The national debt has long been portrayed as a burden we’re placing on future generations. John Oliver discusses how national debt works, why people are so concerned about it, and why it might be more helpful that you think.
GQP fear mongering about the debt when they are not in power is purely about trying to curtail programs to help people. Everytime they are in power, they enact massive defense spending hikes for contractors and huge tax cuts for the rich, all paid for with borrowed money.
The debt clock, which is not a clock, was created by the Durst family.
Yeah, that Durst family.
Please don’t act like everyone loved my father then or authentically honors him today.
He was assassinated.
A 1967 poll reflected that he was one of the most hated men in America.
Most hated.
Many who evoke him today to deter justice would have likely hated him then. pic.twitter.com/yvPgW5vYlD— Be A King (@BerniceKing) April 4, 2021
The same people today who are saying MLK is a Conservative are the same ones who said he was a Communist 50 years ago.
From previous thread:
re: #27 Dread Pirate Ron
How can person from race [A] be racist to person of race [B]? Well, it’s pretty simple: if person of race [A] is pedalling racial stereotypes of race [B] to a person of race [B], then person of race [A] is being racist. It doesn’t matter which race that person of race [A] is, what matters is the pedalling of racist stereotypes of race [B] towards a person of race [B]. That’s the racism, and it doesn’t matter what race [A] is, it’s still racism against [B].
re: #4 Alephnaught
And as I write this, it’s started snowing in Glasgow on an Easter Monday.
re: #5 Alephnaught
And as I write this, it’s started snowing in Glasgow on an Easter Monday.
It’s sunny and dry over here in Edinburgh.
There’s a reason I moved away from the Glasgow area to the east coast (Edinburgh). It only rains sometimes here.
re: #5 Alephnaught
And as I write this, it’s started snowing in Glasgow on an Easter Monday.
Snowed here on the Rhine today as well. Simultaneous snowflakes and cherry blossoms…
OT: I just got a call and the jokers left a message that if I did not call about my SSN I will arrested and convicted of fraud. It looks like this scam is making the rounds again.
re: #8 PhillyPretzel
OT: I just got a call and the jokers left a message that if I did not call about my SSN I will arrested and convicted of fraud. It looks like this scam is making the rounds again.
Or maybe the GOP has some new fundraising tricks?
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Shot #2 in the books.
Appointment time: 9:30am
I parked around 8:47 two blocks from the Moscone center. Sat in the car listening to the Chauvin trial until 9:00.
Got to the Moscone Center at 9:05 - walked right in.
Got scanned….went downstairs.
Waited two minutes for an empty station and wound up sitting in the same seat as I got for my first shot.
9:25 my fifteen minutes post-shot wait was over and I was walking out.
Shot 1 I wore one of my Mexican shirts in order to think forward. Today the theme was Aloha.
So…I was away. Did Matt Gaetz have his Wohl/Burkman presser at some residential spot on a two lane road?
re: #10 darthstar
Shot #2 in the books.
Appointment time: 9:30am
I parked around 8:47 two blocks from the Moscone center. Sat in the car listening to the Chauvin trial until 9:00.
Got to the Moscone Center at 9:05 - walked right in.
Got scanned….went downstairs.
Waited two minutes for an empty station and wound up sitting in the same seat as I got for my first shot.
9:25 my fifteen minutes post-shot wait was over and I was walking out.[Embedded content]
Shot 1 I wore one of my Mexican shirts in order to think forward. Today the theme was Aloha.
Someone needs to make an I thought you were taller comment.
Ill pick up the slack if no one manages
Shots of Snuggling Swans and Ravenous Shags Best the 2021 Bird Photographer of the Year Contest
thisiscolossal.com
re: #11 darthstar
So…I was away. Did Matt Gaetz have his Wohl/Burkman presser at some residential spot on a two lane road?
Is there a camera feed at four seasons landscaping?
re: #8 PhillyPretzel
OT: I just got a call and the jokers left a message that if I did not call about my SSN I will arrested and convicted of fraud. It looks like this scam is making the rounds again.
Scammers have expanded that to include Medicare and the Stimulus checks as well
Long (13 tweets) and compelling string. Troy is an expert on “5th generation” warfare. The dispersal he cites is why I have said that the “head of the snake” analogy is an obsolete concept in counter-insurgency and why, for example, that our frequent “decapitation” strikes have failed to destroy foreign terrorist networks like ISIS.
🧵 1/The biggest sleight of hand pulled by “Q” was to imply the existence of a top-down hierarchy when, in fact, it was an emergent networked insurgency.
Washington and the media think in terms of org charts. Instead this was a supple, shape-shifting effort.— Dave Troy 🇺🇸 (@davetroy) April 5, 2021
Supreme Court nixes Alex Jones’ appeal in Newtown shooting case. Screw Jones. He should be bankrupted financially to go along with being morally/ethically bankrupt. https://t.co/xi809kwVvJ via @nbcnews
— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) April 5, 2021
Fucking moron with a degree:
They are. We’ve required shots to travel overseas to certain parts of the world for nearly 100 years.
All of this was the case before covid19. Covid19 just adds to the list of requirements: https://t.co/q8n7vHHTZ8— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) April 5, 2021
re: #18 lawhawk
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It’s not enough to bankrupt that motherfather Alex Jones.
That piece of shit needs to be locked up for sedition.
re: #8 PhillyPretzel
OT: I just got a call and the jokers left a message that if I did not call about my SSN I will arrested and convicted of fraud. It looks like this scam is making the rounds again.
Yeah, I got one like that last year: I was pissed off enough about to go on the SSA site to try to report it: “try” is the operative word here: unfortunately, their complaints section doesn’t (or didn’t) have the option to report these sort of scammers: only more-“normal” abuses like misuse of SSNs, etc. So I left an email message - never got an acknowledgement or response, but I also never had a repeat call, fwiw….
re: #20 🌹UOJB!
It’s not enough to bankrupt that motherfather Alex Jones.
That piece of shit needs to be locked up for sedition.
Agreed. Bankrupting then locking up for sedition.
re: #20 🌹UOJB!
It’s not enough to bankrupt that motherfather Alex Jones.
That piece of shit needs to be locked up for sedition.
Why not both?
re: #19 lawhawk
I’ve been to Kenya and Uganda - and in both cases, vaccination against Yellow Fever is required and you have to show proof of that upon entering the country.
Sounds like Dr. Drew hasn’t travelled a whole hell of a lot.
he’s not a monk, he’s a mook https://t.co/Bb1QwOAfSW
— Greg Dworkin (@DemFromCT) April 5, 2021
re: #6 Nojay UK
It’s sunny and dry over here in Edinburgh.
There’s a reason I moved away from the Glasgow area to the east coast (Edinburgh). It only rains sometimes here.
I’ve often found Edinburgh is generally sunnier than Glasgow if a little bit colder in temperature terms.
Anyway, if this snow reaches you, it’ll be a couple of hours later, and [UPDATE] it includes hail as well.
re: #25 Dr Lizardo
I’ve been to Kenya and Uganda - and in both cases, vaccination against Yellow Fever is required and you have to show proof of that upon entering the country.
Sounds like Dr. Drew hasn’t travelled a whole hell of a lot.
I think it is more a case of him pushing an agenda.
re: #26 darthstar
And who exactly thought he was a fucking Monk?
re: #17 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Long (13 tweets) and compelling string. Troy is an expert on “5th generation” warfare. The dispersal he cites is why I have said that the “head of the snake” analogy is an obsolete concept in counter-insurgency and why, for example, that our frequent “decapitation” strikes have failed to destroy foreign terrorist networks like ISIS.
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6/The delay caused by the failure to understand this as a networked structure allowed the insurgency to advance to a “boom” moment — January 6th. Had we been able to expose this sooner the boom may have been avoided, and lives saved.
— Dave Troy 🇺🇸 (@davetroy) April 5, 2021
It had to show.itself somehow or no one would have accepted the explanation that it was caught early and stopped
You’re having enough trouble explaining it now, after the fact
Even monks are not supposed to run child prostitution rings…
re: #11 darthstar
So…I was away. Did Matt Gaetz have his Wohl/Burkman presser at some residential spot on a two lane road?
If the FBI ever asks if you were involved in a crime, just say no because then they have to drop the whole thing.
(Unsurprisingly, Gaetz’s staff is about as sharp as he is.) https://t.co/DsBiPHgoZx— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) April 5, 2021
re: #30 Eclectic Cyborg
And who exactly thought he was a fucking Monk?
This is just the standard RW polemic: set up a strawman argument (“People expect Congressmen to live a celibate life!”) in order to sound like you are being victimized.
re: #26 darthstar
From thehill.com
Gaetz wrote. “This is how D.C. works. The guilty and wrong point fingers at the innocent and right.”
Out of context, He’s right about that. His BFF Tiffany’s dad does this every time he talks about someone else.
re: #19 lawhawk
Fucking moron with a degree:
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You have a total.right to travel internationally
But not on a private carrier
Nor if a country doesn’t want to let.you in
These vaccine passports segregate people and strip them of their freedom to travel internationally. Vaccinations are important, and I encourage everyone to get the Covid vaccine, but how would you feel if international travel also required other vaccinations?
— Dr. Drew (@drdrew) April 5, 2021
re: #8 PhillyPretzel
OT: I just got a call and the jokers left a message that if I did not call about my SSN I will arrested and convicted of fraud. It looks like this scam is making the rounds again.
They called me one day when I wasn’t busy, and I toyed with the caller until he was literally screaming. Great fun.
re: #33 Targetpractice
So he went with the handicapped former aide because what kind of meanie would question the integrity of a man in a wheelchair!
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) April 5, 2021
re: #37 A Cranky One
Any numbers that I do not recognize go to voicemail and then I will check them. Usually most of them hang up when the message is played but this one left a “threat.” I blocked them and put a warning on Find Who Calls You.
re: #8 PhillyPretzel
OT: I just got a call and the jokers left a message that if I did not call about my SSN I will arrested and convicted of fraud. It looks like this scam is making the rounds again.
re: #37 A Cranky One
They called me one day when I wasn’t busy, and I toyed with the caller until he was literally screaming. Great fun.
Alas, if there was a honeypot one could direct these scammers at…
re: #40 Teukka
That would be sweet revenge no pun intended.
re: #39 PhillyPretzel
Any numbers that I do not recognize go to voicemail and then I will check them. Usually most of them hang up when the message is played but this one left a “threat.” I blocked them and put a warning on Find Who Calls You.
Well this was prior to the mass robocalling.
These days I do the same as you.
re: #42 A Cranky One
Well this was prior to the mass robocalling.
These days I do the same as you.
My favorite back in the day when a cold solicitation call would come asking for me was to tell them “Hold on” when they asked for me, as if I was going to get me. Set the receiver down and come back 10 or 25 minutes later and hang it up.
re: #35 aatharuv
From thehill.com
Gaetz wrote. “This is how D.C. works. The guilty and wrong point fingers at the innocent and right.”
… Which kind of works both ways, doesn’t it?
#60Minutes made it crystal clear.
In @GovRonDeSantis’s Florida, the wealthy get early access to vaccines.
For everyone else… it’s the Hunger Games.
Floridians deserve better.— Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) April 4, 2021
Unexpected good news. https://t.co/D7e8hNqg4Z
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 5, 2021
re: #46 Charles Johnson
Surprising.
Bet someone he knows personally is trans and that’s why. It’s the only reason any of them are ever compassionate. Well, that and fear of prison…
re: #47 William Lewis
Surprising.
Bet someone he knows personally is trans and that’s why. It’s the only reason any of them are ever compassionate. Well, that and fear of prison…
I’m sure it’s the first one, but we’ll definitely take it.
re: #46 Charles Johnson
Great news. But sadly, it will most likely be overridden by the AR legislator.
re: #47 William Lewis
Surprising.
Bet someone he knows personally is trans and that’s why. It’s the only reason any of them are ever compassionate. Well, that and fear of prison…
Might be true of Kristi Noem as well, who also apparently opposes anti-trans discrimination.
re: #49 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Great news. But sadly, it will most likely be overridden by the AR legislator.
Probably: that way Hutchinson can look like The Stalwart Defender Of Individual Rights, while Arkansas can still have its bigoted obsessions enshrined in the law. Win-win.
re: #8 PhillyPretzel
OT: I just got a call and the jokers left a message that if I did not call about my SSN I will arrested and convicted of fraud. It looks like this scam is making the rounds again.
I never answer, but if I did I would say in my James Cagney voice “Come and get me, coppers!”
re: #47 William Lewis
Surprising.
Bet someone he knows personally is trans and that’s why. It’s the only reason any of them are ever compassionate. Well, that and fear of prison…
Since it’s the GOP, I’m going to speculate cynically. He’s hoping that his veto might sooth corporate personhood feelings and dodge a boycott.
re: #36 Dangerman
You have a total.right to travel internationally
But not on a private carrier
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Dr. Drew is supporting the recall of Gavin Newsom.
Another reason to vote NO on the recall.
re: #19 lawhawk
Fucking moron with a degree:
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Someone should tell Moron that other countries will require proof of vaccination, whether we do or not. What he seems to want is that we let just anyone in, with covid or not (someone page Governor Abbott and tell him about this).
White House Settles On Reconciliation For Infrastructure, SK Ashby
bobcesca.com
With the benefit of hindsight and a decade of separation in time, it’s very easy to say that President Obama made some strategic mistakes when he tried to pass his policy proposals, but that leaves a very large elephant in the room and I don’t mean the Republican party.
President Obama was held to entirely different standards than any other president because he was the first black president. The political press, lawmakers, and a larger share of the public viewed virtually all of Obama’s policies and rhetoric through a tinted lens that isn’t applied to President Biden. The fact is Biden is an old white man and most of the GOP’s racialized anti-government spending playbook won’t work on him.
re: #21 Jay C
Yeah, I got one like that last year: I was pissed off enough about to go on the SSA site to try to report it: “try” is the operative word here: unfortunately, their complaints section doesn’t (or didn’t) have the option to report these sort of scammers: only more-“normal” abuses like misuse of SSNs, etc. So I left an email message - never got an acknowledgement or response, but I also never had a repeat call, fwiw….
I did too. Didn’t report it, no second call as far as I know.
re: #55 🌹UOJB!
Dr. Drew is supporting the recall of Gavin Newsom.
Another reason to vote NO on the recall.
California got stuck with a Republican after the last recall. I mean yeah, it was Ah-nold but still.
The 6 stages of toast: pic.twitter.com/LLzwEMHhJJ
— Arch (Jewish Space Laser Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) April 5, 2021
In praise of Jen Psaki pressrun.media
#PsakiBomb
Eric Boehlert
In less than three months, Psaki has put her permanent stamp on the job, taking over the high-profile position at a time of national crisis. Working hard to reestablish an open, professional relationship with the Beltway press corps, Psaki has perhaps done more than anyone in the administration — including Biden himself — in terms of changing the tone in our politics, and creating a new path forward towards a transparent form of government, in the wake of the Trump’s ransacking of the norms.
I’m really curious to see who will get brought down along with Gaetz. I’d be shocked if it’s just him.
re: #46 Charles Johnson
Everybody: I’m a little confused by your tweet
GG: Maybe you’re a fucking moron and I should draw a goddamn picture for you??!?!— William Orville (@zappaneese) April 5, 2021
Looks like the UK now has its own variety of “Karens” - those Brits who seem to not understand that Brexit means they are now foreigners to the EU:
Brits ‘turned away’ at UK airport by Ryanair staff ‘acting on behalf of Spain’
Alec [a Brit and an angry customer] said: “Ryanair staff had made the arbitrary decision to deny their passengers travel on behalf of the Spanish authorities.”
re: #64 b.d. (America is Great Again)
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Well, we know that most Republicans in office are Regressives.
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re: #4 Alephnaught
From previous thread:
How can person from race [A] be racist to person of race [B]? Well, it’s pretty simple: if person of race [A] is pedalling racial stereotypes of race [B] to a person of race [B], then person of race [A] is being racist. It doesn’t matter which race that person of race [A] is, what matters is the pedalling of racist stereotypes of race [B] towards a person of race [B]. That’s the racism, and it doesn’t matter what race [A] is, it’s still racism against [B].
There’s an argument that “racism” requires political power. Which is true of systemic/institutional racism. But interpersonal racism, which what you describe, doesn’t require much more than a general “fuck those people because they are different from me” attitude.
I see in other good news today that the SCOTUS smacked Oracle hard. Back when Sun created Java the use of it like Google did in Android was one of many things they had in mind. Oracle, OTOH, is a classic monopolist that want everyone tied up tight and expensive. Well, 6-2 says “not quite”. No surprise that Thomas and Alito dissented.
Article at cnn: cnn.com
This is your reminder that you live on a hot ball of magma that would kill you in a second save you are protected from burning by a thin, crumbly skin:
Watch all those people above running about, naive about the true motive of the planet (which wants to carbonize them.)
More videos from today:
Yes, there are active volcanos all over the west of the US:
Though the highest risk to humans is of course in the cascades:
re: #70 William Lewis
I see in other good news today that the SCOTUS smacked Oracle hard. Back when Sun created Java the use of it like Google did in Android was one of many things they had in mind. Oracle, OTOH, is a classic monopolist that want everyone tied up tight and expensive. Well, 6-2 says “not quite”. No surprise that Thomas and Alito dissented.
Article at cnn: cnn.com
Breyer and Thomas basically represent the two sides of the Great Copyright Debate. People such as myself, and many in the free software world, agree with Breyer; copyrights, especially as they apply to software, should only have enough power to provide incentive to creators to create copyrightable works, and no more. In that vein, this ruling is a major landmark in that it marks the first time that the Court has agreed with such an interpretation, and done so very openly. Thomas, on the other hand, believes that copyrights themselves are a form of property, and should be treated as property - including protecting the ability to profit from that property, i.e. sue the ever-living daylights out of infringers for 100 years or more after the copyright was filed.
re: #65 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Britain and a number of other countries will fine an airline for carrying a foreign national to the UK if they don’t have the correct documents for entry (visa, right to enter etc.). I could well see Spain doing the same thing or at least sanctioning Ryanair if passengers from Britain turned up at the immigration counter at a Spanish airport and got refused entry to the country because they didn’t have the correct paperwork. Ryanair would be required to fly them back to the UK at their own cost at the minimum so it’s easier for the airline to stop them getting on board the plane in the UK to start with.
re: #69 KGxvi
There’s an argument that “racism” requires political power. Which is true of systemic/institutional racism. But interpersonal racism, which what you describe, doesn’t require much more than a general “fuck those people because they are different from me” attitude.
I think those that want to define it the first way are trying to find a way to exclude the feeling minorities might have towards whites in the case of the US. But a legitimate feeling that, in general, whites have wronged minorities and continue to do so is, at least to me, not racism. I’m not going to define what would actually constitute racism by minorities on whites because I’m not that creative, but I believe that it would be possible. But it definitely is possible for a person, no matter what group they are part of, to judge someone else totally on factors such as skin color.
OT: Just got another spammer. This one followed the usual protocol as soon as the message started they hung up. They are blocked too.
re: #73 Nojay UK
Britain and a number of other countries will fine an airline for carrying a foreign national to the UK if they don’t have the correct documents for entry (visa, right to enter etc.). I could well see Spain doing the same thing or at least sanctioning Ryanair if passengers from Britain turned up at the immigration counter at a Spanish airport and got refused entry to the country because they didn’t have the correct paperwork. Ryanair would be required to fly them back to the UK at their own cost at the minimum so it’s easier for the airline to stop them getting on board the plane in the UK to start with.
For the Schengen countries, there’s something called the ETIAS, that’s people who have visa free access need to apply for online (People coming inbound to the US under the US Visa Waiver program have to file for a similar thing to enter the US.) Without the ETIAS they won’t be allowed to board the flight.
But I didn’t think that would come into play for another year or so… Brits have visa free access to the EU (for people without a criminal record), so it’s quite possibly more likely related to any vaccination documentation required by Spain for entry in this time of Covid…
re: #52 Jay C
Probably: that way Hutchinson can look like The Stalwart Defender Of Individual Rights, while Arkansas can still have its bigoted obsessions enshrined in the law. Win-win.
Yep. The Courts are going to have to deal with this. Just as they have had to do here in Idaho.
re: #72 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Yep. Thomas’ ignorance on tech matters is also shown here: Justice Clarence Thomas Takes Aims At Tech And Its Power ‘To Cut Off Speech’
wherein he whines like a typical CONservative about Section 230.
re: #79 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Add another “nope” to the list.
re: #78 William Lewis
Yep. Thomas’ ignorance on tech matters is also shown here: Justice Clarence Thomas Takes Aims At Tech And Its Power ‘To Cut Off Speech’
wherein he whines like a typical CONservative about Section 230.
One of my coworkers was bringing that up, that these companies are somehow editors because they are blocking content. I asked if he thought that Starbucks should not be allowed to kick people out for being disruptive.
This lawyer is planting dialog that never happened.
“You’re not going to take me alive you dirty cop!” is not a hypothetical statement the defense should be allowed to state without objection from the prosecution. There’s no tape of George Floyd being anything but respectful in talking to the police. #ChauvinTrial
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) April 5, 2021
While Trump was POTUS, the US government paid his private company more than $2.5 million — payments that were largely secret until we started digging last year.
Here’s the big picture: https://t.co/fubxgjRPFH— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) April 5, 2021
re: #79 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
This is a big nope.
This is when you just say, “Screw it” and burn down the house.
Just listened to Marc Maron interview with Hunter Biden. It’s pretty good. Biden isn’t trying to defend himself and is fully open about how sordid and out-of-control his life had become after Beau died. But as a long-time recovery guy, Maron still sounded concerned about relapse—Hunter did, too. Not a lot of focus on Joe, but I like him even more now for his unconditional love for Hunter.
First case of India’s “double mutant” COVID-19 variant found in San Francisco Bay Area https://t.co/5j0K1pd2TM pic.twitter.com/wN0wJVotFh
— The Hill (@thehill) April 5, 2021
Netanyahu trial: Prosecutor says PM used power to give illegal benefits
The prosecution said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abused his power as part of a wide-ranging media bribery scheme in its opening statement for his public corruption trial on Monday. (JPost)
Although it is based on a true story it does not follow the usual pattern. Atlantic Crossing on PBS. The first episode moves fast and one has to be a pretty fast read to catch the translation on the bottom of the screen.
I am sure that all here know that scammers spoof the origination phone number of their scam calls. They often try to use the same area and exchange codes as the targetted number.
There was a recent case of a local business asking a scammer to not use their phone number as the ‘origination number’. The scammer after that used the business’ number as the origination number for all their calls. Which resulted in a huge number of complaints to and about the (innocent) business.
Additionally, some scammers create lists of active phone numbers and sell them to other scammers
ny magazine / Jonathan Chait
the bold is republicanism to a T
“So we’re stuck. It’s not just that Republicans are creating a clever logic game to rule out a popular Biden proposal. They are genuinely unable to put together a big infrastructure bill…
…
“In the meantime, they’re going to oppose any infrastructure bill that’s paid for, and any bill that isn’t.”
re: #91 ckkatz
Yes. I had to put my own cell number on my blocked numbers list to stop quite a few calls from spammers. That one call earlier gave me a shock but I think I am over it for now.
re: #90 PhillyPretzel
Although it is based on a true story it does not follow the usual pattern. Atlantic Crossing on PBS.
Norwegian crown princess - the backstory to the current Norwegian royal line is that Norway had to reboot its monarchy as the old ones (during the viking era) had long died out, and having been under Danish rule for so long, then briefly Swedish rule, Norway didn’t have much to go on in regards to royalty.
Personally I think they should have just gone with a republic and dumped the who monarchy thing.
The Martha of this PBS series was, indeed, a Swedish Princess.
During WWII some of Norway’s ruling politicians were in refuge in Switzerland, like many others. Including one of my 4th cousins 2x removed, IIRC, who was a Norwegian minister at that time.
All this history was not that long ago.
But in America our current political chatter is so far removed from this era, it seems.
re: #92 Dangerman
ny magazine / Jonathan Chait
the bold is republicanism to a T
I still remember when the “liberal media” spent months buying into Trump’s promise of a “$1t infrastructure bill” that was going to be big with the “working class.”
What did it end up being? A vague proposal to spend $500b with states/cities on the line for the other $500b with the suggestion that they’d get that money by basically selling/leasing public property to private corporations.
re: #94 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I also looked it up on Wiki. It is very interesting. Keep in mind that I look for stories from WWII.
re: #88 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Chin-Hong said that he was “optimistic” that vaccines would be effective against the “double mutant” strain, given data showing vaccines are effective against similar strains that were first detected in South Africa and California.
re: #94 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
During WWII some of Norway’s ruling politicians were in refuge in Switzerland, like many others. Including one of my 4th cousins 2x removed, IIRC, who was a Norwegian minister at that time.
And some of them were so vile, so obsequious, so enthusiastically acquiescent to the Nazis… that quisling has become a generic noun, even for people who don’t realize the word comes from the actual name of an actual person.
More than 50 rounds were fired toward a crowd amid the mayhem in Fort Lauderdale, hitting several, including two kids.https://t.co/GvUIrh7SMG
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 5, 2021
re: #99 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
ARRRRGH. Our country needs to change.
re: #91 ckkatz
I am sure that all here know that scammers spoof the origination phone number of their scam calls. They often try to use the same area and exchange codes as the targetted number.
There was a recent case of a local business asking a scammer to not use their phone number as the ‘origination number’. The scammer after that used the business’ number as the origination number for all their calls. Which resulted in a huge number of complaints to and about the (innocent) business.
Additionally, some scammers create lists of active phone numbers and sell them to other scammers
Our office set up a virtual add-on phone system to facilitate handing off incoming calls to remote staff, like me who are working from home.
It appears that my virtual number was previously assigned to someone who owes money to a very aggressive collection agency, which has been the subject of many complaints online.
This will be fun.
re: #74 Belafon
I think those that want to define it the first way are trying to find a way to exclude the feeling minorities might have towards whites in the case of the US. But a legitimate feeling that, in general, whites have wronged minorities and continue to do so is, at least to me, not racism. I’m not going to define what would actually constitute racism by minorities on whites because I’m not that creative, but I believe that it would be possible. But it definitely is possible for a person, no matter what group they are part of, to judge someone else totally on factors such as skin color.
I get that. But I do think there’s a distinction to be made between institutional/systemic racism and interpersonal racism. Both are important to recognize and combat, but they take different tools to combat effectively.
GQP: “WE CAN’T AFFORD ANY MORE SPENDING!!!”
Also GQP: “WE CAN TOTALLY AFFORD $650 BILLION IN NEW SPENDING WITHOUT RAISING TAXES IF ONLY BIDEN WOULD WORK WITH US!!!”
NEW: US currently vaccinating for Covid-19 nearly five times faster than the global average, according to CNN analysis
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) April 5, 2021
re: #104 Dread Pirate Ron
Elections have consequences.
re: #106 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Elections have consequences.
Seriously. I shudder to think where we’d be right now if crazy orange man had won a second term.
re: #104 Dread Pirate Ron
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We love our technology.
Does the global average include the US? If it does, I wonder what the ratio would be without the US?
Hopefully we’ll get to a point soon where we can start helping other countries.
I got my second shot a few hours ago. For some strange reason I find myself looking towards Seattle…
re: #107 Eclectic Cyborg
Seriously. I shudder to think where we’d be right now if crazy orange man had won a second term.
We’d be hearing frequent stories of how doses were going bad because red states would be receiving them over the whole country.
re: #108 Belafon
We love our technology.
Does the global average include the US? If it does, I wonder what the ratio would be without the US?
Hopefully we’ll get to a point soon where we can start helping other countries.
You Liberals want foreigners to take our jabs.
re: #107 Eclectic Cyborg
Seriously. I shudder to think where we’d be right now if crazy orange man had won a second term.
Most likely scenario? A White House acting as though the fact that a vaccine exists means the pandemic is “over” and we should be rushing to “reopen the country” rather than first ensuring its safe to do so.
He’s hiding his Diet Coke bottle behind the phone a day after telling everyone to boycott Coca-Cola! https://t.co/K2is5hpl7o pic.twitter.com/idDtVtkBeM
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) April 5, 2021
re: #109 Eric The Fruit Bat
I got my second shot a few hours ago. For some strange reason I find myself looking towards Seattle…
Praying towards Mocha.
re: #113 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
It’s nice to see white nationalists have to meet in their own clubhouse rather than our White House.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) April 5, 2021
re: #113 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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re: #114 Belafon
Praying towards Mocha.
A very large 5G provider has their headquarters there as well….
Like China and the European Union, Japan will issue digital vaccine passports to citizens who have been immunized against the coronavirus, in order to facilitate international travel. The Japanese government could add the digital health certificate to an app slated for release in April that would hold digital certificates for negative test results and connect to a new system that tracks progress in the government’s vaccination program. The app would allow citizens to provide proof of vaccination to board a plane or check into a hotel. The Japanese government will consider EU vaccination certificates and the “CommonPass” universal digital certificate in crafting its certification standards.
Norwegian energy research firm Rystad Energy predicted robotics and automation could replace hundreds of thousands of oil and gas workers worldwide and sharply slash the industry’s labor costs by 2030. The company said at least 20% of drilling, operational support, and maintenance jobs could be automated in the next decade, replacing more than 140,000 workers in the U.S. alone. Rystad calculated robotic drilling systems can potentially cut the number of roughnecks on drilling platforms by 20% to 30%, with U.S. wage costs reduced by more than $7 billion by 2030. Rystad expects technical issues like long-term reliability, and labor organizations’ opposition, will delay full robotic adoption.
re: #95 Targetpractice
I still remember when the “liberal media” spent months buying into Trump’s promise of a “$1t infrastructure bill” that was going to be big with the “working class.”
What did it end up being? A vague proposal to spend $500b with states/cities on the line for the other $500b with the suggestion that they’d get that money by basically selling/leasing public property to private corporations.
with no oversight
re: #116 William Lewis
Simon is a prolific and gifted songwriter, but let’s not confuse him with being a great guy.
He’s had feuds with Art Garfunkel and Los Lobos and a few other “collaborators” who find out later that their ‘collaboration” isn’t backed up with any financial acknowledgement.
He’s human and as such has issues like the rest of us.
re: #113 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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has he sharpied himself into that picture of rushmore yet?
He’s hiding his Diet Coke bottle behind the phone a day after telling everyone to boycott Coca-Cola! https://t.co/K2is5hpl7o pic.twitter.com/idDtVtkBeM
— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) April 5, 2021
re: #50 No Malarkey!
Might be true of Kristi Noem as well, who also apparently opposes anti-trans discrimination.
Don’t give Kristi Noem too much credit. She was all for the bill but got frightened when the NCAA said they’d move conference tournament games out of SD. She tried to have them change the bill so that it covered high school sports but not college sports but she couldn’t make that work (I think she ran out of time).
re: #121 Belafon
Rest of the world is trying to facilitate travel and commerce in a post-Covid world, meanwhile millions of our fellow Americans act as though the act of simply being vaccinated is blasphemy against a higher power that allowed nearly 600,000 to die in this nation alone.
re: #91 ckkatz
I am sure that all here know that scammers spoof the origination phone number of their scam calls. They often try to use the same area and exchange codes as the targetted number.
There was a recent case of a local business asking a scammer to not use their phone number as the ‘origination number’. The scammer after that used the business’ number as the origination number for all their calls. Which resulted in a huge number of complaints to and about the (innocent) business.
Additionally, some scammers create lists of active phone numbers and sell them to other scammers
The bigger phone companies try to limit spoofing, but there are some that don’t bother and the spammers route the calls through those companies.
Until that changes, there’s nothing we can do.
re: #125 Belafon
“So, are you going to get the vaccine now?!”
FWIW, I have yet to successfully schedule a vaccination here. I’m eligible, but the scheduling online sites don’t have openings. Sigh…
re: #129 dat_said
Don’t give Kristi Noem too much credit. She was all for the bill but got frightened when the NCAA said they’d move conference tournament games out of SD. She tried to have them change the bill so that it covered high school sports but not college sports but she couldn’t make that work (I think she ran out of time).
What she ran into was outraged opposition from her own party, who thought she’d betrayed them all by not signing the bill as-is. She had plenty of time on the clock, but that was only if they cooperated with her. They refused, demanded she impose a blanket ban, and the bill timed out.
Second shot today. Felt the shot. (Didn’t the first one.) Do not have the fatigue or arm pain so far.
So happy to have had the second one. WOOT!
A little over a week ago, I called on the USPS Board of Governors to fire DeJoy.
Today, I received the letter below informing me that, “DeJoy continues to enjoy the Board’s full support…”
RT to tell them how unacceptable this is. pic.twitter.com/0QDIxnVJQa— Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) April 5, 2021
Time to replace the Board of Governors.
Show me 1 woman who has spoken out against @mattgaetz!@andrewcuomo has been accused by 9 women of sexual misconduct.
Gaetz - 0.
This is nothing but a deep state attack and media smear fest to take him down.@gop needs to stand up.https://t.co/dHKSDGfy3U— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) April 5, 2021
Biden: “BELIEVE ALL WOMEN!”
Cuomo: “BELIEVE ALL WOMEN!”
Gaetz: “I AIN’T HEARD NO COMPLAINTS!!!”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial resumed Monday, with a key witness painting a picture of an image-obsessed Israeli leader forcing a prominent news site to flatter his family and smear his opponents. https://t.co/BndUsDAblr
— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) April 5, 2021
re: #90 PhillyPretzel
Although it is based on a true story it does not follow the usual pattern. Atlantic Crossing on PBS. The first episode moves fast and one has to be a pretty fast read to catch the translation on the bottom of the screen.
I also really enjoyed “My Grandparents’ War”; part one of a four-part documentary of British celebs. Last night Helena Bonham Carter.
On her father”s side, grandma was a Liberal politician who started speaking out vehemently against Hitler in 1933. She sponsored refugees, and coordinated refugee settlement for thousands more who had other sponsors. She was so loud, and so passionate about it, that she was on the Nazis’ list for immediate arrest if there’d been an invasion (also, she was an air warden).
On her mother’s side, grandpa was a Spanish diplomat stationed in France, who defied orders from his government and issued thousands of transit visas for Jews (mostly French, but also Polish and Dutch) to go through Spain to Portugal, where they could board a ship. He’s listed among the Righteous at Yad Vashem, name on a wall and everything.
Next week is Mark Rylance (Mycroft!!); part 3 is Kristen Scott Thomas, part 4 is Carey Mulligan.
re: #137 Targetpractice
She’s really trying to get suspended again, isn’t she?
re: #127 piratedan
To be sure. That said, I see this as simply being about music.
re: #138 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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re: #137 Targetpractice
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Biden: “BELIEVE ALL WOMEN!”
Cuomo: “BELIEVE ALL WOMEN!”
Gaetz: “I AIN’T HEARD NO COMPLAINTS!!!”
just cause no one has talked to you doesnt mean they haven’t talked to law enforcement.
besides why would any accuser talk to you? or why would the fbi tell you individually what they know? who the eff are you?
Show me 1 woman who has spoken out against @mattgaetz!@andrewcuomo has been accused by 9 women of sexual misconduct.
Gaetz - 0.
This is nothing but a deep state attack and media smear fest to take him down.@gop needs to stand up.https://t.co/dHKSDGfy3U— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) April 5, 2021
Interesting perspective from Katie Hill:
Last week’s scandal, which centers on a Justice Department investigation into allegations of possible sex trafficking of a minor, also involves accusations of the same crime of which I was a victim: the nonconsensual sharing of intimate images. And in a twist of irony, the accused person, Matt Gaetz, is one of the few colleagues who came to my defense when it happened to me.
Matt and I served on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) together. It’s one of the last places in Congress with any semblance of bipartisanship. On one of the early days, I got lost, as freshman members sometimes do. Matt found me in the hallway and showed me to the hearing room where we were about to be briefed by top brass at the Pentagon. He said that in the previous term, he had no idea where anything was either, joking about how he was no longer the youngest one on the committee. He told me that he was the least popular Republican on HASC because he believed in climate change and was anti-war.
It’s an interesting read.
#StarTrekUnitedGives https://t.co/2Mp6PMJShJ
— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) April 5, 2021
re: #139 sagehen
I watched that last night. It was very good. I was looking on amazon for the download but they did not have one. They had a dvd that will not work in the USA. I will check it out on PBS Passport. There is a good chance it will be there.
Both My Grandparents War and Atlantic Crossing are available for watching. video.whyy.org
re: #138 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial resumed Monday, with a key witness painting a picture of an image-obsessed Israeli leader forcing a prominent news site to flatter his family and smear his opponents.
Gosh. Why does that sound so familiar??
I wonder if in the near future we’ll start seeing the national medical apparatus recommending that during the flu season people should mask up in public, and try to social distance
NEW: Experts warned for months that a surge in coronavirus cases over the winter months would be compounded by a typical flu season. But a funny thing happened in the midst of a global health pandemic: Flu season was effectively canceled. https://t.co/IAkTOpe7AT
— The Hill (@thehill) April 5, 2021
re: #145 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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i hate these kinds of promotions.
i hate their basing it on whether people respond.
or make a call or buy something, or send in a box top, or text a number or whatever
if you want to give money to a good cause, give it.
dont make it contingent on guilting people into unrelated and unnecessary behavior
/rant off
#StarTrekUnitedGives https://t.co/2Mp6PMJShJ
— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) April 5, 2021
And … scene. pic.twitter.com/mTLEvHuYZj
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 5, 2021
re: #3 DodgerFan1988
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The same people today who are saying MLK is a Conservative are the same ones who said he was a Communist 50 years ago.
And a lot of those same people are celebrating the anniversary of his murder by a white supremacist today.
re: #137 Targetpractice
Can’t post this on her Twitter feed because I know it will put me in Twitter jail…
re: #143 Dangerman
just cause no one has talked to you doesnt mean they haven’t talked to law enforcement.
besides why would any accuser talk to you? or why would the fbi tell you individually what they know? who the eff are you?
What she really wants, what the party as a whole really wants, is a target for the far-right media to club over the head. Somebody they can point to and scream “She’s no angel!” as they go dumpster diving in search of a reason why she simply can’t be believed.
re: #139 sagehen
I just found My Grandparents War as a Prime Video Download and just downloaded it. I bought the season pass.
re: #155 William Lewis
Picard is dead. Replicant-Picard is a pretender!
I was wondering if Q might make a return.
re: #158 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
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It’s finally getting real for me. The State of Minnesota notified me that I’m up for vaccination. I have scheduled an appointment in downtown Minneapolis to receive the J&J Fauci ouchie Friday afternoon.
Artist of the year. 🎻 pic.twitter.com/vRrL4VgSgV
— Giant Military Cats (@giantcat9) April 5, 2021
re: #162 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
That cat is seeming to say, yes you can play with my whiskers as long as I get a treat.
Friend of ours just posted a pic of her twin boys 11 years ago at the restaurant her husband owns and runs. I looked in the background, and the couple sitting at the bar is my wife and I.
re: #156 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Pacific plate scootching north a couple of mm?
re: #162 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
The look on that cats face is “I am going to kill you while your asleep tonight”.
I’d take a little plate tectonic wobble over what woke me up at 3am - Merle and Milo running outside and not barking right as I smelled the skunk in the yard. They bark for cats and racoons but no…let’s sneak up on the goddamn skunk. 30 minutes of dog scrubbing later I got to go back to bed.
re: #161 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Among the items on the table was a Bajoran Tablet that belonged to Sisko. There was also the book “Paradise Lost” which was the name of a DS9 episode where Sisko has to come back to Earth and basically convince the Federation to NOT start being a bunch of fascists because they’re worried about changelings invading Starfleet HQ.
US Supreme Court declines to hear appeal by Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was fighting a Connecticut court sanction in a defamation lawsuit brought by relatives of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. https://t.co/wcYZM2sNTk
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 5, 2021
re: #166 jaunte
Pacific plate scootching north a couple of mm?
We’re always on the move.
There are a vast number of smaller faults that sister the current San Andreas. There are many parallel faults even under water now, part of the continental shelf.
I don’t really fear earthquakes down here, though inevitably there will be a M7 somewhere along the San Andreas. Let’s hope modern building standards keep casualties down when it happens.
Viva Cancun! pic.twitter.com/hQUlW7VNqm
— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 5, 2021
re: #169 Eclectic Cyborg
Given the return of Q and the mention of time being the last frontier, I guess Q will come in and send Picard either back or forward.
Though I wonder how in story Q will handle Picard being a synthetic now.
re: #156 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
A M4.0 quake today just east of LAX was preceded by a strong foreshock, and many after shocks. The depths are around 20km, which is pretty deep for quakes in this region:
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No lava yet, though, so disaster-flick fans may feel disappointed.
The shitty part is that it was at about 4 in the morning, and it took me a solid hour to go back to sleep.
I prefer my earthquakes shortly after lunch.
re: #161 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Looking at the comments on the trailer, it seems that enough of the Trek-fandom is now irredeemably toxic that CBS is going to be in a losing situation.
I didn’t catch them.
Never read the comments!
(except here, and maybe at like three other sites)
re: #10 darthstar
Shot #2 in the books.
Appointment time: 9:30am
I parked around 8:47 two blocks from the Moscone center. Sat in the car listening to the Chauvin trial until 9:00.
Got to the Moscone Center at 9:05 - walked right in.
Got scanned….went downstairs.
Waited two minutes for an empty station and wound up sitting in the same seat as I got for my first shot.
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Shot 1 I wore one of my Mexican shirts in order to think forward. Today the theme was Aloha.
I am getting the second Pfizer tomorrow morning. I am just kind of stressed, because I hate the idea of being sick, and knowing I am doing something that is purposely going to make me sick, but then I consider that people go into chemotherapy every day knowing that it is going to make them sicker than dogs. I will just hope I get mild side effects. Already taking Wednesday off.
The phenomenon of fandom toxicity is under appreciated, I think.
Star Trek
Star Wars
Tolkien
All these creative landscapes now have vast numbers of obnoxiously toxic fans who crap on anything.
Now a non-trivial portion of this is truly incels whining about “wokeness”.
It’s knee-jerk reactionist nonsense.
But I wonder if the deeply troubling changes in our society have forced many young-ish males to truly feel emasculated. They feel a need for manhood but the old ways are now not available for them.
re: #176 steve_davis
Second Pfizer affected me exactly the same way First Pfizer did: not at all. May you be lucky like that!
re: #176 steve_davis
I’ve been experiencing the side effects from the second Moderna shot for a couple of days now, though they’re starting to blend into the usual spring pollen drowsiness.
The body thinks it’s sick and keeps trying to put us both to sleep.
re: #178 retired cynic
So far, so good here. No fatigue, no pain in the arm. Got it a few hours ago.
re: #128 Dangerman
has he sharpied himself into that picture of rushmore yet?
I’m honestly surprised trump hasn’t replicated the oval office decor.
re: #175 KGxvi
Never read the comments!
(except here, and maybe at like three other sites)
Invasion of the cultural embalmers; very epidemic in Trekland…
re: #177 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The phenomenon of fandom toxicity is under appreciated, I think.
Star Trek
Star Wars
TolkienAll these creative landscapes now have vast numbers of obnoxiously toxic fans who crap on anything.
Now a non-trivial portion of this is truly incels whining about “wokeness”.
It’s knee-jerk reactionist nonsense.
But I wonder if the deeply troubling changes in our society have forced many young-ish males to truly feel emasculated. They feel a need for manhood but the old ways are now not available for them.
I don’t know about Tolkien fans, but as a Trek fan I can say with a fair bit of confidence that the toxicity was always there. All the spread of the internet has done is move what used to be limited to conventions or fan forums out into the open. All sorts of shit was lost when TNG was not a TOS clone, then when DS9 was on a station rather than a starship, and let’s not get started about all the male fans who went apeshit over learning the new post-TNG Trek series was gonna have a female captain!
Miles of border wall and lots of gates.
The #BorderWall has been lawlessly rammed thru the borderlands, destroying Indigenous sacred sites, critical habitat & harming communities.
& for what? It’s being cut through on a daily basis. @POTUS cancel the construction contracts for good.
🎥John Kurcpic.twitter.com/NrtvpjYaNz— Maxie Adler (@maxie_adler) April 5, 2021
re: #152 🌹UOJB!
I was cancelled by Twitter for calling he crazy. Her twitter cult must have mass reported me.
re: #177 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The phenomenon of fandom toxicity is under appreciated, I think.
Star Trek
Star Wars
TolkienAll these creative landscapes now have vast numbers of obnoxiously toxic fans who crap on anything.
Now a non-trivial portion of this is truly incels whining about “wokeness”.
It’s knee-jerk reactionist nonsense.
But I wonder if the deeply troubling changes in our society have forced many young-ish males to truly feel emasculated. They feel a need for manhood but the old ways are now not available for them.
Given how insanely woke Star Trek has been over more than half a century, they should…. find something else to watch.
- It was the only show Martin Luther King Jr. let his children watch because it was one of the first shows with an important African American character. Hell, he even persuaded Nichelle Nichols to stay on the show.
- It had an Asian helmsman as a major character who in real life had spent his early life in a concentration camp in his own country.
- It had someone from the Cold War enemy as one of the main characters.
- It had a biracial/bicultural character.
re: #181 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I’m honestly surprised trump hasn’t replicated the oval office decor.
I’m shocked at the extreme lack of gold leaf.
re: #183 Targetpractice
I remember when TNG came out that some TOS fans were unhappy.
But what I am describing by toxicity is not dislike or complaints about “canon”.
It’s the interbreeding of non-show complaints into (artistic/production/theory) dimensions of show criticism.
The Tolkien fans are starting to be the worst. The new Amazon series (due late this year) has really set off the white-boy Tolkien fans.
Racists have always been drawn to Tolkien because Tolkien himself was strongly steered by the deep racism of the culture from which he drew his own inspirations. Tolkien’s works are strongly patriarchal and very Euro-centric.
Now that Amazon is casting melanin-rich actors… well, that’s just too much for a certain segment of Tolkien fandom.
the moron “doctor” backpedals furiously
The CDC divides travel vaccinations into three categories: routine, recommended, and required. Majority are recommended vaccines, only a few are required and only to specific countries.
— Dr. Drew (@drdrew) April 5, 2021
I’ll make this very simple, get vaccinated.
— Dr. Drew (@drdrew) April 5, 2021
re: #189 Backwoods_Sleuth
Of course. And most folks when planning a vacation have talked to others what they did or needed to do for their trips.
re: #190 PhillyPretzel
Of course. And most folks when planning a vacation have talked to others what they did or needed to do for their trips.
Yeah. I talked to friends about Rome and what to expect. On the work trip to Hyderabad, my bosses had all been there multiple times, and set the expectations very appropriately.
Amazon is spending a billion dollars for a new “LOTR” series, so they will push it hard when it is released. It will be the bait to keep Prime subscribers.
It’s not really LOTR of course since they have to set it in a period of Tolkien’s universe that is thousands of years before LOTR.
So no hobbits. No wizards either, unless Amazon invent new ones. In that case, sure, there will be great outcry about “canon”.
But the real angst will come if there is even one elf with dark skin. That will be cataclysmic for the racist sector of Tolkien fandom.
Humans in the story could be dark skin, but they can’t be the good guys, who all come from the west and the north.
The only other “race” (in Tolkien terminology) that could be in a Second Age story would be the dwarves, and they aren’t supposed to be dark skin either.
Should Amazon actually insert some of the pantheon in the story (and the Tolkien estate probably would veto that kind of thing)… well, if they are dark skin then that might be a problem of cosmological scale.
Also - Tolkien fandom is in great fear of gay or bi relationships in this new series. Some of Tolkien fandom are straight up complaining already of any sex scenes in the coming series.
Anyway, Amazon has a tough road ahead if they are going to find the acceptance of their billion dollar venture.
re: #192 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Amazon is spending a billion dollars for a new “LOTR” series, so they will push it hard when it is released. It will be the bait to keep Prime subscribers.
Anyway, Amazon has a tough road ahead if they are going to find the acceptance of their billion dollar venture.
Throw in one of these and fans will eat it up.
re: #177 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The phenomenon of fandom toxicity is under appreciated, I think.
Star Trek
Star Wars
TolkienAll these creative landscapes now have vast numbers of obnoxiously toxic fans who crap on anything.
Now a non-trivial portion of this is truly incels whining about “wokeness”.
It’s knee-jerk reactionist nonsense.
But I wonder if the deeply troubling changes in our society have forced many young-ish males to truly feel emasculated. They feel a need for manhood but the old ways are now not available for them.
Giving them too much credit I think. Society hasn’t ‘forced’ privileged young white males (because that’s what they almost always are) to feel emasculated. Privileged young men have always assumed that they would be powerful and dominant. When they’re not, they seek out groups that will include them and tell them they are, and try to lash out at anyone else to ensure that they stay that way. It is classic bully mentality, and it has been a part of the young, relatively privileged male psyche since the dawn of time. The internet allows anyone to be a bully without consequences - a perfect vehicle for this.
re: #192 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Amazon is spending a billion dollars for a new “LOTR” series, so they will push it hard when it is released. It will be the bait to keep Prime subscribers.
It’s not really LOTR of course since they have to set it in a period of Tolkien’s universe that is thousands of years before LOTR.
So no hobbits. No wizards either, unless Amazon invent new ones. In that case, sure, there will be great outcry about “canon”.
But the real angst will come if there is even one elf with dark skin. That will be cataclysmic for the racist sector of Tolkien fandom.
Humans in the story could be dark skin, but they can’t be the good guys, who all come from the west and the north.
The only other “race” (in Tolkien terminology) that could be in a Second Age story would be the dwarves, and they aren’t supposed to be dark skin either.
Should Amazon actually insert some of the pantheon in the story (and the Tolkien estate probably would veto that kind of thing)… well, if they are dark skin then that might be a problem of cosmological scale.
Also - Tolkien fandom is in great fear of gay or bi relationships in this new series. Some of Tolkien fandom are straight up complaining already of any sex scenes in the coming series.
Anyway, Amazon has a tough road ahead if they are going to find the acceptance of their billion dollar venture.
I don’t know about this. I always assumed when Tolkien introduced other countries to the south of the Middle Earth we’re familiar with, and then had the elephants show up, it was his way of letting readers know that there were almost certainly black folks wandering around. Now maybe the elves were all light-skinned, but I would steal the fuck out of Salvatore’s drow. They could be named something slightly different. Maybe there could be a chaotic good one named Drift, or something, who spends his time kicking the shit out evil with two long blades.
‘Stay out of politics,’ Republican leader McConnell tells U.S. CEOs, warns of ‘consequences’ https://t.co/XYNteuaTzq pic.twitter.com/NOKJzDG9nD
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch (@stltoday) April 5, 2021
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is second to none in protecting First Amendment rights of corporations — at least when the subject is money. Now he and Rs are retaliating for exercising those rightshttps://t.co/khgqR6PRoP
— Jennifer ‘pro-voting’ Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) April 5, 2021
re: #192 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Amazon is spending a billion dollars for a new “LOTR” series, so they will push it hard when it is released. It will be the bait to keep Prime subscribers.
It’s not really LOTR of course since they have to set it in a period of Tolkien’s universe that is thousands of years before LOTR.
So no hobbits. No wizards either, unless Amazon invent new ones. In that case, sure, there will be great outcry about “canon”.
But the real angst will come if there is even one elf with dark skin. That will be cataclysmic for the racist sector of Tolkien fandom.
Humans in the story could be dark skin, but they can’t be the good guys, who all come from the west and the north.
The only other “race” (in Tolkien terminology) that could be in a Second Age story would be the dwarves, and they aren’t supposed to be dark skin either.
Should Amazon actually insert some of the pantheon in the story (and the Tolkien estate probably would veto that kind of thing)… well, if they are dark skin then that might be a problem of cosmological scale.
Also - Tolkien fandom is in great fear of gay or bi relationships in this new series. Some of Tolkien fandom are straight up complaining already of any sex scenes in the coming series.
Anyway, Amazon has a tough road ahead if they are going to find the acceptance of their billion dollar venture.
If Tolkien fans made it through the movies, where Sam and Frodo are like goddamned Brokeback Mordor, then they should be able to handle gay characters in a silmarillion universe.
re: #196 Dread Pirate Ron
If corporations “stayed out of politics,” there wouldn’t be any Republicans.
re: #198 Ace Rothstein
If corporations “stayed out of politics,” there wouldn’t be any Republicans.
Give us your money and STFU.
re: #197 steve_davis
If Tolkien fans made it through the movies, where Sam and Frodo are like goddamned Brokeback Mordor, then they should be able to handle gay characters in a silmarillion universe.
The Amazon series takes place in the Second Age, so it won’t have much Silmarillion material.
Amazon writers can’t depend upon Tolkien’s own writings for most of their characters, subplots. They have to wholly make up all dialogue.
So, the Amazon series is only Tolkien in McGuffin (the one ring.)
Regard Brokeback Mordor - yeah, I think it was pretty obvious that Peter Jackson was going for some closeted feelings between Sam and Frodo.
JUST IN: Senate parliamentarian to let Democrats bypass GOP filibuster on two more bills https://t.co/EVTrvPZpav pic.twitter.com/QvZ1DZ2zsg
— The Hill (@thehill) April 5, 2021
This, as they say, is a big ….
re: #202 dat_said
Good. More things are getting done.
Manchin is apparently a No on infrastructure.
hi
On this so-called digital passport for vaccines that other nations and corporations may require, what does that do with us who do not have cell phones to download these proposed apps?
Are we just stranded? Will the international vaccination book work?
re: #130 Targetpractice
Rest of the world is trying to facilitate travel and commerce in a post-Covid world, meanwhile millions of our fellow Americans act as though the act of simply being vaccinated is blasphemy against a higher power that allowed nearly 600,000 to die in this nation alone.
And arguing “well, those people who died had (name a co-morbidity) so there’s nothing we could have done.”
All they are doing is rationalising the number of deaths of their fellow citizens they find acceptable to themselves.
re: #195 steve_davis
Tolkien introduced people of the east, and south.
And they were the ones that Sauron was able to seduce, and thus became the bad guys by the time of LOTR set of events.
You can explore for yourself the voting rights lawsuits pending in our courts.
It is just a click away.https://t.co/Mda1JZAWDQ— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) April 4, 2021
re: #177 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The phenomenon of fandom toxicity is under appreciated, I think.
Star Trek
Star Wars
TolkienAll these creative landscapes now have vast numbers of obnoxiously toxic fans who crap on anything.
Now a non-trivial portion of this is truly incels whining about “wokeness”.
It’s knee-jerk reactionist nonsense.
But I wonder if the deeply troubling changes in our society have forced many young-ish males to truly feel emasculated. They feel a need for manhood but the old ways are now not available for them.
I was involved in the early stages of Star Trek fandom, fanzines and the Welcommittee. But it soon had an influx of libertarian nuts who glorified Ayn Rand and that turned me off of it. Saw Harlan Ellison talk about how he got burned and David Gerrold got blacklisted. Reading the Solow/Justman book really showed a dark side of Roddenberry that just turned me off of all fandom. I saw the same stuff repeat with Dr Who in the 80s. And it got even worse with Star Wars and Tolkien.
The pending Texas law requires that every polling place have the same number of machines.
So… those super-polling places that NBA made their stadiums available for, right out.
Matt Gaetz never took COVID-19 seriously because she was a little too old for him.
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) April 6, 2021
re: #210 🌹UOJB!
I think all this fandom turmoil testifies to how spoiled we’ve gotten in regards to entertainment.
We demand to be entertained.
And if what we get isn’t what we imagined, we get mad.
It’s all very childish.
I’ve had thoughts that I should right a series of stories that are set in the era of the canonical gospels, but have all the characters be not what Christians expect.
The Jesus-as-a-space-alien thing was a sort of pop-thought some time back. But no one ever had a successful creative product based on that.
Heresy it will be called. Just look at what happened with The LIfe of Brian.
Over the years the writers of Doctor Who have turned the Doctor into an alternate savior figure, without calling the Doctor explicitly a “christ”. But that is what the character has become.
I think there is still a possibility in the cult writings of late Judaism/early Christianity for someone to make a compelling modern retake on the whole universe of late antiquity religion. In some ways that is what Marvel has done.
re: #148 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I wonder if in the near future we’ll start seeing the national medical apparatus recommending that during the flu season people should mask up in public, and try to social distance
The (Nebr.) Panhandle Public Health Director is recommending this for all future flu seasons. (I suspect it won’t happen: if hundreds of thousands dead from Covid-19 won’t convince selfish asshats, I doubt the flu will.)
re: #204 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Manchin is apparently a No on infrastructure.
He was a “no” on the Baillout until he wasn’t. Lets see what happens.
Sad news for us old MAD fans, from Mark Evanier’s blog
newsfromme.com
Frank Jacobs, R.I.P.
Published Monday, April 5, 2021 at 3:37 PM
“Longtime MAD magazine writer Frank Jacobs passed away this morning at the age of 91. When Harvey Kurtzman stepped down as editor of MAD and was replaced by Al Feldstein, Frank was the first writer Feldstein bought material from and over the years, he and subsequent editors bought a lot of it from Frank.
“That first piece of his for MAD appeared in #33, cover-dated June of 1957. He had work in 312 issues, making him the seventh most-prolific contributor to the magazine ever. (Beating him out: Jaffee, Aragonés, DeBartolo, Drucker, Coker and Berg.) Frank’s last new work seems to have been in #529, cover-dated October of 2014. Work of his is reprinted in almost every issue of the last few years.
“I thought he was not only the best writer of humorous verse and parody lyrics in MAD but in the whole world of comedy writing. He never got the recognition he deserved for all that brilliant work and that was one reason I was proud to present him with the Bill Finger Award at Comic-Con International in 2009. Another was that I really liked Frank. I learned a lot from him and I laughed a lot because of him — as did anyone who read more than a few issues of that magazine.”
My husband is reminiscing about ComicCon 2000 — we were in a MAD panel, listening to Frank Jacobs talk about one of his early parody songs, written to the tune of ‘Downtown.’ He was sure no one would remember it… and Mark E., who was running the panel, stood up and led an audience of at least 80 fans in a rousing rendition of ‘Ground Round.’ Yeah, most of us knew all the words, and the look on his face was priceless.
re: #217 jamesfirecat
He wants the corporate rate cut from the proposed 28% to 25%.
I love how she smacks Presstitutes down!
Psaki is great, isn’t she?? “Charge up your calculators & add up how much we proposed for each item & compare it with the ‘Secret memo’.”
Lesson 101: How to fight ‘secret memos.” https://t.co/zcfZUSHxl8— Puesto Loco™ (@PuestoLoco) April 5, 2021
NJ is expanding vaccinations to 16 and over starting April 19. That’s more than 2 weeks ahead of the prior schedule. That can’t come fast enough, so I’m hoping to be fully vaccinated by Memorial Day. *fingers crossed*
Is this how you end up with weapons of math destruction…
— Edward Anderson (@ReadWryt) April 5, 2021
With B117, prior assumptions and plans about kids and schools are “no longer applicable,” says @mtosterholm on Fox.
Kids are “getting infected at the same rate that adults do. They’re very effective at transmitting the virus … Kids are playing a huge role in the transmission.”— Will Saletan (@saletan) April 4, 2021
Osterholm repeats his warning on MTP: “This B117 variant is a brand new ballgame. … In Minnesota, we’re now seeing” that “it infects kids very readily. … These kids now are really major challenges in terms of how they transmit.” https://t.co/8UmC6pcLdu pic.twitter.com/3uEu3K2noR
— Will Saletan (@saletan) April 5, 2021
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This dude @evanmanivong sticking the landing and then whipping out his vaccination card is the ultimate flex.
pic.twitter.com/ul6NXkcS3Q— OLIVIA witherite (@Oliviawitherite) April 5, 2021
re: #161 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Looking at the comments on the trailer, it seems that enough of the Trek-fandom is now irredeemably toxic that CBS is going to be in a losing situation.
I didn’t catch them.
I doubt it. Most trekkers are live and let live types. If you don’t like a particular trek, that’s fine and the people who do won’t bug you.
People who post comments on you tube are another matter.
re: #176 steve_davis
I am getting the second Pfizer tomorrow morning. I am just kind of stressed, because I hate the idea of being sick, and knowing I am doing something that is purposely going to make me sick, but then I consider that people go into chemotherapy every day knowing that it is going to make them sicker than dogs. I will just hope I get mild side effects. Already taking Wednesday off.
My wife’s second Moderna is on the 21st. I’m seeing a cardiologist in Bridgeport (fallout from my hand surgery) on the 15th, followed by occupational therapy in Sidney (Medical Week at Chez Tumbleweed).
re: #183 Targetpractice
I don’t know about Tolkien fans, but as a Trek fan I can say with a fair bit of confidence that the toxicity was always there. All the spread of the internet has done is move what used to be limited to conventions or fan forums out into the open. All sorts of shit was lost when TNG was not a TOS clone, then when DS9 was on a station rather than a starship, and let’s not get started about all the male fans who went apeshit over learning the new post-TNG Trek series was gonna have a female captain!
They make a lot of noise online, but twitter represents a tiny fraction of the populations. At conventions, we’re pretty chill, as I mentioned above. I have no experience of toxicity.
Hmmmm…wonder why the Court hasn’t issued a ruling on the TexASS case to kill the ACA?
re: #195 steve_davis
I don’t know about this. I always assumed when Tolkien introduced other countries to the south of the Middle Earth we’re familiar with, and then had the elephants show up, it was his way of letting readers know that there were almost certainly black folks wandering around. Now maybe the elves were all light-skinned, but I would steal the fuck out of Salvatore’s drow. They could be named something slightly different. Maybe there could be a chaotic good one named Drift, or something, who spends his time kicking the shit out evil with two long blades.
Tolkien began his writings as a mythology for England (which has practically none). So of course all his characters were white, at that time all the people of Northern E8rope were white. What he would think of multiracial casting I do not know — but to the best of my knowledge he opposed racism in all its forms.
In any case, (IMHO) the fact that all the ancient brits were white is unimportant, and there’s no reason to restrict casting to white people.
If @runforsomething candidate Jasmine Harris wins her campaign for mayor of Omaha, she’ll be the first Black woman to lead the city. Pretty cool! https://t.co/tZMqajDAQb
— Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) April 4, 2021
The mayoral primary in Omaha is officially non-partisan, tomorrow. The top two go on to the General Election.
Mayor Jean Stothert (R) is seeking a third term. She has some sympathy push because her physician husband Joe suicided a few weeks ago (partly over the horror of the Covid oubreak here).
She is opposed by four Democratic candidates.
re: #197 steve_davis
If Tolkien fans made it through the movies, where Sam and Frodo are like goddamned Brokeback Mordor, then they should be able to handle gay characters in a silmarillion universe.
I would have trouble with gay characters in a silmarillion universe — and straight ones too. The last thing I want to see in the series is Peyton Place in the First Age. It was why I bailed from GOT.
I reiterate again that it’s a conflict of interest for a Member of Congress to sit on the congressional committee that has oversight over the FBI at the same time the FBI is actively investigating him. @GOPLeader must remove Rep Gaetz from House Judiciary Committee immediately. https://t.co/A3IPTrDjzo
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 5, 2021
To review, she was effectively fired by @penn—which had a multi-billion dollar endowment—because no one would give the university money to fund her research. Research that in addition to stopping COVID shows promising signs of creating vaccines for malaria, HIV and cancer
— Evan Sutton (@3vanSutton) April 6, 2021
Good Evening Lizards 🦎
How is everyone? I brought coffee and all kinds of pastries 🥮 .☕️🍩.
He’s part of the government, but doesn’t really understand what the government does.
— Karen S (@rkstrong45) April 6, 2021
re: #236 A Mom Anon
I’ll have a donut with schadenfreude frosting.
GOP Gov. Greg Gianforte, who ended Montana’s statewide mask mandate in February, is isolating for 10 days after testing positive for the coronavirus.
https://t.co/OqHOGPiSGD— Jonathan Webers (@JWeber988) April 6, 2021
re: #236 A Mom Anon
Good Evening Lizards 🦎
How is everyone? I brought coffee and all kinds of pastries 🥮 .☕️🍩.
nom nom.
Thanks.
re: #186 aatharuv
Given how insanely woke Star Trek has been over more than half a century, they should…. find something else to watch.
- It was the only show Martin Luther King Jr. let his children watch because it was one of the first shows with an important African American character. Hell, he even persuaded Nichelle Nichols to stay on the show.
- It had an Asian helmsman as a major character who in real life had spent his early life in a concentration camp in his own country.
- It had someone from the Cold War enemy as one of the main characters.
- It had a biracial/bicultural character.
re: #236 A Mom Anon
Good Evening Lizards 🦎
How is everyone? I brought coffee and all kinds of pastries 🥮 .☕️🍩.
I saw this in Serious Eats and it tempts me so much!
Paris-Brest (Pâte à Choux With Praline Crème Mousseline) Recipe
The Paris-Brest is a classic French pastry, featuring a crisp, almond-studded baked ring of pâte à choux that’s split in half horizontally, liberally filled with praline crème mousseline—a heady mixture of vanilla pastry cream, nutty praline paste, and whipped butter—and finished with a dusting of powdered sugar.
This bakery staple was created in 1910 by pastry chef Louis Durand, as an homage to the long-distance Paris-Brest-Paris bicycle race (the pastry’s circular shape is meant to evoke that of a bicycle wheel). Pâtisserie Durand, which is still owned and operated by the Durand family, claims to have the original recipe, but fortunately this hasn’t prevented pastry chefs around the world from putting forth their own spins on the dessert.
re: #242 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
My wife made pizza rustica for Easter dinner. (11:08) It is yummy.
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Chicago-style pizza.
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re: #241 🌹UOJB!
I saw this in Serious Eats and it tempts me so much!
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Paris-Brest (Pâte à Choux With Praline Crème Mousseline) Recipe
The Paris-Brest is a classic French pastry, featuring a crisp, almond-studded baked ring of pâte à choux that’s split in half horizontally, liberally filled with praline crème mousseline—a heady mixture of vanilla pastry cream, nutty praline paste, and whipped butter—and finished with a dusting of powdered sugar.
This bakery staple was created in 1910 by pastry chef Louis Durand, as an homage to the long-distance Paris-Brest-Paris bicycle race (the pastry’s circular shape is meant to evoke that of a bicycle wheel). Pâtisserie Durand, which is still owned and operated by the Durand family, claims to have the original recipe, but fortunately this hasn’t prevented pastry chefs around the world from putting forth their own spins on the dessert.
I saw that the other day. That’s what everyone is getting fun me for Christmas this year.
True story.
I used to go to Trek conventions in Des Moines. The last one I went to was about 13 years ago in one of the downtown hotels, but there were tons of conventions going down that weekend and I ended up having to park a mile plus from the venue.
John deLancie was the big guest at this one and I watched him break a nerd’s heart during the Q&A when the kid asked him if he had ever read any of the Trek books, and deLancie lectured him for a good five minutes about real literature and wasting one’s time with books that don’t matter in the real world. He then went on and on about how he only does the conventions to make money so he can create real art. I’ve read that he’s really nice and approachable at every other convention, so I’d like to think he was having a bad day.
ANYWAY…A very nice Black lady, dressed as an old school Starfleet Admiral, and I sort of caught each other’s eye as this was going on, and we ended up eating together at the hotel restaurant. Just us and her two 6 foot plus sons dressed and made up as Klingons. Excellent costuming, even better makeup jobs. Convention and dinner over and it was close to midnight and she asked if I was staying at the hotel like they were, and I told her I had a 3 hour drive ahead of me and that I had parked so far away.
So there I am, walking in not a nice part of downtown Des Moines, late at night, guarded on either side by Klingons. The stares we got. And a ton of just delighted smiles.
Looking so forward to Q and Guinan and Crusher on Picard this year. More than a little ticked off that Janeway’s been relegated to a voice on a kid’s cartoon.
re: #241 🌹UOJB!
I saw this in Serious Eats and it tempts me so much!
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Paris-Brest (Pâte à Choux With Praline Crème Mousseline) Recipe
The Paris-Brest is a classic French pastry, featuring a crisp, almond-studded baked ring of pâte à choux that’s split in half horizontally, liberally filled with praline crème mousseline—a heady mixture of vanilla pastry cream, nutty praline paste, and whipped butter—and finished with a dusting of powdered sugar.
This bakery staple was created in 1910 by pastry chef Louis Durand, as an homage to the long-distance Paris-Brest-Paris bicycle race (the pastry’s circular shape is meant to evoke that of a bicycle wheel). Pâtisserie Durand, which is still owned and operated by the Durand family, claims to have the original recipe, but fortunately this hasn’t prevented pastry chefs around the world from putting forth their own spins on the dessert.
OMG I have to make this!
I looked at the recipe. It’s quite challenging.
re: #226 🌹UOJB!
Something that Presstitute made up.
Not even Presstitute. Propagandist who works for Newsmax.
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She came in like a #PsakiBomb 🎵
📺 @MissyModell
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The Seuss estate should hint that it’s threatening to take The Lorax out of print, just so conservatives will rush to its defense.
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) April 5, 2021
re: #246 Swampwitch
True story.
I used to go to Trek conventions in Des Moines. The last one I went to was about 13 years ago in one of the downtown hotels, but there were tons of conventions going down that weekend and I ended up having to park a mile plus from the venue.
John deLancie was the big guest at this one and I watched him break a nerd’s heart during the Q&A when the kid asked him if he had ever read any of the Trek books, and deLancie lectured him for a good five minutes about real literature and wasting one’s time with books that don’t matter in the real world. He then went on and on about how he only does the conventions to make money so he can create real art. I’ve read that he’s really nice and approachable at every other convention, so I’d like to think he was having a bad day.
ANYWAY…A very nice Black lady, dressed as an old school Starfleet Admiral, and I sort of caught each other’s eye as this was going on, and we ended up eating together at the hotel restaurant. Just us and her two 6 foot plus sons dressed and made up as Klingons. Excellent costuming, even better makeup jobs. Convention and dinner over and it was close to midnight and she asked if I was staying at the hotel like they were, and I told her I had a 3 hour drive ahead of me and that I had parked so far away.
So there I am, walking in not a nice part of downtown Des Moines, late at night, guarded on either side by Klingons. The stares we got. And a ton of just delighted smiles.
Looking so forward to Q and Guinan and Crusher on Picard this year. More than a little ticked off that Janeway’s been relegated to a voice on a kid’s cartoon.
I was sitting at a table next to John deLancie’s a couple of years ago and we started talking. In fact, I was holding a star trek novel and he asked me what I thought of it (so so, there are some really good ST books, this wasn’t one of them). Nothing about the waste of my time, so I’m going to say that either he was having a bad day back then or he’s mellowed with the years.
(It took me a while to learn that you can produce great literature in any medium, including formulaic TV series novels. It took much less to truly appreciate that ninety percent of everything is crap.)
re: #249 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Not even Presstitute. Propagandist who works for Newsmax.
Presstitute is appropriate when it comes to SNOOZEMAX!
re: #248 The Pie Overlord!
OMG I have to make this!
I looked at the recipe. It’s quite challenging.
It’s not really (other than the pate choix). Google it and watch some YouTube videos. I watched about four and felt like I could do it.
Let me know how it goes!
re: #252 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
I was sitting at a table next to John deLancie’s a couple of years ago and we started talking. In fact, I was holding a star trek novel and he asked me what I thought of it (so so, there are some really good ST books, this wasn’t one of them). Nothing about the waste of my time, so I’m going to say that either he was having a bad day back then or he’s mellowed with the years.
(It took me a while to learn that you can produce great literature in any medium, including formulaic TV series novels. It took much less to truly appreciate that ninety percent of everything is crap.)
The 2 best remain John M Ford’s books: The Final Reflection and How Much For Just The Planet. To really appreciate the latter requires a working knowledge of Gilbert and Sullivan ;) Ah, Mike. Never got to meet you in person and I doubt I miss an author more! I’ll have to pour him a libation in the morning after work.
re: #237 Dread Pirate Ron
I love the disingenuous argument “you need ID to buy cigarettes or booze, you need ID to cash a cheque” &c.
I don’t need an ID for any of that crap. I was never required to put a copy of an ID in a letter paying a bill. They just take the cheque.
No one at the bank asks me for my ID when I put in or take out money. No one at the store asks for ID if they know me to buy liquor or cigarettes.
The same goes for polling stations in small towns where the workers know the voters.
re: #246 Swampwitch
True story.
I used to go to Trek conventions in Des Moines.
…
ANYWAY…A very nice Black lady, dressed as an old school Starfleet Admiral, and I sort of caught each other’s eye as this was going on, and we ended up eating together at the hotel restaurant. Just us and her two 6 foot plus sons dressed and made up as Klingons. Excellent costuming, even better makeup jobs. Convention and dinner over and it was close to midnight and she asked if I was staying at the hotel like they were, and I told her I had a 3 hour drive ahead of me and that I had parked so far away.
So there I am, walking in not a nice part of downtown Des Moines, late at night, guarded on either side by Klingons. The stares we got. And a ton of just delighted smiles.
One of my favorite con moments was in San Jose in the 80’s. The convention center was in an area without a lot of evening foot traffic, but a McDonalds a couple of blocks away. One of my rather nervous friends had walked down there alone; the only other customers were a group of maybe-sort-of-gang-looking teenagers. She says she was trying to decide if it was safer to stay or to go when a group dressed as Star Wars sand people walked in. She swears her reaction was a sigh of relief — “Oh good, normal folks…”
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Trump’s “Stolen Election” Lie Based on Evidence From Pervy Bathroom Cam-Spy OK, this really takes the cake. If you have relatives that still cling to the “election was stolen, dadgum, I jes’ KNOW IT … This should be a slight remedy to the stubborn madness Thanks to online anonymity, the ...
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Best of April 2024 Nothing new here but these are a look back at the a few good images from the past month. Despite the weather, I was quite pleased with several of them. These were taken with older lenses (made from the ...
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Gateway Pundit, Sued by Election Workers, Declares BankruptcyA onetime favorite, now just pathetic figure around these parts, Jim Hoft aka SMOTI ("Stupidest Man On The Internet"), has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in response to the defamation lawsuits filed against him to the same election workers that ... Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ... Cheechako
