John Oliver details the many obstacles that impede access to unemployment benefits – often by design – and why the entire system needs to be rethought.
Well, I think it’s official:
The new official coffee of the Republican Party is:
(drum roll)
Left on the last thread, Dr. Joseph Mercola gets smacked down again. There’s a reason people like him and Andrew Wakefield run their scams in Texas.
Dear Joseph Mercola,
We request that you take immediate action to cease the sale of unapproved and unauthorized products for the mitigation, prevention, treatment, diagnosis, or cure of COVID-19.
Sincerely,
The FDAhttps://t.co/gyP71iYPb4 H/t @LeahMcGrathRD @CaulfieldTim— Dr. Jonathan N. Stea (@jonathanstea) March 8, 2021
Twitter announced they were cracking down on anti-vaccination disinformation recently, but it’s still VERY easy to find accounts with a lot of followers spreading this deadly anti-science propaganda. If I can find them so easily, why can’t Twitter?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 8, 2021
Happy Monday Lizards!
The tide has turned at Amazon in Alabama completely in the union’s favor.
Biden’s support was a game changer - I’ve never seen anything like it— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) March 8, 2021
re: #2 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Mercola’s in FL (just as bad)
Funny how the most destructive, dishonest, and/or hateful ideas always seem to be linked to “right wing voices.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 8, 2021
re: #4 b.d. (America is Great Again)
Happy Monday Lizards!
Imagine if Biden turned out to be the most liberal Democrat ever based on accomplishments, which is the only true metric.
We cannot rebuild our economy until we control the virus. President Biden is urging Congress to pass the American Rescue Plan which will create 100,000 new public health jobs to help vaccinate, test, and beat COVID.
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 8, 2021
re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth
I wonder if any House Democrats are going to try to amend the Senate bill thinking they could get more.
Casa Di Dolore tattoo parlor, Newburgh, NY: “Your Pain is Our Pleasure.”https://t.co/XyPbxQHfSn
Reopened in June against NY state orders:https://t.co/wXCspOnxqQ
Recently vandalized, by persons as yet unknown.https://t.co/18P6RbBUls— Anne Margaret Daniel (@venetianblonde) March 8, 2021
Just dropping off Trump’s Israeli passport…no big deal.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 8, 2021
You don’t end mask mandates now for the same reason runners don’t stop running just because they can see the finish line.
— Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸 (@ASlavitt) March 7, 2021
If this isn’t directly in front of Mar-a-Lago, you don’t have a hair on your ass, Scott de la Vega. https://t.co/UeOrmdxbYe
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 8, 2021
Nope. Prisoners got checks from the Trump-signed, Cotton-backed CARES Act *because nothing in the law said prisoners shouldn’t get checks.* Post-signing, the IRS declared No Prisoners Allowed. The judge overturned the IRS because the law didn’t say that. https://t.co/v02bbiaMvP
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 8, 2021
I have a full check coming. But the suggestion that prisoners got checks because of a “liberal judge” is multi-wrong: 1) Trump signed bill. 2) Republicans including Cotton voted for bill. 3) Even conservative tax experts said IRS couldn’t go add a prisoner ban that wasn’t there.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 8, 2021
I wonder if Trump is going to treat Bibi to a “State Dinner” at Trump Tower…I hear their taco salad bowl is quite authentic, even using Lawry’s Taco Seasoning on the ground meat product.
re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Law and order! Unless we don’t feel like it.”
re: #5 Eric The Fruit Bat
Mercola’s in FL (just as bad)
You’re correct; I mixed up my quacks.
He started in Illinois, and moved to Florida in 2018.
Also noteworthy: The Trump Administration Bailed Out Prominent Anti-Vaccine Groups During the Pandemic (Washington Post)
One of those groups was based in the United Kingdom, your American tax dollars at work with the Paycheck Protection Programme.
Mercola’s group got $335,000.
The American Rescue Plan is one of the boldest pieces of legislation in modern history—its impact on poverty, and particularly child poverty, is going to change people’s lives. https://t.co/KMvzTNzRp2
— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) March 8, 2021
Saying that wearing a mask during a pandemic is “living in fear” is like saying that using oven mitts means you’re “afraid” of the oven
— Kyle 🌱 (@KylePlantEmoji) August 22, 2020
re: #18 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
You’re correct; I mixed up my quacks.
He started in Illinois, and moved to Florida in 2018.
Also noteworthy: The Trump Administration Bailed Out Prominent Anti-Vaccine Groups During the Pandemic (Washington Post)
One of those groups was based in the United Kingdom, your American tax dollars at work with the Paycheck Protection Programme.
Mercola’s group got $335,000.
Is there any way to recover funds distributed to invalid recipients or spent inappropriately?
@hawleymo probably used it as inspiration during his workouts.https://t.co/1Khee06FSo
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 8, 2021
Well okay. 😏 https://t.co/9DNm56dFGj
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 8, 2021
re: #24 Belafon
Not gonna touch this one with a ten foot pole and recommend everyone move on.
Halt! Hammerzeit!
In 3/20, all the Senate Democrats voted for Trump’s Covid stimulus/relief bill. In 12/20, nearly every Senate Democrat voted for Trump’s second Covid stimulus/relief bill. In 3/21, no Senate Republicans voted for Biden’s Covid stimulus/relief package. Asymmetric Polarization.
— Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) March 7, 2021
Fox News led its website with this headline: “FUNDING CONVICTED KILLERS. Democratic COVID bill gives mass murderers taxpayer money right out of your pocket.”
Fox didn’t do that when Trump signed two GOP-approved Covid bills that sent money to prisoners: https://t.co/U4Hqe7GJ0E— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 8, 2021
re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth
I guess a relevant question would be, did the GOP offer up an amendment to the current bill to change this? I can understand the idea of perhaps not paying prisoners, yet, if they were aware of the issue with the CARES Act and then trot this out after allowing the current rescue plan to be submitted, it reeks of “bad faith” arguments.
Being blocked by Piers Morgan is a delight, because I am not exposed to his diarrhea of thoughts
— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) March 8, 2021
Reality Leigh Winner has been punished so severely for an act meant to warn and protect her own country. #FreeRealityWinner #BringRealityHome https://t.co/v5VNcl7Fbu
— Billie J. Winner-Davis (@bjwinnerdavis) March 8, 2021
re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s off Martha’s Vineyard.
/of course it had to be Martha. What is this? The DCEU - so DARK!
british people reacting to american pharmaceutical ads during the harry/meghan interview
— Ayesha A. Siddiqi (@AyeshaASiddiqi) March 8, 2021
— Ayesha A. Siddiqi (@AyeshaASiddiqi) March 8, 2021
re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Whatever the politics and optics of this issue, convicted, incarcerated felons do not lose all their civil rights (or responsibilities)
Further I’d bet desantis raised more money fundraising off his preferential covid vaccination distribution with exclusive popups in select (ie Republican) gated communities etc than these “convicted killers” are gonna get in total
Fox News led its website with this headline: “FUNDING CONVICTED KILLERS. Democratic COVID bill gives mass murderers taxpayer money right out of your pocket.”
Fox didn’t do that when Trump signed two GOP-approved Covid bills that sent money to prisoners: https://t.co/U4Hqe7GJ0E— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 8, 2021
re: #30 Dangerman
Trump and GOP will take credit for this by claiming that they opened up fast and cases came down.
Mind you, the opening of states too fast will be followed by potential increase in cases 2-3 weeks from the relaxation. Now that we’re seeing millions of vaccinations a day, we need to continue increasing the number and availablity of vaccinations to get to done fast.
re: #33 Patricia Kayden
I’m not sure where I stand on Reality Winner. She says she wasn’t trying to be like Edward Snowden, even though she did the exact same thing as Snowden (stole Top Secret information from the NSA and sent it to The Intercept).
Moreover, she was in the Air Force, so she is aware (or should have been, as an intelligence specialist) how to handle classified information and blow the whistle if something is wrong (such as contact your congressvarmint).
re: #38 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I’m not sure where I stand on Reality Winner. She says she wasn’t trying to be like Edward Snowden, even though she did the exact same thing as Snowden (stole Top Secret information from the NSA and sent it to The Intercept).
Moreover, she was in the Air Force, so she is aware (or should have been, as an intelligence specialist) how to handle classified information and blow the whistle if something is wrong (such as contact your congressvarmint).
She did basically what we were telling people to do if they didn’t trust the government: Send it to a media outlet. The problem is that the one she picked didn’t care about her.
re: #36 Dangerman
The CARES Act had no provisions limiting the relief going to prisoners. Congress didn’t act.
The IRS issued a ruling indicating that they could restrict payments and require the prisoners to return the payments. The prisoners sued and won in court. They continued to get relief from the 2d relief bill in December.
That they get relief of some form is not why the GOP refused to vote for this bill.
It’s that they don’t fucking care about the tens of millions of Americans who suffered thanks to Trump and GOP indifference, sabotage of functioning govt, and sabotage of the public health system to make containing the pandemic all but impossible.
We saw 500,000+ die on Trump’s watch, and health officials think 40% or more could have been saved had Trump followed health expert guidance.
That too would have reduced all the costs associated with the pandemic and resumed economic activity faster. Instead, the GOP is throwing up roadblocks and complaints and obstructing as usual.
DA says Colorado students could face criminal charges over violent mask-less gathering https://t.co/Y7JPCHxZem pic.twitter.com/cdpZW6N6vJ
— The Hill (@thehill) March 8, 2021
1940… 19… 40. America loves to pretend like slavery was 1000 years ago. https://t.co/pRBcBWcGzu
— Cordova (@GNCordova) March 7, 2021
The top 20% of households reaped 65% of benefit from Trump’s tax cuts. The bottom 20% got 1%.
The American Rescue Plan gives aid to those who actually need it. My @Morning_Joe chart: pic.twitter.com/Ptq9Hpu3KA— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) March 8, 2021
re: #44 Belafon
If your 2020 income went up to over $150k, don’t file your taxes yet. You’ll get a stimulus based on your 2019 income, and you won’t have to pay back the excess.
re: #35 Dread Pirate Ron
This reminds me of this video where English people try to guess the cost of healthcare procedures in the US lol https://t.co/2YpJ3XWv5q
— believe survivors 💛💛 (@helmsinki) March 8, 2021
re: #45 No Malarkey!
If your 2020 income went up to over $150k, don’t file your taxes yet. You’ll get a stimulus based on your 2019 income, and you won’t have to pay back the excess.
For married filing jointly.
re: #43 steve_davis
Cat stat report: all lights are green, all systems nominal.
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My green eye yesterday
re: #45 No Malarkey!
If your 2020 income went up to over $150k, don’t file your taxes yet. You’ll get a stimulus based on your 2019 income, and you won’t have to pay back the excess.
My wife is filling in federal and state tax forms right now, as our taxable income is only interest on our savings and checking accounts (LOL).
She’s filling in the state income tax form to pay sales tax on things purchased from the Internet where tax isn’t charged (one way to stay out of the taxman’s sights is to be stupid and honest).
re: #48 HRH Stanley Sea
My green eye yesterday
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Sometimes I’m able to post upright. Tried everything & gave up. Tilt your head.
It’s upright for me.
re: #48 HRH Stanley Sea
My green eye yesterday
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Sometimes I’m able to post upright. Tried everything & gave up. Tilt your head.
It posted correctly!!
re: #51 HRH Stanley Sea
It posted correctly!!
With an iphone, just rotate the picture, then rotate it back — that fixes the bug in apple’s software.
re: #42 Patricia Kayden
The year my mother was born.
re: #52 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
With an iphone, just rotate the picture, then rotate it back — that fixes the bug in apple’s software.
Android. & I did that. So weird, preview showed sideways.
In a good year, the wife has to corner me like a rabid badger to cut my hair. Yeah, I can be unkempt.
I always love those stories about people fearing the imminent robot uprising when, in reality, you can dupe an AI image identifier by taping a piece of paper to it and writing “iPod” in Sharpie with 99.7% efficacy.https://t.co/nPZKcjqMli pic.twitter.com/TbmNzhELv1
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 8, 2021
USA Today puts Kentucky’s share at just over $4 billion, including state and local governments, according to U.S. House data as of last month. https://t.co/m7CPoE3Lqw ^JC https://t.co/Fbp7O5bsZ4
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 8, 2021
GOP WON’T QUIT USING TRUMP’S NAME — We reported Saturday that Trump’s lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to the RNC, NRSC and NRCC telling them to stop using his name to fundraise or sell merchandise. But they don’t seem to be taking the warnings seriously. The NRSC advertised a T-shirt for “Trump Supporters ONLY!” with his face and the words “Miss Me yet?” on Facebook. The landing page for the donation was still active as of Sunday night. As Alex Isenstadt noted, the RNC doesn’t seem to be backing off, either. Trump was referenced in fundraising emails Saturday and Sunday even though the letter was delivered to the committee lawyers Friday. The NRSC declined to comment and the RNC did not get back to us.
HAHA
(From this Lizza article)
Good morning! A 99.99% Harry-and-Meghan-free Playbook is live:https://t.co/wsVbOAiOk4
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) March 8, 2021
THE ONLY CONCERN I EVER EXPRESSED ABOUT A ROYAL BABY ON THE WAY WAS HOW NON-MALE IT MIGHT BE. NOT LOOKING QUITE SO BEASTLY NOW, AM I!!
— Henry Tudor (@KngHnryVIII) March 8, 2021
LOL
I can definitively say the worst part of the vaccine is only if they give you one of those industrial-strength bandaids afterwards that basically dislocate your shoulder when you try to rip it off.
— Christina Steube (@christinasteube) March 3, 2021
Shaman stays in the big house
The 60 Minutes+ interview reeeeaaallly didn’t help his case. Even his mom’s interview showed the court why she’d be a bad custodian. https://t.co/cL9uIPz0n1 pic.twitter.com/yREz2ZahCi
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) March 8, 2021
Trump Is Helping Russia Spread Lies About COVID Vaccines
(Vice)
In possibly the least surprising news of 2021 so far, the Kremlin has been actively spreading disinformation about two of the vaccines being distributed in the U.S. in a bid to sow division and undermine confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
That’s according to the State Department, which said Sunday that it’s been tracking Kremlin-backed websites pushing false narratives around the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, in particular, baselessly claiming they are unsafe and cause serious side effects.
Russia’s efforts to spread anti-vaxxer disinformation in the U.S. are being aided by the actions of former President Donald Trump, who has refused to endorse the vaccine to his tens of millions of supporters who are among those least likely to get the shot.
The current disinformation campaign is no surprise. It echoes a similar Kremlin-orchestrated anti-vaxx disinformation campaign that coincided with Trump’s first presidential campaign and his entry to the White House. That campaign, too, was designed to sow distrust and division in American society.
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re: #62 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
So Trump is taking actions which may lead to the DEATH of his most ardent supporters. Alrighty then.
Good news from the homefront. Ms. Cyborg is scheduled for her first shot tomorrow.
re: #64 Eclectic Cyborg
Good news from the homefront. Ms. Cyborg is scheduled for her first shot tomorrow.
So many lizards and lizard-adjacents are in the collective. I’m starting to get vaccine envy.
re: #63 Patricia Kayden
So Trump is taking actions which may lead to the DEATH of his most ardent supporters. Alrighty then.
No problem for either Trump or his supporters: they’ll always find Somebody Else to blame….
re: #67 Jay C
No problem for either Trump or his supporters: they’ll always find Somebody Else to blame….
Not if they’re dead.
How many rightwing propaganda cable channels do we need?
Cable news startup NewsNation’s Trump ties worry staff https://t.co/QPhDVAfdBf pic.twitter.com/XfBA3r0LUq
— The Hill (@thehill) March 8, 2021
Prosecutors in the Derek Chauvin murder trial are pushing for a delay of jury selection as the defense appeals to the Minnesota Supreme Court over the possible addition of a third-degree murder charge. https://t.co/DcrenrmtQb
— WJZ | CBS Baltimore (@wjz) March 8, 2021
re: #66 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
So many lizards and lizard-adjacents are in the collective. I’m starting to get vaccine envy.
I’m just biding my time. I’m in phase III (the very lastest) in MD, so not happening for a while. We have official word that FDA requires vaccination to return to the office. So, even less rush…Ok, not really, but I see no reason not to continue the work at home thing as long and as often as possible.
re: #71 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I’m just biding my time. I’m in phase III (the very lastest) in MD, so not happening for a while. We have official word that FDA requires vaccination to return to the office. So, even less rush…Ok, not really, but I see no reason not to continue the work at home thing as long and as often as possible.
I’m not in a rush, really, and I’m definitely in the last group to go so it’ll probably be summer by the time I’m even eligible, let alone getting an appointment among the most populous eligibility group. I just want to be one of the cool kids who can hear radio waves. :)
Bad legal takes.
Propaganda is NOT PROTECTED under the CONSTITUTION it protects the freedom of NEWS.
PROPAGANDA is not considered NEWS under the constitution, there are facts and falsehoods, no matter how hard you believe in falsehoods it will never make them true..— StevenB (@StevoB06) March 8, 2021
re: #68 Belafon
Not if they’re dead.
Yeah, but the beauty of COVID denial is that the dead ones have already been depleted of value, while there are separate rhetorical loops that allow those that survive and those that lose someone near to them to never have to acknowledge there was a relationship between their denial and what happened.
re: #70 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The defense is probably most scared of that charge. While he is probably actually guilty of 2nd Degree it is generally easier to get a jury to go along with 3rd degree because of the idea of depraved indifference. And up to 25 years in state prison is no joke.
Can’t remember if I posted this here yet, because my CRS syndrome is increasing rapidly with the approach of my 65th birthday later this month. Pardon if a repeat!
On the cross-your-fingers hopeful vaxx list, Denver-Metro division — the spousal unit and I have appointments scheduled for Pfizer shots on March 11/Apr 1 and March 12/April 2. Colorado is currently on Phase 1B.3: 60+, frontline grocery & ag workers, ages 16-59 with 2 or more conditions. Educators & childcare were in Phase 1.B. There are still limits on availability, of course, but the pace is picking up.
Better news for me is that the 22-year-old son is scheduled for his first shot tomorrow, through his job at Safeway. He doesn’t know which version he’s getting, but he’s getting one. Will be a HUGE sigh of relief when he’s had his second jab.
On another front, today is our One-Year Cattiversary, marking the entrance of Her Majesty Queen Fuzzybutt into her new domain. HMQF, properly known as Mystique (or Mistake) has thoroughly subjugated the residents into spoiling her rotten with treats and brushing. In return, she will reward us by chasing her laser for a few minutes at a time with a vigor surprising in a slightly arthritic 19-year-old lady of dignity. I will try to get a picture sometime soon, just envision the classic pure black, yellow-eyed creature similar to other Feline Overlords posted here. She is currently curled up in a cat-puddle in her bed in the sunshine, dreaming of the treats she thinks I should be giving her. Hopefully we may get another year or so of her reign!
re: #72 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
I’m not in a rush, really, and I’m definitely in the last group to go so it’ll probably be summer by the time I’m even eligible, let alone getting an appointment among the most populous eligibility group. I just want to be one of the cool kids who can hear radio waves. :)
With the new CDC guidelines on small gatherings, I am beginning to want to be one of the cool-kids, too.
re: #75 William Lewis
How is kneeling on someone’s neck for over eight fricking minutes not first degree murder? It’s amazing that they have to lessen the charge to third degree murder.
She’s getting dragged on Twitter.
Equal work deserves equal pay. On #InternationalWomensDay, we’re proud to support the Paycheck Fairness Act.
— Kyrsten Sinema (@SenatorSinema) March 8, 2021
re: #78 Patricia Kayden
How is kneeling on someone’s neck for over eight fricking minutes not first degree murder? It’s amazing that they have to lessen the charge to third degree murder.
They probably can’t prove malice aforethought.
— Take A Stand (@RepresentMeAZ) March 8, 2021
re: #62 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Trump Is Helping Russia Spread Lies About COVID Vaccines
(Vice)(more)
And he got one of those vaccines in January. What. An. Asshole.
re: #81 Patricia Kayden
The really galling part of that curtsy and thumbs-down vote was as she was walking up to the Senate well, where she patted Sen. McConnell on the back on the way up.
re: #61 HRH Stanley Sea
Shaman stays in the big house
Hey, he got to be on 60 minutes! I’ll bet his fellow inmates loved that!
re: #78 Patricia Kayden
How is kneeling on someone’s neck for over eight fricking minutes not first degree murder? It’s amazing that they have to lessen the charge to third degree murder.
I’ll bet he pleas out to involuntary manslaughter and doesn’t do jail time.
re: #84 plansbandc
Such a pretty kitteh.
Thank you. I got real lucky.
Except for her eating my Mom’s plant. I did a wrapping paper barrier last night. Yes that’s cayenne pepper & lemon water. Didn’t work.
Haha.
Z after receiving his 2nd COVID shot.
We got home just in time to join the Zoom of our grandson’s wedding ceremony!
My dear partner & I are so happy to receive our 2nd COVID shots! pic.twitter.com/OE8gAPi5Nl
— Liddle Pecan Pie (@Pie_Overlord) March 8, 2021
re: #66 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
So many lizards and lizard-adjacents are in the collective. I’m starting to get vaccine envy.
this is a team game
we’ll get our at-bats
re: #78 Patricia Kayden
How is kneeling on someone’s neck for over eight fricking minutes not first degree murder? It’s amazing that they have to lessen the charge to third degree murder.
people are loathe to convict cops
even with video evidence
i read somewhere yesterday that the % of people who think he’s guilty has dropped from 60 something then to high 30’s maybe now
i dont remember if it was here or politicalwire.com
re: #45 No Malarkey!
If your 2020 income went up to over $150k, don’t file your taxes yet. You’ll get a stimulus based on your 2019 income, and you won’t have to pay back the excess.
If your household income in 2019 was greater than $150k but your household income dropped under $150k in 2020, file your taxes early. You’ll get the previous relief retroactively and be eligible for this latest round.
re: #31 piratedan
it reeks of “bad faith” arguments.
The authoritarians and barbarians masquerading as conservatives have no other type of argument.
If you shake their hand, make sure you get all your fingers back.
re: #80 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
They probably can’t prove malice aforethought.
maybe not when he woke up that morning
but somewhere along the continuum of minute 1 and minute 8 he chose to not stop what he was doing to the handcuffed man lying face down in the street under his knee
re: #78 Patricia Kayden
How is kneeling on someone’s neck for over eight fricking minutes not first degree murder? It’s amazing that they have to lessen the charge to third degree murder.
I’ve had one conversation with a retired state trooper about George Floyd. She’s not happy about the situation, but she definitely was in Camp “Well, we don’t know all the facts”. She admitted to doing that to someone once, although she somehow managed to avoid killing the detainee, unlike Chauvin.
She wound up dropping me on FB because I was “spreading hate against the police”; aka, demanding that police maybe stop killing Black people.
You know; the textbook definition of hate.
re: #93 Dangerman
maybe not when he woke up that morning
but somewhere along the continuum of minute 1 and minute 8 he chose to not stop what he was doing to the handcuffed man lying face down in the street under his knee
Correct, but I believe that’s still only second-degree murder. As far as I remember from laymans’ explanations, first-degree is if you went somewhere intending to kill a specific person, and did kill them. It’s going to be tough to argue that Chauvin had premeditated intent to kill George Floyd in a way that satisfies Murder 1.
Burger King’s UK branch posted a series of International Women’s Day tweets to tout a scholarship. But the first one was: “Women belong in the kitchen.” https://t.co/vohCFgwdbP
— Star-Herald (@sbstarherald) March 8, 2021
re: #95 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Correct, but I believe that’s still only second-degree murder. As far as I remember from laymans’ explanations, first-degree is if you went somewhere intending to kill a specific person, and did kill them. It’s going to be tough to argue that Chauvin had premeditated intent to kill George Floyd in a way that satisfies Murder 1.
the whole thing is bizarre:
Chauvin: if i eased up and got off mr floyd, in his agitated state, he might have injured himself. So i had no choice but to kill him //
again handcuffed and face down though he was. he certainly couldnt hurt anyone else
re: #97 Dangerman
the whole thing is bizarre:
Chauvin: if i eased up and got off mr floyd, in his agitated state, he might have injured himself. So i had no choice but to kill him //
again handcuffed and face down though he was. he certainly couldnt hurt anyone else
That’s his argument? Weak fucking sauce.
re: #56 Dread Pirate Ron
This is why I believe we’ll never have actual AI. We, as a species, don’t actually know what intelligence is. And it’s so easy to mistake processes for actual thought.
re: #59 darthstar
And yet one of his daughters was one of the great English monarchs.
Irony, thy name is Tudor.
re: #98 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
That’s his argument? Weak fucking sauce.
oh no, that’s me talking
i cannot imagine what his ‘justification’ is going to be
was it:
- necessary
- accidental
- not predictable
- by the book procedure
- or the most audacious - he feared for his life
LINCOLN — Nebraska officials said Monday that a new study indicating that higher ethanol blends can be used in conventional vehicles could be a boon to corn farmers and the state’s $5 billion ethanol industry.The study, which used state vehicles and University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers, showed that nonflex-fuel vehicles could burn E-30 ethanol blends and get performance comparable to blends that use less of the corn-based fuel, such as E-10 or E-15.
If only 10% of the 1.7 million registered vehicles in the state switched to E-30, it would increase demand by 18.5 million gallons a year, the study estimated.
“It would be huge for the State of Nebraska and for the entire Corn Belt” if use of E-30 was approved, said Roger Berry, administrator of the Nebraska Ethanol Board. “Imagine if we could double or triple what we produce here in the state of Nebraska.”
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Nebraska study finds that conventional vehicles can use higher ethanol blend (Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald)
Apparently I hate my state’s economy, because I do not use ethanol gasoline in my car.
re: #103 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Nebraska study finds that conventional vehicles can use higher ethanol blend (Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald)
Apparently I hate my state’s economy, because I do not use ethanol gasoline in my car.
we should find a non food use for corn so farmers can keep justifying growing it?
this is buggy whips
re: #104 Dangerman
we should find a non food use for corn so farmers can keep justifying growing it?
this is buggy whips
which in retrospect can be taken several different ways. all correct.
The empire strikes back, Judd Legum, Popular Info.
Of course, after all of those big corporations holding back on political donations to Repubs that voted against certifying Biden as Pres on Jan. 6, they are started to rationalize and weasel-word their way back onto the playing field.
re: #104 Dangerman
Back when the “Arab” oil embargo was scaring America witless, the idea that we could replace petroleum by producing ethanol was sold (by corn growing states’ Senators) as our hope. Some in Congress may have been skeptical, but overall it was a straightforward sell.
So the corn growing states, whose Senators were both Democratic and Republican, became a formidable bloc in the Senate, bipartisan and able to influence spending bills.
Now almost 50 years later, ethanol has become an institution in corn growing states. And those states are now mostly religious rightwing and the Senators reflect that.
So even though supposedly they despise Socialism, they love it for themselves.
re: #104 Dangerman
we should find a non food use for corn so farmers can keep justifying growing it?
this is buggy whips
Considering Nebraska is the world’s largest producer of popcorn, and we still don’t have enough from all the GOP criming, perhaps we could grow more popcorn.
This resonated with me in both the class war sense and in the “I watched both of these as a kid” sense.
I am DONE being silenced for my BELIEFS!*
*The Jetsons and The Flintstones take place at the same time, with the ultra-elite 1% living in the clouds far above a post-apocalyptic Earth where the mass of humanity struggles to survive among mutated animals.— Eize Basa (@PonchoRebound) March 5, 2021
re: #107 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Back when the “Arab” oil embargo was scaring America witless, the idea that we could replace petroleum by producing ethanol was sold (by corn growing states’ Senators) as our hope. Some in Congress may have been skeptical, but overall it was a straightforward sell.
So the corn growing states, whose Senators were both Democratic and Republican, became a formidable bloc in the Senate, bipartisan and able to influence spending bills.
Now almost 50 years later, ethanol has become an institution in corn growing states. And those states are now mostly religious rightwing and the Senators reflect that.
So even though supposedly they despise Socialism, they love it for themselves.
if no one else but me/us gets it, then it’s not socialism //
At Iowa’s latitude, trying to produce ethanol isn’t a winning proposition. Unlike in Brazil, on the equator, who produces ethanol using sugarcane, corn can’t yield enough ethanol precursors using current technology.
There was an effort sell “cellulosic” ethanol to help make more ethanol from corn, using more than just the sugar in the seed.
But in this universe you don’t get something for nothing (except may the universe itself but that is off topic.)
The long term erosion and depletion of top soil will eventually be a big problem for the US. Now, some places like most of Iowa and northern Illinois had an amazingly deep topsoil formed over thousands of years of wet grasslands existing there.
But nothing lasts for ever, especially if you use it.
re: #108 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Considering Nebraska is the world’s largest producer of popcorn, and we still don’t have enough from all the GOP criming, perhaps we could grow more popcorn.
i’d invest in that.
oh wait. i have
we have a cabinet full at the ready
for whenever schadenfreude cries out
Not a good time to be a conservative shit site.
#FLASHLOL - Oh dear. Gab is currently down again, but before it went down or more likely was taken down by Gab ‘CEO’ Andrew Torba - this was posted from Torbas account by the same hacker that whacked them last month. pic.twitter.com/nXkGV8KKZJ
— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³°¹ (@th3j35t3r) March 8, 2021
re: #113 darthstar
Not a good time to be a conservative shit site.
Or Donald Trump.
BREAKING: Manhattan DA expands #Trump financial investigation to include $130-million in loans for Chicago building.
He’s so fucked…— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) March 8, 2021
As a librarian, allow me use my professional insight to make clear that pancake syrup is, in fact, not a book.
— Dave (@WFDave) March 8, 2021
re: #115 Patricia Kayden
Let’s get a ruling from the judges on that “erased from history” assertion.
re: #66 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
So many lizards and lizard-adjacents are in the collective. I’m starting to get vaccine envy.
Cheer up. We’re fogeys, and statistics say we’ll be dead before you are.
re: #111 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
At Iowa’s latitude, trying to produce ethanol isn’t a winning proposition. Unlike in Brazil, on the equator, who produces ethanol using sugarcane, corn can’t yield enough ethanol precursors using current technology.
There was an effort sell “cellulosic” ethanol to help make more ethanol from corn, using more than just the sugar in the seed.
But in this universe you don’t get something for nothing (except may the universe itself but that is off topic.)
The long term erosion and depletion of top soil will eventually be a big problem for the US. Now, some places like most of Iowa and northern Illinois had an amazingly deep topsoil formed over thousands of years of wet grasslands existing there.
But nothing lasts for ever, especially if you use it.
There is a rest area on I-80 in Adair, Iowa which has pillars representing the topsoil depth, which has been measured ever since Iowa was a territory.
Most of Iowa’s topsoil from 1850 is already gone.
With photographs of the pillars: Visualizing Iowa’s topsoil loss (BoingBoing, May 4, 2011)
In a letter sent to Trump’s attorney, RNC chief counsel asserted that the committee “has every right to refer to public figures as it engages in core, First Amendment-protected political speech, & it will continue to do so in pursuit of these common goals”https://t.co/WJAIo3xj20
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) March 8, 2021
re: #69 Patricia Kayden
How many rightwing propaganda cable channels do we need?
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re: #99 Romantic Heretic
This is why I believe we’ll never have actual AI. We, as a species, don’t actually know what intelligence is. And it’s so easy to mistake processes for actual thought.
We have that problem looking at human beings. The idea that each person is a coherent mind operating rationally doesn’t really hold up under scrutiny. People are divided within themselves, profoundly are influenced by environment and body state, and “think” via social interaction; we’re never really the idealized individual actor that philosophy tell us.
One of the basic problems with machine learning is that machines trained on human data see the nonrational heuristics people use unconsciously—like discriminating by gender and race—and replicate it, or simply replicate the assumptions the programmers fail to account for because of their failure to view their own perspective as limited—for example, facial recognition struggling with nonwhite faces.
The scariest part of the automated future isn’t machines so good they’ll transcend humanity, but machines that function like Mechanical Turks or The Great and Powerful Oz…laundering cynical and hackneyed human activity (probably for profit) and granting it a veneer of objectivity because “the algorithm” or “the model” demands compliance.
re: #108 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Considering Nebraska is the world’s largest producer of popcorn, and we still don’t have enough from all the GOP criming, perhaps we could grow more popcorn.
In the realm of unexpected consequences, production of ethanol for fuel is increasingly suspect in the massive die-off of pollinating bees.
re: #111 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
At Iowa’s latitude, trying to produce ethanol isn’t a winning proposition. Unlike in Brazil, on the equator, who produces ethanol using sugarcane, corn can’t yield enough ethanol precursors using current technology.
There was an effort sell “cellulosic” ethanol to help make more ethanol from corn, using more than just the sugar in the seed.
Well, there are a lot of alpha—carbohydrases used to extract more sugars Tynan normally available in the fermentation of potable and non-potable ethanol production, so strictly what you’re saying isn’t quite right, unless I’m misunderstanding.
If you’ve already seen a dog walk on water today just keep on scrolling… pic.twitter.com/zpqc8pWjNU
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) March 8, 2021
Chreighton University, the large private Catholic university in Omaha, has allowed its basketball coach to return after a one-game suspension, because they need him for the Big East contest.
He was suspended for calling his team a plantation.
re: #79 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
She’s getting dragged on Twitter.
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As one of your constituents, you voted against a minimum wage increase last week. And you did it in the snottiest way possible: with a sashay up and a thumbs’ down. Equsl oay means nothing if you can’t even rent an apartment, Kyrsten.
— Dee *There are “Little Cults Everywhere”* Holmes (@mmmirele) March 8, 2021
re: #120 Dread Pirate Ron
Hahahahaha. GOP to Trump: “Your move, bitch!”
I mean, this sucks and I wish they could both lose but it’s amusing just the same.
re: #99 Romantic Heretic
This is why I believe we’ll never have actual AI. We, as a species, don’t actually know what intelligence is. And it’s so easy to mistake processes for actual thought.
I think it will, but we currently don’t have systems that represent and manage symbols properly.
re: #116 aatharuv
I’m waiting for the grand juries to be empanelled.
Here’s the article on the above…Dude’s screwed.
NEW from CNN -
“Manhattan district attorney’s office subpoenaed documents from an investment company that loaned the Trump Organization millions of dollars for its Chicago skyscraper…”https://t.co/t8EiO0jeOk— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) March 8, 2021
re: #127 mmmirele
Not even going to apologize for the typos.
Sen. Sinema claimed when she was running for office that she would pay attention to those who were on the short end of the economy, as she was homeless as a child and her family lived in an abandoned gas station for years.
I guess she didn’t specify “how” she would pay attention.
In a perfect world, all the Trump properties would be converted into affordable housing for low income people.
Holy shit. Gosar has no internal editor.
#AmericaFirst pic.twitter.com/cZRqzEcFSB
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) March 7, 2021
re: #133 darthstar
Holy shit. Gosar has no internal editor.
What in the ever-loving fuck is wrong with that man.
re: #134 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
What in the ever-loving fuck is wrong with that man.
Looks to me like EVRYTHING
re: #101 Romantic Heretic
And yet one of his daughters was one of the great English monarchs.
Irony, thy name is Tudor.
And she had red hair!
Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert’s (R) campaign announced Monday that it was temporarily pausing all public activities in light of the death of the mayor’s husband, Dr. Joe Stothert.Reelection activities were being put on hold “out of respect for the life and legacy of Dr. Joe Stothert, and to properly honor his memory,” said Bev Carlson, the campaign’s communications director. Suspended activities will include TV commercials that were set to begin airing Monday.
Authorities found Joe Stothert dead after responding to a call at 1:53 p.m. Friday about a shooting at the Stothert property in the St. Andrew’s Pointe neighborhood south of 120th and Q Streets.
His death prompted an outpouring of testimonials from patients who credited him with saving their lives and praising his caring approach.
Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine, who acts as the county’s coroner, said Monday that a preliminary autopsy found that Stothert died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officials have no evidence of foul play, Kleine said.
Her opponents are also suspending campaigning for a time.
Democratic opponent Mark Gudgel is currently enmeshed in a scandal over ties with a Twitch streamer who called for violence against Black Lives Matter protestors. That streamer raised money for Gudgel’s campaign, which he returned after the University of Nebraska at Omaha outed the Twitch stream.
Her other Democratic opponent, RJ Neary, has raised a bunch of money, and has the endorsement of the state party.
The mayoral primary is April 6, and the general election is May 11.
Needs a couch in front of it and a flat screen TV above it.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 8, 2021
re: #133 darthstar
Holy shit. Gosar has no internal editor.
Is that the dude whose whole family basically disowned him or am I thinking of someone else?
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re: #96 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Speaking of International Women’s Day, the temple of capitalism I work for thought it would be spiffy
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re: #133 darthstar
It’s a play on that “laugh riot” joke about rape. No, I’m not repeating it. That guy is festering hot garbage.
doggo update
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re: #143 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #139 Eclectic Cyborg
Is that the dude whose whole family basically disowned him or am I thinking of someone else?
That’s the dude.
I posted this picture a year ago to talk about how Covid could grow in this country. pic.twitter.com/QVgGHA9yQY
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 8, 2021
South Dakota state senate approved a bill to disallow transwomen in sports, 20-15. Gov. Noem plans to sign the bill.
Senate approves women’s sports bill on 20-15 vote; Noem plans to sign it (Rapid City Journal)
“In South Dakota, we’re celebrating #InternationalWomensDay by defending women’s sports! I’m excited to sign this bill very soon,” Noem tweeted shortly after the bill’s passage.
Sen. Maggie Sutton, R-Sioux Falls, is the bill’s prime sponsor on the Senate side and gave the same arguments for the bill as in previous committees — the bill is about fairness and inclusion for women.
“In sports, it’s biology that matters,” Sutton said in her opening statement to the floor.
Other proponents for the bill repeated the sentiment that men have an inherent physical advantage over women and outlined different standards in men’s and women’s sports, such as the size of basketballs used and the height of track hurdles.
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re: #147 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Voting against the bill (which would allow transgender women to continue in sport) were one Democrat and fourteen Republicans.
BOSTON (AP) — Victims of a massive global hack of Microsoft email server software — estimated in the tens of thousands by cybersecurity responders — hustled Monday to shore up infected systems and try to diminish chances that intruders might steal data or hobble their networks.The White House has called the hack an “active threat” and said senior national security officials were addressing it.
The breach was discovered in early January and attributed to Chinese cyber spies targeting U.S. policy think tanks. Then in late February, five days before Microsoft issued a patch on March 2, there was an explosion of infiltrations by other intruders, piggybacking on the initial breach. Victims run the spectrum of organizations that run email servers, from mom-and-pop retailers to law firms, municipal governments, healthcare providers and manufacturers.
While the hack doesn’t pose the kind of national security threat as the more sophisticated SolarWinds campaign, which the Biden administration blames on Russian intelligence officers, it can be an existential threat for victims who didn’t install the patch in time and now have hackers lingering in their systems. The hack poses a new challenge for the White House, which even as it prepares to respond to the SolarWinds breach, must now grapple with a formidable and very different threat from China.
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Microsoft server hack has victims hustling to stop intruders (Casper, Wyo. Star-Tribune)
A Brazilian* pulmonologist posted a longish thread about how she believes Bolsonaro is engaging in “pandemicide” or “eugenic genocide.”
1/ A 🧵 on the #pandemicide in 🇧🇷
* Pandemicide: The willful act of ignoring pandemic spread to selectively eliminate those who it will affect most..low and middle-income folks and racialized persons @DrBarbKing
Bolsonaro: “Only the weak dye of Covid19”https://t.co/nECx0NvGvh pic.twitter.com/ZHaqwgJZcq— Leticia Kawano-Dourado 🇧🇷 (@leticiakawano) March 8, 2021
* Not sure if she’s currently resident in Brasil.
House Republicans led by Marjorie Taylor Greene are once again using process maneuvers to try to prevent the House of Representatives from functioning.
Last week they tried to adjourn the House for the day at 10:30 in the morning; today they are doing something even worse.— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) March 8, 2021
Today I was to preside over consideration of 13 of these noncontroversial bills with bipartisan support, but then the bills were suddenly pulled.
It turned out Republicans planned to demand recorded votes on *everything* to delay the American Rescue Plan. https://t.co/opvpwLidkR— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) March 8, 2021
re: #149 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
We run Exchange at work. We are patched. I took care of it myself.
re: #153 Sherlock Hound
We run Exchange at work. We are patched. I took care of it myself.
This must have been the “critical vulnerability” that our sysadmins emailed us about last week for doing a server patch during the business day.
re: #16 darthstar
I wonder if Trump is going to treat Bibi to a “State Dinner” at Trump Tower…I hear their taco salad bowl is quite authentic, even using Lawry’s Taco Seasoning on the ground meat product.
Oh no. Trump will go all the way!
Booby will get a Wendy’s Triple, Large Fries and a Frosty!
re: #150 mmmirele
A Brazilian* pulmonologist posted a longish thread about how she believes Bolsonaro is engaging in “pandemicide” or “eugenic genocide.”
* Not sure if she’s currently resident in Brasil.
Has the GQP extended him an invitation to join their party yet?
re: #154 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
This must have been the “critical vulnerability” that our sysadmins emailed us about last week for doing a server patch during the business day.
I try to do these patches from home after hours. Certain times, I have to be present and I consider and explain it as an emergency. Staff trusts my judgement.
So many articles about the variants seem to include some ominous line with little additional explanation about how variants could blunt the effectiveness of the vaccine, so it’s nice to read a piece that really explains what they are and what the consequences are for the vaccine. https://t.co/3EHJXCUkQY
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) March 8, 2021
Piers Morgan walks into a bear
The bears says, “unfortunate typo.”
And eats him. pic.twitter.com/kQLr22DCht— John Lurie (@lurie_john) March 9, 2021
More on that Hawley poster thread…lots of people posting pics of their high school icons with various reasons why…this one popped up a bunch of times and I have to admit I, too, was guilty of owning it.
I had the same poster for other fervent desires.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 8, 2021
re: #143 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #124 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Yes, you’re undoubtedly more detailed than what I wrote.
The issue with corn ethanol (as in Iowa and Nebraska) is that the seed is used as the source material for the alcohol that then gets blended to make ethanol.
At the equator grasses have much more light to work with, so the yield per acre is much higher for producing ethanol simply because sugar cane on the equator produces more simple molecules for production.
So the idea for high latitudes is to use the rest of the grass plant, in this case the cellulose (which makes up a lot of the plant.)
I’ve not kept up with the state of industry for cellulosic ethanol. The Wikipedia article reads like a promo by that nascent industry.
Erickson already been there.https://t.co/Y2ATf0EDkX
— Edwin (@EdMix13) March 9, 2021
Fuck every one of these Jim Crow measures and the white supremacists who sponsored them. https://t.co/qAo9Blvapc
— Blue Heron Farm (@BlueHeronFarmTX) March 9, 2021
re: #165 jaunte
It’s like one of the party’s know they can’t win on a level playing field with their particular choices of policy to implement.
People often ask for objective proof of racism, as if we’re able to purely reveal the phenomenon in a controlled experiment. This is typically an impossible exercise, yet somehow the British press has made it possible. https://t.co/HfGawdX8R2 pic.twitter.com/BOidkP5aPO
— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) March 8, 2021
Again, this is a ridiculous standard that is used by both overt, passionate racists, as well as white people who are more riddled w/ covert biases, to minimize racism. Yet the UK media is so extreme that they are the rare exception in which such a test has demonstrable results pic.twitter.com/MW83Bksrlk
— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) March 8, 2021
Life is like a box of chocolates!
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) March 8, 2021
I haven’t heard of any being stupid enough to flee to Mexico but, MAGA stupidity being what it is, it may yet happen. The Federales will no doubt be delighted to grab them. They can hand them over through one of the collapsed sections of Trump’s wall.
They weren’t protecting me then and they ain’t protecting Harry today. They’re protecting their privilege.
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) March 8, 2021
When I got to Charlotte owners were less than thrilled that I might date outside of my race on occasion. They pulled me aside.
They brought up the “Bible Belt” to justify their interest.
Which meant “Our season ticket holders are white, Bro! What don’t you get?” I was a kid.— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) March 9, 2021
I wasn’t the only one who went thru it. Ppl thought my homie Sonya Curry was white. I watched people I know and love be hurt by the words and actions of white people in power who didn’t know any fucking better. I didn’t say enough then. Time’s up.
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) March 9, 2021
Crowder is the Greg Gutfeld of Jesse Watterses. https://t.co/oSgIeZsYBT
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 9, 2021
This is the part where I remind everyone that Charlie Kirk entered into a close partnership with Jerry Falwell, Jr., a metrosexual beta male who likes to watch dudes Charlie’s age have sex with his wife. I’m almost sure it was strictly professional. pic.twitter.com/6Me6ajG3Ow
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) March 8, 2021
re: #109 Barefoot Grin
This resonated with me in both the class war sense and in the “I watched both of these as a kid” sense.
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re: #171 DodgerFan1988
How many combat hours does “Dry Gulch” Charlie have?
Read the whole thread.
The Republican assault on voting rights is even worse than you thought, but @staceyabrams tells us what we can do about it. https://t.co/Ykm705mj4X— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) March 9, 2021
ouch
Queen Elizabeth Disappointed In New Royal Baby Boy’s Lack Of Proper Inbreeding https://t.co/5JwE8mPpwN pic.twitter.com/eUNFENxQeG
— The Onion (@TheOnion) March 8, 2021
Don’t want to nitpick but last year it turned out a prince had been having secret holidays with a sex trafficking paedophile pic.twitter.com/WL4LWJxJoU
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) March 8, 2021
Wow. @NASAPersevere has already traveled 70 meters! That’s more than I did today. https://t.co/SyusmjxAWB
— Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) March 9, 2021
Who the hell is waxing his brows and doing his filler? He’s turning into Carrot Top on top of still being an unapologetic racist loser. https://t.co/Kb4W6w8kS1
— Michelle “WEAR YOUR DAMN MASK” Jones. (@maej43) March 8, 2021
re: #176 plansbandc
😂 I don’t see how you can keep your pets off all of your furniture. I wouldn’t waste time trying.
SURPRISE TRIO SNOOZLE IN THE FINAL PIC https://t.co/0NXeCiTKkk
— tensor fascia latte (@taylorheaphy) March 9, 2021
We only rate dogs. This is the Elusive Golden Floor Frog. A very impressive find, but please only send in dogs. Thank you… 14/10 (IG: barleythegolden_) pic.twitter.com/E93eegHCjH
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) March 8, 2021
re: #70 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
WJZ | CBS Baltimore
Prosecutors in the Derek Chauvin murder trial are pushing for a delay of jury selection as the defense appeals to the Minnesota Supreme Court over the possible addition of a third-degree murder charge.
Last year, I got an approved delay to appear for federal jury duty at the Minneapolis court. The delay lasted until July, but then the courts closed down due to Covid. I hope to hell that I don’t get a letter asking me to come in to be a potential juror for this case. I would honestly have to tell them that I want the cop to spend the rest of his life rotting in prison.
Flexing my robotic arm and doing some more checkouts of my tools. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be focused on finishing health checks of arm instruments, and then dropping off the helicopter so it can get ready for its demo flight.
Latest raw images: https://t.co/Ex1QDo3eC2 pic.twitter.com/9aZqGg6v4a— NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) March 9, 2021
re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth
Iowa Republicans passed a bill that would both shorten the state’s early voting period and shave an hour off of Election Day voting. GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds just signed it into law, @sgrubermiller reports https://t.co/YcJeFA74gt
— Zach Montellaro (@ZachMontellaro) March 8, 2021
jfc the last four years still weigh on me.
I wish I could believe Donald Trump would face a real accounting for the mountains of corpses he left in his wake.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 9, 2021
This should be a bigger story. https://t.co/LhI88zkkQp
— Midwin Charles, Esq. (@MidwinCharles) March 9, 2021
re: #188 Patricia Kayden
Flint is still not fixed after SIX YEARS
The Holy Grail was funded by Rock & Roll
The Holy Grail film was financed thusly
Michael White Limited £78,750.00
Led Zeppelin £31,500.00
Island Records £21,000.00
Pink Floyd Music £21,000.00
Charisma Records £5,250.00
Heartaches (Tim Rice) £5,250.00
Chrysalis Records £6,300.00
Ian Anderson £6,300.00
Total £175,350.00— Eric Idle (@EricIdle) March 9, 2021
jfc the last four years still weigh on me.
I wish I could believe Donald Trump would face a real accounting for the mountains of corpses he left in his wake.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 9, 2021
Sorry for duplicate comment, trying to debug this annoying copy/paste problem.
Robotic arm status: groovy. https://t.co/zWhlXDa2ms
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 9, 2021
re: #172 jamesfirecat
That’s clearly wrong though because there was a crossover which involved a time machine…
All the machine did was let them punch through the middle atmosphere.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema practicing her NO vote pic.twitter.com/umAWQV0fQf
— Sabrina🌹 (@abelinasabrina) March 8, 2021
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma have tested positive for coronavirus https://t.co/VWYu6BFqL1
— Liz Sly (@LizSly) March 8, 2021
— (((Federal Reserve and Big Pharma Shill))) 🏦 (@Joshua_Z_Miller) March 8, 2021
There’s crooked, and then there’s @DanCrenshawTX https://t.co/icNe3XIsMo
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 9, 2021
A Phoenix Fox 10 news anchor fell down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theory and finally ended up resigning her position before she said, “hit pieces would emerge about her.”
Last week she was at CPAC, which, unless you’re reporting, is a huge sign that maybe you shouldn’t be a TV news anchor.
re: #138 darthstar
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A long time ago, I looked at an apartment that had been once been servants quarters in the oldest mansion on Summit Avenue above downtown St. Paul. There was one room in the apartment that housed all of the plumbing so the kitchen sink, counters and cupboards were in the same room as the toilet and bathtub. Luckily there was room for a small dining table in the adjacent room, but I had to tell the homeowner that I couldn’t live in a place with the kitchen in the bathroom.
I ask Conor a question.
You’ve gone from being a undergrad college newspaper gossip columnist to writing for a children’s bookseller trade publication. Do you consider this a promotion or a lateral move, Conor?
— Edwin (@EdMix13) March 9, 2021
re: #126 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Plantation comment is bad enough. The fact that one his players intentionally injured one of my guys in the NCAA Tournament (after the game had been decided) disqualified him a long time ago.
The COO of Wirecard plundered the company and is, according to multiple reports, hiding in Russia as a suspected intelligence asset.
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) March 9, 2021
In a battle of wits between Gosar, Taylor Greene, and Boebert, who will manufacture the three bronze medals?
— Edwin (@EdMix13) March 9, 2021
re: #204 gocart mozart
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We believe our hard-earned tax dollars should just go for America. Not for, what? China, Russia, the Middle East, Guam, whatever, wherever.”
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), quoted by the American Independent, apparently not knowing Guam has been a part of the United States since 1899
Trump steps up his effort to steer GOP donations through him: pic.twitter.com/syvxpMwU0z
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) March 9, 2021
Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ...
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
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Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
