John Oliver Covers the Waterfront on Covid Vaccines
John Oliver explains why some people don’t want to get the Covid-19 vaccine and how they might be reassured. (Even you, Mike in Baltimore.)
John Oliver explains why some people don’t want to get the Covid-19 vaccine and how they might be reassured. (Even you, Mike in Baltimore.)
The only thing that would surprise me is if they DON’T allow him to come back and spread more hatred and sedition. https://t.co/sUj02gAEbu
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 3, 2021
re: #1 Charles Johnson
They would be betraying every principle of Free Enterprise if they did not.
— Kev & Trev (@WipeHomophobia) May 3, 2021
The popularity of this position 👇 is why the right is trying to shift the conversation to Dr. Seuss, critical race theory, fake culture war battles — anything other than issues of substance where they’re trying to play a losing hand https://t.co/xoDaqT50xN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 3, 2021
Thymiaterion (incense burner) with a group of women seated around a wellhead. Date: Greek (Tarentine), Classical Period, the second half of the 4th cent. B.C. Medium: terracotta.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art pic.twitter.com/5dLtYZstsc— Archaeology & Art (@archaeologyart) May 2, 2021
People must really crave their white nationalist talking points to watch Tucker Carlson, a man with a voice made for print media. Even if I agreed with him, that whiny, squeaky voice would put me off.
Unreal. Not a single word about his attempt to overturn a legitimate election at the command of Donald Trump.
If they’re trying to convince us that the media are hopelessly broken, they’re doing an excellent job. https://t.co/n47YkZT0CH— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 3, 2021
— Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) May 3, 2021
re: #7 Charles Johnson
They know that Hawley is an up-and-coming figure in the GOP, one who could possibly appeal to much of the Trump base by selling himself as an “outsider” and “man of the people”.
re: #7 Charles Johnson
OK so the Post wants to kiss Hee Hawley’s ass.
Whose ass will the Post kiss next—Josh Duggar?????
This is all wrong. Far too masculine. With the powder, makeup, and the hair, the living person he most resembles to me is Meryl Streep pic.twitter.com/2rDZiiX3x0
— Brett Chapman (@brettachapman) May 3, 2021
LIVE NOW: @NASAUniverse experts answer your questions on @Reddit!
🔭 Ask them anything about how they use an X-ray telescope on the @Space_Station to study the remnants of massive exploded stars, environments around black holes, & other cosmic phenomena: https://t.co/35UHwbxPny pic.twitter.com/IyIzasPckM— NASA (@NASA) May 3, 2021
What are they getting mad about today? Here’s a “straight news” segment about the purported cancelation of Snow White at Disneyland that is built around a single op-ed that criticized the ride. https://t.co/q39MRZX8Wa pic.twitter.com/j0xg0sp5dq
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) May 3, 2021
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspends all local COVID emergency mandates https://t.co/MA3qQ6hmoP
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 3, 2021
re: #15 A Cranky One
This comic illustrates truth.
More damage visuals continue to emerge from a likely #tornado that ripped through the #Atlanta metro area this morning.
Here are scenes from South Fulton where tree debris litters the streets. #GAwx pic.twitter.com/9K8C9DFkIE— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) May 3, 2021
Too bad, so sad.
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell spent nearly a million bucks on his failed “Frank” speech platform, according to a leaked Zoom call with his IT team. pic.twitter.com/ebLM1Z9ej0
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) May 3, 2021
Retconning the Trump era as one of “bipartisanship” is a textbook example of gaslighting. And nobody did more to stretch out the pandemic than Trump, who resisted basic public health best practices at every turn. https://t.co/kMR4APu1w7
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 3, 2021
Biden hops out of motorcade in Yorktown to greet supporters gathered outside the local high school pic.twitter.com/flO9U9BdCq
— Justin Sink (@justinsink) May 3, 2021
This is Ezra. He was spotted working on his jump rope at the park. Really wants to impress his friends the next time they’re together. 14/10 pic.twitter.com/Si2D4JCH7m
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) May 1, 2021
re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“The only way we’re going to achieve herd immunity as long as I’m governor is for thousands more to die.”
*Concerned about what’s in vaccine*
Sits in line for White Castle for 6 hours at 9am. https://t.co/Zrkl4wMbTV— Mass Cultivator 5™️ (@Benny_Orr24) May 3, 2021
re: #23 Belafon
“The only way we’re going to achieve herd immunity as long as I’m governor is for thousands more to die.”
Cull the herd!
re: #25 Dangerman
Cull the herd!
“Why won’t the survivors work for $8 per hour? Aren’t they grateful to be alive?”
re: #26 Belafon
“Why won’t the survivors work for $8 per hour? Aren’t they grateful to be alive?”
That one guy In SC was working for free.
$8 is generous!
unfortunately if you already got your shot and prefer tequila (me) you are apparently out of luck
— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) May 3, 2021
Just posted this …
England Sports League Proves Online Trolls Can Be Stopped. So Why Aren’t They? https://t.co/JSjMLSccYU pic.twitter.com/jqgGtH8bTT
— Surreal painters were just ahead of the curve (@MutatedReality) May 3, 2021
The Brits are getting serious about hunting down, doxxing & arresting toxic online racist trolls:
“It makes little difference whether you are looking for match-fixing or someone who is abusing players on social media,” he says. “At the end of the day it’s an investigation. And my guys come from the world of police, law enforcement and financial fraud, and, in particular, military defence and counter-terrorism. So they know how to find people.”
I mean, I read this:
“Take the following racist tweets,” writes Sunder Katwala in this week’s New Statesman. “‘No blacks in the England team - keep our team white’ and ‘Marcus Rashford isn’t English - blacks can’t be English.’ I asked Twitter to confirm whether this racism is allowed on the platform. They confirmed that these kinds of racist tweets are not against the current rules.” Despite all this, Katwala says, Twitter’s rules are still stronger than Facebook’s.
Katwala himself says he receives far more racist abuse than he did 20 years ago, “despite fewer people holding racist attitudes”. Changes in technology have allowed racists to disseminate their poison far more easily - and directly. And while football has led the boycott, it also needs to take a good hard look at itself. A recent YouGov poll for Kick It Out, which surveyed more than 1,000 fans, found 30% of them had witnessed or heard racist comments or chants at a match in 2019. That is a shocking, shameful, figure.
And, I dunno … do I feel better about the US, because we’re not the only country that has white supremacist fuckwits mouthing off on social media? Or worse, because people are being abused all over the world, and Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/YouTube are doing JACK SHIT about it?
I am convinced that our host (who is NOT notorious internet troll Charles C. Johnson), is right when he has opined on multiple occasions, that if only online social media platforms were to actually enforce their terms of service, that a lot of the freakout cray-cray that led to the Capitol Insurrection would be tamped down, and we would live in a lot better world.
PRECISELY.
Donald tRump waged his disinformation campaign, starting in April 2020. He claimed he had evidence of voter fraud and that the election would be tainted. He refused to back it up, but kept repeating it. GOP bought it. Now, they just won’t give it up. #TheBigLie pic.twitter.com/tbQpESDdLf— 🌐 Agent K ➖🕵️♂️ 🔎 👁️ 💬 📡 ⏱️ 🎯 ⚖️ ➖ 🌊 (@gary_kline) May 3, 2021
This ex-Marine tried to help North Korean diplomats defect. Now he faces decades in prison. Max Boot
If this is as presented, the Justice Department needs to take a stand. The guy has enough to fear from North Korea as it is.
washingtonpost.com
whomst amongst us https://t.co/1So4YlPpsY
— darth™ (@darth) May 3, 2021
remember when u were a kid and people kept trying to make u take naps
we should have listened to them i missed out on so many naps— darth™ (@darth) May 3, 2021
An Arizona Republican, Anthony Kern, who was at the Capitol riot, & actively encouraged the mob storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6—is now counting ballots at the controversial Arizona election audit.#InsurrectionistCountingBallots#StopArizonasBogusAudithttps://t.co/qU7oClQ3IN
— Arctic Friend (@FriendEden100) May 1, 2021
Plus
“Kern’s name appeared on all of the November ballots that he was counting Friday and Saturday as part of an audit ordered by the state Senate.”
He’s counting his own ballots
This neighbour’s riposte to an angry car parking note is simply perfecthttps://t.co/IcYp8X77VE pic.twitter.com/mrggvfYxbR
— The Poke (@ThePoke) May 3, 2021
Have I been on here too long to know who clockwise from top right: Dr. Gu? Talcum X? Krassenstein Klones? Proud Socialist?
— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) May 3, 2021
Another look at the Abbeville County, SC tornado. Blue area is debris being lofted by the tornado. Seek shelter in path! (2:44pm ET)@MidlandUSA pic.twitter.com/NSLDpvTtsd
— SevereStudios (@severestudios) May 3, 2021
MrBWS’s sister lives in Troy, on SE edge of this storm.
re: #39 Backwoods_Sleuth
MrBWS’s sister lives in Troy, on SE edge of this storm.
Oh shit. Hope everything is okay out there. Tornado season is serious business across large swaths of the United States. Heh, in two days, we get a statewide siren test.
Mike Lindell is very disappointed in Newsmax for apologizing to a Dominion employee it falsely accused of rigging voting machines against Trump, saying the network will be “very embarrassed” after more evidence of fraud is revealed in Michigan today. pic.twitter.com/hsrwF8uUxP
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) May 3, 2021
re: #40 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Oh shit. Hope everything is okay out there. Tornado season is serious business across large swaths of the United States. Heh, in two days, we get a statewide siren test.
Seriously, y’all. 1936 review of W.E.B. Du Bois’s “Black Reconstruction” versus 2019 review of 1619 Project by a Princeton historian. pic.twitter.com/GLibIF2P7H
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) May 3, 2021
The juxtaposition of WEB DuBois book review to that of the 1619 project by the NYT is jarring.
The powers that be (aka the white folks who remain in power and control) haven’t changed one bit. The institutional racism is there. The same criticisms of those who challenge the institutionalized racism is there.
uh oh
‘Security incident ongoing’ at CIA headquarters in Langley: report’
Did Mike Flynn try to enter again?
re: #42 Dangerman
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those sireenes are gonna love them up and turn them into horny toads.
ezra let me introduce u to the humble potato https://t.co/Jl56OYNQL1
— darth™ (@darth) May 3, 2021
re: #46 Backwoods_Sleuth
Not seeing how that’s a counter to Ezra’s statement.
re: #47 Belafon
Not seeing how that’s a counter to Ezra’s statement.
Actually, I might have to agree with Ezra’s statement…the more cooks working on vegetarian cuisine, the tastier it will get.
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman (D) calls out Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R-FL) suspension of local COVID orders:
“This act, this isn’t for the protection of Floridians. This is for politics.” pic.twitter.com/wjldL7IdUh— The Recount (@therecount) May 3, 2021
re: #48 gwangung
Ezra seems to ignore that Indian food is easily vegetarian; and is among the tastiest food around. Asian cuisines can easily go vegetarian with little effort (like omitting meat or fish). Americanized food is harder to switch since we’ve been conditioned on meat and potatoes for so long, but a single high end restaurant deciding to go with a vegan/vegetarian menu doesn’t mean the downfall of Western civilization or even wholesale changes in cuisine in America.
The thing that boggles me about Ron DeathSantis’s latest actions is this: If you want to open up because you believe you’ll all be fully vaccinated by X date, okay, fine. I’ll argue with you on it (that should be a retroactive action, “Oh, hey, we’ve reached X immunity, we’re going to fully reopen next week”), but it’s defensible. But then you have to CREATE THE INCENTIVE TO GET VACCINATED, and what he has done here is take away the incentive by refusing to allow businesses to require proof of vaccination. If people can just carry on with normal life and not get vaccinated, what’s the point?
Sidebar: I know that the vaccines are experimental, and that complicates the calculus when it comes to requiring vaccination. I understand. I’m just saying, if you are claiming you will reach herd immunity, then you should actually put mechanisms in place to reach herd immunity, not take them away.
re: #50 lawhawk
Ezra seems to ignore that Indian food is easily vegetarian; and is among the tastiest food around. Asian cuisines can easily go vegetarian with little effort (like omitting meat or fish). Americanized food is harder to switch since we’ve been conditioned on meat and potatoes for so long, but a single high end restaurant deciding to go with a vegan/vegetarian menu doesn’t mean the downfall of Western civilization or even wholesale changes in cuisine in America.
Yes, but there is one tiny Indian restaurant where I live, and three total Asian restaurants, compared to all of the American style restaurants. So I still think his point stands.
humble but mighty potato atman
— darth™ (@darth) May 3, 2021
re: #51 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
It’s never a wise idea for a Governor to kneecap the mayors of some of the largest cities in his or her state. Said cities are usually the economic engines of the state.
Also, isn’t it funny how conservatives are TOTALLY cool with government overreach so long as THEY are the ones doing the reaching?
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At this point, I’m just grateful that 20% of Republicans still reject fascism, even after the brain-drain caused by calling sane Republicans RINOs and running them out of the party for decades. They could be all-in on the goosestepping.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 3, 2021
I watched episodes of the new season of The Handmaid’s Tale, and it got me thinking about what a real fascist America would be like if Trump regained power in 2025. The answer is, about the same, at first. We already treat poc like crap and let corporations get away with murder. It’s just that there would be no hope of it ever getting better, and things would gradually get worse, because the federal government would be broken and would never do anything to stop the decline as oligarchs pillage the country. Pretty much like Putin’s Russia.
re: #55 Eclectic Cyborg
It’s never a wise idea for a Governor to kneecap the mayors of some of the largest cities in his or her state. Said cities are usually the economic engines of the state.
That never stops Ducey or the Arizona legislature from governing like most of the state is a rural backwater instead of concentrated into two major metros, one of which is among the largest in the nation.
re: #57 No Malarkey!
I watched episodes of the new season of The Handmaid’s Tale, and it got me thinking about what a real fascist America would be like if Trump regained power in 2025. The answer is, about the same, at first. We already treat poc like crap and let corporations get away with murder. It’s just that there would be no hope of it ever getting better, and things would gradually get worse, because the federal government would be broken and would never do anything to stop the decline as oligarchs pillage the country. Pretty much like Putin’s Russia.
It would be a setback, but there would still be hope of getting better. Nazi Germany is long gone, and Putin is getting old and sick.
NEW: We’re launching our “Shot and a Beer” program to encourage eligible New Jerseyans ages 21+ to get vaccinated.
Any New Jerseyan who gets their first vaccine dose in the month of May and takes their vaccination card to a participating brewery will receive a free beer. 🍻 pic.twitter.com/REiHTEa6mi— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) May 3, 2021
I’m not going to complain; we’ve got a couple of good breweries near us that are on the list: Bolero Snout, Hackensack, and if we drive a bit, we can hit a few others.
re: #59 Punish Domestic Terrorists
It would be a setback, but there would still be hope of getting better. Nazi Germany is long gone, and Putin is getting old and sick.
But it took WWII to overthrow the Nazis. If Trump regained power, we’ll have to fight a second Civil War to overthrow the Trump Dynasty. Putin may be old, but there is no good reason to think that he won’t be replaced by another oligarch.
re: #59 Punish Domestic Terrorists
It would be a setback, but there would still be hope of getting better. Nazi Germany is long gone, and Putin is getting old and sick.
I think the real danger if Republicans get the House + senate + presidency while they also have the courts is a federal “voting rights only for Republicans” bill where federal supremacy is asserted for all things relating to elections, and then Republicans use that to entrench their power.
re: #62 EPR-radar
I think the real danger if Republicans get the House + senate + presidency while they also have the courts is a federal “voting rights only for Republicans” bill where federal supremacy is asserted for all things relating to elections, and then Republicans use that to entrench their power.
I don’t think that’s even a possibility. The productive states would never go along with it.
re: #63 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I don’t think that’s even a possibility. The productive states would never go along with it.
They wouldn’t have a choice. It would wind up getting bogged down in the courts as those states sue to stop the madness, and in the meantime, incalculable damage could be done.
re: #63 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I don’t think that’s even a possibility. The productive states would never go along with it.
It won’t be literally “only Republicans can vote.” It will just be carefully crafted to keep non Republicans from voting.
a president and his dog
There was a lot going on in our @rtenews interview yesterday #rtenewsbehindthescenes @PresidentIRL @PaulDeighano pic.twitter.com/2zaJo3fRiY
— Sinéad Crowley (@SineadCrowley) May 3, 2021
re: #64 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
They wouldn’t have a choice. It would wind up getting bogged down in the courts as those states sue to stop the madness, and in the meantime, incalculable damage could be done.
Justice Roberts has yet to see a vote supression law he doesn’t like.
You need a Republican? Book Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney every week until other Republicans admit President Biden was elected in a free and fair vote.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) May 3, 2021
re: #64 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
They wouldn’t have a choice. It would wind up getting bogged down in the courts as those states sue to stop the madness, and in the meantime, incalculable damage could be done.
Said courts being full of intrinsically corrupt Republicans.
That said, direct fascist moves like this are a high-risk, high-reward option for the GOP donor class that may not appeal very much. Especially since they are getting most of what they want out of the status quo (especially if the Senate blockade continues).
So it’s entirely possible that the GOP donor class may take precisely the same strategy that its predecessor in Weimar Germany did, and quietly support right wing populists hoping to hide when the populists fail and exploit the situation if the populists succeed.
We all know how well that worked out.
This ball’s in your court, Manchin:
Fortunately for Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell is a one-trick pony whose trick is getting old.
On Monday, the GOP Senate minority leader effectively shot an arrow through the heart of any negotiations over President Biden’s revolutionary proposals to invest some $4 trillion in the country’s future.
“I think it’s worth talking about but I don’t think there will be any Republican support—none, zero—for the $4.1 trillion grab bag which has infrastructure in it but a whole lot of other stuff,” McConnell told reporters in Louisville.
Biden’s itching to have this fight. From a Monday event promoting his Jobs/Families plan: “So for folks at home, I’d like to ask a question: Do we want to give the wealthiest people in America another tax cut, or do you want to give every high school graduate the ability to earn a community college degree on their way to good-paying jobs, or on the way to four years of school in industries of the future—healthcare, IT, cybersecurity, you name it?”
ummm
Memo from Washington Post managing editors to employees today outlining the “festivals and parades” staff are permitted to participate in, as well as the events they are prohibited from participating in. pic.twitter.com/jbcG8CORbc
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) May 3, 2021
If the worst scenario happens, and only Republicans can vote, we all become Republicans, and compete in every primary, and once we have critical mass, we fix the laws.
Of course, the party could then say We choose the candidates, and you either vote for them or don’t vote, and I’m not sure how you get out of that. Annie, Get Your Gun, I guess.
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Text Zip Code to 438829 to Get Vax sites nationwide.
re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth
Between this and having Josh Hawley on tomorrow for a live chat, I’m glad I canceled my WaPo subscription.
re: #64 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
They wouldn’t have a choice. It would wind up getting bogged down in the courts as those states sue to stop the madness, and in the meantime, incalculable damage could be done.
The productive states would ignore it. When things really start to go south in a country, the judiciary is the first thing to get squashed. The executive has the guns, and the legislature has the money, and the judiciary has a bunch of dweebs in funny clothes waving pieces of paper around. This is Not A Good Thing, but for the GOP to hang all their strategy on this historically thin reed is not to their benefit. You’re better off worrying about completely rogue police departments, but cut off their money and see what happens.
This is Iroh. He has not received a single cookie for being a good boy at the vet. The crumbs on the table are from practice cookies. Those don’t count. 12/10 pic.twitter.com/p7CmCqoOXo
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) May 3, 2021
Small doses. Do not watch this whole insane thing.
Project Veritas just launched a new legal platform for people who’ve been defamed, alongside a music video by James O’Keefe called “OLIGARCHY”
The email they gave folks who’ve been defamed is PVLegal@projetveritas.com pic.twitter.com/vMlVLm8gzS— Joshua Philipp (@JoshJPhilipp) May 3, 2021
re: #2 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They would be betraying every principle of Free Enterprise if they did not.
I guess the “free market” will determine if the USA survives as a democracy or not… if Republicans and Facebook have their way. All that messy voting really gets in the way of accumulating all that power.
re: #77 ericblair
The productive states would ignore it. When things really start to go south in a country, the judiciary is the first thing to get squashed. The executive has the guns, and the legislature has the money, and the judiciary has a bunch of dweebs in funny clothes waving pieces of paper around. This is Not A Good Thing, but for the GOP to hang all their strategy on this historically thin reed is not to their benefit. You’re better off worrying about completely rogue police departments, but cut off their money and see what happens.
A Trump fascist regime would be focused on keeping the Trump Dynasty in power and stealing as much as they can. Blue states could stay blue, but they wouldn’t be getting any support from the federal government.
re: #79 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Small doses. Do not watch this whole insane thing.
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OMG. It’s not the worst music video I have ever seen, but it is in the top ten. Good to see they are wasting lots of money on this shit.
re: #80 Florida Panhandler
I guess the “free market” will determine if the USA survives as a democracy or not… if Republicans and Facebook have their way. All that messy voting really gets in the way of accumulating all that power.
Wouldn’t it be disgusting if success or failure of democracy in the US comes down to the estimates of corporate bean counters of the cost of the political unrest that would come from an attempted transition to corporate/fascist rule?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office hits out against McCarthy, blasting him for basking in the success of the American Rescue Plan he forced his caucus to vote against: “McCarthy Voted No, Took the Dough”
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) May 3, 2021
What exactly do they have against being awake, anyway? https://t.co/o4bHnr2efq
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 3, 2021
re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth
If the people who called sane Republicans RINOs and drove them out of the party cared what was real, or could be shamed, this might matter.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 3, 2021
They really are going to just lie their way through this. pic.twitter.com/vWhujPQbgw
— Schooley (@Rschooley) May 3, 2021
re: #83 EPR-radar
Wouldn’t it be disgusting if success or failure of democracy in the US comes down to the estimates of corporate bean counters of the cost of the political unrest that would come from an attempted transition to corporate/fascist rule?
It won’t. The fascists efforts to steal the 2024 presidential election won’t rise or fall on corporate support.
re: #91 jaunte
Red pill, blue pill, box wine pill…
We know Republicans will only pop the red pill ‘cause Jesus tells them to!
re: #89 jaunte
It’s what they do. Right-wing authoritarianism is lie-based, and calling themselves “Conservative” was just another lie.
Like they try to lie their way through everything. The Republican party has been taken over by a subculture where people constantly lie to themselves and each other with disastrous consequences for the nation, and they’re not done attempting to tear America down.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 3, 2021
re: #57 No Malarkey!
I watched episodes of the new season of The Handmaid’s Tale, and it got me thinking about what a real fascist America would be like if Trump regained power in 2025. The answer is, about the same, at first. We already treat poc like crap and let corporations get away with murder. It’s just that there would be no hope of it ever getting better, and things would gradually get worse, because the federal government would be broken and would never do anything to stop the decline as oligarchs pillage the country. Pretty much like Putin’s Russia.
I disagree in that IMO Trump or any other Republican in the White House would immediately and suddenly mean the practical end of democracy in this country. It will not be the same as last time.
A Republican controlled Congress and a Trumpy Prez will quickly ram through legislation doing away with anything resembling legitimate elections. The SCOTUS would also be packed with even more Trumpy Justices overriding present (perceived) RINOs in order to do away with pesky Constitutional court blocks and to reverse previous liberal-leaning decisions. We will be a mix of Putin’s Russia and Apartheid South Africa with active campaigns to diminish and eliminate minority populations by any means necessary.
President Biden is formally raising the cap on refugees coming into the U.S. this year to 62,500, according to a congressional aide. Biden had faced blowback after a delay in easing the limit set by former President Trump.https://t.co/8L1kDo8E6W
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 3, 2021
I’m excited to be part of the Comedy Fringe Festival on May 5th. (This Wednesday, 8PM ET).
Lots of great comedians. The Festival is also a competition (after the laughs, feel free to throw me a vote).
I’m in the game and couldn’t be happier.
Stuart
re: #99 I Would Prefer Not To
I’m excited to be part of the Comedy Fringe Festival on May 5th. (This Wednesday, 8PM ET).
Lots of great comedians. The Festival is also a competition (after the laughs, feel free to throw me a vote).
I’m in the game and couldn’t be happier.
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Good luck!
Top 5 and Bottom 5 counties in Kentucky on vaccination % pic.twitter.com/pHc5oBPx8Z
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) May 3, 2021
oh lookie…Tom Massie’s county is in the bottom 5
Why are you allowing this?
— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) May 3, 2021
So OAN claims that the audit is “dangerously underfunded” because the Senate and Cyber Ninjas agreed to a $150K contract that both parties knew would be insufficient to cover the costs. The Senate is still sitting on $3.5m that’s left over from last year’s budget. https://t.co/r0h5hKCAsa
— Jeremy Duda (@jeremyduda) May 3, 2021
Well, what a shame.
free markets…oh…wait…
The Wyoming GOP government, driven by its devotion to free markets & rugged self-reliance, is going to have WY … sue other states that stop using coal. https://t.co/2CFtOADVfg
— David Roberts (@drvolts) May 3, 2021
re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth
free markets…oh…wait…
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re: #103 jaunte
I don’t know. I wouldn’t be keen to do business with an outfit called “Cyber Ninjas”. Sounds incredibly amateurish.
re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth
ummm
Next time a newspaper wonders why it is losing subscribers, why people are more willing to pay for Substack, or why people don’t trust the media—point this out to them.
And to the media defenders who say this is typical in most newsrooms, you are actually making my point. https://t.co/AaETgBwwN6— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) May 3, 2021
Sure, but that’s not a lot of people. The party is gone. It was so weak that a corrupt failed businessman with severe NPD was able to take total control by assuming Republican voters are trash and running as a demagogue.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 3, 2021
re: #102 🌹UOJB!
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his plan to break up tech companies and the Republican Party
Which one will he break up first?
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Decades ahead of his time’: history catches up with visionary Jimmy Carter
A new film rejects the popular narrative and recasts the former president, 96, as hugely prescient thinker, particularly on climate change
re: #108 Punish Domestic Terrorists
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I saw that billboard for Tom Rice here in SC.
(Beach - on the 501 towards Conway)
re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s time for the media to realize that a studied neutrality between Republican barbarians and civilized Democrats is indefensible.
Two words I never think of when I think of Bill Gates…
…”Eligible Bachelor.”
I wonder if someone like Angelina Jolie is already assembling a wardrobe and enticement strategy for the next Gates Gala.
re: #108 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Bill Kristol : “The assault on Liz Cheney isn’t a normal intra-party leadership fight. It’s an attack on every Republican who puts responsibility over demagoguery, the rule of law over mob rule, and the Constitution over Donald Trump.”
So, a dozen or so Republicans with any media visibility, backed up by some few hundred GOP voters.
And these are extremely generous estimates.
re: #114 Florida Panhandler
Two words I never think of when I think of Bill Gates…
…”Eligible Bachelor.”
I wonder if someone like Angelina Jolie is already assembling a wardrobe and enticement strategy for the next Gates Gala.
Why not? Gold digging is as valid a method for becoming ultra-wealthy as any other way of doing it.
The Republican Party Has Developed New Rites of Initiation: You Must Push the Big Lie
We allow ourselves only two political parties and, if one of them is permanently delusional, the whole system goes out of balance.
By Charles P. Pierce
esquire.com
There is no question worthy of being asked of Republican politicians except “Do you accept the results of the 2020 election?” It is the issue that touches all the others. We allow ourselves only two political parties and, if one of them is permanently delusional, the whole system goes out of balance.
I mean, there are a couple dozen reasons not to trust Mitt Romney, mostly having to do with his Silly Putty political principles, and there are just as many reasons to hope that Liz Cheney is kept far away from any political power beyond what she currently wields. But their apostasy on the subject of El Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago is not one of them, except for people who have tiny springs and gears popping out of their ears. And those are the people who matter now. They should just wear robes and meet at midnight in a clearing in the forest.
I went down a bit of a Twitter hole, and TIL that an actual court of law ruled that calling someone a racist douchebag in a newspaper article is not defamation.
re: #114 Florida Panhandler
Two words I never think of when I think of Bill Gates…
…”Eligible Bachelor.”
I wonder if someone like Angelina Jolie is already assembling a wardrobe and enticement strategy for the next Gates Gala.
He’s 65. Maybe he’s unclear on what you’re supposed to retire from.
Mo Brooks has used footage of his controversial Jan. 6 speech, in which he said “today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass,” in at least five Senate ads. https://t.co/xDpy21tTN2
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) May 3, 2021
The speech was controversial enough that Democrats cited it twice in a resolution to censure Brooks for “inciting” the Capitol attack. pic.twitter.com/GRmXDZSrHD
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) May 3, 2021
re: #118 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
I went down a bit of a Twitter hole, and TIL that an actual court of law ruled that calling someone a racist douchebag in a newspaper article is not defamation.
Just anyone, or a public figure?
re: #113 EPR-radar
It’s time for the media to realize that a studied neutrality between Republican barbarians and civilized Democrats is indefensible.
Someone needs to do a political cartoon with a Democrat and a reporter up against a wall, with a bunch of MAGAt’s with their guns. The reporter say “But I was neutral” and the Democrat goes “and that’s why were here.”
re: #121 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Just anyone, or a public figure?
Both. It fails to meet the legal standard of a provable fact; “racist” and “douchebag” are both subjective opinions, and thus cannot be defamatory on its face.
re: #114 Florida Panhandler
Two words I never think of when I think of Bill Gates…
…”Eligible Bachelor.”
I wonder if someone like Angelina Jolie is already assembling a wardrobe and enticement strategy for the next Gates Gala.
Why would someone as independently wealthy as Angelina Jolie need to put up with a loveless marriage for even more money?
re: #123 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Both. It fails to meet the legal standard of a provable fact; “racist” and “douchebag” are both subjective opinions, and thus cannot be defamatory on its face.
It’s a good example of the difference between reality and legal reality. In reality “racist douchebag” can be a perfectly objective statement of fact, e.g., as applied to Trump.
But the idea of legal briefs going back and forth relating to whether or not “racist douchebag” is defamation is entertaining.
Two people I’d love to see make 100:
Betty White and Jimmy Fucking Carter.
Mission Impossible.. 😏 pic.twitter.com/dnx0ufSTEZ
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) May 3, 2021
re: #124 danarchy
Why would someone as independently wealthy as Angelina Jolie need to put up with a loveless marriage for even more money?
1. Who says it would be loveless?
2. Never underestimate a wealthy person’s desire for even more wealth. FYI Bill Gates was worth about $98B before Covid… now he’s worth $130 Billion.
re: #126 EPR-radar
It’s a good example of the difference between reality and legal reality. In reality “racist douchebag” can be a perfectly objective statement of fact, e.g., as applied to Trump.
But the idea of legal briefs going back and forth relating to whether or not “racist douchebag” is defamation is entertaining.
I’d prefer that newspapers not use the phrase “douchebag.” It’s the racism that’s the issue, anyway.
re: #129 Florida Panhandler
1. Who says it would be loveless?
2. Never underestimate a wealthy person’s desire for even more wealth. FYI Bill Gates was worth about $98B before Covid… now he’s worth $130 Billion.
There’s also a person who enjoys doing good works wanting to do even more good. I’m not at all suggesting this should or will happen, but they’d be a very powerful couple when it comes to improving people’s lives.
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re: #102 🌹UOJB!
I left a message that this is as ill-fated as Tom Cotton’s op-ed supporting using federal troops against protesters. Josh Hawley needs to be held accountable and otherwise shunned. His signing on to contesting state certified electoral votes - including mine - was the catalyst for Cruz and others in the Senate, stoking incitement and giving the Big Lie legitimacy. Cotton’s op-ed was the last nail in my NYT subscription. This may be the same for the WaPo.
Cameron Barr
Managing Editor (News and features coverage)
cameron.barr@washpost.com
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shoot your shot bill pic.twitter.com/WWdOfx6V66
— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) May 3, 2021
Hard to believe the Georgia Bar is requiring Lin Wood get a psych evaluation. LOL https://t.co/0znW0lJkRb
— HG Tomato 🍅 Wash Your Hands (@HGTomato) May 3, 2021
re: #134 teleskiguy
I don’t know that Alex is right for Bill.
re: #96 Florida Panhandler
I disagree in that IMO Trump or any other Republican in the White House would immediately and suddenly mean the practical end of democracy in this country. It will not be the same as last time.
A Republican controlled Congress and a Trumpy Prez will quickly ram through legislation doing away with anything resembling legitimate elections. The SCOTUS would also be packed with even more Trumpy Justices overriding present (perceived) RINOs in order to do away with pesky Constitutional court blocks and to reverse previous liberal-leaning decisions. We will be a mix of Putin’s Russia and Apartheid South Africa with active campaigns to diminish and eliminate minority populations by any means necessary.
I don’t agree, but let’s hope we never find out who’s right.
Thurs - Trump attacks Mitch
Fri - Bannon slammed Barr
Sat - Stone hammered Pompeo
Sun - Lin Wood crushes Lindsey
Today, Mike Lindell trashes Newsmax for settling the Dominion lawsuit and says he will never watch them again. This MAGA infighting is just so tragic. pic.twitter.com/oneuZrm01E— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 3, 2021
heh
re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s always good to see infighting among the enemies of the people.
Mom Influencer Charged After Allegedly Fabricating Story that Latino Couple Tried to Kidnap Kids (People via MSN)
I don’t know if she just needed attention, or if her racism made her crazy, or what.
re: #129 Florida Panhandler
1. Who says it would be loveless?
2. Never underestimate a wealthy person’s desire for even more wealth. FYI Bill Gates was worth about $98B before Covid… now he’s worth $130 Billion.
Tevye: I realize, of course, that it’s no shame to be poor. But it’s no great honor, either.
my mother: Of course you should marry for love. But it’s just as easy (or as difficult) to love a rich man as to love a poor man.
Where Are the Filibusters?
Psst. Don’t tell anyone but the Senate is passing bills and Biden has been signing them.
by Bill Scher
washingtonmonthly.com
Schumer’s calculation is parallel to McConnell’s. As McConnell appears worried Republicans would shoulder the blame for petty obstruction of small bills, Schumer appears worried Democrats would shoulder the blame for provoking filibusters on big bills.
If we can’t find some medium-sized bills acceptable to enough Democrats and Republicans, the filibusters may eventually come. But there’s cause for modest optimism since we crossed the 100-day mark and the Senate isn’t broken yet.
re: #140 teleskiguy
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re: #143 sagehen
Tevye: I realize, of course, that it’s no shame to be poor. But it’s no great honor, either.
my mother: Of course you should marry for love. But it’s just as easy (or as difficult) to love a rich man as to love a poor man.
marry for love…for the love of money
re: #143 sagehen
Tevye: I realize, of course, that it’s no shame to be poor. But it’s no great honor, either.
my mother: Of course you should marry for love. But it’s just as easy (or as difficult) to love a rich man as to love a poor man.
I know being in a relationship and being broke involves fights about money. I suspect the same is true when you have a lot of money, but for different reasons.
re: #146 Dangerman
marry for love…for the love of money
Can I marry my money? I could lower my taxes filing jointly.
Adults peering through the fence of an elementary school to own the libs https://t.co/3vBFocm1fx
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) May 3, 2021
More of this, please.
Thanks for spreading the news about the great work @HouseDemocrats have put in to save restaurants! Too bad you voted against helping Americans 😕 pic.twitter.com/PSRDq4ST1N
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) May 3, 2021
Single, white, male, have my own business, care about the world; looking for someone to help me insert microchips into unassuming Americans.
Dating Dealbreaker: apple users. pic.twitter.com/Nlynyww0BP— 🔥Double Dee👠👠 (@DCdebbie) May 3, 2021
Over the past 100 days, Biden cleared the low ethical bar set by Trump, because he:
-released his tax returns
-has not funneled taxpayer dollars to himself or his family
-has not hired his family members
Honestly, that was not difficult.https://t.co/aPdW2MSgTT— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 3, 2021
also he:
Is not afraid of stair and ramps
Has not insulted allies and drooled over tyrants
Has not referred to other countries as “shithole countries”
Has not committed pandemicide
Is not trying to destroy Democracy
Is not taking kids from their parents and putting them in cages
Has not recommended drinking bleach
yeah, it’s a low bar
Plus,
dogs like him and
his wife will hold his hand
pretty much any time
and for no reason at all.
re: #149 teleskiguy
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Adults hanging around and peering through the fence of an elementary school…
is creepy
and actionable
eta: how do the police know that the signs aren’t for cover? it would be perfect.
re: #153 Dangerman
where i come from
is creepy
and actionable
It should be. If this is allowed, what’s to stop NAMBLA from protesting against age of consent laws at playgrounds? Is this specific thing OK because their particular mental-disorder has to do with not being able to do the right thing during a pandemic?
re: #151 teleskiguy
I’m sure Angelina Jolie, J-lo, and Paulina Porizkova are all aware of this situation by now.
Court Commissioner Paul Burke granted a permanent restraining order, but records indicate he did not find “clear and convincing evidence that the respondent may use a firearm to cause physical harm to another or to endanger public safety.”
Wisconsin doesn’t have a Red Flag law.— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 3, 2021
re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth
Buitengebieden
buitengebieden_
Elephant uses “stealth mode” to foil anti-elephant fence.
*******
Elephants are the only animals in the world with four knees.
re: #156 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Court Commissioner Paul Burke granted a permanent restraining order, but records indicate he did not find “clear and convincing evidence that the respondent may use a firearm to cause physical harm to another or to endanger public safety.”
GIVE BAILEY ONE BURRITO FOR EVERY HAPPY YEAR SENATOR WARREN
THREE BURRITO MONDAY
I DO NOT MAKE THE RULEShttps://t.co/hc8dnBHcB1— darth™ (@darth) May 3, 2021
take a fucking seat, Rafael
No, your job is not to “uphold a rules-based order” with China.
Your job is to defend America. https://t.co/t7zUs0O2f9— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 3, 2021
In which @SenatorCollins lies with a straight face about a $1.7 trillion bill that mostly benefitted the wealthy, was deeply unpopular w most Americans & was hurriedly passed via reconciliation with NO Dem votes.
How many Pinocchios does she get for this one? 🤥 #mepolitics https://t.co/KAgBxRkDK0— Suit Up Maine (@SuitUpMaine) May 3, 2021
re: #163 Backwoods_Sleuth
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i.e: we were in charge. totally different.
re: #164 Dangerman
moron
It’s now beyond satire.
New version: she sleeps forever. https://t.co/zDhiHw1nPM— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 3, 2021
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
moron
Does he actually do anything, or is he just sitting around tweeting stupid shit all day long and getting paid out of my tax dollars for it?
re: #169 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Does he actually do anything, or is he just sitting around tweeting stupid shit all day long and getting paid out of my tax dollars for it?
re: #169 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Does he actually do anything, or is he just sitting around tweeting stupid shit all day long and getting paid out of my tax dollars for it?
Cruz is a GOP senator. Sitting around all day like a useless piece of shit and tweeting crap is literally the least destructive use of his time.
I know you’re smarter than you pretend to be. Every time you debase yourself like this to gain approval from rubes who don’t understand that defending nations is part of rule based order, you shame yourself in front of everyone who knows better.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 3, 2021
The anti-trans SB55 is defeated! The Senate didn’t have enough votes to override the governor’s veto.
We fought this harmful bill from the beginning; bullying and hate have no place in Kansas. #ksleg pic.twitter.com/AML4DCRrsT— ACLU of Kansas (@aclukansas) May 3, 2021
Our official statement on the defeat of SB55.
To our partners and our supporters who raised their voices against this bill: thank you.
For girls and women across the state, defeating this discriminatory legislation means everything.
Trans kids belong.https://t.co/H40d3o3ZNJ— ACLU of Kansas (@aclukansas) May 3, 2021
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I haven’t seen the latest on Snow White: the Ride (and not planning to look). But it’s always been a bit problematic, because it scares a lot of small children.
If you take your child to Disneyland, make Snow White the last one you see.
ETA: I mean make it the last dark ride you do.
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
moron
New version: you sleep on the job while america pays you. You also refuse to increase the minimum wage. pic.twitter.com/eNVGgUSf9w
— Riley (@zoostationaz) May 3, 2021
re: #171 EPR-radar
Cruz is a GOP senator. Sitting around all day like a useless piece of shit and tweeting crap is literally the least destructive use of his time.
You raise an excellent point.
How much does a failed actor who became radicalized and got caught up in antidemocratic politics pay people?
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 3, 2021
re: #177 Punish Domestic Terrorists
There’s an option 3, you knuckle-dragging Neanderthal: You raise their wages, and you make a little bit less money for the company because the cost eats into your margins a little bit. And if your margins are so razor thin that you can’t afford to take a hit to pay your people a living wage, then your business is just a few steps away from failure in the first place.
Jill and I visited a classroom today where students are back together with their classmates and teachers. We know what being in school together means for those kids — it’s why we worked so hard to safely reopen the majority of K-8 schools in our first 100 days. pic.twitter.com/At6bN9FyIK
— President Biden (@POTUS) May 3, 2021
re: #114 Florida Panhandler
Two words I never think of when I think of Bill Gates…
…”Eligible Bachelor.”
I wonder if someone like Angelina Jolie is already assembling a wardrobe and enticement strategy for the next Gates Gala.
Is he getting a divorce? I just saw him and his wife on tv.
re: #129 Florida Panhandler
1. Who says it would be loveless?
2. Never underestimate a wealthy person’s desire for even more wealth. FYI Bill Gates was worth about $98B before Covid… now he’s worth $
13065 Billion.
Melinda Gates told me to fix that for you.
The Biden administration approved a 350MW solar project for construction on federal land in California, after the Trump administration held up the permitting process. The plant is expected to be able to power 87,500 homes. https://t.co/6nGuWe3t9b
— What Biden Has Done (@What46HasDone) May 3, 2021
re: #178 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
There’s an option 3, you knuckle-dragging Neanderthal: You raise their wages, and you make a little bit less money for the company because the cost eats into your margins a little bit. And if your margins are so razor thin that you can’t afford to take a hit to pay your people a living wage, then your business is just a few steps away from failure in the first place.
Pay 3 people $15/hr, accept a smaller initial profit out of that but end up making more in the long term because better pay motivates your employees to be more productive?
The Business Plot (also called the Wall Street Putsch and The White House Putsch)
Same as it ever was…..
re: #183 William Lewis
Pay 3 people $15/hr, accept a smaller initial profit out of that but end up making more in the long term because better pay motivates your employees to be more productive?
Plus, more people making more money (especially for those on the lower end of the wage spectrum) means more people spending money, which means if you’re in retail, you’re likely going to see sales increase.
excuse me i’m just checking out the vscode “timeline” feature for the first time and mind is blown
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 3, 2021
re: #181 BlueSpotinAL
Melinda Gates told me to fix that for you.
I let MacKenzie Bezos get away. This time I make my move.
re: #151 teleskiguy
My daughter turns 18 in November. Sure May December romances can be difficult, but as I told her, $130 Billion!/
re: #185 KGxvi
Another point: even if you raise your prices, it’s likely not going to be enough that most people are going to notice. Wasn’t that one of the debates back during the ACA where Papa John was complaining that he’d have to raise the price of his (shitty) pizza like a whole 25 cents to cover the added costs of insurance?
re: #189 KGxvi
Another point: even if you raise your prices, it’s likely not going to be enough that most people are going to notice. Wasn’t that one of the debates back during the ACA where Papa John was complaining that he’d have to raise the price of his (shitty) pizza like a whole 25 cents to cover the added costs of insurance?
Behold, the economies of scale. That speaks to my original point: If you’re going to go out of business because you have to pay your workers more, then you’re at a point where your prices are already almost too low, and are going to have to go up due to some unforeseen circumstance anyway.
Just cancelled my WaPo subscription. I’ll just breach the paywall to read Jennifer Rubin. Fuck that shithole.
re: #183 William Lewis
Pay 3 people $15/hr, accept a smaller initial profit out of that but end up making more in the long term because better pay motivates your employees to be more productive?
Hi Kevin, small business owner here. thanks for caring. when i doubled the min wage at my company, we tripled revenue and employee attrition went way down. the stress of not enough money is a productivity killer. small biz benefits from people making enough to live a better life.
— Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) May 2, 2021
re: #191 Amory Blaine
Just cancelled my WaPo subscription. I’ll just breach the paywall to read Jennifer Rubin. Fuck that shithole.
Sent them an email saying crap like that was why I let my sub drop and I refuse to renew.
That Dan Price? His company minimum wage is 70k a year!
let’s discuss. here is a thread i put together with the proof: https://t.co/o2CuPyeupU
— Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) May 2, 2021
re: #192 William Lewis
Kevin just repeats high school Republican talking points. Thinking is not his strength.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 3, 2021
Seriously. He’s not even at the college Republican level.
Bobby Unser, three-time Indianapolis 500 winner, has died at 87 https://t.co/FE1hsXv4Hh
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 3, 2021
While the NYT reported we probably won’t achieve herd immunity, vox.com reported that life in Israel has returned to nearly normal at 60% vaccinated, which we could reach this summer.
re: #136 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I don’t know that Alex is right for Bill.
Two different worlds, but they can make it work.
re: #198 Eventual Carrion
Two different worlds, but they can make it work.
I smell a sitcom premise.
re: #196 Backwoods_Sleuth
Pretty good age to go out for a racecar driver.
Ate indoors at a restaurant for the first time in 15 months. After the hospital (where I took mom for blood work - fasting because TSH check) and the assisted living facility, it was already 12:30 and I too was getting peckish. So we stopped at one of the casinos down the road between the hospital and Carson City and ate in the cafe. Then we played 20 minutes of Wheel of Fortune slots because that’s her thing. I also put my Giants bet in for the World Series - got 24-1 this year. That’s 480 on a $20 bet if they make it.
re: #202 darthstar
Ate indoors at a restaurant for the first time in 15 months. After the hospital (where I took mom for blood work - fasting because TSH check) and the assisted living facility, it was already 12:30 and I too was getting peckish. So we stopped at one of the casinos down the road between the hospital and Carson City and ate in the cafe. Then we played 20 minutes of Wheel of Fortune slots because that’s her thing. I also put my Giants bet in for the World Series - got 24-1 this year. That’s 480 on a $20 bet if they make it.
I would give an upding, but as a Dodgers fan, I can’t support that bet.
Stunning timelapse of the Earth rising over the Moon captured by Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya. Credit: JAXA/NHK pic.twitter.com/mILP67HZwn
— Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) May 3, 2021
re: #152 Dangerman
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also he:
Is not afraid of stair and ramps
Has not insulted allies and drooled over tyrants
Has not referred to other countries as “shithole countries”
Has not committed pandemicide
Is not trying to destroy Democracy
Is not taking kids from their parents and putting them in cages
Has not recommended drinking bleach[snip].
I hope purchasing Greenland is still on the table.
re: #80 Florida Panhandler
I guess the “free market” will determine if the USA survives as a democracy or not… if Republicans and Facebook have their way. All that messy voting really gets in the way of accumulating all that power.
That reminds me of this item from 2017:
Poll: More than half of Republicans would support postponing 2020 election
A poll found that 52% of people who identify as or lean Republican said they would support postponing the 2020 election to ensure that only eligible citizens could vote if it was proposed by President Trump.
The survey, conducted by two academics and published in the Washington Post on Thursday, interviewed a sample of 1,325 Americans from June 5-20 and focused on the 650 people who said they were or leaned toward the GOP.
The poll also found that 56% said they would support such action — which would be taken to stop alleged voter fraud — if it was supported by both Trump and Republican members of Congress.
re: #205 Eventual Carrion
I hope purchasing Greenland is still on the table.
The population of Greenland is only about 56000. How much could it cost to just buy them all out and then claim the abandoned territory…
re: #197 No Malarkey!
While the NYT reported we probably won’t achieve herd immunity, vox.com reported that life in Israel has returned to nearly normal at 60% vaccinated, which we could reach this summer.
Southern California is getting there…
Los Angeles County actually met the data qualifications for the yellow tier last week, but state guidelines say that each county must maintain its status within any new tier for at least two weeks before moving. The primary data point being considered now is the daily adjusted case rate for new coronavirus infections, which must be at two or fewer cases per 100,000 residents. Last week the county was at 1.9 percent, and officials announced zero deaths and just 313 new cases over the past weekend, making a push into the yellow tier a near certainty.
re: #205 Eventual Carrion
I hope purchasing Greenland is still on the table.
Even if the US purchasing Greenland makes sense, it still shouldn’t be done since the barbarians would be insufferable at this ‘proof of Trump’s greatness’.
re: #205 Eventual Carrion
I hope purchasing Greenland is still on the table.
Maybe Iceland as an investment opportunity. Fagradalsfjall is making more land. Would have listened to TFG struggle to pronounce it.
re: #207 danarchy
The population of Greenland is only about 56000. How much could it cost to just buy them all out and then claim the abandoned territory…
So then, war with Denmark?
Indeed pic.twitter.com/fZndZTr7kT
— Liberal Resistance (@LiberalResist) May 3, 2021
Great news! Teenagers will be able to get vaccinated soon!
BREAKING: The news I get dozens of emails about: The FDA is planning to authorize use of Pfizer’s vaccine in adolescents 12-15 by early next week.https://t.co/WDFNLTUyhN
— Apoorva Mandavilli (@apoorva_nyc) May 3, 2021
President Biden is raising the refugee admission cap.
Breaking. Statement from President Biden: “Today, I am revising the United States’ annual refugee admissions cap to 62,500 for this fiscal year. This erases the historically low number set by the previous administration of 15,000.”
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 3, 2021
He’s going to cost a lot of people a lot of money in legal fees before he goes down. Rudy too. I love when the feds investigate a malignant polyp like Gaetz and discover it has spread to the nymph nodes in his party…
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 3, 2021
re: #213 No Malarkey!
Great news! Teenagers will be able to get vaccinated soon!
They’re taking our jabs!
“German prosecutors announced Monday they have busted one of the world’s biggest international darknet platforms for child pornography, used by more than 400,000 registered members.”https://t.co/el5hGCnnrW
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) May 3, 2021
Shoot me out of a cannon Evel Knieval-style into the Bermuda Triangle as soon as possible. https://t.co/jOsHlgKIYz
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) May 3, 2021
re: #203 KGxvi
Did you hear May has to have Tommy John’s, so he is probably done for the season? It’s like the baseball gods are conspiring against them.
Continuing his year-long “I’m Being Cancelled” World Media Tour with a stop on Scrunch-Faced Fear Baboon Tonight (@FearBaboon) https://t.co/nWKVNFfbCe
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) May 3, 2021
re: #218 Backwoods_Sleuth
Get ready not to be surprised at a lot of Republican politicians making the list.
re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
🙈🙉🙊🙈🙉🙊 https://t.co/K0BR6D8qWn
— Scrunch-Faced Fear Baboon (@FearBaboon) May 3, 2021
— Scrunch-Faced Fear Baboon (@FearBaboon) May 3, 2021
SD AG accused of a fatal hit and run is still on the job.
“The party of personal responsibility.”
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) May 3, 2021
re: #219 No Malarkey!
Far eastern Oregon. Not surprised. Part of the American Redoubt, a lot of those small towns in far eastern Oregon, far eastern Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming have the highest concentration of white wingnuts anywhere.
Shot and chaser.
This place continues to be foreign to me. pic.twitter.com/CtxwWk2I62— Non-Fungible JJ (@J_Dot_J) May 3, 2021
honestly if i got dunked on by morello this hard i’d log off forever pic.twitter.com/byG5AfziPM
— hannah gais (@hannahgais) May 3, 2021
It was the last Windows 10 update which was the final straw. https://t.co/uPJFb0OQNp
— Cali Dreaming NaphiSoc (@NaphiSoc) May 3, 2021
This is seriously unethical conduct by Chris Wallace https://t.co/dt1TSEPfdq
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 3, 2021
re: #228 No Malarkey!
It was on top of the car, wasn’t it?
re: #231 Belafon
seriously great mammatus clouds in photo 2
Dear followers of performative frivolous litigation:
Dominion’s response to Sidney Powell’s motion to dismiss is live. We’ll take a quick skim - but NOT a full run-through at the start of tonight’s stream.https://t.co/eeR1E6PBCj— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) May 3, 2021
I volunteer to help read through these! https://t.co/TdCINzIZDw
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) May 3, 2021
re: #209 EPR-radar
Even if the US purchasing Greenland makes sense, it still shouldn’t be done since the barbarians would be insufferable at this ‘proof of Trump’s greatness’.
Would they elect 2 Dems for their senators?