Masterfully Off-Kilter: Julian Lage, “Boo’s Blues”

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Artist: Julian Lage
Song: Boo’s Blues

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Dave King: Drums
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1
Belafon  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:14:04pm
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Belafon  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:15:59pm
Another anti-vaxx conservative talk show host, Pastor Bob Enyart, earns his award. Bob was co-host of Real Science Radio.

reddit.com

See, Rep. Boebert, God is taking care of them.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:19:16pm
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Decatur Deb  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:22:43pm

re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth

The Four Box shtick is a creaky old allusion in the semi-violent RWNJ sphere.

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EPR-radar  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:23:54pm

Of course Republicans have their lies about the 2021 recall election written up in advance.

But I am honestly surprised they are so stupid that they let the lies come out the day before the election.

Their leadership is becoming as stupid as the GOP base.

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Dangerman  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:26:06pm

re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Elders gonna feel look like a dick if he wins. //

Take your pick

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Sherlock Hound  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:26:48pm

re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth

I swear I have an encyclopedic memory of old gun propaganda from Usenet and BBS’s in the 1990’s!

“The Five Boxes Of Freedom: Soap Box, Jury Box, Witness Box, Ballot Box and Cartridge Box”. Right on cue!

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Charles Johnson  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:27:14pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:27:26pm
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Decatur Deb  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:29:07pm

re: #7 Sherlock Hound

I swear I have an encyclopedic memory of old gun propaganda from Usenet and BBS’s in the 1990’s!

“The Five Boxes Of Freedom: Soap Box, Jury Box, Witness Box, Ballot Box and Cartridge Box”. Right on cue!

A well-armed liberal can introduce them to the Pine Box if they get sloppy.

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PhillyPretzel  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:29:56pm

re: #10 Decatur Deb

Yes. ::: evil grin :::

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Charles Johnson  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:33:43pm
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I Would Prefer Not To  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:40:32pm

Speaking of the Met Gala.

I approve of this outfit.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:43:29pm

re: #13 I Would Prefer Not To

Speaking of the Met Gala.

I approve of this outfit.

Screaming for a sgian dubh.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:45:32pm
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Sherlock Hound  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:47:50pm

re: #10 Decatur Deb

A well-armed liberal can introduce them to the Pine Box if they get sloppy.

The Sixth Box of Freedom! Evil!
///

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:48:25pm
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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:50:03pm
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Charles Johnson  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:50:06pm
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jaunte  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:51:54pm

re: #18 The Pie Overlord!

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No Malarkey!  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:53:39pm
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Decatur Deb  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:54:40pm

re: #18 The Pie Overlord!

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She wears it well.

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sagehen  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:55:10pm

re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth

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jaunte  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:55:25pm

30k is pocket change for the wealthy.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:57:03pm

re: #24 jaunte

30k is pocket change for the wealthy.

30k is pocket change for a powerful media spread.

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sagehen  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:58:19pm

They raised the prices; now it’s $35,000.

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jaunte  Sep 13, 2021 • 5:59:56pm

re: #25 Decatur Deb

I hear some designers loan clothes to famous women for the publicity.

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A Three Hour Tour  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:02:18pm

re: #22 Decatur Deb

She wears it well.

These very same people would also be giving her shit if she showed up wearing something cheap off the rack from Target or Walmart like a person with a normal-income. Now, imagine if she topped off that hypothetical Target ensemble with a Jimmy Carter-esque sweater with a message about malaise and energy conservation on the back.

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sagehen  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:02:37pm

Is it spiteful that I’m pleased Melania and Ivanka weren’t allowed to buy tickets?

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jaunte  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:02:47pm

Get your new excuse, tonight on Tucker!

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Sherlock Hound  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:06:26pm

re: #30 jaunte

“You would know about excuses and the clap, Tucker!”

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:06:47pm
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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:06:48pm
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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:07:32pm
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A Cranky One  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:08:11pm

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A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:09:30pm

Oh, good, Rachel is opening with Larry Elder’s fraud site. We need to broadcast that claims of fraud are part of the repugs’ strategy and not based on any reality.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:09:59pm

Charles, have you been work on the page’s code?
No buttons are working for me, and when I posted the Clinton tweet earlier I got bounce to the home page

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A Three Hour Tour  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:10:32pm

re: #34 The Pie Overlord!

The slogan on the back of the dress should’ve read:

“Eat mor rich peepul!”

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:10:49pm

Bounced Home after that post too

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unproven innocence  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:11:49pm

Historical, but relevant to our current global Covid-19 pandemic, IMHO:

Spanish flu vs COVID-19: An Australian perspective of a pandemic | Australian Story

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Dave In Austin  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:11:50pm
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A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:12:23pm

re: #39 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Bounced Home after that post too

Someone posted a fix of clicking on the link to the previous page, then returning to the current one.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:15:54pm

re: #42 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!

Someone posted a fix of clicking on the link to the previous page, then returning to the current one.

Thanks, worked

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Dangerman  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:16:46pm

re: #30 jaunte

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Get your new excuse, tonight on Tucker!

Bullshit
All of it

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A Cranky One  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:21:58pm

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Dangerman  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:23:14pm

re: #41 Dave In Austin

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Charles Johnson  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:25:32pm

re: #43 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Thanks, worked

I actually haven’t changed anything in that code lately - not sure why you had that problem! But glad it’s working now.

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Dave In Austin  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:28:27pm

SONGS FOR LOVERS - CHICKEN LOVER

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:33:25pm

re: #32 Dread Pirate Ron

Count me as not in on this elephant abuse.

They are going to create hairy Asian elephants and want to stick them in Canada.

First, I doubt anyone asked the Asian elephants about this.

Oh, did they ask the First Peoples of Canada if they could dump a bunch of hairy elephants up there??

This is celebrity “science”, done for money and fame.

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Charles Johnson  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:34:01pm
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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:34:08pm

It’s nice when complete assholes get sued.

Twitch has filed a lawsuit against two users allegedly behind an influx of hate raids targeting streamers of marginalized backgrounds.

The lawsuit (first spotted by Wired) targets two users by their online aliases: Cruzzcontrol, who is allegedly located in the Netherlands, and CreatineOverdose, allegedly in Vienna, Austria. The two users allegedly orchestrated networks of bot accounts that would spam Twitch streamers of different marginalized backgrounds.

Twitch is suing two users for masterminding recent hate raids (Gamedeveloper)

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:35:05pm

re: #30 jaunte

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:38:07pm
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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:38:47pm
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Belafon  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:39:23pm

re: #39 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Bounced Home after that post too

Hit the link to go to the previous thread and then hit the link come back to this one

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:40:57pm

re: #55 Belafon

Hit the link to go to the previous thread and then hit the link come back to this one

re: #42 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!

Someone posted a fix of clicking on the link to the previous page, then returning to the current one.

Yep, already advised, but thanks

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Decatur Deb  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:42:33pm

re: #55 Belafon

Hit the link to go to the previous thread and then hit the link come back to this one

Is the incantation silent or whispered?

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:42:48pm
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wrenchwench  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:43:06pm

re: #49 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Count me as not in on this elephant abuse.

They are going to create hairy Asian elephants and want to stick them in Canada.

First, I doubt anyone asked the Asian elephants about this.

Oh, did they ask the First Peoples of Canada if they could dump a bunch of hairy elephants up there??

This is celebrity “science”, done for money and fame.

Is Purina working on Woolly Mammoth Chow?

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jaunte  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:43:57pm

re: #49 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Polar Bears will learn to hunt in packs.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:44:22pm

re: #59 wrenchwench

Is Purina working on Woolly Mammoth Chow?

“Elephant in mirror may be closer than appears.”

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Decatur Deb  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:46:02pm

re: #60 jaunte

Polar Bears will learn to hunt in packs.

Polar bears are cross-breeding with Grizzlies. Fur Reel.

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JOE 🥓  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:53:57pm
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jaunte  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:55:21pm

re: #63 JOE 🥓

This is the first I’ve heard of him since 1998.

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No Malarkey!  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:55:45pm

My wife told me tonight about a fourth covid death just one degree of separation from us. The uncle of one of the janitors at her work died of Covid. All four of these deaths have occurred in just the last few weeks.

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retired cynic  Sep 13, 2021 • 6:58:04pm

re: #45 A Cranky One

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Decatur Deb  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:05:29pm

re: #64 jaunte

This is the first I’ve heard of him since 1998.

His decision, or the venues’?

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gocart mozart  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:06:01pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:06:31pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:07:00pm
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A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:07:02pm

re: #57 Decatur Deb

Is the incantation silent or whispered?

All communications are in clicks.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:09:08pm

re: #71 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!

All communications are in clicks.

Ah. A Khoisan dialect!
en.wikipedia.org

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No Malarkey!  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:09:55pm

re: #70 gocart mozart

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JOE 🥓  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:10:02pm
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Decatur Deb  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:11:21pm

Youtube Video

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No Malarkey!  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:14:20pm
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Dangerman  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:23:01pm

Heard on comedy channel

There are Jehovahs witnesses why aren’t there atheist witnesses?

Early Sunday morning: knock knock

Yeah what do you want?

Nothing…

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gocart mozart  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:31:09pm
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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:31:11pm

Steve Bannon-linked media venture to pay $539 million settlement for fundraising violations (MarketWatch via MSN)

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Decatur Deb  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:31:51pm

re: #77 Dangerman

“Excuse me, do you have a moment to stare into The Abyss with me?”

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JOE 🥓  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:33:30pm

re: #78 gocart mozart

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Aw shit. Auntie Maxine didn’t slap Tracey down again!

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Targetpractice  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:33:51pm

re: #78 gocart mozart

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Mike’s never been the same since Maxine Waters beat him stupid with his own spine.

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Dangerman  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:34:28pm

New charts from the CDC show a bump in breakthrough infections among the vaccinated, but hospitalization and deaths are really only rising for the unvaccinated, Fast Company reports.

Breakthrough infections exist mostly due to the unvaccinated

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Dangerman  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:36:43pm
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JOE 🥓  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:37:09pm

re: #78 gocart mozart

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Honestly who the fuck dresses Mikey? Especially that half-tucked shirt…but then again Mikey is half-assed!

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Belafon  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:38:33pm

Carl Nassim, the NFL’s first openly gay player, is in tonight’s game as part of the Raider’s defense.

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JOE 🥓  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:41:01pm

Can’t stop watching Rachel goofing on Larry Elder

larry elder time travels to after the election

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retired cynic  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:42:09pm

re: #85 JOE 🥓

His pants, ummm, look, ummmm, damp.

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gocart mozart  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:43:28pm
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Dave In Austin  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:50:04pm

10 yrs back…..
Thanks for bringing these guys to my attention Charles.
Amazing Tightness. I had to take a walk last night after playing a set of these guys. It was like overload.

DIRTY LOOPS Circus (Britney Spears cover)

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:51:14pm
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gocart mozart  Sep 13, 2021 • 7:54:55pm
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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:02:01pm

re: #92 gocart mozart

I had to smoke a cigarette after that.

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Dave In Austin  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:05:35pm

re: #92 gocart mozart

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:09:14pm

There are 32,743,179 cases with an outcome. 32,062,905 “recovered”, 680,274 died. The death rate is actually 2.078% or a 1 in 48 chance of dying.

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:09:53pm

Catching up:
On Great Lakes puns. I’m late. Gitcheesueme

On baseball: Dodgers - Giants pennant race very exciting and reminiscent of 2002 A’s - Angels race in team’s skills and nearly pitch by pitch criticality photo = Dodger- Padre game last week, where I wore a mask on premises except when eating my Dodger Dog, garlic fries and coke

On California recall idiots: was driving by Ventura County Government Center with window down and recall yes douche yelled, “hey go back to Communist China, vax lover”!
I was hands on wheel looking straight ahead with sunglasses on. Maybe Honda driver’s vaccination rates are high?

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:13:51pm
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Dave In Austin  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:19:20pm
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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:21:09pm

For red light running we don’t know the total number of incidents but 31% of drivers admit to having done so in the last 30 days. This would be about a billion red light runs a year if the scofflaws keep up an even pace. This resulted in 143,000 injuries and a paltry 843 deaths in 2020. That is a survival rate of 99.9999912 %, not even taking into account that half the victims are pedestrians or bicyclists. Conclusion: RED LIGHT MANDATES ARE TYRANNY!

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:22:56pm
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No Malarkey!  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:23:18pm

Another celebrity antivaxxer dead of Covid, soon to be featured on sorryantivaxxer.com. Cue Queen.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:24:49pm

re: #101 No Malarkey!

Another celebrity antivaxxer dead of Covid, soon to be featured on sorryantivaxxer.com. Cue Queen.

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Let me be the first:

Queen - Another One Bites the Dust (Official Video)

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JOE 🥓  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:28:39pm

re: #101 No Malarkey!

Another celebrity antivaxxer dead of Covid, soon to be featured on sorryantivaxxer.com. Cue Queen.

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That piece of shit used to be on Helmet Head Paul and Raccoon Face Jan’s Trinity Broadcasting Network endlessly gloating over the deaths of people with AIDS. Finally Karma bit that rat bastard in the ass with Covid…

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austin_blue  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:31:01pm

Well, it’s official, Nicholas is a Himacaine. Just.

The new course track puts it right over Houson tomorrow and over Lake Charles on Wednesday.

Then it stalls. Which is awful. By Saturday, it is still west of Baton Rouge, which will allow a stupid amount of rain in a saturated (well, duh, it’s a fucking SWAMP!) area of Louisiana that still has standing water in the streets of many towns between the Mississippi line and Lafayette.

Sucks to be a Cajun this month.

(By the way, the difference between a Coon Ass and a Horse’s Ass is the Sabine River.)

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:32:27pm
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Belafon  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:36:43pm

re: #101 No Malarkey!

Another celebrity antivaxxer dead of Covid, soon to be featured on sorryantivaxxer.com. Cue Queen.

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There’s someone I will laugh at.

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Belafon  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:37:09pm
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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:37:55pm
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Belafon  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:38:07pm
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Dave In Austin  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:38:23pm

Frozen Sheep Meat!!

Living La Vida Lockdown

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plansbandc  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:40:40pm

re: #32 Dread Pirate Ron

Please no.

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teleskiguy  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:41:38pm
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Patricia Kayden  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:43:48pm

re: #32 Dread Pirate Ron

Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!
Have the geneticists never watched Jurassic Park?!

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Decatur Deb  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:44:59pm

re: #112 teleskiguy

The cat is not his friend.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:45:06pm

SpaceX up at T-15:00

Starlink Mission

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Egregious Philbin  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:48:53pm

re: #115 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

If it launched a bit earlier, I’d be able to see it from Phoenix, but, maybe tonight I’ll see it.

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No Malarkey!  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:50:12pm

re: #114 Decatur Deb

The cat is not his friend.

Shhhh! Look at him; he doesn’t know that!

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JOE 🥓  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:52:06pm

When I rode the Amtrak Coast Starlight on my 60th Birthday the train gives a great view of the Vandenberg Launch Complex. Really impressive!

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darthstar  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:52:48pm

re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth

Can’t wait until the recall fails by a landslide and Elder says he won’t accept the results and someone points out that he only got ~10% of the yes vote.

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Dave In Austin  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:53:30pm

re: #115 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

SpaceX up at T-15:00

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Video

Texas?? or Florida?

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Dave In Austin  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:54:50pm

2 minutes

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Dave In Austin  Sep 13, 2021 • 8:55:48pm

Vandenberg 30 sec

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retired cynic  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:04:27pm

re: #122 Dave In Austin

It’s been like 10 minutes. Now I’m worried.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:05:43pm

So SpaceX is going to put gobs of satellites in NEO.

Polluting the night sky.

It’s a libertarian/wild-west nightmare.

Yes, there are laws about launches. And laws about spectrum use for earth-communications.

But anyone can clutter up near Earth orbit space on a whim (if they are rich enough.)

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Dave In Austin  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:07:32pm

Perfect launch and recovery

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plansbandc  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:13:30pm

Sang in person with my chorus for the first time since the plague. Happiness.

All of us are vaxxed. (required) We are masked. Did you know there are singer’s masks? I didn’t. We’ll be getting them soon. And we are socially distanced.

We went from about 50 to about 30, but we still sound good. Voices are pretty evenly dispersed still, so we aren’t missing a lot of quality.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:14:13pm

Wow! sorryantivaxxer.com is burning the house down tonight, with the well deserved departure of multiply offensive asshole Bob Enyart. Is it possible to overdose on schadenfreude? We will find out.

jutta_s
12 minutes ago

This “man of the cloth” is the most egregious offender on this site by far, and that’s saying a lot. Think of a dumber, uglier, churchier version of Rush Limbaugh. Give him no mercy; feel free to throw rotten tomatoes, chamberpots, rotten fish innards, aborted fetuses, whatever you got, it’s all fair game. And if his family and friends dare show up here and start whining, ask them where they were when he was mocking AIDS victims by reading their obituaries to the tune of Another One Bites the Dust.

Have at it. Let the games begin.

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JOE 🥓  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:24:24pm

re: #127 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Wow! sorryantivaxxer.com is burning the house down tonight, with the well deserved departure of multiply offensive asshole Bob Enyart. Is it possible to overdose on schadenfreude? We will find out.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:26:14pm
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JC1  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:28:02pm

re: #32 Dread Pirate Ron

Although I’ve avoided mammal meat recently, I would make an exception for a nice mammoth steak.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:30:22pm

re: #130 JC1

Although I’ve avoided mammal meat recently, I would make an exception for a nice mammoth steak.

They were ‘hunted to extinction’ so they must taste good. //

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:33:24pm
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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:35:03pm

‘manoeuvrable’… Now I can’t think of the correct US spelling.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:35:05pm

sorryantivaxxer.com

Considering that this was probably composed in a few minutes time, it is amazing.

jutta_s
8 minutes ago

Since Bob so generously dedicated valuable air time reading the obituaries of AIDS victims to the tune of Another One Bites the Dust, I dedicate to him my very special personalized version of his favorite song. I call it Another Bob Bites the Dust:

Bob struts cockily among his sheep

With his mask pulled way down low

Ain’t no sound but the sound of the bleats

Collection plates ready to go

Are you ready hey, are you ready for this?

Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?

Out of the doorway the Rona hits!

To the sound of the sneeze, yeah

Another Bob bites the dust

Another Bob bites the dust

And another one done and another one gone

Another Bob bites the dust

Hey, gonna get ewe too

Another Bob bites the dust

How do you think we’re gonna get along

Without you now that you’re gone

You took us for everything that we had

And stiffed us like Al Capone

We’re so happy, we’re so satisfied

That your Hell has central heat

Out of the doorway the Rona hits

To the sounds of the bleats, look out!

Another Bob bites the dust

Another Bob bites the dust

And another one done and another one gone

Another Bob bites the dust

Hey, disinfect the pews

Another Bob bites the dust

Hey!

Ohhh take it! Bite the dust! Bite the dust hey!

Another Bob bites the dust

Another Bob bites the dust Ow!

Another Bob bites the dust Yay Yay!!

Another Bob bites the dust Yayyaaaayyyyaaaayyyeah

Oooooh sheep dip!

Plenty of ways that you can shear a ram

And wrestle him to the ground

You can beat him

You can eat him

You can treat him like a lover

Blah blah baaaaah

But we’re ready, yes, we’re ready for you

We’re standing, but you’re still dead meat

Out of the doorway the Rona hits

Quieting the sounds of the bleats

Another Bob bites the dust

Another Bob bites the dust

And another one done and another one gone

Another Bob bites the dust, yeah

Hey, flushed you down the loo

Another Bob bites the dust

Dip sheep!

RIP Bob. Sorry that you’ll miss seeing your secret crush Freddie Mercury, but please say Hi to Rush for me.

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sagehen  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:36:58pm

re: #130 JC1

Although I’ve avoided mammal meat recently, I would make an exception for a nice mammoth steak.

rrrjewishtrivia.com
While elephants are kosher (they chew their cud and have cloven hoofs), as a practical matter nobody is slaughtering elephants in a kosher manner, due to the near-impossibility of severing the trachea and esophagus in a single stroke. In 1997, a shochet (ritual slaughterer) in Mea Shearim announced plans to slaughter an elephant, having developed a precision titanium-steel blade which he claimed could accomplish the task; however, he canceled his plan after huge protests from animal rights activists.

There’s also the fact that elephants are smart, they mourn their dead, they have language… and their young are SUPER-CUTE OMG HOW COULD YOU THINK OF EATING ONE?!?!

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Belafon  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:47:12pm
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has interceded in the troubled launch of a bitcoin payments application, urging users to report problems on his Twitter feed. He asked users to close and restart the government-backed Chivo app if a “currently under maintenance” error screen appeared. He has sent numerous tweets telling users how to download Chivo, which advertises commission-free transactions and which his governments hopes will be embraced by unbanked Salvadorans. Bukele later said the digital wallet app was being disconnected for the second time to “improve user experience and the problems it had during the day.” Douglas Rodriguez, the head of El Salvador’s central bank, said bitcoin adoption needed time to “mature,” while JP Morgan Chase said some technical snags are unsurprising, given the nation “had only three months to prepare for this grand experiment.”

reuters.com

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JC1  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:49:08pm

re: #135 sagehen

rrrjewishtrivia.com
While elephants are kosher (they chew their cud and have cloven hoofs), as a practical matter nobody is slaughtering elephants in a kosher manner, due to the near-impossibility of severing the trachea and esophagus in a single stroke. In 1997, a shochet (ritual slaughterer) in Mea Shearim announced plans to slaughter an elephant, having developed a precision titanium-steel blade which he claimed could accomplish the task; however, he canceled his plan after huge protests from animal rights activists.

There’s also the fact that elephants are smart, they mourn their dead, they have language… and their young are SUPER-CUTE OMG HOW COULD YOU THINK OF EATING ONE?!?!

I said mammoth, not elephant. I wouldn’t go out of my way to hunt one down, but if it was on the menu, I’d order it for sure.

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austin_blue  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:55:07pm

re: #135 sagehen

rrrjewishtrivia.com
While elephants are kosher (they chew their cud and have cloven hoofs), as a practical matter nobody is slaughtering elephants in a kosher manner, due to the near-impossibility of severing the trachea and esophagus in a single stroke. In 1997, a shochet (ritual slaughterer) in Mea Shearim announced plans to slaughter an elephant, having developed a precision titanium-steel blade which he claimed could accomplish the task; however, he canceled his plan after huge protests from animal rights activists.

There’s also the fact that elephants are smart, they mourn their dead, they have language… and their young are SUPER-CUTE OMG HOW COULD YOU THINK OF EATING ONE?!?!

Don’t think of them as pachyderms. Think of them as really large veals.

By the way, have you ever noticed that “veal” isn’t a really a thing until it stands in for “Baby cow meat that is really pale because they aren’t exposed to sunlight and are fed milk until they are slaughtered?” I mean, does any one ask “How many veals did your cows produce this spring?”

Seems like an advertising term so that you don’t have to feel like you are eating “Baby cow meat that is really pale because they aren’t exposed to sunlight and are fed milk until they are slaughtered.”

Maybe I’m overthinking this.

But I don’t think so.

And veal, by the way, is fucking delicious.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:56:52pm

Sheesh! How do we know these newfangled resurrection-mammoths won’t have some overlooked adaptation that allows them to swarm across North America in vastly expanding hordes? Bullet resistant hides? A taste for corn and soybeans? I thought feral hogs were a menace. Will my 92 year old self have to contend with giant herds of feral mammoths 20 years down the road?

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JOE 🥓  Sep 13, 2021 • 9:59:58pm

re: #138 austin_blue

And veal, by the way, is fucking delicious.

But nothing can top the Chicken Parmigiana served at Dan Tana’s in West Hollywood!

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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:00:21pm

re: #138 austin_blue

Veal is old French for “calf.”

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Rightwingconspirator  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:01:02pm

re: #139 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

They will get here just in time to go extinct again as the glaciers disappear.

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Rightwingconspirator  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:01:55pm

re: #140 JOE 🥓

But nothing can top the Chicken Parmigiana served at Dan Tana’s in West Hollywood!

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I love that dish at Little Tonis in NoHo.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:03:03pm
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Targetpractice  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:03:33pm

When I think mammoths, I think of growing up reading The Way Things Work as a kid.

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austin_blue  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:09:43pm

re: #139 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Sheesh! How do we know these newfangled resurrection-mammoths won’t have some overlooked adaptation that allows them to swarm across North America in vastly expanding hordes? Bullet resistant hides? A taste for corn and soybeans? I thought feral hogs were a menace. Will my 92 year old self have to contend with giant herds of feral mammoths 20 years down the road?

Well, as I recall you are still in Weatherford which is in the great flat nothing west of Fort Worth. Lovely ranch land.

The thing about about feral mammoths is that they are really, really tall. It’s not like they are gonna sneak up on you in Weatherford.

You may not have time to unlimber your French 75mm if they attack during the night, but you will certainly be able to make lethal use of your MA2.

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Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:11:59pm

re: #139 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

That’s what Anti-Materiel Rifles are for.

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teleskiguy  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:16:11pm
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austin_blue  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:18:33pm

re: #141 The Ghost of a Flea

Veal is old French for “calf.”

That’s nice to know. I don’t give a fuck because that information never made it into the American vernacular like the very very very obscure French definition of veal.

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stpaulbear  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:18:39pm

re: #138 austin_blue

Don’t think of them as pachyderms. Think of them as really large veals.

By the way, have you ever noticed that “veal” isn’t a really a thing until it stands in for “Baby cow meat that is really pale because they aren’t exposed to sunlight and are fed milk until they are slaughtered?” I mean, does any one ask “How many veals did your cows produce this spring?”

Seems like an advertising term so that you don’t have to feel like you are eating “Baby cow meat that is really pale because they aren’t exposed to sunlight and are fed milk until they are slaughtered.”

Maybe I’m overthinking this.

But I don’t think so.

And veal, by the way, is fucking delicious.

A favorite pleasure drive route takes me past a veal farm where most of the operations were set up near the road. Once I figured out what was happening, I decided I could live without veal.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:21:46pm

.

Louis Armstrong - Dream A Little Dream On Me [1950]



..

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plansbandc  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:22:55pm

re: #140 JOE 🥓

That looks so damn good.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:24:05pm

re: #151 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

It’s just wrong that Ella Fitzgerald did not get credit by the Youtube uploader.

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JOE 🥓  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:25:15pm

re: #152 plansbandc

That looks so damn good.

Only went there once with my Dad and he LOVED it!

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austin_blue  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:34:09pm

re: #150 stpaulbear

A favorite pleasure drive route takes me past a veal farm where most of the operations were set up near the road. Once I figured out what was happening, I decided I could live without veal.

Why are people upset about baby cows? What do we call baby sheep? Lambs. You know what we call Easter dinner?

Lamb.

Listen up, here’s the thing. If we ate more insect protein, which is absolutely there for the taking rather than letting it rot and disappear from our global diet, we could remove animal husbandry from the global economy *tomorrow*.

No more beef, no more pig, no more sheep, no more fish, no more food fun.

It sucks, but it may be our future,

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Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:37:08pm

Lookout ivermectin…

Here’s the next bullshit snake oil:

rollingstone.com

BTW… Betadine is an antibacterial agent often included in douches that are intended to be used before surgery.

First they were sheep, now they are douchebags.

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sagehen  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:40:09pm

re: #155 austin_blue

Why are people upset about baby cows? What do we call baby sheep? Lambs. You know what we call Easter dinner?

Lamb.

Listen up, here’s the thing. If we ate more insect protein, which is absolutely there for the taking rather than letting it rot and disappear from our global diet, we could remove animal husbandry from the global economy *tomorrow*.

No more beef, no more pig, no more sheep, no more fish, no more food fun.

It sucks, but it may be our future,

Pigs are assholes, cows are stupid enough to make cow-tipping a real thing, lamb… okay, I don’t really have a justification for lamb, but I just ignore the fuzziness when I crave lamb chops. Do fish have any brains at all? Birds certainly aren’t known for their charming personality, especially chickens.

So I’m okay with killing and eating most of the above.

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austin_blue  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:46:26pm

re: #157 sagehen

Pigs are assholes, cows are stupid enough to make cow-tipping a real thing, lamb… okay, I don’t really have a justification for lamb, but I just ignore the fuzziness when I crave lamb chops. Do fish have any brains at all? Birds certainly aren’t known for their charming personality, especially chickens.

So I’m okay with killing and eating most of the above.

Well, that’s the argument, isn’t it? They are either semi-sentient beings or, well, meat.

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:47:30pm

re: #150 stpaulbear

A favorite pleasure drive route takes me past a veal farm where most of the operations were set up near the road. Once I figured out what was happening, I decided I could live without veal.

I gave up eating red meat in 1994. The thought of elephant or mammoth seems so wrong — such majestic creatures should be protected not killed and eaten. We humans are so bad at sharing our planet with others.

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austin_blue  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:47:41pm

And night all, I’ll have to revisit the issue tomorrow.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo  Sep 13, 2021 • 10:50:19pm

re: #155 austin_blue

Why are people upset about baby cows? What do we call baby sheep? Lambs. You know what we call Easter dinner?

Lamb.

Listen up, here’s the thing. If we ate more insect protein, which is absolutely there for the taking rather than letting it rot and disappear from our global diet, we could remove animal husbandry from the global economy *tomorrow*.

No more beef, no more pig, no more sheep, no more fish, no more food fun.

It sucks, but it may be our future,

Will we pull up at Mcdonald’s and ask for a BugMac and an order of flies?

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Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David  Sep 13, 2021 • 11:02:35pm

re: #159 Hecuba’s daughter

I gave up eating red meat in 1994. The thought of elephant or mammoth seems so wrong — such majestic creatures should be protected not killed and eaten. We humans are so bad at sharing our planet with others.

I eat meat. I love meat. I try to not eat too much though, and I know the environmental impact of it is not good. I will not however as a rule eat the meat of any animal that is intelligent. Elephants pass the mirror-test. I will assume that even if these cloned Mammoths don’t, they will be close enough (and that test is not the only indicator of intelligence).

As far as I’m concerned, killing intelligent animals (Whales, Dolphins, Apes, Elephants, Octopuses, and Corvids) is murder and no different than killing a human. I’m teetering on possibly even giving up pork as it’s looking like Pigs might be close to that list, but I haven’t made that leap yet.

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darthstar  Sep 14, 2021 • 12:04:15am

re: #128 JOE 🥓

TFW “Fuck that guy” is a fitting eulogy.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 14, 2021 • 12:10:21am

re: #161 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Will we pull up at Mcdonald’s and ask for a BugMac and an order of flies?

You will serve an extra 10 days in Regurgitory for that one.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 14, 2021 • 12:28:03am

From’ Crooks & Liars’.

Fifty years ago, John Lennon released one of the most beautiful, inspirational and catchy pop anthems of the 20th century: “Imagine.”

Since being released as a single on Oct. 11 1971, “Imagine” has sold millions, going No. 1 in the U.S. and U.K. charts.

YouTube

OK, so it’s a month early.

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Dread Pirate Ron  Sep 14, 2021 • 12:33:10am

We’re all just meat. Just be thankful that Venus Flytraps are not big enough to eat people.

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darthstar  Sep 14, 2021 • 12:51:03am

re: #165 Dread Pirate Ron

From’ Crooks & Liars’.

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Video

OK, so it’s a month early.

You can forgive yourself for that…but just in case this hits close to home…

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darthstar  Sep 14, 2021 • 12:57:15am

Earworm transfer. Please enjoy.

The B-52’s - Roam (Official Music Video)

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Sep 14, 2021 • 2:23:56am

re: #18 The Pie Overlord!

That’s how you own the conservatives given how hot AOC makes the GOP (in more ways than one.)

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Dave In Austin  Sep 14, 2021 • 2:24:16am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 2:28:57am

re: #1 Belafon

Silly puff piece that pretends the abortion ban is the work of a tireless genius whose meticulously-crafted legislation is impervious to judicial review, rather than the inevitable result of *Republicans packing the courts with anti-abortion activists.*

I am certain that they contacted and consulted with members of the Supreme Court on how to craft a piece of legislation that SCOTUS could uphold while still claiming not to have overturned Roe v Wade.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 2:29:54am

re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth

“Statistical analyses used to detect fraud in elections held in 3rd-world nations…detected fraud in California resulting in Governor Gavin Newsom being reinstated as governor.”

Again, the election hasn’t happened yet….

Political Crime Precogs at work!!!

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Targetpractice  Sep 14, 2021 • 2:30:02am

re: #170 Dave In Austin

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Do we increase economic opportunities so that young people don’t feel compelled to take up crime to make enough money to survive? Nah.

Do we do away with many of the “nuisance” crimes that tie up police resources and do little more than add to the animosity between cops and minority communities? Nah.

Perhaps we consider investing in retraining and job placement programs to help young people build fruitful lives? Nah.

No, apparently the solution is “better parenting” and “more God.” Because why invest in communities when we can put that money into the pockets of private prison companies?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 2:30:40am

re: #12 Charles Johnson

tfw when you’re editing text and you accidentally omit an important word but when you proofread it your brain insists on thinking it’s actually there

I find that it helps to print out text and not try to proofread from a screen

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Sep 14, 2021 • 2:38:56am

re: #49 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Count me as not in on this elephant abuse.

They are going to create hairy Asian elephants and want to stick them in Canada.

First, I doubt anyone asked the Asian elephants about this.

Oh, did they ask the First Peoples of Canada if they could dump a bunch of hairy elephants up there??

This is celebrity “science”, done for money and fame.

Think of the money the First Peoples will make running winter safari for the rich gun-humpers in the US who want to bag one of those! (I’m sure a few Trumps will be first in line.)
///

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Sep 14, 2021 • 2:51:19am

re: #150 stpaulbear

A favorite pleasure drive route takes me past a veal farm where most of the operations were set up near the road. Once I figured out what was happening, I decided I could live without veal.

I saw that stuff when on the Amtrak train between Chicago and Albuquerque. Passed a couple of feedlot and veal operations. The latter were large arrays of the little plastic calf shelters. A sort of veal refugee camp vibe.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Sep 14, 2021 • 2:52:56am

re: #155 austin_blue

Why are people upset about baby cows? What do we call baby sheep? Lambs. You know what we call Easter dinner?

Lamb.

Listen up, here’s the thing. If we ate more insect protein, which is absolutely there for the taking rather than letting it rot and disappear from our global diet, we could remove animal husbandry from the global economy *tomorrow*.

No more beef, no more pig, no more sheep, no more fish, no more food fun.

It sucks, but it may be our future,

Closest we come to that is the various sea bugs like shrimp.

I guess we could breed a larger wood louse and come up with a nice marketing campaign for Isopod Legs.
/

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Sep 14, 2021 • 2:54:21am

re: #157 sagehen

Pigs are assholes, cows are stupid enough to make cow-tipping a real thing, lamb… okay, I don’t really have a justification for lamb, but I just ignore the fuzziness when I crave lamb chops. Do fish have any brains at all? Birds certainly aren’t known for their charming personality, especially chickens.

So I’m okay with killing and eating most of the above.

For chicken think “vicious little dinosaur”. The giant one running around in Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” at one point would probably be a serious danger to the farmer.

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garzooma  Sep 14, 2021 • 2:58:48am

re: #177 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Closest we come to that is the various sea bugs like shrimp.

I guess we could breed a larger wood louse and come up with a nice marketing campaign for Isopod Legs.
/

xkcd.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 2:59:33am

re: #177 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Closest we come to that is the various sea bugs like shrimp.

I guess we could breed a larger wood louse and come up with a nice marketing campaign for Isopod Legs.
/

Wood louse: nature’s own Jiffy-Pop!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 3:00:11am

re: #179 garzooma

“Why should I eat flies when I can have nice, juicy spiders!”

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sagehen  Sep 14, 2021 • 3:05:58am

re: #175 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Think of the money the First Peoples will make running winter safari for the rich gun-humpers in the US who want to bag one of those! (I’m sure a few Trumps will be first in line.)
///

don’t you dare, they’re too cute.
Let the gun-humpers have a moose or something.

Baby Elephant Walk Song

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 3:07:24am

re: #173 Targetpractice

No, apparently the solution is “better parenting” and “more God.” Because why invest in communities when we can put that money into the pockets of private prison companies?

I have pointed out that many Latinos share a lot of “family” values and are religious and rather socially conservative.

But then again, Catholics are not really “Christian” enough for the Evangelicals to fully accept.

And Latinos believe in families in the sense of good public education, strong communities and institutions that help families, which puts them at odds with most GOP policy, which is all about cutting taxes and controlling women (by deputizing private citizen to hunt down fugitive slaves sluts.)

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 14, 2021 • 3:13:44am

Like most Americans I know almost nothing about the rest of the world. Ok, so I know a bit about Japan and its history because I lived there. And I know a bit about Scandinavia because my ancestors came from Norway. And I like to read archeology and ancient history so I sort of have a outsider’s understanding of Egypt and the ancient Near East.

But whenever I think about learning something about India’s past I get overwhelmed. Immediately and without surcease. There is so much buried, so many layers, the English transliterations of words have so many syllables… anyway, I just usually give up trying to understand India. Hoomans have been living there since we left Africa and that’s about it as far as my knowledge goes.

And my interests tend to lay in contemporary events and just trying to live in the era of Covid-19.

Anyway, I started to read about the Padmanabhaswamy Temple because I came across its name somewhere on Youtube, and this story caught my attention:

Royal descendants can keep temple full of riches, rules Indian Supreme Court

That’s from July 2020 and I missed the story completely. And I suspect all Americans missed it, because we were dealing with removing the malevolent one from the White House and trying to survive Covid.

The bottom line of the story is this: the world’s largest hoard of valuable items, ever (and of a size that will never be repeated), will be left in the hands of a single family rather than be the property of the people of India or one particular Indian state (Kerala.)

The news of the contents of the Temple vaults first hit international news in 2011: Hidden treasure worth billions of dollars discovered in Indian temple

How big a hoard? I did not know so I started reading about it, and if the stories are true (and therein lay a problem that calls for some serious investigative journalism) then it is only surpassed in size the US gold deposits at Ft. Knox and at the Federal Reserve Bank, and perhaps by the German central bank reserves.

It’s a stash of valuable items far beyond the wealth of Jeff Bezos.

If one turns to Wikipedia, as is our wont, and look at the entry for Padmanabhaswamy Temple we will be disappointed. The entry reads as if it is largely cut and paste from some Hindu site, speaking of Lord Padmanabha as a real person. (My ignorance of Hinduism is showing here, but I think Padmanabha is some manifestation of Vishnu.) And the English writing is poor. And biased.

Fortunately there is a shorter and better written, though perhaps also no more verifiable, article on Wikipedia about the hoard: Padmanabhaswamy Temple treasure

There’s so much to cover here, but what stands out to me is the role that superstition is playing in this affair.

From the Supreme Court, to the guy they hired to do the inventory, to the locals (not necessarily the temple attendants who of course we presume are highly religious), there are religious fears that something bad will happen if they open up the remaining vaults.

Of the vaults that were opened, the descriptions of the contents include:

Hundreds of thousands of gold coins of the Roman Empire

While the volume of gold in other objects exceed this, this particular item caught my eye.

Who has that many gold Roman coins laying around? Roman coins are common - in copper. There are silver ones too in number. But gold? While collects of Roman coins may have one or two, a few buried hoards have been unearthed that contain many gold coins, I have never heard of any amount of that size. I suspect the item here is what is also written as:

the 800-kg hoard of gold coins from 200 B.C

If these are Roman then they are pre-empire. The archeological value of this find alone is staggering, not to mention the gold.

Other items are supposed from the Greek period, Jerusalem ( I presume Hasmonean coins?), and so forth.

One of the vaults was last open in 1931, and the Wiki entries depend on an article from the Hindu which summarizes their own story from that time: When the vault was opened in 1931

[…] Next to them was “a granary like thing,” full of gold and silver coins. […]

That’s a lot of coins. And that was just one of the (now believed to be) 8 vaults.

And then there are the records: 300 million (yes, million) written records are in the Temple’s vaults, from many centuries. The articles mention the lament of scholars that almost none of these have been recorded or studied. The information hidden in such things is irreplaceable.

Anyway, I will need to look at academic journals to try and get a better idea for what is fact and what is fable. But this story has everything and more:
1) Ancient hidden vaults;
2) Precious items in number beyond any collection in the world, perhaps more than the sum of the entire rest of the world’s museum collections of some items;
3) curses;
4) deaths;
5) intrigue;
6) politics and religion in bed together;
7) history covering millennia.

But again, to me the thing that stuck out most from that 2020 news article, and I presume the story was run in US media too but I doubt it stayed in anyone’s mind for long at that time, is the bottom line which is that the family who are the descendants of the local royal family (their ruling ability was removed in the middle of the 20th century), now are in control of the hoard. They have financial control which I presume means they can decide when and how to change it.

And India is still poor. Even though they want to be proud for how modern they’ve come, there are still a half a billion Indians who are poor. As in really poor. And the pandemic has hit India hard and let’s be honest about this - the poorest people are mostly forgotten. You don’t have to work hard to convince me that most of the cases and deaths from Covid-19 in India simply have not been counted.

So this is wealth disparity on a grand scale. And the Supreme Court over-ruled the Kerala court and gave all that wealth back to the local nobility.

Sure, I do not expect anyone to sell off a cultural heritage but the truth is if you have bags of thousands of ancient gold coins from around the world then those coins came from somewhere else. You could auction them off and raise more than enough money to build hospitals, schools, infrastructure, etc.

I do not expect the actual ritual items should be sold off, or the archeological items. Yet if you have bags of diamonds (and apparently they do), uncut, some up to a 100 carats (!), that’s a valuable thing the existence of which is historically significant but also something that could be sold without losing culture.

Anyway, this is a long entry, but I think an item that has worth. We shouldn’t let history go dark. And in my moral universal a single family should not control possibly a trillion dollars of valuables when so many of their own people are in dire straits.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 14, 2021 • 3:59:26am

Here’s a video from 2018, which gives a precise of the story, before the Supreme Court’s decision:

Mysterious Vault B Padmanabhaswamy Gold Temple-EYEWITNESS Report हिंदी | Subtitle

You’ll need to use the subtitles. The video has a million views but I suspect nearly all of them are from Indians (whether they still live there or not.)

The door to Vault “B” is beyond even Tolkien’s Doors of Durin, but sounds very familiar.

Also the video doesn’t discuss the two hidden vaults that were discovered and not opened.

Then again, if you came across a door like this:

… and was told there was a god inside who did not want to be disturbed, would you try to open it?

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 14, 2021 • 4:05:10am

Besides the wealth disparity thing, I also wonder about the value of archeology and history in a story like this.

The telling of the attempts to open the vaults to me do not sound like solid archeology. They sound like treasure hunting.

I don’t want to get down on Indians (too much) but even in that video it is clear the authorities are consulting “astrologers” (a translation apparently of the Hindu operatives that consult magical portents) to make decisions, as indeed the written reports also relay.

It all seems so backwards to me.

But I am probably just being elitist again.

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steve_davis  Sep 14, 2021 • 4:06:04am

re: #49 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Count me as not in on this elephant abuse.

They are going to create hairy Asian elephants and want to stick them in Canada.

First, I doubt anyone asked the Asian elephants about this.

Oh, did they ask the First Peoples of Canada if they could dump a bunch of hairy elephants up there??

This is celebrity “science”, done for money and fame.

I’m down with it. Hairy elephants would be cool as shit. Actually elephants are mammals so they’re already technically hairy. These would be more like just normal elephants with a ton of back hair.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 4:08:17am

re: #186 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

It all seems so backwards to me.

But I am probably just being elitist again.

No, you are being rational.

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Shropshire Slasher  Sep 14, 2021 • 4:09:20am

Heh

pagesix.com

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steve_davis  Sep 14, 2021 • 4:10:48am

re: #60 jaunte

Polar Bears will learn to hunt in packs.

they’ll get out-competed by a little something I’m currently working on with rabbits:

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 14, 2021 • 4:14:58am

It turns out that The New Yorker did a story back in 2012 about the legal issues over the temple hoard.

The Secret of the Temple

The criminality that has been associated with the lawsuits to protect the valuables can make for an excellent movie, if anyone ever dared to attempt to make it.

There’s a lot going on here that shows the deep connections between politics, religion, and money.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Sep 14, 2021 • 4:25:27am

re: #107 Belafon

At least he spelled everything correctly.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Sep 14, 2021 • 4:27:42am

re: #113 Patricia Kayden

Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!
Have the geneticists never watched Jurassic Park?!

I will welcome our new (large, furry and tusked) overlords with glee.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 4:28:45am

re: #187 steve_davis

I’m down with it. Hairy elephants would be cool as shit. Actually elephants are mammals so they’re already technically hairy. These would be more like just normal elephants with a ton of back hair.

I think that they could populate some nature preserves where people can view them in something resembling their once-natural habitat.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 14, 2021 • 4:32:46am

Mammoths went extinct for a reason.

As some great sage once said, we are so busy thinking about how we could do something we ignore asking whether we should do it.

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steve_davis  Sep 14, 2021 • 4:33:30am

re: #131 Dread Pirate Ron

They were ‘hunted to extinction’ so they must taste good. //

they actually died out when epilady became a fad in the herd. turned them all into elephants and they were forced to migrate south.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 4:42:43am

re: #195 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Mammoths went extinct for a reason.

As some great sage once said, we are so busy thinking about how we could do something we ignore asking whether we should do it.

Humankind being one of them…like I said, limited numbers in natural preserves sounds like a reasonable thing to me.

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Dopamine Fish  Sep 14, 2021 • 4:48:27am

The individual who was responsible for bombing a mosque in a south suburb of Minneapolis in 2017 has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for their crimes.

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Axolotl  Sep 14, 2021 • 4:52:19am

Does anybody know how many people are expected at Saturday’s rally?

My daughter is a freshman at American University and I’m trying to gauge how concerned I should be.

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Dopamine Fish  Sep 14, 2021 • 4:53:40am

re: #199 Axolotl

Does anybody know how many people are expected at Saturday’s rally?

My daughter is a freshman at American University and I’m trying to gauge how concerned I should be.

One thing to be careful of: Expectations often don’t meet reality. There was that Kentucky rally with stupid moron Mike Lindell where they expected 10,000 people, and got maybe 300. With that said, are Trump or any of his vile spawn going to be at this rally? That would be a much bigger draw than just a bunch of his clowns.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Sep 14, 2021 • 5:03:28am

re: #139 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

re: #193 Colère Tueur de Lapin

I will welcome our new (large, furry and tusked) overlords with glee.

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steve_davis  Sep 14, 2021 • 5:04:12am

re: #162 Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David

I eat meat. I love meat. I try to not eat too much though, and I know the environmental impact of it is not good. I will not however as a rule eat the meat of any animal that is intelligent. Elephants pass the mirror-test. I will assume that even if these cloned Mammoths don’t, they will be close enough (and that test is not the only indicator of intelligence).

As far as I’m concerned, killing intelligent animals (Whales, Dolphins, Apes, Elephants, Octopuses, and Corvids) is murder and no different than killing a human. I’m teetering on possibly even giving up pork as it’s looking like Pigs might be close to that list, but I haven’t made that leap yet.

meanwhile, pigs are out on the gun range, practicing with human pin-up targets. “We weren’t going to hunt them, but then they started shooting up ivermectin and we realized they were just dumb animals after all.”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 5:06:44am

There are ways to raise and eat animals that are humane and not murderous. And if you have given them a good life, then ending it at some point for food is not an inhumane act

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 14, 2021 • 5:07:48am

re: #202 steve_davis

meanwhile, pigs are out on the gun range, practicing with human pin-up targets.

The pigs are going to form a coalition with you know who?

Cows With Guns - The Original Animation

..

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steve_davis  Sep 14, 2021 • 5:15:15am

re: #185 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Here’s a video from 2018, which gives a precise of the story, before the Supreme Court’s decision:

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Video

You’ll need to use the subtitles. The video has a million views but I suspect nearly all of them are from Indians (whether they still live there or not.)

The door to Vault “B” is beyond even Tolkien’s Doors of Durin, but sounds very familiar.

Also the video doesn’t discuss the two hidden vaults that were discovered and not opened.

Then again, if you came across a door like this:

[Embedded content]

… and was told there was a god inside who did not want to be disturbed, would you try to open it?

ah. there’s atm next door. that explains all the roman coins from 200 B.C.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Sep 14, 2021 • 5:17:26am

re: #205 steve_davis

ah. there’s atm next door. that explains all the roman coins from 200 B.C.

And also tells you who the profitable trade of silks, etc. was being carried out with.

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jeffreyw  Sep 14, 2021 • 5:24:23am

Good morning!

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Sep 14, 2021 • 5:26:12am

re: #207 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

A tow. Though in this case shouldn’t it be called a “push”?
:)

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 5:28:33am

re: #208 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

A tow. Though in this case shouldn’t it be called a “push”?
:)

I generally prefer a good push to a tug…

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Shropshire Slasher  Sep 14, 2021 • 5:45:51am

Stephen Breyer is live on GMA right now, being interviewed by George Stephanopolous.

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:06:41am

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jeffreyw  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:17:12am

re: #208 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

A tow. Though in this case shouldn’t it be called a “push”?
:)

That was taken through the window of my BIL’s RV parked at the Grand Tower, IL campground. They were on a practice run for a Florida trip. This was in 2015.

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Dopamine Fish  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:17:18am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:19:22am

re: #213 Dopamine Fish

Folks are more trusting of a rapper’s cousin’s friend’s STI-infected testicles than internationally-acclaimed scientists. What a time to be alive.

Big balls are always a big hit, not just in Cow Town tonight.

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:19:39am

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jeffreyw  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:19:42am

Whatever was causing the site problems for me yesterday and the day before has resolved itself. Buttons and pic uploading all working normally today.

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:24:13am

This is why you don’t legitimize well dressed crackpots or their “but it could happen” crackpot notions

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:25:30am

re: #215 Dangerman

America is the Land of the Free where everyone is free to express their opinion - except scientists and specialists who have spent their lives studying and working in a particular field of expertise because they are obviously overeddicated liberal eleitists with an agenda funded by the Deep-State/Soros Conspiracy.

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:29:13am

re: #199 Axolotl

Does anybody know how many people are expected at Saturday’s rally?

My daughter is a freshman at American University and I’m trying to gauge how concerned I should be.

I heard the Capitol Police spokesman yesterday say that their best guess is several hundred and that they will have fences up by the end of the week.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:30:00am

re: #219 Barefoot Grin

I heard the Capitol Police spokesman yesterday say that their best guess is several hundred and that they will have fences up by the end of the week.

Not going to draw much of a crowd without yer shaman.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:32:01am

re: #220 Decatur Deb

Not going to draw much of a crowd without yer shaman.

our your fat orange man

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:37:24am

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No Malarkey!  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:39:27am

Another leading anti-vaccine activist, this one Israeli, is dead of Covid, though as he was dying he insisted he was poisoned by police. Another one bites the dust. sorryantivaxxer.com

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:43:57am
Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch (R) “said she would sign a Wisconsin bill banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, reducing the timeframe women could seek abortions from 20 weeks under current law to about six,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports

.

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:44:47am

We’re getting real close to getting every adult that will willingly be vaccinated getting the shot:

I suspect mandates will drive this number higher.

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Decatur Deb  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:52:28am

re: #225 Belafon

We’re getting real close to getting every adult that will willingly be vaccinated getting the shot:

I suspect mandates will drive this number higher.

So will coroners. The percentages, that is.

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:53:20am

Can anyone read this?

My college kid has the J&J vaccine, and while I’m not really concerned about the rest of us who either got Moderna or Pfizer, his is the one I’m concerned about.

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Dopamine Fish  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:54:07am

re: #227 Belafon

I wish I could, I’ve been seeing these articles for days and I can’t read any of them and it’s incredibly frustrating not to be informed about what I may need to do in the coming months.

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:54:46am
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Decatur Deb  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:56:01am

re: #228 Dopamine Fish

I wish I could, I’ve been seeing these articles for days and I can’t read any of them and it’s incredibly frustrating not to be informed about what I may need to do in the coming months.

I got a friend who plays pan in Trinidad…

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Decatur Deb  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:59:09am

BP Renegades

Renegades - In De Minor

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 6:59:59am

re: #229 Belafon

Freedom cannot be compared. It is absolute.

/

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:02:40am

re: #135 sagehen

rrrjewishtrivia.com
While elephants are kosher (they chew their cud and have cloven hoofs), as a practical matter nobody is slaughtering elephants in a kosher manner, due to the near-impossibility of severing the trachea and esophagus in a single stroke. In 1997, a shochet (ritual slaughterer) in Mea Shearim announced plans to slaughter an elephant, having developed a precision titanium-steel blade which he claimed could accomplish the task; however, he canceled his plan after huge protests from animal rights activists.

There’s also the fact that elephants are smart, they mourn their dead, they have language… and their young are SUPER-CUTE OMG HOW COULD YOU THINK OF EATING ONE?!?!

Giraffes are also kosher animals, and while it is logistically impractical to slaughter a giraffe, some zoologists in Israel have harvested giraffe milk and made cheese and yogurt out of it.

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:02:54am
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JOE 🥓  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:03:28am

Well look who’s munching on the horse paste!

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:04:28am

re: #235 JOE 🥓

Well look who’s munching on the horse paste!

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The tyranny of not killing others.

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:08:30am

About Greg’s “we need more God” speech:

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Dopamine Fish  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:08:53am

re: #234 Belafon

COVID cases are decreasing nationwide, apparently, as the Delta variant wraps up its grisly work. This is not a reflection on the effectiveness of your COVID policies, but simply a matter of due course. Congratulations, Governor, you got your vaunted immunity - now, how many of your citizens did it kill in the end? Do you even care?

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Egregious Philbin  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:13:35am

re: #235 JOE 🥓

I would expect that from Jan, not Cindy.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:16:06am

re: #237 Belafon

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) speaks before signing bail bill requiring
allowing rich people accused of violent crimes to put up cash to get out of jail:

“We need better richer parenting … We need to restore God sanctimonious piousness in our communities. If we do that, we will be able to reduce relocate crime in this to the poor people’s region.”

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:16:23am

re: #231 Decatur Deb

Bach would be happy.

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JOE 🥓  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:16:56am

re: #237 Belafon

About Greg’s “we need more God” speech:

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Governor Hot Wheels God is Ayn Rand.

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Dopamine Fish  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:17:58am

re: #242 JOE 🥓

Governor Hot Wheels God is Ayn Rand.

Puny god.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:18:02am

re: #227 Belafon

Can anyone read this?

You mean the NYT article? It loads fine for me.

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Dopamine Fish  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:18:47am

re: #244 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

You mean the NYT article? It loads fine for me.

Paywalled.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:21:16am

re: #245 Dopamine Fish

re: #227 Belafon

From the article:

The bottom line
Here’s the brief case for getting a Pfizer or Moderna shot as a follow-up to a J.&J. shot: The available evidence suggests you will benefit. There are no signs of worrisome side effects so far. And the Delta variant is an even bigger threat to human life than earlier versions of the coronavirus. By waiting, you may be allowing bureaucratic caution to get in the way of your own health.

Here’s the brief case against a follow-up shot: A single shot of the J.&J. vaccine still provides good protection, and the government may soon allow a second J.&J. shot. There is not yet rigorous data on the benefits and risks of the mix-and-match approach with J.&J. And you may need to resort to some deviousness to get another shot.

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KingKenrod  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:23:14am

re: #245 Dopamine Fish

Paywalled.

I was able to open the story in a Chrome incognito window. Sometimes you can read the story if you click on a link in google search results too.

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JOE 🥓  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:26:37am

re: #239 Egregious Philbin

I would expect that from Jan, not Cindy.

Cindy is a full blown racist and homophobe. Cindy got fired from her hate radio gig for her tirades attacking LGBTQ’s and she don’t like colored folks, Jews and Muslims too. She was too much even for Asshole Alex Jones!

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:26:48am

re: #231 Decatur Deb

BP Renegades

[Embedded content]

Video

well if we’re going Off-Kilter…

YouTube

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:26:52am

re: #234 Belafon

Hospitalizations are down, he says.

This comes as no surprise. I mean, if hospitals have nowhere to FUCKING PUT ANYBODY, stands to reason they’d have fewer admissions.

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No Malarkey!  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:27:02am

re: #225 Belafon

We’re getting real close to getting every adult that will willingly be vaccinated getting the shot:

I suspect mandates will drive this number higher.

I expect a lot of anti-vaxxers will get vaccinated rather than submit to weekly testing or lose their jobs. The Anti-vaccine retirees will mostly die.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:28:14am

re: #251 No Malarkey!

I expect a lot of anti-vaxxers will get vaccinated rather than submit to weekly testing or lose their jobs. The Anti-vaccine retirees will mostly die.

The weekly testing option gets overlooked.

By Biden because he wants to encourage vaccination and by the Right because they want to stress Fascist Tyranny.

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A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:28:22am

re: #207 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

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Decatur Deb  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:29:28am

re: #249 Dangerman

well if we’re going Off-Kilter…

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Video

Been watching Men in Kilts, a touring/cultural series. So far only the rugby referee had a knife in his sock.

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:30:00am

re: #234 Belafon

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the comparison is not how it looks now compared to 3 weeks ago.
it’s where you could have, and should have been

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:31:30am

re: #235 JOE 🥓

Well look who’s munching on the horse paste!

[Embedded content]

really? this is what you want?

give me horse paste or give me death

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Decatur Deb  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:32:00am

re: #249 Dangerman

Where is that festival? We’re rebuilding our grand tour for next year.

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Dopamine Fish  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:32:27am
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No Malarkey!  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:33:17am

re: #227 Belafon

Can anyone read this?

My college kid has the J&J vaccine, and while I’m not really concerned about the rest of us who either got Moderna or Pfizer, his is the one I’m concerned about.

In Colorado only 1 in 20k J&J recipients were hospitalized with Covid, not much worse than the others, and a second shot of J&J is likely to be approved in coming months, so don’t worry. If it will ease your mind, he could go to a pharmacy and lie about having had the J&J to get a Pfizer or Moderna dose.

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:35:30am

Hey, Charles, I may have figured out the problems some of us are seeing on the site. The feature you have that pops up the last comment on a page allowing you to click on it and go to that comment is causing a number of buttons to stop working. If I click on the page link, or click on the comment count button, it doesn’t cause this problem. I just tested this multiple times, with multiple lgf tabs, so I don’t think it’s related to cookies or style sheets.

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:36:50am

re: #258 Dopamine Fish

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They did well enough to buy Reagan and every new Republican since.

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:38:06am

re: #257 Decatur Deb

Where is that festival? We’re rebuilding our grand tour for next year.

The very last performance of Off Kilter at Epcot’s Canada Pavilion, September 27 2014.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:39:30am

re: #261 Belafon

They did well enough to buy Reagan and every new Republican since.

They did not have to buy Reagan, he was theirs for the taking.

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No Malarkey!  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:41:23am

re: #259 No Malarkey!

In Colorado only 1 in 20k J&J recipients contracted Covid, not much worse than the others, and a second shot of J&J is likely to be approved in coming months, so don’t worry. If it will ease your mind, he could go to a pharmacy and lie about having had the J&J to get a Pfizer or Moderna dose.

I was slightly off in my comment. 1 in 20k J&J recipients were hospitalized with Covid. Not quite as good as the others, but still pretty good.

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mmmirele  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:48:45am

re: #162 Jack Burton, Gunner on Death Star of David

I eat meat. I love meat. I try to not eat too much though, and I know the environmental impact of it is not good. I will not however as a rule eat the meat of any animal that is intelligent. Elephants pass the mirror-test. I will assume that even if these cloned Mammoths don’t, they will be close enough (and that test is not the only indicator of intelligence).

As far as I’m concerned, killing intelligent animals (Whales, Dolphins, Apes, Elephants, Octopuses, and Corvids) is murder and no different than killing a human. I’m teetering on possibly even giving up pork as it’s looking like Pigs might be close to that list, but I haven’t made that leap yet.

I remember being in Japan and looking at octopus tempura (and I love tempura) and not being able to eat it. One of the other tour participants was all, “What’s the problem?” My response was, “I can’t eat our cephalopod friends.” We don’t understand the intelligence of octopus and I just couldn’t eat it.

(I also couldn’t bring myself to eat the whale we were served at one meal, but for more obvious reasons.)

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lawhawk  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:49:31am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:50:44am

re: #265 mmmirele

(I also couldn’t bring myself to eat the whale we were served at one meal, but for more obvious reasons.)

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:58:32am

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lawhawk  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:58:45am
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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 14, 2021 • 7:58:54am
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No Malarkey!  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:00:41am

re: #270 The Pie Overlord!

Killing your children to own the libs.

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:04:10am

re: #269 lawhawk

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they are NOT religious nor seeking a religious exemption to vaccination

they are pursuing the religious exception as an excuse to avoid getting vaccinated

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:04:35am

It was the Obama/Trump inaugural crowds comparison that really drove home to me that we now live in the New Media reality: instead of laughing Trump and his spokespeople off the air for their easily refuted claims, they just stick with their “both sides have a valid point of view” narrative.

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lawhawk  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:06:28am

re: #272 Dangerman

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they are NOT religious nor seeking a religious exemption to vaccination

they are pursuing the religious exception as an excuse to avoid getting vaccinated

All of these religious exceptions should be denied. Frankly, all vaccination mandates should have a medical exception only. Christian Scientists claim to have an objection to vaccinations. That’s like it - mainstream religious groups aren’t opposed to vaccinations.

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plansbandc  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:08:18am

Canadian graffiti…

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lawhawk  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:09:35am

re: #275 plansbandc

Minnesota/North Dakota Nice.

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JOE 🥓  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:09:57am

re: #272 Dangerman

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they are NOT religious nor seeking a religious exemption to vaccination

they are pursuing the religious exception as an excuse to avoid getting vaccinated

Only 2,600? I’m shocked that it’s so few of the Los Angeles Proud Boys Fan Club!

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Dopamine Fish  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:11:20am

re: #274 lawhawk

All of these religious exceptions should be denied. Frankly, all vaccination mandates should have a medical exception only. Christian Scientists claim to have an objection to vaccinations. That’s like it - mainstream religious groups aren’t opposed to vaccinations.

The test for “sincerely held religious beliefs” for things like vaccinations has always bothered me. Personal belief should have nothing to do with whether or not a person should be subject to government mandates. I mean, the Sovereign Citizens / Freemen on the Land have sincerely held beliefs that they are immune to any government law they so choose, but does that mean they can’t be hauled into court and dunked on?

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JOE 🥓  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:12:55am

Gee I just can’t wait to see Larry “Sore Loserman” Elder throw a fit on live TV tonight about having the election stolen from him…

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No Malarkey!  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:13:07am

Very concerning side effect!

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:13:15am
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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:13:38am

re: #227 Belafon

Can anyone read this?

[Embedded content]

My college kid has the J&J vaccine, and while I’m not really concerned about the rest of us who either got Moderna or Pfizer, his is the one I’m concerned about.

My nephew was in a 2021 J&J study; turned out he was in the placebo group. When the study was completed, he was given the J&J shot. A couple months ago he elected to get Pfizer as a booster. Definitely doesn’t hurt and is likely to boost your immunity.

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No Malarkey!  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:14:40am

re: #274 lawhawk

All of these religious exceptions should be denied. Frankly, all vaccination mandates should have a medical exception only. Christian Scientists claim to have an objection to vaccinations. That’s like it - mainstream religious groups aren’t opposed to vaccinations.

Subject them to twice weekly Covid testing, and we’ll see how long it takes for them to lose their religion.

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lawhawk  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:17:45am

re: #278 Dopamine Fish

The test for “sincerely held religious beliefs” for things like vaccinations has always bothered me. Personal belief should have nothing to do with whether or not a person should be subject to government mandates. I mean, the Sovereign Citizens / Freemen on the Land have sincerely held beliefs that they are immune to any government law they so choose, but does that mean they can’t be hauled into court and dunked on?

Same here. None of these are sincerely held beliefs.

How do I know this? They got vaccinated for measles, mumps, polio, smallpox (if they’re of a certain age), tetanus, etc.

That’s where this all falls apart for them. They are opposed on political grounds, and nothing more.

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JOE 🥓  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:19:40am

re: #281 Patricia Kayden

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Aw shit Michigan has a Larry Elder clone…

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JOE 🥓  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:20:33am

re: #283 No Malarkey!

Subject them to twice weekly DAILY Covid testing, and we’ll see how long it takes for them to lose their religion.

Put the pressure on the assholes and don’t let up.

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JOE 🥓  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:26:15am

And Crackhead Mike Speaketh that The Plan is…”proceeding as scheduled as soon as he gets more Republican AGs to sign on…”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:26:32am

re: #284 lawhawk

Same here. None of these are sincerely held beliefs.

How do I know this? They got vaccinated for measles, mumps, polio, smallpox (if they’re of a certain age), tetanus, etc.

That’s where this all falls apart for them. They are opposed on political grounds, and nothing more.

Like reading about areas where pediatricians are swamped by parents trying to get a medical exemption so their kid does not have to wear a mask.

I assume the vast majority of them have not been been to the doctor for any sort of respiratory issues that might prompt such an exemption.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:27:08am

re: #287 JOE 🥓

And Crackhead Mike Speaketh that The Plan is…”proceeding as scheduled as soon as he gets more Republican AGs to sign on…”

Jesus is coming…any day now.

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jeffreyw  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:27:43am

I’ve never seen red worm poop until this morning when I spotted some under the tabasco peppers. Some like it hot!

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lawhawk  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:29:47am

re: #288 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

These are the people who read on facebook or social media that their O2 levels dropped to 20% while wearing a mask and CO2 levels rose? They’re the ones who believe some rando on social media spewing crap, but not that doctors in hospitals operate with masks for hours at a time with no effect on their CO or O2 levels.

It’s all BS. And I am done with all the BS. I’m at the point where I think these dumbasses will ingest cyanide if it’s proposed to them as a cure, and many will actually take it.

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:32:11am

re: #274 lawhawk

All of these religious exceptions should be denied. Frankly, all vaccination mandates should have a medical exception only. Christian Scientists claim to have an objection to vaccinations. That’s like it - mainstream religious groups aren’t opposed to vaccinations.

my amateur understanding is that while individual christian scientists may have an objection, it’s not dogma

Christian Scientists who decide to receive the vaccine won’t be punished or shunned, he said, since the church views the decision as a personal matter.

As a longtime Christian Scientist, Reiman studies the church’s teachings and the Bible, and like other followers adopts a position on how he will live out his faith — which advocates but does not require healing by prayer rather than medical care.

and from the CS pressroom

they also recognize that

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires religious exemptions for vaccines based on beliefs, practices or observances be considered “where a reasonable accommodation exists without undue hardship to the employer.”

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:32:50am

re: #285 JOE 🥓

Aw shit Michigan has a Larry Elder clone…

This is John James, Michigan’s Larry Elder clone & GOP Token. He got his ass kicked by Debbie Stabenow in 2018 and by Gary Peters in 2020.

fNrM/Z4SXAS0rLZDvKde5yc+XIACIml6NEcOgYhAn/QzMyun5tOB/0LvkypvSqxxI9CSUsAk/ZRZjui3XixM4u8T1xVRQEmwG7YxybpPX9lnRoKxR1Y+mVgubkSOOF0ytDOzNBo5ly8=

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:34:13am

re: #279 JOE 🥓

Gee I just can’t wait to see Larry “Sore Loserman” Elder throw a fit on live TV tonight about having the election stolen from him…

I abandoned my belief in polls well before 2016; the night of the election before the polls closed, I suffered a major panic attack about the outcome. I was not yet a member of the LGF family but read the posts throughout the year and everyone — except PLL — was confident about the results.

Until the votes are actually counted and it is clear that Newsom has won, I will hold my breath (metaphorically). My personal conviction is that it has been impossible to get a solid unbiased poll for years and there have been no recent advances in polling technology to change my mind. Democrats who were annoyed with Newsom and have not seen the recently unearthed Elder videos may indeed have voted to throw him out because of minor infractions (like the 2020 dinner) before they understood the true consequences of their actions. And let’s not forget that the GOP is big on cheating in elections.

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:35:11am

re: #287 JOE 🥓

And Crackhead Mike Speaketh that The Plan is…”proceeding as scheduled as soon as he gets more Republican AGs to sign on…”

[Embedded content]

iow: we’re still raking in the $ but it seems to be ebbing

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:36:14am

re: #284 lawhawk

Same here. None of these are sincerely held beliefs.

How do I know this? They got vaccinated for measles, mumps, polio, smallpox (if they’re of a certain age), tetanus, etc.

That’s where this all falls apart for them. They are opposed on political grounds, and nothing more.

Their parents vaccinated these goobers. When the time came to get vaccinated on their own, they threw a tantrum instead.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:36:32am
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sagehen  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:38:12am
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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:38:13am

re: #291 lawhawk

These are the people who read on facebook or social media that their O2 levels dropped to 20% while wearing a mask and CO2 levels rose? They’re the ones who believe some rando on social media spewing crap, but not that doctors in hospitals operate with masks for hours at a time with no effect on their CO or O2 levels.

It’s all BS. And I am done with all the BS. I’m at the point where I think these dumbasses will ingest cyanide if it’s proposed to them as a cure, and many will actually take it.

i say let em all visit a doctor with their kid (or theirselves)
sit quietly in an examination room for 5 minutes. just 5.
with a mask
and a pulseox on your finger

if it drops below 85 you get your note

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:40:02am

re: #298 sagehen

How many dinners did Trump attend while he was president?

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Jay C  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:41:13am

re: #300 Belafon

How many dinners did Trump attend while he was president?

Does that include fast-food fests?

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Eric The Fruit Bat  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:41:17am

re: #289 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Jesus is coming…any day now.

Robin Williams did an excellent bit about the return of Jesus:
“When Jesus comes back he won’t look like Ted Nugent. He’ll look like Charles Bronson and be goddammed pissed off: ‘First man I want to see-Falwell! Falwell: ‘So send me your money and….he’s here? Goodbye!!’”

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Rightwingconspirator  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:43:46am

re: #290 jeffreyw

[Embedded content]

I’ve never seen red worm poop until this morning when I spotted some under the tabasco peppers. Some like it hot!

First time for everything. I feel bad for the worm that ate the peppers.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:44:07am

I have kreplach (also called Pelmeni) on my to-do list for today. They are liddle chicken dumplings like ravioli that we put in soup.

Last year I made kreplach with homemade dough but this year I’m using wonton wrappers just because it’s easier.

Here are last year’s kreplach:

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:46:09am

re: #294 Hecuba’s daughter

I abandoned my belief in polls well before 2016; the night of the election before the polls closed, I suffered a major panic attack about the outcome. I was not yet a member of the LGF family but read the posts throughout the year and everyone — except PLL — was confident about the results.

Until the votes are actually counted and it is clear that Newsom has won, I will hold my breath (metaphorically). My personal conviction is that it has been impossible to get a solid unbiased poll for years and there have been no recent advances in polling technology to change my mind. Democrats who were annoyed with Newsom and have not seen the recently unearthed Elder videos may indeed have voted to throw him out because of minor infractions (like the 2020 dinner) before they understood the true consequences of their actions. And let’s not forget that the GOP is big on cheating in elections.

youre not wrong (but not as tall as i thought)

imo 2016 pollster errors are a bit exaggerated.

while they didnt predict all the states right, they were mostly within the moe - ie wisconsin. you cant do much better than that.

2020, yeah they got florida wrong, but also w/in the moe.
and yes, they did blow a few senate races that sure looked like they were going the other way.

the question is compound:
does a poll ‘predict’ right
and
if not, by how much are they off

now im off to physcial therapy

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Dopamine Fish  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:49:15am
307
plansbandc  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:49:16am
308
jeffreyw  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:52:38am

re: #303 Rightwingconspirator

First time for everything. I feel bad for the worm that ate the peppers.

There was another one eating on my habaneros this morning but there wasn’t any orange poop.

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Punish Domestic Terrorists  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:53:24am

re: #307 plansbandc

That’s a really weird-looking cat. A dog would have sought approval.

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JOE 🥓  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:53:27am

re: #304 The Pie Overlord!

I have kreplach (also called Pelmeni) on my to-do list for today. They are liddle chicken dumplings like ravioli that we put in soup.

Last year I made kreplach with homemade dough but this year I’m using wonton wrappers just because it’s easier.

Here are last year’s kreplach:

[Embedded content]

OH THOSE ARE PIEROGIS! 😉

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JOE 🥓  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:54:42am

And who is the latest addition to sorryantivaxxer.com?

It’s Truffles The Anti-Vaxxer Clown!

Well, we just lost Truffles aka Denise Lyonnais to COVID according to this post. She lived in the Florida retirement community “The Villiages” and entertained gatherings and parties as the Clown “Truffles”. However, she was an anti-vaxxer and none of her posts on Facebook were funny.

sorryantivaxxer.com

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:56:17am

re: #214 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Folks are more trusting of a rapper’s cousin’s friend’s STI-infected testicles than internationally-acclaimed scientists. What a time to be alive.

Big balls are always a big hit, not just in Cow Town tonight.

Big Balls

313
wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:57:28am

Oooh, I had the broken dinger and reply buttons, went to the previous thread, and they’re fixed! I’m in the club now!

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BeenHereAwhile  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:58:15am

re: #103 JOE 🥓

That piece of shit used to be on Helmet Head Paul and Raccoon Face Jan’s Trinity Broadcasting Network endlessly gloating over the deaths of people with AIDS. Finally Karma bit that rat bastard in the ass with Covid…

And Jan cried.

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JOE 🥓  Sep 14, 2021 • 8:59:42am

re: #314 BeenHereAwhile

And Jan cried.

She really let the mascara flow when it came out that Helmet Head Hubby had a gay black bodybuilder lover…

316
No Malarkey!  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:03:12am
317
Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:04:46am

We joke about how Conservatives like to own the Libs, but can we take a moment and appreciate how good a job Covid is doing at owning the Conservatives?

/

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retired cynic  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:05:09am

re: #249 Dangerman

well if we’re going Off-Kilter…

[Embedded content]

Video

OH! My ‘son’ met them in Disneyworld after a performance, which he just loved. He had a dandy conversation with them, and brought back a CD.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:05:28am

re: #316 No Malarkey!

If it doesn’t get done, the lack of a voting rights bill will be seen as one of the biggest failures of the Biden Admin.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:07:32am

re: #319 Eclectic Cyborg

If it doesn’t get done, the lack of a voting rights bill will be seen as one of the biggest failures of the Biden Admin.

Lack of a voting rights bill will be the beginning of the end of the Democratic Party. GOP-run states will be able so simply ignore any elections they don’t approve of.

321
BeenHereAwhile  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:09:53am

re: #157 sagehen

Pigs are assholes, cows are stupid enough to make cow-tipping a real thing, lamb… okay, I don’t really have a justification for lamb, but I just ignore the fuzziness when I crave lamb chops. Do fish have any brains at all? Birds certainly aren’t known for their charming personality, especially chickens.

So I’m okay with killing and eating most of the above.

Anyone who thinks cow tipping is a real thing has never been around cattle at night.

Cow are prey animals. They all don’t go to sleep at the same time.

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Dopamine Fish  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:10:24am

re: #320 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Lack of a voting rights bill will be the beginning of the end of the Democratic Party American democracy. GOP-run states will be able so simply ignore any elections they don’t approve of.

FTFY. Let’s face it; if we don’t lock down voting rights now, when they are all-in on this strategy to save themselves by abolishing de facto the right to vote, then America as a democracy is done.

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JOE 🥓  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:14:51am

👩 🤡 + 🤚💉 + 🍊 🤡 (45) + 😜 = 🤢🤧🤮⚰️👻

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sagehen  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:21:46am

re: #300 Belafon

How many dinners did Trump attend while he was president?

He never went to any WHCA dinners, or any Kennedy Center events, or any of the other things that Presidents have been doing for decades.

He held court at Mar-a-Lago (where people had to pay him $200,000 initiation fee, plus annual dues for membership to be allowed to attend), or Bedminster (even more expensive than Mar-a-Lago).

325
Barefoot Grin  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:21:47am

re: #265 mmmirele

I remember being in Japan and looking at octopus tempura (and I love tempura) and not being able to eat it. One of the other tour participants was all, “What’s the problem?” My response was, “I can’t eat our cephalopod friends.” We don’t understand the intelligence of octopus and I just couldn’t eat it.

(I also couldn’t bring myself to eat the whale we were served at one meal, but for more obvious reasons.)

Amazing creatures (I still eat octopus, but rarely; and I don’t care for squid). When my wife was first here I took her to Shedd Aquarium. When she saw and octopus her reaction was oishisō (looks delicious). Never had whale in Japan, but a Norwegian friend is such a dedicated fan that he smuggled some whale meat into America to have us try it. Never again.

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wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:23:05am

re: #323 JOE 🥓

👩 🤡 + 🤚💉 + 🍊 🤡 (45) + 😜 = 🤢🤧🤮⚰️👻

[Embedded content]

I was told there would be no math.

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:23:45am

re: #326 wrenchwench

I was told there would be no math.

Do you believe the stuff you read on the internet?

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wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:24:28am

re: #327 Belafon

Do you believe the stuff you read on the internet?

17% of it.

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:25:26am

re: #312 Dr Lizardo

….
Folks are more trusting of a rapper’s cousin’s friend’s STI-infected testicles than internationally-acclaimed scientists. What a time to be alive.

Big balls are always a big hit, not just in Cow Town tonight.
……..

And here’s my Trumpster FB friend Monday evening:

Kudos to the rapper Nikki Minaj. She has indicated that she wants to do her research before she gets the COVID vaccine. Sound, logical thinking.

Truly pathetic. And dangerous.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:25:49am

The best advice is to drink a bunch of water all day, the day before the fast. Also avoid eating heavily seasoned food for the pre-fast meal.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:28:32am

Assholes.

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sagehen  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:29:40am

re: #316 No Malarkey!

There won’t even be one.

There’ll be 3.

Collins, Murkowski and Romney.

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sagehen  Sep 14, 2021 • 9:36:32am

re: #330 The Pie Overlord!

The best advice is to drink a bunch of water all day, the day before the fast. Also avoid eating heavily seasoned food for the pre-fast meal.

best tip in the article:

“In college I fasted in shul standing next to a “buddy” of mine who would turn to me at 4:00 and start saying things like, “Roast beef.” Don’t stand next to that guy.”


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