America’s latest surge of covid-19 infections is so concerning that even vaccine holdouts like Republican Congressman Steve Scalise are getting their jabs. #Colbert #Comedy #Monologue
Rando
Imbeciles think they have a right to stick their heads, hands, and laws in every woman’s uterus, but they are offended by being encouraged to get vaccinated for an out of control and rapidly mutating deadly virus.
Not to mention that all children are basically unprotected right now.
Because pro-fucking- life or some such shit they howl about.
Fuck them all.
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I think they’ve finally realized that if their people aren’t vaccinated, they’re going to get sick, and if their people aren’t vaccinated, they’re going to get blamed for COVID outbreaks in the future.”
— GOP pollster Frank Luntz, quoted by the Associated Press, on why Republicans are starting to more forcefully push for vaccinations.
Frank, its just theater. They’re not doing anything
While some Republicans may be using strong words to promote the vaccine, few are proposing new measures to urge vaccination, such as incentives, public information campaigns or more aggressive outreach,” the Associated Press reports
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2) in some regions with lagging vaccination rates and rising virus cases — such as Northeast Florida, Southwest Missouri, Southern Nevada — the highly contagious #DeltaVariant has flooded intensive care units and Covid wards that, not long ago, had seen patient counts shrink.
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 23, 2021
4) average age of patients in ICU in one Missouri hospital: 35. It’s likely—Arkansas children’s hospitals also maxed out with COVID. https://t.co/1V4IVgnFHG
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) July 23, 2021
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The fact that less than half of the GOP Congress is vaccinated and 100 percent of Democrats are vaccinated, speaks to how much bullshit their sudden concerns are. All of them had access to the vaccines long before I did, as well as most of the public. They can shove their concern after over 600K of us are dead and they did less than nothing to help. Fuck their feelings.
Rando dumping on GG
It’s lip service so right-wing media and their Democratic-hating useful idiots can claim: “Oh, silly liberals, conservatives were always for vaccines,” and point to a single vaccine sympathetic sound bite… that’s surrounded by months of entertaining every anti-vaxx conspiracy theory and writing it off as “just asking questions.”
The claim that there’s a huge, sudden surge of GOP politicians and media figures issuing pro-vaccine messages for the first time ever this week is one of those fake conspiracy theories liberals believe because they only listen to one another saying it. It’s epistemic closure. https://t.co/ezlrNKkAxw
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 22, 2021
re: #7 Dangerman
He’s such a horrible excuse for a human being.
% of Americans (by race/ethnicity) who say voting is a “fundamental right for every US citizen and should not be restricted”
Black: 77%
Asian: 66%
Hispanic: 63%
White: 51%https://t.co/V5sIh5RpXE pic.twitter.com/ju7CcFJJXz— John Gramlich (@johngramlich) July 23, 2021
You know who I feel the worst for? The ICU doctors and nurses that have to work themselves to the bone right now because of IDIOTS WHO WON’T GET VACCINATED.
These people are so vital to our society. We owe them better than this.
Would you be surprised to learn that the author of this terrible piece is an evangelical Trump supporter?
Opinion | Stop insulting Trump voters and their concerns. Talk to them.https://t.co/l4fxvMDcyw
See: https://t.co/ImUP0xgqxl— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 23, 2021
I’d argue yes. The real question is whether or not they’ll be held accountable for it. Based on how many “big fish” we’ve seen held accountable so far, I’d argue probably not.
— Justice13_ (@Justice13__) July 23, 2021
re: #7 Dangerman
Rando dumping on GG
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Nice to see Goofus and Doofus chime in with those GOP talking points!!!!
re: #9 Citizen K
I say we restrict it to those who think everyone should have it.
The only reasons Republicans all of a sudden want people to get vaccinated is because 1.) Their voters are literally dying and the replacement levels of new Republican voters aren’t matching the dead ones. 2.) They have internal polling that shows the voters they lost in 2020 (educated whites in the suburbs) are totally put off by the appeals to the lowest common denominator. 3) The money is drying up. Don’t believe me? Satan himself (Mitch McConnell) is coming out saying to get your asses vaccinated. Why? See the above three examples.
EDIT: Make it four. A lot of the people dying are white.
re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg
And we’re already running into shortages of the medical personnel needed to staff hospitals and other medical facilities across the country. Many have died from covid, suicide rates are up in the profession, and many have walked away from their careers at least for the time being. You can’t just replace those people with any old human and paying them shit wages with shit hours.
Florida-based software supplier Kaseya has obtained a universal key that will decrypt all businesses and public organizations crippled in the July 4 global ransomware attack. The Russia-affiliated REvil syndicate released the malware, which exploited Kaseya’s software and immobilized more than 1,000 targets. Kaseya spokesperson Dana Liedholm would only disclose that the key came from a “trusted third party,” and that Kaseya was distributing it to all victims. Ransomware analysts suggested multiple possibilities for the master key’s appearance, including Kaseya paying the ransom, or the Kremlin seizing the key and handing it over.
re: #18 Belafon
Ransomware analysts suggested multiple possibilities for the master key’s appearance, including Kaseya paying the ransom, or the Kremlin seizing the key and handing it over.
Heh, now I’ve got a mental image of Putin going on a Hitlerian Downfall rant - having the REvil gang brought into his office, and yelling at them, “What is this madness? You’ve gone too far this time! Give us the master key now and count yourselves damned lucky I don’t have all of you taken outside and immediately shot!”
re: #15 Ace Rothstein
The only reasons Republicans all of a sudden want people to get vaccinated is because 1.) Their voters are literally dying and the replacement levels of new Republican voters aren’t matching the dead ones. 2.) They have internal polling that shows the voters they lost in 2020 (educated whites in the suburbs) are totally put off by the appeals to the lowest common denominator. 3) The money is drying up. Don’t believe me? Satan himself (Mitch McConnell) is coming out saying to get your asses vaccinated. Why? See the above three examples.
EDIT: Make it four. A lot of the people dying are white.
whether any of these 4 are motivators or not
R’s figured out they need to *say* they care
re: #19 plansbandc
For reasons explained upthread, the new name actually represents the city better than the previous one. Racist whiners just want to be racist v
In what way were these men being impacted by the mask policy inside a women’s breast cancer clinic? https://t.co/Tzfi9Q94pw pic.twitter.com/4B8wutkVa3
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) July 23, 2021
I bet if we were *really* nice to these sociopathic assclowns, they’d see the light. pic.twitter.com/JUGrU8Hhqg
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) July 23, 2021
re: #22 DesertDenizen
Yep. I like the new name. It has historical significance to Cleveland, and it’s original.
The funniest thing about the dipshit crying about the name is he calls it the lamest ever. So the replies roasting him are pointing out that there are two teams named after socks.
:D
Longtime Trump associate Tom Barrack, who was indicted on charges of illegal foreign lobbying, has been freed on $250 million bail https://t.co/T1WLWr55gu
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) July 23, 2021
re: #370 Eclectic Cyborg
You know, personal responsibility is NOT the same as “Hey, I’m going to do whatever stupid shit I want to and I dare you to stop me!”.
It involves, you know, ACTUAL responsibility.
You could apply personal responsibility to traffic laws and remove all of those Do Not Enter signs put in place to prevent people from going the wrong way down the highway. You could argue that it’s your responsibility to know which way the traffic flows and signs are a waste of public resources However, that would tend to be problematic.
Mask mandates are the Do Not Enter signs of COVID response. People would interpret no signage as “it must be OK to go down this ramp otherwise authorities would have placed a sign here”. Some people interpret no mask mandates as “it must not be so worth it to wear a mask because otherwise the authorities would mandate them”.
Watching vaccinated NFL players troll unvaccinated NFL players is way more entertaining than actually watching them play football. I’ll take a season pass please. Now do the NBA and MLB. pic.twitter.com/FC9c0J0hE7
— Emily Porter, M.D. (@dremilyportermd) July 23, 2021
TBH, The Guardians is much more authentically Cleveland than most jokesters on this website understand
These four statues—The Guardians of Transportation—are absolute icons in the city and familiar to anyone who has any sort of roots in the area https://t.co/8u0fx9SKI0 pic.twitter.com/vlifF39JjQ— josh grubbs (@JoshuaGrubbsPhD) July 23, 2021
I’d like to close this thread by letting you know that I hate every single person that made me, the most reluctant Ohioan ever, defend Cleveland.
— josh grubbs (@JoshuaGrubbsPhD) July 23, 2021
Lots of people named Firstnamebunchofnumbers not pleased with the new name
— josh grubbs (@JoshuaGrubbsPhD) July 23, 2021
re: #24 plansbandc
Yep. I like the new name. It has historical significance to Cleveland, and it’s original.
The funniest thing about the dipshit crying about the name is he calls it the lamest ever. So the replies roasting him are pointing out that there are two teams named after socks.
:D
I have nothing wrong with the name at all. I just kinda wish they had a better logo. I get the wings they borrowed from the statue, but it still just looks all sorts of generic. Which…you know, is better than the logos they had under the old name by a long shot, but I think they could have done better still. The new wordmark and cap logo is a very big improvement over the super generic block C they had after retiring the caricature though.
The president was on national TV and gave parents wrong info about how much money they’ll be getting from the government. Giving people the actual facts after that kind of error is basic service reporting that has nothing to do with Trump https://t.co/1KAdC1cnxy
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 23, 2021
re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth
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What REALLY F’N PISSES ME OFF about the Proud Babies protesting in front of Cedars-Sinai yesterday was that the LA Sheriff’s Department sided with the Proud Babies.
re: #25 lawhawk
$250 million dollars bail, but secured by just* $5 million in cash, and limited him to southern California and New York (where he will be arraigned on Monday). The CNN article
didn’t mention handing over his passport, but prevented him from transfering money overseas.
*He is a billionaire, so $5 million in actual cash should be easy for him to get, even if almost all of his wealth is not super liquid. I suppose he has enough properties in the US that can be seized if he skips town.
re: #32 JOE 🥓
It infuriates me that those people picked a breast cancer treatment center to do their horseshit. As if patients and staff need anymore stress.
man who wrote a book prominently featuring indigenous genocide denial has thoughts https://t.co/PfoODhahtb
— inverted vibe curve: burgertown must be defended (@PatBlanchfield) July 23, 2021
re: #34 plansbandc
It infuriates me that those people picked a breast cancer treatment center to do their horseshit. As if patients and staff need anymore stress.
It’s misogny. Even though men can and do get breast cancer, the vast majority of sufferers are women.
It’s not a little kid in a costume.. 😏 pic.twitter.com/BBWbWHpwvB
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) July 23, 2021
re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth
Another racist dickwad who doesn’t even know the significance of the name. I was born in Cleveland, though I didn’t grow up there, but my Cleveland native father who grew up at Indians games was quick to educate me. He likes the name.
re: #25 lawhawk
Someone filed a $25M bond? Forget taxing the rich. They need their wealth reset.
re: #33 aatharuv
I guess when you get those those numbers, the actual value starts meaning less.
re: #34 plansbandc
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re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth
Please show me your tweets from when Pres Donald Trump was giving medical advice like HCQ and bleach for COVID.
— Manksy (@TheManksy) July 23, 2021
re: #43 Rightwingconspirator
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I’m pretty sure Dale was writing them, up until the 300th time Trump said it.
re: #42 JOE 🥓
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re: #45 plansbandc
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Yowza. https://t.co/zmIMpg87QD
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 23, 2021
I will not be surprised when Barrack flees to UAE or Saudi Arabia.
re: #43 Rightwingconspirator
Dale did yeoman’s work fact checking Trump
re: #44 Belafon
I’m pretty sure Dale was writing them, up until the 300th time Trump said it.
Accusing Daniel Dale of not factchecking - or even going easy on factchecking Trump - is a self-beclowning of epic proportions.
re: #49 danarchy
He sure did, but I would like for him not to fend his fellow journalists who did not.
Imagine having so much money you could pay a QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS to get out of jail.
re: #53 Charles Johnson
Imagine having so much money you could pay a QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS to get out of jail.
I’m thinking of mortgaging my children just to have enough money to keep a roof over their heads. I can only dream of having more money than I know what to do with.
re: #25 lawhawk
WTAF? $250 million bail, and he gets sprung? I hope they grabbed his passport.
re: #33 aatharuv
$250 million dollars bail, but secured by just* $5 million in cash, and limited him to southern California and New York (where he will be arraigned on Monday). The CNN article
didn’t mention handing over his passport, but prevented him from transfering money overseas.
*He is a billionaire, so $5 million in actual cash should be easy for him to get, even if almost all of his wealth is not super liquid. I suppose he has enough properties in the US that can be seized if he skips town.
He’s also lojacked so he has an ankle monitor. Passports surrendered too.
His fellow codefendent Grimes isn’t as wealthy, and also had similar lojack and location limitations.
re: #53 Charles Johnson
Imagine having so much money you could pay a QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS to get out of jail.
Well, he didn’t actually have to pay that much, but your point stands.
re: #55 Eric The Fruit Bat
He only had to come up with $5 million in cash. Chump change to him.
re: #53 Charles Johnson
Imagine having so much money you could pay a QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS to get out of jail.
Which is why I now believe we need to implement a MAXIMUM WAGE tied to the salary of the President.
re: #59 JOE 🥓
Which is why I now believe we need to implement a MAXIMUM WAGE tied to the salary of the President.
Except none of these fuckwads are making that much as far as raw cash salaries. They’re getting it all in stock options and other such bullshit that gives them tax advantages and are also not available to the common working man.
re: #59 JOE 🥓
Remember the story of Babe Ruth being asked about making more money than the President and his response about “having a better year than the President”?
re: #59 JOE 🥓
Which is why I now believe we need to implement a MAXIMUM WAGE tied to the salary of the President.
I’d tie it to the lowest wage of the employees of a given company. Say 30 times the lowest wage offered, including all stock options, golden parachutes, etc.
So, if the lowest wage is $15 per hour, then the CEO wage can be no more than $450 an hour. It’s an obscene amount of money, so if CEO wants to increase own wage, they’d have to hike wages for his lowest wage employees.
$16 per hour gets him to $480 per hour. Etc.
re: #62 lawhawk
I’d tie it to the lowest wage of the employees of a given company. Say 30 times the lowest wage offered, including all stock options, golden parachutes, etc.
So, if the lowest wage is $15 per hour, then the CEO wage can be no more than $450 an hour. It’s an obscene amount of money, so if CEO wants to increase own wage, they’d have to hike wages for his lowest wage employees.
$16 per hour gets him to $480 per hour. Etc.
That $450 an hour equates to $900k a year for a salaried employee (assume 2000 hours). That’s not a bad deal for total compensation for a top executive.
*snerk*
Psaki: I haven’t seen his tweet or however he’s communicating these days pic.twitter.com/T0PFOK8NGh
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 23, 2021
We know why.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) July 23, 2021
re: #56 lawhawk
He’s also lojacked so he has an ankle monitor. Passports surrendered too.
His fellow codefendent Grimes isn’t as wealthy, and also had similar lojack and location limitations.
Thanks. CNBC now has some more details
The order requires the release bond — which is among the highest ever set in the world — to be secured by $5 million cash, another $21.23 million in securities and Barrack’s home in California.
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Donohue ordered Barrack to surrender his passport, to be fitted with an electronic bracelet, and be subject to GPS monitoring and a curfew.Barrack also was ordered to stay in the company of his lawyers until at least his and Grimes’ arraignment Monday in Brooklyn.
He also cannot transfer any funds overseas, is barred from transferring more than $50,000 except for attorneys fees, and is prohibited from trading securities without written permission from prosecutors. His travel is restricted to the federal Central District of California, and to the Southern and Eastern districts of New York, which encompass New York City, Long Island, and several counties to the north of the Big Apple.
re: #63 Dopamine Fish
That $450 an hour equates to $900k a year for a salaried employee (assume 2000 hours). That’s not a bad deal for total compensation for a top executive.
No. It isn’t.
And if you’re a company like Apple, the starting salary is much higher.
I do foresee one way these companies will avoid that - turning low wage workers into contract workers, outsourcing, etc., all so that they can create a higher base wage to compute the CEO wages. They would also get to minimize their costs otherwise by reducing benefits costs as well.
No easy answers, but the biggest problem is that we’ve tied health benefits to employment. That keeps a lot of people stuck in jobs with no movement.
re: #62 lawhawk
I’d tie it to the lowest wage of the employees of a given company. Say 30 times the lowest wage offered, including all stock options, golden parachutes, etc.
So, if the lowest wage is $15 per hour, then the CEO wage can be no more than $450 an hour. It’s an obscene amount of money, so if CEO wants to increase own wage, they’d have to hike wages for his lowest wage employees.
$16 per hour gets him to $480 per hour. Etc.
which is all well and good when you are talking about wages, but when you own a stake in the company minimizing employee cost can perversely increase the value of your ownership stake, a lot more than just some salary.
Totally off topic and reviving a zombie thread, but about OpenStreetMap:
re: #205 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I don’t see a change to the Smith Ave. at the administrative boundary (where the permanent barricades are)
Well, this turns out to be a problem with the default rendering — it doesn’t show the barriers. It knows they’re there and if you use the “directions” function it will route you around them.
For example from 41.59710, -102.85762 (on Smith avenue before the barriers) to 41.59711, -102.85371 (roughly the post office) by car it says:
1. Start on Smith Avenue 140m
2. Sharp left onto US 26 500m
3. Turn left onto Main Street 110m
4. Turn right onto Smith Avenue 10m
5. Reach destination
…instead of just sending you down Smith Avenue crashing through the jersey barriers.
If you say you’re on foot it says just walk directly down Smith Avenue.
There are two bicycle algorithms, one says just lift the bike over, the other sends you the long way round.
I was a bit surprised the barriers didn’t show up on the basic map.
re: #67 lawhawk
An odd unintended consequence of WW2 wage freezes. No one ever thought it would help turn us into corporate serfs. The ACA helped some, but it’s still a mess that only universal Healthcare will solve.
re: #64 Backwoods_Sleuth
*snerk*
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Cleveland could change their team name to The Ohio Players and have the band play Love Rollercoaster at the 7th Inning Stretch.
I’d be cool with that!
re: #6 A Mom Anon
The fact that less than half of the GOP Congress is vaccinated and 100 percent of Democrats are vaccinated, speaks to how much bullshit their sudden concerns are. All of them had access to the vaccines long before I did, as well as most of the public. They can shove their concern after over 600K of us are dead and they did less than nothing to help. Fuck their feelings.
Is it less than half who are vaccinated or is it less than half that admit they are vaccinated? Those who don’t respond when asked may be counted as unvaccinated. Think about Tucker who is 100% vaccinated but refuses to say so when asked. It would not be surprising if most have gotten the shots.
re: #12 Dread Pirate Ron
Ted Lieu
Prosecutors apparently had enough evidence to charge Trump Inaugural Chair Tom Barrack with serious felonies well before 2021. Did AG Barr or US Attorney inappropriately suppress his case or other cases?
@RepKathleenRice & I requested IG to investigate.
Another possible theory: there was a delay in filing charges because career prosecutors feared that Trump might issue a preemptory pardon.
IT’S A MIRACLE! ❤
A S.C. beach goer said a momma whale who gave birth was caught on a sand bar. Then here’s what happened: https://t.co/zMirkC2kHi pic.twitter.com/4nczTex7G7— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) July 23, 2021
re: #67 lawhawk
No. It isn’t.
And if you’re a company like Apple, the starting salary is much higher.
I do foresee one way these companies will avoid that - turning low wage workers into contract workers, outsourcing, etc., all so that they can create a higher base wage to compute the CEO wages. They would also get to minimize their costs otherwise by reducing benefits costs as well.
No easy answers, but the biggest problem is that we’ve tied health benefits to employment. That keeps a lot of people stuck in jobs with no movement.
My government contractor job requires that rules such as ethics and spending tracking also have to be applied to subcontractors. Do the same thing for salaries.
From @austeni: “‘Of all the instruments to use to coerce a politician…the Eucharist!’ A senior Vatican official…blurted out his shock as we discussed the majority vote at the U.S. bishops’ meeting…in favor of a document on ‘eucharistic coherence.’”https://t.co/ft5a5tAAfi
— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) July 23, 2021
I’m so sick of watching everyone cave to this crybaby generation. So disgraceful @Indians. This isn’t woke….it’s a lack of balls. No fight in anyone anymore! Sad. https://t.co/9dlMkwvtTl
— Aubrey Huff (@aubrey_huff) July 23, 2021
What a butthurted snowflake.
re: #79 DodgerFan1988
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Jesse and I now have a ritual where she jail-breaks her way out the front door when I’m not looking, and then, when she’s good and ready, comes down onto the retaining wall where I can see her from my desk. This means that I must carry her in, because her feet are too delicate for the gravel walk. She complains bitterly the entire short walk in—not that I am carrying her, but that I am apparently not carrying her to her satisfaction.
Hey Trumpers;
America should do what France did. You’re free to not get a vaccine. Your choice. BUT if you don’t, you’re not free to hang out with the rest of us. Stop telling us to stay home. YOU stay home if you choose to be a carrier of a deadly virus. pic.twitter.com/icupiDn4lE— Puesto Loco™ (@PuestoLoco) July 23, 2021
I just heard a loud crash in the other room and my cat is currently nowhere to be found.
I guess I should go investigate.
re: #59 JOE 🥓
Which is why I now believe we need to implement a MAXIMUM WAGE tied to the salary of the President.
Except the superwealthy do not acquire their wealth through annual income but through appreciation of assets. Capital gains are not taxed until they are realized. Maximum wage would not affect any of these plutocrats.
Anybody here remember this great piece by a Norwegian right-wing blogger himself that he wrote in the wake of 22 juli and calling out fellow right-wing idiots on their tone-deaf reaction to the events 10 years ago?
On Bruce Bawer and Islam criticism after 22/7:
I don’t want to apportion blame here, not now. Clearly none of these writers have ever advocated violence. But it is equally clear that there are parts of the anti-Islamic ideology that are compatible with violence, and use rhetoric that, although non-violent, carries the obvious implication of violence.
Consider the rhetoric that paints Europe’s political elite as traitors who have pushed Europe towards the brink of destruction with their multicultural policies, leading us inevitably towards a civil war with the Muslims. Now, the people who say these things do not encourage violence. But, ask yourself, what do countries normally do with traitors in wartime? They execute them. What does one normally do in a civil war? One picks up a gun, and joins the side one agrees with.
The responsibility for July 22 rests with the terrorist who carried out these attacks, Anders Behring Breivik. But what we see here is a relationship between words and action that we are familiar with from other brands of terrorism and ideological violence through history: Anarchists, Communists, Nazis, and Islamists. There are, or were, in these movements, some who use words, and words alone, as they warn of the Great Conspiracy and the Coming Crisis. And then somebody else comes along, a true believer, a martyr to the cause, and takes these ideas to their natural, bloody consequence.
Harness? How about get it the heck off me.
And then he refuses to move. #puppy pic.twitter.com/i8FNpp3x94— Angus & Scottie (@mrangusscottie) July 22, 2021
I will grant you there are not many examples of non-socks names but here is one along with a very good dog. pic.twitter.com/eVnExkXVfL
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 23, 2021
re: #81 steve_davis
Jesse and I now have a ritual where she jail-breaks her way out the front door when I’m not looking, and then, when she’s good and ready, comes down onto the retaining wall where I can see her from my desk. This means that I must carry her in, because her feet are too delicate for the gravel walk. She complains bitterly the entire short walk in—not that I am carrying her, but that I am apparently not carrying her to her satisfaction.
She has you well-trained.
To be clear, 1,053 pounds of fentanyl were *seized* at the southwest border in June. https://t.co/rMwj4JZ979 (You can try to use seizure data as a proxy for how much got into the country, but you should identify the seizure data as seizure data.) https://t.co/hWs3ktq7v5
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 23, 2021
Hands up. Stair view. Windows. Corrupt AF. 0/10 @TomBarrackJr pic.twitter.com/JBt0Tz8YwN
— Room Rater (@ratemyskyperoom) July 21, 2021
re: #92 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s a bald Scott Bakula.
It’s like Justin can read my mind… https://t.co/Q9NJDtehGD
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 22, 2021
He’s been gone a week but I’m still finding Boris’ hairs on the sofa…
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 23, 2021
re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth
Daniel Dale has been analyzing political stuff since forever: why does he even bother to try to “correct” Republican BS?
Whoever posted that tweet obviously doesn’t give a shit about how much/how little fentanyl has been seized/not seized: the only thing that matters is parroting the “Biden’s border crisis” tag line to try to rile up the marks….
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re: #67 lawhawk
The ACA hasn’t addressed this issue enough IMO. Yes you can get a really good subsidy amount, but if the policy sucks, then why bother? In Georgia they even allow sales of those awful “catastrophic illness” insurance polices on the exchange and they don’t cover shit. Sometimes with deductibles as high as 10K. States need to be forced to accept Medicare expansion and something still needs to be done about the extra polices you have to buy to get full coverage. My husband’s part B plan is costing 150 a month taken from his disability check. That’s three times more than he was paying for our joint Ambetter plan. I also notice that he never once had to fight and argue over his care or treatment with Ambetter. His biggest thing is finding someone to cover his Freestyle Libre testing materials. He can’t use the standard test strips because of neuropathy in his hands. Part A is supposed to cover it, he’s trying to find out what the hold up is.He finally got his insulin pens covered but he needs two kinds of insulin and one is still a bit pricey even with coverage. He’s been using a standard vial insulin with needles and he struggles with that a lot. It shouldn’t require that much jumping through hoops to get medical care.
I remember when wingnuts has a shit fit over the government getting between you and your doctor. Bullshit, the biggest problem is insurance companies and hospital corporations and how many layers of crap stand between you and healthcare. Insurance companies are the problem not the solution.
re: #95 Jay C
Daniel Dale has been analyzing political stuff since forever: why does he even bother to try to “correct” Republican BS?
Whoever posted that tweet obviously doesn’t give a shit about how much/how little fentanyl has been seized/not seized: the only thing that matters is parroting the “Biden’s border crisis” tag line to try to rile up the marks….
Because the person he replied to isn’t the target.
“HIPAA” is like a password that lets the world know you’re a moron. https://t.co/EHS0dFHmFf
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) July 23, 2021
re: #74 teleskiguy
Live pandas:
explore.org
re: #88 Barefoot Grin
WTF? Rich daddy maybe?
How do you get that from a crappy self published video?
Although you are probably right. She claims to have gone to UC Berkley for undergrad and is abroad in Oxford for a masters none of which is cheap. The pictures she posts on instagram aren’t shouting struggling “artist” either.
Hey Asshole! Tell me when you are forced to wear a yellow star for starters you fucking idiot!
Candace Owens: “Conservatives today are being treated the same way Jews were treated in Nazi Germany.” pic.twitter.com/OwkFRIG3xg
— Right Wing Cope (@RightWingCope) July 23, 2021
re: #103 JOE 🥓
Hey Asshole! Tell me when you are forced to wear a yellow star for starters you fucking idiot!
Notice that there are no Republicans in the federal government.
re: #81 steve_davis
Jesse and I now have a ritual where she jail-breaks her way out the front door when I’m not looking, and then, when she’s good and ready, comes down onto the retaining wall where I can see her from my desk. This means that I must carry her in, because her feet are too delicate for the gravel walk. She complains bitterly the entire short walk in—not that I am carrying her, but that I am apparently not carrying her to her satisfaction.
You are a good pet for your feline owner.
re: #102 danarchy
How do you get that from a crappy self published video?
Although you are probably right. She claims to have gone to UC Berkley for undergrad and is abroad in Oxford for a masters none of which is cheap. The pictures she posts on instagram aren’t shouting struggling “artist” either.
I don’t know but I’d guess studio time plus production is still over $10k (I have no idea). And apparently no one came forward to tell her she sucks.
re: #105 I Would Prefer Not To
Nope. Not even on a good day. I’m pissed off that I even know who she is.
re: #105 I Would Prefer Not To
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Breaking: Rick Dennison is out as Vikings offensive line coach/run game coordinator after refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. MIN will promote assistant OL coach Phil Rauscher to replace Dennison, hired Auburn special teams analyst Ben Steele as an assistant. https://t.co/3oOgXHsaMr
— Courtney Cronin (@CourtneyRCronin) July 23, 2021
ALERT: Feds charge Texas man with assaulting police with *metal whip* and chemical spray outside Capitol on Jan 6
Court filings say federal agents used messages & location info from the BUMBLE dating app to make case against Andrew Taake of Houston-area pic.twitter.com/1RvubgE5qM— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) July 23, 2021
They don’t want to take the vaccine because it has the FDA’s “Emergency Use” authorization status rather than the “FDA Approved” status..yes?
If they land in the hospital with Covid19..will they refuse the Monoclonal Antibodies that also have “Emergency Use”
authorization? No.— Angie Nickamin✡️ (@nickamin20) July 23, 2021
re: #113 Eclectic Cyborg
The first of many, I suspect.
Probably not so many in Minnesota, with its 70%+ vaccination rate, but I’m wondering how many games the Southern teams are going to be forfeiting because of COVID outbreaks.
re: #85 Hecuba’s daughter
Except the superwealthy do not acquire their wealth through annual income but through appreciation of assets. Capital gains are not taxed until they are realized. Maximum wage would not affect any of these plutocrats.
A net worth cap would.
re: #108 Barefoot Grin
I don’t know but I’d guess studio time plus production is still over $10k (I have no idea). And apparently no one came forward to tell her she sucks.
I’d assume any actual studio would have pitch corrected the living crap out of that. Remember the Rebeca Black video Friday? She paid 4k for the whole thing, that included the song writing, recording and video production.
re: #115 Dopamine Fish
Probably not so many in Minnesota, with its 70%+ vaccination rate, but I’m wondering how many games the Southern teams are going to be forfeiting because of COVID outbreaks.
As if Cowboys fans didn’t already enough to fear.
/
re: #9 Citizen K
% of Americans (by race/ethnicity) who say voting is a “fundamental right for every US citizen and should not be restricted”
Black: 77%
Asian: 66%
Hispanic: 63%
White: 51%
What is the percentage who think it was a mistake to expand the voting franchise beyond white, landowning males who can trace their lineage back to Charles the Conqueror?
re: #120 Eric The Fruit Bat
Has the CFL started yet?
Actually, yes. Their season runs early Summer through November.
re: #117 danarchy
I’d assume any actual studio would have pitch corrected the living crap out of that. Remember the Rebeca Black video Friday? She paid 4k for the whole thing, that included the song writing, recording and video production.
I mostly agree. So maybe self made with home studio gear. It’s still amazing that it made it this far. It’s a like a music video version of The Room.
from yesterday:
2/In wake of that rant on @Foxnews, numerous vile/racist msgs have been sent to Ofc Dunn. Many msgs specifically cite Carlson. I’ve experienced this before. During 1st Trump impeachment when I rep’d IC #whistleblower, death threats didn’t arrive until right-wing pundits spoke out
— Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) July 22, 2021
END/If anything happens to Ofc #Dunn, Sgt #Gonell or other officers who testify on Tues (or their families), safe bet “direct” line of responsibility can be pointed to right-wing pundits like @TuckerCarlson. Words matter @FoxNews. Words matter.
— Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) July 22, 2021
and
“It’s not a coincidence that in the 7 months since Jan. 6 there’s only been, you can count on one hand the number of police officers who have publicly spoken out,” Mark Zaid says. “[Tucker’s] statement last night, all it did was revive … that pain.” https://t.co/TICfJEj5Px
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 23, 2021
re: #123 Barefoot Grin
I mostly agree. So maybe self made with home studio gear. It’s still amazing that it made it this far. It’s a like a music video version of The Room.
I do seem to be missing the point of it all…
re: #122 Eclectic Cyborg
Actually, yes. Their season runs early Summer through November.
As far as I can tell, the season was shortened by a couple of games this year and pushed back later, so it’s not starting until August. I couldn’t find any official announcements or explanations though other than things they announced regarding 2020.
re: #126 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I do seem to be missing the point of it all…
“Oh hi Mark”
re: #123 Barefoot Grin
I can’t think of a celebrity, and I use the term loosely here, that I would rather meet than Tommy Wiseau.
re: #128 Barefoot Grin
“Oh hi Mark”
Or rather I could not watch enough of it to see what the point was
re: #131 Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David
“HI Doggie”.
re: #113 Eclectic Cyborg
The first of many, I suspect.
And another - and probably not the last: Patriots’ co-offensive line coach Cole Popovich won’t be with the team in 2021 in a decision related to the COVID-19 vaccine and NFL guidelines, according to @MikeReiss.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 23, 2021
re: #133 HRH Stanley Sea
The Yankees, my least favorite team, have had at least two outbreaks this season because they can’t hit sufficient vaccination threshold. The Red Sox, my second least favorite team, have had none because they’ve done well with vaccinations. I wonder if it’s required in Boston. New York regulates facial hair, but not public health apparently.
After fostering Olivia for a couple of months with our team in Northwest #Arkansas, Enrique had become quite smitten. It wasn’t until she had a potential adopter though, that he realized that he was more than just smitten. He loved her & realized that she was already home. pic.twitter.com/ykRo8RBItN
— Best Friends (@bestfriends) July 23, 2021
Today Olivia is doing great in her #foreverhome & loving her life with her 4 feline siblings. She now spends her days playing with her favorite wand toy & getting head scratches. Based on these photos & update, it’s clear that Enrique was right: she was home all along.❤️#adopt pic.twitter.com/69HecCcUtM
— Best Friends (@bestfriends) July 23, 2021
re: #103 JOE 🥓
Hey Asshole! Tell me when you are forced to wear a yellow star for starters you fucking idiot!
That idiot needs to join MGT on a Holocaust Museum tour.
It was the most unlikely of toasts: Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi raising a water glass to Republican Liz Cheney. But the two political adversaries had a meeting of the minds as the House launches an investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. https://t.co/Mms5Wa7zzw
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 23, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Nancy Pelosi raised a glass to Liz Cheney, it was the most unlikely of toasts.
Democratic lawmakers and the Republican congresswoman were gathered in the House speaker’s office as the group prepared for the first session of the committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
Pelosi spoke of the “solemn responsibility” before them and raised her water glass to Cheney, a daughter of the former vice president and the sole Republican in the room.
“Let us salute Liz for her courage,” she said, according to a person familiar with the gathering who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private meeting.
Politics often creates unlikely alliances, the odd-couple arrangements between would-be foes who drop their differences to engage on a common cause.
But the emerging partnership between Pelosi and Cheney is remarkable, if not astonishing, as the longtime political adversaries join forces to investigate what happened the day former President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol.
Rarely has there been a meeting of the minds like this — two of the strongest women on Capitol Hill, partisans at opposite ends of the political divide — bonding over a shared belief that the truth about the insurrection should come out and those responsible held accountable. They believe no less than the functioning of America’s democracy is on the line.
“Nothing draws politicians together like a shared enemy,” said John Pitney, a former Republican staffer and professor of politics at Claremont McKenna College.
The committee will hold its first hearing next week, and the stakes of the Pelosi-Cheney alliance have never been higher. The panel will hear testimony from police officers who battled the Trump supporters that day at the Capitol. The officers have portrayed the hourslong siege as hardly a gathering of peaceful demonstrators, as some Republicans claim, but rather a violent mob trying to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s election.
As their new partnership unfolds, the risks and rewards have an uneven flow. Pelosi benefits more politically from drawing Cheney to her side, giving the committee’s investigation the big-name bipartisan stamp it needs to avoid being viewed as a strictly political exercise.
For Cheney, who has already been booted from GOP leadership over her criticism of Trump, the political dangers are far greater. She was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump over the insurrection, and her willingness to speak out against his top ally, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, now leaves her isolated on Capitol Hill. She is facing blowback from the ranks and serious primary challenges for her reelection back home.
You knew it was coming….(excuse the expression.)
X-Rated Adult Toy Making Fun of Bezos’ Rocket Ship Garners Cheeky Response From Elon Musk
And he says it with a straight face too. The hypocrisy of these folks just never ends, does it? pic.twitter.com/Cni6wZYRcX
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) July 23, 2021
re: #103 JOE 🥓
She is following a fine American tradition — pre 1776 American slave owners would frequently complain that they were being treated as slaves by the British government.
“I have absolutely no penis and I will now wag it in your face.”
- House Freedom Caucus https://t.co/p3bfgSTyhy— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) July 23, 2021
Breivik didn’t actually write these excerpts, although it’s reasonable to think he believed what they said. They were written by right wing bloggers whose articles he included verbatim in his manifesto. The section that attacks me was written by “Fjordman.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 23, 2021
But your take on this is exactly right, and it’s why I split with the right wing blogs years before this manifesto was written. I saw the fascist direction they were going, and wanted no part of it. That’s the “argument” Fjordman mentions.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 23, 2021
re: #143 Charles Johnson
Oh man, Fjordman. I haven’t read or thought about that name in ages.
The tweet that started it…
Ten years after Anders Breivik’s massacre, it’s worth remembering his explanation was that he was very bothered by “Cultural Marxism”, Antifa, conspiracy theories about civil rights orgs and the Muslim brotherhood, and what is now called cancel culture pic.twitter.com/mymyTxLWcK
— jason wilson (@jason_a_w) July 23, 2021
re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hold up. These morons actually think McCarthy can just boot Pelosi from the speakership?
re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth
Fucking criminals.
Refusing to seat perpetrators is very tolerable. You’re saying that to you scoundrels specifically, it’s essential to put perpetrators on the committee. It isn’t to the rest of us. We want a real investigation that protects our democracy from the attacks by our far-right.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) July 23, 2021
re: #147 Eclectic Cyborg
Hold up. These morons actually think McCarthy can just boot Pelosi from the speakership?
They are the Freedumb caucus.
re: #147 Eclectic Cyborg
Hold up. These morons actually think McCarthy can just boot Pelosi from the speakership?
I don’t think they do, but they want the kabuki theater to sell to their base.
re: #148 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Fucking criminals.
These fuckers piss me off.
It’s “Intolerable” to honestly investigate the attack from the far right, and their co-conspirators in Congress, according to these traitors.
Rule of law and support of our democracy is an “authoritarian reign” from the perspective of criminals who want to end our democracy.— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) July 23, 2021
re: #150 Dopamine Fish
I don’t think they do, but they want the kabuki theater to sell to their base.
Precisely. They are doing to appeal to the asshole base of the QAP who are stupid enough to believe that McCarthy can boot Pelosi.
re: #150 Dopamine Fish
I don’t think they do, but they want the kabuki theater to sell to their base.
To sell to their base that McCarthy has failed them. That’s what he gets for lying down with these flea-infested Trumpanzees.
re: #153 Punish Domestic Terrorists
To sell to their base that McCarthy has failed them. That’s what he gets for lying down with these flea-infested Trumpanzees.
They’ll use the fact that he won’t do that as “proof” that McCarthy has failed them, yes. It’s a win-win for them; if he files the motion, they get to push the fearmongering GIVE US MONEY SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPT PELOSI; if he doesn’t, they go for the KEVIN MCCARTHY IS TOO COWARDLY TO LEAD THE HOUSE GOP, PLEASE VOTE HIM OUT AND GET A TRUE PATRIOT IN HIS SEAT.
re: #154 Dopamine Fish
They’ll use the fact that he won’t do that as “proof” that McCarthy has failed them, yes. It’s a win-win for them; if he files the motion, they get to push the fearmongering GIVE US MONEY SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPT PELOSI; if he doesn’t, they go for the KEVIN MCCARTHY IS TOO COWARDLY TO LEAD THE HOUSE GOP, PLEASE VOTE HIM OUT AND GET A TRUE PATRIOT IN HIS SEAT.
@GOPLeader Hey dumbass, your freedumb caucus is going to set you up as the weakling who couldn’t commit a crime that’s beyond your power to commit, just like traitors did to Pence when they tried to end our democracy for a madman. Lie down with dogs… https://t.co/ad1BD90Wkb
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) July 23, 2021
re: #134 DesertDenizen
The Yankees, my least favorite team, have had at least two outbreaks this season because they can’t hit sufficient vaccination threshold. The Red Sox, my second least favorite team, have had none because they’ve done well with vaccinations. I wonder if it’s required in Boston. New York regulates facial hair, but not public health apparently.
The city that invented sanitation workers can’t get their health in order.
re: #156 Belafon
I meant the team regulating appearance but not health, but the point still stands.
Over 2m Americans got their first shot this week — up 14% from last week. We need to do better, but this is a move in the right direction! https://t.co/bKfdsb56kM
— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) July 23, 2021
re: #147 Eclectic Cyborg
Hold up. These morons actually think McCarthy can just boot Pelosi from the speakership?
they are indeed chock full of that stoopid
it’s my 48th birthday today and it marks that i’ve now been a public person for half of my life. 👀 such a strange, strange thought. anyway, grateful to all of you who are part of my community here!
🙏🏻♥️🎂🙏🏻♥️🎂🙏🏻♥️🎂— Monica Lewinsky (she/her) (@MonicaLewinsky) July 23, 2021
I’m in hell. pic.twitter.com/AhHQ7FvRrh
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 23, 2021
re: #147 Eclectic Cyborg
Hold up. These morons actually think McCarthy can just boot Pelosi from the speakership?
They are asking him to file the motion, nobody thinks it will succeed it’s just so they can tell their voters “Hey we tried”
— audiomagnate🔊 (@audiomagnate) July 23, 2021
re: #159 Backwoods_Sleuth
they are indeed chock full of that stoopid
Well, the Congresscritters floating this nonsense may not be, but it’s likely they’re guessing that their fan base “back home” WILL be stupid enough* to get outraged about the absence of a legislative coup tossing out Speaker Pelosi, and keep those contributions flowing in even faster….
*a fairly safe bet
re: #159 Backwoods_Sleuth
Just like their CPAC “plan” to reinstall TFG as President, it hinges on large numbers of Democrats in the House suddenly and inexplicably converting to Republicans, starting with the House Black Caucus.
re: #162 danarchy
They are asking him to file the motion, nobody thinks it will succeed it’s just so they can tell their voters “Hey we tried”
doesn’t preclude the fact that they are, each and every one, proud morons.
House Freedumb Caucus just wants to have something that looks like a “no confidence” vote.
re: #165 DesertDenizen
Just like their CPAC “plan” to reinstall TFG as President, it hinges on large numbers of Democrats in the House suddenly and inexplicably converting to Republicans, starting with the House Black Caucus.
If they’ll only see the “Truth” and substitute Republican propaganda for news, surely they’ll join the cult and get rid of the Democrats to please the white nationalist Republicans. From the perspective of a Republican, I see nothing wrong with this cunning plan.
this thread
WARNING: CRUDE LANGUAGE
Being hit on and harassed as a woman, especially as a woman reporter out in the field, happens so often you learn how to roll with it or ignore it. This time it happened to be recorded only seconds before my hit. There are A LOT of things wrong with this. pic.twitter.com/5Ok58Vm7e0— Brianna Hamblin (@BriReports) July 23, 2021
I’d like to personally congratulate whoever did this to @RandPaul but there are 331,449,281 suspects pic.twitter.com/Bid8Iaq4Qz
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 23, 2021
— DO YOU KNOW MY NAME (@e_knifongTV) July 23, 2021
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re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth
JFC! Anyone can ask ME anything they want about my health, and it isn’t illegal. I’m free to answer or not, as I choose. But if you ask any of my doctors about my health and they provide information WITHOUT MY CONSENT, that’s illegal. Why is this so hard for this fucking morons to understand?
i just installed the linux os for dual boot with windows 7.
it’ll take a while till i get comfortable and work the transition out, especially google drive, tax s/w, some hardware, etc.
and get it configured for b/u and restore, and other stuff that i can rely on and understand.
for a variety of reasons i went with linux mint/cinnamon.
for all you freebsd and other cheerleaders, think of it like motorcycling - wave at everyone on two wheels no matter what brand…
Mrsdm says I should name it #thegreatwin7linuxconversion and start posting accordingly.
i think one at a time is enough. and i’m behind on this week’s pond anyway.
off to make a leek pie with gruyere for dinner
Live caller tells Rand Paul to “get fucked.”
I’d like to personally congratulate whoever did this to @RandPaul but there are 331,449,281 suspects pic.twitter.com/Bid8Iaq4Qz
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 23, 2021
re: #175 DesertDenizen
King’s X
merriam-webster.com
re: #177 darthstar
Live caller tells Rand Paul to “get fucked.”
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re: #177 darthstar
I can’t help but ask if that was Luap Dnar’s neighbor who called! 😈
re: #177 darthstar
Live caller tells Rand Paul to “get fucked.”
I’d like to personally congratulate whoever did this to @RandPaul but there are 331,449,281 suspects pic.twitter.com/Bid8Iaq4Qz
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 23, 2021
Obviously, there should be an online poll with candidates. And we know who always wins these online polls :-)
(Okay, probably not that guy.)
When the airman learned his vehicle had been towed, he contacted United Tows and told them he was out of town on active duty, according to DOJ. However, the owner told him she didn’t believe he was in the military; and the company sold it at auction.https://t.co/WZbrZLTW2O pic.twitter.com/xE86FKkWiT
— Navy Times (@NavyTimes) July 23, 2021
A Dallas towing company has agreed to pay $50,000 as part of an settlement reached with the Justice Department regarding allegations the company illegally sold five service members’ vehicles, Justice announced today.
Justice officials filed the initial complaint Sept. 28, 2020 alleging United Tows, LLC, auctioned off the vehicles without obtaining court orders, in violation of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. One vehicle belonged to now-Senior Airman Fassil Mekete, who was was attending Air Force basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, in 2017.
According to Justice officials, when Mekete found out his vehicle had been towed, he contacted United Tows and told them he was out of town on active duty. However, the owner told him she didn’t believe he was in the military; and the company sold his 1998 Toyota Corolla at auction. Before leaving for basic training, Mekete had received permission from the owner of a martial arts studio to leave his car and some personal belongings in the studio’s parking lot, since he no longer had a lease in Dallas.
A subsequent investigation revealed that United Tows allegedly illegally sold at least four other vehicles belonging to service members between Oct. 4, 2014 and April 26, 2019.
Under the proposed settlement, which was filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, United Tows must pay Mekete $20,000. The settlement must be approved by the court.
The four other service members will share an additional $20,000 from United Tows, and the company will pay a $10,000 civil penalty to the U.S. Treasury.
re: #181 aatharuv
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Obviously, there should be an online poll with candidates. And we know who always wins these online polls :-)
(Okay, probably not that guy.)
Well at least the caller didn’t say “Baba Booey” or “Howard Stern’s Penis”…
jeff bezos: I’m really bummed about my divorce :(
friend: yeah you probably need some space
jeff bezos: … you’re so right…— em 🥀 (@uhhmmily) July 21, 2021
LOLOLOLOL
Oh my god. He’s just so resigned. Lmao. pic.twitter.com/gp9TQFuSV8
— Patrick Fenelon 🌹 (@Patrick_Fenelon) July 23, 2021
Critical Race Theory is racism.
Pass it on.— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) July 6, 2021
He knows. He’s hopelessly corrupt, and he knows CRT is the label that white nationalist propagandists have put on teaching anything about racism in America. He’s also trying to stop politicians who tried to end our democracy from being brought to justice. He’s a really bad guy.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) July 23, 2021
re: #186 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Acknowledging our past is not racism.
Pass it on. pic.twitter.com/nOyfP7GwHP— Rob Jackson (@muh_thoughts) July 6, 2021
I always thought Trump and McConnell were the worst Republicans but damn is McCarthy ever making a good run at it.
How to say you’re broken without saying you’re broken.
I refuse to watch anything with Tom Hanks in it. Who can say the same?
— Ginger Gano (@GingerGano) July 23, 2021
I think this is a right-wing asshole thing.
I helped Charlie Kirk get started ten or so years ago. And for that, I’m sorry. He is a grifter’s grifter. This is disgraceful and despicable. https://t.co/6MZtJZnaU1
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) July 21, 2021
re: #189 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I don’t have anyone else to tell this to, but I’m 6 years sober from drugs today. ❤🙏
— Ginger Gano (@GingerGano) July 21, 2021
Now she gets high by making a public fool of herself.
re: #189 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Cancel culture!!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
— jcfchi23 (@jcfchi23) July 23, 2021
It took 3 days for hannity to go back to his regularly scheduled anti-vax programming.
re: #194 Patricia Kayden
We’ve gone downhill since the old entry of “mostly harmless”.
Why?
He has acted and performed in some of the best films of all time…
Mission impossible series
War of the worlds
Rain man
You know….— Steve-O (@TotalSteveO) July 23, 2021
re: #188 Eclectic Cyborg
I always thought Trump and McConnell were the worst Republicans but damn is McCarthy ever making a good run at it.
McCarthy is a coward, and could never do the shit that Trump or McConnell have done.
As long as those that don’t want it stay home so they don’t get others sick or drive up the cost of health care dying in a hospital.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) July 23, 2021
re: #197 Belafon
McCarthy is a coward, and could never do the shit that Trump or McConnell have done.
He couldn’t think it up himself, but he can do it if somebody gives him step by step instructions.
re: #198 Belafon
Kirsty Alley, who signed a billion-year contract with the Church of Scientology, has thoughts about personal autonomy.
re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth
I grew up in Cleveland, and I’ve been an Indians (soon-to-be Guardians) fan since 1972.
I saw Graig Nettles and Chris Chambliss play for them before they were disastrously traded to the Yankees for a bunch of stiffs.
While Cleveland is far and away a Browns town, the Indians are a big part of the city’s identity, so to see the Tribe retired at the end of this season will be sad.
But there’s also the question of their name. To me, “Indians” is not as offensive as Redskins, but it’s only slightly better. Plus the story of how they were named “Indians” is less then flattering.
Some have tried arguing that native Americans don’t mind the name “Indians,” “Redskins,” “Chiefs,” etc, but naming a team after indigenous peoples who were the target of genocide campaigns is pretty eff’d up.
So “Guardians” will take some getting used to, but as Tom Hanks said in the video officially announcing the name change, “It’s always been Cleveland that’s the best part of our name.”
They did the right thing. Finally.
re: #189 Punish Domestic Terrorists
How to say you’re broken without saying you’re broken.
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I think this is a right-wing asshole thing.
I think this is a bot. It claims to be from NH, but there’s no evidence whatsoever.
Red America already thinks it does that and behaves accordingly. So the correct question is how would it behave if it knew it produced only 30%.
— curtis marshall (@wxcurtis) July 23, 2021
Here’s the “Cleveland Guardians” announcement video. Very well done, if you ask me.
Together, we are all… pic.twitter.com/R5FnT4kv1I
— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) July 23, 2021
A new AP-NORC poll of American adults who have not yet received a vaccine finds 35% say they probably will not, and 45% say they definitely will not.Just 3% say they definitely will get the shots, though another 16% say they probably will.
Key takeaway: “What’s more, 64% of unvaccinated Americans have little to no confidence the shots are effective against variants — including the delta variant that officials say is responsible for 83% of new cases in the U.S. — despite evidence that they offer strong protection.”
fuckity fuck fuck
Biden rally for Terry McAuliffe in Arlington, Virginia today pic.twitter.com/hCwPHJJbqR
— United for the People (@people4kam) July 23, 2021
In true Joe Biden fashion, there are two ice cream stands at tonight’s rally for Terry McAuliffe 🍦 pic.twitter.com/EWLs2vRNvf
— Julia Manchester (@JuliaManch) July 23, 2021
re: #201 The GOP is a terrorist organization
I grew up in Cleveland, and I’ve been an Indians (soon-to-be Guardians) fan since 1972.
I saw Graig Nettles and Chris Chambliss play for them before they were disastrously traded to the Yankees for a bunch of stiffs.
While Cleveland is far and away a Browns town, the Indians are a big part of the city’s identity, so to see the Tribe retired at the end of this season will be sad.
But there’s also the question of their name. To me, “Indians” is not as offensive as Redskins, but it’s only slightly better. Plus the story of how they were named “Indians” is less then flattering.
Some have tried arguing that native Americans don’t mind the name “Indians,” “Redskins,” “Chiefs,” etc, but naming a team after indigenous peoples who were the target of genocide campaigns is pretty eff’d up.
So “Guardians” will take some getting used to, but as Tom Hanks said in the video officially announcing the name change, “It’s always been Cleveland that’s the best part of our name.”
They did the right thing. Finally.
Was curious and thus checked when/if the high school I went to dropped their Indian chief mascot*. Turns out they did so in 2004, and adopted a “Spartan” logo in 2018. They kept the name “Red Raiders” however.
* - 10% of the student body is indigenous peoples. So I expected that they would have dropped it sooner rather than later.
Will no one consider the profits? https://t.co/8yutDhfxWn
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 23, 2021
I feel heard. Thank you @Xfinity. You have restored my faith in automated customer care. pic.twitter.com/gR7C77t7Vn
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) July 23, 2021
re: #211 darthstar
Hmm. Would you like to borrow my hip waders to get through that pile of ^%$#?
re: #206 Dangerman
Anyone want to bet on how long before there’s an Epsilon, or Theta, or Omicron variant? Hell, I thought climate catastrophe would be our extinction event, but since a few hundred million people in the US insist on being a petri dish for a deadly mutagenic plague, we may end up at (or beyond) Walking Dead territory long before the coasts are washed out to sea and everything inland is on fire.
For reference, here is a photo of the Enterprise Bridge with levels at near full pool. pic.twitter.com/lPlnkYFvzi
— Justin Sullivan (@sullyfoto) July 23, 2021
The cost to be a decent person is 0.00.
Humanity always wins. pic.twitter.com/IH9vfi9Flh— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) July 23, 2021
re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth
That is an incredibly ballsy rescue. Props to that company for daring to do that.
re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth
The cost to be a decent person is 0.00.
Humanity always wins. pic.twitter.com/IH9vfi9Flh— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) July 23, 2021
Pet rescuers are the highest form of life on Earth.
This stupid asshole sent this trolling tweet in response to a news story about an armed man carjacking an ambulance.
Jonathan is a depraved little penis. https://t.co/ay8brPlSWD— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) July 24, 2021
re: #215 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I wonder if this is Turkey. I want to watch a documentary called Dogs of Istanbul about the dogs that run the streets because it is against the law to kill them. It sounds great.
re: #219 Barefoot Grin
I wonder if this is Turkey. I want to watch a documentary called Dogs of Istanbul about the dogs that run the streets because it is against the law to kill them. It sounds great.
I assumed it was China because I remember reading the headline about the massive flooding they’re having over there, but you might be right.
After years of lying about me and my family, @TuckerCarlson is losing his mind that I won’t return his calls. Sorry, Tucker, I’m just not that into you. Who knows what lie he’ll tell next? #TuckerTantrum pic.twitter.com/vwX7AfwJ1Z
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) July 23, 2021
re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth
WOW. Swalwell tells him to leave his wife alone, and Fucker Carlson calls him a coward? Who’s the real coward for going after a vulnerable female instead of going man-to-man against the Congressman?
re: #220 Dopamine Fish
I assumed it was China because I remember reading the headline about the massive flooding they’re having over there, but you might be right.
Germany and Belgium have had massive flash flooding also
re: #222 Dopamine Fish
WOW. Swalwell tells him to leave his wife alone, and Fucker Carlson calls him a coward? Who’s the real coward for going after a vulnerable female instead of going man-to-man against the Congressman?
Didn’t Tucker make some false claims about his family being in peril and antifa breaking down his doors when a handful of people marched past his house and made some protests against Fox a few years ago?
re: #224 Barefoot Grin
Didn’t Tucker make some false claims about his family being in peril and antifa breaking down his doors when a handful of people marched past his house and made some protests against Fox a few years ago?
I think so, but I don’t really trust my own memory on these things. It would be absolutely on brand, though.
re: #224 Barefoot Grin
re: #226 Dopamine Fish
Tucker Carlson claimed his door was ‘cracked’ by Antifa protesters. The police saw no sign of that.
re: #226 Dopamine Fish
I think so, but I don’t really trust my own memory on these things. It would be absolutely on brand, though.
I think you’re right: ISTR Tucker blowing a gasket on-air about some demonstration or other at (near?) his house, that he made out to be just shy of The Storming Of The Bastille. Maybe someone spoke harshly to him….
Pseudomorphs are minerals that replace something else, but retain the original shape. This is usually the shape of the previous mineral. Or, in this case, an entire birds nest. In the @NtlMuseumsScot mineral collection. pic.twitter.com/I3Sru4IV1V
— Bob Gooday (@BobGooday) July 21, 2021
re: #229 Backwoods_Sleuth
Technically isn’t that what all fossils and petrified wood are?
Every answer to every anti-vaxxer you wished thought of. #GetVaccinated https://t.co/3RUnArbJiv
— Liddle Cherry Pie 🌈🍒🥧 (@Pie_Overlord) July 24, 2021
re: #230 Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David
Technically isn’t that what all fossils and petrified wood are?
petrified wood and many, but not all, fossils
re: #73 Charles Johnson
I’ll never hear music the same way again.
The video is obviously satirical about religious hypocrisy.
The audio is supposed to be part of the satire.
Some fellow went through and autotuned a portion of it, not understanding what Sarah Brand was trying to achieve. (2:11)
“it’s too spicy for me” :) https://t.co/jqrG4EqzqQ
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) July 23, 2021
Someone at my wife’s conference was asked where they were from; they’re response:
“I’m from where JD Vance pretends to be from…”
I would have high fives the hell outta that guy.— John Isner (@BigJohnIsner) July 24, 2021
24 hours before Trump speaks in Phoenix, this is outside the venue.
Someone shouted at @annamajaCNN as she took this pic, “Trump won” pic.twitter.com/cQz0re2p48— Kyung Lah (@KyungLahCNN) July 23, 2021
And he was dead at 37. pic.twitter.com/86CPhWtynF
— William K. Wolfrum (@Wolfrum) July 23, 2021
re: #234 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL
I don’t want people appropriating my white culture like the Omaha “Speak to the Managers.”
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Statement regarding Comments by House Select Committee Investigating #January6th about #whistleblower @AndrewBakaj pic.twitter.com/k5GntkC8RP— Mark S. Zaid (@MarkSZaidEsq) July 24, 2021
re: #225 Patricia Kayden
I know, I know. You can not hear a cat laugh. but we do, we do. pic.twitter.com/zYOgEB3JyJ
— Manksy (@TheManksy) July 24, 2021
I like Indians and I like Redskins. I like Aunt Jemima and I like Uncle Ben. I like Robert E Lee and I like Stonewall Jackson. I don’t like traitors who hate America. Stand up for our culture!
— Wendy Rogers (@WendyRogersAZ) July 23, 2021
re: #198 Belafon
Yep. Just stay home and quietly die instead of taking up an ICU bed & infecting others when you contract it. Oh, & quit demanding women turn over control of OUR bodies to you & your ilk when we become pregnant. Like you say, our bodies, our choice. Right?……….. Right????
— Michele: Out of the closet & into the fire (@michele_out) July 24, 2021
re: #242 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I like Robert E Lee and I like Stonewall Jackson. I don’t like traitors who hate America.
I don’t like fucking dumb shits who contradict themselves literally from one sentence to the next.
re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth
I thought that sign on the side of the truck said “Trump Grifts” - figured it was the unconscious truth…..
re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Its religion
They don’t care if its ‘provable’
They don’t care if it makes sense
Its faith
Someone should submit an opinion piece to the Washington Post entitled: Frankly, Trump Voters Can Bite Me.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) July 23, 2021
Biden, heckled at a rally in Virginia: “Let ‘em talk… that’s okay. This is not a Trump rally. Let ‘em holler. Nobody’s paying attention to them.” pic.twitter.com/n2zeaCbY07
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) July 24, 2021
Biden on covid vaccines: “I know this has gotten a bit politicized but I hope it’s starting to change. It’s not about red states or blue states or guys like that hollering. It’s about life and it’s about death.” pic.twitter.com/o7eXyTNs82
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) July 24, 2021
re: #253 Dopamine Fish
The Bridge to Nowhere.
ETA: That is a very nice shot.
Thank you. I’ve been very very pleased with my work since switching to the Leica and screwmount lenses. It’s an older way of working even in digital and it suits me well.
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