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They never do anything poorly, never sound bad.
CL’d.
re: #38 Charles Johnson
An even larger issue is that Apple aggressively grandfathers their older machines. I’d happily upgrade to the latest Mac OS but my Mac Pro is too old. It still runs great, and this was not a cheap box.
There are hack solutions that would let me use a more recent Mac OS, which tells me that Apple could continue to support their older hardware, they just choose not to bother with it. Which sucks.
Quite the modern nuance in “Designed Obsolescence” isn’t it?
I had a 2012 iMac 27” box. Loved it. It blew out a graphics card in 2016 (replaced) and then again in 2020. Apple didn’t support the Graphics tech anymore. It’s a pile of junk sitting over in the corner of my office.
re: #84 No Malarkey!
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One other note. People are misreading Manchin’s document and comments. It did not say he would not go over $1.5 trillion. It said he would accept $1.5 T. Reporters asked him at his gaggle if $1.5 T was the ceiling, and he pointedly ignored the question.
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) October 1, 2021
We should not have to parse things this carefully
And then still be guessing
parents: make sure to give your children all the attention they need, so they don’t grow up to be Kyrsten Sinema
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) September 30, 2021
re: #1 retired cynic
They never do anything poorly, never sound bad.
Is it just me, or is anyone else tired of just how fantastically excellent they are?
Ok, just me, then.
For musicians (and musician adjacents), that is one humbling band.
re: #2 austin_blue
I had a 24” iMac of about that vintage. Its graphics card was starting to send signals. I got a new 27” 2TB iMac in 2019, and have added some additional RAM to it. Gave the old one to my ‘grandson’ and he is still using it for school work and research and games. The old graphics card is still hanging on, and my new one is in the tender arms of Apple getting a new logic board. One never knows.
I Like this
Hold out for $3.141592653589 trillion! Just so you can run ads about everyone getting a piece of the Pi!
press whitewashes GOP obstruction https://t.co/v9YMBd4Qbh
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 2, 2021
re: #6 retired cynic
I had a 24” iMac of about that vintage. Its graphics card was starting to send signals. I got a new 27” 2TB iMac in 2019, and have added some additional RAM to it. Gave the old one to my ‘grandson’ and he is still using it for school work and research and games. The old graphics card is still hanging on, and my new one is in the tender arms of Apple getting a new logic board. One never knows.
The problem is I’ve got a fantastic 27” screen and there is not a graphics card that will allow it to work. I’d love to turn it into a streaming device, but thpthpthpthp.
What a waste.
re: #10 austin_blue
That will probably be what takes my hand me down out. I am hoping this one, with new logic board, lasts me the rest of my computing life.
Tonight’s Bill Maher panel are idiots — and Matt Taibbi is clearly a Russian asset (Bill Maher did challenge Taibbi’s assertions on Russia and Trump). How can these educated people who are “serious” writers be so ignorant about the need for pharmaceutical firms to test medications for safety and effectiveness before releasing them to an unsuspecting public? Oh, wait, they are libertarians. Maybe that’s it.
Viewers rarely get a behind the scenes view like this, but in a recent package produced showing off the unveiling of Fox News’ upgraded DC bureau, you can see that the entire office is masked up. pic.twitter.com/mIH33GQnFj
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 1, 2021
Thread.
I appreciate that amateur “online sleuths” keep making these perps, but it does make me wonder a bit why that’s what it takes. https://t.co/8WYXQmZALi
— Schooley (@Rschooley) October 1, 2021
re: #13 Hecuba’s daughter
Tonight’s Bill Maher panel are idiots — and Matt Taibbi is clearly a Russian asset (Bill Maher did challenge Taibbi’s assertions on Russia and Trump). How can these educated people who are “serious” writers be so ignorant about the need for pharmaceutical firms to test medications for safety and effectiveness before releasing them to an unsuspecting public? Oh, wait, they are libertarians. Maybe that’s it.
That’s ALWAYS it.
re: #2 austin_blue
CL’d.
Quite the modern nuance in “Designed Obsolescence” isn’t it?
I had a 2012 iMac 27” box. Loved it. It blew out a graphics card in 2016 (replaced) and then again in 2020. Apple didn’t support the Graphics tech anymore. It’s a pile of junk sitting over in the corner of my office.
Meanwhile I have a dual CPU 1 ghz G4 from 2002 that I rescued. I had to put in a new DVD and bumped the memory to it’s 1.5 gb max but otherwise it runs 10.5 as good as it ever did. It’s still a decent light workstation though usually I only fire it up for the original HALO.
re: #13 Hecuba’s daughter
Oh, wait, they are libertarians. Maybe that’s it.
Libertarian is the new idiot.
— Jon Bernstein (@Cobrahistorian) October 2, 2021
I had the original 128K Macintosh and got 6 years of life out of it before it went to MacHeaven. Had the first model Powerbook then jumped to the first iMac that lasted 5 years. Switched over to Intel Macs starting with MacMini and now have the last i7 Mini as a media center. the M1 Mini and MacBookAir. Very impressed with the new iPadMini which runs faster and calculates deeper when it comes to chess.
re: #20 JOE 🥓
We bought a Kaypro five minutes (it seemed like) before the first Macintosh was born. When we wanted to publish a book, we bought a Mac Classic and it did everything except handle the photos, using PageMaker. I have worked up through Mac Minis and Power towers and iMacs, and now have a MacBook Pro I use for several projects and the big 27” iMac I use for publishing. If I could afford to go bigger, I would, but have been an Apple freak since 1992. Also am on my second iPad and my umpteenth iPhone.
One email, sent in February, described the sender as a lifetime member & “active LEO” looking to get in touch with other Oath Keepers. Another, from someone calling themselves a police officer in Washington state, said they were “not looking to be on some Liberal hit list.”
— Ken Bensinger (@kenbensinger) October 1, 2021
The emails are just a tiny part of a huge hack that’s full of other tidbits of interest, including the fact that the Oath Keepers received at least $66,000 in donations between March 2019 and July 2020, including one man who gave exactly $1,776 and another who gave $17.76.
— Ken Bensinger (@kenbensinger) October 1, 2021
We had ONE IBM PC at work that used MS-DOS and DBase. they also had the dreaded PCjr with the chiclet keyboard using a TV as a monitor. The PCjr was just a piece of junk that hardly did anything.
That’s why I saved my $$$$ to buy the first Mac that came out.
re: #22 Dread Pirate Ron
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Is it possible that some of them are hoping to be cointelpro-type infiltrators? Maybe we should spread a rumor that ALL of them are, keep the organization worried about whether they can be trusted.
re: #24 sagehen
Is it possible that some of them are hoping to be cointelpro-type infiltrators? Maybe we should spread a rumor that ALL of them are, keep the organization worried about whether they can be trusted.
It strikes me that these emails show the reason that so many insurrectionists were surprised that they did not get support from the Capitol police — they were so confident that the police/military were totally supportive of an effort to keep Trump in office, regardless of the results of the election.
Brexit problems.
#Ebike sales soar as many turn to peddle power to solve the #petrolcrisis
As the petrol crisis continues, more and more people are actively seeking alternative ways to get about
Read more on @BizMattersmag at https://t.co/hJNq4Yg5to #StAlbans pic.twitter.com/MPzWsLrBbi— WMT (@WMTLLP) October 1, 2021
re: #25 Hecuba’s daughter
It strikes me that these emails show the reason that so many insurrectionists were surprised that they did not get support from the Capitol police — they were so confident that the police/military were totally supportive of an effort to keep Trump in office, regardless of the results of the election.
Makes me wonder if things DO come to open war fare, how the police will come down and how many will align with insurrectionists?
re: #26 Dread Pirate Ron
Brexit problems.
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And where are the e-bikes manufactured? Is that going to also be a Brexit problem?
re: #28 sagehen
And where are the e-bikes manufactured? Is that going to also be a Brexit problem?
Mostly in Europe for them but I’m sure they’ll start buying China products in the interim, but the lorry drivers are the problem right now, they may not get their bikes delivered.
re: #26 Dread Pirate Ron
I actually went shopping on my bike for the first time. I went to Target and locked the bike up in the rack; came back out and it was still there, battery, seat, and all. My next purchase is going to be a rack bag with expanding pannier bags for small shopping trips.
A trans girl at an Orlando high school won homecoming queen: m.dailykos.com
A healthcare worker at my local hospital died of covid last month. She wasn’t vaccinated. She was 31 years old.
The Kennedy Center 50th Anniversary/Reopening concert is really good.
pbs.org
hour and a half
re: #31 teleskiguy
A healthcare worker at my local hospital died of covid last month. She wasn’t vaccinated. She was 31 years old.
A very sad last sentence in the obituary —
In an effort to help prevent other families from having to endure such heartbreak during these tragic times, it is the wish of Meghan’s family for everyone to be vaccinated, so they urge all those who can and haven’t already, to please do so in the name of life, and for the love of your neighbor, 2 Peter 1:6-8.
re: #31 teleskiguy
A healthcare worker at my local hospital died of covid last month. She wasn’t vaccinated. She was 31 years old.
How stupid do you have to be to be a health care worker who doesn’t understand healthcare? I learned all this stuff in high school biology and anatomy & physiology back in 1972. We really have become an idiocracy.
I fear it’s going to be quite a tragic winter, with the healthcare system all but collapsing in conservative America.
Epik CEO eventually responded to the breach of his web hosting company in a 4+ hour long live video conference, where he prayed, rebuked demons, & warned that the hacked data had been cursed and could cause hard drives to burst into flames.https://t.co/iN06y6IGU6
— Mikael Thalen (@MikaelThalen) September 29, 2021
re: #35 Dread Pirate Ron
How stupid do you have to be to be a health care worker doesn’t understand healthcare? I learned all this stuff in high school biology and anatomy & physiology back in 1972. We really have become an idiocracy.
She worked at Vail Health — but the obituary doesn’t say what her job was. Do we know that she was actually a health care worker? There are many administrative positions at such institutions for people who are not involved in direct contact with patients.
re: #2 austin_blue
CL’d.
Quite the modern nuance in “Designed Obsolescence” isn’t it?
I had a 2012 iMac 27” box. Loved it. It blew out a graphics card in 2016 (replaced) and then again in 2020. Apple didn’t support the Graphics tech anymore. It’s a pile of junk sitting over in the corner of my office.
I have a 2012 Mac Pro which will have to be replaced soon because of planned obsolescence in the OS. It’s very irritating.
I amble in tonight to see what’s what and I find a Mac Anonymous meeting.
re: #40 Targetpractice
I amble in tonight to see what’s what and I find a Mac Anonymous meeting.
Fuckin’ Mac users, almost as annoying as Linux users. AmIright?
Nothing anonymous about it. This is the Mac Fansite. You can’t see it from here, but the cosplay is impressive.
Honestly, I got nothing against Macs, I probably use my iPad Air 2 more than my laptop most days. But I sold my soul to Redmond years ago and have too many scars on my soul from dealings with Win95 to make a wholesale switch.
re: #40 Targetpractice
re: #41 Dread Pirate Ron
When the first Mac came out we got one at work. While it wasn’t mine to use I did like it. Then the Mac+ came out and got one at work. Moved on to the Mac II with large color monitor, loved that.
At home I went through the Amiga craze (it was an amazing machine) before finally assembling a generic PC mostly because of price. But in 2003 I got the original PowerBook Pro (17”.) It was great to have in Japan because OSX could handle Japanese easily. Still have it though I’ve not turned it on in a year.
Right now I’m writing this on a 2007 iMac. To keep up with the bloat-ware I’ve had to upgrade to 5Gb of Ram but the biggest improvement was making the boot drive a solid-state drive.
OSX really is what drove me in 2003 to get a portable Mac. Back when Jobs started up NeXT we got one of those at work too and it was really neat. OSX of course has roots in NeXT .
I don’t know for how much longer I can keep this now 14yo iMac running, but it has been an amazing workhorse. As was the PowerBook 17”.
How bored am I? I’m sitting here, watching a guy downgrade an ancient IBM AT to get it as close to “period correctness” (i.e. 1984) as he can. It’s a bit like watching a car restoration channel where the guys are using lead as body filler and hunting down bias ply whitewalls or a home restoration show where they’re stuffing crumpled newspaper into the walls as insulation because nobody sells asbestos anymore.
I’m on call this weekend, and got summoned at 20:45 for an issue that certainly was not worthy of being paged in for.
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re: #3 Dangerman
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We should not have to parse things this carefully
And then still be guessing
Sausage making is a messy business.
In another fine example of failing to think things through post-Brexit, the UK is trying to attract (temporary) drivers to ease their delivery problems.
But those drivers will need passports, which many drivers do not have. You see, no passport is needed to travel within the EU since the Schengen accords (each nation has its own mandatory photo ID).
So asking drivers to pay upwards of the equivalent of $100 to obtain a passport that they might well only need until December is yet another disincentive…
re: #55 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
In another fine example of failing to think things through post-Brexit, the UK is trying to attract (temporary) drivers to ease their delivery problems.
But those drivers will need passports. None is needed to travel within the EU since the Schengen accords (each nation has its own mandatory photo ID).
So asking drivers to pay upwards of the equivalent of $100 to obtain a passport that they might well only need until December is yet another disincentive…
Again showing that so much of the delay in implementing Brexit was more about feet-dragging than actually needing to…you know…plan for Brexit.
re: #56 Targetpractice
Again showing that so much of the delay in implementing Brexit was more about feet-dragging than actually needing to…you know…plan for Brexit.
It was more frustrated feet stamping than feet dragging.
re: #55 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
In another fine example of failing to think things through post-Brexit, the UK is trying to attract (temporary) drivers to ease their delivery problems.
But those drivers will need passports, which many drivers do not have. You see, no passport is needed to travel within the EU since the Schengen accords (each nation has its own mandatory photo ID).
As an EU member the UK remained outside the Schengen Accords zone although permitting free movement of EU nationals. AIUI national ID cards were a permissible alternative to a passport for EU nationals at British border entry points — in the other direction, Britons entering a Schengen zone country had to have passports since we don’t have a national ID card system.
Now we’re not part of the EU the UK Border Force don’t have access to the ID card databases of EU nations that allows them to check the validity of an ID card so it has to be passports for all visitors.
IIRC the current working visa application process for non-UK nationals costs several hundred quid for the applicant plus paperwork costs, there are weeks of delay while it is processed and a possible refusal of the visa application at the end of the day if they get something wrong. There haven’t been any details given by the Government whether the desperately needed HGV visas will be free of charge, expedited etc.
re: #38 Hecuba’s daughter
She worked at Vail Health — but the obituary doesn’t say what her job was. Do we know that she was actually a health care worker? There are many administrative positions at such institutions for people who are not involved in direct contact with patients.
Still should get the shot.
I have friends who work IT in stuff directly related to UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center). They had pretty high priority to get vaccinated, and did so. UPMC supported this since the IT staff and others had direct contact to doctors and other staff and thus could be a vector to spread the virus.
The 2nd P-8A Poseidon built for #Norway at the Boeing factory in Everett WA on 1 Oct. The 1st Norwegian P-8A flew for the first time 10 Aug https://t.co/qxD5Nl9WCR
— Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) October 2, 2021
Note “the Saint” unit emblem on the tail.
Help! I’m lying on my side and I can’t get up… because I’ve got a toasty dog curled up behind my knees snoring away.
re: #59 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Still should get the shot.
I have friends who work IT in stuff directly related to UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center). They had pretty high priority to get vaccinated, and did so. UPMC supported this since the IT staff and others had direct contact to doctors and other staff and thus could be a vector to spread the virus.
Common sense, really. It’s get the jab or don’t breathe for the 8 or however many hours a day you’re there working. I mean it’s airborne. It’s not like you can avoid breathing and unless you’re in a hermetically sealed room with no access to anyone else (which included coming and going)… And even then, get the jab.
About those anti-vaxx medical personnel:
23 anti-vaccine doctors urge Alabama governor to make mandates illegal
al.com
In other news, local sales of leeches are up.
First ever photo of a Martian sunset. Ever! Outstanding! https://t.co/hiJV4QSlD3
— LiberalNavySeal (@LiberalNavySeal) October 2, 2021
re: #64 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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So whichever dime store lawyer he could afford not to pay is trying to argue that his 1A rights were violated because Twitter was “coerced” by “members of Congress.”
I smell the desperation all the way up here in VA.
re: #65 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Dating is wrong on that photo—it’s a couple years old. There is probably some mixup involving “sunsets” and the current solar blackout of the Mars line-of-sight.
It’s also a beautiful image, one of those that triggered the question “Can robots make art?”
UPDATE: Source in post office says my postal delivery person quit after supervisor’s verbal abuse week & a half ago. No replacement in sight. No mail even sorted for pickup. No ballot or anything else will be delivered. Unacceptable! @timkaine @MarkWarner https://t.co/EKLZAed31i
— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) October 1, 2021
re: #67 Decatur Deb
Dating is wrong on that photo—it’s a couple years old. There is probably some mixup involving “sunsets” and the current solar blackout of the Mars line-of-sight.
It’s also a beautiful image, one of those that triggered the question “Can robots make art?”
I remembered seeing it previously. I do think that one is particularily artistic; almost as much as the pale blue dot photo or Earthrise.
The worst user-trap I’ve seen on the Intertubes is the failure to maintain a clear date/time history for statements and images. Between originators that don’t establish a Date Time Group and the overwriting of the original DTG through layers of forwards, copies, and quotes it is very easy to lose or mistake the chronology of an item.
re: #64 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
“Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech…”
Don’t say a damn thing about Congressmen coercing.
re: #66 Targetpractice
So whichever dime store lawyer he could afford not to pay is trying to argue that his 1A rights were violated because Twitter was “coerced” by “members of Congress.”
I smell the desperation all the way up here in VA.
so twitter, and esp @jack have no agency that they can be easily ‘coerced’?
re: #71 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech…”
Don’t say a damn thing about Congressmen coercing.
Maybe Trump should be speaking out about McCarthy and friends threatening various companies with retribution recently.
re: #58 Nojay UK
IIRC the current working visa application process for non-UK nationals costs several hundred quid for the applicant plus paperwork costs, there are weeks of delay while it is processed and a possible refusal of the visa application at the end of the day if they get something wrong. There haven’t been any details given by the Government whether the desperately needed HGV visas will be free of charge, expedited etc.
Do you really believe they actually think these “solutions” through before tossing them out to show that they are “doing something”?
Meanwhile, they are trying to recruit Germans:
Government asks German residents to drive lorries even if they never have before
The UK govt has written to thousands of Germans living in Britain to ask them to “consider returning” to driving trucks. Most of them never had, but were in some database of potential truckers because old German driving licenses could be used for vans.
“Grandfather drove his Panzer all the way across France and always dreamed of crossing the Channel with it!!!”
re: #70 Decatur Deb
The worst user-trap I’ve seen on the Intertubes is the failure to maintain a clear date/time history for statements and images. Between originators that don’t establish a Date Time Group and the overwriting of the original DTG through layers of forwards, copies, and quotes it is very easy to lose or mistake the chronology of an item.
Many of the Benghazi!!!11ty scandals involved not taking into account the time differences between there and Washington DC
re: #21 retired cynic
We bought a Kaypro five minutes (it seemed like) before the first Macintosh was born. When we wanted to publish a book, we bought a Mac Classic and it did everything except handle the photos, using PageMaker. I have worked up through Mac Minis and Power towers and iMacs, and now have a MacBook Pro I use for several projects and the big 27” iMac I use for publishing. If I could afford to go bigger, I would, but have been an Apple freak since 1992. Also am on my second iPad and my umpteenth iPhone.
I have a Kaypro “portable” in a time capsule in my home’s walls.
re: #74 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Do you really believe they actually think these “solutions” through before tossing them out to show that they are “doing something”?
Meanwhile, they are trying to recruit Germans:
Government asks German residents to drive lorries even if they never have before
The UK govt has written to thousands of Germans living in Britain to ask them to “consider returning” to driving trucks. Most of them never had, but were in some database of potential truckers because old German driving licenses could be used for vans.“Grandfather drove his Panzer all the way across France and always dreamed of crossing the Channel with it!!!”
The big issue I’m seeing is that most foreign workers are basically being told that they’re welcome to come work in Britain, but they’re not going to be allowed to stay. Nor can they bring their families over, which would mean being away from home for months or longer when there’s plenty of jobs in mainland Europe that will allow you to bring your family along and even offer the chance at eventual citizenship. And atop all that is the reality that most of the companies they’re trying to draw these workers to are resisting any talk of raising pay, continuing to argue that lorry driving is “unskilled” labor.
re: #78 Targetpractice
And atop all that is the reality that most of the companies they’re trying to draw these workers to are resisting any talk of raising pay, continuing to argue that lorry driving is “unskilled” labor.
God forbid they might have to raise wages…
re: #79 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
God forbid they might have to raise wages…
Yeah, instead of trying to be competitive with the mainland now that they have neither easy access to cheap labor or an underclass they can easily abuse, they’re plowing forward with the pre-pandemic poverty wages and acting as if the problem is everybody’s “lazy.”
re: #79 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
God forbid they might have to raise wages…
Actually, there was a press report about ten days ago where a British lorry driver turned up to work on a Monday and he was given a pay rise of (IIRC) seven quid an hour without him asking for it.
The bad news was that he was sick of driving lorries and he was planning to quit driving soon and start a consultancy instead.
re: #80 Targetpractice
Yeah, instead of trying to be competitive with the mainland now that they have neither easy access to cheap labor or an underclass they can easily abuse, they’re plowing forward with the pre-pandemic poverty wages and acting as if the problem is everybody’s “lazy.”
Gee, where have I seen that same attitude recently?
re: #65 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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I once asked an astrophysicist friend how much larger Jupiter would look in a Martian sky. “Not perceptibly larger.” apparently Jupiter is so fucking far away that moving a couple hundred million miles closer to it doesn’t really make it noticeably bigger. Same thing with the sun. It’s so damned big that from Mars it really doesn’t look that much smaller to me there.
From Pelosi’s newsroom page:
Today, President Biden honored us with his first in-person visit to our Caucus. He received a hero’s welcome! His presentation on the values of the Biden vision was warmly and enthusiastically received. We look forward to a successful enactment of the Build Back Better Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill.
While great progress has been made in the negotiations to develop a House, Senate and White House agreement on the Build Back Better Act, more time is needed to complete the task. Our priority to create jobs in the health care, family and climate agendas is a shared value. Our Chairs are still working for clarity and consensus. Clearly, the Bipartisan Infrastructure bill will pass once we have agreement on the reconciliation bill…
re: #83 steve_davis
I once asked an astrophysicist friend how much larger Jupiter would look in a Martian sky. “Not perceptibly larger.” apparently Jupiter is so fucking far away that moving a couple hundred million miles closer to it doesn’t really make it noticeably bigger. Same thing with the sun. It’s so damned big that from Mars it really doesn’t look that much smaller to me there.
Space is big. REALLY FUCKING BIG.
re: #84 Belafon
If you remember that the agreement among the Democrats was to.vote for both bills together, here’s how you know it’s the conservaDems that are trying to break things:
Today, October 1, 2021, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) released the following statement:
“It’s deeply regrettable that Speaker Pelosi breached her firm, public commitment to Members of Congress and the American people to hold a vote and to pass the once-in-a-century bipartisan infrastructure bill on or before September 27…
Along with a group of Members, I’ve been working around-the-clock to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill, legislation we helped craft back in April with my Senate colleagues. But a small far left faction of the House of Representatives undermined that agreement and blocked a critical vote on the President’s historic bipartisan infrastructure bill…
It’s not the left wing trying to break things.
re: #83 steve_davis
Same thing with the sun. It’s so damned big that from Mars it really doesn’t look that much smaller to me there.
In the case of the Sun it would and does appear smaller from Mars orbit than in Earth orbit. That’s only if your naked eye has something identical to compare it against of course. It’s a problem with solar panel powered satellites, landers and rovers operating on and around Mars, the amount of sunlight is about 60% or so compared to Earth so there’s less electricity generated per square metre of panel area.
How dense is the Universe?
So, ordinary matter has a density corresponding to about one proton for every four cubic metres of volume.
re: #89 Decatur Deb
How dense is the Universe?
For those of us who don’t think in metric, a flaw for sure, that is a cube with an edge of almost a foot.
re: #83 steve_davis
I once asked an astrophysicist friend how much larger Jupiter would look in a Martian sky. “Not perceptibly larger.” apparently Jupiter is so fucking far away that moving a couple hundred million miles closer to it doesn’t really make it noticeably bigger. Same thing with the sun. It’s so damned big that from Mars it really doesn’t look that much smaller to me there.
I once asked a similar question about constellations as seen from a planet in the habitable zone of Alpha Centauri. The answer was not much different. One thing we would notice would be an extra star in Cassiopeia though… ;)
re: #43 Targetpractice
Honestly, I got nothing against Macs, I probably use my iPad Air 2 more than my laptop most days.
Same here…iPad Air 2 with a clamshell/keyboard combo. Wife use to haul around a monster Sony VAIO until I got her the iPad. She just put the finishing touches on novel #2 (full time author thanks to COVID) and it was written entirely on the iPad.
Edited to add…the cellular option is worth *every* penny
re: #92 William Lewis
I once asked a similar question about constellations as seen from a planet in the habitable zone of Alpha Centauri. The answer was not much different. One thing we would notice would be an extra star in Cassiopeia though… ;)
You would run to Alpha Centauri to borrow a cup of dilithium.
re: #91 Belafon
For those of us who don’t think in metric, a flaw for sure, that is a cube with an edge of almost a foot.
??
Isn’t a cubic meter a cube with a side of one meter (3-1/4 feet), not “almost a foot”?
“Four cubic meters” would be a cube with each side about 6-1/2 feet, no?
Or am I missing something (As usual with math stuff for me)?
re: #92 William Lewis
…One thing we would notice would be an extra star in Cassiopeia though… ;)
Looking back at Sol?
re: #95 Jay C
??
Isn’t a cubic meter a cube with a side of one meter (3-1/4 feet), not “almost a foot”?
“Four cubic meters” would a cube with each side about 6-1/2 feet, no?
Or a, I missing something (As usual with math stuff for me)?
The article goes on to include the greater proportion of dark matter—thought he was going there.
re: #96 Decatur Deb
Looking back at Sol?
Yep. Fairly bright even (.4 apparent magnitude, say about like Procyon?)
re: #59 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Still should get the shot.
I have friends who work IT in stuff directly related to UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center). They had pretty high priority to get vaccinated, and did so. UPMC supported this since the IT staff and others had direct contact to doctors and other staff and thus could be a vector to spread the virus.
Definitely — she should have gotten the shot. But that is true whether or not she worked at a hospital or health care facility. My comment was directed at the issue of whether she was a health care worker who had specific training and knowledge about health issues.
re: #99 Hecuba’s daughter
Definitely — she should have gotten the shot. But that is true whether or not she worked at a hospital or health care facility. My comment was directed at the issue of whether she was a health care worker who had specific training and knowledge about health issues.
There is an element that can keep fairly intelligent and fairly well-informed people from accepting the scientific consensus. That is the concerted attack on trust and credibility launched on the public by sophisticates like Steve Bannon, RT, and native RW media. They have succeeded in keeping a good chunk of the American people from trusting anyone.
re: #99 Hecuba’s daughter
Definitely — she should have gotten the shot. But that is true whether or not she worked at a hospital or health care facility. My comment was directed at the issue of whether she was a health care worker who had specific training and knowledge about health issues.
True. Though even in jobs without specific training they might well pick up knowledge or information via osmosis since it aids with the job or simply due to exposure.
Though personality and interests play a big part in the latter. I value knowledge, read a lot, and have picked up swathes of odd information; logistics due to history reading and working with related systems in my IT job; geology due to my brother’s profession and also thinking that fossils and rocks are pretty cool; etc.
Edit: And I know that not all people are like that since I had co-workers who were essentially uninterested in learning more than what was necessary by rote to do the job.
re: #95 Jay C
??
Isn’t a cubic meter a cube with a side of one meter (3-1/4 feet), not “almost a foot”?
“Four cubic meters” would be a cube with each side about 6-1/2 feet, no?
Or am I missing something (As usual with math stuff for me)?
You’re correct. I did my conversation to centimeters wrong.
re: #103 Belafon
You’re correct. I did my conversation to centimeters wrong.
That’s why the cubic league is a superior tool for astronomy.
Because we need a gold standard and it should be tied to something inherently worthless that’s a massive waste of energy and a terrible CO2 emitter, instead of a very useful metal.
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Why do we not use cryptocurrency as the new gold standard?
— Rep. Madison Cawthorn (@RepCawthorn) September 30, 2021
re: #93 coin operated
Same here…iPad Air 2 with a clamshell/keyboard combo. Wife use to haul around a monster Sony VAIO until I got her the iPad. She just put the finishing touches on novel #2 (full time author thanks to COVID) and it was written entirely on the iPad.
Edited to add…the cellular option is worth *every* penny
Cool. What genre of novels is she writing? Wishing her all the success at it!
What word processor?
Before I got a Mac Air a few years ago, my husband kept telling me I could write my fiction on a tablet; I kept rolling my eyes and explaining that I needed a real keyboard and Pages didn’t have the functionality I wanted. I’m guessing the software has improved quite a bit since then?
re: #105 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Because we need a gold standard and it should be tied to something inherently worthless that’s a massive waste of energy and a terrible CO2 emitter, instead of a very useful metal.
/
Why do we not use Republicans to row galleys?
re: #105 Punish Domestic Terrorists
So, base something that we agree has value because we agree it does with something that people think has value because it runs on a computer? Let’s just stick with agreeing $1 = one dollar.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) October 2, 2021
re: #108 Belafon
Crypto is based on the full faith and credit of libertarian dudebros. The US dollar is based on the full faith and credit of the 82nd Airborne.
I think Biden should answer more questions from the press. I also think answering more questions from the press of this quality will do approximately zero good. https://t.co/e8jVI4rSH0
— Isaac Chotiner (@IChotiner) October 1, 2021
Becoming an evergreen tweet for me: Our national press conveys public political debate and negotiation as dysfunction instead of how democracy works. Public differences and hashing out, within parties and between them, are what should happen, not failure.
— Melanie Sill (@melaniesill) October 1, 2021
Making this all about the progressive caucus plays in to “Divided Dems in Disarray: Disastrous” stupidity. Progressive caucus—nearly half the overall caucus—is making sure 96% of Cong Dems _& POTUS_ get what they want, & won’t let 2 Dem senators & 9 House Dems keep it from them
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) October 1, 2021
I wonder if it contains Ivermectin:
Merck’s COVID-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalization by 50% in study https://t.co/q6ULCMlWsH pic.twitter.com/8NUPsOn4Qq
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 1, 2021
It really is Tamiflu:
Merck’s experimental #Covid antiviral shows very promising results. Key here is this drug can be given within 5 days of symptom onset — a treatment window that is actually feasible in the real world. @matthewherper reports. https://t.co/TQAMY15xxG
— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) October 1, 2021
re: #101 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
True.Though even in jobs without specific training they might well pick up knowledge or information via osmosis since it aids with the job or simply due to exposure.
…….
As Decatur Deb mentioned in 63 above, there are actual doctors who object to this vaccine. So everything depends on your source of information and who you trust. Lies, reinforced by trusted authorities, will keep you ignorant. And it can be difficult to break through this web of deceit. There are real nurses who parrot these untruths that they believe; I was just commenting that we don’t know that she was one of them; certainly she hasn’t appeared in sorryantivaxxer.com.
We’ve lost at least 100,000 Unvaccinated Americans in this delta wave. Death by antiscience aggression from far right, including conservative news outlets, some elected Governors and US House and Senate members. If there’s a money trail I hope we find it https://t.co/0KZkO5PJjP
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) October 1, 2021
Portugal is among the world’s leaders in vaccinations, with roughly 86% of its population fully inoculated.
Vice Adm. Henrique Gouveia e Melo, who turned the country’s vaccine campaign around, said there was a key to his success: Keep politics out of it.https://t.co/ZGFNBv7SRX— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 1, 2021
Wouldn’t work here because Republicans are politicizing the military.
Researchers found contacts of vaccinated cases were less likely get Covid than contacts of unvaccinated cases. Most transmission occurred in households, showing that vaccination can protect household members—including kids not yet eligible for vaccination. https://t.co/uUnbrHssCx
— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) October 1, 2021
re: #115 Belafon
Why are the Kochs opposed to mask mandates? It doesn’t seem like it should be an issue of interest to them since it’s not related to transferring wealth to the rich or despoiling the environment. Is it just that they are libertarian dudebros — that they don’t oppose masks per se but do oppose mandates?
Pre-print study that claimed 1 in 1000 heart inflammation risk after Covid vaccination has been withdrawn due to bad data. The study, conducted by researchers at Univ of Ottawa Heart Institute, was posted on social media as proof vaccination is unsafe https://t.co/KmIhDp5mJl pic.twitter.com/prOcGAlpqB
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) October 2, 2021
California Gov. Newsom has announced the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoolchildren. The plan won’t take effect until the COVID-19 vaccine gets a final approval for various grade levels. The shot is fully approved for those 16 and over. https://t.co/4hBZIMsMrd
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 1, 2021
It’s kind of annoying that we care which Supreme Court member did this:
U.S. Supreme Court’s Sotomayor allows New York school vaccine mandate https://t.co/EgdSXZy89W pic.twitter.com/SqxseNHLrb
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 2, 2021
most astonishing part? not *one* of these deaths will change mind of a Covid zombie https://t.co/obCyIaOueg
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 1, 2021
Broadway may not open as quickly as hoped:
Three days after reopening for the first time in 18 months, the Broadway hit “Aladdin” is shutting down until Oct. 12 because of breakthrough COVID-19 cases in the company. https://t.co/Sob2YLVu1Q
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 2, 2021
re: #121 Belafon
Broadway may not open as quickly as hoped:
“Virus! It’s everywhere. Get used to it.”
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re: #118 Hecuba’s daughter
Why are the Kochs opposed to mask mandates? It doesn’t seem like it should be an issue of interest to them since it’s not related to transferring wealth to the rich or despoiling the environment.
Keeping most of the population dumb and desperate means the Kochs get richer and more powerful.
re: #118 Hecuba’s daughter
Why are the Kochs opposed to mask mandates? It doesn’t seem like it should be an issue of interest to them since it’s not related to transferring wealth to the rich or despoiling the environment. Is it just that they are libertarian dudebros — that they don’t oppose masks per se but do oppose mandates?
Culling the herd? Hoping that something will happens which will take out more libs than conservatives?
re: #124 Teukka
Culling the herd? Hoping that something will happens which will take out more libs than conservatives?
Generating another run on toilet paper. They own a large interest in Georgia Pacific.
re: #125 Dangerman
and like australia, it tries to kill you
So you’re saying Australians should be the first folks we send to Mars?
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re: #127 Eclectic Cyborg
So you’re saying Australians should be the first folks we send to Mars?
/
Why not?
If they can survive in Australia, they should be able to make it most anyplace….
re: #114 Hecuba’s daughter
As Decatur Deb mentioned in 63 above, there are actual doctors who object to this vaccine. So everything depends on your source of information and who you trust. Lies, reinforced by trusted authorities, will keep you ignorant. And it can be difficult to break through this web of deceit. There are real nurses who parrot these untruths that they believe; I was just commenting that we don’t know that she was one of them; certainly she hasn’t appeared in sorryantivaxxer.com.
being an actual doctor doesnt necessarily mean you know anything relevant about cutting edge epidemiology and pandemic mediation
being an actual doctor doesnt even make you a good one
in every country there is a ‘worst doctor’
and someone has an appointment with them later today
re: #126 Decatur Deb
Generating another run on toilet paper. They own a large interest in Georgia Pacific.
That was probably irresponsible to post. There are progressive idiots like the Young Turks who would run with it.
re: #126 Decatur Deb
Generating another run on toilet paper. They own a large interest in Georgia Pacific.
Maybe they’re clearing space for more pine plantations.
Blue-Red? More like blue-gray. In this summer delta wave, COVID19 has so far affected mainly affected the Confederacy with deaths mostly among unvaccinated in defiance of vaccines. The most self-defeating act I’ve ever personally witnessed. All victims of antiscience aggression https://t.co/hhMpOQvmRh
— Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) October 1, 2021
re: #127 Eclectic Cyborg
So you’re saying Australians should be the first folks we send to Mars?
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they have better training
re: #131 jaunte
Maybe they’re clearing space for more pine plantations.
Toilet paper and pine boxes.
re: #132 Dangerman
they have better training
There was a delightful 1950s sci-fi story about a primitive hell-planet. When the terraforming expedition arrived, the ships dropped ramp and Amish buggies and farm wagons rolled out.
re: #118 Hecuba’s daughter
Why are the Kochs opposed to mask mandates? It doesn’t seem like it should be an issue of interest to them since it’s not related to transferring wealth to the rich or despoiling the environment. Is it just that they are libertarian dudebros — that they don’t oppose masks per se but do oppose mandates?
I think that it’s the libertarian ‘don’t tread on me thing’. They’re fairly consistent in their libertarian views, unlike Ron/Rand Paul and the like.
re: #87 Belafon
If you remember that the agreement among the Democrats was to.vote for both bills together, here’s how you know it’s the conservaDems that are trying to break things:
It’s not the left wing trying to break things.
Further down is the part that should have a lot of folks who showed up last year to keep the Dems in power seeing red:
We cannot let this small faction on the far left — who employ Freedom Caucus tactics, as described by the New York Times today — destroy the President’s agenda and stop the creation of two million jobs a year — including for the millions of hard-working men and women of labor. We were elected to achieve reasonable, commonsense solutions for the American people — not to obstruct from the far wings. This far left faction is willing to put the President’s entire agenda, including this historic bipartisan infrastructure package, at risk. They’ve put civility and bipartisan governing at risk.
The only people who have put the President’s agenda “at risk” are this corporate-owned hack and his tiny cohort of “moderate” Dems who are attempting to sabotage the bulk of the BBB agenda just to get $1.5T in corporate welfare out the door before they slam it shut and wail about “entitlement mentality.”
re: #135 JC1
I think that it’s the libertarian ‘don’t tread on me thing’. They’re fairly consistent in their libertarian views, unlike Ron/Rand Paul and the like.
I’m clinging to the toilet paper.
I love this kid. She’s got it absolutely figured out. Emma aged 8 ❤️ pic.twitter.com/h6L3yTtK57
— Amanda Bail (@1scrummymummy) October 1, 2021
re: #136 Targetpractice
Further down is the part that should have a lot of folks who showed up last year to keep the Dems in power seeing red:
The only people who have put the President’s agenda “at risk” are this corporate-owned hack and his tiny cohort of “moderate” Dems who are attempting to sabotage the bulk of the BBB agenda just to get $1.5T in corporate welfare out the door before they slam it shut and wail about “entitlement mentality.”
Yep. Biden has been further left than many progressives had hoped from what I’ve read. They’re supporting what he’s doing because they know this is their best shot.
Forever Known As…pic.twitter.com/pzfkOvz2rE
— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) September 30, 2021
Today we march to tell six assholes on the corrupted court to leave Roe alone.
In other signs of the Apocalypse, a major brand has come out with pumpkin-spice bug spray.
re: #139 Belafon
Yep. Biden has been further left than many progressives had hoped from what I’ve read. They’re supporting what he’s doing because they know this is their best shot.
Prexactly. And the 12 fuckwits in the House and Senate who seem to either be swimming in corporate cash or so fossilized that they still think it’s 1984 and people froth on command if you use the phrase “welfare queen” are trying to sabotage all that.
re: #142 Decatur Deb
In other signs of the Apocalypse, a major brand has come out with pumpkin-spice bug spray.
re: #142 Decatur Deb
In other signs of the Apocalypse, a major brand has come out with pumpkin-spice bug spray.
My ant spray is lavender and I’m not entirely sure I like death smelling so good.
re: #145 Belafon
My ant spray is lavender and I’m not entirely sure I like death smelling so good.
Fire-ant poison should only come in two scents—phosgene and mustard gas.
re: #85 Dopamine Fish
Space is big. REALLY FUCKING BIG.
Any sci-fi where you don’t feel that the universe is a few tiny flakes of stuff in an unimaginably huge emptiness is not hard sci-fi.
re: #118 Hecuba’s daughter
Why are the Kochs opposed to mask mandates? It doesn’t seem like it should be an issue of interest to them since it’s not related to transferring wealth to the rich or despoiling the environment. Is it just that they are libertarian dudebros — that they don’t oppose masks per se but do oppose mandates?
Because they are rubes. Very rich rubes - the worst kind. Money doesn’t protect you from propaganda. Same goes for CEOs of billion dollar companies.
re: #134 Decatur Deb
There was a delightful 1950s sci-fi story about a primitive hell-planet. When the terraforming expedition arrived, the ships dropped ramp and Amish buggies and farm wagons rolled out.
re: #148 jeffreyw
Because they are rubes. Very rich rubes - the worst kind. Money doesn’t protect you from propaganda. Same goes for CEOs of billion dollar companies.
Very true. Like the Waltons they are the big end of the hinterland gentry. Not all billionaires are, of course. In fact, the US billionaire community is about the size of a largish high school graduating class, so it stands to reason that it would be similarly divided into factions and cliques.
re: #149 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Zero g simplifies and complicates barn-raisings.
re: #105 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Because we need a gold standard and it should be tied to something inherently worthless that’s a massive waste of energy and a terrible CO2 emitter, instead of a very useful metal.
/
Thanks, I sent this along to my friend the cryptocurrency expert. Since he lives in the UK, he doesn’t know who Cawthorn is, hence the “dumbest Congresscritter” part.
@davidgerard dunno if you saw this. Madison Cawthorn is in the running for Dumbest Congresscritter and it shows. https://t.co/rZnA7MK25H
— Dee *Inerrancy is a tool of the patriarchy* Holmes (@mmmirele) October 2, 2021
ETA his response
100% sheer malice in humanoid form *and* the dumbest motherfucker
— your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐍👑 🌷 (@davidgerard) October 2, 2021
re: #152 mmmirele
Why not use Cthulu as the new Lord and God?
re: #149 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That’s delightful. What’s it from?
listening to jeff beck’s blow by blow for first time in a good while. god damn this man beats the crap out of clapton on a strat. so far, british guitar hero rankings keep having clapton drop farther and farther down the list. And I also just listened to the Layla album again for the first time in awhile, and Clapton is in excellent form, but his level of technique and creativity just pale next to Beck. In fairness, most people’s technique and creativity pale next to Beck.
re: #154 Decatur Deb
That’s delightful. What’s it from?
An old National Lampoon bit called “Amish in Space”, you can find more of it on the Internet. That was all I could come up with at short notice.
In case you were wondering what side these people are on. https://t.co/hoC5pouyWm
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) October 2, 2021
re: #153 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Why not use Cthulu as the new Lord and God?
Because prayer to him won’t prevent you from being eaten first.
re: #156 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
An old National Lampoon bit called “Amish in Space”, you can find more of it on the Internet. That was all I could come up with at short notice.
There’s a Futurama episode with the Amish in space. The spaceship has oxen walking on a treadmill for propulsion.
re: #158 jeffreyw
Because prayer to him won’t prevent you from being eaten first.
Is that different than now?
re: #157 jaunte
Ongoing audits and contesting the results of the election are a win-win for the GOP; the point is to keep the story and the narrative in the news, where it will all be treated as if it had any merit because of both sides, you know….
re: #158 jeffreyw
Because prayer to him won’t prevent you from being eaten first.
Actually, I thought you were supposed to pray to Cthulhu to be eaten first (at least according to that Chick tract parody that’s made the rounds).
re: #158 jeffreyw
Because prayer to him won’t prevent you from being eaten first.
One could say Cthulhu has a real hunger for religion.
re: #152 mmmirele
Thanks, I sent this along to my friend the cryptocurrency expert. Since he lives in the UK, he doesn’t know who Cawthorn is, hence the “dumbest Congresscritter” part.
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re: #161 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Ongoing audits and contesting the results of the election are a win-win for the GOP; the point is to keep the story and the narrative in the news, where it will all be treated as if it had any merit because of both sides, you know….
Which is why we have to keep laughing and saying “Biden wins again.”
re: #118 Hecuba’s daughter
Why are the Kochs opposed to mask mandates? It doesn’t seem like it should be an issue of interest to them since it’s not related to transferring wealth to the rich or despoiling the environment. Is it just that they are libertarian dudebros — that they don’t oppose masks per se but do oppose mandates?
Koch. One of those assholes died a while back.
Don’t look at me, I voted for Hast{#`%${%&`+’${`%&NO CARRIER
Lin Wood says that the planes that hit the twin towers and the Pentagon on 9/11 were fake CGI. pic.twitter.com/H8amh8luzp
— The Republican Accountability Project (@AccountableGOP) October 2, 2021
The interesting thing to me is that Jones would rather lose by default, and face financial ruin, than turn over the discovery documents. What is in them? It may be as simple as “turn them over, lose anyway and get a polonium cocktail” vs. “don’t turn them over, lose but survive.”
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) October 2, 2021
Happy Caturday
Seems to me refusing a vaccine for ivermectin is like refusing to fly with a pro pilot because he was in a crash once, and hiring a clown from the clown car to fly.
— Manksy (@TheManksy) October 2, 2021
re: #170 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
And DT hired this person to represent him? OMG.
Another stampede of equestrian puns on Twitter:
Georgia cop who pushed people to take horse dewormer instead of vaccine dies from COVID-19 https://t.co/WwXkXJQuAa
— Josh Mankiewicz (@JoshMankiewicz) October 1, 2021
If only they could be reined in, we wouldn’t be saddled with such tragedy. But they were champing at the bit to make hay with quackery. That’s my mane takeaway, at least.
— Chris (@Walshman23) October 1, 2021
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re: #168 darthstar
Koch. One of those assholes died a while back.
I usually render it as “Koch Brothers”
re: #162 mmmirele
Actually, I thought you were supposed to pray to Cthulhu to be eaten first (at least according to that Chick tract parody that’s made the rounds).
blasphemy!
re: #175 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
I usually render it as “Koch Brother
s”
By incorporating, they achieve immortality and super powers—like vampires.
Speaking of Lin Wood, I am so old I remember when the John Birch Society was officially declared too crazy for the GOP and the gatekeepers of the asylum, Goldwater, Reagan and Buckley, ran them out of the party.
Today, there is no such thing as too crazy for the GOP.
So any Mormons on this board, or at least people familiar with some of their beliefs? Are soaking’ and ‘jump humping’ real things or just made up internet stuff. If real, how widespread are the practices.
re: #102 A Cranky One
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re: #179 JC1
Was listening to one of my true crime pods about insane crimes committed by Mormons. (There actually could be a true crime pod that did nothing but cover Mormons, surprised no one has done it yet)
Soaking was discussed, and it’s actually a thing. But I haven’t had that confirmed. Thinking the ex Mormon subreddit could confirm.
re: #170 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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Why hasn’t Lin Wood been arrested and disbarred?
Oh that also goes for Shithead Sidney Powell and Screwdy Giuliani as well!
re: #173 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Another stampede of equestrian puns on Twitter:
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These people think they are smarter than they are.
Proof: they are the ones who keep dying
re: #180 dat_said
The reflexive response to “there’s no ‘I’ in ‘team’” should always be “but there’s one in ‘win’”.
Is why I only do individual sports
The loyalty to Trump road never ends at Mar-a-Lago. That’s just a stop on the way. https://t.co/epPC4Yt8J1
— Schooley (@Rschooley) October 2, 2021
1/ I’ve had enough of this pretentious, harmful asshole @JDVance1. My hometown was called The Gateway To Appalachia. My family’s first college grad. I didn’t know which fork to use, either. I graduated college in my first suit which was the only one I had through law school. https://t.co/dcAkEfLZVH
— Marc Murphy (@MurphyCartoons) October 2, 2021
The narrative by @JDVance1 and his like is the poison that runs like a river through the barren, cold wasteland of the Great American Fraud that is really just a prison, literally and figuratively, for good, unexceptional people. He is the enemy.
— Marc Murphy (@MurphyCartoons) October 2, 2021
re: #179 JC1
So any Mormons on this board, or at least people familiar with some of their beliefs? Are soaking’ and ‘jump humping’ real things or just made up internet stuff. If real, how widespread are the practices.
Longtime resident of the Jell-O belt here. “Soaking” is definitely a thing and has been for quite a few years. (Although I suspect it’s been played more for laughs in a lot instances.) This “jump humping” is absolutely brand new and I believe it was made up to make “soaking” more salacious.
When I lived in Utah in the late 1990s and a certain president said that receiving oral sex was not sex in a deposition, it seemed to me that all the teenagers had banded together to accept this definition. The dominant religion has a very strict definition of sex, it’s only acceptable within marriage and kids trying to make oral sex not be sex were trying to keep themselves out of their bishops’ offices.
Of course, the whole thing was sexist as hell, because if you gave oral sex, it was sex. But not receiving. Blergh.
re: #186 jaunte
No matter how many times you kiss Trump’s ass and whiff his farts he will still stick a shiv in your back if he thinks you crossed him!
— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) October 2, 2021
The new bikeway from Tofino to Ucluelet on Vancouver Island’s west coast is amazing - 35km of riding through mid- and old-growth rainforest, past misty Long Beach, through Pacific Rim National Park, all on a wide, perfectly paved trail. #TourismBC pic.twitter.com/proIKI0PmJ
— Martyn Schmoll (@martynschmoll) October 2, 2021
“This is the future liberals want.”
I half suspect the Alex Jones thing might run along the lines of that they were told not to delete documents, and they went and deleted them anyways. And it was known that they had documents previously to being told not to delete them. So when ordered to turn them over they simply settled for the loss instead of tossing a few additional charges onto the pile by admitting they’d flaunted an order not to delete.
re: #189 A Cranky One
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So this pic begs the question. WTF is Mac The Knife doing with the McDonald cast?
In “return to office,” the execs at my too big to fail employer have given up on getting all the people hastily evicted from offices back in March 2020 back in those same offices by the end of 2021. The return to office has been pushed back to January 10, 2022. Which in my case means, February 2022, or maybe never. I think I mentioned that one of my coworkers has COVID and is out on leave. Oh and he wasn’t vaccinated, but was trying to keep his immune system up with copious amounts of vitamins. *rolls eyes* I see no reason to return to office if there are idiots in the office who won’t vaccinate. I have comorbidities and care for an elderly mother, no job is worth getting a dangerous disease over.
re: #193 Michele: Recovering Social Media Addict
So this pic begs the question. WTF is Mac The Knife doing with the McDonald cast?
Never mind. Google and you shall know.
$39 billion for Trump supporter gulags.$25 billion for airports.$21 billion for Covid-20 R&D.$17 billion for ports. $11 billion for safety.$8 billion for Western water infrastructure.$7.5 bill for mind-control satellite.$7.5 billion for electric school buses.
— The Amazing Atheist (@amazingatheist) October 2, 2021
I’m all in on the gulags, er, re-education centers and I am wondering if there is a way to cash in. Biden obviously won’t allow private management, though the inmates themselves would probably approve, but they will need land and facilities. I can lease them part of the Conspiracy Complex here. It has good road access, some hills for watchtowers and it is regularly patrolled by feral hogs who could be trained to be even more vicious with a little effort. They could also supply some additional variety to the steady diet of gruel and soy beans when the population gets too large.
Dunno if this was mentioned.
(CNN)Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for Covid-19, the Supreme Court said Friday, the first publicly known case of coronavirus among the high court’s justices.
Kavanaugh, who is fully vaccinated, tested positive on Thursday night, the court said in a statement. The justice’s immediate family tested negative and he has no symptoms.
Kavanaugh underwent a routine Covid test Thursday ahead of fellow Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s investiture ceremony Friday, which he will no longer be attending out of precaution, the court said.
I may say something wrong, so I’ll say nothing.
Sausage Egg and 7yo Cheddar Biscuit with Raspberry Jam pic.twitter.com/ywZ8D8pJeL
— jeffreyw (@imjeffreyw) October 2, 2021
He’s still plotting the next phase of the coup!
Bannon fires up ‘shock troops’ for next GOP White House
Scores of former Trump political appointees gathered at a GOP social club Wednesday night to hear Steve Bannon detail how they could help the next Republican president reconfigure government.
“If you’re going to take over the administrative state and deconstruct it then you have to have shock troops prepared to take it over immediately,” Bannon said in a telephone interview with NBC News. “I gave ‘em fire and brimstone.”
I got a better idea!
LOCK BANNON UP!
re: #191 jaunte
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“This is the future liberals want.”
Some liberals want no motors in there, unless you’re using 4 wheels and can’t pedal.
re: #129 Dangerman
being an actual doctor doesnt necessarily mean you know anything relevant about cutting edge epidemiology and pandemic mediation
being an actual doctor doesnt even make you a good one
in every country there is a ‘worst doctor’
and someone has an appointment with them later today
Yep. What do you call the person who graduated dead last in class from medical school? Doctor.
re: #202 wrenchwench
That’s an old biscuit.
Oh, the cheddar!
They keep well, some say better than Twinkies.
re: #204 jeffreyw
And it certainly tastes better than Twinkies. And we do not eat Twinkies in Philly.
re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth
Hey @richardmarx, have you ever listened to the brilliant song stylings of @ScottBaio? LOLhttps://t.co/VW6NRukx7j
— Edwin (@EdMix13) October 2, 2021
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