #138 Hecuba’s daughter

Its own.

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:00:35am

re: #101 mmmirele

If you haven’t read this about the alignment of QAnon with white Evangelical Protestantism, you should.

independent.co.uk

And it should absolutely scare the everloving shit out of you.

Or not. How’s that March 4 insurrection going?

Certainly we need to keep an eye on the wacked-out right, but I’m not expecting anything much (someone like McVeigh might get lucky once). Certainly not numbers large enough to emerge from the background of our usual gun murder rate. Because evangelical pastors have piles of property to lose in lawsuits, and their worshippers have jobs and property to lose in foreclosures when they’re jailed and can’t make the payments.

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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:03:26am

re: #138 Hecuba’s daughter

Did Russia develop it on its own or is it possible that they stole information from some other pharmaceutical firm, such as J&J?

There’s was parallel with the others and ahead of J&J, so I’m pretty sure it’s on their own. I suspect they cut more than a few corners, like finishing testing, but Russia has always good scientists.

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mmmirele  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:03:27am

One of my friends put this up on his fb and I have to share:

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:05:28am

05.03.1940: Stalin and his Politburo henchmen sign the shooting order against more than 20,000 Polish POWs and prisoners.

05.03.1953: well, you know.

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:06:32am

re: #110 Dr Lizardo

That could well be and that makes sense. But in any event, Putin should’ve rolled the dice, because that’s a gamble that could’ve paid off handsomely. It would show Europe, and the world, that Russian science can still be cutting edge, timely and effective and he would’ve had all the bragging rights that goes with that (yes, he’d probably be insufferable about it, but in this case, it’d be justifiable).

Aren’t there testing requirements even for emergency authorization? There are in the US, and they take time, which would have delayed his vaccine enough that he’d be disbursing it at about the same time as Pfizer and Moderna.

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:06:46am

re: #142 Belafon

The ones involved in this vaccine at least are world-level credible AFAIC.

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:07:36am

re: #138 Hecuba’s daughter

re: #142 Belafon

Sputnik V was developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology; they’ve been around a long time and they’re considered quite prestigious.

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Hecuba's daughter  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:08:14am

re: #140 Nyet

Its own.

There are a few articles from months ago, such as nytimes.com

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:10:06am

re: #148 Hecuba’s daughter

It would be easy to spot, like with plagiarism. The developers have to open their data to the certifying agencies.

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lawhawk  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:10:09am

re: #99 darthstar

Okay, so at 2am when the staff finished reading the bill, Chris VanHollen moved that the Senate resume normal business at 9am today, followed by three hours of debate. Since there were no Republicans in the chamber to object, the agreement was made and Tammy Baldwin gaveled them out.

BWHAHAHAHAH.

None of these dumbass treasonweasel GOPers were in Chambers to hear the recitation of the bill, which meant that once Democrats moved to resume business today, they reduced debate and that was it.

Instead of slowing things down, Johnson’s actions had the opposite of the intended effect.

That’s entirely on brand for these corrupt and cretinous GOPers.

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Decatur Deb  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:10:42am

re: #144 Nyet

05.03.1940: Stalin and his Politburo henchmen sign the shooting order against more than 20,000 Polish POWs and prisoners.

05.03.1953: well, you know.

Remember it from family reaction to the news on a huge console radio. They were fer it.

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Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:10:52am

re: #126 Dr. Matt

All their goal post moving is really doing a number on the pitch.

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Hecuba's daughter  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:11:04am

re: #147 Dr Lizardo

Sputnik V was developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology; they’ve been around a long time and they’re considered quite prestigious.

But even if information is taken from others, you have to be very competent and knowledgeable to get a vaccine (or a nuclear bomb) to work.

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Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:16:20am

re: #150 lawhawk

BWHAHAHAHAH.

None of these dumbass treasonweasel GOPers were in Chambers to hear the recitation of the bill, which meant that once Democrats moved to resume business today, they reduced debate and that was it.

Instead of slowing things down, Johnson’s actions had the opposite of the intended effect.

That’s entirely on brand for these corrupt and cretinous GOPers.

zugzwanged, but only sort of

i just love the word anyway

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:17:44am

re: #153 Hecuba’s daughter

But even if information is taken from others, you have to be very competent and knowledgeable to get a vaccine (or a nuclear bomb) to work.

Exactly; this wasn’t whipped up in some grimy Moscow commieblock by some guy using vodka, borscht and leftover beef stroganoff gravy or something.

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mmmirele  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:21:51am

re: #135 Hecuba’s daughter

Here’s a link to Rep Lofgren’s report.

She’s also got it broken down by state. Her people are thorough. There are pages and pages of my rep’s “Stop the Steal” nonsense taken from his Twitter, Facebook, etc.

lofgren.house.gov

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Dr. Matt  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:27:13am

Dude finds an unplayable [and nearly destroyed] ‘58 Les Paul at Goodwill. Here is the update video getting it back repaired and playable:

My 1958 Gibson Les Paul is.. BACK! It’s Unbelievable.

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sagehen  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:30:38am

re: #143 mmmirele

One of my friends put this up on his fb and I have to share:

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I love that it copies Norman Rockwell aesthetic.

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Eventual Carrion  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:35:48am

re: #116 Dr. Matt

Are we allowed to keep flying our MAGA flags until then?

Why not, many are still flying the confederate battle flag. Celebrate the losses!

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lawhawk  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:37:44am

Bernie attempted a minimum wage amendment to the covid19 relief bill, and it failed.

You needed 60 votes; several Democrats voted against it.

The reality is that minimum wage isn’t going in the covid19 package, and should go separately. This vote is procedural, but GOPers will call it out as proof no one wants the minimum wage hiked.

Bernie will try again as a standalone bill, and that should get to majority support.

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Hecuba's daughter  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:37:47am

re: #155 Dr Lizardo

Exactly; this wasn’t whipped up in some grimy Moscow commieblock by some guy using vodka, borscht and leftover beef stroganoff gravy or something.

When the film “Pirates of Silicon Valley” came out, my husband commented that the only person he truly respected was Steve Wozniak who was not a pirate; the titans of the PC industry — Gates, Jobs, Ellison, etc — all of whom were brilliant and visionaries — ripped off the work of others. The true creators never got the wealth or accolades of those who stole (or bought) their ideas.

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The Pie Overlord!  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:41:35am
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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:42:12am

re: #162 The Pie Overlord!

Took ya long enough. I guess enough sessions with Amy Klobuchar finally changed your mind?

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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:46:58am

re: #160 lawhawk

Bernie will try again as a standalone bill, and that should get to majority support.

Except Manchin thinks $15 is too much. Someone was saying that he has interest in a company that pays its employees low wages.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:47:46am

re: #144 Nyet

05.03.1940: Stalin and his Politburo henchmen sign the shooting order against more than 20,000 Polish POWs and prisoners.

05.03.1953: well, you know.

I remember what a big blowup there was over Katyn: my hometown of Gary, Indiana, with a large Polish immigrant community, hosted a major conference on that topic in the 1950’s.

Although I fully understand the political ramifications of determining who was responsible for this particular massacre: Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union, but when you look at the bigger picture it is like two crackheads who break into a house and murder the whole family then arguing about which one of them strangled grandma…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:48:46am

re: #164 Belafon

Except Manchin thinks $15 is too much. Someone was saying that he has interest in a company that pays its employees low wages.

It’s a lot for West Virginia, not a lot most anywhere else…

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steve_davis  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:52:53am

re: #96 darthstar

Ron Johnson gets his day in the spotlight only to miss a bigger prize.

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I wondered if something like this might happen. Republicans weren’t sitting around in the chamber, so Democrats probably waited until Johnson was sitting on the crapper and then immediately moved to reduce debate time to 3 hours.

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:53:19am

re: #165 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I remember what a big blowup there was over Katyn: my hometown of Gary, Indiana, with a large Polish immigrant community, was home of a major conference on that topic in the 1950.

Although I fully understand the political ramifications of determining who was responsible for this particular massacre, when you look at the bigger picture it is like two crackheads who break into a house and murder the whole family then arguing about which one of them strangled grandma…

Churchill and FDR intentionally suppressed the story because there was a danger that it would further damage the alliance. I must say I support that decision. Realpolitik. Katyn then came up during the Nuremberg trial. The Soviets wanted to pin it on the Germans through a pure technicality. Art. 21 of the Nuremberg charter said that the court shall take judicial notice of all official Allied acts. The Soviet judge and the main Soviet prosecutor both (absurdly) argued that it means that the case is automatically proven by the Soviet report and cannot be refuted by the defendants even in principle. The Western judges thankfully disagreed, each side could present their own witnesses (3 each), and Katyn was not mentioned in the judgment.

After the Cold War started Katyn became a useful anti-Communist tool, hence the Congressional hearings about it in 1952 (the Madden committee), probably leading to the conference that you have mentioned.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:54:44am

re: #164 Belafon

Except Manchin thinks $15 is too much. Someone was saying that he has interest in a company that pays its employees low wages.

LaQuinta Inns

Manchin is OK with $10 minimum wage because that means the hotel housekeeper wages would be raised only 8 cents an hour.

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Eventual Carrion  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:56:23am

re: #137 Nyet

right

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——————————————————————-
2 Peter 2:3-10
New International Version

3 In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell,[a] putting them in chains of darkness[b] to be held for judgment; 5 if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; 6 if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; 7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless 8 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— 9 if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. 10 This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh[c] and despise authority.

Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings;
————————————————————————-

Guess the mention of Sodom and Gomorrah brought out the homo hate (those kissing look like they both have beards). Even though Ezekiel explained what the “depraved conduct” was:

Ezekiel 16:48-51
New International Version

48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.

49 “‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. 50 They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen. 51 Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more detestable things than they, and have made your sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:57:29am

re: #168 Nyet

Churchill and FDR intentionally suppressed the story because there was a danger that it would further damage the alliance. I must say I support that decision. Realpolitik. Katyn then came up during the Nuremberg trial.

The movie “Enigma” involves a Polish codebreaker finding out about Katyn and threatening to defect to the Soviets over it.

In one of the scenes, they are deciphering a list of names of the soldiers killed. One of them was our family surname…

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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:57:35am

re: #166 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It’s a lot for West Virginia, not a lot most anywhere else…

It won’t pay rent in WV or any state.

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Teukka  Mar 5, 2021 • 8:59:46am

re: #170 Eventual Carrion

——————————————————————-
2 Peter 2:3-10
New International Version

3 In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell,[a] putting them in chains of darkness[b] to be held for judgment; 5 if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; 6 if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; 7 and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless 8 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)— 9 if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. 10 This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh[c] and despise authority.

Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings;
————————————————————————-

Guess the mention of Sodom and Gomorrah brought out the homo hate (those kissing look like they both have beards). Even though Ezekiel explained what the “depraved conduct” was:

Ezekiel 16:48-51
New International Version

48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never did what you and your daughters have done.

49 “‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. 50 They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen. 51 Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have done more detestable things than they, and have made your sisters seem righteous by all these things you have done.

Yep. Brings a whole new perspective on the word “Sodomy”. Also, inhospitality being a major no-no is very apparent if you actually have studied the social history of the area…

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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:00:11am

re: #169 Backwoods_Sleuth

LaQuinta Inns

Manchin is OK with $10 minimum wage because that means the hotel housekeeper wages would be raised only 8 cents an hour.

Which is annoying. I pretty certain that wages for hotel employees are a small cost of running one. Raising them wouldn’t drive costs up that much.

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mmmirele  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:00:44am

Former software guru and current crazy guy John McAfee has been indicted.

John David McAfee And Executive Adviser Of His Cryptocurrency Team Indicted In Manhattan Federal Court For Fraud And Money Laundering Conspiracy Crimes

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said: “As alleged, McAfee and Watson exploited a widely used social media platform and enthusiasm among investors in the emerging cryptocurrency market to make millions through lies and deception. The defendants allegedly used McAfee’s Twitter account to publish messages to hundreds of thousands of his Twitter followers touting various cryptocurrencies through false and misleading statements to conceal their true, self-interested motives. McAfee, Watson, and other members of McAfee’s cryptocurrency team allegedly raked in more than $13 million from investors they victimized with their fraudulent schemes. Investors should be wary of social media endorsements of investment opportunities.”

FBI Assistant Director William F. Sweeney Jr. said: “As alleged, McAfee and Watson used social media to perpetrate an age-old pump-and-dump scheme that earned them nearly two million dollars. Additionally, they allegedly used the same social media platform to promote the sale of digital tokens on behalf of ICO issuers without disclosing to investors the compensation they were receiving to tout these securities on behalf of the ICO. When engaging in illegal activity, simply finding new ways to carry out old tricks won’t produce different results. Investment fraud and money laundering schemes carry a strict penalty under federal law.”

More at the link, plus the complaint and indictment.

justice.gov

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:02:52am

re: #170 Eventual Carrion

Nah, Ezekiel doesn’t save that interpretation:

Jude 7 Likewise, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which, in the same manner as they, indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural lust, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. (NRSV)

7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire. (NIV)

7 as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before — an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering. (YLT)

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Decatur Deb  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:04:56am

re: #158 sagehen

I love that it copies Norman Rockwell aesthetic.

More than the aesthetic, it is a direct quote of a drawing of a young WWII sailor being “Updated”.

Sat Evening Post, 1944

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JC1  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:12:09am

re: #166 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It’s a lot for West Virginia, not a lot most anywhere else…

So maybe it should be left up to the states…

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gocart mozart  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:13:51am

Subscribe, read & laugh.

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Jay C  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:14:26am

re: #154 Dangerman

zugzwanged, but only sort of

i just love the word anyway

What? Do they think Chuck Schumer hasn’t been around long enough to play Leadership games like this? That he and the Dems aren’t going to take advantage and jump on a “parliamentary” error (like GOPers carelessly absenting themselves) to fuck them over? Especially after Johnson’s PITA “reading the bill” stunt??

True, if Lyndon Johnson were still Majority Leader, he’d probably have fiddled some rule to get 20 bills passed in the interim til the Republicans got back, but there we are….

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John Hughes  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:16:24am

re: #171 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The movie “Enigma” involves a Polish codebreaker finding out about Katyn and threatening to defect to the Soviets over it.

Wait, what, he threatens to defect to the Soviets when he discovers that the Soviets comitted the Katyn massacre? Are you sure you’re remembering the plot correctly?

At least in the book Puck was accused of planning to defect to the Nazis because of Katyn, not the Soviets.

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Eventual Carrion  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:19:25am

re: #155 Dr Lizardo

Exactly; this wasn’t whipped up in some grimy Moscow commieblock by some guy using vodka, borscht and leftover beef stroganoff gravy or something.

Of course not. Everyone knows that formula only works for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and scabies.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:22:51am

re: #178 JC1

So maybe it should be left up to the states…

Although $15 might be enough for a subsistence wage in WVA, it is still a starvation wage in most large urban areas…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:23:14am

re: #181 John Hughes

Wait, what, he threatens to defect to the Soviets when he discovers that the Soviets comitted the Katyn massacre? Are you sure you’re remembering the plot correctly?

At least in the book Puck was accused of planning to defect to the Nazis because of Katyn, not the Soviets.

Right.

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Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:27:26am

re: #162 The Pie Overlord!

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eliminate is not necessary
make em stand and talk. follow all the rules
require 40 votes to sustain the filibuster
lots of options besides ‘nuking’ or eliminating, which will be spun just the way we all know it will

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:28:19am

re: #181 John Hughes

Wait, what, he threatens to defect to the Soviets when he discovers that the Soviets comitted the Katyn massacre? Are you sure you’re remembering the plot correctly?

At least in the book Puck was accused of planning to defect to the Nazis because of Katyn, not the Soviets.

Have read/watched neither, but the scenario is far-fetched, the average Pole hated the Nazis no less. General Anders refused a request of Göring’s defense to testify.

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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:28:52am

re: #183 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Although $15 might be enough for a subsistence wage in WVA, it is still a starvation wage in most large urban areas…

Local areas should be able to do more, but what the federal minimum wage does is set a bottom for how much a company has to pay an employee, in effect, a company cannot decide that they can squeeze more money out by reducing pay for employees. This reduces the ability for a company to abuse its employees to have lower costs. It’s similar to requiring that all companies have to follow environmental regulations so that not only does it help the environment, but they all have to incur the same costs.

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Decatur Deb  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:29:39am

Note that one of Norman Rockwell’s sailor exes was “Olga”. Our man has made the Murmansk run.

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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:31:06am

re: #185 Dangerman

eliminate is not necessary
make em stand and talk. follow all the rules
require 40 votes to sustain the filibuster
lots of options besides ‘nuking’ or eliminating, which will be spun just the way we all know it will

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We’re finally getting more people calling for eliminating it than those, like Manchin and Sinema, who are saying it shouldn’t be changed at all. Your proposal can be the middle ground.

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Decatur Deb  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:31:25am

Murmansk Run.

en.wikipedia.org

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:32:15am

re: #188 Decatur Deb

Note that one of Norman Rockwell’s sailor exes was “Olga”. Our man has made the Murmansk run.

Not necessarily.

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Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:39:38am

re: #187 Belafon

Local areas should be able to do more, but what the federal minimum wage does is set a bottom for how much a company has to pay an employee, in effect, a company cannot decide that they can squeeze more money out by reducing pay for employees. This reduces the ability for a company to abuse its employees to have lower costs. It’s similar to requiring that all companies have to follow environmental regulations so that not only does it help the environment, but they all have to incur the same costs.

if the national minimum wage is too low, then the federal government ends up subsidizing those lower wages through other programs.

yes the R’s want to kill those other programs and have been trying forever to do so.
while they do in fact exist, they split and then bury the true cost of the labor.

no private enterprise business ‘deserves’ to exist.

- if your business model cannot weather a hike in the pay of only the lowest wage earners
- if it requires an in effect government subsidy (however well hidden) to stay afloat
- and if you’re ok with that

then you might just be a bit of a socialist.

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jaunte  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:39:38am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:44:42am

re: #187 Belafon

Local areas should be able to do more, but what the federal minimum wage does is set a bottom for how much a company has to pay an employee, in effect, a company cannot decide that they can squeeze more money out by reducing pay for employees.

Minimum wage is not enough to support a family above the poverty line, so many of these people also receive food aid, which are in effect government wage subsidies for companies like Wal-Mart.

I have read studies that each Wal-Mart in the country costs local governments an average of $900,000 per year in food aid to their employees, most of which is spent….that’s right - where they work at the Wal Mart!!!

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:46:42am

re: #176 Nyet

Though of course while the sin of Sodom obviously had a sexual component, even a condemnation of homosexual acts cannot be derived from it, not to mention of gays as such. What the Sodomites were about to commit was gang rape. So just as easily it can be argued that rape culture was being punished. It also cannot be shown that the Sodomites were gay (rather than men ready to have sex with men): infamously, in prisons the “active” (penetrating) homosexual acts are not seen as a “gay” activity and are engaged in by self-identified straight men.

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Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:47:05am

re: #189 Belafon

We’re finally getting more people calling for eliminating it than those, like Manchin and Sinema, who are saying it shouldn’t be changed at all. Your proposal can be the middle ground.

i have read bunches of suggestions that tweak, restore, etc but dont eliminate.
some are very clever and perfectly reasonable.
that seems to be even easier than carving out more ‘exceptions’.

restoring. requiring the talking. even requiring the speaker to stay on topic - no phone books or recipes. threshold votes to sustain.

these are things most anyone can observe and understand.
vs “you need 60 votes for cloture”

it may be enough for manchin et al to get nudged toward one of those positions

197
darthstar  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:52:12am
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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:53:18am

re: #194 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Minimum wage is not enough to support a family above the poverty line, so many of these people also receive food aid, which are in effect government wage subsidies for companies like Wal-Mart.

I have read studies that each Wal-Mart in the country costs local governments an average of $900,000 per year in food aid to their employees, most of which is spent….that’s right - where they work at the Wal Mart!!!

In addition, setting the minimum wage to an actual living wage would cost customers an additional $12 (or $21, my memory can be dyslexic) per year in grocery costs. Miniscule.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:53:28am

re: #195 Nyet

Sexual relations between males have to bee seen outside the purely (homo)sexual context: in British boarding schools, they simply served to establish the social order, in the military or in other situations where men spent long periods isolated from women, it was often seen as unhealthy to let sexual urges go unfulfilled, and so relations with men were tolerated or even accepted.

And don’t even get me started on the Hellenic Greeks…

200
Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:53:47am

re: #197 darthstar

It’s the finale of WandaVision. Woohoo!

201
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:54:09am

re: #198 Belafon

In addition, setting the minimum wage to an actual living wage would cost customers an additional $12 (or $21, my memory can be dyslexic) per year in grocery costs. Miniscule.

minuscule

(I only recently learned that one)

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Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:55:40am

re: #197 darthstar

[Embedded content]

Happy Friday indeed.

- Turkey chili in the crock pot - cannellini beans (white kidneys)
- there will be rice flour drop biscuits later
- and some salad stuff

- guava cheesecake in the oven (for tomorrow night)

stay tuned for pix

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:57:14am

re: #199 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

And don’t even get me started on the Hellenic Greeks…

Go on… ///

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:57:59am

re: #202 Dangerman

Happy Friday indeed.

- Turkey chili in the crock pot - cannellini beans (white kidneys)
- there will be rice flour drop biscuits later
- and some salad stuff

- guava cheesecake in the oven (for tomorrow night)

stay tuned for pix

we had meatball subs (beef/pork for my son, veggie meatballs for me - I am still fasting until Easter)

Daughter is coming tomorrow, will be chicken fajitas (for the kids) and fava bean burros for me.

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sagehen  Mar 5, 2021 • 9:59:14am

re: #198 Belafon

In addition, setting the minimum wage to an actual living wage would cost customers an additional $12 (or $21, my memory can be dyslexic) per year in grocery costs. Miniscule.

It would increase the price of a McDonald’s meal by 4%.

Your $10 Big Mac/fries/shake would go up to $10.40

206
EstebanTornado1963  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:02:20am

re: #194 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Minimum wage is not enough to support a family above the poverty line, so many of these people also receive food aid, which are in effect government wage subsidies for companies like Wal-Mart.

I have read studies that each Wal-Mart in the country costs local governments an average of $900,000 per year in food aid to their employees, most of which is spent….that’s right - where they work at the Wal Mart!!!

This came across one of feeds

207
Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:02:30am

guava cheesecake

hoping it tastes a bit like a pastelito

208
FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:06:08am

It’s a sad day.
The last of my leftover chicken cacciatore is gone.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:06:20am

re: #206 EstebanTornado1963

This came across one of feeds

America has learned to look on Food Stamp recipients as Welfare Queens in mink stoles and young bucks driving SUVs feasting on shrimp and prime rib while the reality is more one of the working poor and corporate welfare.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:06:50am

re: #208 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

It’s a sad day.
The last of my leftover chicken cacciatore is gone.

I hope the chicken finally caught the tore

211
Khal Wimpo (exhaling for 1st time in 4 yrs)  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:11:03am

With all the GOPers jumping on the “Neanderthals Iz Kewl!” bandwagon, can we wait until they really lash themselves to this mast before unearthing some of their OTHER habits & practices?

I mean, feed this to the QAnons and suggest that those speaking in favor of neanderthals are the real baby-eaters:

The Neanderthal remains provide “unambiguous evidence” of cannibalism, the researchers said. Other Neanderthal bones have also shown signs of cannibalism, but the Belgian site is the farthest north to do so — showing regional variability of Neanderthal mortuary behavior. The other discoveries were in France, Portugal and Spain, where scientists found a group of Neanderthals, including an infant, who may have been cannibalized by another group of Neanderthals.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:12:35am

re: #155 Dr Lizardo

Exactly; this wasn’t whipped up in some grimy Moscow commieblock by some guy using vodka, borscht and leftover beef stroganoff gravy or something.

The vaccine is a homeopathic tincture of Adidas tracksuits and hardbass.

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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:13:48am

re: #211 Khal Wimpo (exhaling for 1st time in 4 yrs)

With all the GOPers jumping on the “Neanderthals Iz Kewl!” bandwagon, can we wait until they really lash themselves to this mast before unearthing some of their OTHER habits & practices?

[Embedded content]

I mean, feed this to the QAnons and suggest that those speaking in favor of neanderthals are the real baby-eaters:

Where do you think they got the “body of Christ” idea? //

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Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:14:39am
215
Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:17:16am
216
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:18:02am

re: #214 Dangerman

first they came for the plastic toy potatoes, and I did not speak out— because nobody is coming for the plastic toy potatoes, you whiny paranoid attention-seeking grievance-babies

You can’t teach a Sneetch…

217
Dangerman  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:21:58am

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:22:39am

re: #215 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

…and that’s the tale of our QAnons, they’ll be here for a long long time,
Some will be incarcerated, others face a fine.
So join us here each evening on Newsmax and Fox and Friends
With Hannity, Jake Tapper too, some millionaires and their wives
B-movie stars, Tucker Carlson and Sarah H
Here on Seditionist Isle!

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Khal Wimpo (exhaling for 1st time in 4 yrs)  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:22:52am

re: #213 Belafon

Where do you think they got the “body of Christ” idea? //

I remember years ago talking to a Catholic priest in Peru, who admitted that one of the reasons that Catholicism took off so quickly was that it dovetailed nicely with some of the existing religions that felt that ritualistically chowing down on holy men was a real cool thing.

“Tenderize the guy, hang him up, and then eat him? Sounds yummy!”

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Nyet  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:26:42am

re: #200 Belafon

It’s the finale of WandaVision. Woohoo!

OK, that was pretty epic, though unfortunately no Dr. Strange (even though with a nod in the second p-c scene).

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:28:18am

re: #207 Dangerman

Pretty.

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Belafon  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:29:08am

re: #220 Nyet

OK, that was pretty epic, though unfortunately no Dr. Strange (even though with a nod in the second p-c scene).

Spoilers, dude!

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:29:17am

re: #212 The Ghost of a Flea

The vaccine is a homeopathic tincture of Adidas tracksuits and hardbass.

And Belomorkanal cigarettes 😁

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retired cynic  Mar 5, 2021 • 10:30:37am

re: #143 mmmirele

One of my friends put this up on his fb and I have to share:

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To quote Charlie Pierce’s phrase for Tom Cotton: a bobble-throated slapdick!


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