John Oliver discusses Taiwan’s history of being governed by other countries, its fraught present-day relationship with China, and what its citizens would like their future to look like.
Just a matter of time…we are supporting an ideology, not a people.
This is complete bullshit. A tool to prevent misinformation was “suppressing traffic” to conservative websites because they spread SO MUCH BS. Just like this. pic.twitter.com/ya9h9FBCeM
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 25, 2021
Breitbart and their cronies are pushing this line of bullshit because they want to divert attention away from the Facebook documents that show the EXACT OPPOSITE was true - they were given special treatment and exempted from policy enforcement. But still they whine.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 25, 2021
Breitbart was among the first to figure out that just floating a story out on the Internet long enough would result in it getting picked up my mainstream outlets and being treated as if it had some actual merit.
And this has gone on to become the dominant political art form of the 21st century…
If at first is not delcious, try again pic.twitter.com/FSyUkQjHS0
— Dog Solution (@DogSolutions) October 25, 2021
If NPR had a modicum of ethics, instead of doing ‘the right thing’ by saying ‘we acknowledge that Facebook is one of our financial contributors’ when covering news of it, they would do the RIGHT thing and say, ‘Facebook is NO LONGER one of our contributors’.
The NYPD and other municipal workers just blocked traffic on the Brooklyn bridge, not to protest murders, but to protest vaccine mandates.
pic.twitter.com/MAPQOCyaXV— Read Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire (@JoshuaPotash) October 25, 2021
I don’t expect tear gas.
5. The common good isn’t common. It isn’t good. It’s the enemy. When it came time to choose humility over arrogance in the face of death by virus, millions of Americans chose arrogance — then death by virus.
— *The* Editorial Board (@johnastoehr) October 25, 2021
The below WashPost article reminded me that one of our esteemed lizards, a resident of southern Illinois, posted yesterday about a possible tornado near her. And, come to think about it, I have not seen any posts today by several of our Midwest correspondents.
I hope that all are well!
Severe storms threaten Mid-Atlantic on Monday after Sunday’s tornado swarm in Missouri
More than a dozen tornadoes were reported in Missouri and Illinois on Sunday as severe storms swept across the Midwest. Southeastern Missouri was hit particularly hard as multiple strong twisters struck after dark, causing major damage. Despite the damage, there have been no reports of serious injuries or fatalities.
On Monday, the same storm system was barreling toward the Ohio Valley, and is set to spawn a new round of severe weather from the central Appalachians to the Mid-Atlantic, including Asheville, Raleigh, Roanoke, Richmond and Washington.
The storm originated from the Pacific Ocean and produced heavy rain in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California late last week before ejecting east of the continental divide over the weekend. It spawned a zone of low pressure over the central states drawing in warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. The system also tapped into strong high-altitude winds, intensifying the storms and helping several rotate.
“If I fitz I sitzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZ …”
— Bodega Cats (@Bodegacats_) October 25, 2021
Canada:
Oh nothing — just a brawl at church. Keep on scrolling… https://t.co/uIK19YY4sV— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) October 25, 2021
Welp, it’s the Monday after the F1 race in Austin and a whole shitpot of 747-400’s and chartered jets carrying the talent and their cars south. They are flying to Toluca outside of Mexico City and Mexico City Airport proper to prep for the Mexican GP this weekend.
So goodbye and good riddance to skinny-jeaned Eurotrash who don’t know how to tip their servers. Until next year. (duh duh daaaaahh!)
re: #6 jaunte
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I don’t expect tear gas.
Yeah that’ll enure new yorkers to your cause
re: #12 austin_blue
Welp, it’s the Monday after the F1 race in Austin and a whole shitpot of 747-400’s and chartered jets carrying the talent and their cars south. They are flying to Toluca outside of Mexico City and Mexico City Airport proper to prep for the Mexican GP this weekend.
So goodbye and good riddance to skinny-jeaned Eurotrash who don’t know how to tip their servers. Until next year. (duh duh daaaaahh!)
Why I think “Grand Pricks” is the more accurate pronunciation.
re: #10 jeffreyw
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Locks up house
Gases up harley
WHY IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATING PARENTS CONCERNED FOR THEIR CHILDREN’S WELFARE?
Messages included phrases “Death to the Jew” & “Good men are waking up to the Jew sickness.” One said she was “lucky” parents did not “kill you and your whole family.”
“Pennsylvania School Board Gets Violent Anti-Semitic Threats Following Mask Mandate”https://t.co/hBXTi90aj0— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) October 25, 2021
re: #8 ckkatz
The below WashPost article reminded me that one of our esteemed lizards, a resident of southern Illinois, posted yesterday about a possible tornado near her. And, come to think about it, I have not seen any posts today by several of our Midwest correspondents.
I hope that all are well!
We are in S Illinois and had a hell of a storm come through last night. Window rattling thunder boomers, 2” plus of rain. I’m hearing of a tornado 20 miles north of us that flattened some farm buildings, no injuries. Power never went out here.
The torture never stops.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 25, 2021
re: #18 Charles Johnson
It’s Monday, so that must mean it’s time for yet another Cletus Safari….
re: #11 wrenchwench
“And then the Lord said, in a booming voice: Let’s get ready to RUUUUUUUUUUUUUMBLLLLLLLLLLE!”
Facebook’s senior executives interfered to allow US politicians and celebrities to post whatever they wanted on its social network despite pleas from employees to stop, leaked internal documents suggest,” the Financial Times reports.“Employees claim in the documents that while Facebook has long insisted that it is politically neutral, it allowed rightwing figures to break rules designed to curb misinformation and harmful content, after being stung by accusations of bias from conservatives.”
Rightwingers only
Welp, just got FB jail for a week for posting this.
dailyboulder.com
With the comment, “burn ‘em down!”
BIG NEWS: Virginia will be home to the U.S.’s first and only offshore wind turbine facility. Siemens Gamesa will invest in Portsmouth—and help Dominion Energy build the largest new renewable energy project in the U.S. More jobs & investment!https://t.co/5y9K0Aq3Ju pic.twitter.com/B0b1Z8sR0o
— Governor Ralph Northam (@GovernorVA) October 25, 2021
re: #21 Dangerman
“Employees claim in the documents that while Facebook has long insisted that it is politically neutral, it allowed rightwing figures to break rules designed to curb misinformation and harmful content, after being stung by accusations of bias from conservatives.”
So, apparently no one in executive FB management has the balls to tell the RWNJ’s to go fuck themselves.
re: #25 Dr Lizardo
So, apparently no one in executive FB management has the balls to tell the RWNJ’s to go fuck themselves.
Can’t find ‘em. Wallet’s in the way.
re: #19 Dr Lizardo
It’s Monday, so that must mean it’s time for yet another Cletus Safari….
I think they are missing out on something by not mounting an expedition into the darkest reaches of Marin County, where they could observe and interview Jill Stein voters in their native habitat.
re: #11 wrenchwench
Now… If I’ve understood this right… Parishioner gets upset about having to wear a mask in Church…
re: #25 Dr Lizardo
So, apparently no one in executive FB management has the balls to tell the RWNJ’s to go fuck themselves.
It’s about income and lack of ethics, rather than a lack of courage. Facebook is full of ads selling cults, weird little churches, and useless products to idiots, so they need an audience of idiots to sell to the advertisers.
re: #28 Teukka
Now… If I’ve understood this right… Parishioner gets upset about having to wear a mask in Church…
I couldn’t hear the lyrics.
If that had been an American church, dude probably would have gotten shot.
re: #21 Dangerman
Rightwingers only
Yep. NYT publisher is on record that hiring right-wingers like Bret Stephens was his reaction because Trump’s election showed readers were in a “liberal bubble”.
So his response was not to fix the both-sides-ism that helped get Trump elected, but to make it worse. Same at WAPO.— Bill E (@tralfammadorian) October 25, 2021
re: #31 Eclectic Cyborg
If that had been an American church, dude probably would have gotten shot.
In an American church, the troubled trespasser would have a gun.
re: #27 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
I think they are missing out on something by not mounting an expedition into the darkest reaches of Marin County, where they could observe and interview Jill Stein voters in their native habitat.
“The horror. The horror.”
re: #32 Citizen K
Accepting truth and reality is not a “Liberal Bias”.
Or maybe it is nowadays, who the fuck knows anymore?
re: #27 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
I think they are missing out on something by not mounting an expedition into the darkest reaches of Marin County, where they could observe and interview Jill Stein voters in their native habitat.
The wackos seem to have reformed or moved elsewhere — the last time they had more than two percent voting neither dem nor repug was 2000. These days, they’re overwhelmingly democratic.
re: #24 Eclectic Cyborg
Heh.
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re: #37 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
Given the visual evidence I’m going to assume his expulsion was mask related
That’s what it seems like. The other churchgoers were masked up.
Posting this ghost story again in honor of the season.https://t.co/lGqALXWcq8 pic.twitter.com/sGm2vJ2Vk8
— Amanda Cockrell (@CockrellAmanda1) October 25, 2021
re: #36 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
The wackos seem to have reformed or moved elsewhere — the last time they had more than two percent voting neither dem nor repug was 2000. These days, they’re overwhelmingly democratic.
Nah, they’re just lying in wait until the Trumpites burn it all down and they can start over from scratch.
re: #30 wrenchwench
I couldn’t hear the lyrics.
The blue dude is the only unmasked in the congregation… And that altar will need resanctification… Over/under on excommunication for blue dude? 🤔
Average White Bund
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) October 25, 2021
“If you don’t like it - you can leave.”
This is perfection…pic.twitter.com/nC2tznAWYg— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) October 25, 2021
YES! YES! YES! CVS has confirmed my eligibility for the Moderna booster. Going to see if I can get it today.
With the thoughts he’d be thinkin’ he could be another Lincoln, if he only had a brain. https://t.co/tKCyA0Ocqs
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 25, 2021
The problem lies way deep down in the monetization plumbing of the internet
We defaulted to the Old Media model of “more eyeballs=worth more $$”
That incentivized people to do the most deranged shit possible, because that is the essence of clickbait
And here we are.— Surreal painters were just ahead of the curve (@MutatedReality) October 25, 2021
We’ve made ~30 years of mistakes in trying to monetize the internet
Unwinding them is going to be a task
Part of the solution is building an internet that doesn’t rely on shitposting to generate clicks to generate money. Instead, it is designed to boost trust & reliability; much like how newspapers/TV used to filter out the screeching loonies, rather than give them prime space
Cook County sheriff IDs another of serial killer John Wayne Gacy victims (ABC7-Chicago via MSN)
My first serious girlfriend walked past Gacy’s house every school day on her way to school long before I met her.
re: #50 plansbandc
And here I thought that was a Sarlacc pit.
re: #9 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
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Basically exactly how I responded last time I woke up naked in the cash drawer, with somebody petting me.
re: #49 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Cook County sheriff IDs another of serial killer John Wayne Gacy victims (ABC7-Chicago via MSN)
My first serious girlfriend walked past Gacy’s house every school day on her way to school long before I met her.
I was just reading that on the Unresolved Mysteries subreddit. Glad he’s been identified. From what I’ve read, there’s still five other unidentified victims of Gacy’s.
re: #41 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Nah, they’re just lying in wait until the Trumpites burn it all down and they can start over from scratch.
You’re talking about the sixth most affluent county in the nation. I expect the last thing they want is anything burning.
(Fun fact, related to nothing: Marin County got sixteen inches of rain in yesterday’s storm.)
re: #30 wrenchwench
I couldn’t hear the lyrics.
Priest: “You’re trespassing”
Repeatedly.
A little later, “Someone call 911.”
And blue dude is only one without a mask, and not complying with an establishments mask rules would be trespassing, no?
Time to call it a day. Have a good one, Lizards and stay healthy.
Appointment confirmed!
NYPD is warning the public about NYPD blocking traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge to protest vaccine mandates. 🤦🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/tGVKVFu4xc
— Gabe Sanchez (@iamgabesanchez) October 25, 2021
A couple of questions for @MaxBlumenthal.
1. Do you think ‘Typhoid Mary’ was unfairly discriminated against and persecuted by the government.
2. How would you have handled her situation differently?— Edwin (@EdMix13) October 25, 2021
Just taking Ezra for a walk … x pic.twitter.com/q9IpkIBfwF
— Helen Ryman (@MochrumBelties) October 23, 2021
re: #60 gocart mozart
I dunno about Max, but I’d handle it *at least* like the government did back in the day.
There are places where, as a result of Mary’s recklessness, knowingly infecting others can lead to a life sentence.— Teo 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬💉 (@Teukka1972) October 25, 2021
re: #59 jaunte
Interesting that the wingnuts are in favor of this one, but if Black people shut down a highway to protest a cop murdering one of their own, all of a sudden they deserve to be run over.
re: #60 gocart mozart
Does isolating people who insist on siding with COVID seem somehow wrong to you? They chose a virus over their own species because their political leaders want them dead to try to make the President look bad.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) October 25, 2021
Liberals are too nice to treat them like they should be treated, of course.
CSPAN Caller: “Do you believe our rights comer from God?”
Me: “No.” https://t.co/0JEsg1UPPG— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) October 25, 2021
CSPAN Caller: “Can you tell where IN the constitution it protects the right to kill babies?”
Me: “They’re not babies. But anyway: 4th, 14th, 9th, and if you don’t like all those than the 13th.”— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) October 25, 2021
So… here’s half an hour of me fighting about abortion rights, in case anybody is interested.https://t.co/4jjxyv4Kq8
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) October 25, 2021
re: #62 Teukka
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re: #24 Eclectic Cyborg
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please tell me that when they got him outside, they put him on a spit and roasted him over coals until he was fall-off-the-bone delicious. No wait, transubstantiation doesn’t work that way, does it?
The pandemic showed us that Republicans can’t do the right thing even in a crisis.
We are not going to address climate change, so I’m pretty sure that we’ve lived in the best of times, and the party is coming to an end.
Greenhouse emissions reached record levels in 2020, even with pandemic lockdowns (NPR)
These people would reinstitute slavery if they thought they could get away with it pic.twitter.com/ZnfxW7LiVG
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) October 24, 2021
In my opinion, a true understanding of contemporary American politics requires recognition of the fact that support for slavery and white supremacy never went away, it just lost a war
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) October 24, 2021
re: #70 Dread Pirate Ron
“People are getting too smart to work shit jobs for shit wages. Oh! I know! Let’s get a bunch of kids who don’t know any better and make THEM do it!”
re: #5 wrenchwench
If NPR had a modicum of ethics, instead of doing ‘the right thing’ by saying ‘we acknowledge that Facebook is one of our financial contributors’ when covering news of it, they would do the RIGHT thing and say, ‘Facebook is NO LONGER one of our contributors’.
KERA, the DFW PBS station, is running small commercials now. They need way more people donating to them.
JUST NOW — A defiant SENATOR @BrianKelsey Responds to the DOJ’s CONSPIRACY INDICTMENT: “A political witch hunt… Biden admin is trying to take me down because I’m conservative…”
Yes, a state Senator in a TN GOP supermajority state is likely high on Biden’s list of priorities🙄 pic.twitter.com/TV6Qnf06lG— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) October 25, 2021
It is unlikely that it’s merely coincidental that Gosar was dragging his feet and meandering through his speech while the people besieging the Capitol were drawing near to the House chambers. He appears to be trying to create a situation in which the mob overtakes his colleagues. pic.twitter.com/yT6cWcidPJ
— David Neiwert (@DavidNeiwert) October 25, 2021
re: #65 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Liberals are too nice to treat them like they should be treated, of course.
Not sure who Max Blumenthal is (ideology-wise), but I get the distinct echo of trollery here, in him citing Noam Chomsky: Chomsky is one of those archetypal RW boogeymen: hardly any of them can seriously articulate anything he’s written or pronounced, but they know that he’s an infamous radical and left-wing icon, so therefore useful mainly/only as a foil for formalized Outrage.
That said, I agree with Chomsky - public health (especially in a pandemic) ought not to be victimized by abstract BS about “freedom”. Viruses don’t know or care.
re: #40 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I find aerial archaeology absolutely fascinating. I’m always blown away when Time Team, for instance, finds an old Roman villa that’s under 3 or 4 feet of dirt. How is it, I think, that in the space of 1500 years, the floor of that villa wound up under 4 feet of dirt? it just goes to show the inevitable long passage of time, where the walls fall down, or get leached by other builders elsewhere, and the floor gets covered by dirt because England has mostly been an agricultural country (well, hell, almost every country has mostly been an agricultural country), and I imagine every time some farmer and his plow work an adjoining field, loose soil would get kicked up by the wind and another fine layer of silt would contribute to covering over the mosaic floors, or the foundation stone.
re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth
This may be shocking, but the lying, theocratic, assholes who call themselves “Conservative,” which is also a lie with most of them really right-wing authoritarians, tend to not tell the truth and to blame others for their own failures.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) October 25, 2021
re: #42 Teukka
The blue dude is the only unmasked in the congregation… And that altar will need resanctification… Over/under on excommunication for blue dude? 🤔
Depends. If the priest is like my dad was, the blue dude will end up having a long conversation with him which will end with blue dude balling his eyes out after priest tells him gently how disappointed he was by his actions that day.
re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth
BIG NEWS: Virginia will be home to the U.S.’s first and only offshore wind turbine facility.
In case anyone else was confused, they’re building a factory for offshore wind turbines. There already are other offshore wind farms.
re: #78 steve_davis
Depends. If the priest is like my dad was, the blue dude will end up having a long conversation with him which will end with blue dude balling his eyes out after priest tells him gently how disappointed he was by his actions that day.
My dad was like that. After a few minutes I’d be like—“just hit me.”
re: #47 Charles Johnson
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re: #79 garzooma
In case anyone else was confused, they’re building a factory for offshore wind turbines. There already are other offshore wind farms.
It did confuse me, thanks. I kinda glossed over it while I was on meetings at work.
re: #78 steve_davis
Depends. If the priest is like my dad was, the blue dude will end up having a long conversation with him which will end with blue dude balling his eyes out after priest tells him gently how disappointed he was by his actions that day.
Depends on what order of the Catholic church the priest belongs to. Some orders, that would be SOP for an incident like that, while others… *shudders*
re: #71 Eclectic Cyborg
“People are getting too smart to work shit jobs for shit wages. Oh! I know! Let’s get a bunch of kids who don’t know any better and make THEM do it!”
If you can’t pay workers a living wage you don’t have a “labor shortage” you have a “not viable business”
— Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) October 22, 2021
re: #83 Teukka
Depends on what order of the Catholic church the priest belongs to. Some orders, that would be SOP for an incident like that, while others… *shudders*
yep, I was thinking “just try pulling that shit with a Jesuit.”
Sure is tough connecting all these dots so close together. https://t.co/FKMf20sTa1
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) October 25, 2021
re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth
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This would be the Ezra most famous for having written the difficult _Canters_ poetry series?
re: #80 Barefoot Grin
My dad was like that. After a few minutes I’d be like—“just hit me.”
last time he did it to me was when as a teenager I snuck back into the house at 3 in the morning after a party. I was mostly reformed after that.
re: #49 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Cook County sheriff IDs another of serial killer John Wayne Gacy victims (ABC7-Chicago via MSN)
My first serious girlfriend walked past Gacy’s house every school day on her way to school long before I met her.
A girl friend from Chicago’s South Side recently told me that she was living about a block from the nurses’ residence when Speck committed his mass murder. Chicago certainly has been home to various infamous killers and crimes.
re: #90 Hecuba’s daughter
A girl friend from Chicago’s South Side recently told me that she was living about a block from the nurses’ residence when Speck committed his mass murder. Chicago certainly has been home to various infamous killers and crimes.
I was a bit young to know of Speck’s crimes, but I was delivering Chicago papers down in Champaign (I was 13) and seeing the headlines everyday. It just freaked me out.
Got this lovely message from Lauren Boebert’s chief of staff in response to this piece. https://t.co/HfpcnB1TwN pic.twitter.com/JA8QhKoGYy
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) October 25, 2021
Also when have we last had a slow news day? 2013?
— Alexander Chee (@alexanderchee) October 25, 2021
re: #88 Eventual Carrion
These are the guys who went to work as police so they wouldn’t have to follow the law.
re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth
When did we last have a slow news day? I’d say maybe September 10, 2001.
re: #95 A Three Hour Tour
When did we last have a slow news day? I’d say maybe September 10, 2001.
You mean this sort of thing ‘round the corner?
it never ends; https://t.co/MftaO7mg3K
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 25, 2021
“…The problem is that the constant coverage allows anti-vaxxers a platform to spread more misinformation, as they relay their unsupported reasons for refusing to get inoculated. From the Journal’s nurse article: “Some believe the vaccine’s development was too rushed and are worried about the possible unknown long-term effects on their health.” One nurse insisted, “The government shouldn’t be telling us what to do.”
The Journal made no mention that the government for nearly a century has “told us” to follow speed limits and to vaccinate our children for mumps and measles if they want to attend public school. Yet today’s newfound anti-government radicals never objected.
Some reporting includes caveats that none of the anti-vax rationales are supported by science. (For example, getting vaccinated has no impact on the ability of women to get pregnant.) But more often than not the relentless attention presents the job-quitters as common-sense, thoughtful people.”
re: #62 Teukka
One thing to note about Mary Mallon is that she was a asymptomatic carrier for Salmonella typhii. There’s is no way that she would be locked up in an asylum in this day.
Damn setting up a new phone doesn’t get easier does it? Ah well, about half done.
re: #99 William Lewis
Damn setting up a new phone doesn’t get easier does it? Ah well, about half done.
That probably depends on the phone. It’s very easy going from one Samsung phone to another.
re: #98 Colère Tueur de Lapin
One thing to note about Mary Mallon is that she was a asymptomatic carrier for Salmonella typhii. There’s is no way that she would be locked up in an asylum in this day.
There are places, like Sweden, where you, if you have a communicable disease which ticks all the boxes (mandatory testing on suspicion, mandatory contact tracing, danger to society, danger to public, and, of course, notifiable), you can get forced into care if you as an infected person behave in a way which seriously endangers others. Sort of like 5150, but for physical diseases.
re: #100 Punish Domestic Terrorists
That probably depends on the phone. It’s very easy going from one Samsung phone to another.
Samsung S7 running Android 8 to a Motorola G Power 2021 running Android 10. Mostly that last bit is the pain. Lots of extraneous Google crap to deal with.
re: #101 Teukka
There are places, like Sweden, where you, if you have a communicable disease which ticks all the boxes (mandatory testing on suspicion, mandatory contact tracing, danger to society, danger to public, and, of course, notifiable), you can get forced into care if you as an infected person behave in a way which seriously endangers others. Sort of like 5150, but for physical diseases.
There are places, like America, where if you have a communicable disease can go to trump rallies and infect others.
re: #10 jeffreyw
Get some Cole slaw, imported Swiss, Russian Dressing and that incredible Onion Roll and you got the Langer’s famous #19!
And Don’t Forget The Pickle!!!!!! 😏
Best re-direct of the day:
re: #105 Dave In Austin
Best re-direct of the day:
I had to click it just because of my absolutely insatiable curiosity, and nearly fell out of my chair laughing. SFW, by the way.
re: #101 Teukka
But, she never tested positive.
God forbid we’d get some profiles on folks who decided TO GET VACCINATED rather than lose their job.
re: #108 Eclectic Cyborg
God forbid we’d get some profiles on folks who decided TO GET VACCINATED rather than lose their job.
Hi. I’m 37, I live in one of the bluest states in the country, and I’m not a dumbass, so I got vaccinated at the earliest possible opportunity because I actually care about my family and want them to live in a normal world instead of a plague-infested shithole.
re: #109 Dopamine Fish
Hi. I’m 37, I live in one of the bluest states in the country, and I’m not a dumbass, so I got vaccinated at the earliest possible opportunity because I actually care about my family and want them to live in a normal world instead of a plague-infested shithole.
You might as well be a fukn’ Canadian.
A Muslim Arab American high school student was left “in shock” after a teacher responded to his question about math homework using the term “terrorists.” According to WABC, the teacher from Ridgefield Memorial High School in Bergen County, New Jersey, made the insensitive comment following a question from Mohammed Zubi, a senior student, regarding his math work. Zubi had asked his teacher if he could finish an assignment at home on Tuesday.“He responded saying, ‘We don’t negotiate with terrorists,’” Zubi told WABC. “So I look around in shock, there’s people laughing, and there’s other people in shock, and I turn around and ask my friend, ‘Did he really just say that?’ and she said yes.”
re: #111 Belafon
I supposed I don’t even have to guess the skin color of the teacher…
UPDATE: Shots fired, multiple injuries reported at Boise Town Square Mall: https://t.co/huw6FAC6Bf pic.twitter.com/1u8OWVIxz7
— CBS2 News (@CBS2Boise) October 25, 2021
uh, wut?
The name’s Gosar. Paul Gosar. pic.twitter.com/Rm5Cxleiqa
— Paul Gosar (@DrPaulGosar) October 25, 2021
re: #109 Dopamine Fish
Hi. I’m 37, I live in one of the bluest states in the country, and I’m not a dumbass, so I got vaccinated at the earliest possible opportunity because I actually care about my family and want them to live in a normal world instead of a plague-infested shithole.
Nothing to get outraged at here folks, just keep moving…
re: #17 jeffreyw
We are in S Illinois and had a hell of a storm come through last night. Window rattling thunder boomers, 2” plus of rain. I’m hearing of a tornado 20 miles north of us that flattened some farm buildings, no injuries. Power never went out here.
re: #10 jeffreyw
Good to hear that you and family are okay. after yesterday’s storm.
For some reason I had thought that you were in Minnesota, Not sure how I arrived at that.
And that pastrami in post #10 looks really good!
re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth
Well he probably is a Russian agent so…
Three water sausages that are definitely up to no good…. pic.twitter.com/3UixZeUaP6
— In Otter News…. (@In_Otter_News2) October 25, 2021
re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth
Grandiose, but too sensitive to allow replies.
One of the big issues with Typhoid Mary was that she continued to work as a cook. As soon as she was busted, she went somewhere else and got a job as a cook.The fact that she infected at least 53 people and killed at least 3. might also have had something to do with her being quarantined.
Mary Mallon (September 23, 1869 - November 11, 1938), also known as Typhoid Mary, was an Irish-born cook believed to have infected 53 people with typhoid fever, three of whom died, and the first person in the United States identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the disease pathogen, Salmonella typhi.Because she persisted in working as a cook, by which she exposed others to the disease, she was twice forcibly quarantined by authorities, eventually for the final two decades of her life. Mallon died after a total of nearly 30 years in isolation.
re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth
uh, wut?
Gosar. Paul Gosar. Soon to be arrested for sedition…
Meanwhile we got another MAGAT who out-assholes Gosar!
MAGA rioter told investigators that Ashli Babbitt never existed and ‘statistics’ prove Trump is still president
In addition to believing that Trump is still the President, Weisbecker says that Ashli Babbitt doesn’t really exist. pic.twitter.com/I6CrAt5UX1
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) October 25, 2021
what’s this photo from?
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) October 25, 2021
📌 Delta variant + confined spaces + high population density = very high attack rate.
This study👇found that on a single navy ship the Delta variant infected 272 out of 301 individuals. A 90.4% attack rate!
They were not vaccinated.
Report: https://t.co/ZddX8IDZDs pic.twitter.com/KvMGOhih68— Dr. Ali Nouri (@AliNouriPhD) October 24, 2021
With the right link to the study:https://t.co/5tIGwxkhsN
— Dr. Ali Nouri (@AliNouriPhD) October 24, 2021
re: #125 Dread Pirate Ron
Does it say which ship?
re: #11 wrenchwench
I have no idea of the ideological context of this confrontation.
What I see in this video is that enough members of the congregation went after him to intimidate him from trying to be physically violent. I seems to me that the pile-on reduced the fighting and possible injury.
The age and maturity of the congregation members who responded also probably reduced the amount of injury the dude in blue had. Although I would guess that he took a few well deserved hits.
My last thought is that the dude in blue, being larger and in better shape than most of the congregation seems to have thought that he could intimidate everybody. And he backed down when he realized that they were not going to allow him to bully them.
re: #126 Belafon
Does it say which ship?
An Arleigh Burke class ship has a complement of about 300 or so. Subs and smaller ships have lower crewing requirements, Marine LHDs are also a possibility if the USMC complement embarked is considered separate from the crew.
re: #126 Belafon
Does it say which ship?
From a quick scan, it mentions a destroyer of 4400 tons.
Paper’s link is behind private labels to reduce clutter:
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re: #122 ckkatz
One of the big issues with Typhoid Mary was that she continued to work as a cook. As soon as she was busted, she went somewhere else and got a job as a cook.The fact that she infected at least 53 people and killed at least 3. might also have had something to do with her being quarantined.
People hired Mary Mallon because she could make ice cream and Peaches Melba (with her unwashed hands).
re: #8 ckkatz
The below WashPost article reminded me that one of our esteemed lizards, a resident of southern Illinois, posted yesterday about a possible tornado near her. And, come to think about it, I have not seen any posts today by several of our Midwest correspondents.
I hope that all are well!
Severe storms threaten Mid-Atlantic on Monday after Sunday’s tornado swarm in Missouri
Thank you! I’m OK; hope everyone else is. Tornado went along from west to east but to the north of me. Winds were supposed to be about 15mph, but they sure seemed stronger than that, and the lightning strikes were considerable.
Actor Jim Caviezel makes a surprise appearance at the QAnon conference in Las Vegas. pic.twitter.com/FRtNfomQk1
— Travis View (@travis_view) October 25, 2021
So the context here is that Jim Caviezel has always been super into violence and crank theocratic religiousity.
QAA Episode 143: Jim Caviezel: Enter The Cavortex feat Dave Anthony
re: #126 Belafon
Does it say which ship?
On a single navy ship (a navy destroyer; 4400 tons), 272 of the 301 navy soldiers were
infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Delta
variant of concern (VOC) during their missions aboard in the Gulf of Guinea off the
western coast of Africa.
1,2,3 This incident has provided three lessons for the COVID-19
Delta VOC pandemic.
Reference 1: Ministry of National Defense (Republic of Korea). Official announcement of the results
of the Ministry of National Defense audit, related to the cluster of infection with
‘CORONA-19’ in the Cheonghae unit (September 8, 2021). Gov’t briefs. (in Korean).
Don Jr making fun of Alec Baldwin’s accidental shooting on set pic.twitter.com/kwcggOUN6o
— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) October 25, 2021
re: #114 Backwoods_Sleuth
Five people and a Boise Police officer were injured in this event. Police are making notifications to family of those involved and continuing to clear the mall.
— Boise PD (@BoisePD) October 25, 2021
Well, the first storm of the evening is here. This one is out of the south.
The big one, from the west, will be along in a few hours. From what I can see, it doesn’t look like Philadelphia will be participating in most of the second storm.
re: #133 The Ghost of a Flea
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So the context here is that Jim Caviezel has always been super into violence and crank theocratic religiousity.
QAA Episode 143: Jim Caviezel: Enter The Cavortex feat Dave Anthony
Has Taraji P Henson ever commented about him? Her character is the one with the shippiness (slow burn for a season, one kiss, then she was killed. She also appeared as his hallucination in an episode where he almost died.)
re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth
He knows it’s stupid, and has blocked replies.
re: #134 BlueSpotinAL
On a single navy ship (a navy destroyer; 4400 tons), 272 of the 301 navy soldiers were
infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Delta
variant of concern (VOC) during their missions aboard in the Gulf of Guinea off the
western coast of Africa.
1,2,3 This incident has provided three lessons for the COVID-19
Delta VOC pandemic.Reference 1: Ministry of National Defense (Republic of Korea). Official announcement of the results
of the Ministry of National Defense audit, related to the cluster of infection with
‘CORONA-19’ in the Cheonghae unit (September 8, 2021). Gov’t briefs. (in Korean).
is a navy soldier what the rest of the world refers to as a sailor?
re: #137 ckkatz
Well, the first storm of the evening is here. This one is out of the south.
The big one, from the west, will be along in a few hours. From what I can see, it doesn’t look like Philadelphia will be participating in most of the second storm.
We had a good downpour last night. Just so happens I had walked to town to have a couple drinks and about half way home it started pouring. I was drenched by the time I got home.
re: #137 ckkatz
Well, the first storm of the evening is here. This one is out of the south.
The big one, from the west, will be along in a few hours. From what I can see, it doesn’t look like Philadelphia will be participating in most of the second storm.
It’ll slide by Philly like an Eagles fan on a greased-up utility pole.
This old bird is now Vaxed to the max. pic.twitter.com/IaxB5wYRSI
— Michele: Out of the closet. Into the fire (@michele_out) October 25, 2021
My attempt tonight with the Air Fryer, frozen egg rolls (chicken and vegie). They came out pretty well (Tai Pai type egg rolls). 400 degrees for 10 minutes.
re: #138 sagehen
Has Taraji P Henson ever commented about him? Her character is the one with the shippiness (slow burn for a season, one kiss, then she was killed. She also appeared as his hallucination in an episode where he almost died.)
According to the podcast, he is an absolutely terrible person. I never watched Person of Interest but the podcast mentioned an African American actress with whom he was supposed to have an affair during one season, but he strenuously objected because he believed that people who were white should not be involved in relationships with those who were black. So her role was substantially diminished.
I did wonder if he had some serious disability or brain damage because it made it clear that he could not memorize any lines at all and that he had to read from a script for all his scenes.
I had always liked him as an actor but am totally done with him now.
re: #104 JOE 🥓
Get some Cole slaw, imported Swiss, Russian Dressing and that incredible Onion Roll and you got the Langer’s famous #19!
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And Don’t Forget The Pickle!!!!!! 😏
I’d hit that!
re: #143 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Kaiser still has “Moderna and J&J boosters haven’t been authorized yet, only Pfizer” on the website and I haven’t got any emails about it, but as soon as they do, I’m making an appointment immediately. Unless I can quickly get one out of their sites like my original shots I got from the County drive-up vaccination sites.
re: #148 Barefoot Grin
When Republicans switch sides and make a major to do about, admit they were wrong, and actively make amends for any harm they did… that I can get behind.
When things like this happen, it just shows it’s all basically just sports to them. He got traded around a few times and switched uniforms, and that’s all it is to him. They have no concept of how peoples lives are effected by what certain “teams” do. The consequences of an election to them are no different to the consequences of a Vikings v Packers game.
re: #145 Hecuba’s daughter
According to the podcast, he is an absolutely terrible person. I never watched Person of Interest but the podcast mentioned an African American actress with whom he was supposed to have an affair during one season, but he strenuously objected because he believed that people who were white should not be involved in relationships with those who were black. So her role was substantially diminished.
The producers at least compensated, she had plenty of opportunity to showcase what she’s capable of. There were a couple episodes where she went undercover on girl power missions with the other female stars (Amy Acker and Sarah Shahi), and a very sweet mentor/protegee relationship with the gangster version of Veronica Mars’ dad.
re: #150 sagehen
The producers at least compensated, she had plenty of opportunity to showcase what she’s capable of. There were a couple episodes where she went undercover on girl power missions with the other female stars (Amy Acker and Sarah Shahi), and a very sweet mentor/protegee relationship with the gangster version of Veronica Mars’ dad.
That’s who I think of Enrico as too. He’ll always be Keith Mars to me.
This is Ragnar. He’s on his way to the park. Never been to one before. Put on a bow tie to hopefully make a good first impression. 13/10 pic.twitter.com/Ij6GL24oy7
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) October 25, 2021
re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth
The party of responsibility and self-reliance has transformed into the party of whiny victimhood. Or more likely the mask slipped and they’ve always been the opposite of what they claim to be.
The @DeptofDefense will continue to work with the interagency, our allies and partners, and the international community to tackle the existential threat of climate change. We share this planet, and shared threats demand shared solutions. https://t.co/W1ZG10Hoxe
— Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III (@SecDef) October 25, 2021
“I’m not going to be the governor who failed to act and people got hurt,” Beshear said.
But … can folks can still put on masks and carry guns around inside the Capitol, as seen last year? ^JC pic.twitter.com/ttzFV0XCes— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) October 25, 2021
re: #153 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
The party of responsibility and self-reliance has transformed into the party of whiny victimhood. Or more likely the mask slipped and they’ve always been the opposite of what they claim to be.
You mean the party of plutocrats, Lost Causers, and fossil fuel magnates, don’t you?
re: #147 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
Kaiser still has “Moderna and J&J boosters haven’t been authorized yet, only Pfizer” on the website and I haven’t got any emails about it, but as soon as they do, I’m making an appointment immediately. Unless I can quickly get one out of their sites like my original shots I got from the County drive-up vaccination sites.
Moderna has been approved for anyone over 18 who got the J&J vax more than 2 months ago. NO restrictions. I set my appointment up early today at CVS and got it this afternoon. This old gal is one happy camper for sure. Of course I’ll still mask up when out not only because it is wise to do so, but becauseI am also surrounded by covidiots.
Antimaskers to the right of me, antivaxers to the left of me. Here I am, caught in the middle with you. :-)
re: #153 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
The party of responsibility and self-reliance has transformed into the party of whiny victimhood. Or more likely the mask slipped and they’ve always been the opposite of what they claim to be.
They used to have policy ideas and goals; but once they’d achieved all of them (lower taxes, less safety net, deregulation, win the Cold War) they just couldn’t come up with any reasonable new ones. That’s when they went all-in on culture war grievance and power for the sake of power.
it just gets worse and worse
Among The Facebook Papers is an internal memo that alleges Zuckerberg was directly involved in a 2019 decision to reinstate a video that falsely claimed abortions are “never medically necessary,” according to documents reviewed by the FT.
The inaccurate post was originally removed by a Facebook moderator, leading to backlash from Republican figureheads, the report says.
Facebook’s decision to put the post back up was one of several examples cited by employees who claim executives intervene in misinformation removal “when they see that they could harm powerful political actors,” according to The Financial Times.
I have come to the conclusion that Mark Zuckerberg is a seriously spineless motherfucker.
re: #161 Eclectic Cyborg
I have come to the conclusion that Mark Zuckerberg is a seriously spineless motherfucker.
Who is being totally controlled by Putin and the GRU.
re: #155 Backwoods_Sleuth
The fun would go out of open carry in public buildings if the Meal Team members were credibly informed that they are items of personal interest to KSP sniper teams. If you can’t disarm them, outgun them.
re: #52 steve_davis
Basically exactly how I responded last time I woke up naked in the cash drawer, with somebody petting me.
My dude, is there something about you we’re unaware of? Do tell.
re: #161 Eclectic Cyborg
I have come to the conclusion that Mark Zuckerberg is a seriously spineless motherfucker.
No. He is a totally amoral libertarian, whose only thought is how to maximize his wealth, without engaging in any obviously criminal activity.
I’m guessing they thought he wanted nothing to do with them because he was gay and they had abused him over it.
When the discovery of more than two dozen bodies stashed under John Wayne Gacy’s house near Chicago was making headlines all over the world in the late 1970s, Francis Wayne Alexander’s family in North Carolina didn’t think much of it. The way they saw it, Alexander had cut off communication with them because he wanted to be left alone.
Then came news this month that for more than 40 years, the man they knew as Wayne was known as Victim #5 in the city where he had gone to start a new life. They were told that DNA tests on the remains of one of the half-dozen unidentified victims of the notorious serial killer were Alexander’s.
“They just loved him, but they thought that he wanted nothing more to do with them, so that’s why there was never a missing person’s report,” Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said at a news conference Monday announcing the latest victim identification.
Family of Newly Identified Gacy Victim Never Knew He Was Dead (AP)
O_o
Steve Bannon tells Lindell he is “a genius” because of his new plan to file his lawsuit the day before Thanksgiving. Bannon says that Biden was hoping families would come together again, but Lindell’s lawsuit will ruin the holidays by causing families to get into fistfights. pic.twitter.com/2i5GBr9qXh
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 25, 2021
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 25, 2021
re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth
Pretty sure ~100% of democrats don’t believe a fucking thing Lindell says.
re: #168 Eventual Carrion
These people are children
I’m not ever having a thanksgiving with trump supporters. Will walk out if it every happens. I value what is left of my sanity.
I should be able to laugh off the fact that a lawsuit filled more than a year after an election is sad. Would be hilarious if these people didn’t have guns and an urge to burn it all down. Fuck Lidell and Fuck Bannon. Jail is too good, but I will settle for it.
BREAKING: A judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of @MagnoliaISD’s unconstitutional gender-based hair policy, allowing students to return to school without cutting their hair.
All Texas students have the right to an education free from discrimination.— ACLU of Texas (@ACLUTx) October 25, 2021
re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth
O_o
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I think that come this Thanksgivings families can put aside their differences and in a show of unity matter, come together and laugh at Mike Pillow.
Ran across an odd gun today on the Henry website: Henry Garden Gun .22 LR smoothbore.
This is a specialized gun for the little .22 shotshells, aka “rat shot,” that can be fired occasionally from almost any .22LR rifle or pistol. As they point out in the blurb, firing shot through a rifled barrel will eventually erode the rifling though. The Garden Gun is essentially the same as the well-known Henry lever-action .22, but without the rifling. I think it could also fire normal .22 ammunition but accuracy, and possibly muzzle velocity, would be terrible. Like all Henry guns, it is a little on the pricey side ($436 MSRP). It’s interesting though and I’m sure there is someone somewhere who would have real use for it.
re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth
O_o
This is what Bannon wants? A brawl at every dinner table in America?
I guess the Purge must not be too far behind.
/
re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth
This is exactly who they are and what they want.
I lost my family and friends to this bullshit and I am about ready to punch a motherfucker over this kind of shit. They are doing it on purpose and they will not stop until they are stopped. This isn’t normal shit and it won’t go away by being nice. They aren’t going to have some revelation where they realize how fucked in the head they are. They like this, they want us to hate and fight and even kill each other.
re: #175 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
…Like all Henry guns, it is a little on the pricey side ($436 MSRP). It’s interesting though and I’m sure there is someone somewhere who would have real use for it.
Gotta really hate that rat.
DEMOCRAT HOSTAGE SITUATION pic.twitter.com/j4y1SxcyF4 03
— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) October 25, 2021
re: #173 Backwoods_Sleuth
Texas is on one hell of a fucked up roll lately.
GODDAMNIT DANCING HORSES CANT EAT REGULAR HORSE FOOD, BRET!!! https://t.co/Qzv9wzy3bz
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) October 25, 2021
This is from an email from the ACLU:
This new policy imposes strict requirements on adult content websites that use Mastercard’s credit card or payment options - including pre-approval of all content before publication. The stated intent of this is to prevent child sexual abuse material and other non-consensual content. But the policy only applies to websites that host adult content - despite all available evidence indicating these problems proliferate across the web.
So in reality, all Mastercard’s policy really does is threaten sex workers’ access to the financial services and online platforms that they depend on for safety and livelihood - making them even more vulnerable, especially those who are trans women of color.
re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth
O_o
Let that asshole file another lawsuit…and then have a judge smack the shit out of him.
Lindell needs to be arrested and charged with sedition.
Police in Boise, Idaho, say two people were killed and six injured in a shooting at a shopping mall. https://t.co/89Qu4Vc9Gj
— NBCWashington (@nbcwashington) October 25, 2021
re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth
They aren’t investing in things that build jobs RIGHT NOW, you greasy haired twit.
re: #184 Backwoods_Sleuth
One of the dead is a cop, per the story.
This was so satisfying I watched it twice https://t.co/dbMtiEu8pL
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) October 25, 2021
re: #158 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Interesting since he already has a character in the DC universe.
re: #181 Backwoods_Sleuth
What an amazing, brazen liar Willard is. As every fatcat knows, this is the direct opposite of the truth. It is LOW taxes that encourage unproductive spending, since expenditures that are likely to produce jobs are deductible and would be more attractive in a high tax environment.
re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth
The pause in this is perfect:
— Baseball Boy #1 (@LizRummy) October 25, 2021
re: #187 Backwoods_Sleuth
“That’s assault!” he cries, after VIOLENTLY SHOVING THE DUDE WHO PUNCHED HIM.
Asshole.
Don’t make me tap my favorite chart https://t.co/B6mtJOyfaV pic.twitter.com/FHZOatgGPr
— Ari Drennen🌲 🏔 (@AriDrennen) October 25, 2021
re: #162 JOE 🥓
Who is being totally controlled by Putin and the GRU.
This kind of evidence-free assertion is the kind of thing we complain about when facebook doesn’t remove it.
re: #192 Belafon
Maybe this is a natural side effect since we’ve eliminated some of the stigma around various gender identities?
Long game spy hijinks from a Ludlum novel
or
Normal operating mode of capitalism
re: #194 Eclectic Cyborg
Maybe this is a natural side effect since we’ve eliminated some of the stigma around various gender identities?
Yep, like the graph says.
Rod should have referred Ross to his exorcist. The man does solid work, I hear.
— Edwin (@EdMix13) October 25, 2021
Maine Coon Alert—-we have an Ella the kitten update. She hasn’t quite learned that you’re supposed to knock the flowers over, but I’ll send her some tips to guide her along. pic.twitter.com/JcubeJwCgs
— Lorenzo The Cat (@LorenzoTheCat) October 25, 2021
re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth
I was going to leave a snarky comment but the coward Gosar has blocked all comments, so I’ll leave it here.
re: #199 gocart mozart
Why would you slander Hermey like that?
re: #200 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Why would you slander Hermey like that?
Hermey became a dentist, moved into a gated community and led MAGA boat parades.
Why do you think he refused to do the sequel?
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Protesters at a *school* that President Biden is visiting in New Jersey are waving flags that read “F🇺🇸K BIDEN, continuing the very normal discourse we have these days.
(We could only see them over the port-a-potty.) pic.twitter.com/7kJ8qfnUKv— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) October 25, 2021
I tend to think if a Virginia Governor candidate ran an ad with my mom claiming I got night terrors from a Toni Morrison novel as a high school senior and therefore the book should be banned the embarrassment would be so severe as to be instantly fatal. https://t.co/4soxrPLS95 https://t.co/oqN3lXuaXs
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 25, 2021
As Daily Kos covered at the time, Rachel Levine, an openly trans woman, made history when she became the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services assistant secretary earlier this year. Levine has a long, impressive work history, including serving as the Pennsylvania health secretary during the COVID-19 pandemic. She recently became the first female four-star officer with the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps when she was sworn in as an admiral. And of course, Republicans couldn’t handle it.One example? Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana unleased a nasty, transphobic tweet saying the “title of first female four-star officer gets taken by a man.” This is transphobic because Levine is a woman regardless of how she was assigned at birth. It also matches the recent Republican obsession that trans folks are “taking” things from cis girls and women (like sports scholarships). In a pleasant turn of events, Twitter has locked Banks’ account over the tweet, as reported by The Washington Post.
re: #200 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Why would you slander Hermey like that?
I’d love to see Hermey pull all of Gosar’s teeth out!
#BREAKING The Senate confirmed Myrna Pérez to serve on the Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. An exceptional voting rights attorney who is intimately familiar with election law, Judge Pérez becomes the only Latina sitting on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court.https://t.co/Y5ujShfNnH pic.twitter.com/iNIqQXnHHk
— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) October 25, 2021
A federal judge has dealt conservative figure James O’Keefe a legal blow, ruling that his group’s undercover operations against a Democratic consulting firm can fairly be described at an upcoming million-dollar trial as “political spying.”Making matters worse for the right-wing star, the judge cited O’Keefe’s own book as evidence against him.
Judge Rules O’Keefe’s Schemes Can Be Portrayed to Jury as ‘Political Spying’ (The Daily Beast)
This fellow can become many things I’m sure, but he prob can never name a law firm after himself. pic.twitter.com/77hxeHtvKx
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) October 25, 2021
Cinnamon Swirl Bread pic.twitter.com/4JPv5G3hIK
— Liddle Pecan Pie 🌈🍁🥧 (@Pie_Overlord) October 25, 2021
re: #211 The Pie Overlord!
The wife is making chocolate chip cookies tonight. Love that fresh baking smell in the house!
re: #203 Belafon
Conservative “protestors” publicly using vulgar, sexualized language at a *school* and openly disrespecting authority thereby modeling bad behavior in front of impressionable young people, for shame! Are there no behavioral standards anymore?
Who would’ve guessed that their parents were secret liberals following the permissive parenting philosophies of that commie peacenik, Dr Spock?
If my brother acted like these people, both my grandfathers would’ve whipped him: one with a belt, the other with a razor strop.
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For the record, I oppose corporal punishment for children and view my parent’s and grandparents ’ disciplinary procedures as child abuse.
Thing I keep forgetting and then randomly being reminded of. pic.twitter.com/n1cGHb2FFN
— Willow 🍞+🎪 (@RockShrimp) October 26, 2021
The Travelling Dingleberries
— Edwin (@EdMix13) October 26, 2021
re: #125 Dread Pirate Ron
Well that kind of takes a shit on that idiot Republican who wants Biden to lift the mandate for military personnel for readiness, doesn’t it?
re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth
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JUST NOW — A defiant SENATOR @BrianKelsey Responds to the DOJ’s CONSPIRACY INDICTMENT: “A political witch hunt… Biden admin is trying to take me down because I’m conservative…”
Yes, a state Senator in a TN GOP supermajority state is likely high on Biden’s list of priorities🙄 pic.twitter.com/TV6Qnf06lG— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) October 25, 2021
Good enough reason for me.
I watched the Chappelle show because I wanted to see for myself what everybody was pissed off about, and yeah. It’s pretty bad. He actually did make me laugh at a couple of points, I have to admit, but I was left with an impression of a rich privileged motherfucker (I think those are his own words) who has crawled way too far up his own ass, and lacks the humanity? empathy? decency? to recognize how much this kind of cruel humor actually can harm people in the real world.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has called for the expulsion of any member of Congress who helped plan the storming of the U.S. Capitol after a bombshell report alleged that several Republican lawmakers had co-ordinated with rally organizers,” Newsweek reports.
Edited version of the above rant.
I watched the Chappelle show because I wanted to see for myself what everybody was pissed off about, and yeah. It’s pretty bad.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2021
He actually did make me laugh at a couple of points, I have to admit, but I was left with an impression of a rich privileged motherfucker (paraphrasing his description) who has crawled way too far up his own ass and no longer recognizes…
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2021
how much real harm this kind of cruel mockery can actually cause to decent people in the real world.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2021
re: #218 Charles Johnson
If that’s what they need to be funny, well then they really are just not that funny anyway.
Apparently, the Great Matrix in which we live only has a 100,000 face templates and has to keep re-re-using them. So next time you see an 18th century vicar pretending to be Hugh Laurie, you’ll know why. pic.twitter.com/ayUGVTzrgz
— BabelColour (@StuartHumphryes) October 26, 2021
CNN: “President Biden has spent a significant amount of time away from the White House, particularly on weekends, since his January inauguration. Including last weekend’s trip to Delaware, Biden has taken 35 personal trips and spent all or part of 108 of his first 276 days in office at one of his Delaware homes or at Camp David in Maryland. That includes partial days, like Friday — when he spent the day at the White House and departed in the evening.
Best rando:
Nearly every day the Washington Press Corps
report that President Biden is meeting with
legislators, medical experts, economic analysts — and not a single Nazi rat bastard traitor amongst them.
Sorry, what was the question again?
14th Amendment, Clause 3
No Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.
A misinformation campaign is crusading against the creation of a national heritage area in Montana that would preserve part of Lewis & Clark’s portage route, a pioneer town, a Blackfoot hunting site, and the home and studio of artist C.M. Russell. https://t.co/ISOuTARDeK?
— National Parks Conservation Association (@NPCA) October 26, 2021
Schoolyard bullies who never grew up. They just got richer. https://t.co/dkfPQxmPFW
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) October 26, 2021
— MJosling 🇨🇦 (@MJosling53) October 24, 2021
Catching Up:
On Hermie: Unsanctioned dentistry on an endangered species, abetting unregulated mining operations, and a flat out refusal to acknowledge he created half the mess at the Island of Misfit Toys with his sloppy workmanship. Screw him.
On Arizona, beautiful place, scary people. The story of the west
On Stephen Baldwin: not fair to portray someone willing to appear on camera with a gun as anti gun. Holding a gun has responsibility even if it’s a prop and the holder has an affirmative duty to treat it as loaded unless both ammunition loading system and chamber explicitly checked. Holding a loaded gun do not put finger on trigger until ready to fire at designated target with an understanding of what’s behind the target. Screw him
On World Series: 3 100+
win teams in regular season and not one made the Series.
re: #218 Charles Johnson
I watched the Chappelle show because I wanted to see for myself what everybody was pissed off about, and yeah. It’s pretty bad. He actually did make me laugh at a couple of points, I have to admit, but I was left with an impression of a rich privileged motherfucker (I think those are his own words) who has crawled way too far up his own ass, and lacks the humanity? empathy? decency? to recognize how much this kind of cruel humor actually can harm people in the real world.
Yeah. *DELETED* for obvious reasons.
re: #211 The Pie Overlord!
I didn’t know it was my favorite until I saw it just now.
re: #197 gocart mozart
Rod Dreher: Ross Douthat got Lyme Disease, proving science is bullshit and Fauci is a monster and you should only trust in the Woo: pic.twitter.com/ejeCfrfM8P
— Roy Edroso (@edroso) October 25, 2021
Douthat had a very powerful column about his nightmare descent into chronic illness, in his case Lyme disease. It is quite clear that, like all conservatives, he would have been dismissive of these ailments if one had not struck him; they have difficulty empathizing with someone who has problems they themselves have not experienced. Now of course, it is not just fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and Lyme disease, but also Covid-19 long-haulers. And the suffering may be lifelong. I seldom have any respect for Douthat, but in this case, he deserves our sympathy.
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