Plastic is in everything, from the clothes we wear to the water we drink. John Oliver explains how plastics are harming the planet, why recycling isn’t the solution you think it is, and why fixing the problem will be up to not just consumers, but corporations and policymakers.
Markets don’t work unless the price of a product or service reflects the actual costs involved, including downstream costs. Plastics are cheap to produce and use, but the disposal costs get socialized.
It also means that there is little incentive to develop alternatives as they cannot compete on price.
No amount of awareness is going to change that until we institute policies that force the price of plastic to be covered by the producers and consumers.
We are gonna pay for it one way or the other…
Translation: the GOP is exploiting the phony border panic they ginned up to do more harm to vulnerable children. https://t.co/FLCbRy44A0
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 22, 2021
If there was a way to use plastic for some form of renewable energy that would be amazing.
I got a notice from USCIS. Average processing time for applications at the closest office to me (New Orleans) is ten months so I’ll be lucky if I become a citizen by Christmas.
I will however be one in plenty of time to vote in the mid-terms. :D
re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Markets don’t work unless the price of a product or service reflects the actual costs involved, including downstream costs. Plastics are cheap to produce and use, but the disposal costs get socialized.
No amount of awareness is going to change that until we institute policies that force the price of plastic to be covered by the producers and consumers.
We are gonna pay for it one way or the other…
That argument basically applies to workers.
re: #5 Belafon
That argument basically applies to workers.
It applies to markets in general. I do not see the Free Market as any sort of ideology, it is just a good mechanism for balancing supply and demand and for directing capital to where it can do the most benefit.
But even Adam Smith wrote that markets have to benefit everyone: producers and consumers, borrowers and lenders, employers and employees.
Per a friend: “There is nothing better than a hot Krispy Kreme except a free, hot, Krispy Kreme.”
Krispy Kreme offering free doughnuts with COVID vaccine card
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According to the article, that’s one donut per day through December.
Responding to a post near the end of the last thread:
re: #211 sagehen
In the 1960’s (when our population was about 250 million), we used to have more than 50,000 fatalities every single year from car wrecks. My dad used to shake his head, and note that all the Americans killed in the Vietnam war was the same as every year’s auto deaths.
But Congress did something about it. They appropriated money for research, and when the results of that research came in we got seat belt laws, air bags, stricter drunk driving limits, new materials for windshields, better shielding around gas tanks, better tire treads and paving materials that were less slippery, speed bumps and stoplights and guardrails in selected locations…
These days, even with our 30% higher population and generally longer commutes, auto fatalities are about 30,000 a year.
I can’t help but be reminded of the line in Goldfinger when Bond talks about the ‘flaws’ in Operation Grand Slam:
Bond: You’ll kill 60,000 people uselessly.
Goldfinger (dismissively): American motorists kill that many every two years.
I see Boring Biden is hard at work keeping us from needing to comment.
Huh. Did a little Internet Fu on the Congressman’s claim that DC doesn’t have any new car dealerships.
And, um, it appears to be correct. There are 73 within 10 miles of Zip Code 20045 (the center of DC), but none in DC itself.
It has to be a zoning prohibition, as there are plenty of gas stations and car repair shops.
re: #10 austin_blue
Huh. Did a little Internet Fu on the Congressman’s claim that DC doesn’t have any car dealerships.
And, um, it appears to be correct. There are 73 within 10 miles of Zip Code 20045 (the center of DC), but none in DC itself.
It has to be a zoning prohibition, as there are plenty of gas stations and car repair shops.
perhaps a tax or regulatory issue.
re: #11 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
perhaps a tax or regulatory issue.
Probably. Lots of *used* car places, but not new cars.
re: #13 Punish Domestic Terrorists
There’s a Tesla dealership in DC.
Yeah, but are those REAL cars….?
Woohoo!
Just got my second shot!
So barring any unexpected issues (there weren’t any last time), I’m set!
Next chore is to find a “visiting” vaccination for The Spouse
re: #13 Punish Domestic Terrorists
There’s a Tesla dealership in DC.
909 H St NW Suite 601, Washington, DC 20001
Sales *office*. Showroom only, with a grand total of two vehicles inside.
https://t.co/zBuCKt7jRR pic.twitter.com/cWs5VoPaPK
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) March 22, 2021
Josh Hawley is being groomed for big things. Even though he is from the educated elite, he is still able to sell himself successfully as a “man of the people”.
And his thumbs-up gesture to the Capitol rioters will be one of his brand signifiers.
Expect to see and hear a lot more from him.
re: #18 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Josh Hawley is being groomed for big things. Even though he is from the educated elite, he is still able to sell himself successfully as a “man of the people”.
And his thumbs-up gesture to the Capitol rioters will be one of his brand signifiers.
Expect to see and hear a lot more from him.
I haven’t seen him actually be able to sell himself that way.
re: #17 darthstar
Two mass murderers, three insurrectionists, and a shameless liar. That sounds like Trump’s kind of people, alright.
re: #19 Belafon
I haven’t seen him actually be able to sell himself that way.
He is still enough of a blank canvas that I believe he will be able to pull that off with the marks looking for someone to lead them.
re: #10 austin_blue
Huh. Did a little Internet Fu on the Congressman’s claim that DC doesn’t have any new car dealerships.
And, um, it appears to be correct. There are 73 within 10 miles of Zip Code 20045 (the center of DC), but none in DC itself.
It has to be a zoning prohibition, as there are plenty of gas stations and car repair shops.
unless car dealerships are somewhere in the constitution i’ve missed, I dont GAF about this moronic argument
re: #22 Dangerman
unless car dealerships are somewhere in the constitution i’ve missed, I dont GAF about this moronic argument
Argument: Santa Claus is White, as is Jesus, and DC is not…
re: #14 Jay C
Yeah, but are those REAL cars….?
They’re real AMERICAN cars, but real Republicans hate new American car companies, given all the anti-Tesla legislation they’ve been passing in state houses — namely the prohibitions on letting them have their own dealerships.. Republicans like free market capitalism* when it’s convenient, and give some @#$ excuse when it doesn’t benefit them or their paymasters.
On a related note, did the Republicans manage to pass anti-Tesla crap for DC when they had the trifecta?
Sean Young on Surviving Hollywood’s Many Toxic Men
She got a really bad deal.
Back then we didn’t know that James Woods is a monster, and alcoholism does make a person come across as crazy, even when someone else drove them to drink.
That’s not why they’re not seeking reelection.
They are watching GOPers in the Texas Statehouse prepare to screw around and gerrymander their districts to further dilute Democrats’ power and maximize GOP control.— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) March 22, 2021
re: #26 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Sean Young on Surviving Hollywood’s Many Toxic Men
She got a really bad deal.
Back then we didn’t know that James Woods is a monster, and alcoholism does make a person come across as crazy, even when someone else drove them to drink.
Hollywood is a mirror of America…more like a curved solar reflector, concentrating all its best and worst aspects on a limited area.
re: #23 JC1
Surprised that he didn’t mention Ivanka, Jared, or Don Jr.
He’s going to testify against them to stay out of jail.
ONE POINT THREE BILLION fake accounts, with a capital B. Unreal. https://t.co/7DeOs0jzit
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 22, 2021
Arm these troops NOW. It is B’rer Abbott’s idea to have them unarmed so they will not endanger his MAGAt supporrters when they try to interfere with vaccine delivery.
11 National Guard Soldiers transporting vaccines held at gunpoint in West Texas, suspect arrested
LUBBOCK COUNTY, Texas (KCBD) - An Arizona man has been arrested after he cut off and held at gunpoint a caravan of National Guardsmen transporting COVID-19 vaccines to Matador, Texas around 7 a.m. this morning, according to Idalou Police.
Larry Harris, of Wilcox, Arizona, is accused of following three National Guardsmen vans from Love’s Travel Station on East Regis Street in Lubbock to about two miles east of Idalou. Police say Harris attempted multiple times to run the vans off of the roadway. He then turned his vehicle into oncoming traffic on Hwy. 62/82 and stopped the vans. He then pointed a gun at an unarmed National Guardsman, identified himself as a detective, and demanded to search the vehicles and ordered the rest of the unarmed guardsmen out of their vehicles at gunpoint.
Harris told police he thought the people in the vans had kidnapped a woman and child. All 11 of the guardsmen were in uniform.
When police arrived on the scene, Harris was in possession of a loaded Colt 1911 pistol .45 Caliber. He had an additional loaded magazine on his person and another loaded magazine in his truck, police say.
The Idalou officers took Harris into custody without further incident.
Harris was arrested on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, unlawful restraint of 11 National Guard Soldiers, unlawful carrying of a weapon, impersonating a Public Servant, and interference with Texas Military Forces.
re: #28 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Hollywood is a mirror of America…more like a curved solar reflector, concentrating all its best and worst aspects on a limited area.
It definitely presents us as better than we are, which I think alienates Conservatives more than the abuse in the industry does.
re: #32 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
It is B’rer Abbott’s idea to have them unarmed so they will not endanger his MAGAt supporrters when they try to interfere with vaccine delivery.
How very un-Texan of Abbott - denying his National Guard units firearms?
He’s a TINO.
re: #31 Charles Johnson
I had not thought of it from the fraud angle, and I should have as someone who was once in newspaper advertising.
As long as they thought they could get away with without letting the propaganda accounts give Trump another win, and America a huge loss. It could have been worse if they were just a little more unethical or lacked long-term thinking.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 22, 2021
re: #33 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Is there a name for the syndrome where you can watch a TV show and pick a part how unrealistic it is in your area of expertise then uncritically accept all other things presented as being accurate?
1850’s philosophy book described to truth as a single beautiful glass sphere being carried by a woman with long gown over very rocky surface she tripped, the ball fell and shattered into infinite pieces and everybody ran out and picked up a piece and said I have the truth
In our world The most amplified shards seem to have fallen into a mud pile first for maximum distortion
He thinks Pence failed him. Then his supporters failed to hang Pence. He’s going to be bitter about that.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 22, 2021
re: #27 lawhawk
“Amid” is doing an awful lot of work there.
Americans remain generally optimistic amid onrushing heat death of universe.
re: #17 darthstar
Well look, at least he did not mention Ivanka, Junior, Eric or Mrs. Eric.
— Liddle Pecan Pie (@Pie_Overlord) March 22, 2021
re: #32 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Arm these troops NOW. It is B’rer Abbott’s idea to have them unarmed so they will not endanger his MAGAt supporrters when they try to interfere with vaccine delivery.
11 National Guard Soldiers transporting vaccines held at gunpoint in West Texas, suspect arrested
Willcox, eh? That’s my neck of the woods. Some prime crazy down here.
were they under the influence of psychedelics at the last PolitiFact editorial meeting or what https://t.co/tc9tMTcTRA
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 22, 2021
GOP Rep. @virginiafoxx uses her time at DC statehood hearing to ask @MayorBowser whether she thinks DC would elect Democratic senators… or VERY Democratic senators. Says DC is being used as a pawn by Congressional Dems.
— Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) March 22, 2021
re: #36 So Cal Greek Hippie
Is there a name for the syndrome where you can watch a TV show and pick a part how unrealistic it is in your area of expertise then uncritically accept all other things presented as being accurate?
I don’t know, but I probably have too much trust in news outlets, when I’ve seen how wrong they can be on topics I understand well.
There’s a lovely thread on the Hypnowald and his bullshit about cancel culture and “people shouldn’t be able to be kicked off Twitter,” and I found this excerpt amusing.
And, of course, when you show up at a dinner party, get drunk, go on a ranting rampage, strip down, crap on the centerpiece and pass out in the soup tureen, you’re going to learn that one’s own social calendar can be a sad and lonely place.
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) March 22, 2021
re: #31 Charles Johnson
Every last business who ever advertised on FB should be insisting on a refund given the amount of fraud and abuse that FB enabled by allowing that number of fake accounts to persist.
And we know that’s just scratching the surface.
They knew, but don’t care because that helps them generate even more revenue.
re: #42 Backwoods_Sleuth
I had acquaintances on FB posting about this shit saying he was wired. It’s Beau’s rosary FFS. I even showed them a morning show interview Joe did awhile ago where he talked about it and showed it to everyone. They refused to believe it. That was the last straw for me, and I finally deleted FB and dropped those freaks from my life.
re: #46 lawhawk
Every last business who ever advertised on FB should be insisting on a refund given the amount of fraud and abuse that FB enabled by allowing that number of fake accounts to persist.
And we know that’s just scratching the surface.
They knew, but don’t care because that helps them generate even more revenue.
These sites need independent audits like the Audit Bureau for Circulations does for newspapers.
re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth
GOP Rep. @virginiafoxx uses her time at DC statehood hearing to ask @MayorBowser whether she thinks DC would elect Democratic senators… or VERY Democratic senators. Says DC is being used as a pawn by Congressional Dems.
I hope the mayor responded “that would be up to the citizens of DC.”
re: #49 Teddy’s Person
I hope the mayor responded “that would be up to the citizens of DC.”
“Well, the Republicans seem to keep wanting taxation without representation for DC citizens, so I wonder who they might want to choose?”
re: #50 Belafon
“Well, the Republicans seem to keep wanting taxation without representation for DC citizens, so I wonder who they might want to choose?”
Why do Republicans hate the “Founding Fathers”? /////
re: #35 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I had not thought of it from the fraud angle, and I should have as someone who was once in newspaper advertising.
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That’s got to be like more than a quarter of all accounts right?
— Micah 🇺🇸🗽 (@vtmicah) March 22, 2021
closer to half.
zephoria.com
By Facebook’s own Q3 2020 reports to Wall Street, they have 2.8 B accounts.
re: #34 Eric The Fruit Bat
How very un-Texan of Abbott - denying his National Guard units firearms?
He’s a TINO.
Abbott normally thinks that every meth-head yokel out there should have multiple firearms everywhere, but soldiers on a vital mission; one that has been subject to specific threats no less, should be un-armed? It’s downright suspicious. It would be easy for Biden to federalize this mission, overrule the complicit GQP, and arm the troops.
President Biden’s approval has reached a new high of 55.1% today on fivethirtyeight.com. The former guy never cracked 50% even once.
Got my first Moderna shot!
I didn’t even feel the needle go in.
And I haven’t turned into a zombie yet or grown a third appendage so…yay?
re: #55 Eclectic Cyborg
Got my first Moderna shot!
I didn’t even feel the needle go in.
And I haven’t turned into a zombie yet or grown a third appendage so…yay?
It takes awhile to change your DNA sufficiently to reveal your new unique superpower.
re: #55 Eclectic Cyborg
Got my first Moderna shot!
I didn’t even feel the needle go in.
And I haven’t turned into a zombie yet or grown a third appendage so…yay?
Yeahbutt, are you getting better reception? Has your G increased to 5?
re: #55 Eclectic Cyborg
Got my first Moderna shot!
I didn’t even feel the needle go in.
And I haven’t turned into a zombie yet or grown a third appendage so…yay?
got mine last week. the shot itself I barely felt. A few hours later my arm got pretty sore and stayed that way for a couple days. The first night I had a lot of general muscle soreness that was gone by the time I woke up the next morning, but the arm was still sore.
It’s in the Constitution; no statehood for a territory until a car dealership opens up.
Georgia Rep. Jody Hice, arguing against DC statehood at committee, said DC would become the only state without various things, like “without a CAR DEALERSHIP.” Leaving aside the nonexistence of car dealerships in the 1700s, DC totally has car dealerships. https://t.co/IFim9IOMkI
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 22, 2021
re: #55 Eclectic Cyborg
Got my first Moderna shot!
I didn’t even feel the needle go in.
And I haven’t turned into a zombie yet or grown a third appendage so…yay?
This is good to hear. I get my first shot Friday, and I’m already anxious (needle-phobia all my life).
re: #60 Teddy’s Person
This is good to hear. I get my first shot Friday, and I’m already anxious (needle-phobia all my life).
My wife’s the same way.
re: #56 No Malarkey!
It takes awhile to change your DNA sufficiently to reveal your new unique superpower.
Sadly, a few of us will have to go through oxygen deprivation in order to see our true powers.
re: #60 Teddy’s Person
This is good to hear. I get my first shot Friday, and I’m already anxious (needle-phobia all my life).
Just look away, and it’ll be over before you know it.
re: #62 Belafon
Sadly, a few of us will have to go through oxygen deprivation in order to see our true powers.
Belafon wants to be Deadpool.
re: #58 danarchy
got mine last week. the shot itself I barely felt. A few hours later my arm got pretty sore and stayed that way for a couple days. The first night I had a lot of general muscle soreness that was gone by the time I woke up the next morning, but the arm was still sore.
these are some of those dreaded ‘negative reactions’ the anti’s are screaming about
re: #58 danarchy
got mine last week. the shot itself I barely felt. A few hours later my arm got pretty sore and stayed that way for a couple days. The first night I had a lot of general muscle soreness that was gone by the time I woke up the next morning, but the arm was still sore.
My wife had arm soreness when she got hers too.
re: #60 Teddy’s Person
This is good to hear. I get my first shot Friday, and I’m already anxious (needle-phobia all my life).
they are very thin and dont go in very far
The border crisis already existed; it was just in Mexico where we could ignore it.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 22, 2021
re: #65 Dangerman
these are some of those dreaded ‘negative reactions’ the anti’s are screaming about
Don’t you understand? His arm hurt for days. Days! All for a flu that only hurts 1% of the population. This is an outrage.
Poor seditious baby didn’t understand that actions have consequences.
re: #68 No Malarkey!
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It’s funny, but I remember the press trying to get photos like this during the Trump years. And the response from MAGAts was not abject horror, it was frothing rage that the media was showing more concern for those “illegals” than they were “poor kids/veterans/homeless/etc”
re: #70 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Poor seditious baby didn’t understand that actions have consequences.
IOW, the assholes responsible for Jan 6th continue to prove to be white assholes who thought their privilege that gets them out of the sort of arrests that would see minorities jailed for hours/days would protect them from federal charges.
Sometimes I think all these Republicans share an inability to empathize and an ability to casually inflict pain.
Moreover, asylum seekers are protected by international law. https://t.co/j2nC6jmF1Q— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) March 22, 2021
re: #59 No Malarkey!
It’s in the Constitution; no statehood for a territory until a car dealership opens up.
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So far, the most honest response I’ve seen from the GQP on the question of DC statehood came from Foxx asking if Mayor Bowser thinks that the future state will elect Dems or uber-Dems. All this petty horseshit about car dealerships or yard signs is the usual chaff thrown up when Repubs realize they’re on the losing side of a debate.
Gotta say, my 1st Moderna shot happened right after I proved who I was and had a valid reservation. The gal who administered the shot recommended I begin exercising my arm immediately after…which I began doing by swinging my arm side-side even as I walked to the assigned 15min holding chair. Many other holding chairs were occupied but folks just sat there. I continued swinging my arm throughout the 15 min period rather than just sit there like the others who probably heard the same recommendation.
Result: No soreness whatever. I felt fine and for a few days afterword only had a sore spot immediately around the point of needle entry which was just a dot.
2nd Shot: Arm side-side. Result same-same.
re: #60 Teddy’s Person
This is good to hear. I get my first shot Friday, and I’m already anxious (needle-phobia all my life).
Barely felt it. But then again, I self inject twice a month and have gotten more or less used to it. Then there are the quarterly blood draws for my labs.
re: #74 Targetpractice
IOW, the assholes responsible for Jan 6th continue to prove to be white assholes who thought their privilege that gets them out of the sort of arrests that would see minorities jailed for hours/days would protect them from federal charges.
The poor baby should probably have thought of this before he became a terrorist.
re: #70 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Poor seditious baby didn’t understand that actions have consequences.
Where’s that tiny violin gif? It’s here somewhere. I’ll find it.
re: #79 No Malarkey!
The poor baby should probably have thought of this before he became a terrorist.
In the 20 years since 9/11, we’ve heard case after case of terrorists who blew themselves up, shot dozens of people, crashed aircraft, and other acts whose families were caught in the crossfire and had to bear the stigma of their loved one’s crimes.
But they were brown, so instead of getting concern and sympathy, they got outrage and fury over not doing “enough” to stop the tragedy from occurring or denouncing the religion they’d followed their entire lives.
Look at Ron Desantis throwing a temper tantrum when confronted by reporters on his pay to play scheme involving giving exclusive vaccines for his rich donors. pic.twitter.com/IWtcQ4oGAs
— Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn) March 22, 2021
See?! Shirts with cats on them have ALWAYS been in style…#MondayVibes #MondayThoughts#CatsOfTwitter pic.twitter.com/u2aLnYRJOO
— “Mad Cat” Cattis (@GeneralCattis) March 22, 2021
I’m about two hours post shot. No pain to report.
re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Markets don’t work unless the price of a product or service reflects the actual costs involved, including downstream costs. Plastics are cheap to produce and use, but the disposal costs get socialized.
It also means that there is little incentive to develop alternatives as they cannot compete on price.
No amount of awareness is going to change that until we institute policies that force the price of plastic to be covered by the producers and consumers.
We are gonna pay for it one way or the other…
The same is true of Coal power - outrageous family wealth dynasties have been built on coal, but they want want their users to pick up the environmental costs of coal ash. propublica.org
re: #85 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m about two hours post shot. No pain to report.
Have you started picking up wifi signals yet? If not, you might want to check that you’ve got the most recent firmware update.
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Explaining his veto, Beshear said SB 228 violates the 17th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which sought “to remove the power to select U.S. senators from political party bosses.” https://t.co/iLvYKbLFln
— Tessa Duvall (@TessaDuvall) March 22, 2021
re: #87 Targetpractice
Have you started picking up wifi signals yet? If not, you might want to check that you’ve got the most recent firmware update.
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A lot of people would pay extra to have their social media stream right into their brain via WiFi rather than being glued to a phone all day.
re: #89 Punish Domestic Terrorists
A lot of people would pay extra to have their social media stream right into their brain via WiFi rather than being glued to a phone all day.
I never asked for that.
/(Gamer moment)
re: #68 No Malarkey!
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exactly what i would have said: “preventable” = don’t let them touch american soil / not our problem
The border crisis already existed; it was just in Mexico where we could ignore it.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 22, 2021
re: #70 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Poor seditious baby didn’t understand that actions have consequences.
so pretty much true for any first time offender / father…
GA legislature has backed off two big voter suppression measures - cutting weekend voting & repealing no-excuse absentee voting - but bunch of other anti-voting policies remain@cliff_notes calls it “putting a little makeup and cologne on Jim Crow”https://t.co/5cVr5BABun
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) March 22, 2021
re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Not to worry, they’ll come back to the restrictions on early voting and abolishing mail ballots next year, when they think people won’t be paying attention.
re: #74 Targetpractice
IOW, the assholes responsible for Jan 6th continue to prove to be white assholes who thought their privilege that gets them out of the sort of arrests that would see minorities jailed for hours/days would protect them from federal charges.
i am convinced the bulk of them never even thought as far as getting arrested, let alone jailed
They say DC is too small, or our economy is not diverse enough. Even though we’re bigger by population than two states and pay more per capita than any state; we pay more in total federal taxes than 22 states.
No reason for this Congress not to right this wrong. #DCStatehood— Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) March 22, 2021
re: #75 No Malarkey!
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to be blunt, Mitt, it’s individual choice
as opposed to, you know, forced separation by a government that then loses the records necessary to reunite the families later
The Biden administration’s lack of understanding of the power of incentives continues to baffle me: allowing unaccompanied minors to stay in the U.S. will yield a flood of unaccompanied minors. It’s de facto ‘child separation policy’.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) March 22, 2021
It’s not just consumer fraud either; it’s their advertisers who pay inflated costs for ad views and placements from spam bots spamming other spam bots to put whatever topic Russia or the Right wants to trend at the top. It’s a vast machine to skew SEO https://t.co/GcXHhb6VHC
— Tarkloon (@Tarkloon) March 22, 2021
re: #88 Backwoods_Sleuth
Does the GOP have the numbers to override the Veto?
re: #77 Semper Fi
Gotta say, my 1st Moderna shot happened right after I proved who I was and had a valid reservation. The gal who administered the shot recommended I begin exercising my arm immediately after…which I began doing by swinging my arm side-side even as I walked to the assigned 15min holding chair. Many other holding chairs were occupied but folks just sat there. I continued swinging my arm throughout the 15 min period rather than just sit there like the others who probably heard the same recommendation.
Result: No soreness whatever. I felt fine and for a few days afterword only had a sore spot immediately around the point of needle entry which was just a dot.
2nd Shot: Arm side-side. Result same-same.
instead of getting the second shot in my right arm (again), i’m gonna ask that they use the left arm and that they use the special left arm vaccine. I want full body coverage.
re: #98 Thanos
Not just Facebook either. Bots/spam accounts are big problem on any social media service.
re: #95 Dangerman
i am convinced the bulk of them never even thought as far as getting arrested, let alone jailed
Yeah, I’m there with the theory that most of them went to DC figuring either that the coup would succeed and Trump would remain in the WH…or that he’d issue a blanket pardon just before leaving office so that they’d all be safe from prosecution. Since neither of those occurred, they’re falling back on their ol’ reliable: “I’m a white guy! I’m a patriotic protestor, unlike those ni-CLANGs who rioted last year!”
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heh
I went to an ANTI-MASKER rally and explained Dunning-Kruger to them.
I think he gets it! pic.twitter.com/oNnS6enmdt— Walter Masterson (@waltermasterson) March 22, 2021
re: #95 Dangerman
i am convinced the bulk of them never even thought as far as getting arrested, let alone jailed
Can you say “dumbest motherfuckers on the planet”?
re: #102 Targetpractice
Yeah, I’m there with the theory that most of them went to DC figuring either that the coup would succeed and Trump would remain in the WH…or that he’d issue a blanket pardon just before leaving office so that they’d all be safe from prosecution. Since neither of those occurred, they’re falling back on their ol’ reliable: “I’m a white guy! I’m a patriotic protestor, unlike those ni-CLANGs who rioted last year!”
They didn’t think THEY would be the ones who got their faces eaten.
Literally: Trump voters would have to be complete and total fucking morons to believe me. Come ON, man! https://t.co/AKPmuuX32p
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 22, 2021
This is a truly remarkable declaration, at least as to every allegedly defamatory statement that is found, in some form, in a federal court filing made by Powell’s ‘legal’ team.
It’s a confession of substantial and repeated sanctionable conduct. pic.twitter.com/xQPw1UZg4Y— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) March 22, 2021
re: #108 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #110 Targetpractice
So Powell’s defense…is that she’s such a bad liar that nobody should have taken anything she told the courts seriously.
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Basically on par with Alex Jones claiming he is actually a “performance artist”.
re: #95 Dangerman
i am convinced the bulk of them never even thought as far as getting arrested, let alone jailed
they thought it would work. they thought they’d win. And that Trump loyalists at DOJ would never dream of charging them.
re: #111 Eclectic Cyborg
Basically on par with Alex Jones claiming he is actually a “performance artist”.
Or Faux saying that nothing Tucker Carlson should be taken as factual.
re: #102 Targetpractice
Yeah, I’m there with the theory that most of them went to DC figuring either that the coup would succeed and Trump would remain in the WH…or that he’d issue a blanket pardon just before leaving office so that they’d all be safe from prosecution. Since neither of those occurred, they’re falling back on their ol’ reliable: “I’m a white guy! I’m a patriotic protestor, unlike those ni-CLANGs who rioted last year!”
We told them over and over again that Trump is a narcissistic sociopath who only cares about himself, but that just made them mad. They chose to believe in Trump the pathological liar.
A shadowy group is fighting DOJ appointees Vanita Gupta and Kristen Clarke. If I were a right-wing special interest, I wouldn’t want two smart, experienced lawyers wielding Justice Department power to defend voting rights either. But for the rest of us, it’s great. https://t.co/bbJNtpoBos
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) March 22, 2021
re: #113 Targetpractice
Or Faux saying that nothing Tucker Carlson should be taken as factual.
Everything Republicans say is for entertainment purposes only, and should not be considered to be factual statements. They should have a disclaimer attached to them.
re: #97 Dangerman
to be blunt, Mitt, it’s individual choice
as opposed to, you know, forced separation by a government that then loses the records necessary to reunite the families later
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Say it with me, class: “The cruelty is the point.”
Willard’s about as close as I’ve seen the GQP get to admitting that they supported Trump’s inhumane and illegal policies because they felt that such “disincentivized” immigration to the US. Ripping kids from their parents, stuffing them in poorly-run camps, and allowing disease to run wild weren’t short-comings of the system, they were organized efforts to scare poor and desperate people into avoiding entering this country.
re: #70 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Poor seditious baby didn’t understand that actions have consequences.
Yes, it’s awful being separated from his children.
I have a distinct memory, quite distinct, of his fellow travelers insisting the separated families at the border have no cause for complaint, because “when you break the law you get locked up and separated from your children.” They were quite vehement about this.
re: #95 Dangerman
i am convinced the bulk of them never even thought as far as getting arrested, let alone jailed
They thought they would be heroes.
re: #99 Eclectic Cyborg
Does the GOP have the numbers to override the Veto?
Yes, they only need a simple majority.
re: #67 Dangerman
they are very thin and dont go in very far
This is helpful information and will be my mantra for the next few days.
Ol’ Crazy Eyes is now Dean of Regent University’s Robertson School of Government (gag) and is hosting an “election integrity” conference tomorrow, with all the old gang, and based on reporting from the bastion of freedom, Gateway Pundit.
re: #102 Targetpractice
Yeah, I’m there with the theory that most of them went to DC figuring either that the coup would succeed and Trump would remain in the WH…or that he’d issue a blanket pardon just before leaving office so that they’d all be safe from prosecution. Since neither of those occurred, they’re falling back on their ol’ reliable: “I’m a white guy! I’m a patriotic protestor, unlike those ni-CLANGs who rioted last year!”
My take is that all of these idiots have had a lifetime of “just having a little fun with y’all” by terrorizing others around them with deadly force and not facing any consequences whatsoever, especially by the authorities. The idea of being held to account is simply alien. It’s like game animals who have never seen a hunter.
I bet Teukka could tell us about this. It is really fascinating!
How Cold War Fears Helped Create Helsinki’s Subterranean Paradise
The Finnish capital’s city-within-a-city has a church, a hockey rink, and stockpiles of life-saving supplies. Atlas Obscura
Their infrastructure grid stuff is down there, too.
re: #78 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Barely felt it. But then again, I self inject twice a month and have gotten more or less used to it. Then there are the quarterly blood draws for my labs.
I get yearly blood draws for a thyroid condition and am anxious every time. It’s not rationale. It’s almost* never as bad as I imagine, but next time I’m just as anxious.
* There was that time when it felt like the needle had been jabbed through my elbow.
re: #121 Teddy’s Person
This is helpful information and will be my mantra for the next few days.
i do realize that needle phobia is real and i am not dismissing it
however
of things to be concerned about, this is not one of them.
;-)
re: #82 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s not irrefutable if people are refuting him.
re: #119 No Malarkey!
They thought they would be heroes.
They constantly tell themselves that they’re “patriots,” so when Trump told them that they needed to attack Congress in order to “save America,” the idea of committing sedition became “patriotic.”
re: #129 Targetpractice
They constantly tell themselves that they’re “patriots,” so when Trump told them that they needed to attack Congress in order to “save America,” the idea of committing sedition became “patriotic.”
Amber Ruffin has said that black people know that “patriot” means extremely racist white person.
Her show delivers an anti-racism message in an upbeat way, like a children’s show presenter. I like it.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
NEW - Iceland’s newest volcano collapses as hundreds approach the magma fissure.pic.twitter.com/gWcHFKRAag
Yes, that was just the one branch with leaves tied to a piece of bamboo.
Our meyer lemon six years ago - I almost gave up on it and yanked it out (it had moved two times with us)…and today.
pic.twitter.com/wFV2xXDNmZ— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 22, 2021
Active Boebert situation in Colorado right now.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 22, 2021
Remember how I said upthread that Willard had come the closest to admitting that the GQP’s issue with the border “crisis” is that Biden is treating immigrants like human beings?
Well, I was wrong, Cornyn beat him by a country mile:
President Biden has instead emphasized the humane treatment of immigrants, regardless of their legal status.@nytimes https://t.co/5IuyZTXm6x
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) March 22, 2021
re: #134 Targetpractice
Remember how I said upthread that Willard had come the closest to admitting that the GQP’s issue with the border “crisis” is that Biden is treating immigrants like human beings?
Well, I was wrong, Cornyn beat him by a country mile:
Cornyn must be channeling his inner Ron Johnson.
re: #67 Dangerman
they are very thin and dont go in very far
yeah, the guy said something like “and…the stick!” and I was like “damn, my cat has been secretly acclimatizing me for this for four months now.” Honestly, the last time my cat curled up beside me and hooked her claws into my arm to make sure I didn’t shift around in my sleep, the discomfort was more intense than the shot, though admittedly with the cat, the discomfort is lessened by the knowledge that I love her to pieces.
re: #75 No Malarkey!
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re: #85 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m about two hours post shot. No pain to report.
The only discomfort I had was when the antennas grew. But once I learned to retract them it’s disappeared.
re: #89 Punish Domestic Terrorists
A lot of people would pay extra to have their social media stream right into their brain via WiFi rather than being glued to a phone all day.
re: #85 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m about two hours post shot. No pain to report.
First one? Welcome to Club Half-Vaxxed. Second (or J&J)? Congrats on the two week wait for immunity. Go out and lick some wild animals.
re: #138 A Cranky One
The only discomfort I had was when the antennas grew. But once I learned to retract them it’s disappeared.
Yeah, but going the rest of my life with Ray Walston’s face will take some getting used to.
THIS is what a Colorado Congresswoman, gun extremist and conspiracy theorist is tweeting while a mass shooting tragedy unfolds in Boulder, a city in her state. #coleg https://t.co/uQA2WQcpSq
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 22, 2021
Hey @laurenboebert you’re so concerned about the imaginary border boogie man but look what happens right in your own state you dumb bag of mayonnaise https://t.co/FbYCru5fXb
— Kathleen Wolak (@wolak_kathleen) March 22, 2021
re: #133 darthstar
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re: #131 darthstar
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
That cone collapse shouldn’t have been much of a surprise: I mean, it looked like a pygmy Etna, but it was all just cooled lava thrown up in the past 2-3 days. Though (slow-moving as the lava flows might have been), it seems sub-optimal (to say the least) to let those size of crowds so close.
re: #121 Teddy’s Person
This is helpful information and will be my mantra for the next few days.
Tell him/her/them as you come in that you are just made crazy by the thought of a small needle going in you, and please don’t wave it in front of me. Humor me, hide it.
Yes. I’m a child. So just play along. Do I get a lollypop? GREAT!
I used to request to my dentist to give me a few minutes to compose myself, and don’t wave it around in front of me.
Play along.
99.9% will give you your time and play along.
Read the wall. Look out the window. Distract yourself.
I suffered years of anxiety just knowing I had to get a shot. Or bloodwork.
Compose. Breathe. Relax. This is a potential lifesaver from the stupid we must walk among.
It’s a good thing.
re: #126 Teddy’s Person
I get yearly blood draws for a thyroid condition and am anxious every time. It’s not rationale. It’s almost* never as bad as I imagine, but next time I’m just as anxious.
* There was that time when it felt like the needle had been jabbed through my elbow.
The nurse who draws mine is very good at it. She also alternates arms even though I have had 3 months to heal from the last draw.
An extremely fine gold pendant of the Star of David was found among a 623-piece treasure hoard of 11th century jewelry, allegedly dug up on a farm near Córdoba. The Spanish National Police seized the artefacts after an archaeologist spotted them for sale on social media. pic.twitter.com/0lfDt6LAob
— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) March 22, 2021
Burger King before or after being booked?
— EstebanTornado1963 (@ETornado1963) March 22, 2021
I’m announcing the @AGRutledge Act that will require all Leslie Rutledges to sing The Star-Spangled Banner acapella before each can announce some new stupid virtue signaling proposal.
— Edwin (@EdMix13) March 22, 2021
re: #150 gocart mozart
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You mean he’s not spending all day every day watching TV??? Huh, imagine that. https://t.co/IRCRAbRsE0
— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) March 22, 2021
re: #146 nines09
Tell him/her/them as you come in that you are just made crazy by the thought of a small needle going in you, and please don’t wave it in front of me. Humor me, hide it.
Yes. I’m a child. So just play along. Do I get a lollypop? GREAT!
I used to request to my dentist to give me a few minutes to compose myself, and don’t wave it around in front of me.
Play along.
99.9% will give you your time and play along.
Read the wall. Look out the window. Distract yourself.
I suffered years of anxiety just knowing I had to get a shot. Or bloodwork.
Compose. Breathe. Relax. This is a potential lifesaver from the stupid we must walk among.
It’s a good thing.
I’ve been there at both the dentist and eye doctor. Years ago I had this growth on the inside of my lower eyelid. My optometrist referred me to a plastic surgeon. He was not too concerned about it and asked if I wanted it removed. I said yes, thinking we’d schedule another appointment. He said okay and went about preparing to do it. I said wait a minute, I have to drive home. He told me that I could drive with one eye. I said okay and settled back in the chair. Next thing I see is the needle coming toward my eye. My entire body clenched, and I said “I’m gonna need a minute.” Thing is, I couldn’t close my eye or look away. But he was right. I could drive home with one eye. I just stayed in the right-hand lane and stayed off the beltway (I lived in the DC area at time). The rub was within a couple of months I had a similar growth on the other eyelid and had to do it all over again. Thankfully, it’s never come back.
Per scanner, #Boulder police now concentrating on vehicles in parking lot, so still an active scene. Keep avoiding area
— Mitchell Byars (@mitchellbyars) March 22, 2021
re: #147 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
The nurse who draws mine is very good at it. She also alternates arms even though I have had 3 months to heal from the last draw.
yeah, i get the twice-a-year bloodwork for the thyroid. I don’t know why, but getting stuck has just never bothered me. Even at the dentist’s, they’re often like, “Okay, a little pinch here,” and I feel like, “you don’t need to baby talk me. this isn’t that bad.” Of course, then they drill, and because my nerves run funny in my jaw, that’s normally like Little Shop of Horrors.
re: #153 Teddy’s Person
Thus you tell them upfront. In all my dentists and doctors I had one who ignored me. A dentist I went to not knowing my regular dentist was no longer there. After I was done, I told him to fuck off and went out front and pulled my records and told them I would not be coming back since their so called “doc” was ignorant and would not listen to me.
Was monitoring for a bit, but since it is all over social media, yes police are responding to a second location in #Boulder. No shooting reported there, but it is possibly connected to King Soopers incident
— Mitchell Byars (@mitchellbyars) March 22, 2021
re: #156 nines09
Thus you tell them upfront. In all my dentists and doctors I had one who ignored me. A dentist I went to not knowing my regular dentist was no longer there. After I was done, I told him to fuck off and went out front and pulled my records and told them I would not be coming back since their so called “doc” was ignorant and would not listen to me.
A couple of years ago, I had a bunch of dental work. I embraced the nitrous. I love my current dentist. During one of my visits, I hated the music they were playing. When I was on my way out, they asked how I everything went, and I commented on the music. They put a note in my chart, and during my next visit, they changed the music when I sat down in the chair.
re: #153 Teddy’s Person
I’ve been there at both the dentist and eye doctor. Years ago I had this growth on the inside of my lower eyelid. My optometrist referred me to a plastic surgeon. He was not too concerned about it and asked if I wanted it removed. I said yes, thinking we’d schedule another appointment. He said okay and went about preparing to do it. I said wait a minute, I have to drive home. He told me that I could drive with one eye. I said okay and settled back in the chair. Next thing I see is the needle coming toward my eye. My entire body clenched, and I said “I’m gonna need a minute.” Thing is, I couldn’t close my eye or look away. But he was right. I could drive home with one eye. I just stayed in the right-hand lane and stayed off the beltway (I lived in the DC area at time). The rub was within a couple of months I had a similar growth on the other eyelid and had to do it all over again. Thankfully, it’s never come back.
the best day of my dental life was when I was in the chair, getting a cavity taken care of, and the dentist was like, “yeah, while we’re here, you wanna go ahead and take care of this other small cavity on the same side?” And then, when I went to find out what the butcher’s bill was, there was no additional cost for setup or sedative on the second cavity, which saved me several hundred bucks. The guy’s a champ! His one mistake was really emphasizing dental floss to me. Haven’t had a cavity since I started conscientiously doing that.
Apprehended alive because he’s white. That fucking asshole just murdered 6 people (including a police officer) in a grocery store.
Boulder is where I lived before I moved here. My friend and her children live right by that King Soopers. My sibling works at a King Soopers in Denver.
I am so so tired of this shit.
re: #60 Teddy’s Person
I’m not particularly needle-phobic (when I was a child that was a different story), but it drives me absolutely berserk that EVERY news article having to do with the COVID vax invariably includes a stock photo depicting either a close-up of a needle, or a picture of someone getting stuck, or someone with the needle just about to pierce the skin.
re: #158 Teddy’s Person
You find a good doctor or dentist, you keep them. And tell them you appreciate them.
re: #162 nines09
You find a good doctor or dentist, you keep them. And tell them you appreciate them.
I do. They took me right way with an emergency situation when I wasn’t one of their patients. During the year and a half of dental work, I had another emergency, and when I called the office, the dentist answered and said come in right now. I recommend them to everyone!
ooooh
Skills.. 🔥
🎥 IG: raofederico pic.twitter.com/Ch4aIXEPvG— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) March 22, 2021
just a sad commentary of life in America
“It seemed like all of us had imagined we’d be in a situation like this at some point in our lives.” — James Bentz, 57, who said he was inside the store when the shooting happened. https://t.co/zBjIVLFPv1
— The Denver Post (@denverpost) March 22, 2021
I had penicillin shots in the butt growing up once or twice a year cuz of ear infections. Got so I would faint in the waiting room even though we were there for one of my brothers. Those were painful, painful.
We will continue to tweet updates as we have them. If you live nearby please stay inside for now 2/2 #Bouldershooting
— Boulder Police Dept. (@boulderpolice) March 22, 2021
We will be having a press conference on the #BoulderShooting at 5:45pm Mountain time in front of the Whole Foods at 695 S Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305 #BoulderColorado pic.twitter.com/waJePau9hl
— Boulder Police Dept. (@boulderpolice) March 22, 2021
Man who lost his job as governor because he blackmailed a woman he had tied up in his basement, running for Senate.
Is this the “cancel culture” Republicans keep warning us about? https://t.co/mleiXjNU0A— (((John J))) Lafayette Township Committeeman (@trianglman) March 22, 2021
Tomorrow, SCOTUS will consider the authority of tribal police officers on Native American reservations to investigate non-Native Americans. The case raises thorny issues of sovereignty, racial profiling, and search-and-seizure law.
More from @yunpovi. https://t.co/8wUrR1sXQU— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) March 22, 2021
re: #158 Teddy’s Person
I had the world’s worst dentist as a kid, both in terms of skill and “bedside manner”. So when it came time for me to get my wisdom teeth removed decades later, I was not looking forward to it.
I opted for “conscious sedation” which added about $300 to the bill, but believe me it was a small price to pay. I’d actually been worried that I would be able to fight off or ride out the sedative, and would end up just feeling mildly stoned while my teeth were being busted out. I could not have been more wrong. The doc started an IV (nowhere near as bad as I’d feared — I wasn’t afraid of the needle, but it was the first time I’d ever had a needle that was going to stay put for a while). After a few seconds he said, “OK here comes the good stuff” and injected The Good Stuff into my IV line. About 15 seconds after that, he said, “are you feeling it yet?” I said, “yeah I think so.” I thought so.
About 15 seconds after THAT, I started to became aware of someone slapping the side of my foot. I thought maybe my foot was in the way somehow. It turned out that my 75-minute procedure was over, and they were trying to get me to wake up and leave.
I agree with the banana.
If he’d attacked Nancy Pelosi’s office though, you’d have been cool with it, right?
— dry banana hippy hat (@xj460ss) March 22, 2021
JFC
Fox’s Jeanine Pirro on immigration: “We are promoting a lower level of human being”https://t.co/NfKuxB3L9S
— Media Matters (@mmfa) March 22, 2021
re: #170 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
I had the world’s worst dentist as a kid, both in terms of skill and “bedside manner”. So when it came time for me to get my wisdom teeth removed decades later, I was not looking forward to it.
That sounds like my orthodontist when I was a kid. At one appointment he kept telling me to open my mouth wider. I finally told him that I wasn’t a Pez dispenser.
re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
Not even trying to hide it anymore. They are Nazis, plain and simple. I suspect at some point we may have to deal with them the same way our grandfathers dealt with the originals.
Meghan McCain Apologized for Aiding Trump’s Racist Rhetoric After Brutal Takedown by John Oliver https://t.co/0Tw9CPKmlK via @politicususa
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 22, 2021
re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
JFC
Does she have any advertisers or is she, like Hannity, only advertising Fox product on her show?
DeSantis had a pressing engagement at a Buc-ee’s grand opening in Daytona Beach this morning (not joking), otherwise I’m sure he would have joined this bipartisan delegation. Good on @lennycurry. https://t.co/0gqdi0ZMJm
— Nate Monroe (@NateMonroeTU) March 22, 2021
Friend in Discord pointed this article out.
re: #60 Teddy’s Person
This is good to hear. I get my first shot Friday, and I’m already anxious (needle-phobia all my life).
I’m scheduled to get my shot this Thurs morning.
I see Sydney Powell is taking the “Everyone knows I’m a fucking idiot!” defense.
I have to agree. https://t.co/AMFpQcNyJN
— John Sipher (@john_sipher) March 22, 2021
re: #177 darthstar
Modern media and communications have allowed what otherwise in the past would have been hidden in small groups to be made available to everybody.
That includes the professional grifting via scaremongering by bigotry.
I’ve been noticing on Youtube, for example, that any new-ish channel that produces watchable videos (on topical issues, not transient pop-music videos that immediately get millions of views), that subscriber numbers grow, then that growth speeds up, then plateaus.
The plateau is then pretty stable, maybe very slow growth after that.
This I think is evidence, again, that content has a certain reach, a percentage of the population, for which the content has relevance. The rest of the population doesn’t care.
For Fox News, the idea is to keep their audience. They plateaued a while back, and since their audience is older there is die-off too.
So the program to which you are referencing is one of those programs which is attempting to hold on to that audience. It’s hard-core feed-the-chickens type of bigotry. It’s straight out of copying the John Birch Society.
Advertisers in the large may avoid that program, but Fox doesn’t care, since that show exists to simply keep the audience, who will also watch other shows less pungent (and thus acceptable to advertisers.)
Eric Greitens, now running for Senate, says on Fox News that resigning as Missouri governor amid sexual assault allegations was hard for him because he knew he was innocent pic.twitter.com/OAqaXvCZlX
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 22, 2021
re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth
He is so creepy and gross. He trips every survivor radar thing I have. So does Trump. And his sons. Yuck. Nope. Eww. Shudder.
re: #182 darthstar
I see Sydney Powell is taking the “Everyone knows I’m a fucking idiot!” defense.
It reads to me more like “I now realize I’m legally fucked” sort of statement.
re: #132 darthstar
Yes, that was just the one branch with leaves tied to a piece of bamboo.
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Boom.
no I believe in science https://t.co/FM8xRDXmUG
— James Holzhauer (@James_Holzhauer) March 22, 2021
The Tulane Highways pic.twitter.com/ho8J0JrY66
— Edwin (@EdMix13) March 22, 2021
re: #182 darthstar
I see Sydney Powell is taking the “Everyone knows I’m a fucking idiot!” defense.
And with this, Sidney Powell declares she must be disabarred. She is now stating that the allegations she filed in a lawsuit under penalty of perjury were BS, and she knew it. So, disbarment is number one. And “I was lying” does not obviate a defamation claim. https://t.co/7UHLSFxrfz
— Kurt “Masks Save Lives” Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 22, 2021
6 days ago the NRA celebrated overturning a weapons ban in Boulder.
Today in Boulder a man shot up a grocery store.
The NRA gets people killed, plain and simple. https://t.co/NWeGmls2BK— Ryan Cahalane (@stlryanc) March 22, 2021
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Yeah, isn’t lying about someone a huge part of a defamation claim?
A much calmer, less tense scene, but SWAT is still on the roof and at the entrance of the King Soopers on Broadway and Table Mesa. Multiple police departments from all over Colorado here. FBI here as well. #9news pic.twitter.com/es2kpsyxkB
— Liz Kotalik (@LizKotalik) March 23, 2021
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
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First Fox in the Florida case a few years ago, then the Tucker Carlson case, and now Powell tugging on the same sleeve. “Hey, we’re all bozos on this bus!”
I could swear you did good job torpedoing Neera Tandem’s nomination tho pic.twitter.com/ZWNsCfLkjQ
— NoChillMood (@ritaag) March 22, 2021
This is Marlow. She would like this robot to stop removing her hair from the household. Tired of asking nicely. 12/10 pic.twitter.com/12cnQh1plr
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) March 23, 2021
re: #44 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I don’t know, but I probably have too much trust in news outlets, when I’ve seen how wrong they can be on topics I understand well.
Over 50 years ago, long before I met him, my late husband had an aunt who was murdered. He said that he lost faith in the reliability of the press as a result of their total inaccuracy in reporting the crime. Not a case where political perspective colored the story — but just carelessness. Of course, it could be that their police sources did not provide accurate information. But he was always skeptical after that experience.
re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth
Director of OMB isn’t a Cabinet post.
re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
She’s just talking about people working on Fox.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) March 23, 2021
re: #197 Hecuba’s daughter
Every once in a while, otherwise reputable media sources report on a topic that I know very well due to my profession and personal expertise. Invariably, they either get something completely wrong, or oversimplify a key concept to the point that they might as well have got it wrong. It might not be wrong enough to completely change the jist of the story, but it can definitely leave the reader to a lot of extremely incorrect conclusions.
I read these things and then go on to read other stories about topics I know little or nothing about, and hope they’re at least as accurate as the one I knew something about.
re: #188 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Boom.
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I like his response, but I would not want Sheldon being the host of Jeopardy.
Still working on my Oscar nominated movies
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re: #187 aatharuv
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Just posted this on FB…un-privating because I’m careless. :)
[blockquote]True story about this tree…early in our relationship we were in Livermore visiting friends and Killian said she’d never seen a Wal-Mart greeter…so we went to the Wal-Mart. Didn’t see a greeter, but we bought this tree. Kept it in its pot when we moved from SF up to Woodside…and our landlord took it and put it on a stump of a tree he cut out of his deck to fill the hole he created. When we bought in HMB we brough it with us. He called to complain about us stealing HIS lemon tree. I told him we’d had it for six years already and weren’t giving it up. So it was eight when I took this pic. 14 now.[/blockquote]
re: #202 Belafon
I like his response, but I would not want Sheldon being the host of Jeopardy.
Really, all you have have to do is competently read answers and not be a dickhead.
re: #203 HRH Stanley Sea
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re: #204 darthstar
Just posted this on FB…un-privating because I’m careless. :)
[blockquote]True story about this tree…early in our relationship we were in Livermore visiting friends and Killian said she’d never seen a Wal-Mart greeter…so we went to the Wal-Mart. Didn’t see a greeter, but we bought this tree. Kept it in its pot when we moved from SF up to Woodside…and our landlord took it and put it on a stump of a tree he cut out of his deck to fill the hole he created. When we bought in HMB we brough it with us. He called to complain about us stealing HIS lemon tree. I told him we’d had it for six years already and weren’t giving it up. So it was eight when I took this pic. 14 now.[/blockquote]
Nice blockquoting, asshole, I said to myself…
re: #205 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Really, all you have have to do is competently read answers and not be a dickhead.
I have watched him on Jeopardy and his new show. And I figured out immediately it was about Oz. He just does not have the personality to lead Jeopardy.
Edit: I misread your response the first 30 times and tried to defend myself. That’ll teach me.
re: #207 darthstar
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that president knew how to party https://t.co/LSD0dYUI5Q
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 23, 2021
Normally at this time of year I would be a whole wreck from scrubbing out my kitchen, covering every surface with foil or plastic and changing over all the dishes, pots, pans & utensils for the week of Passover.
This morning I baked sourdough, then tomorrow I will sweep up, mop the kitchen floor and on Wednesday WE’RE GOIN’ TO MIAMI BEACH.
Not partying on South Beach though.
re: #199 Belafon
The real irony is that I know people growing up that think her last name being Pirro and her “ethnic dark hair and swarthy skin” look automatically makes her as something less than a “normal” human being.
Funny how the hate cuts both ways.
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