Donald Trump, our fascist former president, lashed out at Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley today, who says he feared Trump was stoking unrest in preparation for a coup attempt on January 6th, the day scores of insurrectionists overran the U.S. Capitol in his name. #Colbert #Comedy #Monologue
BACK THE BLUE!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!
AMERICA! LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT!
Who would have ever thought that the GOP wasn’t sincere about their jingoisms?
An Arizona judge on Thursday denied Republican senators’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit seeking records on the financial backers and other aspects of the sham “audit” of the 2020 elections in Maricopa County.
“It is difficult to conceive of a case with a more compelling public interest demanding public disclosure and public scrutiny,” Judge Michael W. Kemp wrote at the end of a seven-page decision.
Kemp said Thursday that records in those contractors’ possession were subject to Arizona’s public records law where they had a “substantial nexus” with a government agency’s activities. He rejected the argument that Cyber Ninjas and other private vendors working on the audit were exempt from public records laws. Allowing the Senate to circumvent public records law by retaining private companies would be “an absurd result,” he said.
He separately wrote that the the amounts paid by the audit’s funders were also subject to public records law: “[A]ll records disclosing specifically who is paying for and financing this legislative activity as well as precisely how much is being paid are subject to the PRL.”
Oh what will Christina Bobb and OANN do when they got to publicize who finances this circus????
Good morning, all.
I’m on hold awaiting the start of the sanctions hearing in O’Rourke v Dominion. This is a Colorado case that was filed by a couple of idiot lawyers who were seeking “nominal” damages of $1000.00 per registered voter in America.— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) July 16, 2021
The Texas Dems did give Miller Lite a lot of free advertising! Good product placement!
Miller Lite update: @MolsonCoors’ Fort Worth brewery, where Lite was born, donates $10K to social justice org CommUnity Frontline. And it’s hosting an online townhall tonight with Rep @NicoleCollier95 about voting rights #txlege https://t.co/NYGdzIZfLO via @fwbusinesspress
— Bud Kennedy / #ReadLocal (@BudKennedy) July 15, 2021
re: #4 b.d. (Cough Louder Conservatives!)
The Texas Dems did give Miller Lite a lot of free advertising! Good product placement!
I prefer my water straight from the tap.
The COVID pandemic is bad enough, but America is currently suffering an even worse pandemic of absolute stupidity.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 16, 2021
re: #6 Charles Johnson
“Derpes”.
It’s like Herpes, only brought on by derp. /S— 🤬🌡↔️🧼😷 Teo 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬 (@Teukka72) July 16, 2021
Apparently Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) Twitter is all in an uproar because Pope Francis issued a thing called a “motu proprio” which basically backed off some changes previous pope Benedict had put in place.
ROME — Pope Francis cracked down July 16 on the spread of the old Latin Mass, reversing one of Pope Benedict XVI’s signature decisions in a major challenge to traditionalist Catholics who immediately decried it as an attack on them and the ancient liturgy.
Francis reimposed restrictions on celebrating the Latin Mass that Benedict had relaxed in 2007. Francis said he was doing so because Benedict’s reform had become a source of division in the Roman Catholic Church and used as a tool by Catholics opposed to the Second Vatican Council, the 1962-65 event that led to wide reforms across the global church.
Critics said they had never before witnessed a pope so thoroughly reversing his predecessor. That the reversal concerned something so fundamental as the liturgy, while Benedict is still alive and living in the Vatican as a retired pope, only amplified the extraordinary nature of Francis’ move, which will surely result in more right-wing hostility directed at him.
Francis, 84, issued a new law requiring individual bishops to approve celebrations of the old Mass, also called the Tridentine Mass, and requiring newly ordained priests to receive explicit permission to celebrate it from their bishops in consultation with the Vatican.
What’s kind of amusing is that if you dig into this issue of the Latin Mass, you will find the reactionaries (many of whom now belong to schismatic groups) absolutely splitting over things such as WHICH Latin Mass? 1962 or something earlier? That’s because the 1962 mass was implemented under John XXIII and he also brought the “hateful, satanic” Vatican II and some people can’t abide using his mass. Then you start down the path of “well, we can’t use the mass of Pius XII because well, it’s not the TROO TRIDENTINE MASS of Pius V.
According to Francis’ defenders, he’s just trying to rope in the splitters. Good luck on that, Frank.
re: #8 mmmirele
Apparently Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) is all in an uproar because Pope Francis issued a thing called a “motu proprio” which basically backed off some changes previous pope Benedict had put in place.
What’s kind of amusing is that if you dig into this issue of the Latin Mass, you will find the reactionaries (many of whom now belong to schismatic groups) absolutely splitting over things such as WHICH Latin Mass? 1962 or something earlier? That’s because the 1962 mass was implemented under John XXIII and he also brought the “hateful, satanic” Vatican II and some people can’t abide using his mass. Then you start down the path of “well, we can’t use the mass of Pius XII because well, it’s not the TROO TRIDENTINE MASS of Pius V.
According to Francis’ defenders, he’s just trying to rope in the splitters. Good luck on that, Frank.
Like, 99% or more of Catholics which use the Latin Mass are fash, cryptofash, fascistoid, fash curious and other assorted rightoids like, ᛋᛋPX, Opus Dei, et al..
re: #8 mmmirele
Apparently Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) Twitter is all in an uproar because Pope Francis issued a thing called a “motu proprio” which basically backed off some changes previous pope Benedict had put in place.
What’s kind of amusing is that if you dig into this issue of the Latin Mass, you will find the reactionaries (many of whom now belong to schismatic groups) absolutely splitting over things such as WHICH Latin Mass? 1962 or something earlier? That’s because the 1962 mass was implemented under John XXIII and he also brought the “hateful, satanic” Vatican II and some people can’t abide using his mass. Then you start down the path of “well, we can’t use the mass of Pius XII because well, it’s not the TROO TRIDENTINE MASS of Pius V.
According to Francis’ defenders, he’s just trying to rope in the splitters. Good luck on that, Frank.
I guess they don’t want to bring back that whole deal about the pope being infallible though?
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On the one hand, I want to believe that people are basically good and a LOT of laws and restrictions are unnecessary.
On the other hand, https://t.co/FIbsD0cQ4J— Ana Mardoll (@AnaMardoll) July 16, 2021
Oh please. Not a chance. https://t.co/MCatlFx3Mv
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 16, 2021
Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) congressional campaign paid $25,000 last month for “legal consulting” fees to Manhattan criminal defense attorney Marc Fernich, who lists among his “notable clients” the accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, Insider reports.
How is this possible a legit use of campaign funds?
Was he on the job,* when he assaulted those kids?
* ie conducting state or fed business
re: #13 jaunte
Yeah, the problem with trying something like that here is that we have a lot of angry yahoos with guns.
There she goes with the “Well, Peter”/”Look, dick…” thing again. @SteveDoocy really fucked up naming his kid after his penis.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 16, 2021
I know it’s sort of fun to see Jen Psaki cram Peter Douchey into a locker, but I’m getting really sick of this dancing propaganda clown. https://t.co/rSQ2gJQjn8
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 16, 2021
re: #18 Charles Johnson
Jen should call him Steve, every single time.
Just yank Doofy’s ass and toss him out of the room.
re: #21 Dave In Austin
Elvis went from being the personification of Rock ‘n’ Roll to someone you are more likely to hear on a Country radio station than a Rock station.
Putin went from being an agent of the KGB, America’s arch nemesis to the very embodiment of the GOP ideal of leadership.
Saddam Hussein went from being a “force for stability in the region” to someone whose defeat was worth the lives of thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis
And finally, Georgia elected two Democratic Senators and went for Joe Biden in the Presidential election.
re: #22 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Elvis went from being the personification of Rock ‘n’ Roll to someone you are more likely to hear on a Country radio station than a Rock station.
Putin went from being an agent of the KGB, America’s arch nemesis to the very embodiment of the GOP ideal of leadership.
And finally, Georgia elected two Democratic Senators and went for Joe Biden in the Presidential election.
But Johnny Cash is, and always will be, a fucking badass.
/
re: #23 Eclectic Cyborg
But Johnny Cash is, and always will be, a fucking badass.
/
This I cannot argue. He is bigger than any one sub-genre, he is American Music.
I’ve probably created a monster.
I love living out here. Splooter! pic.twitter.com/WkneOs3jRq
— And The Wind Cries: “Ted Cruz will never be Pres.” (@DaveoutofAustin) July 16, 2021
re: #16 Eclectic Cyborg
Yeah, the problem with trying something like that here is that we have a lot of angry yahoos with guns.
France has their own angry yahoos, just fewer guns
William Regenry III died. m.huffpost.com
Good riddance. I had no idea his dad was all up in the Nazi shit with America First and such assholery. Only problem is his heirs will likely carry on the treason.
re: #27 A Mom Anon
According to the internet, it’s II not III. Wikipedia starts out with the truth about him:
William H. Regnery II was an American white nationalist political activist and donor, and an heir to a multi-million dollar fortune.
re: #29 Belafon
Still a valid observation of Christianity as far as this atheist is concerned.
This Christian feels the same way.
re: #27 A Mom Anon
William Regenry III died. m.huffpost.com
Good riddance. I had no idea his dad was all up in the Nazi shit with America First and such assholery. Only problem is his heirs will likely carry on the treason.
re: #24 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
This I cannot argue. He is bigger than any one sub-genre, he is American Music.
re: #27 A Mom Anon
William Regenry III died. m.huffpost.com
Good riddance. I had no idea his dad was all up in the Nazi shit with America First and such assholery. Only problem is his heirs will likely carry on the treason.
Grandma and Grandpa were well aware of the Regenry family’s involvement with the fascist America First movement.
Update:
Deadly standoff ends in Levelland, suspect in custody with injuries
LEVELLAND, Texas (KCBD) - An LSO SWAT Commander was killed and four other officers were injured in a deadly SWAT standoff in Levelland.
Law enforcement secured the area near 10th Street and Avenue J around 2 p.m. Thursday, and worked to push back the perimeter as the subject, later identified by law enforcement as 22-year-old Omar Soto-Chavira, fired shots “in all directions” from inside.
Lubbock County Sheriff’s SWAT leader, Sgt. Joshua Bartlett, was fatally struck and died from his injuries after being transported to the hospital.
Residents in the area were advised to stay away as stray bullets continued to be a concern late into Thursday night. Rumors and misinformation from social media spread quickly as Lubbock and Hockley County authorities tried to determine if Soto-Chavira was alone in the home, meanwhile shots continued to be fired at officers and deputies.
Concluding an almost 11 hour standoff with law enforcement including ATF and FBI, power to the city block was cut after sundown. Robots from Lubbock County SWAT and the Lubbock Police Department were used to locate Soto-Chavira alone in the bathroom of the home.
According to Lubbock County Sheriff Kelly Rowe, chemical agents were deployed, forcing Soto-Chavira out of the bathroom to a portion of the home that had been previously “opened up” by law enforcement.
re: #23 Eclectic Cyborg
But Johnny Cash is, and always will be, a fucking badass.
/
come to think of it, it’s been awhile since I posted this:
re: #27 A Mom Anon
William Regenry III died. m.huffpost.com
Good riddance. I had no idea his dad was all up in the Nazi shit with America First and such assholery. Only problem is his heirs will likely carry on the treason.
Agreed, with all the people who are praising him…
Richard Spencer,
Kevin McDonald, anti-Semitic sociologist
Peter Brimelow of VDARE
James Edwards of the Political cesspool
And he’s a cousin of the publisher of the right wing publisher, Regnery Publishing.
“Anyone and everyone can and should strap” law in Texas is going swimmingly.
Fort Worth police in standoff after resident opens fire on lawn mowing crew, officers | Yahoo! News
Who says the GOP isn’t a serious organization?
Caitlyn Jenner put her gubernatorial campaign on pause to film the new season of Celebrity Big Brother. https://t.co/7EutmZPUeO
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) July 16, 2021
It’s even the Australian version of BB, so at least we won’t see it.
re: #38 teleskiguy
“Anyone and everyone can and should strap” law in Texas is going swimmingly.
Fort Worth police in standoff after resident opens fire on lawn mowing crew, officers | Yahoo! News
Yeah, I used to have to fly halfway around the world to find a warzone. Now all I have to do is drive into town, and maybe not even that.
re: #40 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Yeah, I used to have to fly halfway around the world to find a warzone. Now all I have to do is drive into town, and maybe not even that.
Umphrey’s McGee are playing three nights three cities in Texas in September. I haven’t pulled the trigger on tickets and hotel rooms yet. Wondering if I should.
Sorry to see you’re leaving. Please take Chuck Todd with you.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 16, 2021
re: #41 teleskiguy
Umphrey’s McGee are playing three nights three cities in Texas in September. I haven’t pulled the trigger on tickets and hotel rooms yet. Wondering if I should.
Postmodern Jukebox is playing in Midland the Tuesday or Wednesday before Thanksgiving. As there’s nothing else worth doing in Midland, we’re contemplating driving from Dallas to Roswell, and spending a couple of days there before going to Midland and then heading back home.
Why are Republicans rushing to push voting restriction laws?
I got a feeling they are fast-tracking these bills because they want to trigger 60’s-style riots that they can exploit.
The State GOP told her to quit to make room for Larry Elder????
Caitlyn Jenner put her gubernatorial campaign on pause to film the new season of Celebrity Big Brother. https://t.co/7EutmZPUeO
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) July 16, 2021
re: #38 teleskiguy
“Anyone and everyone can and should strap” law in Texas is going swimmingly.
Fort Worth police in standoff after resident opens fire on lawn mowing crew, officers | Yahoo! News
What an utter dipshit, and probably an example of the current myth of property rights as absolute.
Code compliance officers knocked on the door at the residence in reference to a high grass violation but nobody answered the door, according to police. After several attempts to get someone to answer the door, workers from an independent lawn mowing company began to work on cutting the grass.
Moments after they started, a person inside the residence opened the front door and began shooting at mowers.
Police took cover and waited for backup to arrive. While they were taking cover, the suspect fired toward officers again twice, according to police.
re: #46 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
The “tree of liberty” is feasting on Texas blood thanks to the Tiny Penis Club!
re: #42 darthstar
I assume Hunt is her married name, and her parents didn’t name their baby daughter K. Hunt, so she didn’t have to make it through school with a name that unfortunate.
re: #44 JOE 🥓
Why are Republicans rushing to push voting restriction laws?
I got a feeling they are fast-tracking these bills because they want to trigger 60’s-style riots that they can exploit.
I don’t think that’s it. It’s that they are nostalgic for the glory days, before the VRA forced them to allow African-Americans to vote, and now that they have a SCOTUS on board with this plan, they are working to implement it wherever they can. They will next repeal Civil Rights Act, using the same rationale as the decimation of the VRA. They probably aren’t even thinking about riots — they believe that they can chip away at rights without getting any significant pushback, especially when you have a racist SCOTUS.
re: #46 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Let me guess: The nutjob with the gun thought the people at the door were some of Bidens vaccine enforcers.
re: #50 Eclectic Cyborg
Let me guess: The nutjob with the gun thought the people at the door were some of Bidens vaccine enforcers.
Oh man that’s gonna be a dangerous job.
re: #49 Hecuba’s daughter
Fucking hell. Do you really think SCOTUS would strike down the CRA?
But it didn’t exactly go WELL for them either.
The only question here, as in Michigan, seems to be in the “how bad” and “what will the order say” areas, not in the “will there be sanctions” one.— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) July 16, 2021
And did a Trump Judge throw a monkey wrench into prosecuting the coup participants?
Big headache for #CapitolRiot #J6 prosecutors as judge rejects their bid to share grand jury evidence w/contractor hired for $6.1M to make massive database. Latest w/@kyledcheney https://t.co/TF08PsHnZ8
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) July 16, 2021
Indifferent sociopath, or murderous psychopath.
A healthy mind would not do this.
.@TuckerCarlson immediately got himself vaccinated but tells his audience every night NOT to get vaccinated.
That’s all you need to know about Tucker Carlson.— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) July 15, 2021
oh oh!
Has been is having a mad!
Here’s more of Jen Psaki issuing decrees on who should and shouldn’t be allowed to use social media, then smugly scoffing at the notion that this should concern anyone on the ground that we’re going to die if we don’t submit to the White House’s orders:https://t.co/3bAR2J9RMF
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 16, 2021
re: #52 Eclectic Cyborg
Fucking hell. Do you really think SCOTUS would strike down the CRA?
Chip away at it, using libertarian arguments about the heavy hand of government. After all, Goldwater opposed the CRA because he objected to the federal government imposing restrictions on how private businesses operated. I wouldn’t put any evil beyond this Supreme Court.
re: #55 JOE 🥓
And did a Trump Judge throw a monkey wrench into prosecuting the coup participants?
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Why would a judge even have a say in that?
re: #57 b.d. (Cough Louder Conservatives!)
oh oh!
Has been is having a mad!
First they came for the anti-vaccer’s and I was like……Good! F*ck those guys!
re: #57 b.d. (Cough Louder Conservatives!)
oh oh!
Has been is having a mad!
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Yeah, as we can tell, Facebook has immediately shut them down. I mean what else is going to happen? Is she just going to say “stop” again?
OT — I know there is controversy about the Olympics, with dire warnings about the uptick in coronavirus cases in Japan. That said, although their population is about 38% of ours, their new case count is only 10%, and their daily deaths are about 6% of ours, even though only 20% are fully vaccinated and another 12% are partially vaccinated. So if anyone can conduct the Olympics safely, I believe that Japan can accomplish that.
re: #61 Belafon
Yeah, as we can tell, Facebook has immediately shut them down. I mean what else is going to happen? Is she just going to say “stop” again?
IT HAS BEEN 2 WHOLE DAYS & THE ACLU HASN’T SAID A WORD!!!!
Day 2 of @ACLU silence as the White House expands its boasting of the pressure it’s placing on the tech companies it regulates to censor content it designates as misleading and to ban the people on its lists, now insisting they be banned on all platforms.https://t.co/XcJr0eja8V
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 16, 2021
re: #62 Hecuba’s daughter
OT — I know there is controversy about the Olympics, with dire warnings about the uptick in coronavirus cases in Japan. That said, although their population is less than 40% of ours, their new case count is only 10%, and their daily deaths are about 6% of ours, even though only 20% are fully vaccinated and another 12% are partially vaccinated. So if anyone can conduct the Olympics safely, I believe that Japan can accomplish that.
The Japanese can. Can the Japanese, Americans, British, Chinese, Greeks, Canadians, Mexicans, Germans, etc. do it?
Trumpites like to pretend they’re fierce internet warriors, but they’re incredibly easy to troll.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 16, 2021
Now I have Trumpites retweeting Glenn Greenwald at me, which is perfect.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 16, 2021
When you successfully troll Trumpites on one of their popular topics, you get to see their talking points mutate and evolve in real time, as they keep coming at you with the latest bullshit they’re circulating.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 16, 2021
The latest hilarious right wing take is that Doocy “caught her in a lie.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 16, 2021
I never realized that reading public Facebook posts is actually DEEP STATE SPYING.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 16, 2021
Nothing makes a Trumpite angrier than telling them they aren’t going to be allowed to keep spreading lies and conspiracy theories.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 16, 2021
re: #65 Charles Johnson
The government collects a lot of information, they keep it in places called libraries.
re: #65 Charles Johnson
And she read a report about people on Facebook.
re: #65 Charles Johnson
You know who the White House isn’t going to surveille on Facebook? Trump.
re: #69 JOE 🥓
Some Democrats want to take their guns. I would have left that one off the list.
re: #69 JOE 🥓
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1. No. I say Merry Christmas. Except to people who are actually offended, which might have been a grand total of one person ever in the two ultra blue states I have lived in for out for 22 out of the last 24 years.
2. No. Except for Eric Swalwell, and there are many more strong 2nd Amendment supporters who are Democrats. I’ve met enough 2nd amendment absolutists who vote Democrat saying: “I want women to have legal guns for protection, and to have universal single-payer healthcare.”
3. No
4. Frankly, I can totally see facebook or any social media company doing this at least occasionally if it gets enough mass reports, given how automated reporting and moderation often work. Though given the nature of how posts spread, it’s far less likely to happen to a member of a majority religion than a minority religion in the general social graph of that poster. And someone brainwashed, in an American context, or any other context where a majority or plurality is convinced of perceived grievances is by definition likely to be a member of the majority religion.
5. No.
6. No.
OFFS
Sorry, not going to kiss their lying, denying and disingenuous ass
Vaccine resisters can’t be persuaded if they feel disrespected | Opinion by @michaelbd https://t.co/nwszm47IOf
— National Review (@NRO) July 16, 2021
re: #72 b.d. (Cough Louder Conservatives!)
OFFS
Sorry, not going to kiss their lying, denying and disingenuous ass
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What do they want? A fucking participation award or something?
re: #72 b.d. (Cough Louder Conservatives!)
OFFS
Sorry, not going to kiss their lying, denying and disingenuous ass
Pretending that antisocial idiocy is respectable won’t help, or the people at NR would have convinced the contrarian reactionary-right to do the right thing by now.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) July 16, 2021
re: #72 b.d. (Cough Louder Conservatives!)
OFFS
Sorry, not going to kiss their lying, denying and disingenuous ass
Vaccine resistersRacists can’t be persuaded if they feel disrespected.
See how dumb this argument is when you change the target?
re: #73 Eventual Carrion
What do they want? A fucking participation award or something?
They want something a grifter or a minister can sell them. They see smart people as an outgroup, and pretending to respect plague rats wouldn’t change them.
re: #73 Eventual Carrion
What do they want? A fucking participation award or something?
Respecting their nonsense is how we got here in the first place.
— Keith Vallacchi (@KeithVallacchi) July 16, 2021
Vaccine resisters can’t be persuaded if they feel disrespected | Opinion by @michaelbd https://t.co/nwszm47IOf
— National Review (@NRO) July 16, 2021
Man…this is obnoxious but I can’t stop cracking up over the number and variety of “our feelings matter so much that the rest of you are responsible for them, also facts aren’t facts because our feelings” takes that conservatives and reactionaries can spawn.
re: #30 Belafon
My fuck up. I read it as 2 and wrote it as 3. Damn it.
re: #72 b.d. (Cough Louder Conservatives!)
OFFS
Sorry, not going to kiss their lying, denying and disingenuous ass
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then they may get sick
and they might die
that’s some brilliant thinking there
Vaccine resisters can’t be persuaded if they feel disrespected | Opinion by @michaelbd https://t.co/nwszm47IOf
— National Review (@NRO) July 16, 2021
So your saying this disease is negotiable?#FuckYourFeelings and go get stuck. It’s the #Patriotic thing to do. https://t.co/BmE3P2cBqO
— And The Wind Cries: “Ted Cruz will never be Pres.” (@DaveoutofAustin) July 16, 2021
from downstairs
rudepundit:
If we had a sane ex-president, this could all be solved. He would be out there talking nonstop about his amazing triumph in getting the vaccine done so quickly and how everyone should get it instead of whining about the election. But Trump is not sane. And, truthfully, neither is half the nation anymore.
heck, he could even say, “You want to stay alive don’t you, so you can own the libs, and defeat all Socialist Biden supporters? Get your covid shot and help me win in 2022 and 2024!!!!
or:
re: #72 b.d. (Cough Louder Conservatives!)
OFFS
Sorry, not going to kiss their lying, denying and disingenuous ass
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If they’re that kind of people I think they should have their guns taken away. They’re clearly not mature enough to have them.
Speaking of, the dad of one of my son’s friends had refused to get the shot. His wife and mine work together, so my wife heard that he is finally going to get the shot because his company is going to reopen the gym but you must be vaccinated to use it.
re: #84 Belafon
Note that it’s not to keep his son safe, even though the son has gotten the shot, but for the gym.
gallup
Digging deeper, there’s a big difference between the two political parties. Confidence in science among Democrats has risen from 67% in 1975 to 79% today. Among Republicans, confidence in science has fallen from 72% in 1975 to just 45%
today.
re: #81 Dave In Austin
Don’t disrespect the people wearing this shirt when you kiss their ass :
re: #75 Eclectic Cyborg
See how dumb this argument is when you change the target?
That’s exactly the argument the racists use. They were disrespected by the left so they had to become even more racist in response. These are mean people in every sense of the word and look to justify themselves however they can.
from the atlantic via politicalwire.com - in its entirety
Ed Yong reports on the pandemic in Missouri, where ICUs are filling with more younger patients in their 20s, 30s, and 40s than before, including many with no underlying health problems.
“In part, that’s because elderly people were more likely to get vaccinated, leaving Delta with a younger pool of vulnerable hosts. While experts are still uncertain if Delta is deadlier than the original coronavirus, every physician and nurse whom I spoke to in Missouri told me that the 30- and 40-something COVID-19 patients whom they’re now seeing are much sicker than those they saw last year. Unlike last year, nurses are watching families navigate end-of-life decisions for young people who had no advanced directives or legal documents in place.”
“Almost every COVID-19 patient in Springfield’s hospitals is unvaccinated, and the dozen or so exceptions are all either elderly or immunocompromised people. The vaccines are working as intended, but the number of people who have refused to get their shots is crushing morale. Vaccines were meant to be the end of the pandemic. If people don’t get them, the actual end will look more like Springfield’s present: a succession of COVID-19 waves that will break unevenly across the country until everyone has either been vaccinated or infected.”
these people are idiots.
no they dont deserve to die.
and no, i have no sympathy.
and dammit, they’re taking the elderly and immunocompromised (and not yet vaxxed) with them
re: #88 DesertDenizen
That’s exactly the argument the racists use. They were disrespected by the left so they had to become even more racist in response. These are mean people in every sense of the word and look to justify themselves however they can.
A corollary argument has long been “the R’s will never cooperate in a bipartisan manner if you keep complaining about their absolute refusal to cooperate.”
re: #90 Barefoot Grin
A corollary argument has long been “the R’s will never cooperate in a bipartisan manner if you keep complaining about their absolute refusal to cooperate.”
It’s almost like there’s no good faith from any of them.
re: #73 Eventual Carrion
If they’re good they get a sticker for each vaccine. I still have mine.
re: #92 A Mom Anon
I got a sticker and a Dum Dum. They’re both still floating around in my bag.
re: #88 DesertDenizen
That’s exactly the argument the racists use. They were disrespected by the left so they had to become even more racist in response. These are mean people in every sense of the word and look to justify themselves however they can.
You push back, and they just get worse, but that’s on them.
The failed former President said the same about his impeachments.
Any of them that don’t suffer from NPD had the option to become better when they learned that they need to improve to be socially acceptable. Instead, they chose to become worse.
re: #93 DesertDenizen
I got a sticker and a Dum Dum. They’re both still floating around in my bag.
I only got a sticker. This is an OUTRAGE!!1!One
My gosh, it’s almost as if some influential Republican messaging consultant told GOP leadership to sow doubts about scientific consensus in a 2002 memorandum, setting off a long-term political movement to repudiate that gathering consensus https://t.co/nDq9kJ39tE pic.twitter.com/bcqlefKowp
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) July 16, 2021
re: #89 Dangerman
Yeah, the real problem is that most of them won’t die…
…but in the process of getting sick they’re going to expose other people who might get sick even with the vaccine (because of immunocompromise or other negative factors) and die or get severely messed up…
…but also at the same time potentially spawning further variants that possible could infect more people even if they’re vaccinated and everything repeats.
Which—bonus round—is why we should be vaccinating everyone, everywhere regardless of national borders.
re: #26 danarchy
France has their own angry yahoos, just fewer guns
It’s estimated that the US hard about 120 guns per 100 people, France head around 16 per 100.
However both countries have majorities of people with no guns, some people with one or two, collectors with collections and crazy lunatics with huge quantities.
re: #99 John Hughes
I maxed out at seven, which was a small collection among my social circle. Out here if you’re truly rural four is understandable because there are four basic types for different purposes, beyond that it starts becoming a hobby at best, obsession at worst.
There he goes to get more bribes from Republicans.
Joe Manchin headed to Texas fundraiser hosted by oil billionaires and wealthy Republican donors
Is Sinema going with him?
re: #101 JOE 🥓
I don’t think she needs to be bribed. When attention is your guiding star she gets everything she needs just by being contrary.
Two California men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly plotting to attack the Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, part of what prosecutors say was a plan to inspire a “movement” among “patriots” following the 2020 election.
The indictment comes six months after one of the men was arrested on weapons charges after law enforcement allegedly found several pipe bombs at his home and business.
Jarrod Copeland and Ian Benjamin Rogers were charged federally in an indictment unsealed Wednesday. Rogers has faced months of state and federal court dates for the weapons charges, including unregistered possession of an explosive device, and has not yet entered a plea to the latest charges. Copeland pleaded not guilty Thursday.
“Prompted by the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election, on November 25, 2020, Rogers and Copeland began to plan an attack against a target or targets they associated with Democrats,” the federal indictment against the men read.
re: #101 JOE 🥓
There he goes to get more bribes from Republicans.
Joe Manchin headed to Texas fundraiser hosted by oil billionaires and wealthy Republican donors
Is Sinema going with him?
He knows there’s nothing the party can do to him.
re: #104 Belafon
He knows there’s nothing the party can do to him.
And watch what happens when McConnell kills the filibuster when he gets the Senate…
Adam Silverman has an interesting analysis of the supposed Russian documents, basically laying out that it’s probably not real disinformation : balloon-juice.com
After what we have all lived through over the past 6 years, it is hard to imagine a trending Twitter topic that could cause my eyes to roll out of my head…but I feel like the outcry over Latin Mass could be the most batshit thing I have ever seen.
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) July 16, 2021
Not surprising but maddening
The very corrupt @KenPaxtonTX hand-picked Hanen to be the judge in this case - and Hanen once again delivered
We need a legislative solution once and for all. Over to you @SenateDems, @HouseDemocrats, and @POTUS https://t.co/nPOVef9YdK— Joe Sudbay (@JoeSudbay) July 16, 2021
re: #108 The Ghost of a Flea
I’m not sure of it is still this way, but last time I lived near a Food 4 Less they were famously non union. I didn’t shop there.
Bill O’Reilly called it “bullsh*t” that ticket sales for his arena show with former President Trump have been slow.
But a Ticketmaster map of the venue shows otherwise (the unsold seats are in blue). https://t.co/ONe26JjVRv pic.twitter.com/Ihd1shLvzv— Mediaite (@Mediaite) July 16, 2021
Some billionaire like Peter Thiel will buy all the tickets and donate them to MAGA cult followers.
re: #112 DodgerFan1988
Some billionaire like Peter Thiel will buy all the tickets and donate them to MAGA cult followers.
That is how they get their books and movies on the charts.
LOL. Point, laugh, roll on the ground till you catch your breath
Ticket sales are moving slowly for the coming Trump-O’Reilly stadium tour
In Orlando, where the duo is hosting an event at the 20,000-capacity Amway Center on Dec. 12, a box office employee for the arena said, “There’s still a lot of tickets open.” The person, who like others for this story insisted on anonymity to share confidential sales data, added: “We have concerts that are doing a lot better than this.” A Bad Bunny concert being held next March recently sold out within two days, for example, and the majority of seats for a Dec. 3 Kane Brown concert have been sold already.
At the 20,000-seat American Airlines Center in Dallas, home to the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and NHL’s Dallas Stars, a large number of seats remain open for the Dec. 19 Trump-O’Reilly event, according to a stadium employee who works in ticket sales.
For Trump’s Houston event with O’Reilly at the 19,000-seat Toyota Center, home to the NBA’s Houston Rockets, 60 to 65 percent of seats remain unsold, an employee with access to ticket sales information estimated. And in Sunrise, Florida, a box office employee at the BB&T Center said that they would have expected sales for the Trump-O’Reilly event there to have been “definitely higher” by now.
re: #116 Rightwingconspirator
Tee to the fucking Hee. They think they are super special. Nope. Who wants to watch two creepy old white guys? Except maybe other creepy old white guys.
re: #98 The Ghost of a Flea
Yeah, the real problem is that most of them won’t die…
…but in the process of getting sick they’re going to expose other people who might get sick even with the vaccine (because of immunocompromise or other negative factors) and die or get severely messed up…
…but also at the same time potentially spawning further variants that possible could infect more people even if they’re vaccinated and everything repeats.
Which—bonus round—is why we should be vaccinating everyone, everywhere regardless of national borders.
its true that most of them wont die
but it’s not the flu either
a lot will live with long term health issues (ie preexisting conditions - remember those?)
re: #107 bratwurst
After what we have all lived through over the past 6 years, it is hard to imagine a trending Twitter topic that could cause my eyes to roll out of my head…but I feel like the outcry over Latin Mass could be the most batshit thing I have ever seen.
Dude, Monkeypox is there now.
re: #118 Dangerman
its true that most of them wont die
but it’s not the flu either
a lot will live with long term health issues (ie preexisting conditions - remember those?)
Delta amplifies very quickly. Many Americans are going to find themselves exposed to large initial doses of the virus, then having it successfully exploit their body to reproduce in far greater numbers than the original, which was already deadly to sick or unlucky people.
Vaccinated people will feel like they have a cold. I expect unvaccinated people to die in hospital hallways when they run out of space. There are just too many shitheads living in narcissistic alternate realities.
re: #112 DodgerFan1988
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Some billionaire like Peter Thiel will buy all the tickets and donate them to MAGA cult followers.
someone may do it once
but they wont keep on show after show
it would be obvious the ‘headliners’ dont draw and the show’s a loser
most people with that much money have some brains
no one would throw good money after bad time and again to prop up a pair of losers
there are better ways to spend that same money to make whatever statement they’d want to make
nbc news:
‘They’re killing people’: Biden blames Facebook, other social media for allowing Covid misinformation
yup he said it
“The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated, and that’s — they’re killing people,” he continued.
facebook said it “removed more than 18 million pieces of COVID misinformation, removed accounts that repeatedly break these rules, and connected more than 2 billion people to reliable information about COVID-19 and COVID vaccines across our apps.”
…whether the White House found those actions sufficient, Psaki said “clearly not because we’re talking about additional steps that should be taken.”
re: #119 HRH Stanley Sea
Dude, Monkeypox is there now.
Don’t get me wrong, monkeypox is CRAZY…but there is something so freaking bizarre about the people INSISTING that Latin mass PACKS Catholic churches that sit empty otherwise. I can’t wrap my head around the mentality behind this.
I expect that a lot of recovered Covid patients will subsequently die of flu or measles or some other contagion to which their damaged systems will be vulnerable and against which they also refuse to be vaccinated. The anti-covid measures that mitigated the spread of the flu last year will be largely absent this year. Other factors could still intervene to prevent this scenario but at this point a genuinely apocalyptic event is a real possibility.
The latest finding from The Institute For The Incredibly Fucking Obvious:
AP: Few Arizona voter fraud cases undercut Trump’s claims | Yahoo! News
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona county election officials have identified fewer than 200 cases of potential voter fraud out of more than 3 million ballots cast in last year’s presidential election, undercutting former President Donald Trump’s claims of a stolen election as his allies continue a disputed ballot review in the state’s most populous county.
An Associated Press investigation found 182 cases where problems were clear enough that officials referred them to investigators for further review. So far, only four cases have led to charges, including those identified in a separate state investigation. No one has been convicted. No person’s vote was counted twice.
While it’s possible more cases could emerge, the numbers illustrate the implausibility of Trump’s claims that fraud and irregularities in Arizona cost him the state’s electorate votes. In final, certified and audited results, Biden won 10,400 more votes than Trump out of 3.4 million cast.
re: #116 Rightwingconspirator
LOL. Point, laugh, roll on the ground till you catch your breath
Ticket sales are moving slowly for the coming Trump-O’Reilly stadium tour
Perhaps it’s because I’ve been a little hopeful regarding Cuba… but I’m going to be hopeful that this is a sign that Trump’s political power is waning.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky says cases in the U.S. are up about 70% over the last week, hospital admissions are up 36% and deaths rose by 26%. https://t.co/5sl6ieWKs6
— THV11 (@THV11) July 16, 2021
Angela Morris’ daughter, Caia Morris Cooper, is fighting for her life at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She said the hardest part about watching her child suffer is that the entire thing was preventable. https://t.co/AKH0zKi1rd
— THV11 (@THV11) July 15, 2021
“The kids had to bury their father on Father’s day.” Alan Lanoix tested positive and spent 17 days in the hospital with several on a ventilator. His wife and sons all tested positive too. They survived, but Lanoix died June 9 at 54 years old. https://t.co/KOa3sLe8aj
— THV11 (@THV11) July 16, 2021
re: #125 teleskiguy
You know, I’m glad I lost in 2016 to the guy in the last paragraph. If I’d won and been a Democratic County Recorder in rural Arizona in 2020 I probably would have needed a firearm for safety.
re: #127 KGxvi
Perhaps it’s because I’ve been a little hopeful regarding Cuba… but I’m going to be hopeful that this is a sign that Trump’s political power is waning.
There have been studies showing that TFG’s influence is waning — but our cohort of relentlessly pessimistic lizards have posted so much gloom and doom that they’ve been lost in the deluge.
The families of two unvaccinated men who had to undergo major lung surgery after contracting the coronavirus are speaking out, encouraging others to get the shot and reevaluating their own vaccine hesitancy. https://t.co/zoCtO4PETD
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 15, 2021
Previous thread:
re: #328 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
What about all the black churches in the country? (It’s easy to get too close to a problem.)
They are not exempt.
Sexual Abuse of Power in the Black Church: Sexual Misconduct in African-America Churches (2012, goes to Amazon, by Donald H. Matthews, PhD, Political Science)
Also:
Black Churches and Sexual Violence (goes to the Me Too Movement Website, a support group for those abused in African-American churches, includes coping strategies for both sexual abuse and when white Christians uphold Black churches as some paragon of virtue)
re: #135 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Aretha Franklin grew up in a fucked up black church culture.
Don’t even think of discussing “torturing Senate rules” until you discuss Merrick Garland and Amy Coney Barrett.
— Hal Perry (@halperry) July 16, 2021
re: #38 teleskiguy
“Anyone and everyone can and should strap” law in Texas is going swimmingly.
Fort Worth police in standoff after resident opens fire on lawn mowing crew, officers | Yahoo! News
The officers and lawn mowers were at the house to enforce lawn compliance; his grass was too tall… WTH kind of nanny state is that? Oh, right TX!
re: #137 The GOP is a terrorist organization
With the Republicans having attempted a coup that they now want us to forget, and with lips still firmly attached to the failed former President’s ass as he attacks our democracy, the party is too far gone to be any help to Americans. Of course they need to be bypassed.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) July 16, 2021
re: #138 JC1
The officers and lawn mowers were at the house to enforce lawn compliance; his grass was too tall… WTH kind of nanny state is that? Oh, right TX!
I wish someone would come mow my lawn if I just let it get too long.
Could he possibly act more Republican?? 🤨
— SoCo Watcher #EndTheFilibuster (@WatcherSoco) July 16, 2021
re: #39 b.d. (Cough Louder Conservatives!)
Who says the GOP isn’t a serious organization?
It’s even the Australian version of BB, so at least we won’t see it.
That means it’s smooth sailing for Larry Elder.
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re: #141 Dread Pirate Ron
Aw, hell. Does this mean he could be switching sides soon?
re: #143 Eclectic Cyborg
Aw, hell. Does this mean he could be switching sides soon?
No, he’d be worthless as part of the Republican Party. As a Democrat, he currently holds inordinate power as one of the few who are willing to vote against the country’s best interests. I’m just taking it as a sign that he’s an asshole who pals around with whoever wants to grease his palm.
re: #140 danarchy
I wish someone would come mow my lawn if I just let it get too long.
In my village, you get three warning citations before Code Enforcement takes action. Then, IIRC, they take you to court for fines and such. If the village has to have a crew cut your grass, I suspect that you have to pay for it.
440,000 National Guard members face missing paychecks as GOP blocks funding: reporthttps://t.co/ei88guDyxM
— Raw Story (@RawStory) July 16, 2021
Venal Democrats exist. Joe Manchin is just the farthest right of them, and intimately tied in with fossil fuels.
re: #140 danarchy
I wish someone would come mow my lawn if I just let it get too long.
You don’t want the bill they will send you.
Someone who flew from Nigeria to Dallas and is now quarantined with monkeypox.
re: #148 Belafon
You don’t want the bill they will send you.
Exactly. In my city code enforcement falls under me. If we have to clean something up for you you’re getting a lien, and you’re paying government rates. It’s cheaper and easier to do it yourself. Having to do cleanups and drop liens is one of the worst parts of my job, but some people are okay living in a literal dump.
re: #138 JC1
The officers and lawn mowers were at the house to enforce lawn compliance; his grass was too tall… WTH kind of nanny state is that? Oh, right TX!
Ahem… as a resident in another drought-ridden area, I’d want more information before I condemned OR praised this.
re: #151 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
Ahem… as a resident in another drought-ridden area, I’d want more information before I condemned OR praised this.
You thinking what I’m thinking, grass length and state, and fire hazard?
re: #141 Dread Pirate Ron
Could he possibly act more Republican?
Sure. Change his vote for Leader from Schumer to McConnell.
re: #138 JC1
The officers and lawn mowers were at the house to enforce lawn compliance; his grass was too tall… WTH kind of nanny state is that? Oh, right TX!
I’m pretty sure nearly every city has these. I suspect every town greater than 30k people has an ordinance like that.
re: #146 Dread Pirate Ron
So much for all that Back the Blue bullshit, I guess.
re: #141 Dread Pirate Ron
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I suspect this is partially a show to Democrats of who is in charge.
re: #156 Eclectic Cyborg
So much for all that Back the Blue bullshit, I guess.
They won’t fund the Capitol police, so it’s over.
re: #156 Eclectic Cyborg
They only back the blue when the blue are oppressing minorities.
mbl.is finally moved their cameras to a hill that overlooks Meradalir valley. Now the cameras face southwest, so we can see the cracked side of the volcano.
Zoom camera:
Overview camera:
That’s a whole lot of hot lava in Meradalir.
Also: I never knew Iceland was so dreary. All during July it has been rainy and foggy and people are wearing coats. In the middle of summer.
re: #161 nines09
Something this way comes….
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If the clouds start moving in circles, you are going to have a bad time and you just might go to space today.
re: #53 Dopamine Fish
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there are some painful clips provided mostly by law students on the internet of lawyers who manage to completely crap their pants in front of judges, to the point where the judges end up telling the lawyers they will be contacting the law schools to figure out how those schools are producing such pants-crapping product. Loyola in New Orleans springs to mind.
re: #162 Dopamine Fish
In a valley here. We have had a few touch down but most just break up because of we are in a valley. Tornados love flat land.
re: #164 nines09
In a valley here. We have had a few touch down but most just break up because of we are in a valley. Tornados love flat land.
We get them fairly frequently here in the wild north country. A small one struck just north of my town about 2 years ago; I drive across its path when I go to work. A rather larger one struck a nearby town about 5 years ago, the tornado sirens went off and I had to take fishspawn into our basement to take cover from that one.
Sun reported last night that at least 100 sailors on @HMSQNLZ have tested positive for #COVID19 assumed caught while ashore in Cyprus.
None of the positive cases needed sick bay treatment and measures in place to limit further infectionshttps://t.co/sqqJFNPFdP pic.twitter.com/qwusxuyfJc— Navy Lookout (@NavyLookout) July 14, 2021
If anyone deserves to be globally deplatformed, it’s Glenn Greenwald. (he’s got me blocked on Twitter, but I know he’s insecure enough to google himself and find these mentions of him here, so fuck you, Glenn.)
re: #160 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
mbl.is finally moved their cameras to a hill that overlooks Meradalir valley. Now the cameras face southwest, so we can see the cracked side of the volcano.
Zoom camera:
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That’s a whole lot of hot lava in Meradalir.
Also: I never knew Iceland was so dreary. All during July it has been rainy and foggy and people are wearing coats. In the middle of summer.
I was there in the middle of summer. It’s pretty fuckin’ dreary…they get a June gloom a lot like we do here in the Bay Area…only with more drizzle.
re: #165 Dopamine Fish
Had most of my tornado scares in northern Ohio and Indiana on the I-80-90 corridor. Tornado warnings are the best at night with your weather band radio screaming about the town you are coming up on having touchdowns and shit is loose everywhere. Then the Toll booths go dark….
re: #170 nines09
Had most of my tornado scares in northern Ohio and Indiana on the I-80-90 corridor. Tornado warnings are the best at night with your weather band radio screaming about the town you are coming up on having touchdowns and shit is loose everywhere. Then the Toll booths go dark….
My parents have had several firsthand encounters with tornadoes in central Indiana, back in fish country. They’ve been spared direct damage, but it’s not for lack of trying on the storms’ part.
re: #157 Belafon
I suspect this is partially a show to Democrats of who is in charge.
OR
Is this putting the second attempt at a coup in motion?
re: #171 Dopamine Fish
I was close to shitting my pants a few times.
re: #173 nines09
I was close to shitting my pants a few times.
Tornadoes tend to do that. They’re unpredictable and wild. I read about one that struck the lake where my parents vacation every year, back in the 1970’s. It physically tore cabins from their foundation pads and threw them, intact, into the lake.
re: #154 Belafon
I’m pretty sure nearly every city has these. I suspect every town greater than 30k people has an ordinance like that.
My first “job” in my North Dakota city was mowing lawns for the local slum lord. He owned the duplex next to the house I grew up in and my dad absolutely hated that he never took care of the yard. So my dad made me mow that in addition to ours and the slum lord happened to notice me mowing it one day. He stopped and asked me if I wanted to make some money mowing another place. Offered something like $40, which I thought was crazy in 1975. Asked my dad if it was OK and he laughed and said yes. So my 13year old body pushed my dad’s lawnmower and some gas a mile and a half crosstown. Knew right away I was at the right place. The grass was more than half way to my knees. Had to walk the yard to find all the hidden toys and stuff first. Then basically mowed it once by pushing the lawnmower at a 45 degree angle and once more to finish the job. Luckily my dad knew what I was getting into so he showed up with the pickup truck and a soda a couple hours later to drive me home. Made a lot of money that summer mowing the guy’s lawns all over town. Every one I the same condition. Finally believed my dad that I was being paid so much because it was a fraction of what he’d be charged if the city mowed them for him. Boy did I trash my dad’s lawnmower that summer but I did learn a bit about keeping one running.
re: #167 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Then again, the country collectively forgot the 1918 flu.
The number of abortions performed in Iowa climbed nearly 14% in 2020, after jumping 25% the previous year, new state data show.
Iowa had seen years of steady declines in abortions before 2019. But that trendline has changed.
The state saw 4,058 abortions performed in 2020, up from 3,566 in 2019 and 2,849 in 2018, the new numbers show.
The new data were shared with legislative staff Thursday by the Iowa Department of Public Health.
The turnaround in abortion numbers came in the wake of Iowa’s 2017 decision to withdraw from a federally funded family planning program, which helped thousands of Iowans gain birth control supplies and information on how to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. The program was replaced with a state-run version, which barred Planned Parenthood’s participation and has served fewer Iowans.
Limit access to birth control, there’s going to be more unintended pregnancies, which means more abortions. These conservative dingbats who say they want to get rid of abortions also want to get rid of things (comprehensive contraception, sex education) that are proven to reduce the number of abortions.
They is smrt, u c
re: #176 Belafon
Then again, the country collectively forgot the 1918 flu.
There’s no statue that I know of to the 1918 flu. If there were, who knows how differently things would have turned out this time?
Having killed the thread, I guess I’ll go start making dinner.
Well FUCKITY, FUCK, FUCK! Caught the bullet right between the eyes for next week. I’m Juror #840.
Unless other arrangements have been previously made, the following July jurors are scheduled to appear:
Tuesday, July 20th
(4-day District jury trial)
(This is NOT a good sign.)
July jurors with the numbers 826 through the number 909 and the numbers 31 through the number 130 appear Tuesday, July 20th at 8:30 a.m.
I’ll post a pic of how I’m dressed before I leave each day.
re: #180 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Go forth and do your civic duty.
re: #180 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been empaneled on cases.
When they hear the magic words, “I’m a Federal Civil Servant” AND “I’m paid unlimited number of days while serving on a jury”…into the box I go!
re: #178 calochortus
There’s no statue that I know of to the 1918 flu. If there were, who knows how differently things would have turned out this time?
Well, here is one:
Most people don’t remember how in 1971, celebrating the release of Tarkus, Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer got unruly at a pub and were thrown out into the street, through a ground-level window by their table.
It was the Defenestration of Prog.https://t.co/d3JJUW2tB0— John Scalzi (@scalzi) July 14, 2021
RIP Biz Markie
Rapper Biz Markie has died at 57, TMZ reports https://t.co/EWzOejiDbu
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 16, 2021
re: #185 JOE 🥓
Oh damn. Hip hop has lost a few giants as of late. 😢
RIP Biz Markie 🕊pic.twitter.com/IJGVs9hL1n
— NUFF (@nuffsaidny) July 16, 2021
re: #186 teleskiguy
Oh damn. Hip hop has lost a few giants as of late. 😢
I knew I wasn’t the only one thinking this.
really feels like it’s been a steady stream of deaths among rappers of this generation https://t.co/nic6ULp80W
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) July 16, 2021
re: #62 Hecuba’s daughter
OT — I know there is controversy about the Olympics, with dire warnings about the uptick in coronavirus cases in Japan. That said, although their population is about 38% of ours, their new case count is only 10%, and their daily deaths are about 6% of ours, even though only 20% are fully vaccinated and another 12% are partially vaccinated. So if anyone can conduct the Olympics safely, I believe that Japan can accomplish that.
The average Japanese don’t think so. They think they’re being held over a barrel by the International Olympic Committee and the LDP (Liberal Democratic Party). In a normal situation* I would have completely agreed with you, but given how the Olympics are basically “hands off, look the other way”, it has all the possibility of a major clusterfuck in the making.
* In fact, in 2018 and 2019 I said that Japan would probably put on a really great, organized show. And if it wasn’t so insanely expensive, I’d love to go. Not now.
re: #140 danarchy
I wish someone would come mow my lawn if I just let it get too long.
The fine will be somewhat more than it would have cost to have a kid mow it.
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