I’m actually beginning to enjoy these press briefings again, even though the questions have gotten even more asinine with Trump out of office, because Jen Psaki is so good at smacking them down.
The more you watch, the more obvious it becomes that the pressitutes want so badly for Daddy Trump to come back and beat on them some more. That Uncle Joe is too nice and boring for their readers to care about.
Why is Space Force? https://t.co/nqaCn7yN5K
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 1, 2021
re: #3 JOE 🥓
Joe Rogan Thinks Biden Faked His COVID-19 Booster Shot on Live TV
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Lying to paranoid dipshits has made him so well off that he can easily escape when this anti-reality kick our idiots are on destroys the nation.
re: #5 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Lying to paranoid dipshits has made him so well off that he can easily escape when this anti-reality kick our idiots are on destroys the nation.
sorryantivaxxer.com has documented a number of people Rogan has killed with his Ivermectin lies.
re: #5 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Lying to paranoid dipshits has made him so well off that he can easily escape when this anti-reality kick our idiots are on destroys the nation.
I miss the days when he was just the guy on Fear Factor rather than the face of white male resentment bullshit.
Speaking of big mouthed assholes, Alex Jones fucked around, and now he’s going to find out.
Alex Jones must pay damages to Sandy Hook families after calling shooting a “giant hoax,” judge rules https://t.co/Hh2Ii2h3P4
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 1, 2021
re: #5 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Lying to paranoid dipshits has made him so well off that he can easily escape when this anti-reality kick our idiots are on destroys the nation.
Yes. $100 million well off. It pays to be a mouthpiece for fascism.
re: #8 No Malarkey!
Speaking of big mouthed assholes, Alex Jones fucked around, and now he’s going to find out.
Yep. Good riddance.
Since it’s Friday afternoon and work is slow:
To the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know it”
If you’re not a real doctor, shut your mouth.
If you’re not a real doctor, shut your mouth.
I don’t care about your church,
or the sites where you researched.
If you’re not a real doctor, shut your mouth.
If you’re not a real doctor, don’t go Tweet.
If you’re not a real doctor, don’t go Tweet.
It’s a really a disgrace,
that you recommend horse paste.
If you’re not a real doctor, don’t go Tweet.
If you’re not a real doctor, shut your yap.
If you’re not a real doctor, shut your yap.
Because it’s pretty plain to see,
Facebook doesn’t give degrees.
If you’re not a real doctor shut, your yap.
If you’re not a real doctor, you get blocked.
If you’re not a real doctor, you get blocked.
I won’t take your advice
If you voted for Trump twice.
If you’re not a real doctor, you get blocked.
thread:
I would write this series in a heartbeat. https://t.co/ZZ3NlYgcbG
— Meg Elison (@megelison) October 1, 2021
re: #8 No Malarkey!
Speaking of big mouthed assholes, Alex Jones fucked around, and now he’s going to find out.
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I don’t know what this new ruling will cost Alex Jones, but he did get nailed last year:
(WP) He was ordered last year to pay almost $150,000 in legal fees after he failed to provide discovery documents for attorneys representing Sandy Hook families.
Made me wonder what old Alex was worth. Several net worth websites estimated his net worth at $5 million.
re: #12 sagehen
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She got it the traditional and honest way: She’s the pompous daughter of a powerful noble house, so she basically forced her way into the position.
re: #14 Targetpractice
She got it the traditional and honest way: She’s the pompous daughter of a powerful noble house, so she basically forced her way into the position.
Well, yeah, but the most interesting characters are ones with inherent contradictions. So, yeah, she’s the pompous daughter of a powerful, noble house that forced her way into the position…and she’s GOOD at it.
re: #8 No Malarkey!
Speaking of big mouthed assholes, Alex Jones fucked around, and now he’s going to find out.
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I hope the Sandy Hook parents clean that rat bastard out for every penny that he has.
re: #15 gwangung
Well, yeah, but the most interesting characters are ones with inherent contradictions. So, yeah, she’s the pompous daughter of a powerful, noble house that forced her way into the position…and she’s GOOD at it.
Yeah, but that’s because we were never really there to see her as a diplomat, we’re there to see her as the overbearing mother whose daughter is supposed to experience some (temporary) character growth by either pushing back against her demanding attitude or by finding some way to connect with her emotionally.
re: #15 gwangung
Well, yeah, but the most interesting characters are ones with inherent contradictions. So, yeah, she’s the pompous daughter of a powerful, noble house that forced her way into the position…and she’s GOOD at it.
It was also implied that she would not hesitate to use her “feminine charms” if necessary to further her objectives.
re: #11 Eclectic Cyborg
Since it’s Friday afternoon and work is slow:
To the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know it”
If you’re not a real doctor, shut your mouth.
If you’re not a real doctor, shut your mouth.
I don’t care about your church,
or the sites where you researched.
If you’re not a real doctor, shut your mouth.
If you’re not a real doctor, don’t go Tweet.
If you’re not a real doctor, don’t go Tweet.
It’s a really a disgrace,
that you recommend horse paste.
If you’re not a real doctor, don’t go Tweet.If you’re not a real doctor, shut your yap.
If you’re not a real doctor, shut your yap.
Because it’s pretty plain to see,
Facebook doesn’t give degrees.
If you’re not a real doctor shut, your yap.If you’re not a real doctor, you get blocked.
If you’re not a real doctor, you get blocked.
I won’t take your advice
If you voted for Trump twice.
If you’re not a real doctor, you get blocked.
PLEASE POST THIS ON sorryantivaxxer.com!
This guy turns up again and again tied to unsavory people. The media call him a Democrat, but he sure acts like a Republican.
Dershowitz, ‘Stop the Steal’ Lawyer Team Up for New Dominion Lawsuit (The Daily Beast)
Fuckin’ county inspector just said our solar set up won’t fly. Batteries in the garage are a fire hazard and we need to move them outside (not easy - fire dept says we need another 12” between our property lines, but he said he’d talk to them) or we have to add bollards (3 foot steel barriers) in front of the batteries to protect from a car hitting them, or move them to the firewall (we do have space there, if we demo some more cabinets and move our outside refrigerator).
Fuck.
I’m not sure why Fox keeps using the lists as if these are bad things pic.twitter.com/PBUCHnTklU
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 1, 2021
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 1, 2021
Happy 97th Birthday to my dear friend, President Jimmy Carter. A humble servant of God. A beacon of light and moral clarity. A leader of extraordinary character, honor, and integrity. @FLOTUS and I send our love to you and Rosalynn on this special day. pic.twitter.com/LB0gSvHSNC
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 1, 2021
One thing I learned but Biden was the 1st Senator to endorse Carter. The thing I appreciate about Biden is how he understands how Joe Schmo thinks. He’s also imo like Carter underrated intellectually.
re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth
Fox would prefer items like
- Prima Nocta for Trump
- mandatory prayer
The spokesman for the group pushing for an Arizona-style audit in Wisconsin, whose name is Jefferson Davis, appeared on OAN with a portrait of the Confederate president Jefferson Davis on the wall behind him. pic.twitter.com/sLaacHkSyW
— Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) October 1, 2021
Seeing both Pat Robertson and “Happy 50th” trending only to discover that Robertson started his grifting business 55 years ago and that the “50” had to do with Walt Disney World… meaning Robertson was grifting 5 years before WDWorld opened.
I remember when Disney World opened - it was quite the news item. It heralded a new era in global leisure/entertainment that has been copied many times.
Robertson - yeah, he’s been copied many times too, though I think I’d prefer more leisure centers.
re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The implication is the same as it’s always been: “Look at all these things that progressives want to spend your money giving to those people.”
And before somebody says it, you’ll notice that they’re not talking about how that bill’s been funded through taxes on those making >$400K. There’s a reason for that, which is that if they admit the rich are the one’s getting pinched then their viewers might not be so against the whole idea.
re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I keep saying this, but OMG I swear they used to be more subtle.
re: #26 LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)
I wish your Uncle Phil Sheridan, my GG Grandfather, & others could come back and haunt these Cottonhead jackasses.
I’m sure Great Great Grandpa Peter Bacon would like to get in on the beat down as well!
re: #29 sagehen
I keep saying this, but OMG I swear they used to be more subtle.
They did. The post-Obama era taught them that it was OK to be racist out in the open, because they could always find people in power who would cover for them.
re: #27 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Seeing both Pat Robertson and “Happy 50th” trending only to discover that Robertson started his grifting business 55 years ago and that the “50” had to do with Walt Disney World… meaning Robertson was grifting 5 years before WDWorld opened.
I remember when Disney World opened - it was quite the news item. It heralded a new era in global leisure/entertainment that has been copied many times.
Robertson - yeah, he’s been copied many times too, though I think I’d prefer more leisure centers.
As for that fucking Pulpit Pimp Pat Robertson I still SEETHE at my brainwashed sister and her asshole husband who “double tithed” to that motherfather because Jay-Zuss told them to do it…
re: #30 JOE 🥓
I’m sure Great Great Grandpa Peter Bacon would like to get in on the beat down as well!
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All the merrier.
re: #11 Eclectic Cyborg
I tweeted a screenshot of that!
India has announced that British nationals arriving in the country will be subjected to COVID-19 tests and a 10-day mandatory quarantine, in response to the same measures being imposed on Indians visiting the U.K. https://t.co/WR3jrnfYk0
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 1, 2021
re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Not only does the sun set on the British Empire, it sets on the Commonwealth Of Nations as well!
These idiots. Now they won’t even have surgery to correct broken bones. They’re rejecting modern life in every respect (because it’s all too liberal and not very Jesus). This fool won’t have a football career now, because his brother used him as a guinea pig for electro-magic BS https://t.co/LjZdNLtXDL
— tom choad (@tomablogger) October 1, 2021
Seems like we’re going backwards.
re: #21 darthstar
Fuckin’ county inspector just said our solar set up won’t fly. Batteries in the garage are a fire hazard and we need to move them outside (not easy - fire dept says we need another 12” between our property lines, but he said he’d talk to them) or we have to add bollards (3 foot steel barriers) in front of the batteries to protect from a car hitting them, or move them to the firewall (we do have space there, if we demo some more cabinets and move our outside refrigerator).
Fuck.
Are they just the wrong kind of battery? I’m pretty sure that Powerwall is meant to be indoors. I expect there are others as well.
On Tuesday, we broke ground on the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park—now the work begins to bring hope home to the South Side of Chicago. Thank you @GovPritzker, @ChicagosMayor, and the thousands who watched from home. pic.twitter.com/TDwpkuJIg0
— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) October 1, 2021
re: #38 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Are they just the wrong kind of battery? I’m pretty sure that Powerwall is meant to be indoors. I expect there are others as well.
I suspect it’s an electrical inspector with an attitude and a list of any possible things he can decide are unacceptable.
We just got kicked off @Facebook for 24 hours for sharing this pro-mask/pro-vaccine @BrentTerhune video 👇🏽🤔 https://t.co/HHGZq4HCD1
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) October 1, 2021
re: #41 Backwoods_Sleuth
As I’ve said time and time again, fuck facebook
re: #37 jaunte
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Seems like we’re going backwards.
They have to. They’ve turned COVID responses into a political statement. In order to have any semblance of consistency, they now are required to question every settled medical question in existence. It’s like the asshole legislator in Florida saying Florida will review all vaccine mandates. That’s today’s GOP—rejecting medicine for political reasons.
re: #37 jaunte
Seems like we’re going backwards.
They are. The rest of us aren’t paranoid fools. Let them regress. They’re doing the rest if society a favor.
re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth
The sun never sets on the Indian empire.
re: #41 Backwoods_Sleuth
I think Facebook even does their AI cheap.
Does she have to return her clothes to somebody’s daughter? https://t.co/1BRSGtVKDj
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) October 1, 2021
Slowly hitting the public what Brexit really means for daily life? https://t.co/rPHx0gF6v7
— Prof. Devi Sridhar (@devisridhar) October 1, 2021
re: #42 Eventual Carrion
As I’ve said time and time again, fuck facebook
Facebook sent me a nasty-gram about my Draymond Green photo because it was ‘altered’ (someone shopped the ‘Fuck it, Die then’ graphic onto it). I was given the option of deleting it or, if I continued posting doctored photos, having my posts get dropped down in priority in the news feed.
So I left it up.
You tell me how this is supposed to work. Explain it to me like I’m a total, gibbering moron. Because I must be. The alternative is that an entire county school board has gone 100% off the deep end. pic.twitter.com/WCFCqugQKH
— Jeffrey Sachs (@JeffreyASachs) October 1, 2021
Note well who talks about this and who does not. Granted, this isn’t a fancy Manhattan prep academy. Just a humble public school district comprised of 46 schools, hundreds of employees, and 35k+ students.
— Jeffrey Sachs (@JeffreyASachs) October 1, 2021
re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Nah, our friends across the pond have already started moving to the next step in the “GET ALL THEM FOREIGNERS OUT!” stupidity: “Offering” prisoners the opportunity to work for delivery companies.
An “entitlement mentality” is having health insurance paid by the gov’t and every year receiving $43k from a federal trust fund, $48k from a state gov’t pension, and $500k from a company that burns high-pollution waste coal, while sanctimoniously lecturing us about “entitlement.” https://t.co/5mrNdp0P1J
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) October 1, 2021
As @tedcruz knows, the term was coined by Prof. @WilliamBaude—who, among other things, clerked for Chief Justice Roberts. And as he also knows, the concern isn’t that there *is* a “shadow docket”; it’s how #SCOTUS has increasingly (and abusively) used it:https://t.co/qULj89WlRa https://t.co/ucWzFQ8ybP
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) October 1, 2021
Sometimes you have to paddle to get your meeting with @Sen_JoeManchin . Way to go @CPDAction and brave WV constituents. #HoldTheLine pic.twitter.com/qXlmX9fPHw
— melissa “cancel student debt” byrne (@mcbyrne) September 30, 2021
These idiots. Now they won’t even have surgery to correct broken bones. They’re rejecting modern life in every respect (because it’s all too liberal and not very Jesus). This fool won’t have a football career now, because his brother used him as a guinea pig for electro-magic BS https://t.co/LjZdNLtXDL
— tom choad (@tomablogger) October 1, 2021
Can we not file morons like this under “Problems that will eventually solve themselves”?
I’d sent my 4K projector in to Asurion for repair months ago due to a single dead pixel on the DMD chip, and first had them return it to me without replacing the bad part, saying they cleaned it instead.
I sent it back, and they returned it not working at all.
I shipped it back, and they declared it dead, cutting me a check for the purchase price, which is hundreds below the replacement cost.
I can use the money, so I’m going to give up 4K for now, but I’m still extremely annoyed that they destroyed it rather than swap out a broken part. It could have been back in use long ago if they just did their job when I first sent it in.
re: #59 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Asurion is notorious for shit like that. That’s why I never insure any of my cell phones with them.
re: #52 Backwoods_Sleuth
Do not think about History, History is Crimethink.
re: #60 Eclectic Cyborg
Asurion is notorious for shit like that. That’s why I never insure any of my cell phones with them.
This cost them a lot more than replacing the part would have. It’s a $300 part and they’re now out $1,300 instead.
Nice, but it’s still obscene that we’re paying that asshole to lie to right-wing idiots, undermining his own nation.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) October 1, 2021
re: #52 Backwoods_Sleuth
If I read this correctly, Benedict Arnold must be presented as a hero for his valor at the Battle of Saratoga.
re: #62 Punish Domestic Terrorists
This cost them a lot more than replacing the part would have. It’s a $300 part and they’re now out $1,300 instead.
Among other things, I know they repair iPhones with third party, non-Apple approved parts. So not only can they bork your iPhone, they also void any warranty coverage you had with Apple in the process.
re: #51 Backwoods_Sleuth
If ‘controversial’ is open to interpretation, they won’t be able to teach any subject.
re: #65 Eclectic Cyborg
Among other things, I know they repair iPhones with third party, non-Apple approved parts. So not only can they bork your iPhone, they also void any warranty coverage you had with Apple in the process.
Overall, it worked out well for me, because Optoma screwed me by refusing warranty service, saying the seller was not an authorized seller. They can also void your warranty if the projector has ever been on for more than 8 hours at a time. At least I get my purchase price back.
I’ll be looking at other brands when I look at 4K projectors again in six months to a year, and won’t get the extended warranty.
re: #21 darthstar
Sorry to hear that. Costs are on the installer?
re: #13 Ming5000
Made me wonder what old Alex was worth. Several net worth websites estimated his net worth at $5 million.
so he should pay about a million a family.
What’s that you say, 26 people, 20 of them children were murdered?
Like I said, a million a family.
re: #64 No Malarkey!
If I read this correctly, Benedict Arnold must be presented as a hero for his valor at the Battle of Saratoga.
If the local school board tried this here, I’d be at the school board meeting demanding they explain how Morgan’s Raid would be rationalized since he pretty much burned his way through our county because we were one of the Union supporting Kentucky counties and we *gasp* treated non-whites as equals.
I am truly astounded that my house survived Morgan’s Raids because the original farm was a hotbed of abolitionists and a safe place for escaping slaves heading north.
Of course, my holler apparently had a serious do-not-fuck-with-us reputation even back them.
re: #64 No Malarkey!
If I read this correctly, Benedict Arnold must be presented as a hero for his valor at the Battle of Saratoga.
Which is sort of recognized by the statue of the boot on the actual battlefield.
re: #22 Backwoods_Sleuth
2 years community college? Quelle largesse! I only got 3 years in university with a few thousand pounds (in the 1970’s) living expenses. Such hardship made me the man I am today.
re: #73 John Hughes
2 years community college? Quelle largesse! I only got 3 years in university with a few thousand pounds (in the 1970’s) living expenses. Such hardship made me the man I am today.
la dee dah, good for you.
re: #73 John Hughes
2 years community college? Quelle largesse! I only got 3 years in university with a few thousand pounds (in the 1970’s) living expenses. Such hardship made me the man I am today.
Did you major in bootstrap making?
re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth
For many years France complained that French citizens needed a visa to visit the US but France didn’t require a visa for US citizens.
Finally France cracked and imposed a visa requirement for US citizens.
Six months later the US removed the visa
requirement for French citizens.
re: #77 John Hughes
For many years France complained that French citizens needed a visa to visit the US but France didn’t require a visa for US citizens.
Finally France cracked and imposed a visa requirement for US citizens.
Six months later the US removed the visa
requirement for French citizens.
JFC, you need to get a better hobby horse
re: #72 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Which is sort of recognized by the statue of the boot on the actual battlefield.
But any discussion of his dealings with the British must also be presented in a neutral manner, from varying viewpoints. From the Tory pov, Arnold was valiantly serving his King by trying to aid the British!
re: #64 No Malarkey!
If I read this correctly, Benedict Arnold must be presented as a hero for his valor at the Battle of Saratoga.
Notoriously, just his leg.
en.wikipedia.org
This shouldn’t need saying, but the comments of some public officials suggest otherwise:
When someone is murdered by a police officer the focus must be on ensuring murderers aren’t made police officers, not on anything their victim should supposedly have done.— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) October 1, 2021
91 years. This repulsive crocodile has done so much damage in his life. https://t.co/OotFfWRCtO
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 1, 2021
After reading the end of the last thread, and ignoring some of it, I will say that I wouldn’t consider the military for people until they have done two years of non-military service. Bootcamp is not about creating fine citizens, it is about creating cogs in a war machine. As I was told going into the military, bootcamp exists to break down your psyche and build up what’s needed for them. I would like to see people a bit more prepared than fresh out of high school 18 year olds.
re: #87 Belafon
This is why I tend to favor civilian service options.
re: #37 jaunte
Seems like we’re going backwards.
Correction: THEY are going backwards.
Ok.
What are ya gonna do?
re: #73 John Hughes
2 years community college? Quelle largesse! I only got 3 years in university with a few thousand pounds (in the 1970’s) living expenses. Such hardship made me the man I am today.
Too bad the man you are today appears to be a pretty big asshole sometimes.
re: #91 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Too bad the man you are today appears to be a pretty big asshole sometimes.
got what he paid for…
re: #80 Backwoods_Sleuth
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What a cheap son of a CENSORED…giving Doggy only half a treat!
I expect the final number to be much higher:
On Thursday, after Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia revealed that he had offered $1.5 trillion as a topline number for the Democrats-only bill, a progressive member of the House welcomed the clarity and chided Sinema’s lack thereof.
“Half of Manchinema has now shown us something. Waiting for the other half to show us something other than a designer purse,” quipped Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin.
From an article about Sinema skipping town: dailykos.com.
You need college to get a job but you need a job to get money for college.
If there were only some way to solve that conundrum!
Oh yeah; have parents who can afford to put you through college.
Solved.
re: #73 John Hughes
2 years community college? Quelle largesse! I only got 3 years in university with a few thousand pounds (in the 1970’s) living expenses. Such hardship made me the man I am today.
New York City College (dad’s alma mater) and Hunter College (mom’s), until the 1970s were 100% taxpayer funded, zero tuition.
Dad grew up with holes in his shoes and 5 meals a week. Mom got to eat every day, but her family shared 8 winter coats among 14 cousins. Them getting free college is why I grew up with a swimming pool, summer camp and ski trips.
in the 1970’s, NYC ran into some financial problems, they were near bankruptcy (mostly because FHA policy subsidized moving all the middle-class people out of the city and out to the suburbs, but I digress). One of the conditions of a federal bailout was college couldn’t be free anymore. CCNY and Hunter are now 7500/year for in-state tuition. If tuition in their day had been the inflation-adjusted equivalent, neither of my parents would have had any chance at all of going to college.
One would think their 40 years of highest-bracket income tax would be enough return-on-investment to satisfy the so-called fiscal conservatives, but apparently not.
re: #96 sagehen
Memories of undergrad at Pitt 1974-77 when the tuition was hovering around $500 a trimester and $500 for board…Now…FUGGETTABOUTIT!
re: #52 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“no fictional accounts shall be used….” No stories by n*****rs about n******rs. So, no Frederick Douglass, because his autobiography has some stuff in it that is more there to make a compelling narrative than to be literal; no Ralph Ellison, no Maya Angelou, Richard Wright, James Baldwin. Ironically, Faulkner is okay, because n****rs are called n****rs, but it’s mostly in a good cause: the underlying sadness of the Lost Cause.
We want to run Government like a Business, remember? This is why so many people voted for a “successful businessman”. One who ran a for-profit university at that.
Education is an expense, along with health care or environmental and safety protections, and expenses are things to be minimized or abolished entirely to benefit the Bottom Line, which is the Ultimate Goal to be served, even at the cost of human lives.
re: #94 Belafon
Half of Manchinema has now shown us something:
From an article about Sinema skipping town: dailykos.com.
Stephen Colbert:
“Manchinema? If you’re going to jam the two names together, Sineman is right there.”
Taking the afternoon off in hot Southern California:
I still feel ashamed and astounded that people actively seek stupidity as a badge of honor regarding history
First time I heard about gun confiscation from registration from a NRA dad of my friend: 1976. First time I heard about liberals causing forest fires in California by prohibiting forest management: 1974. First time I heard all the jobs in California are moving to Texas: 1978
I recently found out by looking at an old map at the library that there was a freeway planned in the early 1970’s at the end of my street that never was. I t was an interchange linking all the local highways
I went down a whole CALTRANS 30 year master plan by reading a newspaper article about the topic.
Plan accurately predicted the 2004 population and proposed a grid system of freeways to optimize traffic flow
The idea was scrapped in wake of Prop 13 and I a lot of pushback from places like South Pasadena who said no to a freeway 60 years ago leaving them in an island of clogged freeways because 710 can’t connect to 210
Now we treat the surface streets like freeways I should add that compared to elsewhere we drive like hicks in Ventura County
re: #100 sagehen
Stephen Colbert:
“Manchinema? If you’re going to jam the two names together, Sineman is right there.”
Either would make an ideal Godzilla villain.
re: #11 Eclectic Cyborg
Love the lyrics but unfortunately there are MD’s, epidemiologists, and others with real credentials who mouth anti-vax and/or anti-mask lies or push unproven therapies. Think of Mercola or members of the FLCCC (Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care alliance) or Bret Weinstein or DeSadist’s new Surgeon General.
re: #59 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I’d sent my 4K projector in to Asurion for repair months ago due to a single dead pixel on the DMD chip, and first had them return it to me without replacing the bad part, saying they cleaned it instead.
I sent it back, and they returned it not working at all.
I shipped it back, and they declared it dead, cutting me a check for the purchase price, which is hundreds below the replacement cost.
I can use the money, so I’m going to give up 4K for now, but I’m still extremely annoyed that they destroyed it rather than swap out a broken part. It could have been back in use long ago if they just did their job when I first sent it in.
interesting. i thought pretty much everybody had fine print buried in there about how they won’t do replacements or repairs on x number of dead pixels in a display.
re: #95 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
You need college to get a job but you need a job to get money for college.
If there were only some way to solve that conundrum!
Oh yeah; have parents who can afford to put you through college.
Solved.
re: #100 sagehen
Stephen Colbert:
“Manchinema? If you’re going to jam the two names together, Sineman is right there.”
Some other place called them Sinemanchin.
re: #96 sagehen
also “a few thousand pounds in the 70s” when I started at University of Cincinnati ( a state school and tuition was less than $300 a quarter and my off-campus rent was $30/mo) was around £1 = $2.50.
Compare that in the 70s and 80s I spent less than $1,000/year for tuition. Living expenses were minimal because I’m not really high maintenance (aka, also known as a cheap date). I eventually finished with a Master’s degree plus almost enough credit hours for my PhD but enough was enough.
But then, I just went to state universities and community colleges over the years, so pshaw…
re: #66 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Dark Shadows and Beyond Pays Tribute to the Man Who Played TV’s Most Beloved Vampire (Gizmodo)
anybody who’s watched the first few seasons of Dark Shadows knows there was nothing beloved about Barnabas Collins. He spent an entire season with the diner gal locked in a cell, punishing her occasionally for her unwillingness to take on the part of a long-dead flame by sticking her in a closed coffin for days at a time.
I gotta say, Stephanie Grisham’s book could be good for a laugh or 1,000,000,000.
re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth
I worked through my Master’s degree at University of Arizona with a TA gig that paid $300 per month.
I did a few side jobs like beekeeping and tutoring but that about had me covered.
re: #110 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I worked through my Master’s degree at University of Arizona with a TA gig that paid $300 per month.
I did a few side jobs like beekeeping and tutoring but that about had me covered.
yes, i made it through two degrees with no debt, but for a big chunk of it I lived at home, and I could pay for 18 hours at a major university with a check for about 2k.
re: #103 Hecuba’s daughter
Love the lyrics but unfortunately there are MD’s, epidemiologists, and others with real credentials who mouth anti-vax and/or anti-mask lies or push unproven therapies. Think of Mercola or members of the FLCCC (Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care alliance) or Bret Weinstein or DeSadist’s new Surgeon General.
By “Real doctor” I meant someone with a PhD who also ISN’T a moron, but you can only do so much with lyrics to what is basically a childrens song.
:P
re: #110 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I worked through my Master’s degree at University of Arizona with a TA gig that paid $300 per month.
I did a few side jobs like beekeeping and tutoring but that about had me covered.
oh yeah, got my master’s with that same deal, tuition plus TA salary.
I took a full load of classes in all my faves outside my major: astronomy, English & American lit, history, computer science, business, and law.
And stretched it out for four years instead of the usual two.
Sweet.
also, imagine my surprised delight to learn that I had a bit more than $5,000 sitting in the Illinois State Employees Retirement System that had building up interest all these decades, waiting for me to retire.
yay me!
re: #105 Eventual Carrion
Parents who can afford to “lend” their kids tuition for college pay their children’s tuition…they don’t expect repayment.
re: #115 darthstar
Parents who can afford to “lend” their kids tuition for college pay their children’s tuition…they don’t expect repayment.
That’s how it worked for me. I didn’t get a loan from my dad to pay my tuition; he just went and got the loans, and paid them off.
re: #115 darthstar
Parents who can afford to “lend” their kids tuition for college pay their children’s tuition…they don’t expect repayment.
Oh not always true…Had a couple friends whose parents actually charged credit card interest rates on what they loaned to them.
re: #113 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh yeah, got my master’s with that same deal, tuition plus TA salary.
I took a full load of classes in all my faves outside my major: astronomy, English & American lit, history, computer science, business, and law.
And stretched it out for four years instead of the usual two.
Sweet.
The hero of Zelazny’s “Doorways in the Sand” was the beneficiary of an endowment which paid for his living expenses and tuition, subject to decent grades, until he graduated college at which time the money spigot would be turned off. By judicious changes of majors at the end of each semester he had avoided gaining enough course credits to graduate for over a decade and counting.
I didn’t get a loan, my parents didn’t pay a dime (even though the divorce decree said my father was supposed to pay for our college education…lol..I did not hold my breath waiting)
Took me 12 years to get my BA, 4 years for my MA.
re: #118 Nojay UK
The hero of Zelazny’s “Doorways in the Sand” was the beneficiary of an endowment which paid for his living expenses and tuition, subject to decent grades, until he graduated college at which time the money spigot would be turned off. By judicious changes of majors at the end of each semester he had avoided gaining enough course credits to graduate for over a decade and counting.
I remember that story!
re: #120 Backwoods_Sleuth
I remember that story!
As I recall, he ran out of courses to avoid completing a major.
made some pesto-parmesan bread with pine nuts in the bread machine. damn i’m good at correctly measuring ingredients!
re: #118 Nojay UK
Upding for referencing one of my favorite authors.
re: #104 steve_davis
interesting. i thought pretty much everybody had fine print buried in there about how they won’t do replacements or repairs on x number of dead pixels in a display.
One dead pixel on an affordable 4K projector is a block of 4 pixels on the screen, because it’s really a 1080p DMD that shifts at 4x the refresh rate to produce 4 pixels per mirror.
re: #116 Dopamine Fish
That’s how it worked for me. I didn’t get a loan from my dad to pay my tuition; he just went and got the loans, and paid them off.
I paid on my school loan for the first year, then my dad said he would pick up the rest. Guess he just wanted me to learn something about paying my bills.
Watching my mom’s dogs for a few days.
Last night, we all just slept in the living room like it was a big pajama party.
Tonight we might order pizza and watch scary movies. pic.twitter.com/5CYFrAbxG7— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 1, 2021
re: #124 Punish Domestic Terrorists
One dead pixel on an affordable 4K projector is a block of 4 pixels on the screen, because it’s really a 1080p DMD that shifts at 4x the refresh rate to produce 4 pixels per pixel.
one dead pixel don’t spoil the whole screen girl….
re: #123 LadyBehir
Upding for referencing one of my favorite authors.
It’s time to start reading Zelazny’s “Night in the Lonesome October”. Each chapter is one day in an October during the lead-up to a world-changing (and possibly world-ending) battle between the Openers and the Closers. It’s traditional to read one chapter a day culminating with the last chapter on Halloween.
If you haven’t read it you’re in for a treat. The grave-robbing scene is a hoot.
re: #103 Hecuba’s daughter
Love the lyrics but unfortunately there are MD’s, epidemiologists, and others with real credentials who mouth anti-vax and/or anti-mask lies or push unproven therapies. Think of Mercola or members of the FLCCC (Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care alliance) or Bret Weinstein or DeSadist’s new Surgeon General.
None of those are epidemiologists. That is indeed a rare bird - I do not know of any.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies #ShabbatShalom pic.twitter.com/DG9h1qkX89
— Liddle Lemon Pie 🌈🍋🥧 (@Pie_Overlord) October 1, 2021
re: #127 JOE 🥓
Shouldn’t “One Dead Pixel” be the name of a band, somewhere?
re: #132 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Shouldn’t “One Dead Pixel” be the name of a band, somewhere?
or the title of a Jefferson Airplane tune
Alex Jones is only 46 in this video https://t.co/pn5i4JbH0H
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) October 1, 2021
re: #132 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Shouldn’t “One Dead Pixel” be the name of a band, somewhere?
As long as it’s not an Osmonds Tribute group!
I paid for community college in the ‘80’s (IIRC it was about $50/quarter). Then I transferred to a tech college for my BS in Math & Computer Science which was entirely paid for by a Pell Grant.
re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Cenk and Joe Rogan had to be starting something and it’s now gone to this level…
Alex Jones will fight the winner between Joe Rogan and Cenk Uygur. pic.twitter.com/qmJT5yObiO
— there is no dessert fork (@nodessertfork) October 1, 2021
re: #112 Eclectic Cyborg
By “Real doctor” I meant someone with a PhD who also ISN’T a moron, but you can only do so much with lyrics to what is basically a childrens song.
:P
During my temporary “nanny” position at my niece’s earlier this year, I “sang” the original lyrics to my 8 month old grand niece while taking her for a stroll. She loved them — they were part of the zoom program she attended at the “Old Town School of Folk Music”.
re: #138 JOE 🥓
he looks like he smells really awful
re: #114 Backwoods_Sleuth
also, imagine my surprised delight to learn that I had a bit more than $5,000 sitting in the Illinois State Employees Retirement System that had building up interest all these decades, waiting for me to retire.
yay me!
Indiana forced me to cash mine in in the early 2000s.
re: #140 Backwoods_Sleuth
he looks like he smells really awful
I can imagine a can of Right Guard hating Alex Jones so much it wouldn’t spray on him.
I’m in the kitchen getting dinner ready. Wife is hiking with a friend until dusk; son is doing his marching band thing, so I’m rocking out. Just listened to this for the first time in probably 25 years. I used to take my brother’s album and listen late at night with my headphones. Stephen Stills’ solos, the intertwining guitars and vocals with the stellar rythmn section—it brought me back and I almost cried. [It’s so long that there’s an ad towards the end.]
re: #139 Hecuba’s daughter
During my temporary “nanny” position at my niece’s earlier this year, I “sang” the original lyrics to my 8 month old grand niece while taking her for a stroll. She loved them — they were part of the zoom program she attended at the “Old Town School of Folk Music”.
What a Zoom program may look like.
People need to stop calling this a “yacht.” It’s a houseboat. It is worth $220,000, which is pretty much exactly the median home price in the United States and *considerably* less than what most senators spend on their second D.C. residence. My house costs more than this one! https://t.co/QlMM1kZGjr
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) October 1, 2021
Sorry but this is no houseboat pic.twitter.com/H3EP1gkKoR
— Chris Fagan (@CFagan1987) October 1, 2021
re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth
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also, pretty sure that $220,000 is NOT pretty much exactly the median home price in West Virginia.
re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth
also, pretty sure that $220,000 is NOT pretty much exactly the median home price in West Virginia.
$119,600
worldpopulationreview.com
It’s October 1st….and 93 degrees right now in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles.
But remember folks, Republicans keep telling us there’s no such thing as global warming!
A Baseball Story
by Rod Carew
Part 2 pic.twitter.com/CmYf9CTkWi
— Rod Carew (@RodCarew_29) October 1, 2021
Ending pic.twitter.com/4wXoL2H8Ni
— Rod Carew (@RodCarew_29) October 1, 2021
Ahhh, there’s nothing quite like the smell of an old book, ya know? 📚
Book-lovers—there are still a few spots left on our special behind-the-scenes tours through the #WatsonLibrary stacks during #MetFest tomorrow.
Grab your spot before they’re gone → https://t.co/GS3G8aQw9E pic.twitter.com/wbYvIUuYq6— The Metropolitan Museum of Art (@metmuseum) October 1, 2021
re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth
He carries a megaphone around with him?
re: #130 BlueSpotinAL
None of those are epidemiologists. That is indeed a rare bird - I do not know of any.
I direct you to Yale professor of epidemiology Harvey Risch who is all in on hcq and ivermectin and a darling of the right.
that could be the squirrels chevy truck
there is no rule that says a squirrel can not hide 150 pounds of nuts in their own chevy truck in any number of days
CASE CLOSE https://t.co/ydz5zZgxW9— darth™ (@darth) October 1, 2021
re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth
No but, the Tweet does say in the United States, rather than WV, and it’s less than double the median in WV, so it’s not the outrage it could be with a serious yacht.
The average houseboat price is $50,000, so it’s a lot nicer than that.
neighbor.com
re: #113 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh yeah, got my master’s with that same deal, tuition plus TA salary.
I took a full load of classes in all my faves outside my major: astronomy, English & American lit, history, computer science, business, and law.
And stretched it out for four years instead of the usual two.
Sweet.
My family was very poor. My education at a pricey private university was funded entirely through scholarships, summer jobs, and part-time work during the year. And work as a teaching assistant in graduate school.
But the only reason I could manage the costs was that school in the 1960’s was so much cheaper than education today. Whenever someone complains about how they managed college 40+ years ago, and kids today can’t, I try to remind them that the costs of education skyrocketed, well in excess of inflation. The cost at my school was about $1,710 in 1964; if the cost had kept pace with inflation, it would be $15,090 today; instead it’s $59,256.
re: #8 No Malarkey!
Speaking of big mouthed assholes, Alex Jones fucked around, and now he’s going to find out.
He later admitted he was lying when he did his deposition. Womp womp.
re: #153 darthstar
He carries a megaphone around with him?
I knew someone who did that, but only at Doctor Who conventions, and it was a Dalek megaphone he made from a Radioshack megaphone. It had the raised Dalek dots on it, and made your voice into a Dalek voice, using analog electronics.
He also made a sonic screwdriver that made the sound and lit up, which was stolen at a convention by someone in the row behind us in a panel.
Interesting guy, but he could tell you about a 22 minute TV episode for three hours.
re: #156 Punish Domestic Terrorists
No but, the Tweet does say in the United States, rather than WV, and it’s less than double the median in WV, so it’s not the outrage it could be with a serious yacht.
The average houseboat price is $50,000, so it’s a lot nicer than that.
neighbor.com
I was just reacting to the dishonest phrasing, especially since I saw it directed at those uppity kayakers from WV
Noticed yesterday in the La Palma live feed that the trees in front of the volcano looked backlit.
Sure enough, this evening enough lava is flowing behind them to become a river. So the camera angle now shows four outlets for lava: main vent in the background, then a lateral vent that had been quite the lava producer early on, then another vent closer to the camera that is now pouring out lots of lava, then even closer to the camera and behind the trees the new lava river. I don’t know if it is coming from a new vent or from a lava pool uphill:
re: #153 darthstar
He carries a megaphone around with him?
I’d love to see someone shoot a ping pong ball into Alex Jones’ megaphone!
re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth
also, pretty sure that $220,000 is NOT pretty much exactly the median home price in West Virginia.
But he’s in Washington DC. And $220,000 doesn’t buy you that much there.
re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth
I was just reacting to the dishonest phrasing, especially since I saw it directed at those uppity kayakers from WV
It’s still a lot more than his constituents could afford. We should be more critical when leaders of states that are intentionally kept poor and dirty live large.
My family was me, and I was down to eating dinner out of nut machines on Lexington Ave. I got drafted, got out, got married, got Wife pregnant and got my ass back to school on the GI Bill. It paid the undergrad tuition and a bit over, but I still did 4 1/2 years on a GE assembly line. Research assistantship allowed a couple years of grad school.
Any Senator that whines about an entitlement mentality from the back of his yacht needs to be voted out of office.
re: #165 Hecuba’s daughter
But he’s in Washington DC. And $220,000 doesn’t buy you that much there.
Agreed, I don’t begrudge him that, but I do find it a little fishy that he immediately insured it for $700,000 which means he must have bought in foreclosure or got some sort of shady deal on it.
I like the Afar video stream for documentary purposes because of the clear time stamp, but the TV Canarias video is uncluttered and makes for a nicer landscape image:
It is very photogenic. Ok, so not the number one thing on the list of importance when houses and livelihoods are at stake. Still, it would be quite the opportunity for a landscape photographer if they made it to La Palma, sort of like Fagradalsfjall proved to be a boon for drone videographers.
Yeah, sorry but it’s really not all that shocking to the reality based people who actually paid attention to the policies that he ran on, rather than David Sirota-esque fantasies where he was like going to cut social security & prioritize Simpson-Bowles. https://t.co/xWi6KspEjl
— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) October 1, 2021
re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth
Manchin’s boat has a lot more freeboard than most houseboats. Sort of like a yacht.
re: #169 Ace Rothstein
Any Senator that whines about an entitlement mentality from the back of his yacht needs to be voted out of office.
Unfortunately, Manchin would be replaced by a Trumper who lives more extravagantly and will consistently vote against anything and everything that helps their community but will be onboard with the white supremacism that motivates most of the state’s inhabitants.
It’s a small yacht
But any yacht
Is a bigger yacht
Than I’ve got
re: #173 jaunte
Manchin’s boat has a lot more freeboard than most houseboats. Sort of like a yacht.
Looks like a scow from here.
Permission granted. Honored to have you in the People’s House today, @POTUS. https://t.co/PUUmrHi4gz
— Steny Hoyer (@LeaderHoyer) October 1, 2021
re: #123 LadyBehir
Upding for referencing one of my favorite authors.
Ditto.
One my absolute favorite novels is “Lord of Light”.
re: #169 Ace Rothstein
Any Senator that whines about an entitlement mentality from the back of his yacht needs to be voted out of office.
late to this party (10/15 is looming)
call it whatever you want
it’s a voluntary / non essential purchase
if it was a mere motorcycle it would still be a large non essential purchase
this is magnitudes over that
it’s also is an indication of his continuing disposable cash flow available to keep it up and running
others in this country don’t have that discretionary income
let alone roads and bridges that dont fail or lead free pipes or internet
who is it that’s sitting in judgement of who is deserving?
re: #178 jaunte
“Look at that s-cow go!”
Our office in Israel managed the compliance of shipments of contracted stuff back to The States. There is a snail in that part of the world that is death to agriculture and the USDA/EPA will kill to keep it out. One of our armor shipments sat around long enough to be grossly contaminated, and the lady handling the disaster became famous for “The Escargot Cargot”.
re: #179 Backwoods_Sleuth
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President Biden told the House Democratic caucus that bipartisan infrastructure package “ain’t going to happen until we reach an agreement on the next piece of legislation,” Punchbowl News reports.
Said Biden to reporters: “It doesn’t matter when. It doesn’t matter whether it’s six minutes, six days or six weeks. We’re going to get it done.”
meanwhile
“With Democrats pleading for a deal on a hard-fought social safety net bill, one of the key holdouts, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) left Washington on Friday. The reason, her spokesman said, was a medical appointment for a foot injury,” the New York Times reports.
“But on Saturday, she is also scheduled to attend her political action committee’s ‘retreat’ with donors at a high-end resort and spa in Phoenix, three different sources confirmed, including an attendee.”
so she lied
between the two, shows you who has the country’s best at heart
re: #183 Decatur Deb
Our office in Israel managed the compliance of shipments of contracted stuff back to The States. There is a snail in that part of the world that is death to agriculture and the USDA/EPA will kill to keep it out. One of our armor shipments sat around long enough to be grossly contaminated, and the lady handling the disaster became famous for “The Escargot Cargot”.
re: #184 Dangerman
meanwhile
so she lied
between the two, shows you who has the country’s best at heart
Let me guess! Whose ass did Natasha Sinema try to kick and wound up hurting her foot? Oh if it was Manchin’s…
Police in Austin, TX have arrested Ryan Faircloth for throwing a Molotov cocktail into the Travis Co Dem Party HQ: He “was not happy with the current political climate. He blamed this office, and who they represent, for a lot of the issues he saw as problems with the country.” pic.twitter.com/6jfnZi1KOl
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 1, 2021
“…The Austin Fire Department says their arson investigators along with the FBI made the arrest. Ryan Faircloth, 30, is charged with second-degree felony arson and third-degree felony possession of a prohibited weapon.
He remains in custody at the Travis County Jail under a combine $40,000 bond for both charges.”
cbsaustin.com
Just going to say the same thing. “Bubba was havin’ a bad day and them libruls was just pissin’ him off so he had to burn the place down.” 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
— Karen LaRiviere💙🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕💙 (@CapeQueen75) October 1, 2021
re: #189 jaunte
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A lot of tweets there criticized the police officer for his take on the crime. Not particularly surprising given that police departments are infested with those who support Trump and officers like Chauvin.
re: #187 jaunte
that pesky economic anxiety.
NEW VIDEO: They aren’t Anti-Vax. They aren’t Waiting For More Information. They aren’t Exercising Personal Choice.
They are AFRAID.
The Americans who won’t get the vaccine are morons, snowflakes, and they are AFRAID and we need to start calling them that, and calling them out. pic.twitter.com/kFQ3QCTkNO— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) October 1, 2021
Update: A Georgia court just denied Sec. Raffensperger’s requests to limit the scope of discovery and to limit the number of depositions. The court will rule on whether we can depose Raffensperger after other depositions are complete.
Order: https://t.co/5xgGh3MrmK https://t.co/5uLxLT0wY5— American Oversight (@weareoversight) October 1, 2021
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Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
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Detroit Local Powers First EV Charging Road in North America The road, about a mile from Local 58's hall, uses rubber-coated copper inductive-charging coils buried under the asphalt that transfer power to a receiver pad attached to a car's underbelly, much like how a phone can be charged wirelessly. ...
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