New Live Jam From the Ever-Amazing Julian Lage: “Saint Rose”

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No Malarkey!  Jun 2, 2021 • 4:38:51pm

No red counties left in Kentucky, but many green ones as the pandemic ebbs thanks to the vaccines.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 2, 2021 • 4:40:43pm

So you all might remember me commenting about going to a Alpaca ranch this summer. The Name of the ranch is The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch. A documentary about the ranch drops next year. Here’s a trailer for it. CW/TW: They are very pro firearms & self defense and for a very good reason. Behind the tag for those not interested.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 2, 2021 • 4:43:35pm

re: #2 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

There is a rancher just west of town who raises alpacas.

Once in a while in the county newspaper crime report, there will be entries for “deputies dispatched to wrangle alpacas on US-26.”

(Wrangling livestock is most of what our sheriff’s department does.)

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Patricia Kayden  Jun 2, 2021 • 4:46:20pm
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EstebanTornado1963  Jun 2, 2021 • 4:50:59pm

re: #4 Patricia Kayden

Could care less, she is extreme. It’s just that one singular issue that the nuts want to kill her.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 2, 2021 • 4:51:31pm

re: #4 Patricia Kayden

Sorry, not sorry. Everyone mentioned in that article had a hand in creating the monster the gqp has become. So if they have had to boost their security because that monster has turned on them, TFB.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Jun 2, 2021 • 4:56:40pm

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 2, 2021 • 4:59:38pm

re: #5 EstebanTornado1963

Could care less, she is extreme. It’s just that one singular issue that the nuts want to kill her.

That one issue is the biggest issue.

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A Mom Anon  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:00:52pm

I keep getting these stupid calls disguised on caller ID as some person’s name or a medical facility. When I say hello a recorded message is telling me that I am in legal trouble and to hold on for a fraud officer to take my information. If I decline, officers will be dispatched to my house. I hang up of course and block the number, but it’s annoying. Both numbers appear to be the same person from the little bit I could find online. I have no idea what the scam is, but some sort of fuckery is afoot.

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Dopamine Fish  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:03:54pm

re: #9 A Mom Anon

I keep getting these stupid calls disguised on caller ID as some person’s name or a medical facility. When I say hello a recorded message is telling me that I am in legal trouble and to hold on for a fraud officer to take my information. If I decline, officers will be dispatched to my house. I hang up of course and block the number, but it’s annoying. Both numbers appear to be the same person from the little bit I could find online. I have no idea what the scam is, but some sort of fuckery is afoot.

There’s just a new round of spam/scam calls going around. Recently, they even started a couple of group texts, which got me really mad because there’s no way to opt out of a group text (at least on an iPhone), and so at random hours of the day my phone would blow up with people stupidly replying “STOP” to the original text. I wanted to tell them, “You’re just confirming your phone number is active to these bastards,” but that would’ve done the same thing to my number.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:05:27pm
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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:05:31pm

re: #9 A Mom Anon

I keep getting these stupid calls disguised on caller ID as some person’s name or a medical facility. When I say hello a recorded message is telling me that I am in legal trouble and to hold on for a fraud officer to take my information. If I decline, officers will be dispatched to my house. I hang up of course and block the number, but it’s annoying. Both numbers appear to be the same person from the little bit I could find online. I have no idea what the scam is, but some sort of fuckery is afoot.

Way old scam. They want you to send “money”, usually prepaid debit cards or gift cards to stop enforcement actions.

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PhillyPretzel  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:05:36pm

re: #9 A Mom Anon

Welcome to the club I got one today that wanted to talk about religion. They even left a message. Like everyone else they are now blocked.

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EstebanTornado1963  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:05:55pm

re: #8 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Of course it is, but she lives with the ones who don’t care about it.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:10:04pm

re: #13 PhillyPretzel

Welcome to the club I got one today that wanted to talk about religion. They even left a message. Like everyone else they are now blocked.

If you have time on your hands, sharing your own “ideas” with the caller can be fun.

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gwangung  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:11:28pm

re: #11 jaunte

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Law School absolutely embarrassing the alums from other parts of the University….

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PhillyPretzel  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:14:40pm

re: #15 Punish Domestic Terrorists

That is what some of my neighbors do. One of my neighbors got the car repair contract people on the line. Neighbor responded with “You are telling me that I can get coverage for my ‘68 Plymouth Fury.” They hung up.

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Jay C  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:15:54pm

[Nominally] interesting programming on local ABC (though not, IMHO, worth preempting Jeopardy! for) a debate with eight of the gang of candidates for NYC Mayor in this fall’s election. My first thought that they were just a gang of idiots, and watching would be a waste: but - and I will congratulate myself on changing my mind: I mean, they’re still a gang of idiots; but it was useful to get a handle on the inadequacies of the various candidates.
At least one decision was easy: I’m NOT going to vote for Andrew Yang…..

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Charles Johnson  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:30:00pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:31:20pm

re: #8 Punish Domestic Terrorists

That one issue is the biggest issue.

Plus we really don’t need to go back to the Sixties and political assassinations again. That really isn’t good for the stability of the nation.

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William Lewis  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:43:06pm

re: #2 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

So you all might remember me commenting about going to a Alpaca ranch this summer. The Name of the ranch is The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch. A documentary about the ranch drops next year. Here’s a trailer for it. CW/TW: They are very pro firearms & self defense and for a very good reason. Behind the tag for those not interested.

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I see they’re on the front page at NPR.

There’s a 6-foot-tall fence going up around the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch in rural Custer County, Colo. The people who live there say they need it because they’ve been the target of harassment since they relocated the trans-friendly ranch there in 2020.

The perimeter fence will add security to the ranch, which also has newly installed security cameras. There’s a tension on the property, so much so that co-owner Penny Logue and fellow owner Bonnie Nelson, both transgender women, carry pistols at all times. One wall of the communal geodesic-dome ranch house is stocked with various assault weapons.

“There’s some degree where we want that [militaristic] perspective,” Nelson said. “All we want is to be left alone.”

A Would-Be Trans And Queer Haven In Rural Colorado Just Wants To Be Left Alone

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:43:15pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:44:19pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

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William Lewis  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:45:19pm

re: #15 Punish Domestic Terrorists

If you have time on your hands, sharing your own “ideas” with the caller can be fun.

I prefer stringing them along for as long as possible then say the FBI has been tracing the call and should be there any second. Never mind it doesn’t work that way, the sounds of them needing their brown pants is worth the time.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:49:23pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:51:17pm

re: #24 William Lewis

I prefer stringing them along for as long as possible then say the FBI has been tracing the call and should be there any second. Never mind it doesn’t work that way, the sounds of them needing their brown pants is worth the time.

There are a number of videos on YouTube of people trolling such callers.

There are also those who specialise in the ones who call you up and say there’s something wrong with your computer and ask you to start Windows Remote Assistance so they can “help” you.

Those counter-criminals have tools to take over that person’s computer as they are setting up Remote Assistance, doing things like erasing critical files or even locking them out of their computer by setting a master log-in password then restarting the computer.

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:51:39pm

re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth

Can’t really comment on the cuteness, but it does remind me that I’m well insulated for swimming on crisp New England summer mornings.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:52:27pm

O_o

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Dopamine Fish  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:53:08pm

re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth

O_o

That’s fine. Nothing says they have to listen to him.

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Dopamine Fish  Jun 2, 2021 • 5:55:15pm

re: #26 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

There are a number of videos on YouTube of people trolling such callers.

There are also those who specialise in the ones who call you up and say there’s something wrong with your computer and ask you to start Windows Remote Assistance so they can “help” you.

Those counter-criminals have tools to take over that person’s computer as they are setting up Remote Assistance, doing things like erasing critical files or even locking them out of their computer by setting a master log-in password then restarting the computer.

There is a whole community dedicated to baiting scammers. I use that word intentionally because they call themselves “scambaiters”. Their origins lie in the deep history of the Internet with the Nigerian email scams, known as “419 scams” after Section 419 of the Nigerian penal code, which addresses such scams.

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Dopamine Fish  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:03:59pm

re: #11 jaunte

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:07:15pm

re: #21 William Lewis

I see they’re on the front page at NPR.

A Would-Be Trans And Queer Haven In Rural Colorado Just Wants To Be Left Alone

Yep. The RW nut jobs stirred up a hornets nest when they pulled their shit. The LBGT LGBT+ Communities & Allies all pulled together and provided both material & financial resources* to the ranch. There were some who went out to the ranch for the sole purpose of defending it. That was not something the rwnj’s expected. Nor did they expect the negative impression that such a move would leave in the area as the ranch is actually pretty well regarded. At this time they have seemed to back off. But, sadly, that can change at any time. And if it does, well we don’t abandon our sisters, we’ll go back if needed.

* I will proudly say I gave both. Materials ordered from Amazon & delivered to the ranch as well as cash to help feed the volunteers. That’s how much I believe in this place.

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Ace Rothstein  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:14:37pm

re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth

Good luck with that, murderer.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:15:48pm

re: #24 William Lewis

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:17:02pm
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JOE 🥓  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:19:07pm

First I was getting those Social Security scams. Now I am continually getting Medicare scams with a caller telling me my Medicare Part B benefits were frozen because I got services in Texas, North Dakota, Indiana or Florida (it’s ALWAYS one of those four!).

Which is funny because I don’t have Medicare Part B…

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No Malarkey!  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:23:29pm
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No Malarkey!  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:25:25pm

re: #35 jaunte

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Ace Rothstein  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:25:36pm

re: #37 No Malarkey!

George Floyd suffered permanent damage to his life.

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Acemarilllion  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:31:30pm

re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth

Skimming the filing, part of the argument is that Chauvin will be a target in the stir. And if he is granted parole he will be less of a target? I could make the argument he will be safer serving his sentence than parole.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:34:26pm

re: #40 Acemarilllion

Skimming the filing, part of the argument is that Chauvin will be a target in the stir. And if he is granted parole he will be less of a target? I could make the argument he will be safer serving his sentence than parole.

Lots of people are targets in prison. They just get put into solitary full time.

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EPR-radar  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:34:35pm

re: #40 Acemarilllion

Skimming the filing, part of the argument is that Chauvin will be a target in the stir. And if he is granted parole he will be less of a target? I could make the argument he will be safer serving his sentence than parole.

The obvious solution to that little problem is for Chauvin to serve his time (preferably a lengthy prison sentence) in solitary.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:36:48pm

Princesse de Dumballe, y’all

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EPR-radar  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:37:03pm

re: #38 No Malarkey!

The Federalist Society is fully committed to the wingnut version of free speech — wingnuts can say what they want without criticism, non-wingnuts get censored.

Free speech is just a special case of the wingnut approach to all laws.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:38:36pm

re: #43 The Pie Overlord!

AUUGH the screeching.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:40:02pm
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Patricia Kayden  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:47:11pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:47:19pm

re: #46 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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teleskiguy  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:57:58pm

Did y’all know that John Hinckley Jr. has a YouTube channel where he plays guitar and sings songs?

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A Cranky One  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:59:04pm

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 2, 2021 • 6:59:47pm

re: #47 Patricia Kayden

So, when are there sit-ins in Sinema’s and Manchin’s offices?

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plansbandc  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:05:17pm

re: #48 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Mayor Keller is totally cool. Got to meet him while he was campaigning. The Sheriff is a faux Dem.

I genuinely hope Keller wins again, but ABQ has a habit of not allowing Mayors two terms in a row. Mayors have had more than one term, but generally not without a break.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:06:23pm

re: #52 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Now, if you aren’t watching the video, you are probably imagining that the person speaking is some kind of cartoonish combination of Dana Carvey’s “Church Lady” and the reanimated rotting corpse of stupid dead Phyllis Schlafly. But no, it appears to be a younger person named Kara McKinney. We don’t know what happened to her to make her this way, cringing about the “grossy itty-bitty degenerate details” of everybody else’s naughty nookies. But here she is.

Apparently she thinks the “pride” in the seven deadly sins refers to “gay pride.” So she’s not the brightest star on OAN.

Speaking of bright stars, McKinney’s guest was Jesse Lee Peterson, a 72-year-old Black pastor and professional wingnut who last appeared on Wonkette when he was ASTOUNDED to learn that men go down on ladies’ crotch bits WITH THEIR MOUTHS. He said “men should not be doing that because it’s like eating out of a trash can.”

He said, “You have the dirt coming out, blood, other people’s sex stuff, disease, and y’all eat it out?” He was also horrified to learn that womenfolk also do those things to men with their own mouths. “I asked the women if there were many women who knew about this and I was stunned at the answer. I thought it was like a slut thing! I didn’t know normal women do that to men.” His friends reassured him that all women are sluts.

Peterson did not know all these things were so popular! He said later in the segment in question that women are not supposed to be having orgasms. “Any woman that’s climaxing is becoming a man, because it’s not normal for a woman to do that.” Got that? Orgasms? Not normal. Dirt coming out of the vaginas? That’s just how it works!

(more)

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:08:08pm

2021: My Craft Beer Collection

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:10:55pm

Ronna Romney McDaniel is complaining about the presidential debates three years from now, and if they don’t change the rules right now, the GOP will pull out.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:11:27pm
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Patricia Kayden  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:11:58pm
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Patricia Kayden  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:13:31pm

re: #50 A Cranky One

You’ve officially killed me!! I’m dead! 😂 😂

P.S. Cheesecake Factory is my favorite chain restaurant.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:16:09pm
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Dangerman  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:19:11pm

re: #43 The Pie Overlord!

Princesse de Dumballe, y’all

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Lara shops in target?

another data point that they are not billionaires

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KGxvi  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:19:44pm

re: #56 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Ronna Romney McDaniel is complaining about the presidential debates three years from now, and if they don’t change the rules right now, the GOP will pull out.

There’s no way a major party nominee skips the debates. First, it’s free tv to talk directly to voters. Second, if they don’t go there is going to be a week or two of “why are they hiding?” stories and mockery on the internet that will swallow up their ability to do any sort of campaigning. Every stop, every interview, every town hall will feature a “why won’t you debate your opponent? What are you afraid of?” question.

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Patricia Kayden  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:19:56pm

re: #51 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

That should be happening right now.

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:21:33pm
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EPR-radar  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:22:23pm

re: #62 KGxvi

There’s no way a major party nominee skips the debates. First, it’s free tv to talk directly to voters. Second, if they don’t go there is going to be a week or two of “why are they hiding?” stories and mockery on the internet that will swallow up their ability to do any sort of campaigning. Every stop, every interview, every town hall will feature a “why won’t you debate your opponent? What are you afraid of?” question.

True. This is just another Republican attempt to work the refs by whining, and it should be treated with the contempt it so richly deserves.

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KGxvi  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:25:20pm

re: #61 Dangerman

Lara shops in target?

another data point that they are not billionaires

I would t be surprised if they’re billionaires in the traditional “old money” sense… meaning they have assets worth at least a billion dollars. But they definitely are not liquid the way most “new money” is.

Plus, they’re grifters, so of course they’ll do the performative “this is what blue collar people do, right?” stuff in order to bilk a few extra bucks

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Jay C  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:26:35pm

re: #60 The Pie Overlord!

Only 70%?

I’m sure the RWNJ media will be sure to seize on this “abysmal” rating as proof positive that Joe’s “radical Marxist” policies are “destroying” his Presidency….

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Hecuba's daughter  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:27:06pm

re: #59 Patricia Kayden

You’ve officially killed me!! I’m dead! 😂 😂

P.S. Cheesecake Factory is my favorite chain restaurant.

I had fallen for the false report late last year that the Cheesecake Factory was closing all its stores. It was only seeing today’s comments here that I discovered that the chain is remaining open, and the reports of its demise were erroneous. Yay!!

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KGxvi  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:28:00pm

re: #64 jaunte

Swalwell can’t serve the papers himself. He needs someone who is not a party to the action to serve the papers. The most kick ass way would be to give the chair of every committee Brooks is on a copy of the papers and have them serve him if/when he shows up for a hearing

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jaunte  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:29:51pm

re: #69 KGxvi

I don’t know why Brooks thinks he can avoid getting served.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:30:06pm

re: #61 Dangerman

Lara shops in target?

another data point that they are not billionaires

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EPR-radar  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:31:27pm

re: #66 KGxvi

I would t be surprised if they’re billionaires in the traditional “old money” sense… meaning they have assets worth at least a billion dollars. But they definitely are not liquid the way most “new money” is.

Plus, they’re grifters, so of course they’ll do the performative “this is what blue collar people do, right?” stuff in order to bilk a few extra bucks

What I want to know about the Trumps is assets - liabilities. Given Trump’s demonstrated lack of business acumen (including bankrupting casinos and the single largest business loss tax write-off of all time) I think it reasonable to assume that his net worth is actually rather pitiful, and that Trump is permitted by his creditors to LARP as a rich guy only to improve their chances of getting paid because new marks get swindled.

It’s another instance of the old story: If you owe $50k to the bank that you can’t pay, you have a problem. If you owe $50 million to the bank that you can’t pay, the bank has a problem.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:32:07pm

Trump thinks he’s going to be reinstalled as President because a crackhead told him so.
This is what happens when you seek less and less reliable people in a mad quest to find someone who will tell you what you want to hear.

MyPillow Guy Says He ‘Probably’ Inspired Trump’s Idea of an August Restoration (The Daily Beast)

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:34:31pm

re: #68 Hecuba’s daughter

I had fallen for the false report late last year that the Cheesecake Factory was closing all its stores. It was only seeing today’s comments here that I discovered that the chain is remaining open, and the reports of its demise were erroneous. Yay!!

Not really false. As I remember it, at the beginning of the Pandemic they said they were going to stop paying rent. I think it was a ploy to get their landlords to negotiate (plus perhaps they got some govt funds). Not sure if all the factories will remain open.

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gocart mozart  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:40:48pm
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Ace Rothstein  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:41:29pm

re: #73 Punish Domestic Terrorists

It’s also another hustle for more money from his yokels.

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gwangung  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:42:30pm
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:42:52pm

Somehow I had never heard of this guy before, but this is some red-hot guitar playing:

Redd Volkaert at The Floyd Country Store 9-24-20

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Jay C  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:44:08pm

re: #72 EPR-radar

What I want to know about the Trumps is assets - liabilities. Given Trump’s demonstrated lack of business acumen (including bankrupting casinos and the single largest business loss tax write-off of all time) I think it reasonable to assume that his net worth is actually rather pitiful, and that Trump is permitted by his creditors to LARP as a rich guy only to improve their chances of getting paid because new marks get swindled.

It’s another instance of the old story: If you owe $50k to the bank that you can’t pay, you have a problem. If you owe $50 million to the bank that you can’t pay, the bank has a problem.

Yeah: I’ve always thought the old saw about Trump running for President mainly/solely to protect himself from legal liabilities relating to his shaky, scam-riddled finances wasn’t really a joke. I have considered this to be the sober truth for years now.

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calochortus  Jun 2, 2021 • 7:53:27pm

re: #32 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Yep. The RW nut jobs stirred up a hornets nest when they pulled their shit. The LBGT LGBT+ Communities & Allies all pulled together and provided both material & financial resources* to the ranch. There were some who went out to the ranch for the sole purpose of defending it. That was not something the rwnj’s expected. Nor did they expect the negative impression that such a move would leave in the area as the ranch is actually pretty well regarded. At this time they have seemed to back off. But, sadly, that can change at any time. And if it does, well we don’t abandon our sisters, we’ll go back if needed.

* I will proudly say I gave both. Materials ordered from Amazon & delivered to the ranch as well as cash to help feed the volunteers. That’s how much I believe in this place.

I could have sworn I saw somewhere (probably Ravelry-a site for fiber people) that the ranch was moving up to northern CO? Where they are now looks kind of marginal for all that livestock.

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plansbandc  Jun 2, 2021 • 8:05:14pm

re: #78 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

Would love to see him live. That’s pure sit and drink and enjoy the licks live music right there.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Jun 2, 2021 • 8:06:00pm

re: #77 gwangung

Since demographics for the town is split into male and female I’m going to assume they have no people of color and they only want to honor white people.

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Patricia Kayden  Jun 2, 2021 • 8:06:47pm

re: #77 gwangung

So much for freedom of speech, right? The Right wants to shut down speech.

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Patricia Kayden  Jun 2, 2021 • 8:11:47pm

re: #77 gwangung

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A Cranky One  Jun 2, 2021 • 8:35:18pm

re: #78 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

Somehow I had never heard of this guy before, but this is some red-hot guitar playing:

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When I was young, I wanted to be a musician. My dad had me talk with a number of great musicians, who all advised against it.

Having said that, he supported my goals and did what he could to help. As I got older, I had the opportunity to perform with some amazing musicians, whose shear talent blew me away.

I got mumps after entering college and lost hearing in one ear. Which basically put an end to my ambitions.

Since then, I’ve thought alot about the advice I was given early on. I observed that some of the phenomenal musicians I’d performed with were never successful or recognized. And I was advised that talent alone wasn’t enough. It appears that was good advice.

The point being there are a lot of great players out there who are barely scraping by.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 2, 2021 • 8:56:28pm

re: #80 calochortus

I could have sworn I saw somewhere (probably Ravelry-a site for fiber people) that the ranch was moving up to northern CO? Where they are now looks kind of marginal for all that livestock.

Nope. The ranch is staying there. And helping their neighbors.

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calochortus  Jun 2, 2021 • 9:00:11pm

re: #86 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Nope. The ranch is staying there. And helping their neighbors.

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There are more people raising alpacas down there? That’s a lot of alpaca wool! But, I suppose they’re pretty well adapted to altitude and dry weather.

Anyway, maybe what I saw was something about them moving down to where they are now, not the other way around. I wish them well.

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JOE 🥓  Jun 2, 2021 • 9:06:05pm

re: #68 Hecuba’s daughter

I had fallen for the false report late last year that the Cheesecake Factory was closing all its stores. It was only seeing today’s comments here that I discovered that the chain is remaining open, and the reports of its demise were erroneous. Yay!!

I love their Chicken Madeira!
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Belafon  Jun 2, 2021 • 9:08:15pm

Someone needs to explain to Sinema that Cornyn will turn on her the moment she is no longer useful.

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JOE 🥓  Jun 2, 2021 • 9:10:23pm

Justice Dept. secretly obtained New York Times reporters’ phone records during Trump administration

Now why would Trump do that to the paper that endlessly kissed his ass?

washingtonpost.com

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The GOP is a terrorist organization  Jun 2, 2021 • 9:15:49pm

San Francisco Giants to Wear Pride Colours on Uniform This Weekend, First in MLB

With this the Giants will become the first Major League Baseball club to wear pride colours on their uniforms during a game.

SHOP: San Francisco Giants Pride Colours Cap

“We are extremely proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community as we kick off one of the best annual celebrations in San Francisco by paying honor to the countless achievements and contributions of all those who identify as LGBTQ+ and are allies of the LGBTQ+ community,” said San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer in a statement released by the club.

VIRTUE SIGNALING!

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Targetpractice  Jun 2, 2021 • 9:16:23pm

re: #89 Belafon

Someone needs to explain to Sinema that Cornyn will turn on her the moment she is no longer useful.

I don’t think she really cares. It’s like how she keeps ducking any accountability for not being present for the vote last Friday. First it was total silence, then it was “she would have voted ‘yes,’” now it’s “sudden family emergency.”

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Targetpractice  Jun 2, 2021 • 9:41:52pm

Long and short of the Chauvin defense filing is that they’re asking for probation because the lack of a criminal record basically obligates them to, but their real hope is that the judge will buy into their plea that Derek’s gonna die in jail unless he gets a wrist-slap sentence way shorter than the mandated minimum. And they want the judge to wrap all three convictions together when doing the sentencing, so that Derek can be out just that much quicker.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Jun 2, 2021 • 9:47:04pm

The organizers ADMIT they did this on purpose because they did not want to hear the section of Lt. Col. Ketmer’s speech that dealt with the role of black Americans in originating Memorial Day. The Legion national command should expel the culprits immediately.
Veteran’s microphone cut off when he discusses Blacks’ role in establishing Memorial Day

What at first blush appeared to be a short audio malfunction at Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony in Markillie Cemetery turned out to be anything but.

A ceremony organizer turned off the microphone when the event’s keynote speaker, retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter, began sharing a story about freed Black slaves honoring deceased soldiers shortly after the end of the Civil War.

The microphone was turned down for about two minutes in the middle of Kemter’s 11-minute speech during the event hosted by the Hudson American Legion Lee-Bishop Post 464.

Cindy Suchan, who chairs the Memorial Day parade committee and is president of the Hudson American Legion Auxiliary, said it was either her or Jim Garrison, adjutant of American Legion Lee-Bishop Post 464, who turned down the audio. When pressed, she would not say who specifically did it.

Suchan said organizers wanted this part excluded because it “was not relevant to our program for the day,” and added the “theme of the day was honoring Hudson veterans.”

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TedStriker  Jun 2, 2021 • 9:50:32pm

re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth

O_o

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Targetpractice  Jun 2, 2021 • 9:56:27pm

re: #94 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

The organizers ADMIT they did this on purpose because they did not want to hear the section of Lt. Col. Ketmer’s speech that dealt with the role of black Americans in originating Memorial Day. The Legion national command should expel the culprits immediately.
Veteran’s microphone cut off when he discusses Blacks’ role in establishing Memorial Day

Cindy Suchan, who chairs the Memorial Day parade committee and is president of the Hudson American Legion Auxiliary, said it was either her or Jim Garrison, adjutant of American Legion Lee-Bishop Post 464, who turned down the audio. When pressed, she would not say who specifically did it.

$20 says these assholes believe that “cancel culture” is a thing and that, had this happened to a wingnut speaker, they’d want somebody’s head for it.

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Belafon  Jun 2, 2021 • 10:23:33pm

re: #84 Patricia Kayden

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Belafon  Jun 2, 2021 • 10:28:05pm
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Targetpractice  Jun 2, 2021 • 10:29:40pm

re: #98 Belafon

I don’t even know how he thought that sounded good in his head, let alone on a t-shirt.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Jun 2, 2021 • 10:33:23pm

re: #98 Belafon

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So he’s a catcher.

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plansbandc  Jun 2, 2021 • 10:39:09pm

re: #98 Belafon

I tweeted that he’s a gross pig. Because he is.

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Targetpractice  Jun 2, 2021 • 10:55:24pm

So the asshats are going with the “He persisted” defense, saying they asked Lt Col Ketmer to revise the speech and only cut the mic when they realized he had not done so.

Lt Col Ketmer says they asked for a “revision” less than 24 hours before he was to speak, sent him a copy with the “revisions” that did not show the sections they wanted changed highlighted as indicated, and he felt he lacked the time to properly write a new speech before his appearance.

Even if I had reason to question Lt Col Ketmer’s version of events (I don’t), it was still incumbent upon the people asking for revisions to speak with him before he approached the podium to make sure he’d made them. If they let him step up to the mic without knowing what he was going to say, then that’s on them and shows piss-poor management.

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EstebanTornado1963  Jun 2, 2021 • 11:11:27pm

Just got suspended for SEVEN days for this tweet, should’ve just tried to overthrow the government.😆😆😆

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EstebanTornado1963  Jun 2, 2021 • 11:17:10pm

re: #103 EstebanTornado1963

Apparently the pic doesn’t show up, but I called the Vegas Golden Knights coach a whiny little bitch because they lost to the AVS . That’s really an egregious offense according to Twitter

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A Three Hour Tour  Jun 2, 2021 • 11:25:29pm

re: #90 JOE 🥓

Justice Dept. secretly obtained New York Times reporters’ phone records during Trump administration

Now why would Trump do that to the paper that endlessly kissed his ass?

washingtonpost.com

Because Trump felt that the New York Times didn’t kiss his ass enough?

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plansbandc  Jun 2, 2021 • 11:32:41pm

re: #104 EstebanTornado1963

A week for that? And you’re right. He is a whiny little bitch. Also the Avs kicked ass.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Jun 2, 2021 • 11:32:55pm

I got two issues on my e-bike resolved. The front axle is secured, and the seat dropper post functions properly. My third and most major issue is not yet resolved. The battery refuses to charge. Maybe next week I’ll get to ride again. The company’s customer service has been good so far.

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ericblair  Jun 2, 2021 • 11:44:21pm
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jun 2, 2021 • 11:48:35pm

1970 EZ-listening version of music that played upon nostalgia for the immediately prior decade of top western TV shows:

music from bonanza and the high chaparral (1970) xanadu pleasure dome


The High Chaparral theme cover starts at 27:53

..

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jun 2, 2021 • 11:52:24pm

I find the original to be better:

The High Chaparral 1967 - 1971 Opening and Closing Theme

..

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Targetpractice  Jun 2, 2021 • 11:54:40pm

re: #108 ericblair

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So the genius is under federal investigation, knows he’s under federal investigation, and yet he thought it was smart to call a witness in said investigation. He truly does not comprehend just how fucked he is, he still thinks that he can wriggle his way out with help from Papa Gaetz or somebody who owes him a “favor.”

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jun 2, 2021 • 11:57:22pm

High Chaparral was probably the only western I watched regularly, other than Maverick.

And this gets me to last night’s lament over the canceled show Debris.

It seems to me that the soundtrack to a show is often more central to success than some may assume.

Debris was a total failure in this regard.

And this is where 1960’s (American) TV shows shined often - the producers hired some top composers for themes.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jun 3, 2021 • 12:09:10am

Rough start to the storm season in southern China:

Severe Thunderstorms, Strong Winds, Heavy Rains and Floods Hit Many Places in Guangdong China

China enters main flooding season, warnings issued for 5 rivers in 4 provinces

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Dread Pirate Ron  Jun 3, 2021 • 12:10:48am

re: #113 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Rough start to the storm season in southern China:

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How many of those were e-bikes?

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Dread Pirate Ron  Jun 3, 2021 • 1:13:20am

YouTube

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Dread Pirate Ron  Jun 3, 2021 • 1:21:09am

YouTube

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Dread Pirate Ron  Jun 3, 2021 • 1:24:31am

YouTube

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boredtechindenver  Jun 3, 2021 • 2:15:39am

re: #61 Dangerman

Lara shops in target?

another data point that they are not billionaires

I knew I remembered this story about Don and Ivana at Kmart:

montco.today

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Patricia Kayden  Jun 3, 2021 • 3:04:29am

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Dopamine Fish  Jun 3, 2021 • 3:53:12am

re: #96 Targetpractice

$20 says these assholes believe that “cancel culture” is a thing and that, had this happened to a wingnut speaker, they’d want somebody’s head for it.

Right-wingers are all for cancel culture; they just want to be the only ones allowed to do the canceling.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 3, 2021 • 3:54:34am

re: #120 Dopamine Fish

Right-wingers are all for cancel culture; they just want to be the only ones allowed to do the canceling.

Civil War monuments are Cancel Culture set in stone: cancelling treason, sedition and a society & economy based on slavery and oppression.

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Dopamine Fish  Jun 3, 2021 • 3:57:37am

re: #121 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Civil War monuments are Cancel Culture set in stone: cancelling treason, sedition and a society & economy based on slavery and oppression.

Which exactly illustrates my point. They’re so very upset at the removal of Confederate monuments, because in their heart of hearts, the Party of Lincoln believes the South should’ve won the war and they should be removing statues of Union heroes right now.

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darthstar  Jun 3, 2021 • 4:17:41am

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 3, 2021 • 4:24:44am

re: #123 darthstar

The fraud is described as so deep and heinous that they can spend the next three years trying to get to the bottom of it…

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darthstar  Jun 3, 2021 • 4:25:45am

re: #124 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The fraud is described as so deep and heinous that they can spend the next three years trying to get to the bottom of it…

The fraud is deep in anus.

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ericblair  Jun 3, 2021 • 4:31:33am

re: #122 Dopamine Fish

Which exactly illustrates my point. They’re so very upset at the removal of Confederate monuments, because in their heart of hearts, the Party of Lincoln believes the South should’ve won the war and they should be removing statues of Union heroes right now.

There’s some explanation in a current Atlantic article, where the usual rightwing hatemongers talk shop about how hard it is to profitably hate on Biden. The “cancel culture” bilge strikes a nerve, since our poor little racists now feel surrounded on all sides by people who will punish them for showing their asses.

Which means we’re winning the culture wars.

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darthstar  Jun 3, 2021 • 4:36:20am
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darthstar  Jun 3, 2021 • 4:45:26am
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darthstar  Jun 3, 2021 • 4:53:32am

Gaetz gate gets great.

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ericblair  Jun 3, 2021 • 4:55:32am

re: #127 darthstar

You wanted a market for commercial human spaceflight?

It’s here.

No, we’ll know that commercial spaceflight has really arrived when we hear a bunch of griping about the seats and movie selection. Astronauts have complained about the food for decades, so we’re well past that bit.

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darthstar  Jun 3, 2021 • 4:55:53am

re: #129 darthstar

Gaetz gate gets great.

Indeed he did.

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Dopamine Fish  Jun 3, 2021 • 4:56:03am

The Federalist Society really opened the door into their own faces this time.

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darthstar  Jun 3, 2021 • 4:57:26am

re: #130 ericblair

No, we’ll know that commercial spaceflight has really arrived when we hear a bunch of griping about the seats and movie selection. Astronauts have complained about the food for decades, so we’re well past that bit.

I just hope they put the flush button outside the lavatory door. Don’t want to get sucked out into space when flushing.

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Dangerman  Jun 3, 2021 • 4:59:35am

never mind….

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Dangerman  Jun 3, 2021 • 5:02:19am

re: #131 darthstar

Indeed he did.

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lawhawk  Jun 3, 2021 • 5:06:15am

re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth

Convicted murderer asks for time served. Yeah, the courts should not heed that call. The only question is whether they deliver a max sentence or something slightly less.

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lawhawk  Jun 3, 2021 • 5:08:19am

re: #129 darthstar

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Patricia Kayden  Jun 3, 2021 • 5:08:39am
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ericblair  Jun 3, 2021 • 5:09:37am

So it looks like United thinks it can make money on this. Apparently target service date is 2029, so I wouldn’t try booking your tickets yet.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 3, 2021 • 5:10:07am

re: #137 lawhawk

The coverup is almost always easier to prove than the underlying crime. In fact, the coverup (obstruction, witness tampering, etc.) almost always makes it easier for prosecutors to prove the underlying case.

Idiot learned nothing from the Nixon years…

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A Cranky One  Jun 3, 2021 • 5:11:53am

re: #123 darthstar

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The Beaver just turned 73
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Patricia Kayden  Jun 3, 2021 • 5:15:25am
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lawhawk  Jun 3, 2021 • 5:23:05am

re: #139 ericblair

One of the leading companies on supersonic aircraft went belly up this week, and others are struggling. Boom has a demonstrator test plane that they’ll be flying later this year, and the production plane is supposed to have 55 passengers, which is about half that of the Concorde. Size matters. United is betting that there’s a market for first class high speed flight point to point.

If they manage to overcome the sonic boom over land, then it opens up flight to more destinations and cross-country flights. Noise is one of the factors that severely limited Concorde destinations.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jun 3, 2021 • 5:23:32am

re: #139 ericblair

Folly.

Given the limited capacity, United will have to sell a seat for at least thrice what first class on an ordinary aircraft goes for.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jun 3, 2021 • 5:24:31am

re: #143 lawhawk

Perhaps United is signaling a belief that in the near future only the rich will be able to afford to fly?

It’s like back to the mid 20th century.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 3, 2021 • 5:25:04am

re: #145 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Perhaps United is signaling a belief that in the near future only the rich will be able to afford to fly?

It’s like back to the mid 20th century.

Rich people own their own damn airplanes…

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Dangerman  Jun 3, 2021 • 5:28:30am

The Trump Justice Department secretly seized the phone records of four New York Times reporters spanning nearly four months in 2017 as part of a leak investigation, the Biden administration disclosed on Wednesday,” the New York Times reports,

“It was the latest in a series of revelations about the Trump administration secretly obtaining reporters’ communications records in an effort to uncover their sources

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 3, 2021 • 5:55:08am

re: #87 calochortus

There are more people raising alpacas down there? That’s a lot of alpaca wool! But, I suppose they’re pretty well adapted to altitude and dry weather.

Anyway, maybe what I saw was something about them moving down to where they are now, not the other way around. I wish them well.

Yeah, they moved south to their current location. As for the wool, they combine it with the other Alpaca ranchers to be processed into assorted yarns and sell it online at tenaciousunicornranch.com

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No Malarkey!  Jun 3, 2021 • 5:59:14am

re: #68 Hecuba’s daughter

I had fallen for the false report late last year that the Cheesecake Factory was closing all its stores. It was only seeing today’s comments here that I discovered that the chain is remaining open, and the reports of its demise were erroneous. Yay!!

My son wants to go there for his 15th birthday in a couple of weeks.

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Dangerman  Jun 3, 2021 • 6:10:15am

Today’s electoral-vote.com

the FEC concluded that Pecker coordinated with the Trump campaign because Pecker had contact with Trump’s then-fixer, now jailbird, Michael Cohen. Cohen told Pecker that the company would be reimbursed. Cohen pleaded guilty to this offense (among others) and was sent to prison for it. So far, Trump himself has escaped any form of punishment for this campaign finance violation. The FEC considered taking action against Trump, but the Republicans on the Commission blocked all action saying that pursing the matter was not the best use of agency resources. Actually, the whole purpose of the FEC is to enforce election law.

Common Cause vice president Paul S. Ryan (not the politician) noted that all the people who did the dirty work for Trump have been punished, but Trump, who masterminded the scheme has walked. The Dept. of Justice could yet take action against Trump, but it has to move fast since the statute of limitations on this expires in August.

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Dangerman  Jun 3, 2021 • 6:11:57am

re: #148 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Yeah, they moved south to their current location. As for the wool, they combine it with the other Alpaca ranchers to be processed into assorted yarns and sell it online at tenaciousunicornranch.com

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jeffreyw  Jun 3, 2021 • 6:14:29am

YouTube

Good morning!

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Dangerman  Jun 3, 2021 • 6:20:01am
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Belafon  Jun 3, 2021 • 6:35:27am
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Mike Lamb  Jun 3, 2021 • 6:38:28am

re: #149 No Malarkey!

My son wants to go there for his 15th birthday in a couple of weeks.

He should start studying the menu now. He might be half way through by the time you guys eat there.

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Patricia Kayden  Jun 3, 2021 • 6:47:08am
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Belafon  Jun 3, 2021 • 6:47:26am

I hope to look this good at 60:

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Belafon  Jun 3, 2021 • 6:48:19am
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Belafon  Jun 3, 2021 • 6:49:34am
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darthstar  Jun 3, 2021 • 6:50:17am

Iceland apparently fresh out of virgins. They keep sacrificing drones. This one is pretty spectacular.

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Belafon  Jun 3, 2021 • 6:52:21am

If we could get moving faster on exporting vaccines ourselves:

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darthstar  Jun 3, 2021 • 6:55:53am

Bingo.

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JC1  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:02:23am

re: #146 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Rich people own their own damn airplanes…

They’ll still fly commercial sometimes. NYC billionaires with their own big jets still used the Concorde for day trips to Europe.

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lawhawk  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:03:49am

SCOTUS decisions dropping today.

First up: Van Buren v US. Misuse of computer systems by a cop to search LEO databases for money. An individual “exceeds authorized access” when he accesses a computer with authorization but then obtains information located in particular areas of the computer—such as files, folders, or databases—
that are off-limits to him. Barrett opinion, joined by Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh. Thomas wrote dissent, joined by Roberts and Alito.

UPDATE:
And that’s it. They’re done for the day. Van Buren is the first substantive review by the Supreme Court of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

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teleskiguy  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:03:54am

$825 for a bottle of Tito’s?!?

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:03:57am
The leftist scribe has become “a practitioner of manufactured controversy” for outlets like Fox News, say his stunned former colleagues.

The only change is that he’s doing it for white nationalists now. He’s always manufactured controversy.

Is Glenn Greenwald the New Master of Right-Wing Media? (The Daily Beast)

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darthstar  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:05:12am
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lawhawk  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:06:27am

re: #165 teleskiguy

Tito’s went from well drink to premium drink… and yet most people would be hard pressed to tell difference in a mixed drink situation.

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jaunte  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:08:11am

re: #165 teleskiguy

And $312 for water.

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teleskiguy  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:09:41am

$800 venue fee. Spend money so you can spend money.

Vegas. What a money pit.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:11:42am

re: #164 lawhawk

SCOTUS decisions dropping today.

First up: Van Buren v US. Misuse of computer systems by a cop to search LEO databases for money. An individual “exceeds authorized access” when he accesses a computer with authorization but then obtains information located in particular areas of the computer—such as files, folders, or databases—
that are off-limits to him. Barrett opinion, joined by Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh. Thomas wrote dissent, joined by Roberts and Alito.

Surprising mix. Gorsuch is somewhat unpredictable — but Barrett and Kavanuagh are unexpected. I was originally surprised by Roberts — but then, decided that he is a real fan of unconstrained police power, along with his clear fondness for voter suppression.

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Dangerman  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:13:51am

re: #162 darthstar

Bingo.

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All he had to do was read lgf months ago
We’ve been saying this all along

There are dozens of platforms
Lots of free speech options even with a twit and FB ban

Not free, captive audiences

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Dangerman  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:15:37am

re: #146 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Rich people own their own damn airplanes…

Tfg “owns” a big plane

Think he’d fly in it?

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teleskiguy  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:19:08am

Meanwhile on Mount Everest…

Photo credit: Mingma Dorchi Sherpa
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William Lewis  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:21:55am

re: #139 ericblair

So it looks like United thinks it can make money on this. Apparently target service date is 2029, so I wouldn’t try booking your tickets yet.

Looks like they aren’t waiting for the results of the NASA X-59 sonic boom reduction project so they must only be planning to fly supersonic over the oceans. Tickets are going to be obscenely expensive to hit breakeven if that’s the case as the Concord showed. These will either never go into service with United or the trips become a Veblen good and only the very rich will indulge in them.

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JOE 🥓  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:26:33am

re: #173 Dangerman

Tfg “owns” a big plane

Think he’d fly in it?

Does he own it or did the lease expire?

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Dangerman  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:26:34am

re: #167 darthstar

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Why a duck?

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:27:55am

re: #177 Dangerman

Why a duck?

Who the duck knows?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:28:37am

re: #174 teleskiguy

Meanwhile on Mount Everest…

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Yikes!

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Dangerman  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:31:33am

re: #171 Hecuba’s daughter

Surprising mix. Gorsuch is somewhat unpredictable — but Barrett and Kavanuagh are unexpected. I was originally surprised by Roberts — but then, decided that he is a real fan of unconstrained police power, along with his clear fondness for voter suppression.

Virtually an entire case based on interpreting the word “so”

Remember “definition of what ‘is’ is”?

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lawhawk  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:31:41am

re: #173 Dangerman

Tfg “owns” a big plane

Think he’d fly in it?

He owns a plan that is currently rotting at an Orange County NY airport because he can’t afford to fly it and do necessary repairs. There’s no way he’s buying a supersonic jet that would be even more expensive to buy and operate, even though he’d get prestige and status from doing so.

If he could get other people to pay for that… then yeah, he’d slap his logo feces all over it.

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Dangerman  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:32:47am

re: #174 teleskiguy

Meanwhile on Mount Everest…

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Still a challenge but not the kind it used to be

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steve_davis  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:33:24am

re: #75 gocart mozart

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a hockey game that has broken out during a fight.

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lawhawk  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:33:29am

re: #174 teleskiguy

Sweet merciful crap. Everyone in line to get up to the summit to stand there for a few minutes before heading back down. Conditions appear okay for the moment, but they can change on a dime, and that can turn the route into a death trap.

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Dangerman  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:35:07am

re: #176 JOE 🥓

Does he own it or did the lease expire?

He owns it

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Dopamine Fish  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:36:02am

re: #184 lawhawk

Sweet merciful crap. Everyone in line to get up to the summit to stand there for a few minutes before heading back down. Conditions appear okay for the moment, but they can change on a dime, and that can turn the route into a death trap.

Shades of 1996, methinks.

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:36:27am

re: #184 lawhawk

Sweet merciful crap. Everyone in line to get up to the summit to stand there for a few minutes before heading back down. Conditions appear okay for the moment, but they can change on a dime, and that can turn the route into a death trap.

Not to mention all the covid cases that spread through base camp. There have to be some compromised individuals with summit fever in there.

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Belafon  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:38:44am

Today, in 1992, Bill Clinton played the saxophone on the Arsenio Hall show.

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JOE 🥓  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:39:22am

re: #188 Belafon

Today, in 1992, Bill Clinton played the saxophone on the Arsenic Hall show.

Don’t you just love spellcheck?

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darthstar  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:40:02am

re: #177 Dangerman

Why a duck?

I suppose a cuck would work. Anyone got a pic of Eric Trump?

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No Malarkey!  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:41:03am

Please consider a donation to Strikepac. This ad is lit, and is the kind of hard hitting content Democrats will need to fire up our voters for the midterms.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:42:55am

re: #190 darthstar

I suppose a cuck would work. Anyone got a pic of Eric Trump?

I believe it was Junior’s wife who was fucking a Secret Service agent.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:43:24am

Expect the MAGAts to go nuts over this:

The U.S. Justice Department has reportedly launched an investigation into Blue Star Strategies, a consulting firm linked to President Joe Biden’s son, for potential illegal lobbying.

Hunter Biden sat on the board of Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company that was one of Blue Star’s clients. According to Politico, the Delaware U.S. Attorney’s Office is involved in the probe, as are lawyers in the National Security Division at the Justice Department’s Washington headquarters. The Delaware office is also investigating Hunter Biden for potential tax violations, the news outlet said.

Blue Star Strategies is a Washington lobbying and public affairs firm that also has offices in Brussels, Buenos Aires, Paris and Vienna.

The reported probe comes as Hunter Biden, who served on the board of Burisma from 2014-2019, has denied any wrongdoing with his work for the energy company, despite claims from former President Donald Trump and his allies there was a conflict of interest with his father serving as vice president in the Barack Obama administration.

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jaunte  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:48:13am
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teleskiguy  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:48:54am

re: #182 Dangerman

Still a challenge but not the kind it used to be

Compared to other 8,000M peaks (K2, Nanga Parbat come to mind) it’s not even that technical, its buttresses are harder to climb. But it’s the highest piece of earth on the planet, so fevered egos are inevitable, I guess.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:49:58am

re: #193 Eclectic Cyborg

Expect the MAGAts to go nuts over this:

The U.S. Justice Department has reportedly launched an investigation into Blue Star Strategies, a consulting firm linked to President Joe Biden’s son, for potential illegal lobbying.

I expect we will hear all about why this fellow is employed by the White House as a high level advisor with security clearances….

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lawhawk  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:50:26am

re: #186 Dopamine Fish

2019 was no slouch on the death toll, nor was 2014 or 2015 . There are deaths every year, but a narrow window of good weather means everyone trying to summit at the same time, causing bottlenecks at several key points, and those people who aren’t in good shape, lack oxygen, etc., can and do succumb.

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calochortus  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:50:43am

re: #148 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Yeah, they moved south to their current location. As for the wool, they combine it with the other Alpaca ranchers to be processed into assorted yarns and sell it online at tenaciousunicornranch.com

I was actually originally aware of their existence because of the alpaca yarn.

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Jay C  Jun 3, 2021 • 7:56:35am

re: #174 teleskiguy

Meanwhile on Mount Everest…

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Looks like those old photos of miners hiking the passes into the Klondike in 1898…..

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sizzzzlerz  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:02:41am

re: #78 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

Not being a big CW fan, i’d not heard of him either. Listening to the first 30 seconds of the video, though, convinced me this wasn’t his first time around the block. More investigating showed me he played in Merle Haggard’s band and has been playing for years. Fortunately, my library has one of his records so I’ll get that and decided if I want more.

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teleskiguy  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:03:36am
The winners have been named for the inaugural “Name That Plow” contest held by the Colorado Department of Transportation. CDOT teamed up with Governor Jared Polis and asked elementary school students (kindergarten through fifth grade) across the state to submit their best and most creative name ideas for 20 brand new CDOT snowplows joining the current fleet of plows in 2021. They received more than 1,100 entries, these are the winners:

The 20 winning names :
Abominable
Arctic King
Bigfoot
Blizzard
Cheese Ball
Darth Blader
Eisenplower
Fresh Plowder
Frosty
Jack Frost
Mr. Plow
Mr. Snowtastic
No-way Snow-day
Olaf
Plowzilla
Sno-way
Snow Crusher
Snowball
Snowtorious B.I.G.
Zebulon Ice

unofficialnetworks.com

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William Lewis  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:07:15am

re: #201 teleskiguy

Love Darth Blader :)

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makeitstop  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:07:57am

re: #170 teleskiguy

$800 venue fee. Spend money so you can spend money.

Vegas. What a money pit.

That’s why I’m only good for two days in Vegas, three, tops.

I just can’t get with the idea that you’re supposed to spend all of the money while you’re there.

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teleskiguy  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:08:37am

Charlie Watts turned 80 yesterday.

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No Malarkey!  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:13:14am
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JOE 🥓  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:13:55am

Swalwell: My Private Eyes Can’t Catch Up With Mo Brooks to Serve Capitol Riot Suit

Gee, I wonder why that asshole is evading being served?

thedailybeast.com

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plansbandc  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:14:48am

re: #201 teleskiguy

Big fan of Eisenplower. Guess he has the tunnel gig. :D

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jaunte  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:18:45am
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lawhawk  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:18:54am

Considering that pace of vaccination in US has slowed considerably, and supply is pretty plentiful in the US, delivering doses to other countries to help them get the vaccination rates up is a huge deal. The pandemic isn’t over just because the US has vaccinated.

Oh, and China has managed to massively expand their vaccination efforts in May. They’ve now gotten more than 700 million doses out, more than half of that in May. While the US is slowing down in vaccinations, China is accelerating their vaccination efforts.

The problem is that there are many other countries that are seriously lagging, due in large part to lack of access to vaccines in the first place. That’s particularly true for Africa and Central/South America. India is a known vaccination provider, but they’re still dealing with being overwhelmed by cases and lack of raw materials for vaccination production.

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sizzzzlerz  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:21:22am

re: #174 teleskiguy

Just finished Jim Davidson’s Everest book ,The Next Everest. He was on the mountain during the 2015 Nepalese earthquake that killed 19 people in base camp and thousands more throughout the country. He came back in 2017 and summitted this time and described the same problems of people forced to wait for slower climbers. On the way to the summit, he mentions seeing 3 bodies including one that died the previous day.

Pictures like this one show how crazy the touristization of the mountain has become. I hope the guide companies have become more responsible since ‘96, but I kind of doubt it. There’s too much money in it to turn away those that shouldn’t be there.

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lawhawk  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:21:54am
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jaunte  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:22:35am
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JOE 🥓  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:24:13am

re: #211 lawhawk

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Adding Oklahoma to the list of states to stay the hell out of including Florida, Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi.

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sizzzzlerz  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:26:27am

re: #203 makeitstop

That’s why I’m only good for two days in Vegas, three, tops.

I just can’t get with the idea that you’re supposed to spend all of the money while you’re there.

And then there is the “resort fee” hotels in Vegas add to every room that can reach $45/night at the bigger hotels. Then there’s no free parking even if you’re staying at the property, charging for internet service, and other fees that make visiting horribly expensive. With the gambling losses, I may as well throw my money into the fire.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:28:07am

re: #210 sizzzzlerz

Just finished Jim Davidson’s Everest book ,The Next Everest. He was on the mountain during the 2015 Nepalese earthquake that killed 19 people in base camp and thousands more throughout the country. He came back in 2017 and summitted this time and described the same problems of people forced to wait for slower climbers. On the way to the summit, he mentions seeing 3 bodies including one that died the previous day.

Pictures like this one show how crazy the touristization of the mountain has become. I hope the guide companies have become more responsible since ‘96, but I kind of doubt it. There’s too much money in it to turn away those that shouldn’t be there.

How does it even feel like an adventure when you’re in line like you’re at Disneyland? There was a time when climbers could think of themselves as exceptional people, but that time has passed.

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calochortus  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:28:35am

re: #211 lawhawk

re: #212 jaunte

As far as I can see from the quick read of a news article, this only applies to the Covid vaccine. Stupid, but not rolling back all vaccination requirements.

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:29:25am

re: #201 teleskiguy

Somewhat surprised that Plowy McPlowface didn’t show up.

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No Malarkey!  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:29:30am

re: #210 sizzzzlerz

Just finished Jim Davidson’s Everest book ,The Next Everest. He was on the mountain during the 2015 Nepalese earthquake that killed 19 people in base camp and thousands more throughout the country. He came back in 2017 and summitted this time and described the same problems of people forced to wait for slower climbers. On the way to the summit, he mentions seeing 3 bodies including one that died the previous day.

Pictures like this one show how crazy the touristization of the mountain has become. I hope the guide companies have become more responsible since ‘96, but I kind of doubt it. There’s too much money in it to turn away those that shouldn’t be there.

It’s like a way to weed people with more money than sense out of the gene pool.

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calochortus  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:30:25am

re: #215 Punish Domestic Terrorists

How does it even feel like an adventure when you’re in line like you’re at Disneyland? There was a time when climbers could think of themselves as exceptional people, but that time has passed.

Competitive tourism. There aren’t a lot of places left that you can go and everyone hasn’t already been. “When I summited Everest…”

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makeitstop  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:33:47am

re: #214 sizzzzlerz

And then there is the “resort fee” hotels in Vegas add to every room that can reach $45/night at the bigger hotels. Then there’s no free parking even if you’re staying at the property, charging for internet service, and other fees that make visiting horribly expensive. With the gambling losses, I may as well throw my money into the fire.

I’ve only ever been there for work, and by the third day the first thought in my head is ‘Get me out of here.’

I’ve never been that big on gambling anyway. Any time I’m in a gambling city, I limit myself to a 20 in a slot machine. If I end up with anything over double what I put in, I cash out. If I lose 20 I walk away.

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jaunte  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:34:48am

re: #216 calochortus

Stitt makes a lot of space for anti-vax sentiment, saying it should be a personal choice rather than a public health issue.

“They both have given all their children various vaccinations required for school and recommended by doctors,” the fact check said. “They both do not support changing current state law on mandated vaccines. They both believe these decisions should be made by the parent in consultation with doctors.”

The Tulsa-area private school that Stitt’s children have attended reported the highest rate of vaccine exemptions for kindergarteners in the state, at 24%, according to 2017-18 survey data from the state health department. The statewide rate was 2.2%, although many private schools declined to report.
oklahomawatch.org

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jaunte  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:35:48am

“So under vaccines, I believe in choice,” Stitt said. “And we’ve got six children, and we don’t vaccinate, we don’t do vaccinations on all of our children. So we definitely pick and choose which ones we do. It’s got to be up to the parents. We can never mandate that. I think there’s legislation that would mandate that to go to public schools - that’s absolutely wrong. My wife was homeschooled, I went to public schools, our kids go to a Christian school. And that’s back to a parent’s choice.”

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:37:22am

re: #222 jaunte

“So under vaccines, I believe in choice,” Stitt said. “And we’ve got six children, and we don’t vaccinate, we don’t do vaccinations on all of our children. So we definitely pick and choose which ones we do. It’s got to be up to the parents. We can never mandate that. I think there’s legislation that would mandate that to go to public schools - that’s absolutely wrong. My wife was homeschooled, I went to public schools, our kids go to a Christian school. And that’s back to a parent’s choice.”

Starting with a large family is the traditional alternative to vaccines.

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jaunte  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:39:16am

re: #223 Punish Domestic Terrorists

“So we definitely pick and choose which ones we do.”
That’s kind of scary for the experimental subjects.

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Barefoot Grin  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:40:29am

re: #223 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Starting with a large family is the traditional alternative to vaccines.

You have to think at least a couple will survive.

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calochortus  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:40:50am

re: #223 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Starting with a large family is the traditional alternative to vaccines.

As China is finding out, it may be hard to initially reduce family size, but once couples have the experience of fewer kids with a high survival rate, it’s even harder to get family sizes to increase.

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gwangung  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:41:06am

re: #222 jaunte

“So under vaccines, I believe in choice,” Stitt said. “And we’ve got six children, and we don’t vaccinate, we don’t do vaccinations on all of our children. So we definitely pick and choose which ones we do. It’s got to be up to the parents. We can never mandate that. I think there’s legislation that would mandate that to go to public schools - that’s absolutely wrong. My wife was homeschooled, I went to public schools, our kids go to a Christian school. And that’s back to a parent’s choice.”

Naw…the twit just believes in special rights for his chosen people. No more, no less.

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JOE 🥓  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:42:08am

re: #227 gwangung

Naw…the twit just believes in special rights for his chosen people. No more, no less.

He’s dumb enough to believe Jay-Zuss will protect his kids from getting sick.

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calochortus  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:45:28am

re: #228 JOE 🥓

He’s dumb enough to believe Jay-Zuss will protect his kids from getting sick.

Right. And does he eschew refrigeration because the Lord will keep his dairy products fresh without it?
Even if you are religious there is such a thing as using the tools provided to one.

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jaunte  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:46:09am

re: #229 calochortus

His wife was home-cooled.

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:46:39am

re: #214 sizzzzlerz

And then there is the “resort fee” hotels in Vegas add to every room that can reach $45/night at the bigger hotels. Then there’s no free parking even if you’re staying at the property, charging for internet service, and other fees that make visiting horribly expensive. With the gambling losses, I may as well throw my money into the fire.

I can testify that it’s easy to stay cheaply in Vegas as well (a $40 resort fee doesn’t mean as much if the base fee is $65). There are plenty of places to go and things to see that don’t cost anything like that.

For people who run up those huge bills, the high costs are an ego boost — they pay them so they can complain (=brag) about what they paid.

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jaunte  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:46:54am

In contrast with Ben Shapiro, who prefers the drying method.

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Dopamine Fish  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:47:00am

re: #229 calochortus

Right. And does he eschew refrigeration because the Lord will keep his dairy products fresh without it?
Even if you are religious there is such a thing as using the tools provided to one.

Something something body is a temple something something. It’s a bullshit argument, but Christians have used it for millennia to justify not getting some medical treatment or another.

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jaunte  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:48:49am

Meanwhile in Texas, Bush introduces the self-satirizing beer koozie.

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JOE 🥓  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:50:07am

OOPS!

Baked Al-ASS-ka fucked up again!

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Jay C  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:51:31am

re: #222 jaunte

“So under vaccines, I believe in choice,” Stitt said. “And we’ve got six children, and we don’t vaccinate, we don’t do vaccinations on all of our children. So we definitely pick and choose which ones we do. It’s got to be up to the parents. We can never mandate that. I think there’s legislation that would mandate that to go to public schools - that’s absolutely wrong. My wife was homeschooled, I went to public schools, our kids go to a Christian school. And that’s back to a parent’s choice.”

Also, for the Governor of a US State, Mr. Stitt seems remarkably unclear as to his state’s educational requirements…..
Though obviously, him being a Republican and all, bloviating faux-libertarian bullshit about “freedom” is the main point (with the obligatory shout-out to “Christian”)…
Asshole.

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A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:52:21am

Oh, by the way…

Western good morning!

Stay off the beaten track
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JOE 🥓  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:53:24am

re: #236 Jay C

Also, for the Governor of a US State, Mr. Stitt seems remarkably unclear as to his state’s educational requirements…..
Though obviously, him being a Republican and all, bloviating faux-libertarian bullshit about “freedom” is the main point (with the obligatory shout-out to “Christian”)…
Asshole.

The end result of Xtian Home “Skooling”

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jaunte  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:53:35am

re: #237 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!

Nice color combination!

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:54:58am

It’s amusing/sad to watch conservatives pretzel themselves by being pro-choice on vaccines but anti-choice on abortion and a whole bunch of other stuff.

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DodgerFan1988  Jun 3, 2021 • 8:58:21am
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JOE 🥓  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:08:50am
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BeenHereAwhile  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:12:18am

re: #168 lawhawk

Tito’s went from well drink to premium drink… and yet most people would be hard pressed to tell difference in a mixed drink situation.

I go with Smirnoff.

Ahmet Ertegun once told me when it came to vodka he preferred Smirnoff - to my surprise. And he went on to say, “it’s good vodka, and after the first drink, you can’t tell the difference between it and the more expensive brands.”

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:17:53am

re: #243 BeenHereAwhile

I like Absolut when I can get it, but Smirnoff is perfectly acceptable.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:18:29am

re: #198 calochortus

I was actually originally aware of their existence because of the alpaca yarn.

Same. I offered to order some for Beckie, but she said no thanks. Apparently it can be a pain to wok with because it’s so soft.

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Dopamine Fish  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:19:29am

re: #243 BeenHereAwhile

I go with Smirnoff.

Ahmet Ertegun once told me when it came to vodka he preferred Smirnoff - to my surprise. And he went on to say, “it’s good vodka, and after the first drink, you can’t tell the difference between it and the more expensive brands.”

I have (and drink) a lot of cheap booze at home, for precisely this reason. If I’m having drinks out somewhere, where I’m using restraint and drinking to enjoy, then I order nicer stuff.

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calochortus  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:22:40am

re: #245 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Same. I offered to order some for Beckie, but she said no thanks. Apparently it can be a pain to wok with because it’s so soft.

Yeah, it tends to be slick and inelastic compared to sheep’s wool. That said it is also lovely.
I think it’s odd that they don’t give sizes on at least some of their skeins (neither weight nor yardage) on their website. I’m sure you could ask, but I didn’t since I’m not in the market currently. The Bay Area just isn’t so cold that I need more cozy knits than I already have.

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calochortus  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:23:47am

Anyway, I need to get some things done this morning, so I’ll catch everyone later.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:26:04am

re: #246 Dopamine Fish

I have (and drink) a lot of cheap booze at home, for precisely this reason. If I’m having drinks out somewhere, where I’m using restraint and drinking to enjoy, then I order nicer stuff.

That’s one of the worst drugs of abuse. It ruined one of my friends when his job started drug testing and he switched from pot to booze.

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teleskiguy  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:29:28am

When I was a drinker I liked Stolychnaya, StoliO shots and StoliVanilla cokes.

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Dopamine Fish  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:30:43am

re: #250 teleskiguy

When I was a drinker I liked Stolychnaya, StoliO shots and StoliVanilla cokes.

I had a co-worker at a former company who would only drink Tito’s. We kept a handle of Tito’s behind the bar specifically for that reason. I had a few Tito’s and Cokes, and it was pretty good, but not such a standout that I would buy it on the regular.

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JOE 🥓  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:30:58am

OOPS! Looks like the Moron Church marks are embracing Trump just like every other cult!

A couple weeks back, there was a fair amount written highlighting the degree to which different faiths believed — or didn’t believe — the notion that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were near the top, with 46% nationwide believing the unsubstantiated conspiracy theories blaming widespread election fraud.

Nearly four out of five Trump voters in Utah believe the election was stolen from the ex-president, which includes some political independents and a whopping 71% of self-identified members of the Republican Party.

sltrib.com

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KingKenrod  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:32:55am

Please keep Michael Tracey in your thoughts today.

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Dopamine Fish  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:34:24am

re: #249 Punish Domestic Terrorists

That’s one of the worst drugs of abuse. It ruined one of my friends when his job started drug testing and he switched from pot to booze.

I have some control. I’ll admit, when I first started drinking, I was trying to drink through my depression, and that did NOT WORK. I managed to pull it back from the brink, and nowadays, while, yes, I still drink a fair amount, I feel like it’s by choice (I don’t feel like I “have” to drink) and I also have clear plans to stop drinking and go to bed.

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Teddy's Person  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:39:20am

I’m on jury duty today. They’re doing all jury selection remotely. So, I’m just waiting to see what happens. If no one contacts me by 4:30pm today, I’ve not been selected for a trial, and my obligation is complete.

Tito’s is my go to for vodka & tonic with lime.

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JOE 🥓  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:40:55am

The only time I can have any alcohol is when it’s in a dish like chicken Madeira or Marsala.

I can’t drink a shot, a beer or wine due to Humira, blood thinners and metformin.

At the Passover table I have to drink a glass of water while others have wine.

Diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis are such fun…

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The Pie Overlord!  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:42:25am

re: #256 JOE 🥓

At the Passover table I have to drink a glass of water while others have wine.

Z is diabetic and he drinks grape juice.

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JOE 🥓  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:45:15am

re: #257 The Pie Overlord!

Z is diabetic and he drinks grape juice.

The only juice Drs. let me drink is V8 😢

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JOE 🥓  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:47:36am

re: #253 KingKenrod

Please keep Michael Tracey in your thoughts today.

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Lou Reed - Vicious (audio)

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danarchy  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:49:32am

re: #208 jaunte

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I’d be curious what the job distribution looked like geographically. I think something like 25 states terminated the enhanced unemployment last month. If the job gains were evenly distributed despite that then I’d say it is pretty clear unemployment benefits had nothing to do with it.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:50:32am

re: #257 The Pie Overlord!

Z is diabetic and he drinks grape juice.

Is that OK? My diabetic friend isn’t even allowed to eat a banana.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:53:18am

Great news.

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JOE 🥓  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:54:11am

re: #261 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Is that OK? My diabetic friend isn’t even allowed to eat a banana.

I had to take several nutrition classes at Kaiser where we were told the most we can eat is half a banana. As for fruit we were told eat fruit but stay away from all fruit juices except V8 and we have to limit the number of tomato slices in a salad since tomatoes are considered a fruit.

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The Pie Overlord!  Jun 3, 2021 • 9:59:23am

re: #261 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Is that OK? My diabetic friend isn’t even allowed to eat a banana.

You can’t compare bananas and grape juice :)

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:04:01am
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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:04:38am

re: #264 The Pie Overlord!

You can’t compare bananas and grape juice :)

It’s obviously comparing bananas and grapes, which just sounds more interesting than apples and oranges, but I’d expect grape juice to have a lot more sugar.

I don’t think my friend is on insulin yet, which is probably the big difference. He has no way to compensate for more sugar intake.

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wrenchwench  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:05:36am
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Dopamine Fish  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:09:35am

HA!

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:09:38am

re: #267 wrenchwench

Dildo drones are going to be a thing from now on. That’s not something that goes away once someone thinks of it.

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JOE 🥓  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:10:31am

re: #269 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Dildo drones are going to be a thing from now on. That’s not something that goes away once someone thinks of it.

Well I sure hope they’re…unarmed… 😏

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:10:46am

re: #255 Teddy’s Person

I’m on jury duty today. They’re doing all jury selection remotely. So, I’m just waiting to see what happens. If no one contacts me by 4:30pm today, I’ve not been selected for a trial, and my obligation is complete.

Tito’s is my go to for vodka & tonic with lime.

I got it starting on the 25th of this month thru July 30th. Have to call every Friday-Sunday to check if I have been selected. Its put a kibosh on some plans I had for next month. :-(

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Dopamine Fish  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:11:31am

re: #270 JOE 🥓

Well I sure hope they’re…unarmed… 😏

I pity the fellow who goes unarmed into a battle of dildos.

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BeenHereAwhile  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:12:25am

re: #244 Eclectic Cyborg

I like Absolut when I can get it, but Smirnoff is perfectly acceptable.

When you consider that it was a WEA corporate joke that Ahmet used of one of their G II jets as if it was his personal aircraft - and no one said anything - I figured he would go for something more pricey and exotic than Smirnoff.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:12:55am

re: #268 Dopamine Fish

HA!

Our HIPAA guy commented that people tend to spell it incorrectly. I pointed out that he’d put a picture of a hippo on the guide, which was not helping with that.

He later disappeared mysteriously. He was just gone one day, and some people say he disappeared from his life, not just work.

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Teddy's Person  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:13:52am

re: #271 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

I got it starting on the 25th of this month thru July 30th. Have to call every Friday-Sunday to check if I have been selected. Its put a kibosh on some plans I had for next month. :-(

I’ve never had to be “on call” for a month. That sucks.

Is it because it’s a certain kind of jury or just how it’s done in your neck of the woods?

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wrenchwench  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:17:23am

re: #271 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

I got it starting on the 25th of this month thru July 30th. Have to call every Friday-Sunday to check if I have been selected. Its put a kibosh on some plans I had for next month. :-(

I report on the 14th. I’m hoping for a one-day non-selection.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:18:41am

re: #165 teleskiguy

$825 for a bottle of Tito’s?!?

1 chicken finger platter $75.00. 👀

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:19:07am

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:20:16am

re: #275 Teddy’s Person

I’ve never had to be “on call” for a month. That sucks.

Is it because it’s a certain kind of jury or just how it’s done in your neck of the woods?

Just how it done here. I’ve done it before years back. The 1st trial was interesting and I was excused for one other (you can sit on a jury multiple times during the month depending on trial length).
And yes it sucks.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:20:30am

re: #270 JOE 🥓

Well I sure hope they’re…unarmed… 😏

Gotta get that “liberal cum” somehow, donchano?

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JOE 🥓  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:23:20am

re: #280 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Gotta get that “liberal cum” somehow, donchano?

Cleveland Brown- Thats nasty sounbit

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:23:23am
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Teddy's Person  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:23:58am

re: #279 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Just how it done here. I’ve done it before years back. The 1st trial was interesting and I was excused for one other (you can sit on a jury multiple times during the month depending on trial length).
And yes it sucks.

I’d like to serve for a trial as some point just to experience the process.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:24:16am

CRS-22 launch in about 5 minutes.

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danarchy  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:24:30am

re: #255 Teddy’s Person

I’m on jury duty today. They’re doing all jury selection remotely. So, I’m just waiting to see what happens. If no one contacts me by 4:30pm today, I’ve not been selected for a trial, and my obligation is complete.

Tito’s is my go to for vodka & tonic with lime.

Oh geez you just reminded me I got a jury duty summons in the mail last week. Around here you can postpone it for up to a year with no reason, so I will probably do that but I am glad you reminded me or I would have completely forgotten.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:24:54am

re: #280 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Gotta get that “liberal cum” somehow, donchano?

MAGAt lard is the best. Plentiful and cheap, a little rancid though.

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TedStriker  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:25:12am

re: #273 BeenHereAwhile

When you consider that it was a WEA corporate joke that Ahmet used of one of their G II jets as if it was his personal aircraft - and no one said anything - I figured he would go for something more pricey and exotic than Smirnoff.

Well, even back in the day, who would say no to Ahmet?

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:25:55am

re: #118 boredtechindenver

I knew I remembered this story about Don and Ivana at Kmart:

montco.today

[Embedded content]

Almost missed this. Look at that pic of Ivana. She’s a damn near spitting image of Kellyanne Conway.

Yikes.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:26:31am

re: #283 Teddy’s Person

I’d like to serve for a trial as some point just to experience the process.

It is interesting. You actually get to participate in the process and it can be an eye opener.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:26:57am

re: #281 JOE 🥓

Hey. The dude put it on his tee shirt!

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:28:01am

T-2 minutes Propellant loading complete.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:28:30am

re: #290 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Hey. The dude put it on his tee shirt!

Are we sure that wasn’t photoshopped? No matter how long I let the concept of this guy’s shirt roll around my head, it never makes any sense from any perspective.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:29:53am

re: #292 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Are we sure that wasn’t photoshopped? No matter how long I let the concept of this guy’s shirt roll around my head, it never makes any sense from any perspective.

Honestly who knows. Maybe it said Liberal Tears” and someone ‘shopped it.

294
Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:30:55am

vroom, no boom.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:31:27am

re: #293 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Honestly who knows. Maybe it said Liberal Tears” and someone ‘shopped it.

That’s the only way it makes sense to me, but the hate-right are extremely wacky, so who knows?

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:32:21am

Meco & stage seperation

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:32:56am

MVAc start up & boost back burn.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:35:53am

Entry burn.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:37:56am

re: #295 Punish Domestic Terrorists

That’s the only way it makes sense to me, but the hate-right are extremely wacky, so who knows?

Nothing these days is too weird. Nothing.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:38:00am

Landing burn & stuck it again.

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Belafon  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:43:29am

re: #289 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

It is interesting. You actually get to participate in the process and it can be an eye opener.

I did a local trial where a 19 nineteen year old represented himself. I’ve mentioned that watching people make fools of themselves makes me physically ill. Imagine sitting through that.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:43:46am

And capsule separation. Thus ends this annoying live posting thread. :-)

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:47:58am

RE 301: Thus proving the old adage that the worst client a Lawyer can have (beside tRump) is her/himself.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:48:08am
During one conversation this week, a reader chastised us for not reporting about the dangers of COVID-19 vaccines. She scolded us for not reporting “the other side.” And while a classic textbook definition of journalism is getting all sides to a story, not all sides should be afforded equal weight. That doesn’t set well with many folks, but it’s the truth. Journalists aren’t stenographers and their obligation is to the truth, as best it can be ascertained. And yet that means that we must make reasonable judgments about facts, their context, and must be able to support what we write by credible, accepted sources.

Falling in love with our mythology while ignoring our history (Daily Montanan)

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lawhawk  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:49:34am

1/6 insurrection indictment watch: Oath Keeper adjacent edition:

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Khal Wimpo (exhaling for 1st time in 4 yrs)  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:53:47am

This entire thread is full of drive-by Seb Gorka kinkshaming snark, and I am here for it

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jun 3, 2021 • 10:54:59am

re: #304 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Falling in love with our mythology while ignoring our history (Daily Montanan)

Great article.

Doubt it’ll change Republican minds. They want the myth. Shining facts on Republicans is like shining sunlight on a vampire.

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A Three Hour Tour  Jun 3, 2021 • 11:01:47am

re: #296 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Meco & stage seperation

*Plays Disco STAR WARS theme*

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Jun 3, 2021 • 11:09:09am

re: #306 Khal Wimpo (exhaling for 1st time in 4 yrs)

That looks so unnatural.

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jeffreyw  Jun 3, 2021 • 11:38:07am

re: #274 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Our HIPAA guy commented that people tend to spell it incorrectly. I pointed out that he’d put a picture of a hippo on the guide, which was not helping with that.

He later disappeared mysteriously. He was just gone one day, and some people say he disappeared from his life, not just work.

The Hipoos got him. Sad

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BeenHereAwhile  Jun 3, 2021 • 1:02:54pm

re: #287 TedStriker

Well, even back in the day, who would say no to Ahmet?

Not even Mo or Joe.


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