WATCH LIVE: Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Testifies Before Senate Commerce Committee
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Picking up from downstairs:
re: #156 jaunte
NPR just reported that Social Security payments are at risk because of the Debt Ceiling standoff, without mentioning who’s standing in the way. Journalistic malpractice.
There are a lot of GOP seniors on social security. Something tells me they’d be pretty pissed if they stopped getting their money.
So to be clear: If we default, does that mean SS payments stop indefinitely?
re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg
The segment didn’t go into any depth on it, just raised the fear.
re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg
Janet Yellen: “Nearly 50 million seniors could stop receiving Social Security checks for a time.”
“…Social Security, which was created in 1935, has never missed a benefit payment. However, checks could be delayed for weeks, or even longer, if Congress fails to either raise or suspend the debt limit, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare recently warned.
Social Security is self-funded yet the program is drawing down from its trust funds, which include Treasury bonds, to pay benefits.”
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Supreme Court takes the bench after long absence, but things have changed
The first case Monday was a long-running dispute in which Mississippi is suing the city of Memphis and the state of Tennessee for $600 million over a claim Memphis is harming its neighbors to the south by drawing water from the Middle Claiborne Aquifer. It lies below the two states, as well as others.
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The point, as Justice Neil M. Gorsuch indicated, was that the court had not weighed in before on underground water that flows between states, and justices needed to figure out the outer limits of the kinds of claims the court should hear.
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In the other case, the justices considered a part of the Armed Career Criminal Act, which provides longer mandatory sentences for a repeat offender. The question was whether William Wooden’s conviction for breaking into 10 units at a storage facility on the same day should count as one offense or 10.
Why Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp All Went Down Today
The problem relates to something called BGP routing, and it took down every part of Facebook’s business.
re: #6 retired cynic
Why Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp All Went Down Today
The problem relates to something called BGP routing, and it took down every part of Facebook’s business.
To explain in non-tech terms what BGP routing is: To preserve space, routers only know how to talk to their nearest neighbors. If someone asks to talk to facebook.com, the router goes, “Do I know who facebook.com is? No? I’m going to reach out and find out who facebook.com is, then I’ll take a look and see who to send this request to that will eventually make its way to facebook.com.” BGP - or Border Gateway Protocol - is for those routers that have to know who to talk to across multiple different networks, such as the backbone routers of the Internet - ISP core routers, routers for major tech companies that act as major traffic gateways, etc. (Your home router is essentially part of a private network within your ISP, and connects to a router that’s probably 2 or 3 hops away from a core router that participates in BGP.) BGP allows these core routers to share routing information with each other when new things get added to the Internet, or old things get removed. In this case, Facebook pushed a change to their BGP routers that said, in effect, “Route all traffic for our part of the Internet into a black hole.” The other BGP routers dutifully complied, and this meant that no one and nothing could talk to Facebook’s routers anymore.
Top Vatican cardinal says Biden should not be denied Communion
A top Vatican cardinal says President Biden should not be denied Communion amid a push by U.S. Catholic bishops to withhold the sacrament from the president because of his support for abortion rights.
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While Turkson has no say in the matter, his comments, coupled with Pope Francis’s general remarks, send a clear signal to U.S. Catholic bishops about where the Vatican stands on the issue.
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U.S. bishops are scheduled to meet next month and discuss whether to deny Communion to Biden and other Catholic politicians, such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), over their support for abortion rights.
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The decision to give Communion to practicing Catholics is up to individual priests, and Cardinal Wilton Gregory, archbishop of Washington, has made it clear that he favors giving Communion to Biden.
Anybody have a clue about this? Sounds pretty big.
The FBI just raided the offices of the NYPD police officers’ union. Things are about to go down.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) October 5, 2021
re: #4 jaunte
“…Social Security, which was created in 1935, has never missed a benefit payment. However, checks could be delayed for weeks, or even longer, if Congress fails to either raise or suspend the debt limit, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare recently warned.
Social Security is self-funded yet the program is drawing down from its trust funds, which include Treasury bonds, to pay benefits.”
cnbc.com
To be clear:
Dems have already passed the debt limit bill
Mcconnell and the Rs are blocking the vote on it
re: #9 Michele: Recovering Social Media Addict
The NYPD SBA’s president has been very active in rwnj politics. His home was also raided. I do not know how much, if at all, the recent revelations about multiple NYPD officers also being in the OathKeepers and 3%’ers played a role.
Often though, it ends being some crass money matter.
re: #9 Michele: Recovering Social Media Addict
FBI, NYPD, SDNY, and the Sergeant’s Benevolent Association are all quiet. Even their union boss had no comment, which means it’s quite serious and knows it’s a big deal when the FBI comes calling.
My guess? Corruption, embezzling funds, followed way down the list by right wing domestic terrorist links within the NYPD as outgrowth of the 1/6 investigations.
SDNY would have jurisdiction here, so it’d be interesting to see which unit is involved - that would be a tell. My guess would be public corruption (embezzlement).
Hmm, maybe I’m out of touch, but online shopping has always seemed that way to me. Particularly in places like Amazon:
A flood of unknown products is making online shopping impossible
Mysterious brands are flooding shopping sites and social media ads, making it difficult to tell the real from the low-quality
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If you’ve tried to buy something through online ads on Facebook or Instagram, or through a site such as Amazon, Google and Walmart, chances are you’ve encountered a mix of brands you’ve heard of and even more you haven’t. Between the reputable products and the counterfeits is a sea of mysterious companies selling goods of unknown origin and quality.
Online shopping has been on the rise for years but got a boost during the pandemic, generating $791.7 billion in sales in 2020 and making up 14 percent of all retail sales in the United States, according to the Census Bureau. E-commerce sales are expected to surpass $1 trillion in 2022, according to research firm eMarketer.
But one of the features that made buying online so appealing is also making it increasingly unusable: a glut of unknown and often inferior brands.
re: #9 Michele: Recovering Social Media Addict
Anybody have I clue about this? Sounds pretty big.
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If wild-ass guesses are being entertained… howzabout that hack that exposed the Oath Keepers info?
re: #9 Michele: Recovering Social Media Addict
Anybody have a clue about this? Sounds pretty big.
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Hmm Maybe Merrick and his team got some Proud Baby Enrique to sing!
re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg
Picking up from downstairs:
There are a lot of GOP seniors on social security. Something tells me they’d be pretty pissed if they stopped getting their money.
So to be clear: If we default, does that mean SS payments stop indefinitely?
They will jerk our chains and put the recovery at risk, then falter to some middling numbers and then call themselves heroes. Seems the same old song each time they do this.
re: #10 Dangerman
To be clear:
Dems have already passed the debt limit bill
Mcconnell and the Rs are blocking the vote on it
Let me guess. At the eleventh hour, the GOP is going to try and wrangle a shit ton of concessions from Biden in order to put up some votes to get the bill through.
Hollywood production workers authorize strike, setting up industry showdown over streaming profits
Hollywood production workers pushing for better pay and working conditions voted nearly unanimously to authorize a strike, a scenario that could hobble the entertainment industry as companies race to keep up with a surge in on-demand films and TV shows.
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) said Monday that its members voted 98 percent to 2 percent to allow union president Matthew D. Loeb to call for a work stoppage, though the group will attempt to return to the bargaining table before actually striking. The union represents more than 60,000 set builders, costume designers, video engineers and other behind-the-scenes workers.
The union has pressed production companies to improve compensation and on-set working conditions to reflect the industry’s rising fortunes. Salaries for off-camera personnel have not grown commensurate with those of actors and writers, say workers, who contend the rush to produce new programs has deprived them of time with their families, sleep and even bathroom breaks.
I’ve been pessimistic from the start about the possibility of Donald Trump ever being brought to justice for his crimes against humanity, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t infuriating to see my pessimism borne out.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 5, 2021
re: #15 Egregious Philbin
I hit the big 4000 on my e-bike yesterday (Pedego Interceptor), the insane AZ summer is over, time to ride more, and more….
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Congrats!
May you enjoy many more miles on that e-bike!
re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg
Let me guess. At the eleventh hour, the GOP is going to try and wrangle a shit ton of concessions from Biden in order to put up some votes to get the bill through.
There’s still a part of me that thinks that the Republicans will actually allow America to go into default just to spite the Democrats (and, of course, blame them for everything). I have no doubt that they will say, “Well, the Dems could’ve killed their Marxist infrastructure reconciliation package and avoided default, like we told them to, but they didn’t listen to us and now we’re in default. It’s not our fault, we told them what we would accept and they didn’t play by our rules.”
re: #12 lawhawk
FBI, NYPD, SDNY, and the Sergeant’s Benevolent Association are all quiet. Even their union boss had no comment, which means it’s quite serious and knows it’s a big deal when the FBI comes calling.
My guess? Corruption, embezzling funds, followed way down the list by right wing domestic terrorist links within the NYPD as outgrowth of the 1/6 investigations.
SDNY would have jurisdiction here, so it’d be interesting to see which unit is involved - that would be a tell. My guess would be public corruption (embezzlement).
My guess as well: even SDNY prosecutors tend to steer clear of the NYPD unless it’s some clear issue- like money (embezzlement, etc.): unless there is some egregious incident, they don’t seem to get involved in the strictly “political” end of things.
Though maybe 1/6 may prove an exception….
re: #22 Dopamine Fish
There’s still a part of me that thinks that the Republicans will actually allow America to go into default just to spite the Democrats (and, of course, blame them for everything). I have no doubt that they will say, “Well, the Dems could’ve killed their Marxist infrastructure reconciliation package and avoided default, like we told them to, but they didn’t listen to us and now we’re in default. It’s not our fault, we told them what we would accept and they didn’t play by our rules.”
Yup!
Until they are held accountable for their behavior they will continue with this crap. No matter how many American lives they destroy in the process.
re: #20 Charles Johnson
At this point many would be happy with him being brought to justice for his crimes… any of his crimes.
re: #10 Dangerman
To be clear:
Dems have already passed the debt limit bill
Mcconnell and the Rs are blocking the vote on it
That’s the part the NPR broadcast mysteriously omitted.
re: #10 Dangerman
To be clear:
Dems have already passed the debt limit bill
Mcconnell and the Rs are blocking the vote on it
To be crystal clear
It would be one thing if the rs just sat on their hands and said, “We abstain, you get the votes.” It would be shameful, since they racked up the debt, but at least Democrats could proceed.
But they aren’t just refusing to participate.
they are actively impeding it.
re: #19 ckkatz
Hollywood production workers authorize strike, setting up industry showdown over streaming profits
Samantha Bee did a segment on this. It sounds justified.
IATSE gave all sorts of concessions in the early days of streaming, lower pay and less worker protections than for broadcast shows and theatrical releases. To help original programming on streaming platforms be competitive, help the business get off the ground. This seems to be a concession whose justification has passed.
In the seven years since, we have monitored the ice patch, hoping and praying for the second ski of the pair to melt out. Now it has happened! The new ski is even better preserved than the first one! It is an unbelievable find❤️ pic.twitter.com/8X3ECKVttF
— Secrets Of The Ice (@brearkeologi) October 5, 2021
In case there might be some kind of skiguy hanging around...teleskiguy
re: #28 sagehen
Samantha Bee did a segment on this. It sounds justified.
IATSE gave all sorts of concessions in the early days of streaming, lower pay and less worker protections than for broadcast shows and theatrical releases. To help original programming on streaming platforms be competitive, help the business get off the ground. This seems to be a concession whose justification has passed.
I agree with you. It seems totally reasonable to me. I suspect that the tight labor market and growing economy may have some play in this.
Chamber of deceit
popular.info
Judd Legum details the Chamber of Commerce’s strong support of the hard infrastructure bill, and Min. Leader McCarthy’s shutting them out of Republican deliberations, and then the Chamber giving way and supporting the R blocking that same bill.
How’s she doing? I hope the GOP questions aren’t stupid ass shit about how Trump was unfairly treated.
re: #29 wrenchwench
It would be interesting to recreate those and see how they handle.
All the worst people on the internet …
Instagram removed this. We have to get Twitter to do the same and suspend these accounts.
This is dangerous and harmful and @jack needs to get off his ass.
re: #35 Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
Pfizer made more money from penis pills than anything else. Covid money…jesus.
re: #31 retired cynic
Chamber of deceit
popular.infoJudd Legum details the Chamber of Commerce’s strong support of the hard infrastructure bill, and Min. Leader McCarthy’s shutting them out of Republican deliberations, and then the Chamber giving way and supporting the R blocking that same bill.
Hah! I was just looking at this article.
Yes, the GQP has been playing hardball with the Chamber of Commerce since January. It has managed to chase out a number of the Chamber’s top leadership in order to continue its war with Biden.
It will be interesting to see how the major member corporations land with respect to choice between “profit from infrastructure contracts” versus “unceasing war”.
re: #21 ckkatz
And its my second one….about 2600 on the other one!
R. Marshall Brandt: “All 50 Republicans in the Senate voted not to raise the debt ceiling and therefore willfully default on America’s debt. That vote was just as antithetical to a functioning democracy as was the votes to decertify the election results on January 6.”
The bulwark
Is Twitter actually doing anything when you report a bad actor for COVID misinformation? Because they’re all over the network, and many of them have tens of thousands of followers.
Social media is in desperate need of a social conscience.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 5, 2021
Our old friend Cillizza but this time mocking Pence for his continued adoration of Trump and refusal to acknowledge fully how monstrous the January 6 attack continues to be. But then “Peril” showed how Pence was actually searching for someone to support him in a betrayal of our Constitution and nation.
Still trying to process the fact that Mitch McConnell’s actual position on the debt ceiling is that it needs to be raised, but he won’t do it. So Democrats need to step up and overcome his obstruction to get it done. pic.twitter.com/vZoO9fQyV9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 5, 2021
re: #32 Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
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The shittiest people are all pushing another James O’Keefe bullshit story today.
This is COVID disinformation. Report it.
This shit is going to get people killed.
I can report a linked tweet. I have a more difficult time figuring out which tweet to report, pulling it up on twitter, then reporting it. I also have a hard time asking for help when I want to help. I can’t report a screenshot.
So a Bernie fanatic friend posted a FB comment comparing treatment of Puerto Rican nationalists in their 1954 attack to the kid gloves the January 6 insurrectionists are receiving. Have to say though — the situations are not comparable. The 1954 attack included the nationalists firing from the visitor’s gallery onto the House floor and wounding several congressmen. So the harsh sentences they received were certainly merited.
Report Details Community Colleges’ Impact On Economy, Earnings
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“The internal rate of return on their investment is 26.8 percent,” according to the study. “In other words, if a student put $33,368 in an investment that returned 40 annual payments equivalent to the earnings gains from an associate degree, they would earn interest at a rate of 26.9 percent.”
That’s factoring in an assumed cost of $31,883 for the degree, including tuition and other expenses as well as “opportunity” cost, which includes time spent at school instead of work.
THREAD: Republicans are domestic terrorists.
I see that a lot of people are misconstruing this piece. The point isn’t ‘oh manchin and sinema are going to cave and do a filibuster carve out. awesome.’ Not at all. It’s that if you look at where this is going we will soon be in a position where … https://t.co/P6hREhIuoj
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 5, 2021
I hope we can get some more great WPA-style buildings like the site utility structures at Mackenzie Park in Lubbock. These are the public restrooms and storage sheds and garages. They were designed by the distinguished architect Wyatt Hedrick in a simplified Italian Renaissance style to match his buildings at nearby Texas Tech. They are built from locally quarried sandstone with the outer surface left rough and most have tile roofs. Some have ornamental terra cotta work. They are still in daily use and look like they were put up a couple of years ago.
re: #32 Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
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The shittiest people are all pushing another James O’Keefe bullshit story today.
This is COVID disinformation. Report it.
This shit is going to get people killed.
These lying fucks need to be prosecuted.
re: #48 The Pie Overlord!
THREAD: Republicans are domestic terrorists.
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I have no confidence in Natasha Sinema. I fully expect her to let the default happen because she got her fee fees hurt from those “nasty” protesters.
The Science Fleet left hyperspace and scanned Earth.
“Oh,” one scientist said. “It’s populated. Carbon-industrial.”
“Hence the rapid rise in atmospheric CO2,” said another.
“Shame, I hoped for a new phenomenon.”
“Looks like they have the tools and knowledge they need, though.”— Micro SF/F stories (@MicroSFF) October 5, 2021
re: #43 The Pie Overlord!
He’s having so much fun. pic.twitter.com/WEdAgrejOs
— Jürgen “jkr” Kraus (@jkr_on_the_web) October 5, 2021
re: #53 wrenchwench
We have to write the next chapter, don’t we.
Just the next line
“But they don’t have the will.”
re: #23 Jay C
My guess as well: even SDNY prosecutors tend to steer clear of the NYPD unless it’s some clear issue- like money (embezzlement, etc.): unless there is some egregious incident, they don’t seem to get involved in the strictly “political” end of things.
Though maybe 1/6 may prove an exception….
There’s a public corruption unit that does deal with this kind of thing, and they usually don’t announce what’s happening until the indictments are unsealed and the arrests are forthcoming.
1/6 falls into this public corruption, much as the SDNY was used to prosecute NYPD officers who took bribes to issue gun licenses.
BREAKING: After 3 weeks of unprecedented pushback/a wave of resignations, the Southern Baptist Convention exec. committee votes to waive attorney-client privilege in a third-party investigation of if EC members mishandled/concealed sex abuses/intimidated advocates
44 yes
31 no— Robert Downen (@RobDownenChron) October 5, 2021
re: #52 William Lewis
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We’ve sent out radio signals for over 100 years.
Aliens who are able to master interstellar travel have the technology to decode those signals and they know they want nothing to do with such an insane race
OR
They figured out that there’s an easy way to conquer Earth and that’s for one of them to claim he is JC coming to rapture the True Believers!
re: #59 JOE 🥓
We’ve sent out radio signals for over 100 years.
Aliens who are able to master interstellar travel have the technology to decode those signals and they know they want nothing to do with such an insane race
OR
They figured out that there’s an easy way to conquer Earth and that’s for one of them to claim he is JC coming to rapture the True Believers!
And rapture is such a good cover if the aliens decide that we taste good, especially with ketchup.
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re: #59 JOE 🥓
We’ve sent out radio signals for over 100 years.
Aliens who are able to master interstellar travel have the technology to decode those signals and they know they want nothing to do with such an insane race
OR
They figured out that there’s an easy way to conquer Earth and that’s for one of them to claim he is JC coming to rapture the True Believers!
But they have to be within 100 light years from us to have received those signals. So any civilizations at a farther distance probably won’t get them until long after we’ve totally destroyed our civilization and possibly our planet.
Congratulations to Rush Limbaugh. Clean & Sober now for 230 days! 🤣
— Delaney Gates - Ashli Babbitt died for Trumps Sins (@delaney_gates) October 5, 2021
re: #60 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
And rapture is such a good cover if the aliens decide that we taste good, especially with ketchup.
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It’s catsup.
re: #59 JOE 🥓
We’ve sent out radio signals for over 100 years.
Aliens who are able to master interstellar travel have the technology to decode those signals and they know they want nothing to do with such an insane race
OR
They figured out that there’s an easy way to conquer Earth and that’s for one of them to claim he is JC coming to rapture the True Believers!
I think that StoneKettle published a SciFi story along those lines.
re: #61 Hecuba’s daughter
But they have to be within 100 light years from us to receive those signals. So any civilizations at a farther distance probably won’t get them until long after we’ve totally destroyed our civilization and possibly our planet.
Actually it could be anywhere within around 105 light years in every direction. This of the Earth in the center of an elongated sphere moving around the Sun and the Solar system moving thru the galaxy. So it’s approximately an elongated sphere measuring a total of around 210 light years.
re: #43 The Pie Overlord!
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Yertle’s goal is easy to understand: Snuff out the president’s agenda by removing reconciliation as a tool to use. With Sinema & Manchin as willing accomplices because without reconciliation the only bill that will get even a fraction of the BBB agenda passed before the midterms is the “bipartisan” infrastructure bill.
…snip…The term used for the sauce varies. Ketchup is the dominant term in American English and Canadian English, although catsup is commonly used in some southern US states and Mexico.
Tomato sauce is more common in English-speaking countries outside North America. In Canada and the US tomato sauce is not a synonym for ketchup but an ingredient made from tomatoes and commonly used in making sauce for pasta.
Red sauce is the term used in Welsh English, Scottish English, Ulster English and some parts of England, such as the Black Country, and in South London, contrasting with brown sauce[citation needed]. In Canadian and American English, “red sauce” refers to various tomato-based sauces like marinara commonly paired with pasta dishes, or in southwestern regions refers to red chile sauces used with tamales, enchiladas, and similar dishes, and is not a synonym for ketchup.
re: #45 Hecuba’s daughter
So a Bernie fanatic friend posted a FB comment comparing treatment of Puerto Rican nationalists in their 1954 attack to the kid gloves the January 6 insurrectionists are receiving. Have to say though — the situations are not comparable. The 1954 attack included the nationalists firing from the visitor’s gallery onto the House floor and wounding several congressmen. So the harsh sentences they received were certainly merited.
This was after they’d tried to assassinate President Truman; his bodyguard died in that attack.
Right now I’m sitting on a line at work babysitting a bunch of people because
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re: #32 Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
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The shittiest people are all pushing another James O’Keefe bullshit story today.
This is COVID disinformation. Report it.
This shit is going to get people killed.
So far everything I’ve seen indicates that the medical community is in agreement that “natural immunity” is unreliable at best. There’s no indication that it lasts appreciably longer than vaccines or that it remains as effective for the same length of time. And even if it did, there’s the two big caveats that not only do you have to survive a run-in with COVID to develop “natural immunity,” but it works just like any other virus in that said immunity is geared towards that strain and not all strains. Compare that to the vaccines which so far have shown effectiveness against the Delta strain if not to the same degree as the Alpha strain.
re: #73 darthstar
Hunt’s? Heinz or go home!
;P
So our PG&E bill has been running us around $260 a month for some time now. My projected bill for this month was $261 (again) about $70 more than last year…I flipped the switch to using our battery backup and our projected bill has already fallen to $215 for this cycle ($150 already in)…I think I can get that lower before the 16th. And if the sun cooperates November will be even prettier.
re: #75 JOE 🥓
Steaks or Burgers?
Dad insisted that this was the only proper condiment!
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I’ve tried the HP Fruity since I have heard people recommend HP and I found it in a grocery store. Not my cup of tea compared to other sauces.
Though I pretty much only associate ketchup with french fries. I much prefer spicier sauces or different condiments for burgers, sausages, etc.
supper
Chickpeas, spinach, shiitake mushrooms, onion, garlic, chili pepper, Greek yoghurt, dusted with dukkah pic.twitter.com/zZASDELgGv
— Cabledog (@Cabledog6) October 5, 2021
re: #76 Targetpractice
Christian nationalists tend to think that the body is a consummate piece of biological engineering, the ultimate refinement of God’s perfect design, and that anything the body (or nature) does must be strictly superior to “man-made” alternatives. This is demonstrably false, but if you demonstrate its falsity to them, they accuse you of witchcraft, atheism, or fake news, depending on the method of your demonstration.
re: #77 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Hunt’s? Heinz or go home!
;P
We used to live a couple blocks from the main Heinz plant, had the best air pollution in 1950s Pittsburgh. It never became revolting.
My message to Republicans: If you don’t want to help save the country, get out of the way. pic.twitter.com/5Um4dL0XO8
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 5, 2021
re: #82 Decatur Deb
We used to live a couple blocks from the main Heinz plant, had the best air pollution in 1950s Pittsburgh. It never became revolting.
A complex, nuanced pollution mixing 57 different gasses into the air.
re: #81 Dopamine Fish
Christian nationalists tend to think that the body is a consummate piece of biological engineering, the ultimate refinement of God’s perfect design, and that anything the body (or nature) does must be strictly superior to “man-made” alternatives. This is demonstrably false, but if you demonstrate its falsity to them, they accuse you of witchcraft, atheism, or fake news, depending on the method of your demonstration.
And yet none of them resist open-heart surgery. Appendectomies. Hernia repair. Etc.
re: #84 Barefoot Grin
A complex, nuanced pollution mixing 57 different gasses into the air.
And they made the perfect partner for fries or onion rings!
re: #84 Barefoot Grin
A complex, nuanced pollution mixing 57 different gasses into the air.
OTOH, the East wind came from the stockyards on an island in the Allegheny. It was bad, especially the night it burned.
re: #82 Decatur Deb
We used to live a couple blocks from the main Heinz plant, had the best air pollution in 1950s Pittsburgh. It never became revolting.
Interesting, when I was growing up in Pgh, I always assumed that the Heinz plant was located along Carson Street near the bottom of the Mon Incline.
Of course, in between people telling me stories in the 1940s about having to stop and get out of the car to look for the white line in the middle of the road, I was always told that it wasn’t pollution, it was “ground fog”.
re: #87 Decatur Deb
OTOH, the East wind came from the stockyards on an island in the Allegheny. It was bad, especially the night it burned.
Yeah, that’s a different kind of hell. The closest we got was when the west wind blew strongly from Decatur, Il picking up the smell of processed soybeans. We could smell it sometimes 30 miles away in Champaign. I guess that’s why truckers on the CBs called it Stinky Town. (It’s a nice town with Millikan, a good private university).
re: #88 ckkatz
Interesting, when I was growing up in Pgh, I always assumed that the Heinz plant was located along Carson Street near the bottom of the Mon Incline.
Of course, in between people telling me stories in the 1940s about having to stop and get out of the car to look for the white line in the middle of the road, I was always told that it wasn’t pollution, it was “ground fog”.
This one was on the North Side riverbank, near Federal St. I start to remember PGH from about 1947—in black and white, ‘cause that’s what it looked like.
re: #87 Decatur Deb
OTOH, the East wind came from the stockyards on an island in the Allegheny. It was bad, especially the night it burned.
Oh I remember the “distinct” odor from Herr’s Island!
re: #52 William Lewis
After scanning their media: It seems they lack the will to use those tools though.
It’s sad how many species do not make it past that curve.
re: #91 JOE 🥓
Oh I remember the “distinct” odor from Herr’s Island!
As kids we used to walk out on the short bridge and try to drop half-bricks on the masses of rats, with no great success.
re: #75 JOE 🥓
Steaks or Burgers?
Dad insisted that this was the only proper condiment!
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re: #93 Decatur Deb
As kids we used to walk out on the short bridge and try to drop half-bricks on the masses of rats, with no great success.
Memories of Irish Brand and Kahn’s bacon…Dad would only eat A&P Allgood thick cut bacon and when I quizzed him he replied…“Son, Religion and Stomach don’t mix!”
re: #90 Decatur Deb
This one was on the North Side riverbank, near Federal St. I start to remember PGH from about 1947—in black and white, ‘cause that’s what it looked like.
My grandfather talked about driving through Pittsburgh in the 1930’s. He said that you could see a huge black pall in the atmosphere over the town from many miles away.
My memories of Pittsburgh start from 1961 when we moved there.
re: #59 JOE 🥓
Creepiest and most unnerving alien invasion short story: The Screwfly Solution.
re: #82 Decatur Deb
We used to live a couple blocks from the main Heinz plant, had the best air pollution in 1950s Pittsburgh. It never became revolting.
When I was going to school at Pitt (early 80s) the Nabisco plant in East Liberty was still operational and you could smell it as you drove by on 5th Avenue headed towards Oakland. Wasn’t over on the North Side near the Heinz plant that often to notice if the air smelled differently over there.
re: #96 ckkatz
My grandfather talked about driving through Pittsburgh in the 1930’s. He said that you could see a huge black pall in the atmosphere over the town from many miles away.
My memories of Pittsburgh start from 1961 when we moved there.
I left on a Greyhound for NY in ‘62.
re: #87 Decatur Deb
OTOH, the East wind came from the stockyards on an island in the Allegheny. It was bad, especially the night it burned.
And that island is now a cluster of high-end condos and apartment buildings.
re: #100 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
And that island is now a cluster of high-end condos and apartment buildings.
Yep. Saw it on a sporting show where they ran a Bass fishing tournament. Fish in the rivers of old Pittsburgh were way too toxic to eat. Nature will bounce back if you stop fucking with it.
man, that’s the second time i’ve bought something off Reverb and been disappointed. Fender strat that came without the tremolo bar. Went to all the trouble of putting new strings on because of the crap string-job, only to discover that apparently something is dead internally, because I’m getting absolutely no difference in sound regardless of switch position. I’ve rolled tone off both knobs: no difference. I pushed the push-push button: no difference. Well, screw it. Going back. I’ve learned my lesson and I’ll pick up a new or open box Player Plus off Musicians Friend. They can be annoying, but at least their gear works.
Just saw a bit of fallout from the Epik hack, the release of the records and data of the Texas GOP. Including their ssl key:
The Texas GOP has still not issued a statement regarding the leak of its data today.
I’ve verified that the leak contains sensitive info including the names, phone numbers, and addresses of volunteers, donors, and job applicants.
More on the leak here: https://t.co/1o0v6FYDqE pic.twitter.com/6urAmtZtNC— Mikael Thalen (@MikaelThalen) October 4, 2021
re: #58 JOE 🥓
The @SBCExecComm has made two claims. Waiving privilege will ruin the SBC. And that the EC has never done anything wrong.
— Bob Smietana (@bobsmietana) October 5, 2021
Maybe the SBC NEEDS to be bankrupted.
— Dee *Inerrancy is a tool of the patriarchy* Holmes (@mmmirele) October 5, 2021
re: #101 Decatur Deb
Yep. Saw it on a sporting show where they ran a Bass fishing tournament. Fish in the rivers of old Pittsburgh were way too toxic to eat. Nature will bounce back if you stop fucking with it.
Growing up, I remember seeing folks fishing in the Allegheny River down by the Point. I could never understand why they would want to do that. Even watching the small boats speeding along the Mon and getting drenched by their own water spray had me shuddering.
re: #105 ckkatz
Growing up, I remember seeing folks fishing in the Allegheny River down by the Point. I could never understand why they would want to do that. Even watching the small boats speeding along the Mon and getting drenched by their own water spray had me shuddering.
There was a distinct social divide marked by your family’s willingness to eat roadkill pigeons off Pittsburgh streets. We just missed being that poor.
re: #70 ckkatz
and then there’s red gravy
re: #106 Decatur Deb
There was a distinct social divide marked by your family’s willingness to eat roadkill pigeons off Pittsburgh streets. We just missed being that poor.
Wow. I just found my threshold for White Privilege. The kids 100 yards up Wylie Avenue got the pigeons. Doesn’t seem so unbridgeable at that.
re: #101 Decatur Deb
Yep. Saw it on a sporting show where they ran a Bass fishing tournament. Fish in the rivers of old Pittsburgh were way too toxic to eat. Nature will bounce back if you stop fucking with it.
I got the impression that the Allegheny was viewed as being much cleaner than the Mon. Obviously part of that impression was color since the Mon ran mud brown and the Allegheny much clearer in color usually due to the nature of their bottoms. Secondly was the higher concentration of industry along the Mon as compared to the Allegheny.*
I also recall a cartoon being published that had two panels:
1st: Two fish (carp and catfish?) swimming past underwater junk; cans, a TV, etc.
Labeled “Mon in 1950” or something like that.
2nd: Just the two fish swimming
Labeled “Mon in 1980”.
Carp has a balloon in the 2nd one saying “I miss the TV.”
* - There was obviously industry along the Allegheny since my father worked in a plant located along it. But Pittsburgh and a lot of communities pulled their drinking water from the Allegheny as well. Presumably many on the other side of the city and county might well as used the Mon, though I know for certain that the Youghiogheny (aka the Yough, pronounced “Yok”) was used as a drinking water source.
re: #105 ckkatz
Growing up, I remember seeing folks fishing in the Allegheny River down by the Point. I could never understand why they would want to do that. Even watching the small boats speeding along the Mon and getting drenched by their own water spray had me shuddering.
In the 1930s-40s my dad used to hitchhike upstream from East Liverpool, Ohio as far as he could toward Pittsburgh and then float with driftwood for miles downstream to back home, reading comic books (especially Terry & the Pirates, which resulted in my name, Terry). He died at 57 in 1984, of non-Hodgkins lymphoma and I would bet money that it was the river got him in the end.
re: #109 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
I got the impression that the Allegheny was viewed as being much cleaner than the Mon. Obviously part of that impression was color since the Mon ran mud brown and the Allegheny much clearer in color usually due to the nature of their bottoms. Secondly was the higher concentration of industry along the Mon as compared to the Allegheny.*
I also recall a cartoon being published that had two panels:
1st: Two fish (carp and catfish?) swimming past underwater junk; cans, a TV, etc.
Labeled “Mon in 1950” or something like that.
2nd: Just the two fish swimming
Labeled “Mon in 1980”.Carp has a balloon in the 2nd one saying “I miss the TV.”
* - There was obviously industry along the Allegheny since my father worked in a plant located along it. But Pittsburgh and a lot of communities pulled their drinking water from the Allegheny as well. Presumably many on the other side of the city and county might well as used the Mon, though I know for certain that the Youghiogheny (aka the Yough, pronounced “Yok”) was used as a drinking water source.
A lot depends on the decade involved. There was a distinct visible difference in the night air and the water in the two rivers—The Mon was red for iron, the Allegheny had a lot of green for copper mills. From the top of Mt Washington you could sometimes see the colors persist along their side of the Ohio until it went out of sight past McKee’s Rocks. Pittsburgh got the environmental problems first and was forced to confront them first. Mayor Davy Lawrence led the way into “smoke control” before the word “smog” was even coined.
I had some friends that lived in Eastern Westmoreland County in Hunker and Armbrust. They used to talk about folks they knew from mountain hollows further up and how roadkill was okay as long as you saw the car that killed it. Most of the time it was clear that they were joking. A few times I wasn’t quite certain, though.
They used to call those areas “Radio-Free Pennsylvania”.
re: #85 sagehen
And yet none of them resist open-heart surgery. Appendectomies. Hernia repair. Etc.
And they’re perfectly happy to wear shoes. Why aren’t their God-given feet adequate?
re: #113 Sinistershade
And they’re perfectly happy to wear shoes. Why aren’t their God-given feet adequate?
A bunch of middle age (and older) men (mostly) believing in a perfect intelligent design of the human body is a triumph of dogma over reality. Or do these church elders somehow, miraculously, don’t have prostate issues?
re: #114 EPR-radar
A bunch of middle age (and older) men (mostly) believing in a perfect intelligent design of the human body is a triumph of dogma over reality. Or do these church elders somehow, miraculously, don’t have prostate issues?
It’s the devil trying to prevent them from enjoying the temptations of the flesh.
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A Black family of veterans with small children moved into a new house in Virginia Beach. Their neighbor installed motion sensors that trigger cameras and lights pointed at THEIR driveway. This is the audio that plays whenever they go in or out of their home. pic.twitter.com/lWzWY1rCBS
— chris evans (@chris_notcapn) October 5, 2021
re: #102 steve_davis
man, that’s the second time i’ve bought something off Reverb and been disappointed. Fender strat that came without the tremolo bar. Went to all the trouble of putting new strings on because of the crap string-job, only to discover that apparently something is dead internally, because I’m getting absolutely no difference in sound regardless of switch position. I’ve rolled tone off both knobs: no difference. I pushed the push-push button: no difference. Well, screw it. Going back. I’ve learned my lesson and I’ll pick up a new or open box Player Plus off Musicians Friend. They can be annoying, but at least their gear works.
That sucks.
I haven’t bought anything off of Reverb since January, a Fret-King T-style that I bought used.
Reverb has kinda lost its shine since Etsy bought it. I stopped selling altogether when they started asking for my bank account number. That ain’t happening, see ya.
My wife’s anti-vaxxer cousin survived his bout with covid, but he is still suffering. He hasn’t posted anything about vaccines since he got sick.
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re: #118 No Malarkey!
My wife’s anti-vaxxer cousin survived his bout with covid, but he is still suffering. He hasn’t posted anything about vaccines since he got sick.
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re: #102 steve_davis
Got a couple things there when it was new but haven’t in awhile. Good to know not to go back.
re: #87 Decatur Deb
OTOH, the East wind came from the stockyards on an island in the Allegheny. It was bad, especially the night it burned.
I read a while back that people who live near the Sri Racha plant in the LA basin get some pretty intense fumes at times…
re: #122 darthstar
I read a while back that people who live near the Sri Racha plant in the LA basin get some pretty intense fumes at times…
There’s probably actual permissible limits for some of that stuff.
re: #118 No Malarkey!
My wife’s anti-vaxxer cousin survived his bout with covid, but he is still suffering. He hasn’t posted anything about vaccines since he got sick.
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He sounds like the poster boy for acquired immunity.
Hang on…Mike Pence just defended Jan 6 on Hannity? WTF?
re: #116 The Pie Overlord!
JFC. This can’t be legal, can it?
re: #125 darthstar
Hang on…Mike Pence just defended Jan 6 on Hannity? WTF?
Pence is running for President — and somehow he thinks he has some chance at the nomination. So many candidates are truly deluded about their appeal to the voters, both the primary voters and the general election voters, two distinct audiences. Maybe his success on the radio has made him think that he can attract the same crowd when he appears on television.
re: #11 ckkatz
The NYPD SBA’s president has been very active in rwnj politics. His home was also raided. I do not know how much, if at all, the recent revelations about multiple NYPD officers also being in the OathKeepers and 3%’ers played a role.
Often though, it ends being some crass money matter.
It took a “crass money matter” to bring down Al Capone
re: #19 ckkatz
Hollywood production workers authorize strike, setting up industry showdown over streaming profits
Time to ramp up the Reality Shows again!!!
re: #43 The Pie Overlord!
Still trying to process the fact that Mitch McConnell’s nearly every alcoholic’s actual position on the debt ceiling drinking is that it needs to be raised, is time to quit but he won’t do it.
re: #129 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Time to ramp up the Reality Shows again!!!
Put a bunch of MAGAts in a diner and let them beat the crap out of each other to win money.
re: #127 Hecuba’s daughter
Pence is running for President — and somehow he thinks he has some chance at the nomination. So many candidates are truly deluded about their appeal to the voters, both the primary voters and the general election voters, two distinct audiences. Maybe his success on the radio has made him think that he can attract the same crowd when he appears on television.
The GOP will have none but Trump.
re: #129 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Time to ramp up the Reality Shows again!!!
won’t help.
The reality shows could fill in during the writers strike, but this is camera operators, lighting, electricians, building and moving sets, hair and makeup, etc. All the technical stuff.
re: #134 sagehen
won’t help.
The reality shows could fill in during the writers strike, but this is camera operators, lighting, electricians, building and moving sets, hair and makeup, etc. All the technical stuff.
Total reality shows filmed on iPhones and Zoom cameras.
The networks will resort to that before they raise wages or improve working conditions.
re: #129 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Time to ramp up the Reality Shows again!!!
Just imagine ZOOM versions of Password, To Tell The Truth, I’ve Got A Secret…
re: #135 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Total reality shows filmed on iPhones and Zoom cameras.
The networks will resort to that before they raise wages or improve working conditions.
Netflix, Hulu, Amazon,etc are throwing so much cash at new projects that raises shouldn’t be a problem. We’ll see though.
re: #126 Eclectic Cyborg
JFC. This can’t be legal, can it?
“As appalling and offensive as the neighbors’ behaviors are, the city attorney and Virginia magistrates have separately determined that the actions reported thus far did not rise to the level that Virginia law defines as criminal behavior,” police said Thursday…
After receiving little help from the police, Martinez took her case to the local magistrate, which was “a little more compassionate” but told her that if the man did not threaten the family or pose bodily harm, there was nothing that could be done.
What a damn mess.
cdc.gov
Yes vaccines are better.
medrxiv.org
No they don’t last as long.
immunology.org
Maybe, but get your vaccine
re: #139 BeachDem
“As appalling and offensive as the neighbors’ behaviors are, the city attorney and Virginia magistrates have separately determined that the actions reported thus far did not rise to the level that Virginia law defines as criminal behavior,” police said Thursday…
After receiving little help from the police, Martinez took her case to the local magistrate, which was “a little more compassionate” but told her that if the man did not threaten the family or pose bodily harm, there was nothing that could be done.
But can they sue the neighbors for harassment?
re: #141 The Pie Overlord!
But can they sue the neighbors for harassment?
They could get a loud porchlight rig that plays Battle Hymn of the Republic and Marching Through Georgia in rotation. Sometimes ya just gotta out-asshole them.
re: #139 BeachDem
“As appalling and offensive as the neighbors’ behaviors are, the city attorney and Virginia magistrates have separately determined that the actions reported thus far did not rise to the level that Virginia law defines as criminal behavior,” police said Thursday…
After receiving little help from the police, Martinez took her case to the local magistrate, which was “a little more compassionate” but told her that if the man did not threaten the family or pose bodily harm, there was nothing that could be done.
If the guy came out and said it every day, would it be different?
re: #139 BeachDem
“As appalling and offensive as the neighbors’ behaviors are, the city attorney and Virginia magistrates have separately determined that he’s white.”
re: #116 The Pie Overlord!
Just remember what recently retired Pulpit Pimp makes Virginia Beach his personal fiefdom!
I met him briefly when he was a state legislator. He seems to be good.
“The power of the people is so much stronger than the people in power.”
I will listen and take my cues from the people of #NM02. I see you organizing and I hear you. I’ve been in the fight right along with you.
Consider supporting our campaign >> https://t.co/MSKU6OKE01— Gabe Vasquez (@Gabe_NM) October 5, 2021
It’s a tough district. Differs greatly from east to west.
re: #142 Decatur Deb
They could get a loud porchlight rig that plays Battle Hymn of the Republic and Marching Through Georgia in rotation. Sometimes ya just gotta out-asshole them.
Or Cop Killer
Aw ssshhhaaavvviiinnnggg cream…CItizen app sends alerts that anti-vaxxers are overturning testing tables in Koreatown…idiots armed with ticks and bats…
re: #148 JOE 🥓
Aw ssshhhaaavvviiinnnggg cream…CItizen app sends alerts that anti-vaxxers are overturning testing tables in Koreatown…idiots armed with ticks and bats…
Andy Ngo again?
“We have to recognize that the foundational sins of this country — the theft of land and the theft of labor — continue on in very banal ways. This is expressed in the way our lives are structured, the way that we own a home.” https://t.co/y34pqntYMT
— High Country News (@highcountrynews) October 5, 2021
[…]
During the pandemic, as the federal government put in place eviction and foreclosure moratoriums, we’ve realized that houselessness and that vicious cycle of eviction are political choices that we’ve been making all along. Our housing system is designed to generate profit, not to provide shelter and safety and community for people.
[…]
re: #148 JOE 🥓
Aw ssshhhaaavvviiinnnggg cream…CItizen app sends alerts that anti-vaxxers are overturning testing tables in Koreatown…idiots armed with ticks and bats…
@JoyceWhiteVance @selectedwisdom PLEASE WATCH MY VIDEO I filmed this guy on Aug 30 he’s been subpoenaed and one of the organizers of 1/6. Right after he said ‘we’re coming for your school boards’ the harassment exploded around the country https://t.co/UjRN7TCz0t
— Sandi Bachom (@sandibachom) October 5, 2021
re: #152 wrenchwench
During the pandemic, as the federal government put in place eviction and foreclosure moratoriums, we’ve realized that houselessness and that vicious cycle of eviction are political choices that we’ve been making all along. Our housing system is designed to generate profit, not to provide shelter and safety and community for people.
Real Estate is a commodity to be bought and sold, as are foodstuffs, labor, health care and education.
Remember, “Americans don’t want Socialism”, they want a Free Market system in which everything is an unregulated commodity.
I can’t believe a lot of rioters are getting less time in jail than my recovery time from two different surgeries in my attempt to protect the Capitol and the people in it. @nothugsandkisses @notatour😤😡🤬
— Sergeant Gonell, Aquilino (@SergeantAqGo) October 5, 2021
re: #142 Decatur Deb
Just keep going outside every 15 minutes some weeknight between midnight and three am. The other neighbors will notice the third time it happens
re: #154 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
During the pandemic, as the federal government put in place eviction and foreclosure moratoriums, we’ve realized that houselessness and that vicious cycle of eviction are political choices that we’ve been making all along. Our housing system is designed to generate profit, not to provide shelter and safety and community for people.
Real Estate is a commodity to be bought and sold, as is labor, health care and education.
Remember, “Americans don’t want Socialism”, they want a Free Market system in which everything is an unregulated commodity.
The only constant is change. The pandemic has revealed how changeable things are. Like the much over-sold and under-delivered ‘American Dream’. Let’s wake up and dream up a new way.
re: #153 jaunte
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Sure is interesting how that Explore Talent Company is linked to so many Nazis!
This diver caught an adorable moment on video when a wild grey seal swam up and hugged him underwater. Ben Burville says he has been scuba diving in that area of the North Sea for nearly 20 years, and has become very familiar with the local seals as a result. pic.twitter.com/as27DiAZMp
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 5, 2021
“Please stop throwing plastic at me.”
re: #86 JOE 🥓
And they made the perfect partner for fries or onion rings!
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re: #86 JOE 🥓
And they made the perfect partner for fries or onion rings!
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My family always swore by Brooks catsup. I haven’t been able to find it for years. When I was young and doing a lot of cooking and gardening, I made my own catsup, which was thick and dark and really yummy. I guess it was my favorite, with Brooks #2.
re: #89 Barefoot Grin
Yeah, that’s a different kind of hell. The closest we got was when the west wind blew strongly from Decatur, Il picking up the smell of processed soybeans. We could smell it sometimes 30 miles away in Champaign. I guess that’s why truckers on the CBs called it Stinky Town. (It’s a nice town with Millikan, a good private university).
Oh! The Humko plant in north Champaign! Oooh, we always knew which way the wind was blowing! Same as the plants along the north east of Decatur!
Heartbreaking.
German Jewish musician @GilOfarim describes the antisemitism he experienced at @Marriott’s @Westin hotel in Germany.
While Marriott has suspended an employee connected to the event, more must be done.
Demand action from Marriott to address Jew-hatred!— American Jewish Committee (@AJCGlobal) October 5, 2021
re: #163 wrenchwench
They should start by firing the Hotel manager.
re: #160 jeffreyw
I like the chili sauce, makes the perfect cocktail sauce base. I have no idea why, but the battalion mess at the firebase in VN had the chili sauce but no ketchup and I missed it.
My dad was just through basic training and on to a new base for flight school when WWII ended. I asked him why he never ate ketchup and he pointed back to that period when the only way he could eat the food was to drown it in ketchup.
re: #164 Eclectic Cyborg
They should start by firing the Hotel manager.
A quick start is a good start. The higher it hits, the more memorable it will be.
re: #161 retired cynic
My family always swore by Brooks catsup. I haven’t been able to find it for years. When I was young and doing a lot of cooking and gardening, I made my own catsup, which was thick and dark and really yummy. I guess it was my favorite, with Brooks #2.
Grandma would make her own ketchup not only with tomatoes but with pears, apples, peaches and nectarines.
95 year old Tony Bennett has Alzheimer’s and has reportedly been “lost and bewildered” many times in the past two years. He struggles with short term memory. But when he steps on stage you can’t tell a thing! pic.twitter.com/Idw0knHofv
— chris evans (@chris_notcapn) October 5, 2021
re: #170 The Pie Overlord!
Oh, tears! That is so beautiful!
Remember just a couple of days ago when BoJo claimed (I posted a link to the video) that the culling of pigs is a not-yet thing and may not happen?
Today:
Hundreds of healthy pigs culled amid UK shortage of abattoir workers
The slaughter of healthy pigs has begun on British farms, with farmers forced to kill animals to make space and ensure the continued welfare of their livestock, amid an ongoing shortage of workers at slaughterhouses.
re: #170 The Pie Overlord!
That is quite wonderful. What an entertainer, what a voice.
re: #172 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Brexit was such a great idea!! Brilliant!
re: #175 sagehen
So they’re going to start kibbutzim?
Some ideas return because they never went away.
re: #174 Patricia Kayden
Brexit was such a great idea!! Brilliant!
The sun hasn’t set on the British Empire.
It’s gone into permanent eclipse.
re: #174 Patricia Kayden
Brexit was such a great idea!! Brilliant!
Racism destroying farming. Just like Alabama.
re: #178 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Jimmy Hoffa?
Experts still digging for bones after partial remains found beneath Detroit sidewalk
Geraldo Rivera is beside himself with excitement.
re: #181 Dopamine Fish
One of him is more than enough.
re: #148 JOE 🥓
Aw ssshhhaaavvviiinnnggg cream…CItizen app sends alerts that anti-vaxxers are overturning testing tables in Koreatown…idiots armed with ticks and bats…
A gang of assholes did that in Union Square in NYC yesterday. Seems to be the hot new tactic.
Arrest ‘em all.
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