John Oliver tackles a subject you may not have known you needed to know more about.
John Oliver discusses the importance of Black hair, the ways it can be a target of discrimination, and some ideas to address that.
India… jesus.
My heart just keeps breaking. pic.twitter.com/eKb5QgaCSz
— Sherry Frost 🆘 🏳️🌈🖤 (@frostnhstaterep) May 9, 2021
re: #1 darthstar
India… jesus.
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I’m actually worried because I have a number of former co-workers from India, and no way to really know how any of them are doing.
As a kid whose 3rd grade teacher thought it was just so funny to call me “N-Word Head” I know all about hair humiliation!
New vaccine blocks COVID-19 and variants, plus other coronaviruses
A potential new vaccine developed by members of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute has proven effective in protecting monkeys and mice from a variety of coronavirus infections — including SARS-CoV-2 as well as the original SARS-CoV-1 and related bat coronaviruses that could potentially cause the next pandemic.
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In tests of its effect on monkeys, the nanoparticle vaccine blocked COVID-19 infection by 100%. The new vaccine also elicited significantly higher neutralizing levels in the animals than current vaccine platforms or natural infection in humans.
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“There have been three coronavirus epidemics in the past 20 years, so there is a need to develop effective vaccines that can target these pathogens prior to the next pandemic,” Haynes said. “This work represents a platform that could prevent, rapidly temper, or extinguish a pandemic.”
Whenever there will be a general purpose coronavirus vaccine, and governments start mandating vaccinations for participation in this or that activity… the howls from the gallery will be loud.
The anti-vaxxers ignore the original SARS and the even more scary MERS. There is reason to think that such outbreaks could occur again, with another coronavirus.
Large scale vaccinations push all the buttons in the conspiracy complex industry. Which here in America we have a plenty.
But I think over the years it will become increasingly obvious that with growing human populations the need for global vaccination programs will be accepted.
Ohio man falsely claims to work for CIA, FBI, and DEA to get out of traffic ticket: ‘I have too much authority’
A man pulled over by police last week in Brook Park, Ohio, claimed to be, variously, a CIA officer, FBI agent, DEA agent, and a U.S. Treasury agent. The bizarre roadside interaction ended with his arrest on charges of impersonating a federal officer, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court.
I won’t be calling this jackass “Chubsy Ubsy.” Fuck that shit. https://t.co/WnuVTHphCE
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2021
re: #6 🌹UOJB!
It’s almost like he was trying too hard to get arrested.
A question that is mostly a thought experiment:
A Veblen good is a type of luxury good for which the demand for a good increases as the price increases, in apparent contradiction of the law of demand, resulting in an upward-sloping demand curve. The higher prices of Veblen goods may make them desirable as a status symbol in the practices of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure. A product may be a Veblen good because it is a positional good, something few others can own.
If you want that good simply because it works in a specific way that no other good does and you spend month looking for the cheapest possible working copy of that good, is it still a Veblen good?
I am bidding on a Leica M (type 240) digital camera which in many ways is the definition these days of Veblen good. Yet if one wants a digital camera that is a rangefinder, well, that’s it. It’s the only one still on the market. Hence the question :)
And people think economics is boring…
Delhi seems to be doing the worst in the epidemic right now, proportionally. Several states (with a majority of India’s population) have introduced total lockdowns, including Delhi which is not really a state, being in a DC like situation, except with greater home rule.
Delhi also is getting swamped by patients from the surrounding urbanized areas that are parts of states that are far poorer.
Neighboring Uttar Pradesh has a GDP per capita of about 1/5th of Delhi’s — about $1,000 in _nominal_ terms. Delhi’s is about $6,000 per person in nominal terms. India’s cost of living is about 1/3rd of America’s using Purchasing Power Parity.
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re: #1 darthstar
India… jesus.
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yes, sometimes we forget we are interacting with people.
not just a bot
or a nameless, faceless voice on a phone
though that can be sometimes odd because the first menu navigator voice can be one of those auto-bots
but eventually it’s a representative, it’s customer support - it’s a real live person
companies train at great lengths to keep the humanity from coming through
still when i talk to someone on a support call i always ask how they are or how their day is - even if it’s a website support chat and not voice
i often ask where they are but that can appear kind of creepy
re: #12 Dangerman
yes, sometimes we forget we are interacting with people.
not just a bot
or a nameless, faceless voice on a phonethough that can be sometimes odd because the first menu navigator voice can be one of those auto-bots
but eventually it’s a representative, it’s customer support - it’s a real live person
companies train at great lengths to keep the humanity from coming through
still when i talk to someone on a support call i always ask how they are or how their day is - even if it’s a website support chat and not voice
i often ask where they are but that can appear kind of creepy
I frequently get random calls from recruiters even though I am retired. They read from a script which goes, “Hello, this is [name] from [company]. How are you today?”
Fuck that. They’re not asking “how I am today” they are reading from a script. Instead of reaching out with “that human touch” I feel enraged that somebody is wasting my time with this useless shit.
Maybe the next time I get such a call I should ask how THEY are doing today.
re: #10 William Lewis
A question that is mostly a thought experiment:
A Veblen good is a type of luxury good for which the demand for a good increases as the price increases, in apparent contradiction of the law of demand, resulting in an upward-sloping demand curve. The higher prices of Veblen goods may make them desirable as a status symbol in the practices of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure. A product may be a Veblen good because it is a positional good, something few others can own.
If you want that good simply because it works in a specific way that no other good does and you spend month looking for the cheapest possible working copy of that good, is it still a Veblen good?
I am bidding on a Leica M (type 240) digital camera which in many ways is the definition these days of Veblen good. Yet if one wants a digital camera that is a rangefinder, well, that’s it. It’s the only one still on the market. Hence the question :)
And people think economics is boring…
I have no experience with Leica digital rangefinder cameras, but my guess would be quiet shutter.
Man shot, killed after driving SUV into Leicester Police Station, DA says https://t.co/jWYtDUMOd2
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) May 10, 2021
re: #13 The Pie Overlord!
I frequently get random calls from recruiters even though I am retired. They read from a script which goes, “Hello, this is [name] from [company]. How are you today?”
Fuck that. They’re not asking “how I am today” they are reading from a script. Instead of reaching out with “that human touch” I feel enraged that somebody is wasting my time with this useless shit.
Maybe the next time I get such a call I should ask how THEY are doing today.
oh no, unsolicited is entirely different. no mercy.
turn the tables on em immediately:
‘i’m doing great!. i just closed a client on a top rated whole house water treatment system. Let me tell you all about it”
re: #10 William Lewis
A question that is mostly a thought experiment:
A Veblen good is a type of luxury good for which the demand for a good increases as the price increases, in apparent contradiction of the law of demand, resulting in an upward-sloping demand curve. The higher prices of Veblen goods may make them desirable as a status symbol in the practices of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure. A product may be a Veblen good because it is a positional good, something few others can own.
If you want that good simply because it works in a specific way that no other good does and you spend month looking for the cheapest possible working copy of that good, is it still a Veblen good?
I am bidding on a Leica M (type 240) digital camera which in many ways is the definition these days of Veblen good. Yet if one wants a digital camera that is a rangefinder, well, that’s it. It’s the only one still on the market. Hence the question :)
And people think economics is boring…
you decide the value of a thing to you. what you’re willing to pay for it or do for it. is it a need or a want, etc.
what other people want it for or are willing to pay for it really isnt relevant to you.
scarcity may have influenced the market price to get it where it is, but shouldnt affect your evaluation of worth to you
re: #5 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The nanoparticle aspect of this vaccine will make the antj-science freakazoids squeal bloody murder.
Lindell just says whatever flits across his consciousness with no care as to what’s real. I’m sure his insanity is liberating for him as long as he can get the praise of fascists upset that we removed Trump from office. It won’t be so much fun when he’s broke and alone.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 10, 2021
In a venue that seats 3,000.
I can’t wait for the right to seize on their next dumbass culture war catch phrase, because their endless, mindless repetition of “woke” and “cancel culture” is like fingernails on a chalkboard.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2021
re: #21 Charles Johnson
Frank Luntz is testing that for the QAP right now.
re: #20 Punish Domestic Terrorists
In a venue that seats 3,000.
30K in a venue that seats 3K?
Social crowding^Wmoshpitting^WSardine Packing is really not what we need right now…
re: #24 aatharuv
30K in a venue that seats 3K?
Social
crowding^Wmoshpitting^WSardine Packing is really not what we need right now…
It’s OK. 98% of the attendees exist only in the mind of a crackhead who got into extremist religion and authoritarian politics rather than going through recovery to learn to function in the real world.
I read this letter at electoral-vote.com yesterday
it starts
Regarding the discussion about police militarization, it seems an inevitable response to the militarization of criminals. All the bad persons are now armed and armored for war. I don’t blame the police for wanting armored vehicles, helmets, body armor, assault weapons, and the whole kit. Urban policing can go from boring and uneventful to very deadly with no warning. In any situation, they could be going up against firepower that puts a patrolman with a pistol at a big disadvantage…
and it set me off.
here’s some random thoughts in no particular order
it’s silly and lazy thinking that all criminals are armed to the teeth. some are, some arent. and ‘criminal’ covers a lot of territory.
take a look at the list of ‘unreasonable killings’ by police. almost none of those people were armed *at all*. Many were mistaken for being armed - ie cell phones.
then take a look at the escalation of innocuous stops and detainments that eventually led to killing by police. there are so many, do i need to list them?
it’s a mindset, not a fact, that every police encounter has the potential to turn asymetrically violent to the disadvantage of the police.
A beat cop, or a vehicle patrol cop should not be ready for *anything*. A lot, yes, anything, no.
Any more than I walking on the street should be ready for anything merely because there are nuts with guns out there who might target me randomly.
No - there’s SWAT and tactical units.
then, with no-knock warrants, the police go in clearly with might and surprise on their side. Sometimes they GET THE ADDRESS WRONG. They still manage to kill people justifiably unaware that who just busted in are really police. Some of them defend themselves, some didn’t.
Sure, jurisdictions/territories/city-rural are different.
Sane policy should be that an officer be *reasonably* protected *and* well trained to avoid what they can. But no one can avoid everything - neither can I. If an individual isn’t willing to accept some risk of the job, then don’t take it.
We have a broken mindset about what a cop is, what a cop does, what a cop should be facing and what could be dealt with by others.
/rant off
Murica, fuck yeah!
Prom night in America. Sophomore girls, Billings Montana. pic.twitter.com/SeeGFRu5SA
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) May 10, 2021
re: #20 Punish Domestic Terrorists
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In a venue that seats 3,000.
that’s trump’s hallmark
thousands gathered outside that couldnt get in
like ufos, once there’s a camera, the ‘crowd’ instantly disappears so there’s never a picture
Skynet is coming.
https://t.co/ndU7wKOsKh pic.twitter.com/7U7VQW3VJP
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 10, 2021
Interesting Guardian article re Biden’s openness as president. But comments made by historian Jon Meacham re Republican voter base frustration is telling:
In March, Jon Meacham put together a meeting between Biden and a group of fellow historians at the White House that lasted more than two hours. What did he learn about the 46th president?
“He’s like an upside down iceberg,” the Pulitzer prize-winning historian says by phone. “You see most of it and that’s not spin: there’s just not a lot of mystery to Joe Biden. The last four or five minutes of his press conference in the East Room [on 25 March] when he talked about democracy and autocracy, that was pretty much it.”
[…]
Republicans made campaign promises in election after election but failed to follow through,[Meacham] argues, resulting in a buildup of frustration among their voters. “We haven’t had a major political party of ours lose its bearings so profoundly perhaps in American history. I wanted to try to give a historically informed understanding of why this has happened now on the grounds that if you have a diagnosis, then at least you can think about treatments.
“I don’t think Trump emerged out of the ether. This was a long time coming because the base itself has been disenchanted and aggrieved by the paucity of the fruits of victory going back to world war two. It’s not just that Trump himself has superpowers; it’s a matter of context. The podcast is basically my understanding of why so many otherwise sensible Republicans signed on to a cult of personality.”[…]
re: #18 Dangerman
you decide the value of a thing to you. what you’re willing to pay for it or do for it. is it a need or a want, etc.
what other people want it for or are willing to pay for it really isnt relevant to you.
scarcity may have influenced the market price to get it where it is, but shouldnt affect your evaluation of worth to you
Exactly; IMO, the Casio GW-M5610-1 is the best value wristwatch on the market. Solar-powered and radio-controlled timekeeping, water resistant to 200 meters, stopwatch, lap timer and multiple alarm functions, I’ll take that over a good many other watches out there, including luxury brands. And when you dress it up with a stainless steel bezel and bracelet (an easy and relatively inexpensive mod), it looks great too.
It’s a relatively inexpensive wristwatch, but value being subjective, I’ll take this over a $5,000 model any day.
re: #28 No Malarkey!
Murica, fuck yeah!
Well at least their parents won’t need to show up at the door with shotguns when their dates come to pick them up.
re: #28 No Malarkey!
Murica, fuck yeah!
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I’ve heard of shotgun weddings but isn’t that going just a tad too far???????
re: #28 No Malarkey!
Murica, fuck yeah!
yeah.
But by the same token, one of the reasons my asian son - vulnerable to a shitload from the GQP types out there, wants me to come with him when he goes to Las Vegas for his job training when that happens is that 1) I carry 2) I am willing to defend him at all costs and 3) my permit is recognized by Nevada. Now, I’m not John Wayne. I don’t want to fight with mah gunz! in dem streets. That said, if it is what it takes to keep him safe from the usual ‘mercan racists? Yeah, I’d go down shooting.
re: #32 BeenHereAwhile
“I don’t think Trump emerged out of the ether”
My refrain has been that Trump is the symptom, not the cause.
Outsiders of the US don’t seem so aware that our culture war is a religious war, and that the US is in a transformative era where it is becomes obvious that the push back against conservative Christianity as a de facto national religion has forced the GOP to take ideological stances that are increasingly shrill.
re: #33 Eclectic Cyborg
And those girls look so thrilled about taking the photo.
Just asked my daughter what assault rifle would go best with her prom dress.
re: #28 No Malarkey!
Not one of them is smiling or looks happy to be there. On prom night.
All this is is a message to boys that they better not mess with Whoever’s Daughters. It reminds me of that fucking commercial Brian Kemp had with one of his daughter’s boyfriends while he’s sitting there with a rifle, talking shit.
I hate these people and their stupid guns.
re: #41 A Mom Anon
Not one of them is smiling or looks happy to be there. On prom night.
All this is is a message to boys that they better not mess with Whoever’s Daughters. It reminds me of that fucking commercial Brian Kemp had with one of his daughter’s boyfriends while he’s sitting there with a rifle, talking shit.
I hate these people and their stupid guns.
And their views of their daughters as personal property and reflections of their “honor” rather than autonomous people.
re: #38 Eclectic Cyborg
Fun. The bridesmaids have their guns pointed towards the bride. Idiots.
Added: one of the groomsmen has his weapon pointed towards the bride too. JFC.
re: #39 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
My refrain has been that Trump is the symptom, not the cause.
Outsiders of the US don’t seem so aware that our culture war is a religious war, and that the US is in a transformative era where it is becomes obvious that the push back against conservative Christianity as a de facto national religion has forced the GOP to take ideological stances that are increasingly shrill.
Specifically white nationalist Christianity. It’s more about whiteness than Jesus. They had to warp their theology two centuries ago to justify African slavery as a moral good, and their white nationalist politics and theology is all intertwined together in an obscene, incoherent perversion justifying evil as good.
re: #33 Eclectic Cyborg
And those girls look so thrilled about taking the photo.
I think the tall one is looking like she may be having some psycho thoughts, though.
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A delightful quote from a book series I love - at the end of “Battle Ground” by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files):
Thunder rumbled on the horizon.
“More rain coming,” Maggie said.
“When it gets here, we’ll run out and dance in it,” I said.
“Why?” Maggie asked.
“If we don’t, life has just as much rain,” I said, “but way less dancing.”
“Unlike the left, we embrace free thought and debate,” McCarthy says in a letter explaining why the party has to purge a member of the leadership team for too much free thought and debate. https://t.co/F30ndfVxoa
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) May 10, 2021
re: #47 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
Couldn’t they get dates?
No. Because all the boys are rightfully terrified of their sociopathic fathers who see their daughters as extensions of their fragile masculinity and are itching for a reason to shoot someone.
The ten safest states to drive in all voted for Biden.
Nine of the ten most dangerous voted for Trump.
That’s how pervasive the problem is. It’s really not about one thing or another. It’s about everything. Every. Thing.
Source:https://t.co/igdOhJ0okU— JRehling (@JRehling) May 10, 2021
re: #28 No Malarkey!
Maybe I should have mentioned that this subculture is made up of white nationalists who are getting themselves comfortable with violence.
We’re not all crazy. It’s a deeply-weird subculture that’s more interested in symbols than facts or policy that does this sort of thing to nutso-signal to each other.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 10, 2021
re: #52 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Maybe I should have mentioned that this subculture is made up of white nationalists who are getting themselves comfortable with violence.
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If you can shoot your daughter’s boyfriend then it’s easy to shoot those people next.
re: #32 BeenHereAwhile
Interesting Guardian article re Biden’s openness as president. But comments made by historian Jon Meacham re Republican voter base frustration is telling:
In March, Jon Meacham put together a meeting between Biden and a group of fellow historians at the White House that lasted more than two hours. What did he learn about the 46th president?
“He’s like an upside down iceberg,” the Pulitzer prize-winning historian says by phone. “You see most of it and that’s not spin: there’s just not a lot of mystery to Joe Biden. The last four or five minutes of his press conference in the East Room [on 25 March] when he talked about democracy and autocracy, that was pretty much it.”
[…]
Republicans made campaign promises in election after election but failed to follow through,[Meacham] argues, resulting in a buildup of frustration among their voters. “We haven’t had a major political party of ours lose its bearings so profoundly perhaps in American history. I wanted to try to give a historically informed understanding of why this has happened now on the grounds that if you have a diagnosis, then at least you can think about treatments.
“I don’t think Trump emerged out of the ether. This was a long time coming because the base itself has been disenchanted and aggrieved by the paucity of the fruits of victory going back to world war two. It’s not just that Trump himself has superpowers; it’s a matter of context. The podcast is basically my understanding of why so many otherwise sensible Republicans signed on to a cult of personality.”[…]
Basically, Republicans (and, to some extent, Libertarians) want to vote for cyphers, people they can project anything they want that they are, want, or like upon.
re: #47 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
Couldn’t they get dates?
Those chicks are only slightly safe once they got to college. But mom, dad, brothers, sisters, cousins, etc are still out there, lurking, unless you’re far enough away, ready to narc on you for even looking at an “unacceptable” boy.
Even back in the 80’s.
Ask me how I know.
re: #52 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Maybe I should have mentioned that this subculture is made up of white nationalists who are getting themselves comfortable with violence.
As more than one of the January 6 terrorists have said, next time they are bringing their guns.
re: #55 William Lewis
Those chicks are only slightly safe once they got to college. But mom, dad, brothers, sisters, cousins, etc are still out there, lurking, unless you’re far enough away, ready to narc on you for even looking at an “unacceptable” boy.
Even back in the 80’s.
Ask me how I know.
Gotta protect the family “honor”.
re: #53 DesertDenizen
If you can shoot your daughter’s boyfriend then it’s easy to shoot those people next.
If your daughter’s boyfriend doesn’t understand that you’re Republicans, so your daughter is your property, he’s dating the wrong woman.
Weird, in the last 2 minutes of this John Oliver clip about respecting Black people’s culture, Leslie Jones appears in front of a Jewish family’s Sabbath candlesticks.
Did @Lesdoggg film her PSA for @LastWeekTonight in the home of a Chabad Jewish family? pic.twitter.com/erNU0rp5JW
— Amy Spiro (@AmySpiro) May 10, 2021
California is falling apart!
wow
*CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR SAYS STATE HAS A $75.7 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS— Brian Chappatta (@BChappatta) May 10, 2021
re: #57 DesertDenizen
Gotta protect the family “honor”.
Legitimately, the first time my sister’s now-husband came over to meet my parents, my redneck dad was in the front room, cleaning his bolt-action rifle. Like, goddamn it, Dad, I know you mean well but could you just not be such a misogynistic walking cliché?
re: #42 DesertDenizen
Oh the stories I could tell about that shit…
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re: #62 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Legitimately, the first time my sister’s now-husband came over to meet my parents, my redneck dad was in the front room, cleaning his bolt-action rifle. Like, goddamn it, Dad, I know you mean well but could you just not be such a misogynistic walking cliché?
re: #57 DesertDenizen
Gotta protect the family “honor”.
Here in Wisconsin the ultimate warning is the phrase “Wisconsin Synod” . If you hear that phrase, run like that proverbial bat out of hell because they are OF hell.
re: #60 No Malarkey!
Well, I did pay my state taxes today, so that helped (a teeny bit.)
re: #58 Punish Domestic Terrorists
If your daughter’s boyfriend doesn’t understand that you’re Republicans, so your daughter is your property, he’s dating the wrong woman.
Until you marry her. Then she’s your property. I hate that barbaric bullshit. My ex wife’s family had strains of that, which was weird considering that they were a barely practicing Jewish family and her dad was about as macho as TFG.
re: #52 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Maybe I should have mentioned that this subculture is made up of white nationalists who are getting themselves comfortable with violence.
@JeffMFlanagan
We’re not all crazy. It’s a deeply-weird subculture that’s more interested in symbols than facts or policy that does this sort of thing to nutso-signal to each other.
That’s it! They are all early teenagers!
re: #63 A Mom Anon
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re: #61 Eclectic Cyborg
Quick! Let’s give the rich some tax cuts!
/
But seriously, folks… this is California. The plan is to give $600 tax rebates to 2/3 of CA citizens, $500 additional to families.
The making of a myth
Russell J. Ramsland Jr. sold everything from Tex-Mex food to light-therapy
technology. Then he sold the story that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump.
washingtonpost.com
This is an amazing long story about how this guy got wound up and fueled the Trump fraud hysteria, starting after the 2018 election. Good reporting.
re: #63 A Mom Anon
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re: #71 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
It doesn’t amaze me… sort of amazes me… that all those Americans living in states which proudly boast of not having income taxes never come to their senses.
If those states would implement income taxes, at least for those people who on the Federal taxes are in the top three tax brackets, those states would have the revenues to fix all those things that are broken (like roads, water and sewer, toxic dumps, etc.) And to spend more on students, too.
But no, the poison of anti-taxation is too strong.
re: #57 DesertDenizen
Gotta protect the family “honor”.
Once upon a time, I ran into that from an arab family I knew. I made the mistake of accepting that stupidity from them.
Never.
Again.
OT: I passed my citizenship test and interview!
Now all I have to do is go back for the ceremony in a few weeks to be officially sworn in.
Unfortunately due to Covid, my wife can’t attend with me but that’s okay. We can celebrate plenty after. 😎
re: #51 jaunte
I suspect it’s a function of the low density of those states. If you’re on the road more, there will be more accidents — that’s why blue New Mexico is on the list. The graph states, it’s fatality rate per _drivers_, not per miles driven.
That’s not to say that that the low density of those states also accounts for a greater anti-government tendency, just in that it’s a lot harder to sweep away your problems under a rug in dense areas, when the effects of poverty are much more visible and much closer to you…
re: #76 Eclectic Cyborg
OT: I passed my citizenship test!
Now all I have to do is go back for the ceremony in a few weeks to be officially sworn in.
Unfortunately due to Covid, my wife can’t attend with me but that’s okay. We can celebrate plenty after. 😎
Welcome to the family. Not exactly sure why you’d want to join the crazy people. LOL.
re: #76 Eclectic Cyborg
OT: I passed my citizenship test and interview!
Now all I have to do is go back for the ceremony in a few weeks to be officially sworn in.
Unfortunately due to Covid, my wife can’t attend with me but that’s okay. We can celebrate plenty after. 😎
Awesome news. Congratulations.
re: #76 Eclectic Cyborg
OT: I passed my citizenship test and interview!
Now all I have to do is go back for the ceremony in a few weeks to be officially sworn in.
Unfortunately due to Covid, my wife can’t attend with me but that’s okay. We can celebrate plenty after. 😎
As a soldier of this nation, dedicated to it’s defense, may I please welcome you to our nation. Thank you for going through the process of citizenship. I am honored you would do so.
Amen.
re: #76 Eclectic Cyborg
OT: I passed my citizenship test and interview!
Now all I have to do is go back for the ceremony in a few weeks to be officially sworn in.
Unfortunately due to Covid, my wife can’t attend with me but that’s okay. We can celebrate plenty after. 😎
Congratulations!
re: #76 Eclectic Cyborg
OT: I passed my citizenship test and interview!
Now all I have to do is go back for the ceremony in a few weeks to be officially sworn in.
Unfortunately due to Covid, my wife can’t attend with me but that’s okay. We can celebrate plenty after. 😎
Please tell me one of the questions was “who is POTUS?” and you screamed. “Biden!”
re: #28 No Malarkey!
Murica, fuck yeah!
These girls, encouraged by their families, are just proud to let the rest of the country know they are willing to take up arms to solidify and enforce White Power in their neck of the woods.
And that’s about the jist of it.
re: #61 Eclectic Cyborg
Quick! Let’s give the rich some tax cuts!
/
Yes, but they have homeless people, unlike Texas. //
re: #75 William Lewis
Once upon a time, I ran into that from an arab family I knew. I made the mistake of accepting that stupidity from them.
Never.
Again.
It seems to be prevalent in the American right wing white nationalist toxic masculinity soup so common in the country. Many men don’t care about women’s issues until it impacts their “property”. No one can control the women in their lives except for them.
People who don’t know the difference between “Antisemitism” and “Antizionism” attack a foodie Twitter account for featuring a matzah ball soup recipe.
What better way to learn about your ancestry than to make some food? pic.twitter.com/q7lTmleniP
— Tasty (@tasty) May 10, 2021
LOL, Stop the Steal!
The candidate saying this calls herself “Trump in high heels.”
This could be the new normal, thanks to Republicans afraid to challenge Trump on basic simple truths, which is to say, the vast majority of Republicans. https://t.co/uwucKFm0zP— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) May 10, 2021
re: #87 No Malarkey!
Trump himself was actually Trump in high heels.
The insanity in Arizona continues.
The private company conducting the GOP recount in Arizona is now demanding access to government internet routers and passwords, which the Maricopa County sheriff blasted as “mind-numbingly reckless and irresponsible” and a threat to law enforcement.https://t.co/gt9oASmqxF
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 10, 2021
re: #89 No Malarkey!
Why in the fuck would they need that to conduct an audit?
re: #90 Eclectic Cyborg
Why in the fuck would they need that to conduct an audit?
All we have to do is install this software and we can make sure 2020 never happens again.
Also, they’re looking for those elusive tri-bits that caused votes to flip.
re: #87 No Malarkey!
LOL, Stop the Steal!
Members of the GQP know they’re a band of crooks, and are right to expect Republicans to be crooked. They go wrong when they project their lawless mentality onto the rest of us.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 10, 2021
re: #90 Eclectic Cyborg
Why in the fuck would they need that to conduct an audit?
The claim is that someone hacked the machines remotely and altered the vote totals before the receipts were printed. Their thinking is that they can get access logs for the networking gear and prove that some nefarious agent gained access to the network. I doubt routers keep logs that long; that is a LOT of data. And you’re completely batshit fucking nuts if you think any government agency is giving any ordinary citizen any fucking passwords.
re: #10 William Lewis
A question that is mostly a thought experiment:
A Veblen good is a type of luxury good for which the demand for a good increases as the price increases, in apparent contradiction of the law of demand, resulting in an upward-sloping demand curve. The higher prices of Veblen goods may make them desirable as a status symbol in the practices of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure. A product may be a Veblen good because it is a positional good, something few others can own.
If you want that good simply because it works in a specific way that no other good does and you spend month looking for the cheapest possible working copy of that good, is it still a Veblen good?
I am bidding on a Leica M (type 240) digital camera which in many ways is the definition these days of Veblen good. Yet if one wants a digital camera that is a rangefinder, well, that’s it. It’s the only one still on the market. Hence the question :)
And people think economics is boring…
yeah, leica is kind of legendary for brand name premium cost.
re: #90 Eclectic Cyborg
Why in the fuck would they need that to conduct an audit?
Certainly not anybody who was a “Cyber Ninja”. LOL.
In Kentucky, Kroger and WalMart will be giving lottery tickets to people who get their first or second vaccine shot.
re: #93 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
The claim is that someone hacked the machines remotely and altered the vote totals before the receipts were printed. Their thinking is that they can get access logs for the networking gear and prove that some nefarious agent gained access to the network. I doubt routers keep logs that long; that is a LOT of data. And you’re completely batshit fucking nuts if you think any government agency is giving any ordinary citizen any fucking passwords.
These are the same assholes who were planning on going door to door to verify votes. They’re throwing everything at the wall here hoping something sticks, privacy be damned.
Wash. Man Allegedly Killed a Homeless Man ‘as Practice’ Before Murdering Ex-Wife: Prosecutors (People)
Into the woodchipper. Feet first for being exceptionally awful.
re: #76 Eclectic Cyborg
OT: I passed my citizenship test and interview!
Now all I have to do is go back for the ceremony in a few weeks to be officially sworn in.
Unfortunately due to Covid, my wife can’t attend with me but that’s okay. We can celebrate plenty after. 😎
Congratulations. It’s always good to have another sensible person to vote against the mindless ones.
re: #90 Eclectic Cyborg
because the Dems stole the election don’t cha know, we just have to unravel the thread all the way back to each individual voter to prove it, because those insidious Dems will stop at nothing to win the election, up and including fluoride in our water, diluting our precious bodily fluids.
Cancellation’s a menacing force;
The libs are behind it, of course.
Wherever you are
It’s never too far;
Look out! It is drugging your horse— Limericking (@Limericking) May 10, 2021
re: #85 DesertDenizen
It seems to be prevalent in the American right wing white nationalist toxic masculinity soup so common in the country. Many men don’t care about women’s issues until it impacts their “property”. No one can control the women in their lives except for them.
An especially disgusting part of this story is the hideous idea that rape of a woman is a property crime with the injured party being that woman’s owner.
Even among wingnuts, damn few will say this out loud, but it is clear where they are coming from.
Vaccines work. Even a first jab provides significant protection, as the UK focused on giving as many as possible a first shot, delaying second shots by weeks.
BREAKING: England reports 0 new coronavirus deaths for the first time in more than a year
— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) May 10, 2021
re: #103 No Malarkey!
Vaccines work. Even a first jab provides significant protection, as the UK focused on giving as many as possible a first shot, delaying second shots by weeks.
BRB, ducking out into the hall to lick a doorknob four days after my 1st vax.
Bullshit. This is a clip from Fantasia, you can’t fool me https://t.co/Jn9QOAo7Rs
— Wesley Morgan (@wesleysmorgan) May 10, 2021
Arghhh. Remember when Trump all but declared war on blue states? I sure do.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville: “President Biden is acting like he’s the president of New York and California, not the United States of America.” pic.twitter.com/8LFWd9Q5VZ
— The Hill (@thehill) May 10, 2021
re: #102 EPR-radar
An especially disgusting part of this story is the hideous idea that rape of a woman is a property crime with the injured party being that woman’s owner.
Even among wingnuts, damn few will say this out loud, but it is clear where they are coming from.
Exactly. Women exist only in their relationship to men. An assault on a woman is an assault on “her man”. These men are barbaric savages who have no place in civilization. Not that most of them want civilization, thinking that their collection of ARs will make them petty kings in a post civilization world.
re: #103 No Malarkey!
Vaccines work. Even a first jab provides significant protection, as the UK focused on giving as many as possible a first shot, delaying second shots by weeks.
Canada is currently taking a similar approach.
re: #106 Patricia Kayden
Arghhh. Remember when Trump all but declared war on blue states? I sure do.
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re: #106 Patricia Kayden
Arghhh. Remember when Trump all but declared war on blue states? I sure do.
I might be a little cranky today.
It’s always projection from these trashy people. Trump made it clear that he was just the President of white nationalist sister-fuckers, so when Biden appeals to all Americans, they want to pretend that civilized Americans are as bad as our radicalized-right is.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 10, 2021
re: #110 Punish Domestic Terrorists
You’re not the only one. I just don’t do Twitter and keep Facebook to my geek interests since I do have a certain public profile, small as it may be, for my job.
re: #108 Eclectic Cyborg
Canada is currently taking a similar approach.
With all the mutations going around, it’s the smart approach if your population is smart enough to want the vaccine. I don’t think we need that in America where we’re having trouble finding takers. I’m not the only person to have my vaccination date moved up because supply exceeded demand.
Wow…you can see the White House again.
Lafayette Square is open! pic.twitter.com/piCIUxvcg4
— Jérôme Cartillier (@jcartillier) May 10, 2021
re: #76 Eclectic Cyborg
Congrats and welcome to the circus!
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Boy does that COVID19 test suck…
Coast Guard Cutter Fires Warning Shots at Charging Iranian Speedboats https://t.co/qu5mfJwuFu
— Hope Hodge Seck (@HopeSeck) May 10, 2021
re: #96 No Malarkey!
In Kentucky, Kroger and WalMart will be giving lottery tickets to people who get their first or second vaccine shot.
MegaMillions jackpot up to $396M. Get your ticket now!
Pro-tip: If you’re reaching down to pick up your dog’s poop and you have your reading glasses hanging over your shirt collar, bend at the knee, not at the waist.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 10, 2021
This rose is called “Sterling silver” - now a part of our yard. pic.twitter.com/lvgYB7PRCg
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 10, 2021
re: #120 darthstar
That is an old beauty, a favorite of mine for decades. So lovely!
re: #115 Eric The Fruit Bat
Thinking of you!!
re: #117 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
MegaMillions jackpot up to $396M. Get your ticket now!
I don’t get out of bed for at least 750 million
Moderna jab#2 kicked my ass over the weekend. I was not expecting the 102F fever, but at least I was spared the puking.
Of course a little thing like the possibility of this is no reason not to get the vaccine.
re: #115 Eric The Fruit Bat
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Boy does that COVID19 test suck…
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They seem to think that land should be able to outvote people, depending on the Electoral College to thwart democracy, so now they’re talking directly to that land.
No one showed up for a pro-Trump “Protect the Audit” rally this weekend in Phoenix. The special guest addressed an empty field with his megaphone because that is what deluded people do. pic.twitter.com/33AYTojM9n
— Resist Programming 🛰 (@RzstProgramming) May 10, 2021
Biden to go one-on-one with Manchin https://t.co/DHUx3bqIYk pic.twitter.com/SoWFSu2c4g
— The Hill (@thehill) May 10, 2021
re: #128 Patricia Kayden
Watch the GOP do all they can to sabotage that meeting.
re: #115 Eric The Fruit Bat
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PragerU is triggered and yelling over someone comparing the Tim Tebow signing to Colin Kaepernick’s ban.
Have a seat. You’re a fake university without a football team. https://t.co/zQnbIrDCwC pic.twitter.com/tazM3duZ5A— Resist Programming 🛰 (@RzstProgramming) May 10, 2021
BREAKING—U.S. FDA has just expanded the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech #COVIDVaccine to include adolescents 12 through 15 years of age. #COVID19 https://t.co/2kofEbGP2t pic.twitter.com/ynQgbkl6MG
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 10, 2021
5) “no cases of COVID-19 occurred among 1,005 vaccine recipients and 16 cases of COVID-19 occurred among 978 placebo recipients; the vaccine was 100% effective in preventing COVID-19.
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 10, 2021
re: #115 Eric The Fruit Bat
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re: #115 Eric The Fruit Bat
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re: #132 Patricia Kayden
Why would you expect anyone to explain something to a Twitter account from a disinformation service set up by a crank as a fake University for people too far-right to be comfortable in reality?
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 10, 2021
re: #136 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I wonder how many football and basketball team owners get off on “owning” black men who have to perform and, in the case of football especially, risk their health for them.
Free speech and debate as long as it’s about how much you love trump and believe the 2020 election was stolen https://t.co/6Y7WRn6WMD
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) May 10, 2021
We’re minutes away from her tweeting “trust the plan.” https://t.co/WU2kNqMqCg
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) May 10, 2021
re: #89 No Malarkey!
The insanity in Arizona continues.
Are you kidding me?
Last week, the state Senate decided to delay the personal canvassing of voters, in which Cyber Ninjas operatives grilled residents about their voting. Republicans in the Senate backed off after receiving a complaint from the U.S. Department of Justice that such action could amount to illegal voter intimidation and civil rights violations.
Arizona Senate President Karen Fann told the Justice Department that if that portion of the project is restarted, canvassers “will not carry a firearm or other weapons” when they knock on citizens’ doors.
J.F.C.
re: #50 DesertDenizen
No. Because all the boys are rightfully terrified of their sociopathic fathers who see their daughters as extensions of their fragile masculinity and are itching for a reason to shoot someone.
See also baby girl onesies on Pinterest with the phrase, “My Daddy Says I’m Not Allowed To Date. Ever.”
That’s not possessive, of course.
re: #139 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Are you kidding me?
J.F.C.
That part, if it goes down, is going to get somebody killed. There will be an altercation and guns will be drawn. Either by CN staff breaking the rules or by a voter. I guarantee it.
re: #139 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Are you kidding me?
J.F.C.
It’s Arizona. I have a gunsmith friend who visited Arizona, and was shown a local’s secret hidden new-civil-war bunker. I’m keeping a 24 hour drive between Arizona and me at all times.
re: #142 Punish Domestic Terrorists
It’s Arizona. I have a gunsmith friend who visited Arizona, and was shown a local’s secret hidden new-civil-war bunker. I’m keeping a 24 hour drive between Arizona and me at all times.
When I worked for the County instead of the small city I’m with now, we actually issued building permits for a few of those. I was shocked they pulled permits, but contractors tend to insist on them, being mandated under their licenses and all.
re: #137 DesertDenizen
I wonder how many football and basketball team owners get off on “owning” black men who have to perform and, in the case of football especially, risk their health for them.
Not sure but I am a big advocate of more black ownership/coaches in pro sports.
re: #144 Eclectic Cyborg
I like player ownership, but that might be hard to do because of trades and such without revenue pooling/sharing. I believe football and basketball do some of that, but I’m a baseball guy and they certainly don’t.
Here’s the content everyone needs. 😍
— Nature & Animals🌴 (@AnimalsWorId) May 10, 2021
This is the Dyatlov Mystery, the seemingly inexplicable deaths if nine highly experienced Russian skiers in the Ural Mountains in 1959. Russia, of course, is the Land of Conspiracy Theories and there is an especially luxuriant growth of such claims surrounding the Dyatlov Mystery. There is a whole industry built around these CTs so naturally the wholly rational explanation recently offered by a Russian prosecutor has been met with scorn and derision.
Mississippi: We’re backwards for life down here.
JACKSON, Miss. (WLOX) - The same day one of Mississippi’s top elected officials recommended the action. Gov. Tate Reeves announced Mississippi would opt out of additional federal unemployment benefits.
Reeves has also asked the Department of Employment Security to prioritize pre-pandemic enforcement of eligibility requirements under state law.
Mississippi’s Speaker of the House published a letter asking the governor to take steps to get people off unemployment and back to work.
The benefits will end 6/12. Two months earlier than Federal law allows for.
re: #148 Eclectic Cyborg
Can’t have the serfs rising above their station now can we? Seriously though I’m hopingbthis brings the great reset on labor as people figure out how much the businesses need them and start demanding to be paid appropriately.
HUGE NEWS: The FDA has authorized the Pfizer COVID vaccine for children ages 12-15.
This is a game-changer.— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) May 10, 2021
Probably when my sister died but yeah bread is scary. https://t.co/Uion12OqUS
— kristen johnston (@thekjohnston) May 10, 2021
re: #141 DesertDenizen
That part, if it goes down, is going to get somebody killed. There will be an altercation and guns will be drawn. Either by CN staff breaking the rules or by a voter. I guarantee it.
My non-violent, non-gun owning husband said “I’d fucking shoot them if they came to my door like that”.
re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth
Gee my lowest point was when Postmates delivered an Arby’s Large Roast Beef and forgot the Horsey Sauce.
— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) May 10, 2021
re: #154 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
My non-violent, non-gun owning husband said “I’d fucking shoot them if they came to my door like that”.
I’m not in Maricopa County, but I’d do the same thing.
re: #148 Eclectic Cyborg
Mississippi: We’re backwards for life down here.
JACKSON, Miss. (WLOX) - The same day one of Mississippi’s top elected officials recommended the action. Gov. Tate Reeves announced Mississippi would opt out of additional federal unemployment benefits.
Reeves has also asked the Department of Employment Security to prioritize pre-pandemic enforcement of eligibility requirements under state law.
Mississippi’s Speaker of the House published a letter asking the governor to take steps to get people off unemployment and back to work.
The benefits will end 6/12. Two months earlier than Federal law allows for.
Alabama just did the same.
re: #157 BlueSpotinAL
Alabama just did the same.
The Southern Republicans really want their slaves back, don’t they?
re: #150 jaunte
I don’t know about you all…but there is so much winning…is it too much winning…not getting cocky…but it feels good…not the cocky but the winning!!
— TrueWordsRSpoken (@TrueWordsRSpoke) May 10, 2021
take a fucking seat turtleman
Democrats’ partisan power-grab “election reform” bill is not about voting rights. It’s about letting Washington Democrats control the terms of political debate and all 50 states’ election laws.
Republicans will expose this attempted D.C. takeover in tomorrow’s hearing. pic.twitter.com/Qv2FoAQEJK— Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) May 10, 2021
Not this lazyass take again. Just because people acknowledge that Cheney got ONE THING RIGHT doesn’t make them “fans.” Nobody’s forgotten her record. https://t.co/iaCz5cRuSR
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 10, 2021
re: #153 Backwoods_Sleuth
What’s up with Paltrow though? Used to love her movies. What a shame.
re: #160 Backwoods_Sleuth
take a fucking seat turtleman
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Sometimes the Feds have to step in, like when States attempt to disenfranchise people as they are doing right now. Left to their own devices red states would happily return to propertied white males over 21 being the only voters since they’d win that way.
re: #147 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
This is the Dyatlov Mystery, the seemingly inexplicable deaths if nine highly experienced Russian skiers in the Ural Mountains in 1959. Russia, of course, is the Land of Conspiracy Theories and there is an especially luxuriant growth of such claims surrounding the Dyatlov Mystery. There is a whole industry built around these CTs so naturally the wholly rational explanation recently offered by a Russian prosecutor has been met with scorn and derision.
Cooking. Definitely bookmarked for later.
Why did she even run? https://t.co/w5OtOziV9Z
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) May 10, 2021
re: #133 Dread Pirate Ron
Scheduled my son for an appointment today to get vaccinated at his pediatrician.
re: #162 Patricia Kayden
What’s up with Paltrow though? Used to love her movies. What a shame.
Selling women - with more money than sense - shit to shove up their hoo-ha must be pretty lucrative.
re: #162 Patricia Kayden
What’s up with Paltrow though? Used to love her movies. What a shame.
Paltrow once declared that she would never eat instant soup herself, let alone feed it to her children.
I thought, well, nice for her but stuff like CupO’Soup is a favorite with homeless people and others with limited culinary options, since they only need hot water to prepare it. It is #1 on requested food donation lists at a lot of food banks and pantries, including the one at my church.
I used to like Sinema but I’ve totally soured on her now.
Yes I have a crush on Dave Grohl. You’re just jealous….lol.
I just watched the first episode of From Cradle to Stage with Dave and his mom, Virginia. Dave interviews the musicians, Virginia interviews their moms and there is stuff in there about Dave and his love of music and his mom’s encouragement to follow his dream. She was a teacher, imagine that and letting your kid drop out of school to travel with a punk band called Scream at 17. She believed in him and the rest is history. The first episode is with Dan Johnson from Imagine Dragons and his mom. It’s heart warming and funny and really cool. It’s only available on Paramount+ but I think you can get a free week or two.
re: #161 Charles Johnson
I just want Republicans who aren’t planning a fucking coup to install a corrupt, fascist dictator. Is that too much to ask?
re: #169 Eclectic Cyborg
I used to like Sinema but I’ve totally soured on her now.
At this point, as an Arizonan, all I can say is she’s better than McSally. And that’s a damn low bar.
re: #162 Patricia Kayden
What’s up with Paltrow though? Used to love her movies. What a shame.
Isn’t GOOP her brand? She’s cashing in on Woo.
The perfect thing to tweet when you want to make sure that not one single person who is smart will support you.https://t.co/f5OX6OVaFk
— JRehling (@JRehling) May 10, 2021
re: #7 Charles Johnson
As someone who hasn’t been under 200 pounds since he was in high school… and who hasn’t been under 250 in a decade, I’d just like to tell him to fuck right off.
Of course, I could stand to lose a few pounds, but I’m in decent shape (my shoulders are wider than my waist and I have a decent amount of muscle mass). Still, that dude can fuck off with that bullshit.
re: #167 Teddy’s Person
This pisses me off. She’s convincing women that their bodies are fucked up unless they do what she says is healthy. That they smell bad, will get old faster, get skinnier, be prettier if they just do what GOOP (and really? GOOP? What a stupid name for her garbage) and she say to do. Another celebrity who thinks money makes them smart. 👿
re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth
Omg, that loony sponsored a bill that would have prohibited mailing early ballots. It would have required hand delivery. In a large State with huge counties. She’s a full bore Christian Nationalist on top of it all.
re: #28 No Malarkey!
The girl in pink looks terrified. The girl in red looks like she’s the reason the girl in pink is terrified.
re: #1 darthstar
India… jesus.
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Jesus, and Gods in general, have had a terrible track record of answering positively to any and all prayers and beseechments the last year. I doubt that’ll change now.
Live your best life sweet girl. 🔊 pic.twitter.com/WSTMUkWBXY
— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) May 10, 2021
Speaking of the tone-deaf rich:
re: #178 KGxvi
The girl in pink looks terrified. The girl in red looks like she’s the reason the girl in pink is terrified.
Girl in red looks pissed there’s no magazine, but relieved that she slipped one into the chamber before handing it over.
re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth
Ms. Townsend is a disrespectful, spoiled twit.
re: #172 DesertDenizen
true that, I think she’s trying too hard to step into some non-existent niche of “progressive-libertarian” so she can maintain some kind of iconic “above it all mojo” which everyone supposedly applauds but has never listed as a reason to cast their votes.
She won in AZ because McSally was worse and she was transparently so in her hypocrisy. She may win again as an incumbent but that could be more due to the fact that the GOP bench has an extraordinary rich vein of whackadoodles to pick from and the state is trending, slowly but surely away from the GOP. All she has to do is support the winning team, by doing things like improving health-care, pimping solar and doing good stuff for the tribes. For some reason she is having issues being as pragmatic as we Lizards are, which raises questions regarding who the hell is she beholden to?
re: #181 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Speaking of the tone-deaf rich:
Bezos is getting a second yacht for his helipad, because his super yacht has sails so it has no room for a helipad. This is why the top marginal tax rate should be at least 70%.
his thing started 40 MINUTES BEFORE this tweet was sent. lol. https://t.co/eyWIfnfWFD
— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³°¹ (@th3j35t3r) May 10, 2021
re: #181 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Speaking of the tone-deaf rich:
Eh, I’d rather he spend it on something incredibly frivolous (that is a might large hole in the water into which he will throw many, many dollars), that will at least help pay people who built the boat and it’s various parts, and will likely have a crew that will also get paid, than for that money to sit in a vulture capital fund that ruins lives
kids…
Two students were rescued after their homemade boat constructed from buckets and kiddie pools drifted too far from the Southern California coast, authorities said. https://t.co/xW3g9WOpwR
— NECN (@NECN) May 10, 2021
re: #184 piratedan
true that, I think she’s trying too hard to step into some non-existent niche of “progressive-libertarian” so she can maintain some kind of iconic “above it all mojo” which everyone supposedly applauds but has never listed as a reason to cast their votes.
She won in AZ because McSally was worse and she was transparently so in her hypocrisy. She may win again as an incumbent but that could be more due to the fact that the GOP bench has an extraordinary rich vein of whackadoodles to pick from and the state is trending, slowly but surely away from the GOP. All she has to do is support the winning team, by doing things like improving health-care, pimping solar and doing good stuff for the tribes. For some reason she is having issues being as pragmatic as we Lizards are, which raises questions regarding who the hell is she beholden to?
For what it’s worth, progressive-libertarian is probably a decent description of my political philosophy today. But I haven’t been paying too much attention to Sinema lately, so I’m not sure what she’s up to. There definitely seems to be a strain of contrarianism in her politics - which isn’t bad per se - but there doesn’t seem to be any sort of unifying theory underlying many of her actions.
re: #184 piratedan
I think you nailed it with progressive libertarian. She’s adopted a bizarre set of principles that don’t really match any constituency. As you say, she may well win simply because the local GQP is so bat shit crazy. Ducey isn’t crazy, but he’s a terrible politician and all sides hate him over his handling of COVID. On top of that he’s got an awful temper. Watch him take a non obsequious question and he gets visibly agitated, turning bright red, sometimes even shaking in anger. It’s embarrassing.
Brown nosing again?
— And The Wind Cries: “Ted Cruz will never be Pres.” (@DaveoutofAustin) May 10, 2021
re: #172 DesertDenizen
At this point, as an Arizonan, all I can say is she’s better than McSally. And that’s a damn low bar.
Isn’t McSally the one who told Arizonians who might not have the financial resources to donate to her campaign to skip a meal so that they could donate?
re: #189 KGxvi
For what it’s worth, progressive-libertarian is probably a decent description of my political philosophy today. But I haven’t been paying too much attention to Sinema lately, so I’m not sure what she’s up to. There definitely seems to be a strain of contrarianism in her politics - which isn’t bad per se - but there doesn’t seem to be any sort of unifying theory underlying many of her actions.
I think you’re right. She’s contrary to the Dems to try to peel off moderate Reps, but they’re a dying breed and it’s a fool’s errand. If there’s an underlying theory beyond that I can’t see it.
re: #192 Teddy’s Person
Isn’t McSally the one who told Arizonians who might not have the financial resources to donate to her campaign to skip a meal so that they could donate?
Yep, that was her. Later claimed it was a “joke”.
re: #194 DesertDenizen
Yep, that was her. Later claimed it was a “joke”.
Republican humor, always punching down. 🤬
re: #195 Teddy’s Person
Republican humor, always punching down. 🤬
They don’t know how to punch up. That’s where the boots are and they instinctively lick any boot presented to them.
re: #76 Eclectic Cyborg
Yay!
Register to vote!
And thank goodness the video that will play at your ceremony will feature Biden and not TFG
sooooo…
a honeybee swarm has decided to take up residence in this old backwoods house.
tomorrow will be fun.
re: #191 Dave In Austin
If you’re going to do it, do it right.
I’m guessing this was posted by a departing employee. Read the whole page.
Damn, they’re getting desperate pic.twitter.com/E7KzDfBBL4
— Billy for real (not a bit) (@Your_Pal_Billy) May 10, 2021
Evergreen Onion headline. https://t.co/7easJRyTMF
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) May 10, 2021
re: #170 A Mom Anon
Yes I have a crush on Dave Grohl. You’re just jealous….lol.
I just watched the first episode of From Cradle to Stage with Dave and his mom, Virginia. Dave interviews the musicians, Virginia interviews their moms and there is stuff in there about Dave and his love of music and his mom’s encouragement to follow his dream. She was a teacher, imagine that and letting your kid drop out of school to travel with a punk band called Scream at 17. She believed in him and the rest is history. The first episode is with Dan Johnson from Imagine Dragons and his mom. It’s heart warming and funny and really cool. It’s only available on Paramount+ but I think you can get a free week or two.
I have the same crush on him. I’d do boy sex with him no matter what if he was willing :D I need to watch that documentary.
Back from errands. My new passport arrived — now all I need is somewhere to go.
EC, congratulations!
Eric, hang in there. I hope all goes well for you.
Oh and by the way — Belafon, how is your son doing?
Hi I’m in Australia and saw a specialist this morning, gave them my Medicare card and by 9pm the rebate showed up in my bank account oooh socialized medicine is terrifying I have no freedom please help me
— Ben Lee (@benleemusic) May 10, 2021
I see Ilhan Omar trending on twitter, again.
She’s a fave of the hate right. She pushes all their buttons: brown skin, Muslim, woman, outspoken, immigrant.
Seems @GOPLeader idea of “free thinking” is embracing a “BIG LIE” about the 2020 election, being a seditionist and promoting voter suppression.
Should you not adhere to those - you will be excluded & removed.
This is what the @GOP has become.
Talk about cancel culture— Robin L (@mom22sr) May 10, 2021
re: #198 sagehen
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re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Thinking about the whole employment/wage/treatment of workers situation, and I have first-hand evidence from all over the country that treating people kindly and paying them a living wage brings results. Long story, so it’s “behind closed doors.”
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re: #212 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Confederate Memorial Day should be observed, since most of the Confederate dead were ignorant, poor men who were manipulated, tricked and often forced into risking their lives for their slave-owning superiors. They were so ignorant, in turn, because southern aristocrats deliberately kept them that way by almost unanimously opposing publicly funded education. One of the big differences between Billy Yank and Johnny Reb was that Billy was far more likely to be able to read and write.
In August 1861, John C. Perkins, assisted by Seth Pierce, Frank McGuire, Thomas G. Butler and Victor Wolf, recruited a company of volunteers from Eau Claire and Chippewa Counties. This company was called the “Eau Claire Badgers”. Soon after its formation, a local man sold them a eagle chick that they named “Old Abe” after the President.
They would become Company C, 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment.
To this day he’s the mascot of one of the high schools in my home town.
Biden finalizing an executive order to boost US response to cyber crimes. Isn’t it nice to have a President who defends America again?
— Tim Hannan (@TimHannan) May 10, 2021
re: #204 William Lewis
Have you read the book? It’s really great too. The series has people that aren’t in the book. I really hope it goes for more than 6 episodes. I’m looking forward to Tom Morello and Geddy Lee and their moms.
I’m just going to say two things.
1) My dad thought my waist length hair was “unprofessional”, even though I kept it pulled back.
2) I learned in the last year that Black hair products work better with my curls.
I could say more but I’m too tired right now. Work was crazy.
re: #189 KGxvi
For what it’s worth, progressive-libertarian is probably a decent description of my political philosophy today. But I haven’t been paying too much attention to Sinema lately, so I’m not sure what she’s up to. There definitely seems to be a strain of contrarianism in her politics - which isn’t bad per se - but there doesn’t seem to be any sort of unifying theory underlying many of her actions.
She got the wrong vaccine and it’s Cindy McCain’s voice in her head.
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Radical socialist Dems want to *spins giant Price Is Right wheel* inject *spins wheel* Russian commie borscht into *spins wheel* dogs’ butts in order to *spins wheel* indoctrinate *spins wheel* cheese.
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) May 11, 2021
re: #115 Eric The Fruit Bat
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Boy does that COVID19 test suck…
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re: #160 Backwoods_Sleuth
take a fucking seat turtleman
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It’s about Americans being able to vote. Something that upsets the party that recently attempted a coup when America rejected a narcissistic sociopath. A sociopath who would never have been near power if the Republican party wasn’t hollowed-out and entirely propaganda-driven.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 11, 2021
The B1617 variant is the fourth variant to be designated as being of global concern and requiring heightened tracking and analysis. https://t.co/IIU7H0qFzG
— CBC News (@CBCNews) May 10, 2021
I can’t even glide.
— G (@eurogeorge) May 10, 2021
Why the fuck are they having weddings in the horse stalls? https://t.co/ysr3afwhYo
— Edwin (@EdMix13) May 10, 2021
Good ‘broken windows’ thread
When Sohrab says “we learned long ago” that cracking down on small disorder leads to a decline in major crimes he’s referring to Broken Windows Theory which is an infamous piece of popular pseudo-science.
First, it is empirically false …@ebruenig @SohrabAhmari pic.twitter.com/LYIqLgWRk4— Jason Blakely (@jasonwblakely) May 10, 2021
Yes—the origin of Broken Windows Theory was a newspaper article. Wasn’t even an actual piece of social science initially. Just armchair. They jammed the findings ex post facto.
Notice the Atlantic’s graphic, too. Omnipresent blue-eyed police watching brown, black, poor pic.twitter.com/gyWkmTkWrg— Jason Blakely (@jasonwblakely) May 10, 2021
Tectonic plates. What are you gonna do? https://t.co/BQCi1Z4LpO
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 11, 2021
re: #225 gocart mozart
Gotta give Bob Baffert props for imagination , anyway…
re: #206 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
Back from errands. My new passport arrived — now all I need is somewhere to go.
EC, congratulations!
Eric, hang in there. I hope all goes well for you.
Oh and by the way — Belafon, how is your son doing?
We took him to the oral surgeon and they removed that tooth, did a bone graft to start an implant. We go back on July 12th to finish that.
The other incisor is questionable. The oral surgeon put in a mini brace to try to pull it back in place. If it doesn’t work, we will have tonhave that one replaced.
But he’s eating. I’m sure he’s going to get tired of soup so I have to start thinking up recipes for food soft enough to grind.
re: #34 Dr Lizardo
Exactly; IMO, the Casio GW-M5610-1 is the best value wristwatch on the market. Solar-powered and radio-controlled timekeeping, water resistant to 200 meters, stopwatch, lap timer and multiple alarm functions, I’ll take that over a good many other watches out there, including luxury brands. And when you dress it up with a stainless steel bezel and bracelet (an easy and relatively inexpensive mod), it looks great too.
It’s a relatively inexpensive wristwatch, but value being subjective, I’ll take this over a $5,000 model any day.
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Where are the hands? I need hands to tell time.
re: #226 gocart mozart
Good ‘broken windows’ thread
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It is!
For an origin story, check out this:
One of the people quoted in this is an instructor of my wife when she was at the LBJ School and a god friend of mine (he appointed me to a City Commission for a four year term while he was a City Councilcritter).
It’s a long read. You should save it for later.
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