The Facebook/Apple privacy battle. Microchipped employees. Ransomware hacks. Here’s what you need to know about emerging technologies and the implications for privacy. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #Technology
00:00 - Facebook vs. Apple
07:44 - Beauty Filters
16:46 - New Toilets
22:25 - Ransomware
29:44 - Microchips
35:11 - 5G
Not. Gonna. Happen.
It’s time to name a Special Prosecutor and impanel a Grand Jury to go after the traitors!— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) May 25, 2021
D’Souza reproduced, and his daughter is also a right-wing grifter.
move over, Lollapalooza pic.twitter.com/YCp9P0fxEj
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 25, 2021
re: #282 Scottish Dragon
Goddamned coward.
We are going to lose the Republic in the 2024 election. I think we will come apart, and goddamned Manchin can whine about senate comity.
This still assumes that Trump will be in any condition to run a campaign for 2024, or even be around for it.
I’m calling it: Jimmy Carter is going to outlast him.
Proud to sign this petition, along with ~150 other historians and many of my fellow UNC alumni. https://t.co/MyhImjD0pf
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 25, 2021
re: #5 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Is the Jones the one who got denied tenure for bullshit reasons?
This isn’t just an attack on me, it’s an attack on Arizona voters. My statement on the legislature’s budget proposal: https://t.co/THkPj07VTZ pic.twitter.com/t4SMq3YIHc
— Secretary Katie Hobbs (@SecretaryHobbs) May 25, 2021
re: #2 No Malarkey!
D’Souza reproduced, and his daughter is also a right-wing grifter.
How is MAGA Frank like a regular hot dog?
Nothing but lips and assholes.— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) May 25, 2021
as I mentioned yesterday, how do corporations recruit people, execs to come work in Texas, esp from East/West coast? https://t.co/q1CE5MT09y
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) May 25, 2021
So, I was watching Prometheus here on Czech TV and it occurred to me that if they’d removed any references to the Alien film series, and ended it when Shaw departs for the Engineer homeworld (in this clip, at the 1:50 mark), they could’ve really had a pretty damn good stand-alone sci-fi film.
I wish I had the editing skills, because that’d be a fun little project.
re: #7 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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My fucking state. The assholes and idiots in our state legislature don’t even try to hide their partisan hackery and downright fascism.
re: #1 🌹UOJB!
Manchin and Sinema just look pathetic begging Republicans to do the right thing when they are enabling them to not do so.
Griftapalooza. It’s a damn shame that the American-right has been conditioned to want to be lied to and grifted.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 25, 2021
Why the Republican opposition to Clarke? According to @SenWhitehouse: “Look behind the smoke screens and remember that the number-one strategy of the Republican party for 2022 is to keep voters from voting. And guess what? Ms. Clarke will run the voting rights section [of DOJ].” pic.twitter.com/R7TctPWpLz
— Senate Judiciary Committee (@JudiciaryDems) May 25, 2021
re: #10 Dr Lizardo
Lance Henrikson and Michael Biehn are in this along with an actress who sounds just like Sigourney. This moved me to start my Audible free trial this week.
HOW WILLIAM GIBSON’S LONG-LOST ALIEN 3 SCRIPT BECAME 2019’S MOST INTRIGUING AUDIO DRAMA (The Verge)
re: #8 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I would smash my own head in with a hammer to avoid going to an event like that.
Nothing much to see here, just Glenn Greenwald and The Hill hyping Russian propaganda. pic.twitter.com/Gyk2M6bnSL
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 25, 2021
BREAKING: Senate Republicans Offer Counter-Proposal to Biden’s Infrastructure Bill, Promise Not to Yank Football Away Again.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 25, 2021
Oh she’d be unbelievable alright.
Van Jones predicts Kim Kardashian will be an “unbelievable attorney” https://t.co/TBvykbqJxi pic.twitter.com/tESr4dqxYU
— The Hill (@thehill) May 25, 2021
re: #15 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Lance Henrikson and Michael Biehn are in this along with an actress who sounds just like Sigourney. This moved me to start my Audible free trial this week.
HOW WILLIAM GIBSON’S LONG-LOST ALIEN 3 SCRIPT BECAME 2019’S MOST INTRIGUING AUDIO DRAMA (The Verge)
Going to have to check that out. Thanks.
re: #19 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Oh she’d be unbelievable alright.
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She’d make My Cousin Vinny look like Perry Mason.
re: #11 DesertDenizen
My fucking state. The assholes and idiots in our state legislature don’t even try to hide their partisan hackery and downright fascism.
florida says hold my beer
re: #2 No Malarkey!
D’Souza reproduced, and his daughter is also a right-wing grifter.
Grifting people, ending democracy, the family business.
A Catholic reverend in La Crosse, Wis., said Sunday that he was asked to step down as leader of his parish by church officials due to his negative comments about the COVID-19 vaccine.The Rev. James Altman said in a sermon posted to YouTube first reported by NBC News that “the left” was trying to “cancel” him after the Diocese of La Crosse contacted him Friday and asked him to resign.
“If the left whines like they do like a spoiled brat often enough, they succeed in canceling so many voices of truth,” he said during the sermon. “And now that they are whining like, if I may say it, the pansy babies that they are to cancel me.”
Commenters on the YouTube post of Altman’s sermon objected to the call, with one writing, “This is not going to go down well. The Faithful will rise in defense of their shepherd.”
During the video, attendees of Altman’s Sunday Mass could be heard objecting to the scenario laid out by Altman regarding the process that could occur as a result of his actions, yelling “No!” as he described how a “parish administrator” could be appointed by the Vatican while he appeals the demand for his resignation.
(more at The Hill)
Wisconsin pastor ordered to step down after preaching against COVID-19 vaccine
re: #18 Charles Johnson
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biden started at $2.2 trillion
the R’s started at about $568 billion - but only $268 is new spending
so the R’s basically lied from day 1
biden has since knocked it down to $1.7t
R’s are still basically at $268 bn
this is not good faith
BREAKING: Senate Republicans Offer Counter-Proposal to Biden’s Infrastructure Bill, Promise Not to Yank Football Away Again.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 25, 2021
The anti-democratic Republican power grab and continues apace.
Katie Hobbs has conscientiously supervised elections in Arizona. Republicans there just stripped her of some powers — including her ability to litigate election lawsuits. They gave control of that process to the state AG, a Republican.
This is how democracy gets dismantled. https://t.co/VamVgXfxgR— Tim O’Brien (@TimOBrien) May 25, 2021
Do Abbott and his comrades not realize that Black, Hispanic and (gasp!) Gay/Trans people will also be allowed to pack freely under this provision? It will be an informative test of the bedrock right-wing assumption that they have all the guns.
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) May 25, 2021
re: #27 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Armed out-group members to be shot on sight.
re: #27 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Enter TexASS at your own risk.
re: #22 Dangerman
florida says hold my beer
It’s the fact that it expires with the term of the Democratic Secretary of State that I’d just so blatant any the don’t care. Pure partisan hackery at its finest.
TIRED: Can Biden navigate all these crises?
WIRED: https://t.co/re05SMMaUg— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) May 25, 2021
I’ve had so many new followers to welcome this week, I thought it might be nice to pick out a few of my own personal favourite pieces from my back catalogue, such as this First World War military postman, photographed in the French city of Reims in 1917 (it is not colourised). pic.twitter.com/umOnRi6ehD
— BabelColour (@StuartHumphryes) May 25, 2021
re: #29 🌹UOJB!
Enter TexASS at your own risk.
I sure as hell wouldn’t go to Texas now.
Too many gun idiots without proper training carrying guns? No thanks. I wonder how many corporations will rethink locating to Texas with the current gun regulations and poor control over necessary infrastructure such as the power grid?
I work with folks in Texas, I’m curious about their reactions to this bullshit.
#SeditionHunters - today’s #SeditionVIP & flat-out liar is PA State Sen #IamDougMastriano: “When it was apparent that this was no longer a peaceful protest, my wife and I left…at no point did we…go beyond police lines.” But here he is, AND mixed up in the NE barrier breach 1/ https://t.co/btnHhil7hN pic.twitter.com/hOsl0u5Njz
— capitolhunters (@capitolhunters) May 22, 2021
re: #31 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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I love that sometimes I forget he’s the president
100% no drama (sorry Obama)
BOOM: Federal judge is throwing cold water on arguments from US Capitol Insurrection defendants citing COVID risk & seeking release from jail
In new order, judge says cases are down, jail is isolating risk and vaccines are working
This is a smackdown from the judge ==> pic.twitter.com/7UvqdkAZRq— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 25, 2021
re: #27 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Well…
…yes. They just expect those people to be killed summarily.
All these rules that let anyone carry a gun are put in place with the understanding that the reactionary’s standard of “who is a threat merely by existing” will act as a control on who can actually use the freedom. This is what’s always been behind sundown towns and the whole notion of local control/state’s rights: in the absence of an explicit system the implicit system of racism and good-ole-boy understanding will create the kind of hierarchy they want.
It dovetails with the way that stuff like “stand your ground” creates a kind of interpretative gap in use-of-force where narrativization of “I felt this person was an especial threat” favors the perceptions of the “normal” white person, and the carefully gamed-out way that police departments and unions talk about police shootings.
All of this working because white people are trained to think of their feelings and shallow impressions as having the quality of truth, and that their experiences are a default and deviation from that default is suspicion and an attack.
Andrew Yang’s favorite subway station is actually a Quiznos.
— Edwin (@EdMix13) May 25, 2021
I would love to see Manchin’s polling against a generic Republican right now.
re: #36 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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But…we’re white
BOOM: Federal judge is throwing cold water on arguments from US Capitol Insurrection defendants citing COVID risk & seeking release from jail
In new order, judge says cases are down, jail is isolating risk and vaccines are working
This is a smackdown from the judge ==> pic.twitter.com/7UvqdkAZRq— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 25, 2021
“I think this is the most extraordinary collection of grifters, of human idiocy, that has ever been gathered together in one location, with the possible exception of when Marjorie Taylor Greene dines alone.” https://t.co/czFgEJtnnn
— Edwin (@EdMix13) May 25, 2021
re: #34 Dangerman
Mastriano is a sick freak. He’s a full blown Dominionist believing The Big G anointed him to impose a Christian theocracy in Pennsylvania.
re: #41 gocart mozart
I thought Crackhead Mike shut down Frank…
They are doing a major rebuild of the intersection of highways I30 and 635 in Mesquite, all while cars are driving in a very busy interchange. As I drove by today, they were working on it in the rain.
Orly Taitz is an “unbelievable attorney” too. What’s his point
— EstebanTornado1963 (@ETornado1963) May 25, 2021
re: #40 Dangerman
But…we’re white
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Yeah. Where is their complaints that “prisons are like country clubs” “too easy on the inmates” now? Things look a hell of a lot different looking out from the grey bars than they do looking in.
re: #40 Dangerman
Assholes should be reminded that the penalty for treason could be death and they better be glad their color will probably keep them from the execution chamber.
Well-reported piece on the housing crisis in the Colorado high country.
In Crested Butte, workers ponder a midsummer strike while Frisco leaders weigh a first-ever emergency declaration over the lack of affordable housing. https://t.co/vxDGlQHsJU via @jasonblevins
— The Colorado Sun (@ColoradoSun) May 25, 2021
I’ve always wondered when the affordable housing crisis in the mountain resort towns would become so unsustainable that the towns themselves start ceasing to be the economic drivers they’ve come to be known as. The next couple of tourist seasons I reckon we’ll find out.
The FAA has proposed fines between $9K and $15K against five passengers for allegedly interfering with and, in two cases, assaulting flight attendants. We have zero tolerance for unruly or dangerous behavior. Our fines can reach up to $35K. https://t.co/CeWKZ6HnZT #FlySmart pic.twitter.com/GtWwCYVV18
— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) May 24, 2021
Here’s Nasirov pictured at Trump’s inauguration. Whether he used state funds to travel there briefly set off a minor scandal in Ukraine https://t.co/1tleBagnJo pic.twitter.com/Skj2liZLTh
— Josh Kovensky (@JoshKovensky) January 16, 2020
re: #28 jaunte
Armed out-group members to be shot on sight.
A war of attrition has been an acceptable outcome for decades now amongst white fascists against minorities.
A high number of acceptable losses are already mentally accounted for if it means their fever dream of eliminating liberals, blacks, and latinos is made manifest.
re: #50 Dangerman
It’s pretty stupid for any person who’s too disturbed to be out in public at all to get on an airplane where they’ll required to be able to follow simple rules, and will be heavily fined if having to behave like a normal person triggers the symptoms of their personality-disorder.
re: #27 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Do Abbott and his comrades not realize that Black, Hispanic and (gasp!) Gay/Trans people will also be allowed to pack freely under this provision? It will be an informative test of the bedrock right-wing assumption that they have all the guns.
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) May 25, 2021
Well, Texas has that covered by its “stand your ground” laws. These together mean that it’s open season on non-whites and anyone who doesn’t toe the line on their neo-fascist worldview. A lot more racially-motivated attacks, just they won’t get prosecuted for it.
From last thread:
Sounds like the Swedish version of the 1979 (United States Government) Office of Technology Assessment “Charlottesville”:
theatlantic.com
Russia has been in decline since World War 1. As a neighbor, I suspect that Sweden is understandably concerned about dealing with the results of instability there.
re: #251 Teukka
File under “Swedish Total Defence Institute (FOI) reports in Swedish that give me the heebee jeebees “:
“Kärnvapenscenario för räddningstjänst” (EN: “Nuclear Weapons Scenario for Rescue Services”)
Unlike elsewhere, the Swedish Total Defence Research Agency doesn’t spend money on spurious projects, there’s usually a reason for their research topics. So when they do a report on Rescue Services capabilities in the event of a nuclear attack, it is worriesome…
Jeff Zucker is right, Rick Santorum is an “important voice” — for bigots, homophobes, racists, and hateful pieces of garbage. He’s always been “important” like that. https://t.co/EWppQtX3ed
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 25, 2021
Ummmm this right here is a movie in the making @jelani9 @ElieNYC https://t.co/G3yuD5jjAh
— Dr. Jason Johnson (@DrJasonJohnson) May 25, 2021
I’ve been stalked & harassed for more than 10 years by an obsessive gang of creeps who freaked out when I parted ways with the right. I finally managed to stop them from doing it on Twitter by relentlessly reporting them, but they continue elsewhere. They’ll never stop.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 25, 2021
Regardless of whether it stops them or not, though, the best way to handle this is to fight back when you can and ignore them when you can’t.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 25, 2021
re: #56 Charles Johnson
Prick Santorum has ALWAYS been a racist going back to the first time I encountered that asshole in 1977 when he crashed our college party and tried to pick up a pair of girls who both slapped him.
re: #57 lawhawk
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Ummmm this right here is a movie in the making @jelani9 @ElieNYC https://t.co/G3yuD5jjAh
— Dr. Jason Johnson (@DrJasonJohnson) May 25, 2021
If you ever wonder why CNN is so incredibly screwed up, just look at this shit coming from the very top.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 25, 2021
In today’s episode of STUPID TREK!
QAnon Crowd Convinced UFOs Are a Diversion From Voter Fraud
re: #61 Charles Johnson
There are plenty of channels for “important voices” supporting all types of hatred and bigotry. Zucker is basically saying that CNN is one of them, and will tolerate and promote a certain level of racism, homophobia, and other types of bigotry and intolerance.
So who will fill the next Zucker-endowed Chair for Right-wing Nuttery on CNN now that Santorum is gone?
re: #64 Barefoot Grin
So who will fill the next Zucker-endowed Chair for Right-wing Nuttery on CNN now that Santorum is gone?
I’m rooting for Kevin Sorbo.
re: #28 jaunte
Armed out-group members to be shot on sight.
I would have a shirt made:
I’m Trans, I have a gun and I will shoot your ass dead if you fuck with me.
Because if that’s how we are gonna roll, then go all the way.
re: #63 aatharuv
There are plenty of channels for “important voices” of all types of hatred and bigotry. Zucker is basically saying that CNN is one of them, and will tolerate and promote a certain level of racism, homophobia, and other types of bigotry and intolerance.
You can always identify the fucker that’s rich enough that ideas that hurt other people just become rhetoric, and it’s important to show your erudite aloofness by entertaining all thoughts in the abstract while failing to acknowledge their utterly-predictable concrete consequences.
And there it is. Republicans are straight-up admitting they won’t support a deal even if Democrats agree to every change they ask for.
Enough. Democrats should stop engaging in this nonsense and just empanel a House select committee. https://t.co/Uy1mJOZLF2— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) May 25, 2021
From last thread:
Good post and points!
Oh yes, and have not seen you post for a while. (I did see your posts from yesterday?) If so, welcome back!
You have me thinking about the fault lines with China.
Now that the US actually has a rational and thoughtful administration, we don’t have to spend all of our time worrying about whether tfg got us in a nuclear war to up twitter ratings.
So, between worrying about the upcoming coup attempts in 2022 and 2024-5; We can think about cleaning up the toxic mess tfg left us; And then dealing with all of the other stuff dating from pre-2017, none of which tfg did anything to resolve.
One of the issues that is facing us is what to do about strategic competitor and trade partner China. From your write-up, the book explores the fact that attempting to resolve such a complex relationship by war is not likely to succeed.
Reading your write-up, though, it sounds like the authors wrote themselves into a corner without even thinking it through. And then had to rely on a very unsatisfying Deus Ex Machina to resolve it. Including the fact that India has been to near war with China several times, and generally gotten whupped.
re: #240 Scottish Dragon
Just finished 2034: A Novel of the Next World War
.@TedCruz tells US Army to get back to commercials that make his dick hardhttps://t.co/4KpYxt5eYR
— Duffel Blog (@DuffelBlog) May 24, 2021
“Ted Cruz” and “dick hard” should constitute a federal felony offense if used in the same sentence.I have spoken. pic.twitter.com/f0tBy7u4wk
— Spring Deidre 🍀 (@mandalorchick) May 25, 2021
re: #68 jaunte
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So why make concessions on anything if no Rs will vote for anything anyway? Haven’t we already gone down that road enough times to prove bad faith? Go with what’s popular with voters, not 50 R Senators who are pretty much all evil lying bastards.
re: #69 ckkatz
Yep. India has been tangling with China for the past year in the Himalayas without much success.
I’ve lost all faith in humanity….
Dearborn man fatally stomps parakeet in Allen Park pet shop after trying to return it https://t.co/RosaRdoUrn
— Detroit Free Press (@freep) May 25, 2021
May 1861. By Thomas Sutton. A Tartan Ribbon pic.twitter.com/3rWeJIZPrn
— BabelColour (@StuartHumphryes) May 23, 2021
re: #73 Eric The Fruit Bat
I’ve lost all faith in humanity….
Dear God. Put that psychopath in prison
re: #73 Eric The Fruit Bat
I’ve lost all faith in humanity….
Things didn’t go exactly his way, so baby threw a tantrum.
Police expect charges to be brought soon, and his name will be all over the Internet.
Yesterday afternoon I saw a hawk swoop down and snatch a big snake if anyone here reads omens
— Thanks For Sharing Jerk (@Thx4SharingJerk) May 25, 2021
re: #70 Scottish Dragon
They forgot the 1488 tattoo on Roughneck Rafael.
Breaking: Senate confirms @KristenClarkeJD 51-48 as first Black woman to lead DOJ Civil Rights Division
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) May 25, 2021
re: #77 jaunte
It’s a sign of a hawk about to have a full belly.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 25, 2021
re: #40 Dangerman
But…we’re white
Reminds me of an Onion video I watched on YouTube last night, in which the judge ruled that a white teenage girl was to be tried as a black adult.
re: #73 Eric The Fruit Bat
I’ve lost all faith in humanity….
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Disgusting sick freak killing an innocent bird…
re: #74 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Sutton was the photographer for James Clerk Maxwell’s pioneering 1861 demonstration of colour photography. In a practical trial of a thought-experiment Maxwell had published in 1855, Sutton took three separate black-and-white photographs of a multicoloured ribbon, one through a blue filter, one through a green filter, and one through a red filter. Using three projectors equipped with similar filters, the three photographs were projected superimposed on a screen. The additive primaries variously blended to reproduce a gamut of colour. The photographic materials available to Sutton were mainly sensitive to blue light, barely sensitive to green and practically insensitive to red, so the result was only a partial success. Forty years later, adequately panchromatic plates and films had made excellent colour reproduction possible by this method, as demonstrated by the work of Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky. The principle of reproducing a full range of colour by three-colour analysis and synthesis is based on the nature of human colour vision and underlies nearly all practical chemical and electronic colour imaging technologies. Sutton’s ribbon image is sometimes called the first colour photograph.
Sutton also developed the first single-lens reflex camera and took the first wide-angle (120 degrees) photos.
BREAKING: Kristen Clarke has been confirmed
51-48 pic.twitter.com/SW0ypaxxey— 𖨆 (@ExtremelyBi01) May 25, 2021
re: #84 🌹UOJB!
Who broke ranks to vote in favor?
re: #71 DesertDenizen
So why make concessions on anything if no Rs will vote for anything anyway? Haven’t we already gone down that road enough times to prove bad faith? Go with what’s popular with voters, not 50 R Senators who are pretty much all evil lying bastards.
The Kabuki Theater is necessary so that Democrats can show Joe Manchin they tried to be bipartisan, even though everyone knows the GOP won’t vote for anything while Biden is President, even if he lets Mitch McConnell write it himself.
re: #85 DesertDenizen
Just in: Senate confirms Kristen Clarke as Assistant Attorney General and the first ever Black woman to lead the DOJ civil rights division, 51-48. Collins voted yes; Kennedy did not vote.
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) May 25, 2021
re: #85 DesertDenizen
Never mind. I see it was Collins. Wonder if Romney was the no show.
re: #80 Punish Domestic Terrorists
We have a very large owl living in our townhouse complex. Pretty sure there is a nest and some eggs. We see her periodically, but she’s shy. We hear her all the time though.
The hawks a few years ago were another story. All swagger and attitude, lol. One claimed my van as a roost and gave me some serious shade when I wanted to, like, get in and drive.
re: #86 No Malarkey!
The Kabuki Theater is necessary so that Democrats can show Joe Manchin they tried to be bipartisan, even though everyone knows the GOP won’t vote for anything while Biden is President, even if he lets Mitch McConnell write it himself.
But how many times do they need to show Manchin? He’s got to know by now.
Columnist at my local newspaper “Poor” Richard Carnes wrote a pretty good one.
And of course they’re still pushing the conspiracy now known around the world as “The Big Lie” as truth to somehow propel their cult leader back into the White House, but we mustn’t forget the dynamic duo’s potential indictments right around the corner for sex-trafficking and tax evasion, among other things.
And then we have Ted Cruz insulting our “woke, emasculated” military, but at this moment the party that didn’t bother with a campaign platform for the 2020 elections is all about preventing a bipartisan commission on the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Enter Marco Rubio, the U.S. Senator from Florida struggling to remain relevant in a virtual sea of irrelevance, demanding the GOP look forward, not backwards, and ignore American demands for the commission.
Yes, just like Republicans moved forward after Benghazi, but hey, most Nazis refused to participate in the Nuremberg trials, so I can sort of understand their hesitancy.
Anyway, these rightest of the right are not only promoting revisionist history, they want to erase the entire episode from existence.
re: #88 DesertDenizen
Never mind. I see it was Collins. Wonder if Romney was the no show.
It was Kennedy, so Mittens voted No.
re: #89 Scottish Dragon
We have a very large owl living in our townhouse complex. Pretty sure there is a nest and some eggs. We see her periodically, but she’s shy. We hear her all the time though.
The hawks a few years ago were another story. All swagger and attitude, lol. One claimed my van as a roost and gave me some serious shade when I wanted to, like, get in and drive.
You’d take its spot, and wouldn’t even sit on it, you’d just leave with it! Not cool from the bird’s perspective.
re: #91 DesertDenizen
But how many times do they need to show Manchin? He’s got to know by now.
Of course he does, but he has to show his constituents that he isn’t a rubber stamp for the radical socialist agenda.
Honestly, fuck all of this. pic.twitter.com/arU8INGpqs
— Blue Heron Farm (@BlueHeronFarmTX) May 25, 2021
Yup.
re: #72 Scottish Dragon
Yep. India has been tangling with China for the past year in the Himalayas without much success.
You are very correct that the Chinese handed the Indians their butts over the past year. The Chinese historically have not been gentle with those who they run up against.
I have no doubt that you well know that the Himalayas are no longer a big empty vacuum-like spot on the map. In particular, the Chinese have been working very hard at their ability to consolidate, and then project power into (and over) the Himalayas.
The seizure of Tibet in 1959 was just one milestone. Right now it is a rail line, as well as power and water projects in the region.
In 1962, the Chinese built some roads into an area of the Himalayas and sparked a power contest that resulted in thousands of killed and wounded as well as the Indians being driven from the contested region.
re: #98 ckkatz
All the poodles here have joined in one big Party and are russian by the house.
re: #73 Eric The Fruit Bat
Certainly sounds like the man has “issues” which have very little to do with that small bird.
re: #95 No Malarkey!
Of course he does, but he has to show his constituents that he isn’t a rubber stamp for the radical socialist agenda.
Then what’s the fucking point of being there? Seriously. I don’t get the guy. Nor my senior Senator, Sinema.
re: #94 Punish Domestic Terrorists
There were 3 juveniles that would follow us around walking through Fisher Park. It was kinda adorable. Whenever we would stop walking, all 3 hawks would stop and watch us. Sometimes they would come down to the ground and poke through the leaves to see if we had spotted a tasty tid bit they could scarf down.
re: #101 DesertDenizen
Then what’s the fucking point of being there? Seriously. I don’t get the guy. Nor my senior Senator, Sinema.
To collect that large paycheck and bribes campaign donations? They’re certainly not there to save our democracy from fascists.
re: #66 Scottish Dragon
I would have a shirt made:
I’m Trans, I have a gun and I will shoot your ass dead if you fuck with me.
Because if that’s how we are gonna roll, then go all the way.
I don’t need a gun. My wife is behind you.
re: #97 ckkatz
power and water projects in the region.
This right here. If Pakistan and India start throwing missiles at each other also, it going to be about water.
I just got a letter from Liz Cheney asking for $$$$.
Since Liz does not support HR1, into the shredder it goes…but it would have gone into the shredder anyway since she’s the daughter of THE DICK…
Benghazi, bitch.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) May 25, 2021
re: #107 🌹UOJB!
I just got a letter from Liz Cheney asking for $$$$.
Since Liz does not support HR1, into the shredder it goes…but it would have gone into the shredder anyway since she’s the daughter of THE DICK…
Her only incentive to not go all-in on fascism is either her principles or knowledge that she’ll be well positioned when the fascist wing of the party is dealt with. No one on the left wants to be her friend.
re: #107 🌹UOJB!
I just got a letter from Liz Cheney asking for $$$$.
Since Liz does not support HR1, into the shredder it goes…but it would have gone into the shredder anyway since she’s the daughter of THE DICK…
But, she will be replaced by a pro-insurrection fascist.
“where does that leave us?”
bobcesca.com
SK Ashby does a good job on the kabuki theatre business.
re: #71 DesertDenizen
So why make concessions on anything if no Rs will vote for anything anyway? Haven’t we already gone down that road enough times to prove bad faith? Go with what’s popular with voters, not 50 R Senators who are pretty much all evil lying bastards.
unless they literally got 10 R senators to go on the record in advance that they’ll vote for a bill, i think the ‘concessions’ will disappear
there is no benefit to 3,4, or 6 R votes and heavy concessions
like you say - do what the voters want
they never remember who voted how.
they remember results
re: #86 No Malarkey!
The Kabuki Theater is necessary so that Democrats can show Joe Manchin they tried to be bipartisan, even though everyone knows the GOP won’t vote for anything while Biden is President, even if he lets Mitch McConnell write it himself.
+1000
re: #109 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Her only incentive to not go all-in on fascism is either her principles or knowledge that she’ll be well positioned when the fascist wing of the party is dealt with. No one on the left wants to be her friend.
They have long memories on the Right. They will never forgive Cheney for betraying dear leader.
re: #106 Scottish Dragon
power and water projects in the region.
This right here. If Pakistan and India start throwing missiles at each other also, it going to be about water.
Very true, and there is apparently concern in India that a number of the Chinese projects might dam up headwaters of rivers that flow into India.
Charles P. Pierce in Esquire:
Millions of Our Fellow Citizens Are Lost in Rebellion Against Reality
There is no compromise with this. There is no common ground. There is no deal to be struck.
Call me the Wet Blanket of the Gods, but I despair of ever making common cause with people who volunteer to live in Bedlam. From IPSOS:
Former President Donald Trump’s stronghold over the Republican party remains. His refusal to concede the 2020 election and calls of widespread fraud have raised doubts about the integrity of its results among his Republican base. Consequently, 56% of Republicans believe the election was rigged or the result of illegal voting, and 53% think Donald Trump is the actual President, not Joe Biden.
There is no longer any reason to try to “understand” these people. Nor should there be any compunction about doing whatever we can to read them out of American politics, because they clearly have opted out on their own. They should be considered anathema, as should the entire Republican Party and the modern conservative movement that animates it. Anything that can be done without including them should be done for the good—to say nothing of the sanity—of the country. Raw political power should be used to push through whatever of this administration’s policy priorities can be passed without any Republican help whatsoever.
This divide will become permanent. Our struggle right now is to ensure that the reality-bereft never again gain real power. After that, we must accept a division in society that will only deepen. In fifty years, “red zones” may be as clearly delineated on the map as military reservations and national boundaries They will be backward enclaves, like the neutral zone in Man in the High Castle, impoverished, crime-ridden no-man’s-lands run by semi-hereditary cults and feudal bosses. As a matter of decency and civil rights, their residents must be allowed the opportunity to move into the larger world. Given their stunted education and unscientific health practices, this will be impossible for most.
The best, and most humane, policy is to leave them to themselves, confine any outbursts, and let nature takes its course.
re: #28 jaunte
Armed out-group members to be shot on sight.
Off-duty cop shoots Black woman during argument sparked by her making a U-turn on her way to the hospital https://t.co/sqp08PPBOt
re: #108 No Malarkey!
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and yeah, at least one time (if not 9 more) might not be totally inappropriate
McConnell calls outside Jan. 6 commission a “purely political exercise” and accused Democrats of wanting “to litigate” Trump through next year’s midterms
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 25, 2021
re: #117 jaunte
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re: #114 No Malarkey!
They have long memories on the Right. They will never forgive Cheney for betraying dear leader.
She may be relying on the non-Trumpist right for support, but I don’t see a scenario where that group has political power any time soon.
re: #19 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Oh she’d be unbelievable alright.
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If she can’t pass California’s Baby Bar, she’s not going anywhere. And even if she does pass the Baby Bar, she still has to pass the CA bar exam AND she will only be allowed to practice in California.
That said, Kim Kardashian is 40 years old and she needs to think about what she’s going to do with the rest of her life now that she”s getting herself unstuck from Kanye. If she can pass the Baby Bar, that will definitely raise my opinion of her.
re: #120 Punish Domestic Terrorists
She may be relying on the non-Trumpist right for support, but I don’t see a scenario where that group has political power any time soon.
She’s hoping the Trumpist right all end up in prison and she can pick up the pieces. Even if she’s right it will be a crippled stump of a party.
re: #49 teleskiguy
Well-reported piece on the housing crisis in the Colorado high country.
I’ve always wondered when the affordable housing crisis in the mountain resort towns would become so unsustainable that the towns themselves start ceasing to be the economic drivers they’ve come to be known as. The next couple of tourist seasons I reckon we’ll find out.
About 70% of their earnings go toward rent right now. Maybe if they move into tents for the summer they can save enough to pay the security deposit, first and last month’s rent on a place for the fall and winter.
“Maybe. We are competing with people who can buy anything,” Voyles said. “How can you support the foundation of the town if workers are leaving because they can’t afford to be here? There’s a growing separation right now. Homeowners need us for all their services and we need a decent quality of life with places to live.”
America, fuck yeah!!
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re: #19 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Oh she’d be unbelievable alright.
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re: #117 jaunte
The concept of “the state reserving for itself the right to use violence” is certainly being tested and debated.
Red states are delegating that right to segments of the population through firearms carry laws as well as “stand your ground” and “run over people you do not like” laws.
And in all states, the misuse as well as application of state violence against certain groups is being highlighted and debated.
And the result is the death and mutilation of so many innocents. What a sad waste.
I think we might expect food prices to rise a bit. It’s just supply and demand and supply may take time to adjust after we made the policy choice to feed our hungry children. @SecYellen @USTreasury @PressSec
— Tim Hogan (@TimInHonolulu) May 25, 2021
re: #127 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
I am happy to pay a little more for my food to support such ends.
re: #121 mmmirele
Her father was a prominent LA attorney, so I think Kim Kardashian knows the entry conditions to law school and if she has the chops to do it. She doesn’t have to practice or specialize or even pass the bar, but having a law degree might help when signing very complex contracts
re: #65 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I’m rooting for Kevin Sorbo.
marjorie taylor greene, right after she is expelled from congress.
re: #121 mmmirele
She has done some work getting wrongfully convicted people out of prison, maybe that is why she wants to be an attorney. I am not a fan of any Kardashian, but if she really works for a degree and uses that to help others, I might gain some respect for her. Her mother on the other hand? She’s awful. Worse than awful.
re: #129 So Cal Greek Hippie
Her father was a prominent LA attorney, so I think Kim Kardashian knows what the entry conditions to law. She doesn’t have to practice or specialize or even pass the bar, but having a law degree might help when signing very complex contracts
She’s not attending law school.
California allows an “apprenticeship” sort of legal education, under the supervision of an actual admitted-to-the-bar lawyer. It’s not super-common, and the people who do it are usually long-time paralegals supervised by the boss they’ve already been doing all the research and filings for anyway.
re: #131 A Mom Anon
She has done some work getting wrongfully convicted people out of prison, maybe that is why she wants to be an attorney. I am not a fan of any Kardashian, but if she really works for a degree and uses that to help others, I might gain some respect for her. Her mother on the other hand? She’s awful. Worse than awful.
I wonder if she realizes how boring most legal work really is.
re: #132 sagehen
She’s not attending law school.
California allows an “apprenticeship” sort of legal education, under the supervision of an actual admitted-to-the-bar lawyer. It’s not super-common, and the people who do it are usually long-time paralegals supervised by the boss they’ve already been doing all the research and filings for anyway.
And the chance of passing the bar by through the apprenticeship route is really really low. In some years, it’s 0% — mostly because of the tiny number of people taking the bar after going the apprenticeship route and averages in the low single digits.
re: #133 Eclectic Cyborg
I wonder if she realizes how boring most legal work really is.
She might crave boring after Kanye.
re: #133 Eclectic Cyborg
Time will tell I guess. The fact that she wants to learn about something beyond superficial being a “brand”, good for her. If she goes through the CA legal mini bar apprentice thing and decides it’s something she can do, hey, why not? She’d be contributing to society on some level instead of what she’s been doing. I won’t be a fan even then, but doing something for other people would be a good thing.
GOP’s ranking member of House Homeland Security agreed to commission bill and 3 doz Republicans voted Yes
but ok https://t.co/rjBt6oKtvi— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) May 25, 2021
re: #138 jaunte
You’re damn right we want to “debate” things that occurred in the past, Mitch.
Kind of like how you wanted to “debate” Benghazi endlessly.
In case you’ve all forgotten the details, here you go.
Mike Lee and Tuberville both confirmed this multiple times and then by February were casually trying to pretend it never happened.https://t.co/JvnWlEbVOz— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) May 25, 2021
Eric Idle liked my tweet.
This would make a good comedy sketchhttps://t.co/vsfS1lI6Ak
— Edwin (@EdMix13) May 25, 2021
re: #138 jaunte
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re: #139 Eclectic Cyborg
For Mitch, everything inconvenient is in the past, everything useful is happening now and always.
re: #138 jaunte
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Have we stopped locking up criminals for crimes that occurred in the past?
Do we have a way to investigate future events?
It seems like we can only have hearings to investigate things that happened in the past.
Investigation of the present is the work of scientists, not politicians.
Biden to visit Tulsa to commemorate 100th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre - an attack where white supremacists murdered 100s, including using aircraft to bomb black-owned businesses. https://t.co/edi9dOYiub via @nbcnews
— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) May 25, 2021
re: #142 Mike Lamb
So McConnell is against all criminal prosecutions of any kind? We aren’t living in Minority Report.
Yes. Yes he is. As long as it’s a Republican. I’m surprised no one has called the Insurrection the result of “youthful indiscretions” yet. That was a popular line from Republicans in my youth.
re: #147 DesertDenizen
Yes. Yes he is. As long as it’s a Republican. I’m surprised no one has called the Insurrection the result of “youthful indiscretions” yet. That was a popular line from Republicans in my youth.
Is that when a Republican is caught with teenage prostitutes, regardless of the perps age?
re: #148 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Is that when a Republican is caught with teenage prostitutes, regardless of the perps age?
Oh it’s when a Republican does anything naughty…like DesJarlais forcing his mistress to have an abortion…
I’m kind of a sucker for chess sets. Just bought this on Ebay, for what I thought was a pretty competitive price for a Lardy. Lots of Lardy sets were made, but they aren’t made anymore, and the quality to me just still looks better than most reproduction sets getting drilled in India. Of course, it’s a 3” king, so now I have to find a nice board for a set with a 3” king! :-)
Wait…it was this follow up tweet that got him to block me. Wow…six glorious years of not having to read his crap. pic.twitter.com/Z676KGtSfK
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 25, 2021
re: #150 steve_davis
I’m kind of a sucker for chess sets. Just bought this on Ebay, for what I thought was a pretty competitive price for a Lardy. Lots of Lardy sets were made, but they aren’t made anymore, and the quality to me just still looks better than most reproduction sets getting drilled in India. Of course, it’s a 3” king, so now I have to find a nice board for a set with a 3” king! :-)
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re: #148 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Is that when a Republican is caught with teenage prostitutes, regardless of the perps age?
In the 90s they used that excuse for every rotten thing they did in their personal lives. It was always “youthful indiscretions”, even when committed by men in their 40s and 50s.
re: #153 DesertDenizen
In the 90s they used that excuse for every rotten thing they did in their personal lives. It was always “youthful indiscretions”, even when committed by men in their 40s and 50s.
I remember. It was still happening at least as late as the Kavanaugh confirmation.
The replies to this poor bastard are hilarious…and he keeps arguing with them that they’re bad analogies.
I found the worlds longest person. pic.twitter.com/KWm7N6WOrz
— Dan Baxter (@baxter4133) May 25, 2021
re: #150 steve_davis
I’m kind of a sucker for chess sets. Just bought this on Ebay, for what I thought was a pretty competitive price for a Lardy. Lots of Lardy sets were made, but they aren’t made anymore, and the quality to me just still looks better than most reproduction sets getting drilled in India. Of course, it’s a 3” king, so now I have to find a nice board for a set with a 3” king! :-)
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Love chess. I have a set and board that were given to me by my friend the late Grandmaster Eduard Gufeld. He was a respected Soviet chess teacher/coach who moved to West Hollywood in the 90s. He’s buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. A memorial to him is at the northeast corner of Santa Monica & Fairfax in Los Angeles.
re: #155 darthstar
The replies to this poor bastard are hilarious…and he keeps arguing with them that they’re bad analogies.
It’s 600 foot-long cheesesteaks not a 600-foot-long cheesesteak.
That’s SUBterfuge!— Chipster Polyhistor (@daChipster) May 25, 2021
In a pandemic? pic.twitter.com/911WblSMOC
— tebs (@tfromthetdot) May 25, 2021
It’s never the world’s widest cheesesteak for some reason.
re: #159 jaunte
I’m not afraid of heights, but I am afraid of widths…
re: #156 🌹UOJB!
Love chess. I have a set and board that were given to me by my friend the late Grandmaster Eduard Gufeld. He was a respected Soviet chess teacher/coach who moved to West Hollywood in the 90s. He’s buried in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. A memorial to him is at the northeast corner of Santa Monica & Fairfax in Los Angeles.
I’m also very fond of chess, but sadly my diligence and talent weren’t really enough to become good at it.
re: #160 Egregious Philbin
It’s the hidden dimension of cheesteakery.
This is a strip mining ⛏️ https://t.co/v4eS615F1Z
— Tim Dickinson (@7im) May 25, 2021
The proclamation that “the internet is forever” is just not true.
Which we already knew, but I tested it again: my first email address I had from near the early days of the internet. Among other things, I posted quite a bit to USENET.
USENET archives do exist online, but they are only a small subset of what was actually posted.
When searching for my old address (using google, bing, etc.) only one page comes up, a FAQ for a camera in which I assisted.
But I know I made thousands of public posts, not just on USENET but boards, etc.
My feeling is that we are now in a “dark age”, that so much of what we now write is for certain to be lost. It won’t even take a century to lose this information.
re: #161 EPR-radar
I’m also very fond of chess, but sadly my diligence and talent weren’t really enough to become good at it.
EPR I got into correspondence chess and seriously played it from 1980-2000 and got to an International Master ranking but computers have taken the fun out of correspondence chess.
I played in the 13th US Championship and got my ass kicked only was able to draw a couple games.
Too many people started using computers now I just play blitz on line.
NEW YORK — Manhattan’s district attorney has convened the grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict former president Donald Trump, other executives at his company or the business itself should prosecutors present the panel with criminal charges, according to two people familiar with the development.
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The move indicates that District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr.’s investigation of the former president and his business has reached an advanced stage after more than two years. It suggests, too, that Vance believes he has found evidence of a crime — if not by Trump then by someone potentially close to him or by his company.
Manhattan’s district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. has convened a grand jury that is expected to decide whether to indict Donald Trump.https://t.co/WO9G4KOCZp
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) May 25, 2021
Grand Jury convened on the former guy in Manhattan.
Not just a grand jury…the grandest. A jury like nobody’s ever seen. It’s really something. Nobody’s ever been the subject of a jury this grand.
https://t.co/4OpEGb7gH5— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 25, 2021
re: #156 🌹UOJB!
You’ve always got the best remembrances. Thank you.
re: #161 EPR-radar
I’m also very fond of chess, but sadly my diligence and talent weren’t really enough to become good at it.
My only claim to fame is having once sold a chessbook on ebay to Anthony Saidy. I didn’t know it was Anthony Saidy until I saw the UPS label, and then did a little checking to make sure it wasn’t just a coincidence. “International Master Anthony Saidy” I wrote on the address line. “I did not know anyone would remember!” he wrote back in a comment. Never let it be said that common courtesy is common, or unappreciated. Apparently made one old man’s day.
re: #174 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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re: #172 Colère Tueur de Lapin
You’ve always got the best remembrances. Thank you.
I wish my ROM plates weren’t decaying due to diabetes. But I sure do remember Eddie and his reminisces. Just wished I had a tape recorder going while he talked about Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Korchnoi, Spassky, Karpov and ESPECIALLY Fischer & Bent Larsen.
Especially when he was drinking Dr. Pepper which he never got enough of!
@IvankaTrump @DonaldJTrumpJr @EricTrump Whoever calls Cy Vance first and agrees to testify against the others gets to keep everything. pic.twitter.com/sUmZiIMyrL
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 25, 2021
re: #173 steve_davis
My only claim to fame is having once sold a chessbook on ebay to Anthony Saidy. I didn’t know it was Anthony Saidy until I saw the UPS label, and then did a little checking to make sure it wasn’t just a coincidence. “International Master Anthony Saidy” I wrote on the address line. “I did not know anyone would remember!” he wrote back in a comment. Never let it be said that common courtesy is common, or unappreciated. Apparently made one old man’s day.
Memories of seeing Imre Konig, Jack Peters, Larry Christiansen, Issac Kashdan & Anthony Saidy playing at the Santa Monica Chess Club! Remember when Larry was working at the Players Chess News. did some analyzing with him!
Now that former guy owns the news cycle, it would be a good time for the Giuliani and Gaetz charges to slip in so that nobody pays attention to them.
I was once into chess and found a partner to play with during high school. Guy beat me consistently and was an insufferable asshole about it.
Found out later he was the state champion but he never mentioned it. If he had, it might have motivated me to learn more. But thanks to him being such an asshole I lost interest.
Looking back, it’s a shame. Too bad he was more interested in winning than the game itself.
Faux outrage over a reasonable statement.
Newsweak is a useless rag trying to exist based on a reputation earned by departed staff. Of course an attack by domestic terrorists was much worse than 9/11.
Huffington Post Reporter Sparks Outrage for Saying Capitol Riot Was 1,000 Times Worse Than 9/11 https://t.co/02HBdyPHoX— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 25, 2021
Meanwhile in Nevada, the Proud Boys are engaged in taking over the GOP organization in Clark (Las Vegas) County…
re: #89 Scottish Dragon
We have Cooper’s Hawks in the parks here. Sometimes they make “Looks like breakfast!” noises when they see my Chiweenie.
More Barr corruption surfacing…
Great find by the @CNN team. If Parnas’s lawyer is correct — he makes the allegations, not DOJ or a court — then there was coordination between Bill Barr’s DOJ and political interests on the timing of Parnas’s arrest, to avoid hurting Trump — an absurd abuse of DOJ power. https://t.co/Y6UJoQbBPN
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) May 25, 2021
re: #175 Dopamine Fish
Would you do it if Hunter Biden asked you to?///
nah.
But if Jill Biden, Michelle Obama, and Katie Porter asked me… yeah, I’d do it.
re: #180 A Cranky One
I was once into chess and found a partner to play with during high school. Guy beat me consistently and was an insufferable asshole about it.
Found out later he was the state champion but he never mentioned it. If he had, it might have motivated me to learn more. But thanks to him being such an asshole I lost interest.
Looking back, it’s a shame. Too bad he was more interested in winning than the game itself.
That’s one of the issues with chess — it’s only a decent game if the two players are reasonably close in playing strength.
Of course this business of being a bad winner is universal.
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re: #187 EPR-radar
That’s one of the issues with chess — it’s only a decent game if the two players are reasonably close in playing strength.
Of course this business of being a bad winner is universal.
Worst sore losers I ever encountered was when I played in a bridge tournament in my teens. We beat a pair by a single match point and both of them threw a massive tantrum yelling and screaming at us and when the director intervened, the wife slapped the director.
They wound up banned from play for a year.
re: #178 🌹UOJB!
Memories of seeing Imre Konig, Jack Peters, Larry Christiansen, Issac Kashdan & Anthony Saidy playing at the Santa Monica Chess Club! Remember when Larry was working at the Players Chess News. did some analyzing with him!
Isaac Kashdan was a powerful player, possibly better than the others you mention—even Christiansen. Chess in America in the 1930’s was an absolute travesty. We had some of the strongest players in the world, and none of them got real support from the country or the federation. Israel Horowitz was possibly the second strongest player in the world for awhile in the 1930’s, and he’s mostly remembered now as a guy who wrote some Fred Reinfeld-like chess improvement books. (Edit: I may be overstating his strength a bit. I seemed to recall him being immensely strong, but Wiki doesn’t really mention that, and he got absolutely trounced by Reshevsky in a match, which doesn’t suggest he was elite strength).
re: #180 A Cranky One
I was once into chess and found a partner to play with during high school. Guy beat me consistently and was an insufferable asshole about it.
Found out later he was the state champion but he never mentioned it. If he had, it might have motivated me to learn more. But thanks to him being such an asshole I lost interest.
Looking back, it’s a shame. Too bad he was more interested in winning than the game itself.
In a Jr. High yearbook, I’m in the photo with the chess club…sitting at the next picnic table over, waiting for them.
re: #129 So Cal Greek Hippie
Her father was a prominent LA attorney, so I think Kim Kardashian knows the entry conditions to law school and if she has the chops to do it. She doesn’t have to practice or specialize or even pass the bar, but having a law degree might help when signing very complex contracts
Agreed, although if I had to sign a very complex contract, I might hire an attorney specialized in that area of law. And I was once an attorney back in the Dark Ages.
I had a couple contact me a few weeks back about the non-disclosure agreement Mark Driscoll has his church volunteers sign. I strongly recommended they talk to a contracts attorney, because even though the NDA didn’t look like a contract (no consideration and no signature from Driscoll or his legal representative) I thought someone who had actually litigated contracts in the last 20 years would be better than me. (The attorney had the same opinion, not a contract.)
At the very least, she’ll at least know if Kanye is messing around with her in the divorce.
re: #180 A Cranky One
I was once into chess and found a partner to play with during high school. Guy beat me consistently and was an insufferable asshole about it.
Found out later he was the state champion but he never mentioned it. If he had, it might have motivated me to learn more. But thanks to him being such an asshole I lost interest.
Looking back, it’s a shame. Too bad he was more interested in winning than the game itself.
Yeah, back in the late 80’s, early 90’s, I helped run some tournaments in Clemson, and there was that one insufferable twit who would show up after other players’ games during post mortems, showing with what felt like absolute arrogance where wins were missed, or combinations busted. Of course, that fellow turned out to be Ron Burnett, who was just finishing cutting his teeth on the chitlin circuit before going off to make his international master norms. Put it all in a different perspective! Actually, I shared an elevator with him at Land of the Sky once and he seemed like a really nice, approachable guy.
re: #33 A Cranky One
I sure as hell wouldn’t go to Texas now.
Too many gun idiots without proper training carrying guns? No thanks. I wonder how many corporations will rethink locating to Texas with the current gun regulations and poor control over necessary infrastructure such as the power grid?
I work with folks in Texas, I’m curious about their reactions to this bullshit.
Ask them!
I’ll tell you mine;
I’m glad I live in South Austin. For instance, I went for groceries (HEB! The Best!) today. Everyone was wearing a mask. Every. Single. Person.
re: #196 austin_blue
Around here I’d say we are at 50/50 mask usage tracking towards 40/60 (i.e. majority unmasked).
The vast majority of folks still wearing masks are minorities.
Earthquake Strikes Near Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo Volcano, Raising Worries of Second Eruption
[…]
Dario Tedesco, an Italian volcanologist based in Goma, told Reuters the volcano’s crater has refilled with magma. That magma would race down the mountain’s slopes if an earthquake caused a crack in the crater.
“There’s no doubt Nyiragongo is still the most dangerous volcano in the world,” Tedesco said.
re: #153 DesertDenizen
In the 90s they used that excuse for every rotten thing they did in their personal lives. It was always “youthful indiscretions”, even when committed by men in their 40s and 50s.
Henry Hyde, author of the Hyde Amendment, had a youthful indiscretion at 41. This came out when Hyde was trying to impeach Bill Clinton. The hypocrisy was astounding.
re: #199 mmmirele
“Hyde made the admission after the online magazine Salon, which has relentlessly attacked independent counsel Kenneth Starr, told his office it was publishing details of his affair with a former beauty stylist named Cherie Snodgrass.”
orlandosentinel.com
And he kept up the bullshit.
“The statute of limitations has long since passed on my youthful indiscretions,” Hyde said in a statement. “Suffice it to say Cherie Snodgrass and I were good friends a long, long time ago. After Mr. Snodgrass confronted my wife, the friendship ended and my marriage remained intact.”
re: #199 mmmirele
Henry Hyde, author of the Hyde Amendment, had a youthful indiscretion at 41. This came out when Hyde was trying to impeach Bill Clinton. The hypocrisy was astounding.
I am about to be 40 (August). I think of myself as many things. “Youthful” is not one of them anymore.
He’s not too happy this evening: pic.twitter.com/Cg71Nn0HXG
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) May 25, 2021
No, he didn’t take the news well. pic.twitter.com/S227Ml0CcH
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) May 25, 2021
“It is certainly their intention now to be asking for charges at the end of the day’ - @harrylitman w/ @NicolleDWallace on WaPo’s report that Manhattan DA has convened grand jury in Trump criminal probe pic.twitter.com/g2SAdpPSsp
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) May 25, 2021
re: #205 jaunte
Please please PLEASE nail him to the fucking wall.
So if a Manhattan DA is convening a Manhattan Grand Jury, does that mean that at trial he’ll be judged by a Manhattan jury?
re: #202 Eclectic Cyborg
I am about to be 40 (August). I think of myself as many things. “Youthful” is not one of them anymore.
I’m 43. Now they’re just indiscretions. Or more accurately, fuck ups.
re: #207 sagehen
So if a Manhattan DA is convening a Manhattan Grand Jury, does that mean that at trial he’ll be judged by a Manhattan jury?
Yep
He’s toast.
Even the Republicans here can’t stand him.
re: #200 jaunte
“Hyde made the admission after the online magazine Salon, which has relentlessly attacked independent counsel Kenneth Starr, told his office it was publishing details of his affair with a former beauty stylist named Cherie Snodgrass.”
orlandosentinel.com
That is correct, because that’s where I read it.
ETA I was 38 at the time and didn’t feel particularly “youthful.”
Started watching Mare of Eastwood because it got great reviews. I hope I don’t already know the outcome from the SNL spoof.
re: #119 🌹UOJB!
And that TexAssHole stood his ground…now watch what happens when he tries that again with a pissed off person who whips out their gun to stand their ground…
“I’m a proud liberal and I believe in the Second Amendment.”
Will a grand jury indict a ham a cheese sandwich? pic.twitter.com/MYgEZOd95h
— Edwin (@EdMix13) May 25, 2021
I am not at all convinced that Trump will be indicted.
And even if he is, it will never go to trial.
Trump was already convicted twice - by the House.
But the jury (the Senate) let him go.
Trump sees these things as wins.
He will boast of beating the district attorneys in NY.
She’s become Marjorie Gaetz.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) May 25, 2021
re: #217 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I am not at all convinced that Trump will be indicted.
And even if he is, it will never go to trial.
Trump was already convicted twice - by the House.
But the jury (the Senate) let him go.
Trump sees these things as wins.
He will boast of beating the district attorneys in NY.
I am fairly convinced, at this point, that he will be indicted. I believe that it will end in a plea deal that leaves him with few, if any, consequences.
re: #219 Dopamine Fish
I am fairly convinced, at this point, that he will be indicted. I believe that it will end in a plea deal that leaves him with few, if any, consequences.
And Trump will brag of his victory, and the MAGAheads will rally around him.
re: #219 Dopamine Fish
I am fairly convinced, at this point, that he will be indicted. I believe that it will end in a plea deal that leaves him with few, if any, consequences.
I hope he flips on his kids and they are still in prison when he dies.
I don’t recall these encounters with the other guy. https://t.co/LDWb8Cj5f7
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) May 25, 2021
re: #223 Backwoods_Sleuth
How adorable is that?
🌓🌏🌞 Supermoon + total lunar eclipse? It’s showtime.
Tomorrow in the pre-dawn hours, the Moon will pass through Earth’s shadow. If you live in Southeast Asia, Polynesia, the western U.S., or Central and South America, set your alarms. Map and details: https://t.co/3vvbhoyLBL pic.twitter.com/ow7W4eaflj— NASA (@NASA) May 25, 2021
A sensible precaution. pic.twitter.com/V8YV9WJxFa
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) May 25, 2021
The instrumentalization of the tragedy of Jews who suffered, were humiliated, marked with a yellow star, isolated in ghettos & murdered during the Holocaust, in a debate on different systems that aim at protecting public health is a sad symptom of moral and intellectual decline. https://t.co/FuPehwNv1o
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) May 25, 2021
re: #226 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
They all want to live in the pentameter house.
re: #229 Backwoods_Sleuth
better than in the sonnet shed
that landlord is REALLY strict, even worse than the haiku hut.
re: #227 Backwoods_Sleuth
Marge’s people have always been pieces of shit. There are pictures of people just like her shouting at black students arriving at what they consider a white school in the 50s.
re: #221 darthstar
I hope he flips on his kids and they are still in prison when he dies.
What’s the point of Trump flipping on his kids? The kids should be flipping on him.
re: #217 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I am not at all convinced that Trump will be indicted.
And even if he is, it will never go to trial.
Trump was already convicted twice - by the House.
But the jury (the Senate) let him go.
Trump sees these things as wins.
He will boast of beating the district attorneys in NY.
I suspect this is going to be very boring, very tedious stuff. Kind of like how Al Capone was brought down by his tax returns. Except in Trump’s case, it’s not going to be tax returns. It will be the Achilles’ heel of wheeler dealer (in their own minds) real estate moguls who fudge appraisals and tax breaks with the City and State of New York. This grand jury is going to be bored out of their *socks* by discussions of easements, appraisals and tax credits.
It’s not going to get anywhere near politics, except in the sense that Trump will be seen as we always knew he was, a tax dodger and grifter of real estate benefits.
re: #232 EPR-radar
What’s the point of Trump flipping on his kids? The kids should be flipping on him.
He’ll probably try to flip on his CFO - and MTG’s anti-semitism will seem tame by comparison. But his CFO has the receipts.
[Two years ago in the Fanta viral marketing department]
“It just seems like we’re spending a lot of money on bee trainers.”
“These things take time, Chad!” https://t.co/nfgR8rXkuD— Matthew Federman (@matthewfederman) May 25, 2021
BREAKING: Hunter Biden has successfully received Hillary Clinton’s email about Trump’s grand jury news on his laptop.
— Singh, MD 🌊 (@labyrinthweaver) May 25, 2021
In an unprecedented way, the UMCL has brought together 13 Muslim organizations with 10 Jewish organizations in a joint statement denouncing attacks on any House of Worship.
We stand united against hate. pic.twitter.com/N9nnSDvIfA— Utah Muslim Civic League (@CivicUtah) May 25, 2021
re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
The last time I saw two creatures try to get close to something orange with such determination was Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley on Jan 6. pic.twitter.com/C9LFmxRoJN
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) May 25, 2021
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!
wait jesus is DEAD? https://t.co/Tr5cvQUDBb
— Jean-Michel Connard (@torriangray) May 25, 2021
re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!
No we work at the same place he is cook and I am a maintenance person.
— Coleus (@Coleus_C) May 25, 2021
never underestimate bees because they are amazing animals capable of greatness https://t.co/6WTDvBbV1e
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 26, 2021
re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth
Jesus had lethal amounts of wine in his system when he died, and the Romans were just following orders. Ponticus Pilate was just doing his job.
— Henny Omega (@_timothycharles) May 25, 2021
Interesting…two R’s for the Commission:
Murkowski becomes second GOP senator to support bill on U.S. Capitol riot commission
re: #241 Charles Johnson
BEES HAVE THUMBS!!!
never underestimate bees because they are amazing animals capable of greatness https://t.co/6WTDvBbV1e
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 26, 2021
they can also fuck your shit up, that’s part of being capable of greatness
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 26, 2021
A Marine holds the door as Gianna Floyd, the daughter of George Floyd, walks into the White House. pic.twitter.com/tbsavLTzcx
— Evan Vucci (@evanvucci) May 25, 2021
Kamala. Joy is an act of resistance. Flowers. Nailing it on your first live broadcast hit is a 10/10. @drevvycarter @prdgm pic.twitter.com/qvzCnF5Wuk
— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) May 26, 2021
While we do appreciate the follow, we believe this account may not be the right fit for you. https://t.co/NPLInZaJzI
— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) May 26, 2021
a murder in real time
Psaki: Well, we went through this journey together yesterday so let’s do it again pic.twitter.com/jBwSHaF4KL
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 25, 2021
re: #248 Dangerman
“…these theories we hear more about now…”
“…many people are saying…”
Sunday, a girl friend and I met for brunch at a breakfast restaurant near me. It was surprising that the outside seating was not packed but then the maitre d explained the problem: the restaurant had originally had 6 cooks, 2 left (maybe it was the pandemic) awhile ago and then another 2 just quit. My guess is that the staff is not particularly well remunerated and found a more lucrative workplace now that the pandemic is winding down.
OTOH, 20 years ago when my husband was ill and hospitalized, I had a conversation with a local restaurateur who admitted that the only way he was able to continue operation was thru undocumented workers. Much of our service industry and agricultural businesses survive only through the dedication of those who are willing to work long hours, performing menial labor that few Americans are capable of, certainly at the wages and conditions of those work places.
A Long, Guided Tour of New York City Captured in Original Color Film (1937) https://t.co/A71SrIohp5 pic.twitter.com/TuBh9Je6uV
— Open Culture (@openculture) May 26, 2021
Plus jazz soundtrack and aircraft!
re: #58 Charles Johnson
And you had the small advantage of being a man.
re: #66 Scottish Dragon
I would have a shirt made:
I’m Trans, I have a gun and I will shoot your ass dead if you fuck with me.
Because if that’s how we are gonna roll, then go all the way.
You know how that goes?
I feel threatened, I will “stand my ground”.
Nice tee shirt. Sorry about the blood.
The black Panthers and move proved that guns only work for the oppressors.
re: #73 Eric The Fruit Bat
The shitiest version of the parrot sketch.
Alone in a Bathroom: The Fear and Uncertainty of a Post-Roe Medication Abortion Angel tucked two white pills into each side of her mouth, bracing herself as they began to dissolve. Her deepest fears and anxieties took over. Angel had wanted to talk to a doctor before she took the pills to ...
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They Were Desperate to Get Pregnant. Then IVF Gave Them Extra Embryos. One morning last spring, Ashley Harrolle put her 1-year-old daughter down for a nap and went to the kitchen. She pulled up her fertility clinic’s contact information. It was time to make the call. In a freezer several hundred ... Cheechako
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
William Lewis
Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
Detroit Local Powers First EV Charging Road in North America The road, about a mile from Local 58's hall, uses rubber-coated copper inductive-charging coils buried under the asphalt that transfer power to a receiver pad attached to a car's underbelly, much like how a phone can be charged wirelessly. ...
Backwoods Sleuth
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
