John Oliver: Homelessness
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With homelessness increasing nationwide, John Oliver takes a look at the way we discuss the unhoused, what policy failures are making the problem worse, and how we can help.
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re: #158 Belafon
Define reliably, Senator, because 100% doesn’t apply to any vaccine if a significant amount of the population refuses to get vaccinated.
Measles vaccine efficacy — depending on study, etc. — under 95% efficacious
Mumps vaccine efficacy — depending on study, etc. — under 88% efficacious
Pertussis (whooping cough) — 80-90% efficacious
I can go on — Fuck. Those. Assholes.
“We’re going to spend $3 billion on new wires in Texas!”
“Electrical wires? To fix the state’s constantly failing power grid?”
“What? Oh, God no.” https://t.co/tDIDER5wAG— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) November 1, 2021
It goes back to Pruneface Reagan, Stockman and Gramm slashing the Section 8 budget in 1981. Homelessness really began to spike when housing assistance was cut. Of course those assholes kept repeating the “private charity is more efficient” bullshit which Pruneface mainstreamed.
re: #3 JOE 🥓
It goes back to Pruneface Reagan, Stockman and Gramm slashing the Section 8 budget in 1981. Homelessness really began to spike when housing assistance was cut. Of course those assholes kept repeating the “private charity is more efficient” bullshit which Pruneface mainstreamed.
Private charity is more likely to be recruitment for a theocratic death cult, which is why members of the cult think it’s better than being a civilized nation.
Don’t know if she was vaxxed, but Buffy’s is in trouble. Her twitter timeline is full of RW brain rot.
🙏🏼 Prayers for me please. Yesterday I took an ambulance ride to the hospital. I’m still here with pneumonia, I’m on oxygen etc, all covid related of course. I’m in good spirits and in great hands. ❤️🙏🏼
— Kristy Swanson (@KristySwansonXO) November 1, 2021
re: #5 JOE 🥓
Let me guess-Abbott is going to electrify the fence…
Probably add some laser-sharks to the Rio Grand…
re: #6 KingKenrod
Don’t know if she was vaxxed, but Buffy’s is in trouble. Her twitter timeline is full of RW brain rot.
Probably not. This is not the good Buffy.
The vaccine will protect you from the worst of it, assuming you weren’t incredibly irresponsible.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) November 1, 2021
This is EXACTLY the kind of stupid stunt right wingers would be cheering for if James O’Keefe was behind it. They’re trying like hell to push it into the mainstream media. pic.twitter.com/gl1kLSkFDC
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 1, 2021
re: #9 Charles Johnson
What’s supposed to be happening?
re: #10 Belafon
Evil democrats impersonating tiki torch sporting Nazis. I don’t get why any liberal would do this, and I have no idea who they are, but it’s stupid. There’s plenty of Nazi lovers out there, no need to make shit up.
re: #10 Belafon
What’s supposed to be happening?
Dunning Kruger effect in real time: Repugs once again demonstrating their inherently limited intelligence. The torch lady and her gang were obviously mocking Youngkin and his brain dead supporters. It is as obvious as the guys who dressed up in Russian uniforms to guard Cheeto’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Poor stupid dupes think they have seen through a clever liberal attempt at a false flag, having no idea how obvious it is to the rest of us.
President Biden at #COP26: “I guess I shouldn’t apologize, but I do apologize for the fact the United States, under the last administration, pulled out of the Paris accords and put us sort of behind the eight-ball a little bit.”https://t.co/NObgNinTJS pic.twitter.com/G7O1Q1TKI7
— CSPAN (@cspan) November 1, 2021
re: #4 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Private charity is more likely to be recruitment for a theocratic death cult, which is why members of the cult think it’s better than being a civilized nation.
also, during recessions and economic meltdowns, when assistance is most desperately needed, is exactly when charitable donations drop off.
The lesson for liberals here is that if you’re going to troll right wingers it needs to be SO OBVIOUS they look like idiots when they take it seriously. Otherwise they’ll pretend it was meant seriously and the media will almost certainly follow suit.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 1, 2021
re: #196 steve_davis
funnily enough, even if england and the u.s. had stayed out of the war, Russia would eventually, slowly have ground down the Nazis. The Nazis lost freakin’ millions of soldiers at Leningrad and Stalingrad. Hitler could have fed more divisions into both and it ultimately would have come out the same.
In the unlikely scenario that Lord Halifax’s proposed armistice was accepted, the result would have been an Eastern Front even more of a meat grinder than it was in our timeline. Without direct aid from the British and US, the USSR would have been a far more dire spot for everything from armor to aircraft to strategic supplies. You’d be looking at a war drug out for months, if not years longer than actually happened and the death toll would have been ruinous.
When you see Kristy Swanson and Ricky Schroeder both trending, you know this day is going to be stupid AF. pic.twitter.com/cF59LyumQf
— Kevin is Still Cynical & Crusty AF (@StillCrusty) November 1, 2021
Welp. That’s about enough internet for today, I think …
People who worship a blatantly racist narcissistic con man are probably not the best judges of what constitutes racism. https://t.co/PJ3R50ht6x
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 1, 2021
re: #17 Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
So Ricky is calling for another coup on Veterans Day.
Has the FBI paid him a visit to pull that Silver Spoon out of his mouth?
Maybe you should listen to the critics instead of mocking and dismissing them, because this was not the first time a GOP operative has been identified as a “liberal” in the pages of the New York Times.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 1, 2021
re: #21 Charles Johnson
Just helping out his “buddy” Steve Bannon. pic.twitter.com/X03YQt1sa9
— The Mockers (@The_Mockers) November 1, 2021
re: #18 Charles Johnson
“If no one saw skin color then everything would be perfect.”
1. No, everything wouldn’t be perfect.
2. We don’t live in the world where people don’t see skin color.
NYT political reporters are some of the most arrogant people I’ve ever encountered.
re: #18 Charles Johnson
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I don’t consider the term “colorblind” when used in the context of racial discrimination as “racist” so much as I think of it as “privileged.” As in the people who tend to use that term are those who are privileged enough to have never faced racial discrimination in their own lives or associated with those who have, so that when they hear cases of such they find themselves concluding that the discrimination is not racial in nature but due to some character flaw or past behavior.
re: #23 Belafon
If no one saw skin color, they’d choose some other factor as a basis for discrimination.
The individual is a longtime Virginia Republican who has been working against the accurate teaching of the history of race and racism for years now. The reporter didn’t know and let him ID himself, and should correct it. It’s not a big deal.
— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) November 1, 2021
“Don’t be so cynical”. Uh huh, OK.
Treasury Secretary Yellen expresses openness to defusing debt ceiling without GOP votes
After some party leaders ruled out approach last month, Yellen says Democrats-only budget process could prove ‘viable’ way to tackle debt limit
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Yellen knows whereof she speaks. I would follow her lead, and abolish the debt ceiling. In whatever way possible. The bipartisan path is just fun and games for Republicans now.
re: #23 Belafon
“If no one saw skin color then everything would be perfect.”
1. No, everything wouldn’t be perfect.
2. We don’t live in the world where people don’t see skin color.
Most people would rather have their skin color or disability acknowledged rather than dismissed. It’s like saying “I don’t have a racist bone in my body!”
re: #25 Targetpractice
I don’t consider the term “colorblind” when used in the context of racial discrimination as “racist” so much as I think of it as “privileged.” As in the people who tend to use that term are those who are privileged enough to have never faced racial discrimination in their own lives or associated with those who have, so that when they hear cases of such they find themselves concluding that the discrimination is not racial in nature but due to some character flaw or past behavior.
Racism is really a subset of hereditary privilege, which is what all conservative agitation is ultimately aimed at preserving or, if possible, expanding. Racism is how the hereditary elite get the white lower classes on board. They haven’t inherited money or property or status in traditional power networks, but they have inherited their skin color and that is more than enough for many once they see that it brings them, too, some kind of privilege.
re: #28 Amory Blaine
“Don’t be so cynical”. Uh huh, OK.
Of course. Of course it’s all our fault. NO matter what we do, it’s all our fault. Just fucking kick us in the teeth whenever we try and do something and tell us we’re to blame when it all goes wrong, even when the other side doesn’t even fucking hide the matches in their hands when it all goes to fucking flame.
Yes, welcome to Biden’s America where his administration stopped 10,000 pounds of fentanyl from entering the US
Do you even listen to yourself? https://t.co/kzvfJCY3qH— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 1, 2021
re: #33 Charles Johnson
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The current theory is that Chuck is running for reelection so that he can then retire and his grandson appointed to his seat, because Repubs are all against “dynasties” running for office but totally cool with them being appointed.
Chuck Grassley is why we need an upper age limit for Senators.
re: #28 Amory Blaine
“Don’t be so cynical”. Uh huh, OK.
I’ll have to read it later. What danger to democracy do we pose?
And as if this day couldn’t feel any shittier…
North Carolina Republicans passed their extreme congressional gerrymander out of state Senate committee. It would elect a 10-4 or 11-3 GOP majority in a 50-50 state & dilutes Black voters in the VRA-protected 1st District (now renumbered the 2nd) to make it a swing district https://t.co/x9YFbWlJY0 pic.twitter.com/G6qepJDciW
— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) November 1, 2021
Another state essentially lost to us for at least another generation on the state-level and below.
Power begets power begets absolute, unshakable, impenetrable power.
Manchin clearly enjoys being the turd in the punchbowl, and he’s getting well paid for it.
It’s a win-win. For him. Everyone else can go to hell.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 1, 2021
re: #39 Citizen K
And as if this day couldn’t feel any shittier…
Another state essentially lost to us for at least another generation on the state-level and below.
Power begets power begets absolute, unshakable, impenetrable power.
And obviously Democrats are the threat to Democracy.
re: #28 Amory Blaine
“Don’t be so cynical”. Uh huh, OK.
Which is why I gave up on NPR ever since their hatchet job on Anita Hill.
re: #36 Targetpractice
The current theory is that Chuck is running for reelection so that he can then retire and his grandson appointed to his seat, because Repubs are all against “dynasties” running for office but totally cool with them being appointed.
that’s how Lisa Murkowski initially got her seat; her father was the governor who appointed her.
re: #38 Belafon
I don’t think it matters. I would ask centrist democrats how they intend to reach these people. I OTOH don’t care about independents. Reaching out to new voters is the way forward for me, not begging votes from a voting block of unreliable fucktards.
re: #25 Targetpractice
I don’t consider the term “colorblind” when used in the context of racial discrimination as “racist” so much as I think of it as “privileged.” As in the people who tend to use that term are those who are privileged enough to have never faced racial discrimination in their own lives or associated with those who have, so that when they hear cases of such they find themselves concluding that the discrimination is not racial in nature but due to some character flaw or past behavior.
I had something of a debate about this with my sister a while back. She’s on Facebook a bit too much and follows (at least) Candace Owens. Owens had some post about how people were calling the sensor based faucets racist because they wouldn’t recognize dark skin. Of course the position of my sister and Owens was “that’s not racist, and you’re just looking for it everywhere.”
I was trying to explain to her that it was a blind spot or what is call negligent racism (you don’t have anyone in the room that’s different from you so you don’t consider alternative points of view or effects). But I couldn’t get through to her because in her mind racism is purely an interpersonal thing “I don’t like/hate those people” and not something that could be the result of omissions conscious or not.
Which, by the way, that distinction is the central point of CRT… it’s not necessarily about the intent so much as the outcomes. Much like the difference between intentional torts and negligence - that I hit you in the face with a baseball bat and causes damage is more important than whether I meant to do it or it was an accident
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re: #28 Amory Blaine
“Don’t be so cynical”. Uh huh, OK.
Independents are Republicans that are too embarrassed to say they’re Republicans. They have the same antidemocratic brainwashing as any other Republican.
re: #44 Amory Blaine
I don’t think it matters. I would ask centrist democrats how they intend to reach these people. I OTOH don’t care about independents. Reaching out to new voters is the way forward for me, not begging votes from a voting block of unreliable fucktards.
Independent isn’t an ideology. There are some who are more liberal than the mainstream democrats, there are some more conservative than mainstream republicans. Then there’s people like me who don’t really fit well in any box (center left libertarian). That the numbers are fairly even isn’t much of a surprise.
re: #28 Amory Blaine
“Don’t be so cynical”. Uh huh, OK.
“Independents” are merely Republicans who are too embarrassed to admit to being Republicans in politically mixed company.
re: #47 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Independents are Republicans that are too embarrassed to say they’re Republicans. They have the same antidemocratic brainwashing as any other Republican.
The ranks of “Independents” always amazingly swells whenever a Repub in office ends up leaving in disgrace.
re: #28 Amory Blaine
“Don’t be so cynical”. Uh huh, OK.
There’s no such thing as “independents”; they’re embarrassed Republicans, and we can assume they’re rarely embarrassed enough to vote D.
Basically you can spot the “Independent” in your crowd of family/friends/coworkers/etc because they’re the one who gets uptight at Trump supporters being labeled as “racists.”
Lol @ Lindsey.
As senators fled on Jan. 6, an irate Sen. Lindsey Graham shouted at the senate sergeant-at-arms: “What are you doing? Take back the Senate! You’ve got guns. Use them.” This and more about what happened During the attack from chap. 2 of the Post’s series. https://t.co/OdToxdf9Kt
— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) November 1, 2021
Good luck with your base buddy!
re: #44 Amory Blaine
I don’t think it matters. I would ask centrist democrats how they intend to reach these people. I OTOH don’t care about independents. Reaching out to new voters is the way forward for me, not begging votes from a voting block of unreliable fucktards.
fundamental marketing
dont fight over increasing small slices of the existing pie
make the pie bigger
re: #53 b.d. (The war is over)
Lol @ Lindsey.
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Good luck with your base buddy!
“Shoot those peaceful tourists!”
re: #45 KGxvi
way back when, my recollection is the concept of color blindness w/r/t ‘race’ was a kind of shorthand for ‘a time when color no longer matters’
it has of course been co-opted by the right to be used as an inevitable cudgel.
implying that we already are there and anyone who doesnt see it that way is the racist
Just can’t figure out why Manchin keeps dragging out this Build Back Better debate. pic.twitter.com/vNOf3bhcjX
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) November 1, 2021
re: #60 A Mom Anon
Dang those would make great stencils.
re: #48 KGxvi
Independent isn’t an ideology. There are some who are more liberal than the mainstream democrats, there are some more conservative than mainstream republicans. Then there’s people like me who don’t really fit well in any box (center left libertarian). That the numbers are fairly even isn’t much of a surprise.
in my little corner, independent does not mean fence sitting or wishy-washy. It means not being myopically pigeonholed left/right r/d, cons/lib. It means not holding extreme or radical positions, generally black and white ones. It means not living on any one dimensional definition of positions.
It means not being required to hold similarly polarized positions on unrelated issues - ie say on abortion and gun control.
It does not mean not holding strong or convicted opinions. It also generally means each issue on its merits and sometimes cherry picking good points of otherwise bad policy.
It means that whether originalist, strict constructionist, or activist, it is not the only interpretation of the constitution possible. And while yours, whatever it is, may be passionate, reasonable, etc it is not necessarily the only “right” one. We are guessing to an extent - assuming, inferring. Whether it was left ambiguous on purpose or by accident - whether their ancillary writings help or hurt their “original intent”. It means recognizing that this is 2021 with 350+m people in a country that is 50 states, plus territories that covers more than just 13 colonies. There is an instantaneous world economy that can and does have devastating effects on us — in that instant. That we don’t control all the natural resources or even have the largest population that can influence the use of natural resources (by everyday consumption, not by manipulating their mining/use/sale) everything and it means recognizing the thorny issues created by progress technology, and that critical thinking people can in fact critically think and may arrive at perfectly reasonable, workable, livable conclusions different from yours.
None of this says anything about not having or abandoning principles. It’s figuring out how to get as much as you can from the political process. Not stamping your foot and demanding that all things must go your way or you’ll throw a tantrum and then toss a wrench into the system, grinding it to a halt.
re: #61 Amory Blaine
That’s a cool idea. I may try that.
re: #53 b.d. (The war is over)
Lol @ Lindsey.
Good luck with your base buddy!
Lindsey: Take back the Senate! You’ve got guns - Use them!!!
Sgt-at-Arms: We are outnumbered, my lord. ‘Twould be suicide-by-mob. We must hold here and await reinforcements.
re: #62 William Lewis
Seems that the 12th Doctor has picked up a guitar for real.
The first single is here:
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They wrote Capaldi’s guitar playing into his Doctor.
Seems like Twitter has given up on trying to prevent the spread of anti-vaccine disinformation, because it’s absolutely rampant. Every single right wing account is doing it.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 1, 2021
re: #53 b.d. (The war is over)
Lol @ Lindsey.
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Good luck with your base buddy!
lindsey wasn’t in the loop?
Uh, this isn’t true.
Ron DeSantis announces Florida schools will no longer require vaccinations for polio, measles, & mumps… https://t.co/iZgXNFPOVd
— William LeGate (@williamlegate) October 31, 2021
re: #67 Charles Johnson
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so by definition twitter is representative of its users //
Seems like Twitter has given up on trying to prevent the spread of anti-vaccine disinformation, because it’s absolutely rampant. Every single right wing account is doing it.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 1, 2021
I despise DeSantis, but he’s talking about the law he passed about COVID vaccines, not polio, measles, and mumps. Those are still required.
re: #71 Charles Johnson
I despise DeSantis, but he’s talking about the law he passed about COVID vaccines, not polio, measles, and mumps. Those are still required.
i read it as sarcasm
re: #71 Charles Johnson
I despise DeSantis, but he’s talking about the law he passed about COVID vaccines, not polio, measles, and mumps. Those are still required.
For now. Wasn’t Florida the state where some dumbass legislator wanted a full review of all vaccination requirements, not just COVID?
re: #73 Dopamine Fish
For now. Wasn’t Florida the state where some dumbass legislator wanted a full review of all vaccination requirements, not just COVID?
I wouldn’t be surprised if they did it, but they haven’t yet.
Our modeling of excess deaths suggests the true toll is closer to 17m https://t.co/DngsJU1zi7 https://t.co/goOERDLL0X
— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) November 1, 2021
MANCHIN: I won’t support a bill unless it’s paid for, limits inflation, boosts the economy & helps Americans
WHITE HOUSE: Cool thx, the bill does all those things— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 1, 2021
Booster update. Been a little over 3 hours and my injection site is not even stiff or sore. Looking good so far. That is all
Summer turned 3 months old yesterday
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Sinema: I won’t accept a bill with tax increases or if it helps my constituents.
re: #2 BlueSpotinAL
Billions of dollars to erect razor wire that can be easily cut with pliers, or circumvented with ropes, carpets, etc., instead of rebuilding a damaged power grid that collapsed due to GOP incompetence and refusal to invest in power grid or oversight.
— lawhawk #vaxxingforafriend (@lawhawk) November 1, 2021
A great example of how a plane can look like a Tic-Tac when far away. This is Delta 2474 filmed from United 267 on Oct 17, 2021. https://t.co/Lzwy3XQSY8
— Mick West (@MickWest) November 1, 2021
re: #53 b.d. (The war is over)
Graham went from insisting that Capitol Police shoot the invading hoards of Trumpist insurrectionists to defending Trump and refusing to hold Trump admin officials accountable for their effort to overturn a legitimately held election that Trump clearly lost.
Fuck him.
re: #42 JOE 🥓
Which is why I gave up on NPR ever since their hatchet job on Anita Hill.
This is BULLSHIT
In response to the question, “In general, which party do you think is the bigger threat to democracy in the United States,” 41 percent of Independents said the Democratic Party, while 37 percent said the Republican Party. Among national adults, 42 percent said the former, while 41 percent said the latter. Among national registered voters, 43 percent said the Democratic Party, while 42 percent said the Republican Party.
Texas has so many problems that could be addressed with that kind of money, but of course Abbott is going to throw it away on useless anti-immigrant theater. Republican politics is all about who can be the biggest asshole. https://t.co/d1orP8co9t
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 1, 2021
re: #85 Charles Johnson
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he is not going to spend $3b just like trump never spent nearly the entire cost of his ‘wall’
he’s not going to get very much erected either - just like trump
Texas has so many problems that could be addressed with that kind of money, but of course Abbott is going to throw it away on useless anti-immigrant theater. Republican politics is all about who can be the biggest asshole. https://t.co/d1orP8co9t
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 1, 2021
re: #82 Charles Johnson
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LOL
Wait, aliens were flying Delta 2474?
— {{{ 𝘔𝘢𝘤_𝘝𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘯 }}} (@Mac_Vaughan) November 1, 2021
Schumer on voting rights legislation: “Later this evening, I will file cloture on motion to proceed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, setting up a vote to take place on Wednesday.” 60 votes will be needed to end a filibuster and allow debate on the bill to begin.
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) November 1, 2021
I cannot explain that to you. Because you’re stupid.
So, so goddamn stupid. pic.twitter.com/sTrx5JOObS— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) November 1, 2021
This is what a human being who has been brainwashed looks like. https://t.co/5AM2E6jlo2
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 1, 2021
re: #85 Charles Johnson
Abbott is proposing spending $3 billion on razor wire.
That will have precisely zero impact on border control and safety.
Why?
Because it can be easily cut with wire cutters, covered over with cheap carpet, or circumvented by crossing where there aren’t fences at all.
And it does nothing to stop visa overstays.
This is more of the same performative bulkshit we see from the GOP. Instead of spending on rebuilding their power grid and building resilient systems, they’re going to spend on this crap.
According to his logic, wouldn’t America be a synagogue, instead of church? 🙄
— Content4Change (@JudyRosemeier) November 1, 2021
re: #93 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
re: #92 lawhawk
Abbott is proposing spending $3 billion on razor wire.
That will have precisely zero impact on border control and safety.
Why?
Because it can be easily cut with wire cutters, covered over with cheap carpet, or circumvented by crossing where there aren’t fences at all.
And it does nothing to stop visa overstays.
This is more of the same performative bulkshit we see from the GOP. Instead of spending on rebuilding their power grid and building resilient systems, they’re going to spend on this crap.
It could also be a grift. Who are they buying the razor wire from?
re: #92 lawhawk
Abbott is proposing spending $3 billion on razor wire.
That will have precisely zero impact on border control and safety.
Why?
Because it can be easily cut with wire cutters, covered over with cheap carpet, or circumvented by crossing where there aren’t fences at all.
And it does nothing to stop visa overstays.
This is more of the same performative bulkshit we see from the GOP. Instead of spending on rebuilding their power grid and building resilient systems, they’re going to spend on this crap.
Just remember that Winter is coming and Abbot and the Republicans haven’t done one f’n thing to upgrade the state’s power grid.
re: #93 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
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Ah the same British Israelite shtick that was pushed by Herbert & Garner Ted Armstrong and w. euGene Scott who preached that the real Israelites fled to England.
So, I finally looked up what “Let’s go, Brandon” means.
Somehow, what passes for clever in the conservative head space has hit bottom and gone another 200 feet under that.
Again.
re: #97 JOE 🥓
Just remember that Winter is coming and Abbot and the Republicans haven’t done one f’n thing to upgrade the state’s power grid.
What’s scary is a not-insignificant chunk of TX Republicans are full metal “I’d rather my family freeze to death than risk an immigrant crossing the border.”
re: #86 Dangerman
Nope, the money will all go to his contractor buddies.
Let’s try this again. So shocking. Not.
BREAKING - After threats that 10,000 NYPD officers could quit the force over the NYC vaccine mandate, the actual number going on unpaid leave today was 34.
— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) November 1, 2021
re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth
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R’s wont even deign to debate it
re: #91 Charles Johnson
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the political demographic problem is not that there are more Ds than Rs and if only we could get them to vote
it’s that there are more stupid than smart people and they do vote
re: #99 Mattand
So, I finally looked up what “Let’s go, Brandon” means.
Somehow, what passes for clever in the conservative head space has hit bottom and gone another 200 feet under that.
Again.
They gave fragile, brittle, Conservatives who are fine with mass death, but get prudish about colorful language, permission to swear without swearing. Of course they went wild like the arrested development cases that they are.
Did anybody see this guy out there last night?
Hope everyone had a safe halloween#ebikeplus #ottawa #magnumbikes #electricbikes #et #etphonehome #ebikes #ebikestagram #electricbike #extraterrestrial #halloween pic.twitter.com/ICSH8LRf3n— Ebike Plus (@plus_ebike) November 1, 2021
re: #15 Charles Johnson
Hey it fools the best of us.
littlegreenfootballs.com
re: #120 jaunte
re: #121 Eclectic Cyborg
Those are some wet miserable people right there.
re: #124 A Mom Anon
I kinda hope Hell has a damp, moldy, sprinkly wing where you can’t light a tiki torch, but that’s all there is all around you, tiki torches and lighters for all eternity.
A call to arms by former child star and one hit wonder, Ricky Schroeder who was apparently using that silver spoon for other purposes.
Be mindful and be aware for 11/11 - adding insult to injury, Veteran’s Day, nonetheless. pic.twitter.com/MATK1YYZPI— Tara Lemieux, Writer (@Tara_Writer) November 1, 2021
It’s the Worst Possible Time to Try Out a Public-Private Military, And Yet
All of the problems with privatization—lack of oversight, the profit motive—get a lot worse when you add guns and explosives to them.
esquire.com
There’s an extremely strange and, frankly, frightening story in The Nation concerning a growth industry in North Carolina, and if January 6 had not happened, I wouldn’t even bring it up. But it did, so I am.
Oak Grove is a self-described “Tactical and Cultural Training Center” occupying 300 acres between Hoffman and nearby Camp Mackall. According to the company’s website, facilities include a multistory shoot house, a small-arms range, a rappelling tower, an explosive breaching bay (to practice blowing down doors for forced entry), and five “realistic cultural training villages ranging in size and type with available role players and livestock.”
Yes, it sounds like a theme park for suburban commandos—Militialand!—but it’s a serious business run by serious people.
Who’s training in Hoffman? According to a report this September from the Costs of War project at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Pentagon spending totaled over $14 trillion over the course of the war of Afghanistan—with one-third to half going to for-profit contractors. Alongside caterers and cleaners and the manufacturers of tanks and planes, today’s contractors include companies training not only current and former military and cops and private guards, but also civilians seeking to be more “prepared.”
In addition to Oak Grove and the infamous Blackwater (now renamed Academi, which was founded in N.C.’s Dismal Swamp in 1998), North Carolina is home to Frontline, Spartan, The Range and others—all of them offering realistic combat and live fire training to government, corporate and private individuals. Grassroots activists organizing across this state are concerned about a seemingly unmonitored flow of military-grade weapons, training, and white warrior ideology out of North Carolina’s privatized military and into civilian lives.
Commenter:
I was drafted in the very last military draft in 1972, back when the troops themselves did KP. In the middle of my two year service, the Army switched from us doing our own KP to contractors. Immediately, the quality of the food and the cleanliness of the mess halls plummeted. Before, we had a mess sergeant over our shoulders insisting on us polishing that giant cook pan, and we knew we would be eating off the trays the next day. After that, it was not uncommon to find hair or old food on the trays and the food was poorly made.
Worth reading, if you aren’t scared enough already.
And scarier?
The Supreme Court May Execute Steve Bannon’s Plan to Destroy the Administrative State
Reviving the “nondelegation doctrine” would imperil the American government’s ability to govern.
esquire.com
These two pieces are worth what I pay for Charlie Pierce’s column for a year.
re: #103 plansbandc
Let’s try this again. So shocking. Not.
This is why I was skeptical when we had Twitter threads earlier claiming that 40% of Chicago police were going to quit, or 40% of NY police were going to quit, or 40% of whatever major city’s police were going to quit. They keep saying this - but they never DO it.
So apparently there were some draft tweets Trump didn’t send on Jan 6 that have surfaced…and boy are they winners. One of them blames Antifa and encourages the mob.
re: #110 retired cynic
Privatization is always a scam. The premise is a fraud. The idea that private biz is irrevocably better than government.
re: #112 Dopamine Fish
This is why I was skeptical when we had Twitter threads earlier claiming that 40% of Chicago police were going to quit, or 40% of NY police were going to quit, or 40% of whatever major city’s police were going to quit. They keep saying this - but they never DO it.
Lol. Of course not. No other job has the power over others. Carry a gun. Being allgedly superior to us mere civilians.
re: #109 gocart mozart
It’s times like this I wish I still had twitter. Mustard! Mustard your troops! We gotta have mustard!
re: #99 Mattand
It’s an utterly stupid meme, which of course means teh atavists love it.
re: #112 Dopamine Fish
This is why I was skeptical when we had Twitter threads earlier claiming that 40% of Chicago police were going to quit, or 40% of NY police were going to quit, or 40% of whatever major city’s police were going to quit. They keep saying this - but they never DO it.
Conservatives lie to themselves and each other constantly. It’s only when they try to lie to a normal person that they get pushback. Of course they lied about quitting their jobs so they’d have the right to play Russian roulette with COVID.
Only the dumbest, Todd Starnesiest ones who have no idea it’s all a scam, actually quit rather than protect themselves from COVID.
re: #39 Citizen K
And as if this day couldn’t feel any shittier…
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Another state essentially lost to us for at least another generation on the state-level and below.
Power begets power begets absolute, unshakable, impenetrable power.
in some ways, what is happening in the U.S. senate right now will be very healthy for the Democratic party if it survives long enough to make use of the wisdom gained from it. Pretty sure after these two years, and the possible loss of senate control in 2022, if Democrats win back control in 2024, the death of the filibuster will be first on the agenda, and then a voting rights act that breaks the back of the gerrymander. Then, quite possibly, an increased supreme court.
re: #119 Punish Domestic Terrorists
This is eventually going to push enough vaccinations that we will begin to exit from this horror, whether the reactionaries like it or not. And before next year’s mid-terms, too.
It’s a too-slow process, but Republicans weed themselves out when given power to abuse. They just don’t fit in where people are expected to not be complete trash.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A judge who oversees elections in an Alabama county was removed from office after being accused of racist, sexually inappropriate behavior that included demeaning comments about women and saying George Floyd “got what he deserved” when an officer in Minnesota murdered him.
Talladega County Probate Judge Randy Jinks, 65, was ousted in a unanimous order filed Friday by the nine-member Alabama Court of the Judiciary. Following a trial, the panel found that he violated five judicial ethics rules including failing to uphold the integrity and independence of the court system.
A former business owner who served as chairman of the county Republican executive committee, Jinks denied most of the claims, blamed workers for misinterpreting jokes and accused employees of eavesdropping, court records showed.
Jinks, who doesn’t have a law license, was first elected in 2018 and took office the following year. His conduct was the subject of a complaint filed in March that accused him of watching and sharing sexually inappropriate videos and making comments about the appearance and anatomy of women.
Alabama judge booted for racist, inappropriate behavior (AP via MSN)
re: #122 Punish Domestic Terrorists
A former business owner who served as chairman of the county Republican executive committee, Jinks denied most of the claims, blamed workers for misinterpreting jokes and accused employees of eavesdropping, court records showed.
Don’t you just love how it’s never their fault?
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re: #104 Dangerman
R’s wont even deign to debate it
But when the reconciliation bill comes to the Senate, isn’t there a Vote-a-rama thing where any and everything can be proposed as amendments? Maybe they can sneak it in there…
re: #116 Rightwingconspirator
Lol. Of course not. No other job has the power over others. Carry a gun. Being allgedly superior to us mere civilians.
as long as there’s no cameras around
re: #125 sagehen
Not if the parliamentarian rules it out. I assume she passes judgement on the amendments offered as well as the bill itself. And any amendments passed in the Senate would send the bill back to the House. Of course, the time would be absolutely worth it if the voting bill COULD be attached.
re: #108 Shropshire Slasher
I didn’t pass it on as fact. But yeah, I got fooled because of a lot of personal observations of very shitty behavior. My comment still stands directed toward any Proud Boy, Oath Keeper, 3 percenter, or any of the rest of these dipshits.
re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Later this evening, I will file cloture on motion to proceed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, setting up a vote to take place on Wednesday.” 60 votes will be needed
re: #127 retired cynic
Not if the parliamentarian rules it out. I assume she passes judgement on the amendments offered as well as the bill itself. And any amendments passed in the Senate would send the bill back to the House. Of course, the time would be absolutely worth it if the voting bill COULD be attached.
OH NOES! NOT ANOTHER SYMBOLIC VOTE!
Pro tip for right wingers: sometimes reading a tweet aloud before posting it can help you realize when you’re about to beclown yourself.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 1, 2021
re: #130 Charles Johnson
They aren’t self-aware enough to know when they’re beclowning themselves.
re: #130 Charles Johnson
Are you upset that lawless, seditious, Donald Trump wasn’t here to let the drugs in? It’s time to stop these nonsense attacks on the only mainstream party that still believes in democracy and rule by law.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) November 1, 2021
re: #63 Dangerman
That is all very well said. And definitely true among those of us who are acutely politically aware and have taken the time to think about things beyond Team R and Team D.
Alas, those of us who have taken that time, regardless of our political philosophies/ideologies, are probably a distinct minority of the population. Most Americans don’t have the bandwidth to pay much attention or to think about things beyond a superficial level.
I’d be curious to see what the opinions are among those who pay close attention to politics rather than just the random sample/cross section of the general public.
thread from SCOTUSblog earlier:
The court will hear two cases starting at 10 a.m. EDT. The first case was filed by abortion clinics in Texas. The question is whether the state can rely on a private-enforcement structure to insulate the abortion ban from judicial review in federal courts.https://t.co/wWlwktOV8W
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) November 1, 2021
The argument in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson has begun. Marc Hearron is arguing on behalf of the Texas clinics challenging the law. “At issue here is nothing less than the supremacy of federal law,” he says.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) November 1, 2021
much more in the thread
Steve is sad that Halloween is over and that he can’t remember most of it…. pic.twitter.com/IyqVwzaxwl
— In Otter News…. (@In_Otter_News2) November 1, 2021
WHAT CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG???
A concealed weapons permit would become optional and the requirement that individuals “promptly” notify police officers they are carrying a concealed weapon would be eliminated, under proposed legislation in the Ohio House. https://t.co/LNfzdHAMFp
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) November 1, 2021
re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth
WHAT CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG???
Nothing, for white people. There’s a whole lotta black people in Ohio who are going to be at risk of getting shot, either by citizens or by police.
re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth
WHAT CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG???
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Ohio wants to make it easier for their police to justify shooting black people. THEY MAY HAVE HAD A GUN!
re: #138 Dopamine Fish
Nothing, for white people. There’s a whole lotta black people in Ohio who are going to be at risk of getting shot, either by citizens or by police.
Beat me by 24 seconds.
re: #137 darthstar
Why would we give a flying fuck what a law peson had to say about scientific fact?
re: #130 Charles Johnson
Counterpoint: They don’t give a shit if they beclown themselves as long as it makes them feel like they are owning the Libs.
re: #133 KGxvi
That is all very well said. And definitely true among those of us who are acutely politically aware and have taken the time to think about things beyond Team R and Team D.
Alas, those of us who have taken that time, regardless of our political philosophies/ideologies, are probably a distinct minority of the population. Most Americans don’t have the bandwidth to pay much attention or to think about things beyond a superficial level.
I’d be curious to see what the opinions are among those who pay close attention to politics rather than just the random sample/cross section of the general public.
i had no interest in party politics or primaries
i followed them as i do now, but did not participate
i deliberately registered as non party i think until 2018
then it became clear that to advance my agenda, i needed to be a registered democrat.
re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth
WHAT CAN POSSIBLY GO WRONG???
The failing states really want to make sure they remain failing states. Back the Blue ended on 1/6 for the American-right when cops stood up to white nationalist terrorists.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) November 1, 2021
re: #139 darthstar
Ohio wants to make it easier for their police to justify shooting black people. THEY MAY HAVE HAD A GUN!
Tin soldiers and MAGATS coming
We’re finally on our own
This winter I hear the war cry
Cops kill unarmed blacks in Ohio…
Meet the Pink Fairy Armadillo.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/rFZRrs8qHl
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) November 1, 2021
Read more:https://t.co/8nZ0Mg9kmF pic.twitter.com/sS2WME1puw
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) November 1, 2021
It’s pink and IT HAS A TUTU!!!
“Like so many outsiders before him, Vance extracted the value from the mountains and never repaid the community for the things he took.” https://t.co/PvaXbiig0l
— Appodlachia Podcast (@appodlachia) November 1, 2021
Photo by #CanonExplorerOfLight @ErinBabnik: “When photographing fall color, it can be tempting to include a lot of contexts, but often less is more. By showing accents of color & part of the bridge, this framing emphasizes the idea of many elements spanning the creek in unison.” pic.twitter.com/zMYDvNmFdc
— Canon USA Imaging (@CanonUSAimaging) November 1, 2021
Another banner day for Trump’s $DWAC stock. After a catastrophic week, it’s down another 10.23% for the day. #TruthSocial pic.twitter.com/PWjM6Uaoqo
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) November 1, 2021
OHSA mandates that restaurant employees wash their hands after using the toilet and before preparing your meal, solely in order to protect the public health.
Yet, somehow, the American restaurant business remain free of communism.
Weird. pic.twitter.com/LAFmP7zKXO— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) November 1, 2021
re: #145 JOE 🥓
Tin soldiers and MAGATS coming
We’re finally on our own
This winter I hear the war cry
Cops kill unarmed blacks in Ohio…
Ohio already had open season on unarmed blacks. Let’s not forget the death of John Crawford at a Walmart.
re: #150 Backwoods_Sleuth
That kind of predictability makes it a good stock for people shorting the market.
re: #143 Dangerman
i had no interest in party politics or primaries
i followed them as i do now, but did not participate
i deliberately registered as non party i think until 2018then it became clear that to advance my agenda, i needed to be a registered democrat.
I’m somewhat privileged in that way, living in California, we have non-partisan top-two primaries now. The only time party registration matters is for presidential contests, the Dems (and I think Libertarians) let independents vote in their primaries; the GOP doesn’t, but there hasn’t been a Republican presidential candidate that I’ve actually like since McCain in 2000, so that doesn’t really matter much. And since I don’t really have much desire to run for public office these days, being registered in a party is sort of unnecessary.
Just curious, I think I’ve mentioned before that John Eastman was my con law professor in law school… would anyone be interested in a page about him and how it’s not entirely surprising that he ended up where he has?
re: #157 KGxvi
Just curious, I think I’ve mentioned before that John Eastman was my con law professor in law school… would anyone be interested in a page about him and how it’s not entirely surprising that he ended up where he has?
you got to be kidding. POST IT!
re: #157 KGxvi
Just curious, I think I’ve mentioned before that John Eastman was my con law professor in law school… would anyone be interested in a page about him and how it’s not entirely surprising that he ended up where he has?
Yes, please.
State investigating misconduct complaint after Hazard homecoming ‘man pageant’ https://t.co/Gjabdyegeu
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) November 1, 2021
re: #157 KGxvi
Just curious, I think I’ve mentioned before that John Eastman was my con law professor in law school… would anyone be interested in a page about him and how it’s not entirely surprising that he ended up where he has?
Even if it doesn’t have a pic of an animal yes.
“book banning republicans”
that one is free, democrats. but its right there sitting for you to use. https://t.co/nZB61r4vr2— Oliver Willis (@owillis) November 1, 2021
Heh…
Hands off our mέta, our Centre for Postcapitalist Civilisation https://t.co/t9aIR0ahSC, Mr Zuckerberg. You, and your minions wouldn’t recognise civilisation even if it hit you with a bargepole pic.twitter.com/aleOplqo12
— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) October 28, 2021
“When you look at this growth, the only natural explanation is that the immunity does lessen a little over time,” Beshear said. “This isn’t bad news; the vaccines work, this just means you need a booster.”https://t.co/tshr37zKSG
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) November 1, 2021
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
That reminds me so much of Monet’s paintings!
Ok, I’ll work up a post on Eastman.
I’m also realizing that my time in law school was a bit of a Forest Gump scenario… we had Eastman and Hugh Hewitt as con law professors, Tim Canova was on the faculty for a bit (had a class with him), I believe Ken Starr and Tom Campbell were also visiting professors while I was there.
“Oklahoma” is located within the territorial borders of 39 diverse Native American nations, not the other way around. https://t.co/SPUZNDjjNj
— Brett Chapman (@brettachapman) November 1, 2021
re: #157 KGxvi
Just curious, I think I’ve mentioned before that John Eastman was my con law professor in law school… would anyone be interested in a page about him and how it’s not entirely surprising that he ended up where he has?
re: #160 darthstar
Lou Reed (Robin) and John Cale…
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I saw the Todd Haynes doc last weekend. This wasn’t in it.
smol but fierce https://t.co/Xt2NbyhcXo pic.twitter.com/oQYyFjSyxp
— Illegally Smol Cats (@IllegallySmol) November 1, 2021
re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth
share it with Canon and see what they say
They’d not be amused with “Leica” in the EXIF data ;)
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re: #160 darthstar
Alas, I’m seeing things on the intertubes saying it’s a hoax. Pity.
At the COP26 press briefing by Denmark today, Sen. Kerry was one of the guests who spoke a little:
What I was surprised by is that he brought up his time in the Navy, and that the USN has been using nukes for 70+ years without any major incident. This all under the topic of moving shipping away from fossil fuels.
re: #176 William Lewis
Alas, I’m seeing things on the intertubes saying it’s a hoax. Pity.
Kinda hard seeing Lou sign on to that.
re: #176 William Lewis
Alas, I’m seeing things on the intertubes saying it’s a hoax. Pity.
Fuck the intertubes. I want to believe Lou dressed as Robin.
Fucked Up Franky Graham Cracker LIKES Global Warming!
Franklin Graham: Climate change was God’s idea — just look at Noah’s flood and the plagues of Egypt.
In a post to his Facebook page this Monday, evangelist Franklin Graham said that unusually hard summers and winters are not necessarily because of climate change, but because of God’s vengeance, and people concerned about climate change are forgetting that souls may see unusually harsh conditions if they don’t get their priorities straight.
“…He will bring judgment on those who have rejected Him and His Son, Jesus Christ. I’m often asked if we are getting close to the return of Jesus Christ. No man knows the day or the hour, but I believe we are getting close. You’d better be ready.”
I hope you get closer to The Big G when you’re hooked up to a respirator, Fucked Up Franky!
re: #178 Barefoot Grin
Kinda hard seeing Lou sign on to that.
Hey, I got it from facebook, and you know how accurate the information is there.
Cops and medical personnel who refuse to get vaccinated are the ones endangering Americans.
Well, besides Republicans, I mean. https://t.co/T0yOE0QmzH— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) November 1, 2021
KY State Board on Electric Generation and Transmission Siting has approved an application from McCracken County Solar, LLC, to construct a 60-megawatt solar facility in McCracken County. Proposed 615-acre site is in western part of county on farm land. ^JB
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) November 1, 2021
So this whole UNFCC thing (COP26 is one of their meetings) can be thrown under the bus once the Supreme Court rules that that the EPA cannot regulate carbon dioxide.
Because if the US can’t regulate CO2 then every country in the world will use that as a reason for themselves not doing their own part.
This is the end, I think, of the UN’s ability to really influence anything about climate change. For all the the pomp that goes with these big UN gatherings, for all the leaders that will show up, there is a feeling of ennui that permeates (well, at least me.)
re: #181 darthstar
Hey, I got it from facebook, and you know how accurate the information is there.
I’m sure Lou had his playful side.
re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth
Having anti-vaccine cranks in the medical profession or in the police was a problem. People in those professions need to have good judgement and to care about other people. So should a Senator, but here we are.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) November 1, 2021
Just, as an aside, I’m not *wild* about people criticizing Amy Coney Barrett’s voice. There so many other odious things about her.
At the very least, if you critique her voice I hope you can also hear that:
* Kav sounds like an actual bozo
* Breyer sounds like Justice McGoo— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) November 1, 2021
OMG, I forgot Gorsuch but that’s probably because every time he talks I start internally screaming and probably have a mini stroke.
Gorsuch sounds like “my enemy” that’s all I ever remember.
:)— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) November 1, 2021
re: #186 Barefoot Grin
I’m sure Lou had his playful side.
A search of the Interwebz suggests that photo has been making the rounds since late 2013 and is indeed a hoax.
re: #163 William Lewis
So, like this?
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So is that shadow on the left the thing from Lost? Or maybe there’s a T Rex just off screen?
Trump repeats anti-Semitic tropes but he thinks “Israel owning Congress” is a GOOD THING. 😣
Trump also repeated his disappointment with the U.S. Jewish community for not voting for him in the 2020 election. https://t.co/WYEpv8RO0N
— JTA | Jewish news (@JTAnews) November 1, 2021
re: #177 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
At the COP26 press briefing by Denmark today, Sen. Kerry was one of the guests who spoke a little:
What I was surprised by is that he brought up his time in the Navy, and that the USN has been using nukes for 70+ years without any major incident. This all under the topic of moving shipping away from fossil fuels.
What about the Thresher?
Many people do not seem to accept why the UN has meetings.
Many young people seem to get upset that the UN is not a savior.
The UN exists to allow different countries to talk to each other, under some sort of rules for comity.
That’s why the UN exists. That is why there are UN meetings.
COP26 has little effect on climate change. It exists so countries can talk to each other under the same umbrella.
The concept of sovereignty is a tricky thing, but ultimately it means that nothing can be done. Think of the UN like the US Senate, only bigger and less tractable.
Here’s the ugly, uncomfortable, and unpleasant truth: the rich run the show. Climate change is not going to be avoided because the rich do not want to give up their wealth.
Because we are social animals and we create pecking orders, and the rich are high up on the order.
Abating climate change will only happen through even larger innovations than we’ve already seen.
Gov. Beshear says open enrollment has begun for Kynect, the online state health exchange where individuals can shop for & buy health insurance, as well as sign up for Medicaid. Go to https://t.co/XDhJWgJncg or call [no phone numbers allowed] for coverage. Help to sign up is available. ^JB
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) November 1, 2021
Pizza boy is mad and it’s delicious pic.twitter.com/3khPs2SRbY
— scott linnen (@ScottLinnen) November 1, 2021
re: #192 Hecuba’s daughter
What about the Thresher?
Sharks are of little thought at COP26, though you can probably find them on the menu around Scotland.
I still have my yellow immunization card that I got the first week of boot camp, no notice just roll up your sleeve. If you’re willing to give up your benefits for ONE shot by all means leave the military. They’ll loose all VA Benefits as well
— Hattie DuRant (@hattiemdurant) November 1, 2021
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re: #191 The Pie Overlord!
Trump repeats anti-Semitic tropes but he thinks “Israel owning Congress” is a GOOD THING. 😣
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If Israel “owned” Congress, we’d have taxpayer-funded universal healthcare, including abortion on demand up to 20 weeks, free college, and the only people avoiding mandatory military service would be those who opt to serve on ambulance crews or in immigrant assistance instead.
re: #186 Barefoot Grin
I’m sure Lou had his playful side.
I saw Laurie Anderson in concert not long after he died. She told a lot of stories about him and yes, his playful side, but towards the end he just wanted to be with her and appreciate every second.
This week, the Cajundome in Lafayette is exhibiting a menagerie of anti-vaxxers, John Birchers, & new world order/deep-state conspiracists.
An event that requires rules against shouting racial slurs & drunkenness, which means at least they know their target audience. pic.twitter.com/6Vjv0J14zS— Lamar White, Jr. (@LamarWhiteJr) November 1, 2021
Their website features this section on their commitment to diversity, in case you were wondering whether the poster design for their speaker line-up was inspired by a United Colors of Benetton ad. pic.twitter.com/qhBkwpBSAO
— Lamar White, Jr. (@LamarWhiteJr) November 1, 2021
re: #191 The Pie Overlord!
Trump repeats anti-Semitic tropes but he thinks “Israel owning Congress” is a GOOD THING. 😣
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When Fuckhead said that “good people” carried Tiki Torches and yelled Jews Will Not Replace Us…and Fuckhead can’t understand why we wouldn’t vote for him…
— In Otter News…. (@In_Otter_News2) November 1, 2021
One of the long running problems with the UN meetings like COP26 is that the UN heads can’t speak truths. They have to be remarkably agile with their words.
Now, we’re a long ways from Khrushchev pounding on a podium, but just having a guy get up there, as today, and claim we have to keep the surface average temperature rise under 1.5C is as useless as having one of those cute otters get up there and balance a ball.
We have already bought 1.5C , it’s just that the universe hasn’t delivered it yet. Just wait three decades, the delivery is not coming by door-dash.
re: #199 sagehen
If Israel “owned” Congress, we’d have taxpayer-funded universal healthcare, including abortion on demand up to 20 weeks, free college, and the only people avoiding mandatory military service would be those who opt to serve on ambulance crews or in immigrant assistance instead.
I wish this were true here.
re: #177 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
At the COP26 press briefing by Denmark today, Sen. Kerry was one of the guests who spoke a little:
What I was surprised by is that he brought up his time in the Navy, and that the USN has been using nukes for 70+ years without any major incident.
AFAIK Senator Kerry never served on a nuclear ship or sub during his service. Modern nuclear ships and subs in the USN all run reactors with 90%-plus enriched uranium fuel, basically bomb-grade material. If, say, Iran decided to start building a fleet of “green” nuclear-powered oil carriers to USN reactor engineering standards I suspect there would be a certain amount of harsh words spoken on the subject.
The Russian icebreaker reactors use medium-enriched fuel, just under 20% U-235 if I recall but they can be refuelled with less maintenance effort than a nuclear sub or aircraft carrier since their engine spaces are a lot more open than a purely military vessel. I think they have a 7-year operational cycle between refuelling. I’m not sure if any of the ex-Soviet era Kiev BCNs are still in service.
re: #207 Nojay UK
AFAIK Senator Kerry never served on a nuclear ship or sub during his service. Modern nuclear ships and subs in the USN all run reactors with 90%-plus enriched uranium fuel, basically bomb-grade material. If, say, Iran decided to start building a fleet of “green” nuclear-powered oil carriers to USN reactor engineering standards I suspect there would be a certain amount of harsh words spoken on the subject.
The Russian icebreaker reactors use medium-enriched fuel, just under 20% U-235 if I recall but they can be refuelled with less maintenance effort than a nuclear sub or aircraft carrier since their engine spaces are a lot more open than a purely military vessel. I think they have a 7-year operational cycle between refuelling. I’m not sure if any of the ex-Soviet era Kiev BCNs are still in service.
Of the four in that class one was scrapped, two sold to China a museum ships, and the fourth was sold to India and is still in service in their navy.
“Nationalism is just politics for basic bitches.”
— Inside Job— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 1, 2021
re: #204 A Cranky One
That’s amazingly well done!
Speeding ticket. Nobody is above the law, sir. pic.twitter.com/0Gg49XdIvi
— Lorenzo The Cat (@LorenzoTheCat) November 1, 2021
Coconut, the albino gator, loves scrubbies.. pic.twitter.com/La0C5ghsor
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) November 1, 2021
The GOP literally has to hide the former president and leader of their party from the press because they know how toxic he is. That should be the biggest political story going into the election, but nahhh gotta do some more Dems in disarray coverage. https://t.co/TR64lRmqKj
— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) November 1, 2021
re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth
That is a good one. Officer I was just breezing along I did not know I was going above the speed limit.
The large noose from the gallows at the US Capitol Insurrection. How did it get to the FBI? My latest reporting ====> pic.twitter.com/ntiq4xPAcG
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) November 1, 2021
The significance of the usage and the image of the noose near the US Capitol from January 6 … via my interview with Dr. Raymond Winbush of @MorganStateU ====. pic.twitter.com/2GMLnBrrQU
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) November 1, 2021
As for @mickpersson - he’s still trying to locate the person whom he credits with cutting down the noose on Jan 6. He believes the young man deserves credit for bravery
(FBI Washington Field Office declined comment about noose) pic.twitter.com/4Gsh9qp5UK— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) November 1, 2021
Hey DUNT, employers are making conditions of employment, if employees don’t like it, they can find work somewhere else. Sounds like freedom of choice to me
— EstebanTornado63 (@ETornado1963) November 1, 2021
Following last week’s eye-popping ProPublica report on Republican Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina…https://t.co/3OdlGUYRw9
… the Charlotte Observer now renews its call for the Senator to resign:https://t.co/oe24FQLLC6— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) November 1, 2021
re: #199 sagehen
If Israel “owned” Congress, we’d have taxpayer-funded universal healthcare, including abortion on demand up to 20 weeks, free college, and the only people avoiding mandatory military service would be those who opt to serve on ambulance crews or in immigrant assistance instead.
See, your mistake is confusing “Israel” and “the Jews”, which is something the anti-Semites do all the time because, to them, the Jews are Israel and Israel is the Jews. And of course, by “Jews” they mean their various stereotypes, not the actual Israeli republic nor the Americans who practice the Jewish faith, but some amorphous ethnicity/race that is “Jewish”.
re: #192 Hecuba’s daughter
What about the Thresher?
Neither the Thresher or Scorpion were lost due to a reactor failure. Thresher was lost due to uncontrolled flooding in the engine room and the emergency blow HP air lines freezing up due to excessive moisture in the system when activated. Scorpion was lost due to (classified) reasons.
Life is tough. It’s even tougher when you choose to be stupid.
- former US Army Infantry NCO— William A Lewis (@WilliamALewis4) November 1, 2021
Power Strip … check.
Charger … check.
Charged and loaded iPad … check.
Purell … check.
Charged iPhone … check.
Leatherman … check.
Cash, ID and credit cards … check.
Parker Jotter … check.
Partial list for Election Day.
re: #224 PhillyPretzel
Power Strip … check.
Charger … check.
Charged and loaded iPad … check.
Purell … check.
Charged iPhone … check.
Leatherman … check.
Cash, ID and credit cards … check.
Parker Jotter … check.
Partial list for Election Day.
No memory foam pillow?
re: #222 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Neither the Thresher or Scorpion were lost due to a reactor failure. Thresher was lost due to uncontrolled flooding in the engine room and the emergency blow HP air lines freezing up due to excessive moisture in the system when activated. Scorpion was lost due to (classified) reasons.
I’ve heard so many things over the years from torpedo accident ala Kursk to a torpedo doing a circle ala the Mk18 that sank USS Tang to being sunk by the Russians. Whatever it was I keep hoping that they’ll declassify it someday.
re: #225 Decatur Deb
No. I do not need one. I have an iPad with movies and TV shows on it.
re: #223 William Lewis
I suspect the military members who go down that route will be fewer than some project.
And now that I think of it, this is probably a good way to purge the military of bad actors.
re: #226 William Lewis
I’ve heard so many things over the years from torpedo accident ala Kursk to a torpedo doing a circle ala the Mk18 that sank USS Tang to being sunk by the Russians. Whatever it was I keep hoping that they’ll declassify it someday.
I’ve heard all sorts of rumors as well. The USN (SS) actively discourages them. But in the vein of being sunk by the USSR, well lets just say the rumor mill has it that they found enough at the wreck site and surrounding area for there to have been 2 boats going down at the same time.
re: #223 William Lewis
Life is tough. It’s even tougher when you choose to be stupid. - former US Army Infantry NCO
— William A Lewis (@WilliamALewis4) November 1, 2021
The same military forces who are willing to be deployed anywhere to fight and perhaps lose their lives or their limbs because of orders from their superior officers are unwilling to take a vaccine to protect themselves from a deadly disease — vaccines that have been successfully administered to hundred of millions of people world wide. Certainly seems as those these solders have a problem obeying legitimate authority.
Maybe they can get a job as a server in restaurants in Florida or Texas, where vaccines are not required.
For some reason I’ve been watching a lot of history videos on Youtube, mostly by creators who are tossing around ideas of why things happen.
There is an enormous plank in the eyes of some, say the young guys who like to fixate on wars (especially WWI and WWII). They almost always have such a Euro-centric view of the universe that I feel they have embedded themselves into a mind set too deeply organized by the worst of ideologues.
Earlier today I linked to a (right-wing) article on revisionist history books (of WWII.)
The need to rework our feelings and beliefs about the past is real. We are always trying to figure out why something happened. Or didn’t happen.
I take this as natural and good bit of exercise for the intellect.
But I also believe that trying to claim why this or that happens is fraught with problems.
Causality in human societies strikes me as a tough nut. We are creatures whose actions are controlled by chemicals as much as anything else.
Even given that, I think I am on solid ground in claiming that the existential collective crisis this country is in has its roots in our fundamentalist Christian past. The loss-of-god problem is really important to driving American politics. It has for over a hundred years.
re: #232 SerialUpDinger
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Exciting day at our homestead. Our son - he has been away for two years this week - is now a Corporal. We watched the video of him a the ceremony and it was bittersweet recognizing that he is now a young man who has changed so much! We are so proud of him!
Ah, pass him my congratulations. Don’t know how it is in the Corps but to me Corporal was the best rank. All the privileges of an NCO and very few of the responsibilities because you were expected to still be learning them. Was especially good when on TDY for schooling as I could enjoy the NCO club rather than the usually lesser EM clubs :D
re: #230 Hecuba’s daughter
A lot of these anti-vaxxers losing their military and police jobs, the racist clownshoes infesting our Jan 6. Court proceedings, and other assorted civilized society rejects are counting on a Trump victory in 2024 where he will issue blanket pardons for everyone.
They aren’t wrong or crazy in their aspirations. Trump would very well likely issue reversals overriding all military decisions for the past 4 years as he replaces all of the Joint Chiefs with total wackadoodle lackies and throws the justice system into intentional chaos. They are counting on all pay and pension unrealized to also be included in reinstatement. Don’t think they all have a Trump lock victory in their heads as Republican counties everywhere stack the deck with 100% partisan crooks running the elections.
re: #3 JOE 🥓
It goes back to Pruneface Reagan, Stockman and Gramm slashing the Section 8 budget in 1981. Homelessness really began to spike when housing assistance was cut. Of course those assholes kept repeating the “private charity is more efficient” bullshit which Pruneface mainstreamed.
While cutting Section 8 certainly slashed *thousands* of subsidized housing units available to poor people, I would suggest that dismantling mental health programs made it even worse by dropping *tens of thousands* of horribly vulnerable people into very unwelcoming streets with no help.
re: #224 PhillyPretzel
Power Strip … check.
Charger … check.
Charged and loaded iPad … check.
Purell … check.
Charged iPhone … check.
Leatherman … check.
Cash, ID and credit cards … check.
Parker Jotter … check.
Partial list for Election Day.
Water bottle.
Snacks.
re: #236 sagehen
Water is provided. Snacks I will buy at the Acme and that is why I packed one of my European (French style) string shopping bags.
amazon.com
— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) November 1, 2021
If Josh Hawley is an expert on masculinity then I’d like to take a few minutes to share my thoughts on quantum physics.
— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) November 1, 2021
re: #223 William Lewis
As one Vet to another, bravo and hooah.
I am so pleased to announce the re-release of “Betty White’s Pet Set” today. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed making it 50 years ago. @AppleTV #appletv https://t.co/BYTfoQB0g3 pic.twitter.com/5GJpRPsYT6
— Betty White (@BettyMWhite) February 23, 2021
re: #240 Belafon
That is just fucking brilliant.
I was just thinking…Over 500k people in pink hats at the Capital to protest have us zero incidents of violence. That’s free speech. Four years later, Jan 6, gave us 5 deaths, property damage, hangmen’s nooses, breaching and defiling our capital. That’s an insurrection.
— Deb Butler (@DebButlerHD18) November 2, 2021
God Fearing man Of The Lord
Give daddy some sugar pic.twitter.com/1NPV4nYwT9
— @Granny Wilson (@GAznatsac) November 1, 2021
This picture is full of so much trash it made global warming worse. https://t.co/J06J7Xt55y
— ᎪᎶᎪm ᏦᏟuf™️UncleTifa (@agamkcuf) November 2, 2021
re: #244 nines09
God Fearing man Of The Lord
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So that blonde girl in red is dressed up as “Sexy MAGA Hat”
re: #246 The Pie Overlord!
It’s a whorehouse.
They will hang you or me.
But not the chosen.
And they say they have Bible study.
Yeah.
re: #245 nines09
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not judging, but was Trump hosting an adult video awards thingy?
re: #248 Barefoot Grin
Trump was sucking in the suckers to suck money out of them.
I hear Wayne Gretzky’s daughter was there.
JFC
re: #244 nines09
God Fearing man Of The Lord
Somewhere, Bill Clinton is looking at this picture and thinking, “Damn, man, at least exercise some discretion.”
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