Oh Come On! Luca Stricagnoli Slays “Stairway to Heaven” on More Than One Acoustic Guitar at the Same Time

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“Stairway To Heaven” is one of the most legendary songs to ever be created. I know it´s also one of the most overplayed songs, but I love so much that I wanted to do my own interpretation of it.
I am using two of my inventions: the first is the add-on neck you see since the beginning. The name of it is “Reversed Slide Neck”, and as the name suggests it´s a neck that has an opposite direction compared regular necks and features a slide, mounted on binaries. The RSN has another interesting particularity: it is an add-on neck, which can be attached and removed from your guitar in just a few seconds. Briefly about it, it was invented by me and turned into reality by Davide Serracini. We are planning to sell it to whoever is interested, but to do so we would first need to reach a reasonable number of orders. Feel free to email me at info@lucastricagnoli.com to know more.
The second invention I use in the video is the Soprano Guitar, a guitar played horizontally and equipped with high pitched strings tuned in scale that I used many other times in my videos. In this arrangement, I use it only to play the solo.
I hope you enjoy my version of Stairway to Heaven! 😊

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254 comments
1
Backwoods_Sleuth  Mar 27, 2021 • 5:49:28pm
2
Charles Johnson  Mar 27, 2021 • 5:53:40pm
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plansbandc  Mar 27, 2021 • 5:57:20pm
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Barefoot Grin  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:00:41pm

So what you’re saying is that the UK gives ambassadorships to raging bores, while the US is sprinkling the world with fascinating people who are exemplars of the American way of life. I’m not sure when or why competence became a job requirement in this world.

re: #157 Nojay UK

US Ambassadors are well-known around the world as the diplomatic equivalent of Walmart greeters, rolled out for grip-and-grin photo opportunities and hosting Embassy dinners but not to be otherwise engaged in serious business without a minder standing by. The real work of representing US interests in each nation is carried out by by the permanent State Department people at each Embassy plus the NOC CIA station head aka assistant trade envoy.

President Trump appointed someone who owns a sportsball franchise to be US ambassador to the UK and he’s now been replaced by the Charge d’Affaires State Dept. head honcho pro tempore until President Biden gets around to nominating a Democrat fundraiser or close family friend for the role. President Obama did the same, appointing two major fundraisers for his electoral campaigns to the position of Ambassador to the Court of St. James during his eight years in the Oval Office.

Just for contrast, the UK ambassador to the United States is currently Dame Karen Pierce, a forty-year veteran of the British diplomatic corps, having been the British rep to the UN in Geneva for six years as well as holding down a lot of other important positions in her career.

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A Cranky One  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:02:17pm

Two things that wouldn’t surprise me:

An upcoming video where Luca adds a fourth guitar that he plays with his feet.

Finding out Luca sold his soul to the devil as Paganini was rumored to have done.

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sagehen  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:03:51pm

re: #5 A Cranky One

Two things that wouldn’t surprise me:

An upcoming video where Luca adds a fourth guitar that he plays with his feet.

Finding out Luca sold his soul to the devil as Paganini was rumored to have done.

and Robert Johnson.

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🌹UOJB!  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:06:58pm

Folks, I’m off to share a Social Distancing Seder with 3 friends.

This year I will celebrate the deliverance from Asshole Trump.

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William Lewis  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:07:39pm

Ok, this is really CGI isn’t it?

Come, it is, really?

< looks at my guitars and just whimpers… >

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PhillyPretzel  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:07:39pm

re: #7 🌹UOJB!

Happy Passover.

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Barefoot Grin  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:11:45pm

re: #8 William Lewis

Ok, this is really CGI isn’t it?

Come, it is, really?

< looks at my guitars and just whimpers… >

You just don’t have the right kind of guitars.

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Dave In Austin  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:15:55pm

Youtube Video

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Barefoot Grin  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:18:25pm

re: #11 Dave In Austin

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Video

This is so fucking stupid that I’m going to have to watch it about 50 more times.

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William Lewis  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:21:59pm

This popped up at the end of Charles video. Not as extreme but still a beautiful working of the song. He hurts my head and I just want more.

EMINEM ON GUITAR (Lose Yourself) - Luca Stricagnoli

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:25:38pm

Extremely local news:

A paper cheque from the Treasury Department for $2,800 arrived today in the mail.

Woo hoo.

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PhillyPretzel  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:27:10pm

re: #15 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Great. I am happy to hear you got your money.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:29:40pm

LOL

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Charles Johnson  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:31:00pm
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plansbandc  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:33:05pm

re: #15 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

We got ours today too!

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PhillyPretzel  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:33:55pm

re: #19 plansbandc

That is good. :)

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Dread Pirate Ron  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:38:25pm
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Mar 27, 2021 • 6:47:03pm

A hot week ahead for us here in SoCal.

This likely signals the end of the rainy season (which runs from fall through winter.)

Unfortunately this rainy season has been too dry.

The local loquats - what is left of the trees not cut down - are doing ok. Hopefully should be good quality once they ripen next month.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:03:17pm

The Suez Canal Authority has a page which shows the development of the canal from the original design to the present day.

It also shows a cutaway drawing of the canal showing why it’s so hard to get the MV Ever Given unstuck.

Canal Characteristics (Egyptian government)

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jaunte  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:07:58pm

re: #23 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Email today from Hannants, a UK model shop:

Message; Regarding kits made in the Far East. Deliveries have been slowing down for a few months. Many manufacturers cannot get containers and others are waiting for the costs to come down. The price of containers went up by 500% and there has been a huge shortage. Now there is a problem with the Suez Canal being blocked. If you want kits that are made in the Far East we suggest you get them while you still can.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:12:10pm
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Patricia Kayden  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:12:17pm

So glad to see this!!

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calochortus  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:17:49pm

Exciting news for Mr. C and me: We hugged our daughter today. First time in over a year, but we’re vaccinated and she’s vaccinated. Son-in-law will just have to wait. For some reason, lawyers aren’t a priority group for vaccination.
We also got a better cuddle with our toddler granddaughter (who is also, of course, unvaccinated) All with masks, but we didn’t need the N95s (except for son-in-law who is naturally being very cautious.)

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mmmirele  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:17:55pm

I really am annoyed at Nick Kristof for softpedaling Rick Joyner.

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calochortus  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:21:00pm

re: #28 mmmirele

I really am annoyed at Nick Kristof for softpedaling Rick Joyner.

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Why are guys who are obviously not going to be fighting in anyone’s war so eager for one? Is there not enough wanton destruction and misery in the world as it is?

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:23:05pm

Trivia: The first ship to transit the Suez Canal after its formal opening was the Khedive’s British-built state yacht El Mahrousa.
This ship is still afloat after countless upgrades and modernizations, and still goes to sea two or three times a year.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:29:57pm

The Catholic priest who presided over Joe Biden’s inaugural Mass is under investigation.

I write to you with an important update. I have been informed by the Provincial of the USA West Province that the Jesuit Provincial Office recently received accounts that Father O’Brien exhibited behaviors in adult settings, consisting primarily of conversations, which may be inconsistent with established Jesuit protocols and boundaries. An independent investigation into these accounts is being conducted on behalf of the USA West Province and the conclusions of the Province’s process will be shared with the Santa Clara University Board of Trustees. Father O’Brien was placed on leave from his position as University President for the duration of the investigation by the USA West Province consistent with its protocols. He has agreed to cooperate fully with the investigation and honor the process that he affirms annually as part of his ongoing Jesuit training.

The Board of Trustees takes these accounts seriously. We also respect the need for a thorough investigation and support the actions being taken by the USA West Province Office. We reserve any further action on the part of the Trustees until we have fully reviewed the final results of the investigation.

(more at Santa Clara University)

Message from the SCU Board (March 18, 2021)

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Barefoot Grin  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:30:50pm

Do the ships that go through the Suez Canal have the equivalent of an EZ-PASS reader pasted to the front windshield?

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Dread Pirate Ron  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:31:26pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:32:23pm

re: #33 Dread Pirate Ron

What the fuck is up with that?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:36:44pm

re: #32 Barefoot Grin

Do the ships that go through the Suez Canal have the equivalent of an EZ-PASS reader pasted to the front windshield?

There’s a giant coin basket on each side of the canal. Open the porthole, throw the coins in.

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William Lewis  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:43:08pm

re: #35 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

There’s a giant coin basket on each side of the canal. Open the porthole, throw the coins in.

Big baskets: The Ever Given’s Toll is ~$443,000 for this transit.

wilhelmsen.com

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calochortus  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:43:40pm

re: #36 William Lewis

Big baskets: The Ever Given’s Toll is ~$443,000 for this transit.

wilhelmsen.com

Bitcoin.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:47:14pm

Conservatives Cancel Shampoo, Take Bold Stand Against Letting Trans Kids Wash Their Hair (Wonkette)

One Million Moms is angry that Proctor & Gamble made an advert promoting it’s Pantene shampoo using a transgender girl in the advert.

This of course will lead to the downfall of civilisation as yet another liberal woke corporation promotes the LGBT+ lifestyle.

(with advert, 1:55)

Matt Walsh helpfully links to the advert in this bit of wingnut insanity:

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Jay C  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:47:29pm

re: #30 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Trivia: The first ship to transit the Suez Canal after its formal opening was the Khedive’s British-built state yacht El Mahrousa.
This ship is still afloat after countless upgrades and modernizations, and still goes to sea two or three times a year.

Link not working for me.

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calochortus  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:56:09pm

re: #38 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Of all the things one might worry about with a transgender kid, I would think hair style would be a perfect thing to try out a new identity. It’s drug-free and easily reversible. Conservatives should be happy about that, right?
I’ve known a few young people (friends of my kids) who were a bit unsure of their sexuality in high school, and having played with their identity a bit they came to decisions that worked for them, whether it was cis or trans.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Mar 27, 2021 • 7:58:48pm

re: #39 Jay C
re: #30 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Trivia: The first ship to transit the Suez Canal after its formal opening was the Khedive’s British-built state yacht El Mahrousa.
This ship is still afloat after countless upgrades and modernizations, and still goes to sea two or three times a year.

Fixed

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austin_blue  Mar 27, 2021 • 8:10:05pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

Kill me now.

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Video

And the little shit won’t turn 25 until November 22nd.

Paganini sold his soul to Satan.

These Italians…

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plansbandc  Mar 27, 2021 • 8:10:13pm

re: #38 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

People are absolutely batshit insane over gender. How about we let people be who they are? Oh right, R’s aren’t about that ever.

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Jay C  Mar 27, 2021 • 8:17:11pm

re: #40 calochortus

Of all the things one might worry about with a transgender kid, I would think hair style would be a perfect thing to try out a new identity. It’s drug-free and easily reversible. Conservatives should be happy about that, right?
I’ve known a few young people (friends of my kids) who were a bit unsure of their sexuality in high school, and having played with their identity a bit they came to decisions that worked for them, whether it was cis or trans.

Naaah: Wingers tend to get twisted right round the bend when it comes to gender issues: especially transgressions against what they assume is “normality”: an awful lot of them haven’t even accept *gay* as anything that shouldn’t be utterly “unmentionable” and banished from the public space; trans stuff seems to just blow their fuses.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Mar 27, 2021 • 8:18:36pm

re: #43 plansbandc

The entire arc in late American history that started in the 1960’s with “women’s lib”, to the 70’s with birth control pills and abortion, to 80’s with gay rights (and AIDS battles), to the current trans-arguments… are in direct conflict with the fundamentalist Christian (and not just Christian but other religions) beliefs about the roles of gender and sexual activity.

Note: even European paganism had its taboos about sex, even if they were less uptight about them than the Christians.

Modernism is the destruction of traditional religions. This is why the “nones” (those who don’t want to identify with a traditional religion nor do they want to be atheists) have very wishy washy beliefs. Modernism doesn’t allow for the rigid walls of fundamentalism. So people create soft religions, that are not so brittle as to break under the hammer of modernity.

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wrenchwench  Mar 27, 2021 • 8:19:58pm

re: #40 calochortus

Of all the things one might worry about with a transgender kid, I would think hair style would be a perfect thing to try out a new identity. It’s drug-free and easily reversible. Conservatives should be happy about that, right?
I’ve known a few young people (friends of my kids) who were a bit unsure of their sexuality in high school, and having played with their identity a bit they came to decisions that worked for them, whether it was cis or trans.

I was of an early double-digit age, playing on the school basketball team. I remember thinking about the girl who was our best player by far, me having recently been introduced to the idea of Lesbianism, I wondered whether I was attracted to her. After much thought, I decided I didn’t want to be with her, I wanted to be her. She was the only girl I knew who had a boyfriend who was in high school.

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calochortus  Mar 27, 2021 • 8:21:09pm

re: #44 Jay C

Naaah: Wingers tend to get twisted right round the bend when it comes to gender issues: especially transgressions against what they assume is “normality”: an awful lot of them haven’t even accept *gay* as anything that shouldn’t be utterly “unmentionable” and banished from the public space; trans stuff seems to just blow their fuses.

They need a better hobby.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 27, 2021 • 8:21:17pm

re: #40 calochortus

Of all the things one might worry about with a transgender kid, I would think hair style would be a perfect thing to try out a new identity. It’s drug-free and easily reversible. Conservatives should be happy about that, right?
I’ve known a few young people (friends of my kids) who were a bit unsure of their sexuality in high school, and having played with their identity a bit they came to decisions that worked for them, whether it was cis or trans.

Of course not. LGBT=bad, evil, of the Devil (who is a Democrat), and the downfall of Western Civilisation (tm)

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calochortus  Mar 27, 2021 • 8:26:49pm

re: #48 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Of course not. LGBT=bad, evil, of the Devil (who is a Democrat), and the downfall of Western Civilisation (tm)

But what if these kids decide they aren’t trans after all? They tried it and decided it wasn’t really them. (And if it is who they are, then that’s all good too.)
If all these conservatives were at peace with who they were, maybe they could leave other people alone.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 27, 2021 • 8:26:51pm

re: #45 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

The entire arc in late American history that started in the 1960’s with “women’s lib”, to the 70’s with birth control pills and abortion, to 80’s with gay rights (and AIDS battles), to the current trans-arguments… are in direct conflict with the fundamentalist Christian (and not just Christian but other religions) beliefs about the roles of gender and sexual activity.

Note: even European paganism had its taboos about sex, even if they were less uptight about them than the Christians.

Modernism is the destruction of traditional religions. This is why the “nones” (those who don’t want to identify with a traditional religion nor do they want to be atheists) have very wishy washy beliefs. Modernism doesn’t allow for the rigid walls of fundamentalism. So people create soft religions, that are not so brittle as to break under the hammer of modernity.

And before that with everything from flappers in the Twenties to voting rights.

As for “nones” that category includes atheists, and many atheists still will not openly identify as such in our country because of the swift and cruel retribution from Christians.

Moreover, so-called liberal churches are also losing members due to rigidity.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 27, 2021 • 8:27:49pm

Off to catch up on more of the uniquely bad “The Starlost”

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ckkatz  Mar 27, 2021 • 8:47:49pm

re: #30 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Trivia: The first ship to transit the Suez Canal after its formal opening was the Khedive’s British-built state yacht El Mahrousa.
This ship is still afloat after countless upgrades and modernizations, and still goes to sea two or three times a year.

The ship of Khedive, or the ship of Theseus?

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Dread Pirate Ron  Mar 27, 2021 • 8:50:31pm
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Dave In Austin  Mar 27, 2021 • 8:52:39pm
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austin_blue  Mar 27, 2021 • 8:58:13pm

re: #54 Dave In Austin

This is one the most stupid takes I’ve seen.

Really.

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sagehen  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:01:36pm

SNL:

Kamala tells us what she’s learned from being in a Jewish family…

the four questions of Passover:

How’s school?
Did you eat?
When are you giving me grandchildren?
What with that haircut?

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piratedan  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:04:23pm

re: #54 Dave In Austin

Laura and the Faux News drivers of GOP “policy” apparently believe that the lessons of the French, American and Russian Revolutions don’t apply to them.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:04:29pm

re: #55 austin_blue

This is one the most stupid takes I’ve seen.

Really.

It’s Laura Ingraham, what the hell do you expect?

/

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:06:46pm

In case you were wondering, here’s how Fox is framing this:

First the wingnuts are against sports leagues for all the anthem kneeling, now they’re first in line to defend them.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:10:34pm

re: #54 Dave In Austin

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Still trying to dictate to private business on ideological grounds. More support for my hypothesis that the Peoples Republicans are actually communists.

Red states indeed./

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Dave In Austin  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:12:47pm
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gwangung  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:17:35pm

re: #61 Dave In Austin

Once again taking agency away from players, many of whom are BIPOC, who have some VERY obvious self-interest in fighting these laws.

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Romantic Heretic  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:19:54pm

re: #38 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

And Matt Walsh is intimately familiar with lying and insanity.

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Romantic Heretic  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:27:00pm

re: #60 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Still trying to dictate to private business on ideological grounds. More support for my hypothesis that the Peoples Republicans are actually communists.

Red states indeed./

It’s why I call then authoritarians and barbarians masquerading as conservatives.

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sagehen  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:29:43pm

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Belafon  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:31:45pm

re: #47 calochortus

They need a better hobby.

Some people on Twitter didn’t like it when I said that some Christians needed to be kept busy for 80 or more hours a week to keep them out of other people’s business.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:42:04pm
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Teukka  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:43:40pm

A piece of cloth over your face the hill these people want to die on. Quite literally in many cases. [Sauce]

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Hecuba's daughter  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:46:37pm

re: #7 🌹UOJB!

Folks, I’m off to share a Social Distancing Seder with 3 friends.

This year I will celebrate the deliverance from Asshole Trump.

We use our own family designed Haggadah to conduct the Seder; it includes Ina Hughs’ “We Pray for Children” (long — so hidden):

Click to Reveal

We pray for children
who sneak popsicles before supper,
who erase holes in math workbooks,
who can never find their shoes.

And we pray, for those
who stare at photographers from behind barbed wire,
who can’t bound down the street in a new pair of sneakers,
who never “counted potatoes,”
who are born in places where we wouldn’t be caught dead,
who never go to the circus,
who live in an X-rated world.

We pray for children
who bring us sticky kisses and fistfuls of dandelions,
Who sleep with the cat and bury goldfish,
Who hug us in a hurry and forget their lunch money,
Who squeeze toothpaste all over the sink,
Who slurp their soup.

And we pray for those
who never get dessert,
who have no safe blanket to drag behind them,
who watch their parents watch them die,
who can’t find any bread to steal,
who don’t have any rooms to clean up,
whose pictures aren’t on anybody’s dresser,
whose monsters are real.

We pray for children
who spend all their allowance before Tuesday,
who throw tantrums in the grocery store and pick at their food,
who like ghost stories,
who shove dirty clothes under the bed,
and never rinse out the tub,
who get visits from the tooth fairy,
who don’t like to be kissed in front of the carpool,
who squirm in church or temple and scream in the phone,
whose tears we sometimes laugh at
and whose smiles can make us cry.

And we pray for those
whose nightmares come in the daytime,
who will eat anything,
who have never seen a dentist,
who aren’t spoiled by anybody,
who go to bed hungry and cry themselves to sleep,
who live and move, but have no being.

We pray for children
who want to be carried
and for those who must,
for those we never give up on
and for those who don’t get a second chance.
For those we smother…
and for those who will grab the hand of anybody
kind enough to offer it.

We pray for children. Amen

The border crisis should make it even more relevant to us today.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:48:28pm

re: #49 calochortus

But what if these kids decide they aren’t trans after all? They tried it and decided it wasn’t really them. (And if it is who they are, then that’s all good too.)
If all these conservatives were at peace with who they were, maybe they could leave other people alone.

Many of them are at peace with what they are. They LIKE being bullies and looking down on others as inferiors.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:49:26pm

re: #70 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Indeed. Some people just aren’t happy if they don’t have someone else to look down on.

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Deep State SuperElite Satinist  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:50:11pm

San Francisco has a new hero

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Orange Impostor  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:51:31pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

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Sorry Charles, I gotta disagree with you on this one.

Nancy and Ann Wilson have my permission as well. Since they were able to move Robert Plant and Jimmy Page to tears with their rendition, I’m of the opinion that they are approved.

Heart - Stairway to Heaven (Live at Kennedy Center Honors) [FULL VERSION]

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Hecuba's daughter  Mar 27, 2021 • 9:52:20pm

re: #71 Eclectic Cyborg

Indeed. Some people just aren’t happy if they don’t have someone else to look down on.

Lyndon Johnson expressed that key insight in the 1960’s:

“I’ll tell you what’s at the bottom of it,” he said. “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Mar 27, 2021 • 10:07:34pm
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(((Archangel1)))  Mar 27, 2021 • 10:14:18pm
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🌹UOJB!  Mar 27, 2021 • 10:18:55pm

This year we used the Haggadah prepared by HIAS.

It truly moved all four of us to tears.

Passover/Pesach: Connect the exodus to today’s refugees

hias.org

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 27, 2021 • 10:20:45pm

re: #51 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Poor Walter Koenig … after he was fired from the USS Enterprise he became a space pirate for the planet Xar.

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Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David  Mar 27, 2021 • 10:21:00pm

re: #76 (((Archangel1)))

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I have a quandary. I’d rather have a spinal tap than listen to fuckface’s voice anymore, but I’d really like to see the “Look it’s the consequences of our actions” edition of Fox.

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🌹UOJB!  Mar 27, 2021 • 10:22:22pm

re: #78 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Poor Walter Koenig … after he was fired from the USS Enterprise he became a space pirate for the planet Xar.

Wait till you get to the episode about the bees!

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mmmirele  Mar 27, 2021 • 10:28:40pm

re: #40 calochortus

Of all the things one might worry about with a transgender kid, I would think hair style would be a perfect thing to try out a new identity. It’s drug-free and easily reversible. Conservatives should be happy about that, right?

I’ve known a few young people (friends of my kids) who were a bit unsure of their sexuality in high school, and having played with their identity a bit they came to decisions that worked for them, whether it was cis or trans.

*drily* some of us are old enough to remember high school vice principals freaking out about male hair touching a shirt collar. Letting a boy wear long hair? OMG the world would come to an end. My brother was a regular visitor to the vice principal’s office because his hair would get too long for these upholders of teenage order. (What these asshats didn’t understand was that our mother spent most of her days and nights in a medicated stupor and it really took a lot to get her rousted and down to the school to get my brother a haircut.)

That said, I have had friends from high school and college who later came out as transgender, it just took a long time because holy crap, the closet was crazy deep.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 27, 2021 • 10:38:57pm

re: #60 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Still trying to dictate to private business on ideological grounds. More support for my hypothesis that the Peoples Republicans are actually communists.

Red states indeed./

(2:16)

Internationale - American (cleaned version from 1933!)

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 27, 2021 • 10:42:44pm

re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth

The next significant high tide is on Monday (tomorrow) so that provides a window of opportunity to get the Ever Given unstuck.

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William Lewis  Mar 27, 2021 • 10:47:31pm

re: #82 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Always preferred this song of solidarity:

The Red Flag - Billy Bragg

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 27, 2021 • 10:59:42pm

COVID-19 is raging through Hungary and populist leader wanna-be dictator Viktor Orban’s government is in denial…

Hungary has a death rate which, since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, has only been seen in a handful of other countries. With 272 deaths in the last 24 hours, Hungary currently has the highest number of daily Covid-19 deaths per one million people. According to Worldometer, it has the second highest total number of deaths proportionately to its population at 1,994 per million people since the outbreak of the pandemic. The only country ahead of it with a population greater than one million is the Czech Republic.

Outside of the fact that hospitals are crowding with people requiring intensive care and ventilator treatment, every day new records in cases and deaths are being reported.

There is no way around accepting that this crisis is getting out of hand, Hungary’s numbers have surpassed Belgium, the United States, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Italy. Almost 20 thousand people have died from Covid since the beginning of the pandemic.

_____________

In the government’s most recent press conference, Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office Gergely Gulyás denied the assertion that hospitals are understaffed.

According to him, the idea that “not all patients are receiving care is fake news,” since all patients are getting the care they need, Hungary has 1678 ventilators and 10 thousand hospital beds available, which are enough for everyone in Hungary.

hungarytoday.hu

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 27, 2021 • 11:06:43pm

re: #64 Romantic Heretic

It’s why I call then authoritarians and barbarians masquerading as conservatives.

When haven’t conservatives not been barbarians?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 27, 2021 • 11:12:38pm

(12:41)

What if Reagan Was Never President?

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sagehen  Mar 27, 2021 • 11:47:32pm

re: #78 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Poor Walter Koenig … after he was fired from the USS Enterprise he became a space pirate for the planet Xar.

was that before or after his service leading the Psi-Corps?

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 12:14:34am

re: #88 sagehen

was that before or after his service leading the Psi-Corps?

I presume before, since the Psi Corps was part of Babylon 5.

(Note: I’d like to see Babylon 5 sometime.)

We’re up to “The Beehive” episode with the discount Dr. Bombay.

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ericblair  Mar 28, 2021 • 12:23:54am

Translated into American: “It’s not hurting the people it’s supposed to be hurting.”

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Dread Pirate Ron  Mar 28, 2021 • 12:25:18am
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sagehen  Mar 28, 2021 • 12:30:18am

re: #90 ericblair

[Embedded content]

Translated into American: “It’s not hurting the people it’s supposed to be hurting.”

I never thought the leopard would eat MY face!!

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 28, 2021 • 12:41:52am

re: #90 ericblair

re: #92 sagehen

In Brexit-related news:

Tears flow for Brits as they head home to avoid being deported as illegals in Spain: Brits this weekend across Spain, leave the country for at least 180 days as they don’t wish to be Spanish residents or have been declined for residency.

What started out to be a dream life in the sun, has turned into a nightmare for thousands of Brits who didn’t wish to be legally registered as a resident in Spain.

By not being legally registered, Brits until now, have gone under the radar when it came to paying Spanish taxes and other contributions, but Brexit has changed that, now they have to be out of Spain by March 31 when they will be deemed as illegal immigrants and deported anyway as their 90-day legal stay ends.

global247news.com

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ckkatz  Mar 28, 2021 • 12:49:07am

(ETA: Oops, looks like Dr Lizardo beat me to it)

And another “I didn’t think that the leopard would eat my face”:

British expats ‘in tears’ as Spain to deport 500 under new rules ‘Dream over’
THOUSANDS of British expats face being booted out of Spain for failing to register for residency under post-Brexit regulations.

Spanish police and immigration officials expect to deport around 500 UK citizens within weeks with targets already earmarked to be picked up and sent home for not having the correct paperwork to remain. Authorities have previously turned a blind-eye to Brits not legally registered in Spain but under Brexit rules they have to be out of the country by March 31 when they will be deemed as illegal immigrants as their 90-day legal stay comes to an end.

…

Fellow returning expat Shaun Cromber voted Leave but said he did not believe Brexit would end his Spanish lifestyle.

He said: “Yes I voted out, but I didn’t realise it would come to this.

“My application has been rejected and we are on our way home - my wife is in tears, she’s distraught if I’m honest and I’m not too happy at the prospect of returning back to the UK.

…

express.co.uk

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 1:04:24am

The Event Horizon Telescope has released an updated image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the M87 galaxy, showing the spiraling matter going into the black hole, polarisation of the light, and the astronomical jet coming out of the galaxy.

Astronomer Anton Petrov explains and shows some of the photographs (14:42)

Updated Image of M87* Black Hole Suggests Insane Magnetic Fields

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ericblair  Mar 28, 2021 • 1:11:32am

re: #94 ckkatz

(ETA: Oops, looks like Dr Lizardo beat me to it)

And another “I didn’t think that the leopard would eat my face”:

British expats ‘in tears’ as Spain to deport 500 under new rules ‘Dream over’
THOUSANDS of British expats face being booted out of Spain for failing to register for residency under post-Brexit regulations.

express.co.uk

It’s very simple. Spanish people living in the UK are immigrants. Brits living in Spain are expats. Of course there should be different rules!

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 1:13:10am

re: #94 ckkatz

Their mistake: They believed conservatives. All conservatives lie.

People like Nigel Farage got very rich though.

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sagehen  Mar 28, 2021 • 1:18:21am

re: #97 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Their mistake: They believed conservatives. All conservatives lie.

People like Nigel Farage got very rich though.

Jacob Rees-Mogg, another Brexit leader and a wealthy man because he inherited his father’s financial firm… relocated the firm from London to Dublin. Because, y”know, reasons.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 1:18:36am

My ex-Soviet sister-in-law has been listening to too much misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine (and she’s an immunologist).

She says she is going to go to Russia to get the Sputnik V vaccine rather than anything produced here. (That’s a damn expensive trip from Texas to Russia for a vaccine.)

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sagehen  Mar 28, 2021 • 1:21:20am

re: #89 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I presume before, since the Psi Corps was part of Babylon 5.

(Note: I’d like to see Babylon 5 sometime.)

We’re up to “The Beehive” episode with the discount Dr. Bombay.

B5 takes place from 2261-2265, if that helps.
It’s on HBOMax and Netflix, if you have either of those.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 1:30:14am

re: #100 sagehen

B5 takes place from 2261-2265, if that helps.
It’s on HBOMax and Netflix, if you have either of those.

I’m afraid I’m out of luck there.

One of the problems of individual streaming services is they all want a subscription fee, which means we can only afford a couple. As such, we chose Hulu+ and Disney+.

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Dave In Austin  Mar 28, 2021 • 1:31:25am
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ericblair  Mar 28, 2021 • 1:39:10am

re: #99 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

My ex-Soviet sister-in-law has been listening to too much misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine (and she’s an immunologist).

She says she is going to go to Russia to get the Sputnik V vaccine rather than anything produced here. (That’s a damn expensive trip from Texas to Russia for a vaccine.)

And domestically, 62% of Russian citizens don’t want to get the Sputnik (or Russian-produced) vaccine. The pro-Sputnik propaganda has been directed to foreign audiences, with not much effort into getting actual Russians vaccinated, since Putin views everything through this geopolitical dominance funhouse mirror.

I’ve got relatives who are the same way. They’re far more pro-Putin than the relatives in Russia, because the relatives in Russia have to actually live there and know what it’s like. If you live overseas you can absorb all the rosy horseshit and don’t have to live with the consequences, plus I think there’s a whole lot of guilt and identity crisis mess wrapped up in it as well.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 1:39:57am

re: #98 sagehen

Jacob Rees-Mogg, another Brexit leader and a wealthy man because he inherited his father’s financial firm… relocated the firm from London to Dublin. Because, y”know, reasons.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 1:50:01am

re: #103 ericblair

There was a study recently published in The Lancet about the vaccine, indicating while its efficacy is slightly lower than that of the Pfizer-Bio-N-Tech or Moderna vaccine, it is well within the range of acceptability for a vaccine.

Moreover, it comes in a dry version which can be administered as a tablet, which means it is not subject to the problems associated with needing refrigeration in areas without.

Russia has also licensed several countries to produce the vaccine, putting its production closer to target areas. This is also an exercise of “soft power” by Russia, since they are more concerned with building good will with other nations, rather than profiting off them like our capitalist pharmaceutical companies and Republican Party.

Dr. Anthony Fauci also has weighed in on the vaccine, speaking positively of it.

Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine candidate appears safe and effective (The Lancet, February 2, 2021, PDF, full article)

It wouldn’t surprise me is Russia pushing all the antivax nonsense onto Facebook to dupe Americans also caused blowback on the Russian citizenry.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 1:53:24am

re: #105 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

That article is a letter about the study.

The actual study at The Lancet is here:

Safety and efficacy of an rAd26 and rAd5 vector-based heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccine: an interim analysis of a randomised controlled phase 3 trial in Russia

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 1:55:58am

Twitter is outraged by the framing of a CNN article about an Uber Eats driver who was murdered.

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ericblair  Mar 28, 2021 • 2:14:58am

re: #105 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

From the actual data coming out now, Sputnik is fine and effective enough as a vaccine. I wouldn’t have a problem taking it. The Russian government poisoned the well domestically, by making it an obviously political rush job and, more generally, cultivating a lie-soaked conspiracy theory mentality for decades for their own purposes that is now biting them in the ass.

They’re not really trying to build goodwill with other countries, though, because that’s not how the Russian government thinks. This is to show Russian dominance and superiority, mostly by publicity. A lot of the contracts for Sputnik, announced with great fanfare, are delivered weeks late, and really not that big (Brazil’s big contract was for 10m doses in a country of over 200m people).

China’s worse, though. There’s no published clinical data from the manufacturers, even though they were the first ones to start these trials. They’re prioritizing visas for foreigners by who have taken Sinovac, and government cutouts have been demanding large political concessions for access (Paraguay has been told that they have to break relations with Taiwan to get the vaccine).

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 2:22:20am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 28, 2021 • 2:22:34am

re: #107 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Twitter is outraged by the framing of a CNN article about an Uber Eats driver who was murdered.

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Until and unless murder charges are brought against the girls, then this framing is acceptable.

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ericblair  Mar 28, 2021 • 2:24:14am

For you goddamn kids out there, google “Gilligan’s Island.”

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 2:25:17am

re: #110 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Until and unless murder charges are brought against the girls, then this framing is acceptable.

Murder charges have been brought. It’s in their article.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 28, 2021 • 2:27:55am

re: #112 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Murder charges have been brought. It’s in their article.

Then that is bullshit

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Targetpractice  Mar 28, 2021 • 2:30:36am

re: #93 Dr Lizardo

In Brexit-related news:

global247news.com

The reality of the situation is totally lost on the supposed “victims”:

By not being legally registered, Brits until now, have gone under the radar when it came to paying Spanish taxes and other contributions, but Brexit has changed that, now they have to be out of Spain by March 31 when they will be deemed as illegal immigrants and deported anyway as their 90-day legal stay ends.

IOW, these Britons were everything they claim as reasons for throwing out “illegals”: They came and went as they pleased, they refused to learn the language, they refused to assimilate, they refused to seek residency/citizenship in favor of remaining citizens of their “home” country, and they took advantage of public works/programs that they were not paying a single pence into. Spain is simply doing to them what they believed they were going to get when they voted to Leave.

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 28, 2021 • 2:35:44am

re: #114 Targetpractice

The reality of the situation is totally lost on the supposed “victims”:

IOW, these Britons were everything they claim as reasons for throwing out “illegals”: They came and went as they pleased, they refused to learn the language, they refused to assimilate, they refused to seek residency/citizenship in favor of remaining citizens of their “home” country, and they took advantage of public works/programs that they were not paying a single pence into. Spain is simply doing to them what they believed they were going to get when they voted to Leave.

BUT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND!! WE’RE BRITISH! YOU NEED US!! - these people’s mentality, most likely.

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Targetpractice  Mar 28, 2021 • 2:39:07am

re: #115 Dr Lizardo

BUT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND!! WE’RE BRITISH! YOU NEED US!! - these people’s mentality, most likely.

Pretty much, at least going by the comments. The ones not declaring that Britain should “retaliate” by throwing out all the “illegals” are instead screaming that Spain will “regret” kicking these Britons out of the country.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 3:13:25am

He’s not a Republican so they move quickly to lock his account.

Facebook has frozen Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s page after he claimed without evidence that a herbal remedy could cure Covid-19.

He claimed in January that a thyme herb solution could cure the disease. He will be unable to post for 30 days.

The company said the leader had repeatedly violated its policies on coronavirus disinformation.

Mr Maduro is not the only world leader to face a pushback from social media companies over Covid.

US President Donald Trump and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro have also faced action over Covid posts.

A Facebook spokesperson told the BBC: “We removed a video posted to President Nicolas Maduro’s page for violating our policies against misinformation about Covid-19 that is likely to put people at risk for harm.

(more)

Facebook freezes Maduro’s page over Covid claim (BBC)

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 3:20:58am

Bolsonaro insulta repórter da Folha com insinuação sexual (Folha de S. Paulo, in Portuguese, February 18, 2020)

President Jair Bolsonaro insulted a female journalist from the newspaper, accusing her of having sex with an opponent to get dirt on him.

A court yesterday found against Mr. Bolsonaro, awarding her damages of about US$3,500.

Bolsonaro’s son in 2019 did the same thing in a YouTube video. She also won against him in court.

Bolsonaro can appeal the ruling.

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Nojay UK  Mar 28, 2021 • 3:22:55am

re: #90 ericblair

A lot of the British fishing quota within the EU was traded off to non-British fishing fleets since counties like Spain and Italy have big fishing industries and a culinary habit of eating lots of sea fish. Britain in contrast has a big coastline and a limited home demand for sea fish. A lot of British-caught fish was sold to the EU with the boats often landing their catches directly in French and other Continental ports which was fine because we were all members of the same trading group.

The British fishing operators made a lot of money selling their catch quotas and they hoped to do it again once Britain was out of the EU. They also didn’t like the EU setting catch quotas so they voted for Brexit. Now they’re wailing and complaining they can’t sell their fish because no-one in the UK wants it and the EU treats their boats as foreign-registered and their catches are subject to a lot of expensive bureaucracy when they do try to land in ports like Cherbourg.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 3:27:40am

NASA Analysis: Earth Is Safe From Asteroid Apophis for 100-Plus Years (NASA)

No Sweet Meteor of Death in our lifetimes.

The near-Earth object was thought to pose a slight risk of impacting Earth in 2068, but now radar observations have ruled that out.

After its discovery in 2004, asteroid 99942 Apophis had been identified as one of the most hazardous asteroids that could impact Earth. But that impact assessment changed as astronomers tracked Apophis and its orbit became better determined.

Now, the results from a new radar observation campaign combined with precise orbit analysis have helped astronomers conclude that there is no risk of Apophis impacting our planet for at least a century.

(more)

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 28, 2021 • 3:38:07am

re: #120 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

NASA Analysis: Earth Is Safe From Asteroid Apophis for 100-Plus Years (NASA)

No Sweet Meteor of Death in our lifetimes.

(more)

I wouldn’t necessarily say that; after all, the Chelyabinsk meteor pretty much came out of nowhere; it went undetected because its radiant was close to the Sun.

Damn good thing that explosion happened at about 30 km up, too - the blast yield on that bad boy was about 400 to 500 kilotons. It’s believed that the Tunguska bolide exploded at about five to ten km up in the atmosphere*; if the Chelyabinsk meteor had blown up at that (relatively) low altitude, the damage would have been infinitely worse. Hell, the Russians might have thought, at first, they were under nuclear attack.

* The estimated blast yield of the Tunguska event varies - it’s reckoned to be anywhere from three to thirty megatons, more than enough to destroy a metropolitan area in any event.

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John Hughes  Mar 28, 2021 • 3:46:41am

re: #41 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

And that is what a super-yacht should look like.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 3:48:30am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 3:53:26am
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John Hughes  Mar 28, 2021 • 3:58:42am

re: #84 William Lewis

The working class can kiss my arse,

I’ve got the foreman’s job at last.

You can tell old Joe I’m off the dole -

He can stick his Red Flag up his hole.

Then raise the Workers’ Bomb on high!

Beneath its shroud we’ll gladly die!

Though all our critics do shout “Balls!”

They’ll be beneath it when it falls!

— Sung to the tune of The Red Flag/Lauriger Horatius/O Tannenbaum

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John Hughes  Mar 28, 2021 • 4:03:11am

re: #93 Dr Lizardo

Hah, I just got my Article 50 carte de sejour so I’m now a legal French resident again.

Screw all those “ex-pats” sponging off the Spanish state. Bet they all voted for Brexit.

Hah:

Another returning at Malaga airport today was Shaun Cromber who despite voting for Britain to leave the EU, didn’t believe it would end his Spanish lifestyle, he said: ” Yes I voted out, but I didn’t realise it would come to this, my application has been rejected and we are on our way home – the wife is in tears, she’s distraught if I’m honest and I’m not too happy at the prospect of returning back to the UK.

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 28, 2021 • 4:03:57am

re: #126 John Hughes

Hah, I just got my Article 50 carte de sejour so I’m now a legal French resident again.

Screw all those “ex-pats” sponging off the Spanish state. Bet they all voted for Brexit.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if most of them did.

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John Hughes  Mar 28, 2021 • 4:14:41am

re: #115 Dr Lizardo

BUT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND!! WE’RE BRITISH! YOU NEED US!! - these people’s mentality, most likely.

although long term I think the Spanish will regret chucking us out of Spain

— Shaun Cromber.

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Teukka  Mar 28, 2021 • 4:21:16am

re: #121 Dr Lizardo

I wouldn’t necessarily say that; after all, the Chelyabinsk meteor pretty much came out of nowhere; it went undetected because its radiant was close to the Sun.

Damn good thing that explosion happened at about 30 km up, too - the blast yield on that bad boy was about 400 to 500 kilotons. It’s believed that the Tunguska bolide exploded at about five to ten km up in the atmosphere*; if the Chelyabinsk meteor had blown up at that (relatively) low altitude, the damage would have been infinitely worse. Hell, the Russians might have thought, at first, they were under nuclear attack.

* The estimated blast yield of the Tunguska event varies - it’s reckoned to be anywhere from three to thirty megatons, more than enough to destroy a metropolitan area in any event.

That’s a nightmare scenario, a earth-crosser coming at the planet at a difficult to detect angle, and which does a low-altitude or ground burst, size of a bus or commuter train. If it strikes a nuclear power, there is a time constraint as to responding to the event. Way too little time to get an indication that it actually was a extraterrestial cause…

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Nojay UK  Mar 28, 2021 • 4:23:25am

re: #127 Dr Lizardo

There are two types of ‘ex-pats’ — one group is the sort who have moved to another country in the EU under freedom of movement and live there as permanent residents, integrating with the local community. The other sort of ex-pats are Brits Abroad, the homespun equivalent of Ugly Americans, who have a house in Spain or elsewhere but retain British residency.

The former don’t have any sort of a residence in the UK and in the referendum they weren’t on the Electoral Register anywhere in the UK so they didn’t get a vote. The other sort did have a presence in the UK and a lot of them were on the Electoral Register somewhere and so they were entitled to vote. How many of them voted to Leave is another matter but the ones that did vote to Leave and now find themselves getting shown the door by the EU are the ones who will get the press headlines because everyone enjoys seeing someone else getting a pie in the face.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 4:38:49am

The counter-apologist who lives in West Virginia (Telltale) and who’s daughter was subjected to Christian proselytisation in sex ed class, has now had to pull his daughter out of the public school because Christians of all faiths in the school are threatening or stalking her.

She is twelve.

He is now getting daily protestors at his house, and she is getting daily protestors at school bus stop.

The police are still refusing to do anything.

The school board outed her to the student body after receiving a letter from the Freedom from Religion Foundation on their violation of the law.

Several US atheist rescue organisations have moved him and his daughter away into hiding. He hired a management company to hopefully prevent burning or vandalism of his home while he tries to sell it. It is his hope he can move to New York City in a couple months.

In the meantime, the Facebook group which was set up to support the teacher and harass and dox the twelve year-old is down, but not before atheists got screen shots of many of the death and arson threats to turn over to the FBI.

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Teukka  Mar 28, 2021 • 5:00:14am

re: #131 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The counter-apologist who lives in West Virginia (Telltale) and who’s daughter was subjected to Christian proselytisation in sex ed class, has now had to pull his daughter out of the public school because Christians of all faiths in the school are threatening or stalking her.

She is twelve.

He is now getting daily protestors at his house, and she is getting daily protestors at school bus stop.

The police are still refusing to do anything.

The school board outed her to the student body after receiving a letter from the Freedom from Religion Foundation on their violation of the law.

Several US atheist rescue organisations have moved him and his daughter away into hiding. He hired a management company to hopefully prevent burning or vandalism of his home while he tries to sell it. It is his hope he can move to New York City in a couple months.

In the meantime, the Facebook group which was set up to support the teacher and harass and dox the twelve year-old is down, but not before atheists got screen shots of many of the death and arson threats to turn over to the FBI.

That’s the thing when beliefs become sufficiently fanatical group/collectively narcissistic. Everything associated with outgroups becomes a mortal threat. Even if it’s a 12-year old girl. Even if it’s a 4- or 5-year old child.
I know that people are reluctant to drag psychological status into this, but I have for a long time seen it as — for lack of better words — an acquired personality disorder with the tentative name “Group narcissistic personality disorder” or “Collective narcissism personality disorder”.
These people and those who pander to them are not right in the head, and so far from it one does need to recognize the pathology.

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Dangerman  Mar 28, 2021 • 5:15:14am

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has become the latest and biggest-name Republican to be appearing at next month’s “Save America Summit” hosted by the group that staged the Jan. 6 rally that fed into the attack on the Capitol.

Women for America First leader Amy Kremer announced Paul’s appearance at the April 8-11 event she is hosting at former President Donald Trump’s financially troubled property near the Miami airport.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 5:18:14am

re: #132 Teukka

That’s the thing when beliefs become sufficiently fanatical group/collectively narcissistic. Everything associated with outgroups becomes a mortal threat. Even if it’s a 12-year old girl. Even if it’s a 4- or 5-year old child.
I know that people are reluctant to drag psychological status into this, but I have for a long time seen it as — for lack of better words — an acquired personality disorder with the tentative name “Group narcissistic personality disorder” or “Collective narcissism personality disorder”.
These people and those who pander to them are not right in the head, and so far from it one does need to recognize the pathology.

Of the charitable organisations we contribute to, one of them is a group which helps fund atheist children thrown out of their homes by Christian parents, or help move atheists who are directly threatened by Christians. (That sort of harassment is not limited to one particular sect in the USA.)

The local newspaper has reported on it, painting him in a negative light. They also use weasel language saying his video protesting his daughter’s treatment has eighty thousand views (implying that’s large when actually that is below average for his videos), and complaining of the profanity in the video (not because he was upset at the teacher violating the law and his daughter’s rights).

Milton Middle School teacher scrutinized for in-class comments (Huntington, WV Herald-Dispatch, March 19)

MILTON — A health teacher at Milton Middle School has caused a stir in the community after an audio recording surfaced of remarks she made in class pertaining to her personal beliefs and the Bible.

Teacher Karen Ashworth’s commentary, which continued for about three minutes, occurred during a lesson seemingly aimed toward the subject of abstinence but that took a turn to religion when she addressed topics such as sexual orientation and same-sex relationships to her students.

In the audio recording shared by Owen Morgan, the father of a student, the teacher seems to imply that non-Christians are not and cannot be brought up with “morals and values.”

Ashworth admitted that she is aware she is not allowed to promote her personal religious beliefs in class and can be heard in the recording saying she “tries to squeeze it in a little bit without getting in too much trouble.”

She also said she doesn’t “believe in” same-sex relationships when teaching students about hormonal changes during puberty.

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Dangerman  Mar 28, 2021 • 5:21:54am

re: #107 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Twitter is outraged by the framing of a CNN article about an Uber Eats driver who was murdered.

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Proximate cause anyone?

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Dangerman  Mar 28, 2021 • 5:24:37am

re: #114 Targetpractice

The reality of the situation is totally lost on the supposed “victims”:

IOW, these Britons were everything they claim as reasons for throwing out “illegals”: They came and went as they pleased, they refused to learn the language, they refused to assimilate, they refused to seek residency/citizenship in favor of remaining citizens of their “home” country, and they took advantage of public works/programs that they were not paying a single pence into. Spain is simply doing to them what they believed they were going to get when they voted to Leave.

Everyone thinks their privilege which is not privilege is the only privilege

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Dangerman  Mar 28, 2021 • 5:32:58am

re: #132 Teukka

That’s the thing when beliefs become sufficiently fanatical group/collectively narcissistic. Everything associated with outgroups becomes a mortal threat. Even if it’s a 12-year old girl. Even if it’s a 4- or 5-year old child.
I know that people are reluctant to drag psychological status into this, but I have for a long time seen it as — for lack of better words — an acquired personality disorder with the tentative name “Group narcissistic personality disorder” or “Collective narcissism personality disorder”.
These people and those who pander to them are not right in the head, and so far from it one does need to recognize the pathology.

Obviously if your “firmly held belief” can be so easily threatened, its not so firmly held is it?

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Dangerman  Mar 28, 2021 • 5:38:52am
Former President Donald Trump told Fox News that he will visit the southern border “over the next couple of weeks.”

Said Trump: “A lot of people want me to**. The Border Patrol and all of the people of ICE, they want me to go. I really feel I sort of owe it to them, they’re great people.”

** I’ve checked into this. They are either
- people named trump or
- people who work at mar-a- grifto

//

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Patricia Kayden  Mar 28, 2021 • 5:40:18am

re: #134 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Unfortunately she won’t be fired. Based on his follow up video, Owens and his daughter have received death threats and been doxxed and are leaving West Virginia. Ughhhh.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 5:41:25am

Capitol Riot Suspect to Judge: I Don’t Need a GPS Monitor Because I’m Christian (Friendly Atheist)

The Christian in question is so-called Baked Alaska (because Nazi and Christian aren’t mutually exclusive).

It’s not surprising that Gionet’s defense lawyer is now trying to downplay his actions by saying he never explicitly called for violence… even though he stormed into the Capitol, barged into an office, and used property that wasn’t his. But it’s truly sad how the lawyer is asking the judge for leniency by citing Gionet’s purported Christian faith:

… Citing his “Christian upbringing” and schooling in a “private Christian” institution, the motion adds that “Mr. Gionet does not come from a background of violence and disdain for law enforcement” and should be allowed to wait for his trial without a GPS monitor.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Mar 28, 2021 • 5:43:04am

re: #139 Patricia Kayden

Unfortunately she won’t be fired. Based on his follow up video, Owens and his daughter have received death threats and been doxxed and are leaving West Virginia. Ughhhh.

That’s one of the reasons we donate to a group which helps atheists flee when Christians attack them. (That, and we might need their services someday as well.)

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Dangerman  Mar 28, 2021 • 5:44:04am
Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told CNN that former President Trump’s recent comments on the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol “manifestly false.”

Said Mulvaney: “To come out and say that everybody was fine and there was no risk is just — that’s manifestly false. People died. Other people were severely injured. To say there was no risk is just wrong.”

He didnt use ” lie” but he came close.

Meanwhile who is Biden’s chief of staff?
Is he still on his first one?
Why isn’t he in the news every single day?

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Patricia Kayden  Mar 28, 2021 • 5:47:24am

re: #142 Dangerman

But Trump still has his vote.

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Dangerman  Mar 28, 2021 • 5:47:30am

re: #140 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Capitol Riot Suspect to Judge: I Don’t Need a GPS Monitor Because I’m Christian (Friendly Atheist)

The Christian in question is so-called Baked Alaska (because Nazi and Christian aren’t mutually exclusive).

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Mr. Gionet does not come from a background of violence and disdain for law enforcement”

Was a total law abiding citizen until the minute he wasn’t.

Where have I heard that argument used before? Give me a minute…

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Dangerman  Mar 28, 2021 • 5:54:53am

Note the shadow

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Dangerman  Mar 28, 2021 • 5:56:55am
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jeffreyw  Mar 28, 2021 • 6:15:55am

Good morning!

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Belafon  Mar 28, 2021 • 6:34:36am

re: #99 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

My ex-Soviet sister-in-law has been listening to too much misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine (and she’s an immunologist).

She says she is going to go to Russia to get the Sputnik V vaccine rather than anything produced here. (That’s a damn expensive trip from Texas to Russia for a vaccine.)

Where does she live in Texas?

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Belafon  Mar 28, 2021 • 6:35:39am

re: #102 Dave In Austin

He ought the make his handle thereallukeskywalker.

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JC1  Mar 28, 2021 • 6:45:23am

re: #78 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Poor Walter Koenig … after he was fired from the USS Enterprise he became a space pirate for the planet Xar.

He had the last laugh as a psi cop though.

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JC1  Mar 28, 2021 • 6:50:44am

re: #100 sagehen

B5 takes place from 2261-2265, if that helps.
It’s on HBOMax and Netflix, if you have either of those.

I’m not crazy about the quality of the HBOMAX release. B5 was filmed in widescreen format; the CGI sequences were rendered in 4:3 to save time. HBOMax is taking the lazy way out and showing everything in 4:3.

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JC1  Mar 28, 2021 • 6:52:34am

re: #101 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I’m afraid I’m out of luck there.

One of the problems of individual streaming services is they all want a subscription fee, which means we can only afford a couple. As such, we chose Hulu+ and Disney+.

HBOMax will have a ‘free with commercials’ service tier later this year. It’ll have all the same programming with the exception of same day theatrical releases.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Mar 28, 2021 • 6:54:19am

re: #101 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Note PeacockTV is free with advertisements.

Roku has some, not a lot, of content free with ads.

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Belafon  Mar 28, 2021 • 6:54:42am
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Belafon  Mar 28, 2021 • 6:55:59am

It won’t happen as long as this gets reported:

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Belafon  Mar 28, 2021 • 6:57:52am
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A Cranky One  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:02:03am

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Dr Lizardo  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:03:16am

re: #154 Belafon

It’s been noted by local statisticians that the death toll here in Czech Republic may be around 10% higher than the officially stated death toll of 25,874.

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A Cranky One  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:04:08am
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darthstar  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:08:53am

re: #159 A Cranky One

Before I hit play I thought it was attacking a baby and I thought, awww.

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PhillyPretzel  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:12:35am

re: #157 A Cranky One

I like that. It fits perfectly.

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Barefoot Grin  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:14:06am
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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:19:54am

re: #151 JC1

I’m not crazy about the quality of the HBOMAX release. B5 was filmed in widescreen format; the CGI sequences were rendered in 4:3 to save time. HBOMax is taking the lazy way out and showing everything in 4:3.

I believe the original CGI models and data were lost, so redoing it would have been expensive. This release looks great. The show would have to be a lot more popular to justify creating the version you want to see. Maybe one day it will be, thanks to this release.

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Dangerman  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:20:39am

first breakfast pondside

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Belafon  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:36:27am

About our new labor secretary:

Marty Walsh, formerly the mayor of Boston, was confirmed as labor secretary on Monday in a 68 to 29 vote. Walsh was the head of the Boston Building Trades Council before being elected mayor. He was elected after starting his working life in construction, a member of Laborer’s Local 223—a local he went on to lead. He sounds like the stereotype of a working-class white guy union member, right? But Harold Meyerson has argued that Walsh has been an effective bridge, working “to push the trades into the 21st century. As mayor, Walsh prodded the city council to approve his proposal requiring construction companies working on public projects or private projects exceeding 50,000 square feet to have 51 percent of their workers’ hours go to city residents, 40 percent to minorities, and 12 percent to women. He has also pushed the building trades into supporting a host of progressive causes.”

m.dailykos.com

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danarchy  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:37:14am

re: #155 Belafon

15 Days sounds like an awfully arbitrary number and also invokes the whole 15 days to stop the spread BS that turned into a year plus to stop the spread.

Sorry, but until wealthy nations have supply that exceeds demand, anything sent to the poorer nations are going to be a token at best.

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Patricia Kayden  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:49:14am
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2020 Blue Wisconsin  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:49:55am

re: #153 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Note PeacockTV is free with advertisements.

Roku has some, not a lot, of content free with ads.

There’s actually a lot of free with ad streaming content available through the Roku and other devices. PlutoTV, Crackle, Tubi channels all have quite a bit of content (usually older stuff) and there’s others as well. I’m a particular fan on Pluto’s MST3K and Rifftrax channels.

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Patricia Kayden  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:52:43am
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PhillyPretzel  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:54:10am

re: #169 Patricia Kayden

Now those are good numbers. Go Joe. :)

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darthstar  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:54:33am
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plansbandc  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:56:34am

re: #72 Deep State SuperElite Satinist

That is so great!

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DodgerFan1988  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:59:40am
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Dangerman  Mar 28, 2021 • 7:59:48am

re: #169 Patricia Kayden

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Competence sells

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darthstar  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:03:44am
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🌹UOJB!  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:08:50am

re: #90 ericblair

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Translated into American: “It’s not hurting the people it’s supposed to be hurting.”

The sun finally sets on the British Empire.

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darthstar  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:09:35am

BREAKING: Americans watch too much TV

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:15:03am

re: #121 Dr Lizardo

I am convinced we will destroy ourselves before a space rock ever could.

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darthstar  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:17:35am

re: #174 Dangerman

Competence sells

So does bullshit if you look at the fear mongering results of the border and guns parts of that poll

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:20:14am

re: #147 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

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Citizen K  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:22:28am

re: #177 darthstar

BREAKING: Americans watch too much TV

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I just wish I knew how to change this shit. Especially since the problem is so self-sustaining that when Dems do make noise and fight back against the shitty wholesale adoption of right-wing frames, the media immediate runs screaming the other way and double-downs, becoming even more slavishly devoted to said same right-wing frames, and making sure that only the GOP narrative ever gets told.

And thus Dems are held to blame for everything, the GOP gets to be treated as having no agency whatsoever and instead becomes THE viable alternative for ‘change’ because everyone and their mothers “know” the Dems are at fault for every fucking thing. And the more you fight it, the more entrenched it becomes. No fucking wonder we can never get any shit done before Republicans fuck it all up again.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:24:40am

Okay, so I know the reality is quite complex, but isn’t it technically possible that if things got bad enough the British could decide: “Okay, we fucked up real bad. This isn’t going to work.” and formally vote to rejoin the EU?

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🌹UOJB!  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:29:19am

re: #131 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

The counter-apologist who lives in West Virginia (Telltale) and who’s daughter was subjected to Christian proselytisation in sex ed class, has now had to pull his daughter out of the public school because Christians of all faiths in the school are threatening or stalking her.

She is twelve.

He is now getting daily protestors at his house, and she is getting daily protestors at school bus stop.

The police are still refusing to do anything.

The school board outed her to the student body after receiving a letter from the Freedom from Religion Foundation on their violation of the law.

Several US atheist rescue organisations have moved him and his daughter away into hiding. He hired a management company to hopefully prevent burning or vandalism of his home while he tries to sell it. It is his hope he can move to New York City in a couple months.

In the meantime, the Facebook group which was set up to support the teacher and harass and dox the twelve year-old is down, but not before atheists got screen shots of many of the death and arson threats to turn over to the FBI.

Just another example of Xtian love.

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Dave In Austin  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:30:45am
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:31:18am

re: #182 Eclectic Cyborg

Okay, so I know the reality is quite complex, but isn’t it technically possible that if things got bad enough the British could decide: “Okay, we fucked up real bad. This isn’t going to work.” and formally vote to rejoin the EU?

Getting the EU to approve that is going to be challenging. Plus, they’ll likely want their pound (£) of flesh and England will have nowhere near as sweet a deal as they had. Then there’s the whole financial systems have already moved to Frankfurt and elsewhere so getting them back is not gonna happen.

Then you still have the Leave voices who are, like trumpets, not going away making stability less possible.

Complex doesn’t begin to cover it.

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:31:54am

re: #182 Eclectic Cyborg

Okay, so I know the reality is quite complex, but isn’t it technically possible that if things got bad enough the British could decide: “Okay, we fucked up real bad. This isn’t going to work.” and formally vote to rejoin the EU?

Maybe if they did it in the next ten minutes, possibly with an offer to pay some costs incurred by the EU — and make a promise not to do this again for at least a century part of the deal.

Any delay, and they’d have to renegotiate the whole thing, and wouldn’t get anything like the deal they got the first time.

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Citizen K  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:32:39am
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:33:12am

re: #186 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!

Maybe if the did it in the next ten minutes, possibly with an offer to pay some costs incurred by the EU — and make a promise not to do this again for at least a century part of the deal.

Any delay, and they’d have to renegotiate the whole thing, and wouldn’t get anything like the deal they got the first time.

They’ll still have to get a vote from the EU Nations. I’m thinking that won’t easily happen.

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🌹UOJB!  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:33:29am

re: #144 Dangerman

Was a total law abiding citizen until the minute he wasn’t.

Where have I heard that argument used before? Give me a minute…

The time I remember seeing that ass at the Hollywood In-N-Out parking lot harassing people. F Baked Alaska. G him. HIJKLMNOP him.

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:34:40am

re: #188 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

They’ll still have to get a vote from the EU Nations. I’m thinking that won’t easily happen.

No idea, but this isn’t only hurting the Brits.

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🌹UOJB!  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:41:33am

re: #187 Citizen K

Lindsay confesses that he has a tiny ding dong.

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darthstar  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:41:35am

re: #181 Citizen K

I just wish I knew how to change this shit. Especially since the problem is so self-sustaining that when Dems do make noise and fight back against the shitty wholesale adoption of right-wing frames, the media immediate runs screaming the other way and double-downs, becoming even more slavishly devoted to said same right-wing frames, and making sure that only the GOP narrative ever gets told.

And thus Dems are held to blame for everything, the GOP gets to be treated as having no agency whatsoever and instead becomes THE viable alternative for ‘change’ because everyone and their mothers “know” the Dems are at fault for every fucking thing. And the more you fight it, the more entrenched it becomes. No fucking wonder we can never get any shit done before Republicans fuck it all up again.

I know it involves risk of backfire, but I wonder if just not responding to the media could work for the Democrats. When they ask about Republican hyperbole just say, “Wow. Is that what you believe?” and don’t answer the question. If they press, say, “Well, you report these things as fact, what do you expect viewers to believe?”

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:43:00am

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darthstar  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:43:38am

re: #191 🌹UOJB!

Lindsay confesses that he has a tiny ding dong.

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darthstar  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:49:41am

So I took the missus in for her second Pfizer shot at the drive-thru mass vaccination site in San Mateo yesterday. There were probably another 50% more cars lined up when we got there and I figured it would take an hour to get through because the first time it took us 20 minutes to enter the building and another 15 to get to the table where the nurse reached in through the window to give her the jab.

This time, it took 15 minutes from when we got in line to when she got the shot. Amazing how much they’ve improved the process in three weeks. There’s a good reason 3.5 million people are getting the vaccine in a day.

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:53:13am

re: #164 Dangerman

Looks amazing! May you enjoy many happy hours hanging by the pond

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BeachDem  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:54:35am

re: #187 Citizen K

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Lindsey’s been worried about “marauding gangs” for years. From 2013—

msnbc.com

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:55:16am

2021 Southern California Twilight

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A Cranky One  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:55:47am

re: #164 Dangerman

first breakfast pondside

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Well, technically I suspect some critters beat you to it.

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darthstar  Mar 28, 2021 • 8:58:43am
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Jay C  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:00:08am

re: #194 darthstar

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Just out of curiosity, I wonder where Sen. Graham’s actual “neighborhood” in SC is? Wikipedia sez he lives in Seneca, SC, pop. c. 8000: not exactly what one would think of as a hotbed of gang activity.

And likely the sort of place where the main carriers of AR-15s after a “natural disaster” would probably be the National Guard….

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JC1  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:07:17am

re: #177 darthstar

BREAKING: Americans watch too much TV

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Asking if the border situation is a crisis is kinda of misleading. Republicans will say yes because any number of brown people is too many, democrat will say yes because children are still being kept in, arguably, pretty shitty conditions. Big changes need to happen, but the 90+% of people that see a problem are probably split close to evenly on diametrically opposing solutions to the problem.

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No Malarkey!  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:07:23am

re: #201 Jay C

Just out of curiosity, I wonder where Sen. Graham’s actual “neighborhood” in SC is? Wikipedia sez he lives in Seneca, SC, pop. c. 8000: not exactly what one would think of as a hotbed of gang activity.

And likely the sort of place where the main carriers of AR-15s after a “natural disaster” would probably be the National Guard….

Lindsey can hardly wait to kill some black people in the race war that gun humpers are jonesing for.

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BlueSpotinAL  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:07:37am

re: #182 Eclectic Cyborg

Okay, so I know the reality is quite complex, but isn’t it technically possible that if things got bad enough the British could decide: “Okay, we fucked up real bad. This isn’t going to work.” and formally vote to rejoin the EU?

Hey, I voted for Fuck Around , I did not vote for And Find Out!

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:09:56am

re: #187 Citizen K

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“The day the welfare checks stop” is Armageddon to these people, and they believe in it with religious fervor.

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BlueSpotinAL  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:11:38am

re: #202 JC1

Asking if the border situation is a crisis is kinda of misleading. Republicans will say yes because any number of brown people is too many, democrat will say yes because children are still being kept in, arguably, pretty shitty conditions. Big changes need to happen, but the 90+% of people that see a problem are probably split close to evenly on diametrically opposing solutions to the problem.

from the dictionary…

noun, plural cri*ses [krahy-seez].
a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.

a condition of instability or danger, as in social, economic, political, or international affairs, leading to a decisive change.

So no, not a crisis. A problem, yes. Has been for decades.

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A Cranky One  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:16:19am

Something I’ve always wondered about the idea of using an AR-15 to “drive away the hordes” scenario. I have no expertise, so:

While an assault rifle is very effective at throwing a lot of bullets down range quickly and can have a devastating effect when it hits, aren’t the majority of rounds expended ineffective (in the sense they don’t hit a target) in a battle/gunfight situation? The AR-15 round is small and at other than short range, it would seem difficult to hit a target without time to aim. I wonder if these folks have ever considered that the “hordes” may also have weapons and could be shooting back? Or that they just have to wait until all the ammo is expended to attack?

I don’t think “I have a scary gun” is the deterrent folks think it is.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:17:10am

re: #206 BlueSpotinAL

If it is a crisis, it’s because it was already bad and their guy just spent the last four years fucking things up even more.

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Nojay UK  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:17:33am

re: #206 BlueSpotinAL

So no, not a crisis. A problem, yes. Has been for decades.

The problem becomes a crisis when the border gets too secure and rural America is starved of its cheap farming labour force, American houses start leaking since the reroofers aren’t ready for duty in the Home Depot car parks and hotels across the nation run out of underpaid housekeeping maids.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:26:30am

If/when NY state indicts Trump, will that affect his eligibility for 2024?

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Patricia Kayden  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:27:38am
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PhillyPretzel  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:27:44am

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No Malarkey!  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:29:53am

re: #182 Eclectic Cyborg

Okay, so I know the reality is quite complex, but isn’t it technically possible that if things got bad enough the British could decide: “Okay, we fucked up real bad. This isn’t going to work.” and formally vote to rejoin the EU?

They could, but the EU doesn’t have to let them back in. It has to be unanimous approval by all member countries. I wouldn’t; the UK was a pain in the ass, demanding special treatment, like keeping the Pound. And they could flip and demand another Brexit if the anti-EU folks regained power. Now maybe Scotland can get back in if they secede.

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No Malarkey!  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:31:51am

re: #210 Eclectic Cyborg

If/when NY state indicts Trump, will that affect his eligibility for 2024?

No. But it would be difficult for him to run for president from prison.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:34:38am

Coulda happened…

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No Malarkey!  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:34:39am

re: #208 Eclectic Cyborg

If it is a crisis, it’s because it was already bad and their guy just spent the last four years fucking things up even more.

The problem was hidden in Mexico where we could ignore it; helping these kids here actually improves their situation, but now it’s visible to us, so suddenly it’s a “crisis.”

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mmmirele  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:36:54am

I am absolutely NOT a fan of David French. In fact, I stated on Twitter last week that he was one of those guys who saw women through the lens of male property. That said, I do appreciate that he and his wife Nancy did a LOT of work on this story about the sexual abuse of boys committed by a director at elite Christian Kanakuk Kamps. And they kept their religious beliefs out of it. There could have been lots of opportunity for bashing gay men, but they didn’t. They instead treated what Pete Newman did as a crime outside of his sexuality.

I’ve known about this story for a while, but because of the non-disclosure agreements (oh so many NDAs), it’s hard to get the information out. The Frenches have pushed the story a lot further. It’s horrible to read at the end of the story about the suicide of one of the victims…following the link to the obituary reveals a young man who had so far excelled in his life, but his family wanted everyone to remember that Kanakuk Kamps had messed him up badly.

frenchpress.thedispatch.com

I’m just going to point one thing out from the story:

Some restrictions had been put in place on Pete Newman:

Oddly enough, these prohibitions were enacted only until Newman got married. At that point, the camp said it would “re-evaluate” the restrictions. Years later, White characterized Newman’s wife as the “initial layer of accountability” against abuse.

And on top of the sexual abuse of the boys, this fucking enrages me. Women are not initial layers of accountability for men. NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPITY NOPE. That said, the Frenches put it out there and don’t comment on it. I, however, am commenting on it.

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BlueSpotinAL  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:38:49am

Disclaimer: I am a Boomer and as a group we are the worst.

Boomers Got the Vax - SNL

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PhillyPretzel  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:38:50am

re: #215 Colère Tueur de Lapin

That is almost as good as me telling my younger nephew, when he was almost two years old, that gefilte fish was a particular breed of fish that swims in glass jars marked Manischewitz.

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retired cynic  Mar 28, 2021 • 9:49:20am

Opinion: Georgia Republicans were quiet about their attack on voting rights, but, oh, did they laugh, WaPo
By Michelle Au, a (D) Georgia state senator

Enraging.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 28, 2021 • 10:04:09am

Weekend Update: Biden Calls for Gun Control - SNL

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mmmirele  Mar 28, 2021 • 10:12:45am

Erick son of Erick is spending Palm Sunday babbling on about cancel culture and eschatology, basically trying to excuse himself from actually thinking about Jesus.

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Citizen K  Mar 28, 2021 • 10:16:02am

re: #202 JC1

Asking if the border situation is a crisis is kinda of misleading. Republicans will say yes because any number of brown people is too many, democrat will say yes because children are still being kept in, arguably, pretty shitty conditions. Big changes need to happen, but the 90+% of people that see a problem are probably split close to evenly on diametrically opposing solutions to the problem.

Being misleading is the point. It’s deliberate framing, and the media is all too happy to disseminate it.

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EstebanTornado1963  Mar 28, 2021 • 10:18:42am
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plansbandc  Mar 28, 2021 • 10:20:21am

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Citizen K  Mar 28, 2021 • 10:23:31am
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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Mar 28, 2021 • 10:28:05am

re: #207 A Cranky One

Something I’ve always wondered about the idea of using an AR-15 to “drive away the hordes” scenario. I have no expertise, so:

While an assault rifle is very effective at throwing a lot of bullets down range quickly and can have a devastating effect when it hits, aren’t the majority of rounds expended ineffective (in the sense they don’t hit a target) in a battle/gunfight situation? The AR-15 round is small and at other than short range, it would seem difficult to hit a target without time to aim. I wonder if these folks have ever considered that the “hordes” may also have weapons and could be shooting back? Or that they just have to wait until all the ammo is expended to attack?

I don’t think “I have a scary gun” is the deterrent folks think it is.

You have it right. Civilian AR-15s are fairly accurate when properly aimed, but in combat, the target is often fleeting if not completely invisible. It becomes necessary to place several shots around your best guess as to its location. For this, military M-16s and M-4s have the burst fire (3 rounds) option. It was originally a full auto option but that was finally eliminated as tactically and technically unsound. The common “welfare- deprived zombie horde” fantasy does not anticipate that the hordes will have weapons of their own, except maybe a few stolen handguns that they aim sidewise, or any knowledge of fieldcraft, cover or basic marksmanship.
Needless to say, this is profoundly racist and ignores the common military heritage of non-white Americans. It could also explain why the goober militias seem so ignorant of things like fieldcraft, cover and concealment, and operational security. In truth, they are vaguely aware of such things to varying degrees, they just don’t think they count for much compared to their possession of scary black guns. It will be very difficult for them to give up their small arms fixation, since it is deeply intertwined with psychological compensation, or their racism. As I have said, these are fatal weaknesses if they get the civil war for which they are lusting. Many of them literally won’t know what hit them.

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plansbandc  Mar 28, 2021 • 10:37:56am

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Mar 28, 2021 • 10:48:44am

The least amazing news of the day, unless you’re a soul-dead ignoramus of a Republican dupe, in which case it is fake news.

After spring break, coronavirus cases appear to surge in young Floridians

Only a week or two after widely shared videos showed crowds of teens and twentysomethings partying on South Florida’s beaches, health officials are finding a surge of coronavirus infections in younger people.

Half of COVID-19 cases dated March 1 were found in people 39 or younger, but that median age has since dropped to 35.

Florida remains the nation’s hot spot for the more infectious mutations of the viral pathogen, federal data shows. Health-care workers have found 1,075 as of Friday — 1,042 of which are the so-called British strain — according to the latest data available from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And that is an undercount, as many such cases go unreported because they go untested.

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A Three Hour Tour  Mar 28, 2021 • 10:55:14am

re: #100 sagehen

B5 takes place from 2261-2265, if that helps.
It’s on HBOMax and Netflix, if you have either of those.

2258 (Season One) to 2262 (Season Five), actually.

The pilot film, “The Gathering,” was set in 2257.

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sagehen  Mar 28, 2021 • 10:57:04am

re: #210 Eclectic Cyborg

If/when NY state indicts Trump, will that affect his eligibility for 2024?

Eugene Debs was in prison when he ran in 1920. He got 6% of the vote.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Mar 28, 2021 • 10:57:46am

re: #230 A Three Hour Tour

2258 (Season One) to 2262 (Season Five), actually.

The pilot film, “The Gathering,” was set in 2257.

I always thought it was another Star Trek spinoff series.

Did not pay any attention to those series when they came out, only started catching up on Next Generation in 2016 or so when my GF got me into them.

Now I have watched all the episodes of all the series and suppose I should check out B5

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:02:43am

re: #227 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

And their alternate fantasy of the scary weapons holding off the military acting on the behalf of the liberal totalitarian government coming after them is a fallacy as well.

Another case of insufficient fieldcraft. But also that light infantry with insufficient supply is going to resist modern military equipment and firepower. And the “Wolverines!” fantasy will fail as well since trying to act as an insurgent/guerilla force depends a lot on local popular support and usually an external supplier along with a porous border allowing you to get said supplies.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:02:45am

re: #232 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I always thought it was another Star Trek spinoff series.

Did not pay any attention to those series when they came out, only started catching up on Next Generation in 2016 or so when my GF got me into them.

Now I have watched all the episodes of all the series and suppose I should check out B5

I need to get caught up on both Trek and Babylon 5. I’ve seen a fair amount of the former, but not enough of it.

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:05:56am

re: #233 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

And their alternate fantasy of the scary weapons holding off the military acting on the behalf of the liberal totalitarian government coming after them is a fallacy as well.

Another case of insufficient fieldcraft. But also that light infantry with insufficient supply is going to resist modern military equipment and firepower. And the “Wolverines!” fantasy will fail as well since trying to act as an insurgent/guerilla force depends a lot on local popular support and usually an external supplier along with a porous border allowing you to get said supplies.

They think they’ll be able to walk into a gun store and buy boxes of ammo for their guns. If the civil war they want comes to pass, walking into a gun store will get them arrested on the spot, if not killed outright.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:08:45am

re: #235 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

They think they’ll be able to walk into a gun store and buy boxes of ammo for their guns. If the civil war they want comes to pass, walking into a gun store will get them arrested on the spot, if not killed outright.

I expect that in a civil war situation the gun stores would have been closed down and/or cleaned out pretty early on. By the rebels or the authority since doing so would be in their interests as a way of gaining/limiting supply of weapons and especially ammo.

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jaunte  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:10:04am

re: #222 mmmirele

Has anyone told Erick that there’s no such thing as secular eschatology?

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:10:42am

re: #237 jaunte

Has anyone told Erick that there’s no such thing as secular eschatology?

Probably. But I doubt he really cares.

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jaunte  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:11:12am

Protestant Diwali

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William Lewis  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:11:14am

re: #232 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I always thought it was another Star Trek spinoff series.

Did not pay any attention to those series when they came out, only started catching up on Next Generation in 2016 or so when my GF got me into them.

Now I have watched all the episodes of all the series and suppose I should check out B5

It was, sort of. The creator of B5 showed his materials to the high up muckety mucks at Paramount to get them to produce the show. They declined and though never shared the material with Star Trek producers, apparently steered the development of DS9 in much the same way. There are claims that there was finally an out of court settlement between him and Paramount.

Frankly, having watched both, I’ll argue that Star Trek did a better job - writing, acting, etc - of telling stories on the same themes of war and peace/freedom vs authoritarianism/religion vs secularism than B5 did. B5 had lots of quips and sequences but few of the episodes hung together as well as many of the ones on DS9 did to me. Take “In The Pale Moonlight” as one example.

B5 wasn’t a bad by any means, I just never found it as be all end all that some of it’s fans think. I can easily watch it to this day unlike Firefly (Josey Wales in SPAAAAACE!) which I never could stand.

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jaunte  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:11:17am
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🌹UOJB!  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:11:20am

re: #237 jaunte

Has anyone told Erick that there’s no such thing as secular eschatology?

He merely recites whatever The Party decrees..

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William Lewis  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:14:28am

re: #233 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

And their alternate fantasy of the scary weapons holding off the military acting on the behalf of the liberal totalitarian government coming after them is a fallacy as well.

Another case of insufficient fieldcraft. But also that light infantry with insufficient supply is going to resist modern military equipment and firepower. And the “Wolverines!” fantasy will fail as well since trying to act as an insurgent/guerilla force depends a lot on local popular support and usually an external supplier along with a porous border allowing you to get said supplies.

Supplies of food, clothing, ammo, additional weapons to replace breakage and combat losses, and support weapons (Heavy machine guns, mortars, mines etc) and high explosives. Without regular resupplies, historically they have no chance.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:14:39am

re: #241 jaunte

Default racist dogwhistle he can call upon without having to think about it. I’ve never listened to one of his stump speeches but I’d bet it’s used there as well.

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(((Archangel1)))  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:14:42am
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:15:37am

re: #240 William Lewis

B5 wasn’t a bad by any means, I just never found it as be all end all that some of it’s fans think. I can easily watch it to this day unlike Firefly (Josey Wales in SPAAAAACE!) which I never could stand.

Recant, you heathen.

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William Lewis  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:16:45am

re: #246 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Recant, you heathen.

Which heresy is worse? :D

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O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:17:18am

re: #247 William Lewis

Which heresy is worse? :D

Yes.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:19:19am

re: #237 jaunte

Has anyone told Erick that there’s no such thing as secular eschatology?

This is the same asshole who thinks atheism is a religion, so…

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jaunte  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:19:55am

re: #249 Eclectic Cyborg

The thing about atheism is there’s no homework to remember.

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(((Archangel1)))  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:29:37am

re: #247 William Lewis

Which heresy is worse? :D

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sagehen  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:31:38am

re: #232 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I always thought it was another Star Trek spinoff series.

Did not pay any attention to those series when they came out, only started catching up on Next Generation in 2016 or so when my GF got me into them.

Now I have watched all the episodes of all the series and suppose I should check out B5

You absolutely should.

The most wonderful thing about it is that JMS wrote the whole 5 seasons plot outlines before starting production, so there”s a coherent narrative with a beginning, middle and end. There’s what seem to be throwaway lines in the pilot movie that turn out to be foreshadowing of events in season 3, flashbacks and flash forwards during prophecy and time travel episodes that are far more relevant (and mean something completely different) than you realized at the time… (he also wrote most of the scripts personally; gave himself a big case of carpal tunnel syndrome).

“Zathras is used to being beast of burden to other people’s needs. Zathras have sad life, probably have sad death, but at least there is symmetry.”

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retired cynic  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:32:12am

re: #245 (((Archangel1)))

Another one of those people with an orange face and white hands. Must be a weird genetic mutation.

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Charles Johnson  Mar 28, 2021 • 11:38:13am

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