Seth takes a closer look at a book that reveals shocking new details about the Trump administration’s criminally negligent response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Liam Neeson latest movie. Looks intense as hell. Unfortunately it’s a Netflix production.
you’re not teaching my kid critical race theory pic.twitter.com/IaDvNBpqkJ
— blaire erskine (@blaireerskine) June 23, 2021
If he was a libertarian, he wouldn’t have given you one. If you were a libertarian, you wouldn’t have asked. https://t.co/7OUAfjSAOq
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) June 24, 2021
— Possum Every Hour (@PossumEveryHour) June 24, 2021
how in the unbridled relentless fuck is it only Wednesday?
re: #6 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
how in the unbridled relentless fuck is it only Wednesday?
Funny, I was just thinking about how quickly this week has been going by. Maybe it’s because I’m enjoying the quiet of being in a mostly empty office too much.
Memories of riding the Lincoln Highway (Rt. 30) in Pennsylvania and seeing the famous Noah’s Ark Hotel where you could see Maryland, West Virginia’s panhandle and Pennsylvania…until it burned down in 2001…
“GOP base voters … now believe CRT is America’s biggest problem.”
Republicans can’t solve real problems, so they manufacture problems that they can blame on the left.
CRT is a manufactured problem. https://t.co/shao08RBWi— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) June 24, 2021
re: #9 No Malarkey!
Don’t call them 🐑 though.
re: #8 JOE 🥓
Memories of riding the Lincoln Highway (Rt. 30) in Pennsylvania and seeing the famous Noah’s Ark Hotel where you could see Maryland, West Virginia’s panhandle and Pennsylvania…until it burned down in 2001…
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I remember driving by that in the late-80s since I’d often drive that stretch of US-30 when traveling between DC and Pittsburgh and not wanting to use the turnpike. (Due to tolls and lots of trucks on the turnpike, plus US-30 being more fun of a drive to do along with cheaper gas prices.)
re: #11 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I remember driving by that in the late-80s since I’d often drive that stretch of US-30 when traveling between DC and Pittsburgh and not wanting to use the turnpike. (Due to tolls and lots of trucks on the turnpike, plus US-30 being more fun of a drive to do along with cheaper gas prices.)
now and then we’d stop at the “real” Roadside America Indoor Miniature Village in shartylsville
re: #9 No Malarkey!
Mr. Sykes shows another example of this sort of phenomenon he calls “shark attack politics” right at the end of the article.
It’s the burning question of our times. pic.twitter.com/fnCEghTHvD
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 22, 2021
This is not going to play out well pic.twitter.com/HJwZOcZFSH
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 24, 2021
Foxnooz vs. the U.S. military.
re: #10 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Don’t call them 🐑 though.
Every single one of them. It takes nothing to brainwash willing listeners who are searching for some “greater” purpose to serve, especially when the purpose aligns with their pre-existing biases.
Dear Intern, I was using my desktop calendar to make a monthly note of when I started my menstrual period, but after several months I realized I was making that note on a calendar I shared with all of my colleagues company wide. I was 37 years old.
— Caissie (@Caissie) June 18, 2021
re: #6 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
how in the unbridled relentless fuck is it only Wednesday?
Tomorrow is my last work day this week because, on Friday, I have to drive my son 2.5 hours from here to get to a Texas DMV we could get an appointment at to get his learners permit.
re: #16 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Then *I* would be like, “Who keeps writing ‘Roll Tide’ in my calendar every month?” forgetting it had been me. 🤣
— Caissie (@Caissie) June 18, 2021
re: #8 JOE 🥓
Memories of riding the Lincoln Highway (Rt. 30) in Pennsylvania and seeing the famous Noah’s Ark Hotel where you could see Maryland, West Virginia’s panhandle and Pennsylvania…until it burned down in 2001…
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Perhaps if I win the lotto I can build a boat on Panorama Point here, where you can do the same.
The guy who owns that ranch hasn’t figured out how to monetise tourism.
re: #17 Belafon
Tomorrow is my last work day this week because, on Friday, I have to drive my son 2.5 hours from here to get to a Texas DMV we could get an appointment at to get his learners permit.
It sounds like Texas is trying to make driving as hard as they are trying to make voting.
Our DMV in my county is only open four hours on one day a month. Getting a driving test is like trying to pull teeth with pliers on an awake tiger.
re: #19 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Perhaps if I win the lotto I can build a boat on Panorama Point here, where you can do the same.
The guy who owns that ranch hasn’t figured out how to monetise tourism.
Since Earth is flat and Panorama Point, Nebraska is higher in elevation than Denver, you can put your car in neutral and roll downhill right to the Sixteenth Street Mall.
re: #6 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
how in the unbridled relentless fuck is it only Wednesday?
Well, see, yesterday was Tuesday.
re: #24 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Edward Snowden has inside info suggesting that everyone, including Julian Assange, will someday die of something
Europe should not extradite those accused of non-violent crimes to a court system so unfair—and prison system so cruel—that native-born defendants would rather die than become subject to it. Julian Assange could be next.
Until the system is reformed, a moratorium should remain. https://t.co/tUociySmVy— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) June 23, 2021
re: #14 jaunte
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Foxnooz vs. the U.S. military.
They also conveniently ignore the fact that the DOD has been calling America’s racism problem a threat to National Security… since like forever.
re: #26 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
It absolutely, nail-spittingly, fucking infuriating to me that I still see people that know all the ratfucking the Russians have done, and now know that Glenn Greenwald actually is the piece of shit we told them he was for years… *STILL* prop-up Snowden like he’s not a Russian active measure.
Is there hope that Fox News has finally gone too far to attack the Army?
Remember how Dad gloated over McCarthy getting slammed by Joseph Welch!
re: #26 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Bless their hearts, both of them. And, Edward, stay on the ground floor, whatever you do.
re: #27 Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David
They also conveniently ignore the fact that the DOD has been calling America’s racism problem a threat to National Security… since like forever.
Yup. The military has been falling apart ever since the Red Tails showed that black folk could fly fighters and that Hawaiian’s of Japanese descent could kill Germans as well as white people.
And then Harry Fucking Truman integrated the whole damn military in ‘48! Horrors and Nightmares!
By the way, we saw Hot Club of Cowtown play their first live show in 16 months tonight at The Continental Club’s early show. They absolutely kicked ass.
Unfortunately, as we were walking back to the car, Critical Race Theory robbed me of my wallet and White Privelege.
Traumatizing, I tell ya, traumatizing.
Yanks won in the ninth inning. Best game ive been to in years.
This was perhaps the most impactful day so far in Jan 6 prosecutions. Here’s why==> pic.twitter.com/A3Crwn779r
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) June 24, 2021
Not linking to a wingnut Christian apologist.
“Both Sides” are lying to you about Critical Race Theory.
It is not really a benign esoteric academic field of study, nor is it trying to convince your children that they are responsible for all the ills of society because of the colour of their skin.
You see it really is a racist recasting of history by those who promote it, and a cynical ploy by those who seek to denigrate it to hide real racist history.
But they are wrong too.
It is really an atheistic satanic plot to divide and conquer the USA and usher in the rule of Satan. Emphasis repeatedly on atheistic plot.
re: #20 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It sounds like Texas is trying to make driving as hard as they are trying to make voting.
Our DMV in my county is only open four hours on one day a month. Getting a driving test is like trying to pull teeth with pliers on an awake tiger.
It’s all about making it hard to get an ID since you go to a DMV to get just a simple, non-license ID.
re: #35 Belafon
It’s all about making it hard to get an ID since you go to a DMV to get just a simple, non-license ID.
But when it comes to a gun heck just go get one and Governor Ironside will kiss your ass!
re: #33 Punish Domestic Terrorists
One other note from a very busy day in Jan 6 prosecutions.The judge at sentencing hearing bluntly criticized the “conspiracy theory” that the FBI was somehow involved in Insurrection. And he specified this clearly was NOT a “peaceful protest” Truth reigns
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) June 24, 2021
and
Judge Lamberth sentencing 1/6 defendants: “I’m espec troubled by the accounts of some members of Congress that 1/6 was just a day of tourists walking through the Capitol. I don’t know what planet they were on. . This was ..intended to halt the very functioning of our government.”
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 24, 2021
I do not know if this was the same judge in both Tweets, but Judge Lamberth has been around a very long time and was appointed to the bench by Reagan. He was also the FISA court judge. He probably has more insight into national security than any other judge out there.
An angry Laura Ingraham says she’s totally outraged over General Milley after she suggests withholding funding to the military pic.twitter.com/wApq1qytRV
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 24, 2021
Defund the Military is the rallying cry for Fox News.
re: #38 DodgerFan1988
Nice. Fox and the QAP first turn on police and now they turn on the military…
Catholic Archbishop Paul Gallagher (from the United Kingdom, serves in the position of Secretary of Relations for States at the Holy See), has written a letter to the Italian Parliament demanding Italy reject the so-called Zan Law.
This bill would expand on the law which punishes violence based on race or religion with four years in jail. It expands the reach of the law to attacks based on women, LGBT, or disability.
It has already passed the Chamber of Deputies, despite the team up of the Catholic Church and far-right groups to stop it.
The Catholic Church’s position is that the proposed expansion of the law (to punish violence against women, LGBT, or the disabled), is a violation of Catholic freedom-of-thought.
The Church argues the proposal violates the Lateran Treaty. (Apparently that treaty includes allowing violence against women, disabled, and LGBT as a matter of Catholic Doctrine and state policy.)
Vatican urges Italy to change proposed law that would criminalize homophobia (New York Daily News, more at the link)
The bill passed by a wide margin. Several deputies view this as inappropriate interference by a foreign power in Italian affairs.
re: #39 JOE 🥓
Nice. Fox and the QAP first turn on police and now they turn on the military…
They turned on them only because the institutions failed to support Trump’s Big Lie.
re: #41 Hecuba’s daughter
They turned on them only because the institutions failed to support Trump’s Big Lie.
Yes, but they did. Their “we support the X” couldn’t take any kind of push back.
June 23 marks the fifth anniversary of the day the United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave the European Union. Here’s a look at some of the most memorable moments of Brexit pic.twitter.com/0zM34pVqZx
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 23, 2021
From @thelilynews: Navajo Nation celebrates its first official Pride parade after a devastating year https://t.co/vE0v4hN9E5
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 21, 2021
re: #42 Belafon
Yes, but they did. Their “we support the X” couldn’t take any kind of push back.
The Capitol police may have upheld the law but I wouldn’t assume that police departments elsewhere throughout the nation were not sympathetic to the insurrectionists.
re: #19 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Perhaps if I win the lotto I can build a boat on Panorama Point here, where you can do the same.
The guy who owns that ranch hasn’t figured out how to monetise tourism.
What was unwritten about the place on US-30 was “on a clear day”. With the usual clouds or haze the view was not quite that distant.
re: #38 DodgerFan1988
Laura Ingraham knows you can’t “withhold funding from the military.”
She also knows the Republican base which watches her show knows nothing about how government works.
Suggested topics to follow by Twitter if you look at Alessandra Mussolini’s account there:
Elon Musk
Joe Rogan
South Dakota
Tom Brady
Bill Belichick
re: #39 JOE 🥓
Nice. Fox and the QAP first turn on police and now they turn on the military…
They turn on anybody who will not toe the racist, xenophobic misogynist, homophobic line.
re: #51 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And religious (their religious).
Jared and Ivanka Ditch Daddy and Try to Launder Four Years of Filth (Molly Jong-Fast at Daily Beast)
If you believe what you’re reading now about how they tried their darndest to do good, you deserve what you get.
It was just six days after Jared Kushner announced his book deal, promising “the definitive, thorough recounting of the administration and the truth about what happened behind closed doors,” that CNN ran an article headlined “Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner distance themselves from the former President and his constant complaints.”
About that book, you’re gonna get the “truth” from Jared like you’re going to get Diet Coke from a cow or a coherent thought from Junior. And about that article, “try” is the operative word here, as the plastic duo aim to launder their reputations but the last four years aren’t going to come out in the wash with a silly article about how they’re just regular, relatable folks trying to manage an annoying, overbearing and over-the-hill patriarch.
Wow, it’s a sham for sure but there’s no cleaning product or line of talk on the record or on background to friendly reporters that’s going to remove the stains from their reputations.
(more)
Jared is far from the only Trumpist with a book on the horizon. Kellyanne Conway has a book coming and Mike Pence has two. These people are all going to try and launder their terrible reputations. They are going to lie to you and tell you that they tried, that they wanted to control Trump, that they were a “moderating force.” That they stopped Trump from doing the really bad stuff.
Do not believe them. Do not give these people the benefit of the doubt. The bad stuff happened. These people didn’t prevent anything. They’re just looking to clean up and cash out after hitting the exit doors.
re: #55 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
They certainly knew before they started who they were getting into bed with, but were still nonetheless astounded that he was that truly awful…
re: #38 DodgerFan1988
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Defund the Military is the rallying cry for Fox News.
Lots of luck with that, Guano Girl. Even the most venal sold-out low-life Repug Congress-slime has bases or at least contractors in the home district. Vote against the Pentagon, guess where the close-axe falls?
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“We’re a republic, not a democracy.”
Six of the most annoying words in U.S. political, & especially U.S. conservative, discourse.
It’s B.S., so I rebutted & debunked it in my #minirant, citing Madison, Hamilton, & Lincoln along the way.
Pls watch/share:pic.twitter.com/mdxHzhUEmS— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) June 24, 2021
This looks horrible
BREAKING: Multi-level building collapse reported in Surfside, Florida. Multiple emergency agency’s responding. #miami
pic.twitter.com/xDlVUeTfle— Izzy (@YWNReporter) June 24, 2021
re: #64 BigPapa
Looks like a big part of the building just sheared away:
BREAKING: Multi-level building collapse reported in Surfside, Florida. Multiple emergency agency’s responding. #miami
88th and Collins. pic.twitter.com/Di3NfoBB2R— Izzy (@YWNReporter) June 24, 2021
re: #65 Dread Pirate Ron
Looks like an apartment building. Any Lizards know what that building was?
MBPD and @MiamiBeachFire are assisting the Town of Surfside at a partial building collapse located at 8777 Collins Avenue in Surfside, Florida. Multiple police and fire agencies from across Miami-Dade are assisting. Please follow @MiamiDadeFire for updated information. pic.twitter.com/8tORIfZfjY
— Miami Beach Police (@MiamiBeachPD) June 24, 2021
re: #69 Dread Pirate Ron
Infrastructure! Building standards!
Critical Race Theory stole my foundations!
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(Yes I know. Not funny.)
Holy shit - some before/after photos.
The original building
The building now
The amount of the building which collapsed is just horrible.
BREAKING: Multi-level building collapse reported in Surfside, Florida. Multiple emergency agency’s responding. #miami pic.twitter.com/Zh2r8Ja70S— Izzy (@YWNReporter) June 24, 2021
From what I read elsewhere, this was a 135 unit condo building.
Maybe a sinkhole opened up in the building foundation? Florida is notorious for sinkholes, though from what I’d read, it’s more west central Florida that gets sinkholes the most, owing to its geology.
re: #57 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Lots of luck with that, Guano Girl. Even the most venal sold-out low-life Repug Congress-slime has bases or at least contractors in the home district. Vote against the Pentagon, guess where the close-axe falls?
General Officers/Flag Officers often have PhDs, and read constantly. I’m sure Milley has read what he said he read, and much much more. But conservatives just consider them knuckle-dragging beat cops with more toys.
And just FYI, if your goal is to seize power undemocratically, pissing off the Chief of Defense, as well as the FBI leadership seems suboptimal.
re: #71 Dr Lizardo
Looks like the area just to the left of the corner balconies (in the second photo of the building, when it was intact) was the structural failure point.
Horrifying news out of Miami Dade. Champlain Towers South, on the beach, has mostly collapsed.
Everything in pink is collapsed.
Follow @OfficialJoelF for the latest. pic.twitter.com/tJPRMQEpgx— David Wasman🏰 Founder: Theme Parks in Minecraft💫 (@therealduckie) June 24, 2021
JFC, that’s most of the building that collapsed. Yeah, this is gonna be bad.
This was the building that collapsed: Champlain Towers South.
Champlain Towers South - one of three towers comprising the Champlain Towers oceanfront condominium development in Surfside - rises 12 stories. Completed in 1981, Champlain Towers South has 136 condo residences comprised of one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 1,200 to 4,500 square feet. The spacious residences at Champlain Towers East feature open floor plans with views of the Atlantic Ocean, deep balconies, and floor-to-ceiling glass windows.
The amenities at Champlain Towers South include a heated pool, hot tub, sauna, gym, BBQ area, and valet parking. Most importantly, Champlain Towers South offers direct access to the beach.
Champlain Towers South is located at 8777 Collins Avenue in Surfside, Florida. Within walking distance of Champlain Towers South condominium are a Publix grocery store, tennis center, fine-dining restaurants and bar at the Four Seasons, the North Shore Open Space Park, and luxury shops and restaurants at Bal Harbour Shops. By car, Champlain Towers South is 17 minutes from South Beach Beach, 20 minutes from the Aventura Mall, and 30 minutes from the Miami International Airport.
There were only three condo units available for sale, as per a Miami real estate website.
Barrier islands are notoriously bad, and given the geology of Florida it was probably built on rather porous limestone.
Whether it was a sinkhole? I don’t know, as I doubt there is much freshwater there, it would be most likely salt water intrusion.
Of course the real question is whether the builder made any shortcuts that inherently made the building weak.
re: #77 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The part of the building that collapsed is the part of the building where the underground parking garage was located. I can’t help but wonder if that had something to do with it; I wouldn’t be surprised if that garage hadn’t seen its share of hurricane-related flooding over the last four decades which caused hidden damage in the garage. That hidden damage ultimately reaches a critical point and leads to a catastrophic structural failure.
re: #78 Dr Lizardo
But a properly built steel frame/concrete building should withstand water.
Now the problem is salt water intrusion.
While something might have corroded in the structure, my suspicion is that under the parking garage water movement may have removed a lot of supporting material.
That part of Florida’s geology is all about the Miami Limestone formation, which is a very young rock (from the past 100k years or so.)
The investigation, which could go on for a long time, could be a shocker. Either the builder did cut corners, or geologists may conclude that the entire area is unsuited for these large buildings.
re: #79 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
But a properly built steel frame/concrete building should withstand water.
Now the problem is salt water intrusion.
While something might have corroded in the structure, my suspicion is that under the parking garage water movement may have removed a lot of supporting material.
That part of Florida’s geology is all about the Miami Limestone formation, which is a very young rock (from the past 100k years or so.)
The investigation, which could go on for a long time, could be a shocker. Either the builder did cut corners, or geologists may conclude that the entire area is unsuited for these large buildings.
And then we will watch the local politicians fight the geologists because development and the associated money trumps science.
re: #72 ericblair
General Officers/Flag Officers often have PhDs, and read constantly. I’m sure Milley has read what he said he read, and much much more. But conservatives just consider them knuckle-dragging beat cops with more toys.
And just FYI, if your goal is to seize power undemocratically, pissing off the Chief of Defense, as well as the FBI leadership seems suboptimal.
From Wikipedia:
Milley graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics in 1980 after completing a 185-page-long senior thesis titled “A Critical Analysis of Revolutionary Guerrilla Organization in Theory and Practice”. Milley also holds a Master of Arts degree in international relations from Columbia University and another Master of Arts degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College.
re: #13 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Why won’t Trump just move on? 😉
— Yellowdog in Tennessee (@TNYellowDog) June 22, 2021
re: #83 Patricia Kayden
Why won’t Trump just move on?
There’s gold in the pockets of them there hillbillies!
#USA Partial building collapse in Surfside, Florida
88th & Collins #MIAMI https://t.co/1CTQnrQcun
via @Local6Newsroom pic.twitter.com/iSYK3Opd1S— JAVIER YEARSON 💚🧡🎗🌱 Journalist/Broadcaster (@javieryearson) June 24, 2021
Half the building collapsed. It looks like it did what buildings are designed to do (fall inwards). I do wonder if under the structure something gave way.
Someone on twitter posted a video that they claim is from their apartment, which they were not occupying at the time but apparently kept a video camera going surveilling the inside of the apartment while they were gone. It shows dust falling from the ceiling, then about a second delay before everything starts to crumble, but then the screen went black (when the internet/power cut.)
Already vaccinated via new Monmouth poll:
83% Democrats
80% college grads
79% liberals
77% over 65 years old
70% white
69% women
66% all Americans
63% under 35 years old
63% men
60% no college
60% Republicans
59% non-white
55% conservatives— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) June 23, 2021
Re the building collapse at Surfside:
one person died.
ten people were treated on scene
the building has been cleared.
the building was undergoing ‘roof work’
it’s unclear whether that was a contributing factor
(cnn)
re: #89 Dangerman
The remaining half of the building has been cleared.
The other half is rubble. There will be many missing presumed dead.
The reason for the building collapse in Surfside is currently unknown. It is exploitive of you to make hay off of people’s deaths for your own cause.
The link you embedded is 6 years old. It’s been well discussed.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) June 24, 2021
This mayor needs to choose his words more carefully:
“It looks like a bomb went off.”
Charles Burkett, mayor of Surfside, Florida, joins us to talk about the partial collapse of a condo building near Miami Beach and the rescue efforts underway. “This is a catastrophic failure of that building,” Burkett says. pic.twitter.com/4xlVuj80bm— TODAY (@TODAYshow) June 24, 2021
There are already the usual crowd wondering if this was a bombing.
Speaking of Florida, DeSantis is doing his best to be more Trumpy than Trump:
Florida Gov signs law requiring students, faculty be asked to declare their political beliefs
re: #89 Dangerman
the building was undergoing ‘roof work’
it’s unclear whether that was a contributing factor
Roof work (so to speak) played a role in the infamous 1995 Sampoong Department Store collapse - along with factors such as cutting corners, building against design specs, corruption and shoddy materials.
re: #93 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Speaking of Florida, DeSantis is doing his best to be more Trumpy than Trump:
Florida Gov signs law requiring students, faculty be asked to declare their political beliefs
I don’t know about the rest of you, but my political beliefs at the start of my freshman year were pretty drastically unlike my political beliefs when I graduated.
re: #95 sagehen
More concerning is that DeSantis and this atavists want to control the faculty.
re: #95 sagehen
I don’t know about the rest of you, but my political beliefs at the start of my freshman year were pretty drastically unlike my political beliefs when I graduated.
When I started college, it was more like Head Like a Hole and by the end it was Heresy, Bulls on Parade, and March of the Pigs.
re: #93 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Speaking of Florida, DeSantis is doing his best to be more Trumpy than Trump:
Florida Gov signs law requiring students, faculty be asked to declare their political beliefs
Reading the article, this is simply a case that he wants to cut education funding and “colleges breeding lock-step liberal brainwashing” makes for a good excuse
I did not grow any less patriotic over the course of my college education, just a bit more critically patriotic and aware that there were and are other options on how to manage a society and economy.
Before wandering off to bed, I note that Ferrari has jumped on the Hybrid bandwagon. Yes, Ferrari. Enzo’s ghost is freaked out I’m sure.
(Still like the Roma better … ;)
re: #98 lawhawk
When I started college, it was more like Head Like a Hole and by the end it was Heresy, Bulls on Parade, and March of the Pigs.
I was a staunch Republican in H.S. and college. Looking back to that long ago era of the eighties, my politics may have started shifting with Iran Contra. I voted for Clinton in 1992; I no longer remember if I voted for Dukakis in 1988, but maybe.
re: #101 William Lewis
Before wandering off to bed, I note that Ferrari has jumped on the Hybrid bandwagon. Yes, Ferrari. Enzo’s ghost is freaked out I’m sure.
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(Still like the Roma better … ;)
It looks fast as hell, anyway.
As a lib, I will feel so owned if defense spending is cut!
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) June 24, 2021
re: #104 No Malarkey!
As a lib, I will feel so owned if defense spending is cut!
She would take away the funding (and the hardware) and give it to the riot police.
re: #101 William Lewis
Electric vehicles have higher torque, faster response, and better center of gravity than an ICE. Hybrids split the difference - even with more weight for having the hybrid add on, it still adds to torque and HP to the wheels (and braking).
So this could end up being even faster 0-60, 0-100, etc., than the gas equivalent model.
They still know how to make gorgeous looking cars no matter the propulsion.
ICU beds are filling up with young, unvaccinated patients, and staff members are burned out fighting a battle that was supposed to be in its final throes. https://t.co/4qx9OVktW7 ^JC
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) June 24, 2021
re: #105 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
As a lib, I will feel so owned if defense spending is cut!
She would take away the funding (and the hardware) and give it to the riot police.
Of course the Aryan princess would.
re: #107 No Malarkey!
ICU beds are filling up with young, unvaccinated patients, and staff members are burned out fighting a battle that was supposed to be in its final throes.
Those people would rather risk the ICU than magnetism, 5G tracking and DNA manipulation…
re: #90 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
The remaining half of the building has been cleared.
The other half is rubble. There will be many missing presumed dead.
Thx
Reminder:
GOPers refused to vote for the Biden recovery bill, which funded law enforcement nationally - aiding states avoid having to cut law enforcement budgets at the state and local level due to pandemic resource limitations.
GOPers refused to mask/social distance/vaccinate. The leading cause of death for cops in 2020 in the line of duty was covid19, followed by gun violence. GOP doesn’t care about cops’ lives; they care only about having them as a backdrop for their fascist rallies.
GOPers don’t want to reform policing in the country, because it targets the right people (those who aren’t white). Policing disproportionately stops persons of color. It’s discriminatory and it is pervasive nationally. All those disproportionate stops lead to more arrests, more deaths at hands of police, more costs to communities of color, more incarcerations, and less upward mobility because people are hamstrung by institutions that see them as a cash cow to milk dry instead of let them survive and thrive.
GOPers are the enemy, which is why they don’t want to allow communities of color express their rights to vote, which is why they’re all in on voter suppression efforts at the state level where GOPers are unilaterally enacting voter suppression laws that disproportionately affect communities of color. There’s no bipartisanship there. It’s all GOPers doing all of the suppression.
re: #95 sagehen
I don’t know about the rest of you, but my political beliefs at the start of my freshman year were pretty drastically unlike my political beliefs when I graduated.
You can ask but you can’t make me tell you
re: #110 Dangerman
rich people fly in helicopters…
I came across the clip because QAnon people are see it as proof that the mass executions are right around the corner. Lots of glee in the Q chat rooms, demands for how exactly their imagined executions will be carried out and complaints they had to wait too long.
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) June 24, 2021
Goebbels would be seething with jealousy.
re: #113 Dangerman
You can ask but you can’t make me tell you
again, it is all about giving DeSatanist an excuse to cut college funding if they do not properly “diversify” their curriculum…
re: #107 No Malarkey!
There’s only one thing to do. Stop treating the willingly unvaccinated.
I know that’s harsh, but let’s put a positive spin on it…..let’s think of it as the “Great Cleansing”, making America a better and happier place to live.
re: #117 Dr Lizardo
There’s only one thing to do. Stop treating the willingly unvaccinated.
I know that’s harsh, but let’s put a positive spin on it…..let’s think of it as the “Great Cleansing”, making America a better and happier place to live.
personal responsibility is coming to breakfast
re: #117 Dr Lizardo
There’s only one thing to do. Stop treating the willingly unvaccinated.
I know that’s harsh, but let’s put a positive spin on it…..let’s think of it as the “Great Cleansing”, making America a better and happier place to live.
I wonder if DeSantis’ questionnaire will also include questions about their attitude toward vaccination, hydroxycholroquinine, space lasers and 5G…
re: #118 Dangerman
personal responsibility is coming to breakfast
And the anti-vaxxers will be the first ones to eschew their entire concept of “personal responsibility”. It’ll become “OMG save me!!” in the blink of an eye.
re: #117 Dr Lizardo
There’s only one thing to do. Stop treating the willingly unvaccinated.
I know that’s harsh, but let’s put a positive spin on it…..let’s think of it as the “Great Cleansing”, making America a better and happier place to live.
That won’t happen, of course. I know one guy who said Christians should rely on faith, not medicine, to fight Covid, but you can bet that when he got Covid related pneumonia, he went to the hospital. BTW, anyone hear any news about fascist preacher Rick Wiles? Has he recovered from Covid yet?
re: #119 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I wonder if DeSantis’ questionnaire will also include questions about their attitude toward vaccination, hydroxycholroquinine, space lasers and 5G…
LOL I can see it now.
What are you views on space lasers?
A) Space Lasers are Jewish
B) Space Lasers are definitely Jewish
But Trump’s doctors threw everything they could at the virus all at once. His condition appeared to stabilize somewhat as the day wore on, but his doctors, still fearing he might need to go on a ventilator, decided to move him to the hospital. It was too risky at that point to stay at the White House.”
Privacy be damned. This is the President.
How does it take a year for us to learn how serious it was?
re: #122 Dr Lizardo
LOL I can see it now.
What are you views on space lasers?
A) Space Lasers are Jewish
B) Space Lasers are definitely Jewish
C) Space Lasers are maliciously Jewish
Trump’s brush with severe illness and the prospect of death caught the White House so unprepared that they had not even briefed Vice President Mike Pence’s team on a plan to swear him in if Trump became incapacitated…”
Incompetent Amateurs from top to bottom
Also from the new book nightmare scenario
re: #120 Dr Lizardo
And the anti-vaxxers will be the first ones to eschew their entire concept of “personal responsibility”. It’ll become “OMG save me!!” in the blink of an eye.
Ok well only let you be treated by healthcare workers who also refused vaccination
re: #93 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Speaking of Florida, DeSantis is doing his best to be more Trumpy than Trump:
Florida Gov signs law requiring students, faculty be asked to declare their political beliefs
I think that would be more Stalin-y than Trump.
re: #125 Dangerman
So it was sheer dumb luck that his doctors managed to save his corrupt, incompetent, and dumb ass, all so he could continue to impose his dumbassery on the pandemic response consigning hundreds of thousands of Americans to deaths.
re: #101 William Lewis
Before wandering off to bed, I note that Ferrari has jumped on the Hybrid bandwagon. Yes, Ferrari. Enzo’s ghost is freaked out I’m sure.
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(Still like the Roma better … ;)
Imagine a fully electric Ferrari. 0-60 in .3 seconds because it warps space-time.
re: #124 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
C) Space Lasers are maliciously Jewish
Except between nightfall Friday and nightfall Saturday.
re: #114 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
rich people fly in helicopters…
Their shipments don’t.
re: #114 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
rich people fly in helicopters…
Mercedes makes limos
re: #119 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Here’s my political belief.
DeSantis is a fucknut who can’t be trusted.
DeSantis doesn’t have the right to ask these questions as it infringes on our 1A rights.
DeSantis can go fuck himself and the fascist horse he rode in on.— lawhawk #vaxxingforafriend (@lawhawk) June 24, 2021
Democrats are the party of jobs and economic growth. It’s time to own it. https://t.co/XgJMZBgTiQ
— Jesse Lee (@JesseCharlesLee) June 23, 2021
Taking the Law & Order rhetoric and turning it onto the gun dealers and gun friendly states is a good move https://t.co/cfn7gP9523
— prime macpoasting account (@Convolutedname) June 23, 2021
re: #134 lawhawk
DeSantis is a fucknut who can’t be trusted.
DeSantis doesn’t have the right to ask these questions as it infringes on our 1A rights.
DeSantis can go fuck himself and the fascist horse he rode in on.
agree fully, but again, this is all just posturing and positioning himself to cut education funding unless they toe the line and “broaden” their curriculum to include more RW points of view (while dropping CRT)
re: #136 Belafon
More than 70% of the guns recovered in crimes in NY or NJ come from out of state. Lax gun laws down the Iron Pipeline feed guns to states with strong gun laws. We’re only as safe as the state with the least restrictive gun laws.
re: #138 lawhawk
More than 70% of the guns recovered in crimes in NY or NJ come from out of state. Lax gun laws down the Iron Pipeline feed guns to states with strong gun laws. We’re only as safe as the state with the least restrictive gun laws.
That is a major issue in Chicago, which is only a few miles from the Indiana state line, where guns are basically as free as the breeze…
re: #102 No Malarkey!
I was a staunch Republican in H.S. and college. Looking back to that long ago era of the eighties, my politics may have started shifting with Iran Contra. I voted for Clinton in 1992; I no longer remember if I voted for Dukakis in 1988, but maybe.
I started out Republican, in an era when “liberal Republican” and “moderate Republican” were not oxymorons. They were real things. I really liked President Ford. The first presidential election I could vote, 1980, I voted for Anderson. In 1984, I think maybe I voted “NO” for president. To this day, I hold a grudge against Reagan for what he did to the Ford campaign.
I voted HW in 1988 because it seemed to me like a foreign policy year; I stand by that vote. Dukakis couldn’t/wouldn’t have done as good a job with the collapse of the USSR, reunification of Germany, 1st gulf war, etc. But in 1992 I voted Clinton because it seemed to me like a domestic policy year, and that was HW’s weak spot.
The only Republican I’ve voted for in a general since then was Bloomberg for NYC mayor. He calls himself a Democrat now, but really in his heart he’s still a 1972 liberal Republican.
re: #140 sagehen
as late as 2000 I supported McCain as GOP nominee and voted for him in the primary and would likely have voted for him in the general.
That is about the last time I ever even considered a GOP candidate for any office.
I see that Glenn Loury is now buddies with Charles Murray.
What a circle (of derp) Loury has been on during his long public life in academia.
re: #110 Dangerman
Living in Minnesota, Franken knows something about bridges failing (I-35W Mississippi Bridge) - and the replacement was built in 13 months.
re: #135 Belafon
BREAKING: The U.S. economy grew at a solid 6.4% rate in the first three months of this year, setting the stage for what some economists are forecasting could be the strongest year for the economy in decades. https://t.co/4rfYvwFo4d
— Dr. Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) June 24, 2021
re: #136 Belafon
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the loss in revenue in not selling to nutters is either negligible and thus not a harm, or it’s highly significant, in which case there’s a more serious problem than the revenue
re: #139 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That is a major issue in Chicago, which is only a few miles from the Indiana state line, where guns are basically as free as the breeze…
“I don’t want to make any money. I just love to sell guns, heh-heh-heh.”
re: #121 No Malarkey!
That won’t happen, of course. I know one guy who said Christians should rely on faith, not medicine, to fight Covid, but you can bet that when he got Covid related pneumonia, he went to the hospital. BTW, anyone hear any news about fascist preacher Rick Wiles? Has he recovered from Covid yet?
Yes. Unfortunately that fucking anti-Semite is alive and he blames Covid on you guessed it—Soros.
re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
agree fully, but again, this is all just posturing and positioning himself to cut education funding unless they toe the line and “broaden” their curriculum to include more RW points of view (while dropping CRT)
A few years back, Georgetown College, in Kentucky, a liberal arts college which was affiliated with KySBC, was asked a simple request by them: please hire a theology professor who believes in biblical inerrancy. Correctly perceiving that acquiescing to this request was just a first step in converting Georgetown into a Bible college, they negotiated a divorce. Fascists never settle for less than total ideological conformity.
Help for Brazil: The country that has been hardest hit by Covid in South America is receiving a shipment of 3 million Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses, courtesy of the White House https://t.co/HqOvDTlYMb
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) June 24, 2021
re: #115 No Malarkey!
I came across the clip because QAnon people are see it as proof that the mass executions are right around the corner. Lots of glee in the Q chat rooms, demands for how exactly their imagined executions will be carried out and complaints they had to wait too long.
Did you ever see Jericho? The series starts with a couple of dozen nukes going off in all the biggest blue cities, then Lennie James and Skeet Ulrich spend the whole first season trying to find out who did it.
Turns out to be Halliburton and Blackwater; the capitol of the new, landlocked nation is Cheyenne.
By the end of season 2, Lennie and Skeet have found the proof, got the word out, and most remaining US military, plus the Texas Air National Guard, sign on to help them retake the country.
@AgendaFreeTV I am a resident of one of the condos on the side of the collapse. This is a video from my camera footage inside from the start of the collapse until the lose of connection (I was away from the building today). Towards the end, you hear the structure failing pic.twitter.com/UzBJQogUxp
— rosie✨ (@_rosiesantana) June 24, 2021
JUST IN: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just informed colleagues she will formally announce plans to launch a select House committee to investigate the 1/6 Capitol insurrection today. As @mkraju reported Pelosi hinted earlier this week that this was coming. https://t.co/oykLR9q9s2
— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) June 24, 2021
While they sit in Manhattan, I’m here in the South potentially facing a surge this summer from delta variant. Let’s work together, and get the nation vaccinated by July. I want nothing else from them. No apologies, no catharsis, just their help to vaccinate the nation. Honestly
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) June 24, 2021
If you are vaccinated, you are protected.
If you are not, you are not.
We have 80,000 vaccination sites. It’s free. Uber/Lyft will give you a free ride. Over 90% of Americans live within 5 miles of a site. https://t.co/b59S5G9fVQ— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) June 22, 2021
re: #88 Patricia Kayden
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So, to recap, the right wing revolutionaries are prepping their insurrection by alienating the military and the intelligence community, and waging propaganda bio-war against their own base. But, hey, the AR-15 is invincible and they have all of them./
This reminds me more and more of various prophets who led earlier uprisings by assuring their followers that magic would make them bullet proof.
re: #152 Dangerman
The GOP must believe the investigation will be really bad for them, even if conducted by a bipartisan commission. By blocking a nonpartisan commission, they are setting up a spin that the select committe’s findings should be rejected out-of-hand because it’s partisan.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) June 24, 2021
re: #153 No Malarkey!
Hotez may mean well, but he appears to be under the delusion that Murdoch Inc. really cares about all their idiot fans.
Con-men despise their marks.
Downloaded my digital vaccination record from the state of California.
It was easy.
BREAKING: The U.S. economy grew at a solid 6.4% rate in the first three months of this year, setting the stage for what some economists are forecasting could be the strongest year for the economy in decades. https://t.co/4rfYvwFo4d
— Dr. Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) June 24, 2021
I had it on good authority that this country would go straight to hell if Biden was elected.
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re: #94 Dr Lizardo
Roof work (so to speak) played a role in the infamous 1995 Sampoong Department Store collapse - along with factors such as cutting corners, building against design specs, corruption and shoddy materials.
CNN just had a woman on the phone who lived in the building who said that very heavy materials were being placed on the roof in the area that collapsed.
Eric & Junior are competing for the coveted title of “The Dumbest Trump”
Our founders explicitly wanted an armed citizenry to keep potentially tyrannical governments in check.
Instead of threatening to nuke law-abiding American citizens, maybe this doddering old fool should ask himself why crime is rising so rapidly in cities w/ the most gun control? https://t.co/uus7Mv8eNS— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 23, 2021
— Eric Trump (@EricTrump) June 17, 2021
NJ is about to enact a law requiring water providers to eliminate all lead mains in 10 years (with caveat that they can apply for 5 year extender if they can’t make deadline). They must change minimum of 10% of lead mains a year to get to done. It’s a very ambitious schedule but NJ has the highest percentage of lead mains in the nation (age has a lot to do with this). Newark is already well on its way to eliminating lead mains in its system, doing more in less time than Flint, Michigan.
They could get even more ambitious had the state devoted more of the windfall budget to that goal, but they didn’t.
Meanwhile, Albany NY came upon a piece of history - they were replacing water mains in town, and came across an old water pipe made of wood. We’ve had that in NYC from time to time in Lower Manhattan, but it goes to show just how old some water distribution systems in the nation truly are. These probably date back to the earliest days of Albany’s history but were disconnected from water supplies in the 1800s as iron pipes supplanted earlier systems.
re: #159 Eclectic Cyborg
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I had it on good authority that this country would go straight to hell if Biden was elected.
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“You should be thanking Trump. If he hadn’t ignored recommendations like getting people to wear masks, then Biden wouldn’t have nearly as much to recover from.”
re: #161 The Pie Overlord!
Eric & Junior are competing for the coveted title of “The Dumbest Trump”
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Yes, Jr, which is why they included the ability to put down rebellions in the constitution.
re: #155 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
So, to recap, the right wing revolutionaries are prepping their insurrection by alienating the military and the intelligence community, and waging propaganda bio-war against their own base. But, hey, the AR-15 is invincible and they have all of them./
This reminds me more and more of various prophets who led earlier uprisings by assuring their followers that magic would make them bullet proof.
Look on the bright side - it’s going to be an uphill struggle in their Civil War LARPing when they’re all infected with COVID-19. And they’re a pretty high-risk group too; some of those guys look like they’ve been hitting the all you can eat Chinese buffet six days a week.
re: #159 Eclectic Cyborg
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one of my all-time faves
re: #160 Hecuba’s daughter
CNN just had a woman on the phone who lived in the building who said that very heavy materials were being placed on the roof in the area that collapsed.
Yeah, heavy materials on the roof were a major part of the Sampoong collapse. In that case, it was AC units and they made things worse by moving them (and by moving them, I mean basically dragging them across the roof) because people in residential buildings were complaining about the noise.
In this case, if the heavy materials were unwittingly concentrated in a weak area, that could produce the collapse we saw.
re: #146 Barefoot Grin
“I don’t want to make any money. I just love to sell guns, heh-heh-heh.”
I remember the “Guns & Banjos” store outside Bloomington, IN.
re: #162 lawhawk
NJ is about to enact a law requiring water providers to eliminate all lead mains in 10 years (with caveat that they can apply for 5 year extender if they can’t make deadline). They must change minimum of 10% of lead mains a year to get to done. It’s a very ambitious schedule but NJ has the highest percentage of lead mains in the nation (age has a lot to do with this). Newark is already well on its way to eliminating lead mains in its system, doing more in less time than Flint, Michigan.
They could get even more ambitious had the state devoted more of the windfall budget to that goal, but they didn’t.
Meanwhile, Albany NY came upon a piece of history - they were replacing water mains in town, and came across an old water pipe made of wood. We’ve had that in NYC from time to time in Lower Manhattan, but it goes to show just how old some water distribution systems in the nation truly are. These probably date back to the earliest days of Albany’s history but were disconnected from water supplies in the 1800s as iron pipes supplanted earlier systems.
There’s a FB group called “Old Images of Philadelphia” I’m on and they have posted similar photos. The images date from the early 1900s and show wooden water pipes from the early 1800s being dug up from the street (due to the construction of the subway, IIRC). Fascinating stuff.
re: #168 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I remember the “Guns & Banjos” store outside Bloomington, IN.
Before my time, but doesn’t surprise me. Even when I was there in 90s up to 2010 you didn’t have to go far beyond the town limits to get into some weird stuff (mostly property owners with hand-painted signs warning of the UN or communists).
re: #161 The Pie Overlord!
Eric & Junior are competing for the coveted title of “The Dumbest Trump”
It isn’t. He was pointing out how stupid the idea of hoarding guns to fight the government is. You’re responding to a stupid person who never did an honest day’s work in his life.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 24, 2021
re: #102 No Malarkey!
I was a staunch Republican in H.S. and college. Looking back to that long ago era of the eighties, my politics may have started shifting with Iran Contra. I voted for Clinton in 1992; I no longer remember if I voted for Dukakis in 1988, but maybe.
voted for reagan in 84 because Mondale struck me as being an idiot, but staunchly Democratic since then.
On next door yesterday, someone posted that Texas was now the most pro-gun state in the country. I replied that you’re not pro-gun if you’ll let anyone have a gun, you’re pro-carnage. Someone replied with “OK, Karen.” I had to get onto them for the misuse of Karen.
Someone else had really bad math trying to justify it being ok for there to be guns. Their percentage of gun deaths by population was listed with .0000000 leading zeros, when actual division puts it at .0122%, making all their other numbers - guess what, Chicago leads in gun deaths according to this guy - suspect.
But this did make me wonder, what are the statistics of gun incidents per owners of guns? Not the population as a whole, but per just the gun owners?
re: #110 Dangerman
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re: #167 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, heavy materials on the roof were a major part of the Sampoong collapse. In that case, it was AC units and they made things worse by moving them (and by moving them, I mean basically dragging them across the roof) because people in residential buildings were complaining about the noise.
In this case, if the heavy materials were unwittingly concentrated in a weak area, that could produce the collapse we saw.
I’m no engineering expert but I would think they would have to be pretty heavy materials to not only collapse the roof but also take half the building down with it. Otherwise you’d just have a localized section of collapsed roof that would damage a few floors at most.
re: #171 Punish Domestic Terrorists
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Democrats would be harassing you for not separating your recyclables. It’s Republicans you have to worry about, and they know the US military would wipe the floor with you.
Looks like a security camera caught the collapse of the Champlain Tower South - it was two collapses, first the midsection, then the remaining part went down.
re: #176 Belafon
Democrats would be harassing you for not separating your recyclables. It’s Republicans you have to worry about, and they know the US military would wipe the floor with you.
Recyclables stopped being a thing where I live years ago. It all goes in the garbage now.
re: #151 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
I am a resident of one of the condos on the side of the collapse. This is a video from my camera footage inside from the start of the collapse until the lose of connection (I was away from the building today). Towards the end, you hear the structure failing
So when will Q float the CT that this was an inside job done to help push the Democrats’ infrastructure bill?
re: #158 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Downloaded my digital vaccination record from the state of California.
It was easy.
You are now part of The Matrix.
re: #170 Barefoot Grin
Before my time, but doesn’t surprise me. Even when I was there in 90s up to 2010 you didn’t have to go far beyond the town limits to get into some weird stuff (mostly property owners with hand-painted signs warning of the UN or communists).
Monroe County was Klan Country
Mosquito lands on salt in the belief it’s sugar, making it very, very thirsty. But the cap is filled with Vodka. The moquito gets drunk, stumbles on the stick and dies from hitting the head on the rock.
WIN!
re: #176 Belafon
Democrats would be harassing you for not separating your recyclables. It’s Republicans you have to worry about, and they know the US military would wipe the floor with you.
A sound economic system would ensure that the price of a product included its downstream costs, not just production costs.
If the cost of disposal was included in the price of an item of plastic, then recycling would be a self-evident thing encouraged by market mechanisms.
re: #183 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
A sound economic system would ensure that the price of a product included its downstream costs, not just production costs.
If the cost of disposal was included in the price of an item of plastic, then recycling would be a self-evident thing encouraged by market mechanisms.
Recycling failed because Americans are filthy animals who contaminate the recyclables, causing China to reject the items they’d been processing.
Recycling in the U.S. Is Broken. How Do We Fix It? (Columbia Climate School)
Local Miami news is reporting that at least 51 people remain unaccounted for in the Champlain Tower South collapse.
This is between her and the rooster. She knows what she did. https://t.co/UuV1rF8P9f
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) June 24, 2021
re: #169 Mattand
There’s a FB group called “Old Images of Philadelphia” I’m on and they have posted similar photos. The images date from the early 1900s and show wooden water pipes from the early 1800s being dug up from the street (due to the construction of the subway, IIRC). Fascinating stuff.
I love stuff like this. The guy who finds old remnants from subway lines in New York. The one whose hobby is wandering around Baltimore finding the now incredibly rare street lights that date from long ago. Even stuff like the brick highway that was the original way to get to Miami but is now just segments being used as an alley is cool as shit to me. Oh, and did I mention how freakin’ cool it is when they do construction work in New York and discover immaculate signs on the sides of adjacent building from the late 1800’s that were covered all these years, but also protected from the elements?
re: #177 Dr Lizardo
Looks like a security camera caught the collapse of the Champlain Tower South - it was two collapses, first the midsection, then the remaining part went down.
Progressive collapse in central area, and the right side of the structure collapsed after lack of support from the midsection. That will be useful to investigators trying to figure out origin of collapse and why it failed.
My guess? Overloaded structure, underbuilt/improperly built supports. They may have put the rebar in the wrong place or used wrong size rebar, which meant that once it was overstressed, it would fail.
re: #175 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m no engineering expert but I would think they would have to be pretty heavy materials to not only collapse the roof but also take half the building down with it. Otherwise you’d just have a localized section of collapsed roof that would damage a few floors at most.
You can also, depending on construction, get a pancake cascade. Roof collapses, causing the floor below to collapse, which causes the floor below that to collapse. Repeat ad nauseam. Especially if you have something heavy on the roof that is heavy enough to break the floor from the 10 ft or so drop from the previous level. The sound is a characteristic *whomp* *whomp* *whomp*. I believe it could be heard as the Twin Towers collapsed.
Another thing is that at the center of that part of the building, you have a parking garage, which raises the question of whether you may have had a sinkhole forming due to a poorly maintained storm drain system in there. Then we have the close proximity to the beach, has it been eroded enough to compromise the foundation of the building?
Then we have the more exotic causes of collapse, explosion, either explosive device or something like a gas leak. See the “Ronan Point Disaster”.
re: #190 Teukka
Addendum on the Ronan Point disaster is that when they dismantled one of the other towers built at the same time, evidence of shoddy construction work appeared, showing that the collapsed tower may not have been as structurally sound as it should have been if it had been build according to the module manufacturer instructions.
re: #123 Dangerman
Privacy be damned. This is the President.
How does it take a year for us to learn how serious it was?
I’m sure I heard all of that well before DT left office, but not from what source. It was Big News for a day or so…
re: #181 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Monroe County was Klan Country
Yep. For several years I commuted from B’ton to Greencastle. Rebel flags, country music, evangelical churches everywhere. Martinsville got the rap because an African American woman selling encyclopedias was murdered in what was likely a racially motivated crime, but southern Indiana was just an extension of the south. When my wife saw all the rebel flags she said, “I wish every racist would wear a label like that.”
re: #189 lawhawk
It was also right on the beach; some of the rebar might have corroded over the decades due to close proximity to saltwater.
When all is said and done, the investigation will probably reveal that it was many little things that all built up to a critical point and caused a catastrophic structural failure.
re: #190 Teukka
Yeah, I was thinking about the pancake cascade, which would be I assume the likely outcome if the items on the roof were sufficiently heavy.
However, that video posted a little earlier seems to suggest the collapse may have started somewhere below the roof.
re: #191 Teukka
In the Sampoong collapse, investigators found that so many corners were cut that it was almost miraculous it hadn’t collapsed before it finally did.
re: #184 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Recycling failed because Americans are filthy animals who contaminate the recyclables, causing China to reject the items they’d been processing.
Recycling in the U.S. Is Broken. How Do We Fix It? (Columbia Climate School)
Recycling fails because the market needs to be regulated to the extent that prices represent actual costs.
Too much of the profit margin of major companies comes from socializing the downstream environmental and health costs.
re: #190 Teukka
Harbor Cay in Cocoa Beach FL collapsed while under construction. Improper installation of rebar led to collapse as new floor was being poured - overstressing the floors below.
Sinkhole could be a possibility given FL geography but unlikely if geotech analysis was done properly before construction. We wont know more for a while, and it’ll be a lot of speculation until then.
CRT makes me crave that sweet succulent toe jam of a prostitute and then obligates me to pay her with a personal check. https://t.co/mfJqcuC5Y1
— Edwin (@EdMix13) June 24, 2021
Over a half a million Americans died while the Trump administration called covid no big deal or a hoax. All the while making sure they received the best possible care. We knew they didn’t care about anything but “owning the libs” and vilifying anyone who took covid seriously. But the evidence coming out is astounding. Instead of being held to account for their neglectful and criminal behavior, they’re getting book deals.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar’s phone rang with an urgent request: Could he help someone at the White House obtain an experimental coronavirus treatment, known as a monoclonal antibody?
If Azar could get the drug, what would the White House need to do to make that happen? Azar thought for a moment. It was Oct. 1, 2020, and the drug was still in clinical trials. The Food and Drug Administration would have to make a “compassionate use” exception for its use since it was not yet available to the public. Only about 10 people so far had used it outside of those trials. Azar said of course he would help.
Azar wasn’t told who the drug was for but would later connect the dots. The patient was one of President Donald Trump’s closest advisers: Hope Hicks.
A short time later, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn received a request from a top White House official for a separate case, this time with even greater urgency: Could he get the FDA to sign off on a compassionate-use authorization for a monoclonal antibody right away? There is a standard process that doctors use to apply to the FDA for unapproved drugs on behalf of patients dealing with life-threatening illnesses who have exhausted all other options, and agency scientists review it. The difference was that most people don’t call the commissioner directly. (WaPo)
re: #199 gocart mozart
Some turds just will not be flushed.
re: #195 Eclectic Cyborg
It could start below the roof because loads transmit down load bearing structures, and fail at the point where they’re weakest. Added weight on roof in the wrong spots could cause progressive collapse starting at weak spot.
I35 bridge collapse is example of that - overweighted work on bridge deck caused collapse to start with weak links in single point of failure structural members.
re: #101 William Lewis
That is a gorgeous car. Wow!
— 🥦Polyhedral Payment Status - Not Available🦝 (@polyhedral_doom) June 24, 2021
re: #196 Dr Lizardo
In the Sampoong collapse, investigators found that so many corners were cut that it was almost miraculous it hadn’t collapsed before it finally did.
Yeah. I remember that. Used to be an avid watcher of “Secons from disaster”, and one of the episodes was about the Sampoong Department Store collapse.
Why is it that certain people see regulation as big gubmint overreach, when history time and time and time again that in many areas, such as construction, health, safety, environment, air travel, and many more, the regulations are practically written in the blood of victims pre-regulation. :pulls hair:
re: #204 Dave In Austin
Good fucking grief.
If it’s not sex fantasies with these people, it’s murder fantasies.
re: #205 Teukka
I’ve used that episode for English lessons on engineering and failure analysis. Lots of my students over the years have been engineers and architects.
re: #199 gocart mozart
Newsmax’s Dick Morris suggests Critical Race Theory may “reinforce the Oedipal notion all kids have of wanting to kill their father and marry their mother”
We need a CRT Definition Generator
“CRT causes ____________________ to want to ____________ their own ____________ with a rusty ___________because of __________ed ___________complexes”
re: #205 Teukka
Why is it that certain people see regulation as big gubmint overreach, when history time and time and time again that in many areas, such as construction, health, safety, environment, air travel, and many more, the regulations are practically written in the blood of victims pre-regulation. :pulls hair:
“Don’t ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.”
― G. K. Chesterton
re: #207 Dr Lizardo
I’ve used that episode for English lessons on engineering and failure analysis. Lots of my students over the years have been engineers and architects.
Also, using the “NTSB approach” or “Inquest approach” post-calamity (for many kinds of calamity) is the best way to prevent reruns of said calamities.
re: #141 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I would’ve voted for him too, in fact I was still contemplating it when I got my ballot, but the thought of Palin being anywhere near power was too awful to contemplate.
I now regret every vote I ever gave an R, and I wish I could take them back.
re: #212 JOE 🥓
In today’s episode of PULPIT PIMP THEATRE!
‘Prophet’ Robin Bullock Says Biden Has ‘Slotted Serpent’s Eyes,’ Which Is a Sign of Demonic Possession
Actually you’re the one pulling the serpent shit, asshole!
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It’s just sad that anyone is dumb enough to believe these absurd grifters.
re: #211 plansbandc
I would’ve voted for [McCain] too, in fact I was still contemplating it when I got my ballot, but the thought of Palin being anywhere near power was to awful to contemplate.
I now regret every vote I ever gave an R, and I wish I could take them back.
I was talking about the 2000 primaries before Sarah was under consideration.
re: #199 gocart mozart
Where did they dig Dick Morris up? I haven’t heard his name in years. Has he still been on the grifter circuit all this time?
re: #205 Teukka
Yeah. I remember that. Used to be an avid watcher of “Secons from disaster”, and one of the episodes was about the Sampoong Department Store collapse.
Why is it that certain people see regulation as big gubmint overreach, when history time and time and time again that in many areas, such as construction, health, safety, environment, air travel, and many more, the regulations are practically written in the blood of victims pre-regulation. :pulls hair:
Once more, with feeling, just in case any conservative numpties see it:
Health and safety regulations are written in fucking blood.
Giuliani has just been “suspended from the practice of law in the State of New York.”
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) June 24, 2021
And isn’t it about time?
BREAKING: Rudy Giuliani’s law license has been suspended.
A disciplinary body says he made “demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump.”https://t.co/6PfpsrAFeV— Jan Wolfe (@JanNWolfe) June 24, 2021
re: #217 TedStriker
Once more, with feeling, just in case any conservative numpties see it:
Health and safety regulations are written in fucking blood.
Amen, brother, AMEN!
BREAKING: Rudy Giuliani’s law license has been suspended.
A disciplinary body says he made “demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump.”https://t.co/6PfpsrAFeV— Jan Wolfe (@JanNWolfe) June 24, 2021
Apparently I keep neglecting to refresh before posting
re: #187 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
Ooh. So pretty!
re: #223 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
It’s worth repeating!
So. Question for New York lawyers familiar with how the attorney discipline system usually works.
Is this unusual? Does the speed/substance/attention suggest any political targeting? Or is this (not his conduct, the response) “normal”?https://t.co/7UNKbyy6Ik— DivineSpecialAppearanceHat (@Popehat) June 24, 2021
Interim suspensions, by the way, are rare in New York.
These are the rules in New York that Giuliani is alleged to have violated: pic.twitter.com/9d6nmW2tWN— Eric Turkewitz (@Turkewitz) June 24, 2021
re: #230 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
You love to see it.
A well-known neo-Nazi vlogger who loved nothing more than to dress up as comic book villains and call for genocide quietly pleaded guilty to several gun charges Tuesday morning.Paul Miller, a 32-year-old Florida man, is better known by his audience of racists and online trolls as Gypsy Crusader. He had a sizable audience on sites like Bitchute and Telegram—sites well known for their lax rules about hate speech and violent rhetoric—where he would post racist remarks and call for violence. An FBI raid in March netted him three charges for possession of an unregistered firearm and ammunition and possession of a weapon as a felon.
He faces 30 years in prison upon sentencing.
Neo-Nazi Who Dressed Like Joker and Trolled Omegle Faces 30 Years in Prison (Vice News)
JFC
JUST IN: Video I’ve obtained of the building collapse in Surfside, Florida. pic.twitter.com/BGbRC7iSI9
— Andy Slater (@AndySlater) June 24, 2021
re: #232 lawhawk
Oh Rudy.
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Rudy just saw his legal career get flushed down the toilet. Considering that these statements were so egregious and repeatedly so often, the advisory committee had no choice but to act deliberately and quickly.
Does that matter to someone who reached retirement age seven years ago? He’s a retiree working to promote white nationalism, and can continue to do that outside the courtroom.
OK now make TFG testify for 11 hours. People would PAY to watch that.
JUST IN: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces the House of Representatives will create a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol after Republicans blocked a bipartisan proposal for an independent, bipartisan commission. https://t.co/Nnydtyq9VF pic.twitter.com/n6OlIm4WGh
— ABC News (@ABC) June 24, 2021
re: #236 The Pie Overlord!
OK now make TFG testify for 11 hours. People would PAY to watch that.
Seditious trash are going to lose even more of their small minds over this.
re: #219 jaunte
And isn’t it about time?
I am going to assume that this is the first step toward disbarment.
* Edited for a BIG typo.
re: #236 The Pie Overlord!
OK now make TFG testify for 11 hours. People would PAY to watch that.
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LOL Trump would last for 10 minutes before he’d start denying he was ever POTUS.
“IT WAS ALL PENCE! ALL I EVER DID WAS PLAY GOLF AND STAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE AS HIS GUEST!!”
re: #235 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Oh, it certainly matters.
His reputation is in tatters, and he’s got all the criminal investigations ongoing into his actions, including his conspiracies with Trump, Parnas/Fruman, etc.
His law license is going to be the least of his concerns before this is over, and he wont be able to claim attorney-client privilege either, as crime-fraud exception will expose how he used his law license to carry out Trump’s criminal schemes.
re: #229 JOE 🥓
This is for you, Rudy!
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I dedicate this here musical piece to Ghouliani, Trump, and all of their enablers, accessories and co-conspirators…
re: #240 lawhawk
Oh, it certainly matters.
His reputation is in tatters, and he’s got all the criminal investigations ongoing into his actions, including his conspiracies with Trump, Parnas/Fruman, etc.
His law license is going to be the least of his concerns before this is over, and he wont be able to claim attorney-client privilege either, as crime-fraud exception will expose how he used his law license to carry out Trump’s criminal schemes.
I’m much more interested in the criminal investigations, but you make a good point that he can’t hide behind his law license. That is a beautiful thing.
re: #234 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
JFC
This video and many more like it are going to be crucial during the investigation into the collapse.
Ex-President will presumably now issue statement claiming that he didn’t really know Giuliani very well.
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) June 24, 2021
re: #243 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Jared Kushner and his fellow slumlords have already gotten their money offshore.
An overhead view of what collapsed. Green is outlining the entire building, red is gone. A portion of the pool area/plaza, presumably with parking or something under it, also collapsed, which is visible in the CNN view. pic.twitter.com/xKacGy5esU
— Kyle H, Space Guy (@BoldlyBuilding2) June 24, 2021
re: #246 Dr Lizardo
Also, what remains appears to have a very concerning list, and may spontaneously collapse on its own…
re: #242 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Crime fraud exception is used to essentially nullify the accepted attorney client privilege, because you cannot use your law practice to further criminal acts by your clients.
That’s exactly what Trump and Rudy have been doing. It’s what Trump did with Cohen.
It’s how the Trumpworld crime syndicate operates.
Suspended license is going to spill over to other jurisdictions where Rudy appeared in court, or is licensed to practice. He’s going to find himself with a mess of disciplinary actions to contend with in short order. I think DC and PA are among those places where he appeared.
Suspensions are one thing. Fines and criminal prosecutions are another. Those take time.
Oh I can’t wait to see Gosar, Brooks, Biggs and Ron Johnson subpoenaed and forced to testify before the House Select Committee.
And then grill Sidney Powell, Lin Wood, Rudy and the rest of Trump’s shysters for 12 hours!
re: #246 Dr Lizardo
Looking at the second photo in the second tweet, it looks like the roof of the underground parking garage collapsed, and when that went, the rest of the building got pulled down….first the midsection directly above the parking garage, then the remaining part that wobbled for a couple seconds before it went down, too.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 24, 2021
re: #247 Teukka
Also, what remains appears to have a very concerning list, and may spontaneously collapse on its own…
Yeah, I noticed that too. What’s left will have to be condemned, no question about it.
re: #114 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
rich people fly in helicopters…
Not everywhere. How many helliports in all of Manhattan? How many rich people?
re: #236 The Pie Overlord!
OK now make TFG testify for 11 hours. People would PAY to watch that.
Seth Meyers says he’ll stop making fun of TFG until the end of the year, on condition that TFG take on the role of Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman. On Broadway. Off-book.
June 24, 1986: Trump lawyer Roy Cohn disbarred
June 24, 2021: Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani disbarred pic.twitter.com/H6KdkbDAQ3— Max Abelson (@maxabelson) June 24, 2021
re: #252 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, I noticed that too. What’s left will have to be condemned, no question about it.
Absolutely, but the people in it have survived to need to find a new place to live.
The death toll will be very high in a building that size, but it could have been even worse.
Shut Down OANN!
OAN calls for the execution of “tens of thousands” of Americans who “stole” the 2020 election from Trump. pic.twitter.com/N2ylNFK8FH
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳️🌈 (@aravosis) June 24, 2021
re: #250 Dr Lizardo
Looking at the second photo in the second tweet, it looks like the roof of the underground parking garage collapsed, and when that went, the rest of the building got pulled down….first the midsection directly above the parking garage, then the remaining part that wobbled for a couple seconds before it went down, too.
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Hard to say if the parking garage collapsed first or was a casualty of other parts of the structure failing.
re: #256 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I had assumed it was empty for renovations since just one person was killed.
re: #256 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Absolutely, but the people in it have survived to need to find a new place to live.
The death toll will be very high in a building that size, but it could have been even worse.
It’s early summer in Miami: I wonder how many of those condo units are owned by “snowbirds”, so presumably away at the time of the disaster? There was an inside (security-cam) video showing shaking before the collapse which looked like the unit was boxed up for moving:
hopefully there was a low occupancy rate…..
re: #259 jaunte
I had assumed it was empty for renovations since just one person was killed.
Miami news/ national reports: ~50 missing.
A needed tweet
This is Frank. He was on squirrel number 86 and you just made him lose count. Now he has to start over. 14/10 whole day wasted pic.twitter.com/TlHdCXciSK
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) June 24, 2021
re: #253 JC1
Not everywhere. How many helliports in all of Manhattan? How many rich people?
There’s 3 heliports in NYC.
One downtown, one at East 34th St., and one at West 30th St.
I’ve flown out of the west 30th st, it was 7 minutes to Newark.
Has @RonDeSantisFL issues instructions to First Responders to check the Political affiliations of the victims of the South Florida Building collapse?
— And The Wind Cries: “Ted Cruz will never be Pres.” (@DaveoutofAustin) June 24, 2021
re: #260 Jay C
It’s early summer in Miami: I wonder how many of those condo units are owned by “snowbirds”, so presumably away at the time of the disaster? There was an inside (security-cam) video showing shaking before the collapse which looked like the unit was boxed up for moving:
hopefully there was a low occupancy rate…..
Let’s hope so. That place was built in the early 1980s and as my old friend Kim pointed out (she’s a lifelong Miami resident), the chances are above average that the building’s construction was substandard. The 80s was a very corrupt time in the Miami area, with cocaine money fueling a construction boom. The work was done fast, and done cheap.
re: #257 JOE 🥓
Shut Down OANN!
To pointed a guess?
Let me guess, the argument is going to be that this sort of speech is protected under the First Amendment?
— 😷 Teo 😷 (@Teukka72) June 24, 2021
re: #138 lawhawk
More than 70% of the guns recovered in crimes in NY or NJ come from out of state. Lax gun laws down the Iron Pipeline feed guns to states with strong gun laws. We’re only as safe as the state with the least restrictive gun laws.
Raises hand and waves from Texas:
“Yoo Hoo!”
re: #268 austin_blue
Raises hand and waves from Texas:
“Yoo Hoo!”
Arizona says you’re late to the party Texas. We’ve had permitless concealed carry for a decade. And the shootings to match.
re: #266 Dr Lizardo
Let’s hope so. That place was built in the early 1980s and as my old friend Kim pointed out (she’s a lifelong Miami resident), the chances are above average that the building’s construction was substandard. The 80s was a very corrupt time in the Miami area, with cocaine money fueling a construction boom. The work was done fast, and done cheap.
re: #269 DesertDenizen
Arizona says you’re late to the party Texas. We’ve had permitless concealed carry for a decade. And the shootings to match.
We used to enjoy going out to picnic in the Superstition or Four Peaks wilderness areas outside Phoenix (in the cooler months of the year, naturally) but that is hardly possible anymore because so many idiots are out there blasting off ammo by the ton.
re: #271 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And what used to be plinking with .22s, or handguns, is now the ear shattering .223 of their tacticool ARs. Less marksmanship and more mall ninja.
re: #270 sagehen
Someone made this video, based on Miami Vice, that really captured what that show was about. For a TV show, it had top-notch cinematography, it was generally well-written, and had a good cast.
Yeah, there was a ton of shady business going on in the Miami area in the 1980s, with easy money pouring in from the Cocaine Cowboys - money that needed to be laundered ASAP. And real estate is a mighty fine way to launder ill-gotten gains.
re: #263 sagehen
There’s 3 heliports in NYC.
One downtown, one at East 34th St., and one at West 30th St.
I’ve flown out of the west 30th st, it was 7 minutes to Newark.
And until May of 1977, there was one right in Midtown, atop the Pan Am (later Met Life) Building…
On 16 May 1977, New York Airways’ commercial S-61-L, N619PA, suffered a static rollover onto its starboard side at the heliport on top of the Pan Am Building while boarding passengers. The accident killed four boarding passengers and one woman on the street. 17 additional passengers and the three flight crew members were uninjured.[46] The landing gear collapse was a result of metal fatigue in the helicopter’s main landing gear shock-absorbing strut assembly, which caused the helicopter to tip over without warning. The accident resulted in the permanent closure of the Pan Am Building heliport.
Weird anecdotal connection: I was (almost) there: just before the accident, a friend and I were crossing Park Avenue, and we saw a guy with a camera and tripod set up aiming at the Pan Am Building. We casually asked him what he was doing, and he said that he was trying to get shots of the helicopters landing/taking off from the heliport.
We wished him good luck and walked off: ever since I’ve wondered if he got that “lucky” shot after all..
re: #274 Jay C
I tried to fly the old NY Helicopters once about 20 years ago. I was an airline employee, and it only cost $15 to fly them to JFK standby. But they cancelled the flight because they didn’t have any real paying passengers and they sure as hell were not gonna fly me for $15. Only time I ever non-revved and got bumped because there were too many seats…
re: #230 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
This is a great opportunity for Guiliani to release the kraken and prove the steal! pic.twitter.com/MQsYRBPcMM
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) June 24, 2021
re: #262 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
The look of complete disdain is impressive.
We’ll see if this package can get 5 more Republican Senators. Mitch McConnell will whip against it, I bet.
We’ve struck a deal. A group of senators – five Democrats and five Republicans – has come together and forged an infrastructure agreement that will create millions of American jobs.
— President Biden (@POTUS) June 24, 2021
re: #266 Dr Lizardo
Let’s hope so. That place was built in the early 1980s and as my old friend Kim pointed out (she’s a lifelong Miami resident), the chances are above average that the building’s construction was substandard. The 80s was a very corrupt time in the Miami area, with cocaine money fueling a construction boom. The work was done fast, and done cheap.
So basically, the same thing that happens in developing countries before they are developed enough to start really enforcing construction codes, or be less immune to the type of mid-level corruption that allows this to happen.
Top Democrats in the House are investigating whether Trump justice department officials ran an unlawful shadow operation to target political enemies of the former president to hunt down leaks of classified information, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Narrator: They did.
House investigates possible shadow operation in Trump justice department (Guardian via MSN)
re: #269 DesertDenizen
Arizona says you’re late to the party Texas. We’ve had permitless concealed carry for a decade. And the shootings to match.
And one could “Open Carry” since Statehood. But back when folks were smart, the consensus was that to do so in an urban area wouldn’t be wise. The only openly armed dweebs you’d see in town (Phoenix in my case) were just that, dweebs.
re: #281 aatharuv
So basically, the same thing that happens in developing countries before they are developed enough to start really enforcing construction codes, or be less immune to the type of mid-level corruption that allows this to happen.
There was a board game in Germany - unfortunately now out of print - called Pfusch am Bau (Slipshod Construction) in which the players are contractors.
They “bid” for jobs. They can use expensive bits of plasticine clay to complete their projects, or they can secretly wrap it around cheap blocks of wood.
The “Inspector” then checks these structures by pushing a toothpick through them to see if they have been tampered with. But you can bribe the inspector.
And the game is set up so that if you play fairly and do not fudge and bribe the inspectors, you will inevitably lose…
(I am trying to determine if “pfusch” and “fudge” are not related terms)
re: #283 Dave In Austin
And one could “Open Carry” since Statehood. But back when folks were smart, the consensus was that to do so in an urban area wouldn’t be wise. The only openly armed dweebs you’d see in town (Phoenix in my case) were just that, dweebs.
I’m near Tombstone, where open carry is exceedingly common. Which is ironic because the town is famous because of a fight precipitated by the Marshall banning the carry of firearms in town. Now they bill themselves as “America’s Second Amendment City”.
And for the record, outside of true rural/wild locations where wildlife might be an issue, ANYONE open carrying is a dweeb.
re: #281 aatharuv
So basically, the same thing that happens in developing countries before they are developed enough to start really enforcing construction codes, or be less immune to the type of mid-level corruption that allows this to happen.
All those millions in easy cocaine dinero were flooding in, day after day, week after week, and pretty much everyone wanted a piece of that action. As Kim (and her friends) told me, it was an economic boom unlike any other - though granted, from a nefarious source.
They really don’t want enlisted scum…service members
I want to win the PowerBall so I can pay the fees for 500-750 boot-ass privates
— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) June 24, 2021
Fee structure
re: #280 No Malarkey!
We’ll see if this package can get 5 more Republican Senators. Mitch McConnell will whip against it, I bet.
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I dunno: given old McTurtle’s still-seemingly-iron grip on his caucus, I’m guessing that if even as *many* as 5 Senate GOPers are agreeing to an infrastructure “deal”, the fix is in, and that whatever the final numbers are, the Senate vote (probably something like 52-48) will be rigged to let the Republicans to be able to bitch to the max about the “wasteful” bill, while still grabbing as much Federal moola for their states/districts as they possibly can…
— Arch (Space Laser Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) June 24, 2021
re: #287 Dr Lizardo
All those millions in easy cocaine dinero were flooding in, day after day, week after week, and pretty much everyone wanted a piece of that action. As Kim (and her friends) told me, it was an economic boom unlike any other - though granted, from a nefarious source.
…and don’t forget how Castro PWN3D us with the Mariel Boatlift, emptying his prisons of all his most brutal, incorrigible and hardened criminals, whom we welcomed with open arms as “refugees from totalitarianism” and turned loose on out streets.
re: #280 No Malarkey!
We’ll see if this package can get 5 more Republican Senators. Mitch McConnell will whip against it, I bet.
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Yeah, I’m withholding assessment until the details of the bill are made public. But all the talk so far has been…less than encouraging.
re: #290 (((Archangel1)))
The scene with Wayne and Garth rocking in the car to Queen would work for me.
re: #287 Dr Lizardo
All those millions in easy cocaine dinero were flooding in, day after day, week after week, and pretty much everyone wanted a piece of that action. As Kim (and her friends) told me, it was an economic boom unlike any other - though granted, from a nefarious source.
The boom in substandard construction happens, as lots of people in developing countries suddenly have more cash to spend and/or the banking system has much more cash to make loans more available). And then there are lots of people muscling in the construction trades to sell them homes. Not as easy as cocaine-bucks and more legitimate, but it has the same effects..
Critical Race Theory posits that hundreds of years of slavery, racism, and white supremacy has affected how the legal system aw fuck it just look at the damn highlighted portion https://t.co/DjOq43tUWc
— Boomer Bear (@barefootboomer) June 24, 2021
re: #289 Jay C
I dunno: given old McTurtle’s still-seemingly-iron grip on his caucus, I’m guessing that if even as *many* as 5 Senate GOPers are agreeing to an infrastructure “deal”, the fix is in, and that whatever the final numbers are, the Senate vote (probably something like 52-48) will be rigged to let the Republicans to be able to bitch to the max about the “wasteful” bill, while still grabbing as much Federal moola for their states/districts as they possibly can…
It has to get 60 votes; this is the non-reconciliation infrastructure bill.
Good thread about the charges against Giuliani.
Rudy Giuliani suspended from practice of law in New York:https://t.co/I3Spxm1rZI pic.twitter.com/fYbxMz0ZUl
— Eric Turkewitz (@Turkewitz) June 24, 2021
Rudy may have to go back to his old job: perching on a high floor of an apartment building. https://t.co/EkFZ3QgQdz pic.twitter.com/JkHx2XXOYr
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) June 24, 2021
re: #297 No Malarkey!
Good thread about the charges against Giuliani.
currently only temporary.
but given the bullshit he was spewing for so long I wonder why it took until today to shut his operation down
re: #287 Dr Lizardo
My father in law was the lead carpenter on the Versace mansion back in the day. This was in the early 90s.That cocaine money was still floating around during that time. We got to visit during the remodel Versace did on the place. He even had a piece of wood that was supposed to have come from one of Columbus’ ships built into paneling in an office. All that work my FIL did was ripped out and trashed, he said it was the most he ever got paid for any job. There was a lot of development going on at that time, I can only imagine how much money was laundered during that 10-12 years.
re: #300 A Mom Anon
There was a lot of development going on at that time, I can only imagine how much money was laundered during that 10-12 years.
I have no idea either, but offhand, I’d reckon it had to be in the billions of dollars.
re: #299 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
currently only temporary.
but given the bullshit he was spewing for so long I wonder why it took until today to shut his operation down
It takes time for the advisory committee to act, and it is pretty quick for this kind of disciplinary action to take place. It is unusual for this kind of suspension to occur as well, which goes to the seriousness of the charges.
This does make it easier for other jurisdictions where Rudy served up this crap to suspend him there as well.
Rudy clearly violated the ABA rules on professional conduct as well as the NYS Code of Professional Conduct. As an officer of the court admitted to the state bar, Rudy violated key provisions that should end his career as a lawyer.
His prosecution comes next.
re: #298 Targetpractice
Hey! Lets not be insulting Gargoyles. They actually have a purpose in life.
Gargoyles were commonly used in medieval times. … Their two main purposes were to scare off evil, and to divert rainwater. Many had open mouths and long necks because they functioned as downspouts to divert rainwater from building foundations.
Rudy, not so much. He is evil and actively worked to destroy the foundation of this Country.
Earlier this hour, 5 TV channels I saw announced the decision to suspend your father’s law license. Here is my statement: pic.twitter.com/EySFZGU6Tk
— Arch (Space Laser Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) June 24, 2021
re: #297 No Malarkey!
Mike Dunford weighs in:
Good afternoon, everyone.
I just got back in from shopping. I’ve got my lunch at my desk. And I’ve got a copy of the NY State decision that has apparently suspended Rudy Guiliani from the practice of law.
This is a BIG DEAL.
Let’s figure out how big. https://t.co/oE2baHKmz4— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) June 24, 2021
Waiting for a call back from a local RV dealer to come out and give me an estimate on resealing the roof and replacing the broken wind screens.
Poor little Andrew. Dad’s law license was suspended for multiple violations of the NYS Code of Professional Responsibility. As an officer of the court, he repeatedly lied and engaged in fraud before the court.
That’s sanctionable conduct. Suspended license is tip of iceberg.— lawhawk #vaxxingforafriend (@lawhawk) June 24, 2021
Local Miami news is reporting that the collapsed building was in the process of inspections for recertification. Apparently, there’s a 40 year recertification that buildings have to go through.
re: #299 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
currently only temporary.
but given the bullshit he was spewing for so long I wonder why it took until today to shut his operation down
As they say, the wheels of justice grind slowly.
re: #304 (((Archangel1)))
Are you like 4’11”?
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) June 24, 2021
This clown shot this himself without even pointing a monitor in his direction.
I see “Daddy, please love me,” just like the Trump boys.
re: #304 (((Archangel1)))
It’s like Andrew Giuliani has no body? Did the courts take away his body? pic.twitter.com/aJesB35sg7
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) June 24, 2021
re: #312 No Malarkey!
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The guy is a blowhard of the highest order, I’m sure the wingers love him.
re: #312 No Malarkey!
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Sounds like Andy Boy is pissed that if his dad gets disbarred, he won’t be able to handle the legal work for Andrew’s campaign for governor….
re: #309 lawhawk
It failed.
Indeed. According to the Miami news, inspectors have said that they’d seen nothing that would indicate that a catastrophic failure was imminent.
JFC, that’s someone nightmare fuel….your building just straight-up collapses in the middle of the night. I’ve seen some interior photos on real estate sites of the condo units Champlain Tower South, and they were nice. Shit, if I had a cool million bucks just sitting around gathering dust, I’d have been tempted to buy one. Some nice looking digs, especially the ones with full terraces, with ocean views. Sweet as hell.
re: #314 Jay C
Sounds like Andy Boy is pissed that if his dad gets disbarred, he won’t be able to handle the legal work for Andrew’s campaign for governor….
When he loses, he’ll have to hire Powell or Wood to stop the steal!
re: #312 No Malarkey!
He shot it in a parking lot.
He shot it in a *parking lot*.
He shot it in a *parking lot*.
He shot it in a parking lot!!!!
He shot it in a parking lot!!!!
BWHAHAHA
re: #317 lawhawk
He shot it in a parking lot.
He shot it in a *parking lot*.
He shot it in a *parking lot*.
He shot it in a parking lot!!!!
He shot it in a parking lot!!!!
BWHAHAHA
It’s a family tradition.
re: #317 lawhawk
He shot it in a parking lot.
He shot it in a *parking lot*.
He shot it in a *parking lot*.
He shot it in a parking lot!!!!
He shot it in a parking lot!!!!
BWHAHAHA
Guess all the local landscaping companies were booked today.
re: #317 lawhawk
He shot it in a parking lot.
He shot it in a *parking lot*.
He shot it in a *parking lot*.
He shot it in a parking lot!!!!
He shot it in a parking lot!!!!
BWHAHAHA
Does Four Seasons Total Landscaping have a New York branch?
re: #315 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, and every other contemporary condo complex will likely need to be inspected across FL for the same kind of failure points, once they identify a root cause. That means if it was a sinkhole or underground subsidence, going and doing geotechnical analysis to make sure other buildings are on stable ground. If it was a structural failure, it means doing testing/reviewing of structure on site, and not merely review of plans as designed.
re: #321 lawhawk
Yeah, and every other contemporary condo complex will likely need to be inspected across FL for the same kind of failure points, once they identify a root cause. That means if it was a sinkhole or underground subsidence, going and doing geotechnical analysis to make sure other buildings are on stable ground. If it was a structural failure, it means doing testing/reviewing of structure on site, and not merely review of plans as designed.
Yeah, I’d say buildings of that vintage need to be looked over with a fine tooth comb.
re: #317 lawhawk
He shot it in a parking lot.
He shot it in a *parking lot*.
He shot it in a *parking lot*.
He shot it in a parking lot!!!!
He shot it in a parking lot!!!!
BWHAHAHA
He searched for Four Seasons Landscaping, and ended up reaching Four Seasons Landscaping Parking, Inc.
re: #321 lawhawk
Yeah, and every other contemporary condo complex will likely need to be inspected across FL for the same kind of failure points, once they identify a root cause. That means if it was a sinkhole or underground subsidence, going and doing geotechnical analysis to make sure other buildings are on stable ground. If it was a structural failure, it means doing testing/reviewing of structure on site, and not merely review of plans as designed.
Republicans there will pass a low outlawing critical infrastructure theory.
re: #288 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
They really don’t want enlisted
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re: #17 Belafon
Tomorrow is my last work day this week because, on Friday, I have to drive my son 2.5 hours from here to get to a Texas DMV we could get an appointment at to get his learners permit.
Department of Redundancy Department:
I went to the local DMV to upgrade-my-TN-driver-license-to-Real-ID status, so I can fly commercial after May 3, 2023. I can take a hint - figured I’d beat the rush.
So I get a Real TN ID, showing the same documents I used to get my TN driver’s license years before.
Time to renew my passport so I can vote.
re: #106 lawhawk
Electric vehicles have higher torque, faster response, and better center of gravity than an ICE. Hybrids split the difference - even with more weight for having the hybrid add on, it still adds to torque and HP to the wheels (and braking).
So this could end up being even faster 0-60, 0-100, etc., than the gas equivalent model.
They still know how to make gorgeous looking cars no matter the propulsion.
When I need acceleration to merge, the instant torque from the electric motor in my hybrid kicks in a lot faster than turbo boost in any turbo charged car I’ve driven. And it’s a hoot to drive on electric power only below certain speeds.
My next car will also be a hybrid.
re: #266 Dr Lizardo
Let’s hope so. That place was built in the early 1980s and as my old friend Kim pointed out (she’s a lifelong Miami resident), the chances are above average that the building’s construction was substandard. The 80s was a very corrupt time in the Miami area, with cocaine money fueling a construction boom. The work was done fast, and done cheap.
In the mid 1980s, Miami-Dade indicted a bunch of contractors and building inspectors for payoffs for construction inspections that were never done.
One of the contractors was our client.
re: #287 Dr Lizardo
All those millions in easy cocaine dinero were flooding in, day after day, week after week, and pretty much everyone wanted a piece of that action. As Kim (and her friends) told me, it was an economic boom unlike any other - though granted, from a nefarious source.
It was Miami, and the rules were different.
Form 8300 didn’t exist.
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