State of the Art Fusion 2021: Drift-Lab, “Japanese Experiment”

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The Drift-Lab project grows, evolves .. and becomes a wonderful dream. This is the second song of our beautiful project, it’s called #JAPANESE EXPERIMENT.

Buy this track on Bandcamp:
https://manuelemontesanti-driftlab.bandcamp.com/track/japanese-experiment

We are Drift-Labs
Manuele Montesanti on Synths and Keyboards-
http://www.manuelemontesanti.com/

Matteo Mancuso on Guitar-
https://www.facebook.com/matteomancusoofficial

Federico Malaman on Bass -
https://federicomalaman.com/

Daniele Chiantese on Drum -
https://www.danielechiantese.it/

Audio Mix - Manuele Montesanti
Video Editing - VALERIO PANDOLFI

My instruments gear:
Yamaha Montage 7 / Yamaha CP88 / Yamaha YC61
ProjectLead Audio Workstation - https://www.projectlead.it/

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349 comments
1
Crush White Nationalism  Dec 22, 2021 • 3:27:54pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 3:30:33pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 3:32:46pm
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KGxvi  Dec 22, 2021 • 3:33:53pm

re: #1 Punish Domestic Terrorists

1. He’s retiring, so I find the sudden remorse less than valuable.
2. Trump being responsible for the attack on the capital has nothing to do with the certification of the election
3. The idea that he wouldn’t regret voting to deny certification if the attack didn’t happen means he’s not really remorseful
4. fuck him
5. There was no legitimate reason to vote against certification
6. see point 4

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The Squire of Logos  Dec 22, 2021 • 3:38:47pm

re: #1 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Shall we star a pool on how long before that statement is walked-back?

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GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 22, 2021 • 3:40:19pm

re: #1 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Is he running for re-election? *rolls eyes*

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 22, 2021 • 3:41:02pm
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The Squire of Logos  Dec 22, 2021 • 3:42:39pm

re: #6 GlutenFreeJesus

Oh, so he is not running for re-election? How courageous of him to say that. Ignorant git.

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BeachDem  Dec 22, 2021 • 3:48:41pm

As far as I know, Tom Rice IS running for re-election (he’s my rep) with about 14 crazy challengers. I disagree with just about every policy stance he has, but I’ll give him this—he voted for the second impeachment, and he’s the first Repug to voice any regret about his vote on 1/6.

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 22, 2021 • 3:53:31pm

I have no idea how I cut myself.

This is not the worst kitchen accident I have ever had. In spoilers for the squeamish.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 22, 2021 • 3:55:09pm

As I mentioned yesterday, that not only was it the winter solstice/yuletide, but also my hand-fasting day. If you follow me on the bird app, you probably saw this tweet. I repost it here now for the rest of you.

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 22, 2021 • 3:56:06pm

Maybe while using the lame (a razor blade on a stick for you non-bakers) or peeling a hard squash I should wear those anti-cut gloves I bought to use with the mandoline vegetable slicer.

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 22, 2021 • 3:57:45pm

re: #11 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

As I mentioned yesterday, that not only was it the winter solstice/yuletide, but also my hand-fasting day. If you follow me on the bird app, you probably saw this tweet. I repost it here now for the rest of you.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 22, 2021 • 3:59:31pm

re: #12 The Pie Overlord!

Maybe while using the lame (a razor blade on a stick for you non-bakers) or peeling a hard squash I should wear those anti-cut gloves I bought to use with the mandoline vegetable slicer.

THE HORRIBLE MANDOLINE!

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:03:47pm

re: #13 The Pie Overlord!

Thank you.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:04:04pm

re: #13 The Pie Overlord!

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Semper Fi  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:04:05pm

re: #4 KGxvi

1. He’s retiring, so I find the sudden remorse less than valuable.
2. Trump being responsible for the attack on the capital has nothing to do with the certification of the election
3. The idea that he wouldn’t regret voting to deny certification if the attack didn’t happen means he’s not really remorseful
4. fuck him
5. There was no legitimate reason to vote against certification
6. see point 4

His vote was dishonest all the way.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:05:37pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:08:03pm

something something about his husbandly duties?

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Semper Fi  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:08:36pm

re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth

Ted Cruz will never be presidential material. We all know him now.

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jeffreyw  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:09:49pm

re: #12 The Pie Overlord!

Maybe while using the lame (a razor blade on a stick for you non-bakers) or peeling a hard squash I should wear those anti-cut gloves I bought to use with the mandoline vegetable slicer.

I, too, have scars:
///

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Belafon  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:12:37pm

re: #4 KGxvi

I can’t find anything saying he’s retiring. He has outraised his competitors: myrtlebeachonline.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:12:43pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:13:15pm
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Belafon  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:14:54pm

Nope, he’s not retiring: google.com

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Ace Rothstein  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:16:01pm

re: #24 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Charles Johnson  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:17:35pm
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Barefoot Grin  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:18:02pm

re: #26 Ace Rothstein

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Dead-eyed man watching Jordan.

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calochortus  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:24:50pm

re: #11 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

As I mentioned yesterday, that not only was it the winter solstice/yuletide, but also my hand-fasting day. If you follow me on the bird app, you probably saw this tweet. I repost it here now for the rest of you.

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Cheechako  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:25:07pm

Yesterday was Winter Solstice, that means today is…

Click to Reveal

my birthday!! Another successful trip around the sun. Just one more round trip and I’ll get to “Four Score”.

If you juggle the numbers you’ll figure out I was in grade school in the early 1950’s. During the polio pandemic. I can still remember those days. Parents were terrified their kids would “catch” that disease. I remember getting jabbed with the Salk vaccine.
No one hesitated getting the shot. Anything to prevent the disease and avoid getting placed into an iron lung in order to survive. Then the Sabin vaccine came out as a booster and everyone was ready to line up to get their “sugar cube”. To administer the vaccine it was dropped onto a sugar cube and then taken orally.

I am truly disappointed in the number of Americans who refuse a vaccine that will significantly reduce the impact of a deadly, highly contagious disease.

People want to return to the lifestyle of the 1950’s. Well, I lived in the 1950’s, and in those days no one would ever consider avoiding a life saving vaccine.

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steve_davis  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:38:07pm

re: #26 Ace Rothstein

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:38:14pm

re: #12 The Pie Overlord!

I didn’t even know such items existed. Going to buy some now.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:41:01pm

Spotted this afternoon : no more beating around the bush.

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Ace Rothstein  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:42:00pm

re: #33 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!

Kind of a reverse UK cigarette pack. “THESE WILL KILL YOU.”

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:42:49pm

re: #29 calochortus

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Thank you.

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Ace Rothstein  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:46:50pm

In my fifty years on this earth, I never thought I would see the day when half the country would refuse to take a vaccine because of liberty or something. Hard to have liberty WHEN YOU’RE FUCKING DEAD.

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PhillyPretzel  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:48:24pm

re: #36 Ace Rothstein

They believe that they are dying for freedom.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:53:28pm

re: #37 PhillyPretzel

They believe that they are dying for freedom.

bonus: owning the libs…

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wrenchwench  Dec 22, 2021 • 4:59:47pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:04:00pm
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Crush White Nationalism  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:04:02pm

re: #36 Ace Rothstein

In my fifty years on this earth, I never thought I would see the day when half the country would refuse to take a vaccine because of liberty or something. Hard to have liberty WHEN YOU’RE FUCKING DEAD.

It’s not half the country. It’s about half of Conservatives. The most stupid half.

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wrenchwench  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:04:04pm
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A Three Hour Tour  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:04:16pm

re: #26 Ace Rothstein

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There are two political figures where, when I see a picture of them, the thought comes unbidden to my mind, “If penises had faces, they would look like this.”

Chuck Grassley is the sad, old man version. Steven Miller is the pathetic young man version.

I’m sorry. The thought just pops in there.

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wrenchwench  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:10:26pm
[XXXX]of Surprise, AZ, passed away unexpectedly on November 9, 2021

Nobody expects anything in Surprise.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:10:45pm
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Captain Ron  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:11:12pm

re: #42 wrenchwench

She got money for that? I’d do that for fun.

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wrenchwench  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:12:44pm

re: #46 Dread Pirate Ron

She got money for that? I’d do that for fun.

Fun stops at the saguaros…

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:13:28pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:15:12pm
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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:16:07pm

Maybe to that friend at the swingers club but… Nah.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:19:53pm
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Dangerman  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:20:24pm

Mrsdm has been sneaky again
Painted the second noren without me knowing
Shes even got the brush strokes pretty good

And presented it while were in NJ at her folk’s place

Sorry about the angle

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:23:05pm

re: #45 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:24:20pm

re: #30 Cheechako

Happy Birthday!
You make a great point. Every once in a while a bad, maybe fatal flaw shows up in food, or a home/baby product. But there is no “anti-food” or “anti crib” movement. And talk about a mandate lol.

Suddenly all the oversight and clinical trials and real world data for about a year is not near enough to insist we vaccinate. SMH.

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wrenchwench  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:24:24pm

Hey, bud.

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Belafon  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:28:53pm

At the Myerson here in Dallas to see the Dallas orchestras Christmas concert. They are requiring masks be worn and employees have signs to show people to get people to out them on. There’s this one dad that is being obstinate about it. First he hung it over his ears, then he got up and talked to the usher on the side, and now he’s gone, though his wife and kids are still here. Mom’s basically acting the same way with her mask but quieter.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:30:59pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:32:15pm
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wrenchwench  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:35:21pm
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Dangerman  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:35:41pm

Another angle

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TedStriker  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:35:55pm

re: #44 wrenchwench

Nobody expects anything in Surprise.

Especially the inquisition…

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:36:37pm
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Dangerman  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:36:43pm

re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth

What’s “promote the general welfare” mean?

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Charles Johnson  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:37:37pm
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retired cynic  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:37:48pm

Best of 2021: Top 50 Photographs From Around the World

mymodernmet.com

Some real beauties in here!

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:40:49pm

re: #51 Charles Johnson

Those cold hard days of the depression or the 1918 pandemic we all read of?

It’s weird to realize how future readers will think of us. Great Recession, Covid, and an impeached President taking a swing at upending a legit election all in the same era.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:40:57pm

GOP controlled governments in Missouri, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas, Nebraska and South Dakota have yet to budget their funds, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which has tracked state use of the federal aid.

Rhode Island, the only Democratic-controlled state yet to budget the funds, is expected to approve a plan in early January when its legislature reconvenes.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:41:41pm

re: #63 Dangerman

What’s “promote the general welfare” mean?

It could mean letting destructive assholes die of their own stupidity, so I’ll give her a ‘2’ on that.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:44:42pm

I have a neighbor right across the street who puts a snow machine on his roof and plays loud Christmas music. Would somebody bail me out, please?

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Dangerman  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:45:31pm

re: #68 Decatur Deb

It could mean letting destructive assholes die of their own stupidity, so I’ll give her a ‘2’ on that.

It also means you can self destruct if you want to but you can’t take others, who don’t want to go, with you

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:46:00pm

Around 1500 earthquakes over a 24hr period in Fagradalsfjall. They cluster around the major cone, but also at the south end of Geldingadalir valley.

Supposedly this does not mean an eruption will happen in those locations, but the local authorities are not taking chances and have told people to stay away from Fagradalsfjall:

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Captain Magic  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:52:10pm

BRANCH COUNTY, MI - A diner owner who kept his restaurant open in defiance of state shutdowns has died after more than a two-month battle with COVID-19.

John Parney Sr., 62, died Dec. 14. He owned the Quincy Diner, 174 E. Chicago St. (U.S. 12) in the village of Quincy. He kept the restaurant open in December 2020, in violation of the partial shutdown ordered by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:53:14pm

re: #70 Dangerman

It also means you can self destruct if you want to but you can’t take others, who don’t want to go, with you

Short of unacceptable force, we can’t save them. Do what we can for the survivors.

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Dangerman  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:56:29pm
Roger Stone, a longtime associate of Donald Trump, is auctioning off a copy of a 1990s magazine cover he says is signed by the former president as part of a larger fundraising campaign to pay for his legal defenses and medical bills,” Politico reports.

“If the bid exceeds $20,000 dollars, the bidder gets the physical version of the magazine along with ‘one of only one’ digital copy, which Stone marketed as an NFT, or a non-fungible token

Grifting And milking the rubes for every last buck

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Captain Magic  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:57:09pm

re: #63 Dangerman

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Dangerman  Dec 22, 2021 • 5:59:37pm

re: #73 Decatur Deb

Short of unacceptable force, we can’t save them. Do what we can for the survivors.

That’s the point.
It is the governments job to protect the rest of us from boebert and people who think like her

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Florida Panhandler  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:00:17pm

re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth

something something about his husbandly duties?

His marriage was as valid as his human empathy and personal integrity.

Fake. Phony. Fraud.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:01:20pm

re: #4 KGxvi

He may have voted for decertification but he subsequently voted for impeachment. His change in heart would be consistent with that vote.

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Semper Fi  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:01:27pm

re: #48 The Pie Overlord!

Always the lier, he’s now trying to act sane.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:02:19pm

I posted this today at SorryAntivaxxer.com

One really interesting aspect of this is the stark contrast between the right wing’s current indifference to Covid and the complete, pants-shitting panic they exhibited over AIDS back in the 80s. For instance, at that time, I was selling cars for an upscale dealer in the DFW area. I lived in an apartment complex that had a pool. Various co-workers kept pestering me for invitations to come over and swim as my guest. I happened to tell them that a guy who lived in the complex was HIV-positive (which was true). One of them asked me if he used the pool. I said he did. I never heard another word about inviting them over to swim. That’s right, the goobers thought you could contract AIDS from swimming in the same pool as someone who had HIV. The same thing happened with the Ebola outbreak in 2014. One guy who had just come from Liberia died of ebola in a DFW hospital and yokel conservatives went apeshit, demanding that President Obama resign and that all Africans be expelled immediately.

Another poster added this, which I think says it all.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:02:44pm
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Decatur Deb  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:03:29pm

re: #76 Dangerman

That’s the point.
It is the governments job to protect the rest of us from boebert and people who think like her

Too late. They exist in numbers sufficient to clog the machinery of sanity. A few generations of rational education could reverse it for our descendants. We are fucked by our own hand.

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Captain Magic  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:06:05pm

re: #75 Captain Magic

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Dangerman  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:09:24pm

re: #77 Florida Panhandler

His marriage was as valid as his human empathy and personal integrity.

Fake. Phony. Fraud.

This is just congress. It’s not an effing calling.

If you were faced with a real challenge, you would have def choked.

You know…better or worse sickness and health, till death etc

Unless you didn’t actually mean the oath, which is how it looks.

Pathetic

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b.d  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:12:10pm

re: #81 Charles Johnson

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b.d  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:15:40pm

re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth

something something about his husbandly duties?

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Once they are divorced she can testify against him.

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steve_davis  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:21:16pm

re: #42 wrenchwench

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“loss of consortium…” euphemism for no wood in the willy any longer?

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Semper Fi  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:21:58pm

re: #60 Dangerman

Another angle

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:22:17pm

re: #75 Captain Magic

I’m sure she would answer (if she bothers to): Yes that’s exactly what she wants.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:23:03pm

I was referring to:

Cawthorn Blames Absence For House Votes On Fulfilling His ‘Service As A Husband’

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Decatur Deb  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:23:19pm

re: #87 steve_davis

“loss of consortium…” euphemism for no wood in the willy any longer?

Nope—just medically unavailable. (They don’t give GIs that for long deployments.)

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Cheechako  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:24:36pm

Nice way to serve their communities:

Hilcorp grants each employee a $25,000 philanthropic account for giving to a cause of their choice

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:24:49pm

re: #90 Backwoods_Sleuth

I was referring to:

Cawthorn Blames Absence For House Votes On Fulfilling His ‘Service As A Husband’

If only we could use that as an excuse for PTO at our jobs.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:26:03pm
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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:27:18pm

re: #94 Charles Johnson

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Have you considered 2nd Amendment solutions?

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Decatur Deb  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:28:32pm

re: #90 Backwoods_Sleuth

I was referring to:

Cawthorn Blames Absence For House Votes On Fulfilling His ‘Service As A Husband’

Don’t see his complaint. When he wasn’t screwing her, he was screwing us.

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:28:53pm

re: #95 I Would Prefer Not To

Have you considered 2nd Amendment solutions?

You need airstrikes for that sort of thing.

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steve_davis  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:33:37pm

re: #91 Decatur Deb

Nope—just medically unavailable. (They don’t give GIs that for long deployments.)

“If you’re suffering from loss of consortium, we have an escortium service available for your erectile dysfunction junction….”

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darthstar  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:36:13pm

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Captain Magic  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:37:09pm

re: #99 darthstar

Yeah, but did Robin lay an egg?

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Captain Magic  Dec 22, 2021 • 6:46:32pm

re: #97 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

You need airstrikes for that sort of thing.

Kamikaze drone strikes?

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Sherlock Hound  Dec 22, 2021 • 7:01:40pm

re: #100 Captain Magic

Yeah, but did Robin lay an egg?

The Batmobile DID lose a wheel!
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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 22, 2021 • 7:35:22pm

Latest episode in the Great Bread Lame Insurrection:

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Dangerman  Dec 22, 2021 • 7:40:32pm

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sagehen  Dec 22, 2021 • 7:47:17pm

re: #86 b.d. (The war is over)

Once they are divorced she can testify against him.

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She can testify against him even before they’re divorced.

Marital privilege just means she can’t be forced to testify, no contempt of court for refusing. Nothing to stop her if she wants to of her own free will.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 22, 2021 • 7:47:18pm
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Dave In Austin  Dec 22, 2021 • 7:48:52pm

re: #103 The Pie Overlord!

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Dangerman  Dec 22, 2021 • 7:49:02pm

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austin_blue  Dec 22, 2021 • 7:49:58pm

re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth

something something about his husbandly duties?

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Perhaps the irreconcilable difference is that he is incapable of pleasing his wife. Also that he’s famous and doesn’t need her anymore. Or that he is just a complete and utter idiot. And a complete and utter asshole.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 22, 2021 • 7:50:09pm

re: #93 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

If only we could use that as an excuse for PTO at our jobs.

INORITE. I can’t do my job because I is a husband.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 22, 2021 • 7:51:15pm

Just to revisit a topic that we have discussed exhaustively and repeatedly: Joe Manchin and the precarious balance in the Senate. Yes, it took a huge amount of energy and GOTV efforts to defeat Trump, especially contrary to all reason he managed to get over 11 million more votes than in 2016, despite his gross mishandling of the pandemic.

But the only reason that McConnell is not Senate Majority Leader is that two liberals managed to win Georgia, and a primary reason for their victory? Trump’s fury that he was not reelected and all the levers he pulled to overturn the results failed. Instead of working overtime to help Georgia Republicans to hold on to their Senate seats, he instead spent his time bad-mouthing the Georgia establishment and their failure to violate the law to assist him. With McConnell as Senate Majority Leader, as Bannon so colorfully phrased it, the Biden administration would indeed have been killed in the crib.

We cannot continue on the path of denigrating Manchin because until we have a real majority in the Senate, we cannot afford to lose a single Democrat. McConnell will promise him anything to gain his allegiance. He may be extremely conservative but he votes with the Democrats most of the time. Obama was forced to compromise on the ACA to appease Lieberman; otherwise there would have been a public option. The BBB may be weaker than we would like but if we can get a version out there, it will be another victory for Biden. Of course, if we cannot get filibuster reform and pass voting rights, any victory is likely to come to a crashing end with the November 2022 election.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 22, 2021 • 7:53:46pm

re: #106 Dave In Austin

a conservative news service operated by 15-year-old Brilyn Hollyhand.

So, another Shapiro in the making? Why do the right-whingers think that 15-yo morons are somehow insight into some form of truth or relevance?

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CleverToad  Dec 22, 2021 • 7:58:15pm

re: #11 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

As I mentioned yesterday, that not only was it the winter solstice/yuletide, but also my hand-fasting day. If you follow me on the bird app, you probably saw this tweet. I repost it here now for the rest of you.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:00:25pm

re: #11 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

As I mentioned yesterday, that not only was it the winter solstice/yuletide, but also my hand-fasting day. If you follow me on the bird app, you probably saw this tweet. I repost it here now for the rest of you.

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ckkatz  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:01:28pm

re: #42 wrenchwench

Ugh, that experience sounds pretty awful.

It reminded me that in the Army, often equipment is carried suspended under a helicopter. If the load starts to swing uncontrollably, and threatens to take down the helicopter, the pilot will jettison the suspended equipment.

There were always rumors about senior leaders whose Army supplied vehicle was in an unauthorized accident,. And then suddenly orders were cut to helicopter transport it. Then during the transport, the load started to swing uncontrollably and had to be jettisoned.

My experience is that Army vehicle mechanics could repair just about anything. To the point that it was highly unlikely that a vehicle would need to be ‘terminated with extreme prejudice’.

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BigPapa  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:01:37pm

Ratatouille Cubed Style

I didn’t bleed on this one.

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CleverToad  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:02:45pm

re: #30 Cheechako

Yesterday was Winter Solstice, that means today is…

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Bon voyage for your next round trip!

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austin_blue  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:04:35pm

re: #80 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

I posted this today at SorryAntivaxxer.com

Another poster added this, which I think says it all.

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I was living in New Orleans when AIDS blew up and there was a poster (literally a printed poster) that said:

“Can you get AIDS from your waiter?”

“Yes, but only if you have sex with him.”

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:08:38pm

re: #90 Backwoods_Sleuth

I was referring to:

Cawthorn Blames Absence For House Votes On Fulfilling His ‘Service As A Husband’

Geeez he only needed a couple minutes…///

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sagehen  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:08:49pm

re: #109 austin_blue

Perhaps the irreconcilable difference is that he is incapable of pleasing his wife. Also that he’s famous and doesn’t need her anymore. Or that he is just a complete and utter idiot. And a complete and utter asshole.

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:11:37pm

re: #107 Dave In Austin

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ckkatz  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:13:39pm

So sorry to hear about the bloodshed in the kitchen. That certainly sent shudders down my spine.

I do hope that those who sacrificed heal up painlessly, quickly and completely.

Yes, there are specialty resistant gloves for slicing and cutting. They go by names like butcher’s, chainmail, and kevlar gloves, among other names. I believe that they are rated on protection by ANSI from A2 through A9. And they are variously composed of leather, certain plastics, kevlar, and yes, chainmail.

I have a kevlar glove that I picked up in the fishing section of Dick’s Sporting Goods some years back. I do wear (it) in the kitchen when I am working with stabby, jabby and slicy things like knives.

Come to think about it, since I wear them when dealing with things far sharper than I am, I probably should wear them when I am logged on at lgf too. Even though I seem to miss the point often enough that I may be safe…

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:16:09pm

re: #122 ckkatz

Deboning chicken must be one of the most hazardous moments with a kitchen knife.

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BigPapa  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:18:22pm

Last ratatouille there was an incident with the mandolin.

This time was cubes. Not messing with that buggah for a while.

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:18:43pm

re: #121 The Pie Overlord!

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austin_blue  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:20:41pm

re: #122 ckkatz

So sorry to hear about the bloodshed in the kitchen. That certainly sent shudders down my spine.

I do hope that those who sacrificed heal up painlessly, quickly and completely.

Yes, there are specialty resistant gloves for slicing and cutting. They go by names like butcher’s, chainmail, and kevlar gloves, among other names. I believe that they are rated on protection by ANSIi from A2 through A9. And they are variously composed of leather, certain plastics, kevlar, and yes, chainmail.

I have a kevlar glove that I picked up in the fishing section of Dick’s Sporting Goods some years back. I do wear (it) in the kitchen when I am working stabby, jabby and slicy things like knives.

Come to think about it, since I wear them when dealing with things far sharper than I am, I probably should wear them when I am logged on at lgf too. Even though I seem to miss the point often enough that I may be safe…

The problem with most lames is that they use ancient tech (Double sided razor blades!) in open fittings with no guardrails. Accidents waiting to happen. Sorry it happened to the Babushka and I hope she heals up fast.

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:22:07pm

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ckkatz  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:22:58pm

re: #123 Rightwingconspirator

Deboning chicken must be one of the most hazardous moments with a kitchen knife.

I suspect that you are correct.

Filleting fish may also be dangerous. (Which is why the fishing section had the kevlar gloves when I passed by.) Particularly if done by the fisherman after a hot and ‘thirsty’ fishing expedition. I cannot speak from experience on that though, as I do not have the patience to fish.

I have been meaning to take a cooking course on how to use a knife in the kitchen.

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:26:03pm

re: #125 Rightwingconspirator

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ckkatz  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:27:24pm

More 2,700 year old fashion:

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A Cranky One  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:35:38pm

re: #128 ckkatz

I’ve cleaned and filleted many a fish with a very sharp knife. Never cut myself.

Of course, I was sober at the time.

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austin_blue  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:37:58pm

re: #128 ckkatz

I suspect that you are correct.

Filleting fish may also be dangerous. (Which is why the fishing section had the kevlar gloves when I passed by.) Particularly if done by the fisherman after a hot and ‘thirsty’ fishing expedition. I cannot speak from experience on that though, as I do not have the patience to fish.

I have been meaning to take a cooking course on how to use a knife in the kitchen.

I do a lot of knife work in the kitchen. I’ve never cut myself badly, but I’ve nicked myself. A lot. I’ve never had to get a stitch and have no missing fingertips but I’ve got a couple of scars. The most common reason?

Busy, distracted, or doing something new.

Some things I’ve learned.

Expensive knives are worth the price, but read the reviews. Some of the most expensive suck.

Find a good knife sharpener. Talk to your hair cutter. Trust me on this.

If you’ve got a good sushi shop near you, ask if you can watch a pro break down fish for the night’s nigiri. It’s an art and you should learn it.

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Captain Ron  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:43:45pm

re: #132 austin_blue

I’d asked my hair cutter but he’s a dumfuk. He’s me.

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:49:48pm

Whoa. LA daily new covid cases just doubled to 6509. I think the last surge peaked at about 4000. before that, pre vaccine, peaked at almost 20,000. Freaking omicron.

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ckkatz  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:51:37pm

This seems to sum things up:

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austin_blue  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:54:25pm

re: #133 Dread Pirate Ron

I’d asked my hair cutter but he’s a dumfuk. He’s me.

Ha! Well said.

But really, many of the best blade sharpeners are peripatetic, moving in fixed patterns to take care of their clients across wide areas.

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A Cranky One  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:57:49pm

This thread is bringing back memories.

When I was a kid, we went to Canada several years where we’d carry a canoe to some small glacial lakes away from people, then camp and fish.

The crystal clear waters and wilderness were beautiful. We’d catch enough fish for dinner then return to camp. I got to clean all the fish (hence my experience).

While I’ve never been a big fan of fish, that extremely fresh fish, wrapped in foil with some butter, salt and other spices, then tossed into the campfire for a few minutes was wonderful.

I’ll never forget my grandfather tossing egg shells in the coffee pot and stirring beans with a stick.

Ah, the old days.

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ckkatz  Dec 22, 2021 • 8:58:37pm

re: #134 Rightwingconspirator

Whoa. LA daily new covid cases just doubled to 6509. I think the last surge peaked at about 4000. before that, pre vaccine, peaked at almost 20,000. Freaking omicron.

How are hospitalizations doing?

I had understood that even though omicron was more contagious, hospitalizations among the vaccinated and boosted was significantly lower.

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retired cynic  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:00:02pm

re: #137 A Cranky One

Wrapping big baked potatoes in blue clay and tossing them in the fire. Breaking the hardened clay off with a rock, and adding butter and salt. Heaven!

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retired cynic  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:02:10pm

re: #139 retired cynic

grrr, baking potatoes, not already baked potatoes

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Captain Ron  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:02:47pm

re: #137 A Cranky One

I’ll never forget my grandfather tossing egg shells in the coffee pot and stirring beans with a stick.

Ah, the old days.

I learned about campfire coffee on a overnight rafting trip. Our guides just threw the coffee grounds in the water in the coffee pot and added egg shells to sink the grounds.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:04:59pm

re: #103 The Pie Overlord!

Latest episode in the Great Bread Lame Insurrection:

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:08:37pm

re: #80 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

They were in pants-crapping panic mode on the ground level, but the Reagan Administration… completely ignored it. Sorta like Jared the Dunce telling Clownstick to ignore COVID because only brown people in Blue States are getting it. They didn’t and couldn’t give two shits about “The Gay Plague”.

So while Reagan was ignoring it in the 80s and it looked like no one was doing… anything, I spent several years as a child in pants-crapping panic mode because I had a hemorrhage during a routine surgery and had to have a blood transfusion… in 1980 and didn’t know if I potentially was going to die of AIDS at some point in elementary school.

Add this on top the existential dread of growing up wondering if you were going to wake up to a mushroom cloud.

Wonderful childhood. At least my parents weren’t assholes or abusive.

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Captain Ron  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:09:50pm

re: #138 ckkatz

How are hospitalizations doing?

I had understood that even though omicron was more contagious, hospitalizations among the vaccinated and boosted was significantly lower.

Here is yesterday and today’s trend for my bay area county, not sure how natural fluctuations affect this but cases are going up and hospitalizations are still trending down.

yesterday

today

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:11:40pm

re: #126 austin_blue

The problem with most lames is that they use ancient tech (Double sided razor blades!) in open fittings with no guardrails. Accidents waiting to happen. Sorry it happened to the Babushka and I hope she heals up fast.

According to Wikipedia’s article on the lame, the blades are often curved, which produces certain cuts which are finer than straight razors (this implies people used straight razors).

My wife says for her baking she will only use a paring knife, because a lame is too dangerous.

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austin_blue  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:13:41pm

re: #138 ckkatz

How are hospitalizations doing?

I had understood that even though omicron was more contagious, hospitalizations among the vaccinated and boosted was significantly lower.

Well, the real problem is that Delta is still a thing, and two weeks ago was still the primary mover of Covid infections. It was also more lethal than either the original flavor or the new Omicron.

So the people in the ICUs today are almost all Deltas. And the people in the ICUs two weeks from now will also be Deltas, new cases replacing the dead.

Omicrons seem to be hospitalized at just 40% of the Deltas, but Omicron seems to spread at 3X the rate that Delta did. Which, if you break out ICU versus hospital beds may be good or bad.

In any case, I am masked, social distancing, and meeting friends outdoors this Holiday Season.

Dagnabbit.

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A Cranky One  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:16:01pm

re: #145 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

According to Wikipedia’s article on the lame, the blades are often curved, which produces certain cuts which are finer than straight razors (this implies people used straight razors).

My wife says for her baking she will only use a paring knife, because a lame is too dangerous.

Yah, but VB lives on the edge. 😉

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austin_blue  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:17:16pm

re: #147 A Cranky One

Yah, but VB lives on the edge. 😉

Cheeky monkey.

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A Cranky One  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:19:34pm

re: #148 austin_blue

Hey, I was really impressed with the knife photos. In addition to being beautiful, they appear well designed for the user.

Nice!

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BigPapa  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:19:53pm

Ratatouille Cubed Style Fin

This time I didn’t do the thin slice mandolin style. Tried it cubed up. Still did the onion/tomato/garlic base with peanut butter roux and herbes de Provence. Bottom 3rd of the pan I mixed it up half way through for a test. I like the layer of rich sauce on the bottom like lasagne but tried mixing it through just to see.

For food science yo.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:23:35pm

re: #134 Rightwingconspirator

Whoa. LA daily new covid cases just doubled to 6509. I think the last surge peaked at about 4000. before that, pre vaccine, peaked at almost 20,000. Freaking omicron.

The Nebraska Panhandle is nearly at zero after coming to the end of the second wave (we’ve trailed way behind other areas). The vaccination rate here is going to bite if it doesn’t come up soon, currently at 41%. That said, the state is still making it difficult to get a vaccine at all here. Pretty much my whole town is vaccinated though.

We have dropped from transmission category “high” to “substantial.”

pphd.org

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retired cynic  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:23:56pm

re: #150 BigPapa

There are a number of folks on here, that I would like to apply to, to be adopted. So many good cooks; so many people living in interesting places!

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:28:02pm

re: #124 BigPapa

Last ratatouille there was an incident with the mandolin.

This time was cubes. Not messing with that buggah for a while.

Were the strings of your mandolin not tuned properly? /s

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Belafon  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:29:22pm

So many people in the replies not getting the joke:

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:30:44pm

re: #144 Dread Pirate Ron

Here is yesterday and today’s trend for my bay area county, not sure how natural fluctuations affect this but cases are going up and hospitalizations are still trending down.

yesterday

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Seems to be happening all over the state. Cases going up, hospitalizations going down. I’m not complaining…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:33:18pm

re: #154 Belafon

So many people in the replies not getting the joke:

“Ethnics?”

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ckkatz  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:39:11pm

The article lists the following as having reported owning cryptocurrency:
Senators:
Pat Toomey (R., Pa.)
Cynthia Lummis (R., Wyo.)

Representatives:
Michael Waltz (R., Fla.)
Jake Auchincloss (D., Mass.)
Mark Green (R., Tenn.)
Alan Lowenthal (D., Calif.)
Michael McCaul (R., Texas)
Barry Moore (R., Ala.)
Marie Newman (D., Ill.)
Ed Perlmutter (D., Colo.)
Jeff Van Drew (R., N.J.)

In the WhiteHouse:
Tim Wu, a senior adviser to the president on technology policy
Ryan Montoya, the White House director of scheduling and advance

Interesting quote:

Before last year’s election, the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a trade group representing the digital-asset and blockchain industry, gave $50 of bitcoin to all House and Senate members in a bid to get cryptocurrency on their radar. The only catch was that their campaigns had to set up a way to receive the digital currency.

All but eight campaigns returned the bitcoin, records show.

Only Two Senators Own Crypto Assets. Both Are Shaping the Industry’s Rules.
Sens. Pat Toomey and Cynthia Lummis, members of Senate Banking Committee, say their cryptocurrency experience gives them crucial expertise
wsj.com

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Targetpractice  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:42:06pm

re: #157 ckkatz

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The article lists the following as having reported owning cryptocurrency:
Senators:
Pat Toomey (R., Pa.)
Cynthia Lummis (R., Wyo.)

Representatives:
Michael Waltz (R., Fla.)
Jake Auchincloss (D., Mass.)
Mark Green (R., Tenn.)
Alan Lowenthal (D., Calif.)
Michael McCaul (R., Texas)
Barry Moore (R., Ala.)
Marie Newman (D., Ill.)
Ed Perlmutter (D., Colo.)
Jeff Van Drew (R., N.J.)

In the WhiteHouse:
Tim Wu, a senior adviser to the president on technology policy
Ryan Montoya, the White House director of scheduling and advance

Interesting quote:

Only Two Senators Own Crypto Assets. Both Are Shaping the Industry’s Rules.
Sens. Pat Toomey and Cynthia Lummis, members of Senate Banking Committee, say their cryptocurrency experience gives them crucial expertise
wsj.com

More accurate headline: “Tulip mania expands to members of Congress.”

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austin_blue  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:46:14pm

re: #150 BigPapa

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This time I didn’t do the thin slice mandolin style. Tried it cubed up. Still did the onion/tomato/garlic base with peanut butter roux and herbes de Provence. Bottom 3rd of the pan I mixed it up half way through for a test. I like the layer of rich sauce on the bottom like lasagne but tried mixing it through just to see.

For food science yo.

My culinary education was in New Orleans, where I learned about how food worked. I was in college, and was desperately poor. I prepped at restaurants and made a lot of Roux which consisted of cooking flour and oil until it reached a certain color (blonde, pecan, dark) that went into the various soups, stews, and gumbos that are the ABCs of Louisiana cooking.

There was never, ever, such thing as a peanut roux. In addition, a proper roux would never be spiced with Herbes de Provence, which would be completely overwhelmed by the roux.

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ckkatz  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:54:40pm

re: #158 Targetpractice

Yup, I am certainly not ready to put any of my hard earned money into cryptocurrency.

By the way, I have been meaning to ask…

Isn’t there supposed to be an upcoming Va State House of Delegates (District 89) election down your way in a couple of weeks?

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austin_blue  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:55:22pm

Night all! Be nice to each other.

Sorry if the last post was nasty, but a peanut butter roux was never a thing in trad NO cooking. And Herbs de Provence in it? Bullshit.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:57:56pm

Nebraska State Patrol apologising for accidentally sending out an Emergency Alert to every cell phone in the state at 11PM CST. There are advantages to not having cell service.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 22, 2021 • 9:58:39pm

re: #136 austin_blue

Ha! Well said.

But really, many of the best blade sharpeners are peripatetic, moving in fixed patterns to take care of their clients across wide areas.

I use a TR Maker fixed axis. This thing is amazing.

Youtube Video

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Targetpractice  Dec 22, 2021 • 10:00:16pm

re: #160 ckkatz

Yup, I am certainly not ready to put any of my hard earned money into cryptocurrency.

By the way, I have been meaning to ask…

Isn’t there supposed to be an upcoming Va State House of Delegates (District 89) election down your way in a couple of weeks?

Indeed there is, as Jones (D) announced his resignation as of last week to spend time with family (he and the wife are expecting their first child). Since he’s not leaving under the shadow of scandal and the district’s dark blue, I don’t think there’s any real chance of an upset there.

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sagehen  Dec 22, 2021 • 10:02:21pm

Youtube Video

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BigPapa  Dec 22, 2021 • 10:05:41pm

re: #161 austin_blue

Sorry if the last post was nasty, but a peanut butter roux was never a thing in trad NO cooking. And Herbs de Provence in it? Bullshit.

I’m not in NO and I’m not cooking traditional NO food. I’m not going to call it a Manilla folder roux or a tan bath towel roux though the thought of winding you up makes me giggle.

And you’re not getting any. NO ROUX FOR YOU!

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ckkatz  Dec 22, 2021 • 10:13:24pm

re: #163 Dave In Austin

The background music during the demo is apparently this song:

Youtube Video

Interestingly, the geographical term Turan was originally Persian and referred to Persian Central Asian tribes. However, the meaning has slowly become associated with Turkic tribes. In this case it is a group from Kazakhstan.
en.wikipedia.org

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ckkatz  Dec 22, 2021 • 10:15:20pm

re: #166 BigPapa

Sounds like someone is going to rue the roux.

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ckkatz  Dec 22, 2021 • 10:16:47pm

re: #165 sagehen

Hah!

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Captain Ron  Dec 22, 2021 • 10:27:09pm

Nice, building up snow pack for storing water.

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ckkatz  Dec 22, 2021 • 10:33:36pm

G’nite and sweet lizard dreams to all!

A friend sent me a bunch of Christmas Dad jokes. I’ll leave you with the unexpurgated list.

How much does Santa pay to park his sleigh?
Nothing, it’s on the house.

I took my old car to the mechanic because it was making a terrible noise.
He removed the Mariah Carey Christmas CD and now it’s fine.

What has a jolly laugh, brings you presents and scratches up your furniture?
Santa Claws.

What do snowmen like to do on the weekend?
Chill out.

What’s the difference between Santa’s reindeer and a knight?
One slays the dragon, and the other’s draggin’ the sleigh.

One night a Viking named Rudolph the Red was looking out the window when he said, “It’s going to rain.”
His wife asked, “How do you know?”
“Because Rudolph the Red knows rain, dear.”

There are four stages of life and they
all involve Santa:
1. You believe in Santa.
2. You don’t believe in Santa.
3. You are Santa.
4. You look like Santa.

What did Adam say to the missus on the 24th of December?
It’s Christmas Eve.

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Captain Ron  Dec 22, 2021 • 10:47:25pm

From Reddit. They’ll need a lot bigger knobbies for traction.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 22, 2021 • 10:51:12pm

I’m stuck on Tracfone’s site trying to noodle out what I should replace my flip phone with.

Tracfone says support for 3G is going to drop dead in February so I have to replace it.

There are other flip phones available, along with a bunch of smart phones.

The smart phones confuse the crap out of me from their descriptions (Samsung, Apple, &c).

Neither my wife nor I can figure out what to do with the smartphones on offer, so I’m guessing flip phone (plus we almost never use it).

Presumably we can buy a different phone later from them.

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Captain Ron  Dec 22, 2021 • 10:59:00pm

re: #173 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I’ve had Apple smartphones for about 15 years. My wife who could barely operate my iPhone when she had to make a call just got a Samsung as her first smartphone and figured out how to operate it in about 6 weeks. Now, if I have to operate her phone I’m totally lost. My iPhone 6 is old and 4G, hers is fancy new with 5G. I’m kinda jelly.

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ericblair  Dec 22, 2021 • 11:08:44pm

Using technology to mindfuck fish out of existence. SCIENCE

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William Lewis  Dec 22, 2021 • 11:09:49pm

re: #173 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I’m stuck on Tracfone’s site trying to noodle out what I should replace my flip phone with.

Tracfone says support for 3G is going to drop dead in February so I have to replace it.

There are other flip phones available, along with a bunch of smart phones.

The smart phones confuse the crap out of me from their descriptions (Samsung, Apple, &c).

Neither my wife nor I can figure out what to do with the smartphones on offer, so I’m guessing flip phone (plus we almost never use it).

Presumably we can buy a different phone later from them.

Motorola makes some good and, for smart phones, simple to sus out for quite cheap. This Moto Power G 2021 is the one I got and is on sale right now. Android 10 (mine just updated to Android 11) is easy enough to use and it has excellent battery life. It’s unlocked so just drop your tracphone simm card in.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Dec 22, 2021 • 11:22:21pm

I am wide awake and extremely annoyed.
Took my dogs out for a walk at 12:30, found my truck missing.
Called the police to report it stolen. It was towed as a derelict/abandoned vehicle.
As of now it’s at least $180+ to get it back
A week ago I found a code enforcement sticker on my truck notifying me that it was derelict because it had no current registration. Warning it would be towed in 15 days (29 Dec). Low and behold someone had ripped my registration decal from my tag.
Truck is/was current registered thru 9/ 22
Yesterday (Tues) I went and paid for a new reg & decal to be compliant ($36 and change). Affixed the new decal this morning (Wed) when it had finally stopped raining
I bet when I get to the tow yard there is no tag on the vehicle. Hell I bet they’re the assholes that stole the damn reg. decal

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Dec 22, 2021 • 11:25:41pm

re: #177 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Oh, I’ve been searching my apartment for the last hour looking for my title, as I must present the current title or registration at the tow yard. Of course my reg. is in the vehicle, but you can bet they won’t let me get it.
Found a title, from Dec 17, 2002
I may have requested a new one sometime in the last 19 years

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 22, 2021 • 11:29:10pm

re: #174 Dread Pirate Ron

I’ve had Apple smartphones for about 15 years. My wife who could barely operate my iPhone when she had to make a call just got a Samsung as her first smartphone and figured out how to operate it in about 6 weeks. Now, if I have to operate her phone I’m totally lost. My iPhone 6 is old and 4G, hers is fancy new with 5G. I’m kinda jelly.

Six weeks? Ugh.

My wife is of the opinion a real telephone has a dial. She’s not very adept with the current flip phone.

So, we went with a new flip phone.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Dec 22, 2021 • 11:32:41pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 22, 2021 • 11:35:43pm

re: #177 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

I am wide awake and extremely annoyed.
Took my dogs out for a walk at 12:30, found my truck missing.
Called the police to report it stolen. It was towed as a derelict/abandoned vehicle.
As of now it’s at least $180+ to get it back
A week ago I found a code enforcement sticker on my truck notifying me that it was derelict because it had no current registration. Warning it would be towed in 15 days (29 Dec). Low and behold someone had ripped my registration decal from my tag.
Truck is/was current registered thru 9/ 22
Yesterday (Tues) I went and paid for a new reg & decal to be compliant ($36 and change). Affixed the new decal this morning (Wed) when it had finally stopped raining
I bet when I get to the tow yard there is no tag on the vehicle. Hell I bet they’re the assholes that stole the damn reg. decal

My year decal last year was peeling off my license plate due to the temperature extremes here.

Popped into the county seat, they give out new stickers free.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 22, 2021 • 11:38:09pm

re: #177 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

I bet when I get to the tow yard there is no tag on the vehicle. Hell I bet they’re the assholes that stole the damn reg. decal

(3:35)

Lincoln Park Pirates

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Targetpractice  Dec 22, 2021 • 11:38:47pm

My cynical muse is whispering in my ear again, suggesting that perhaps Dems should listen to the critics and avoid going to the polls next year with promises of what they’ll do/pass if they keep majorities in Congress. That what they should do instead is go to voters and be honest: “We are running for no other reason than to keep Republicans out of power. We’re not promising anything specific because we can’t guarantee we’ll deliver on it. But we promise we’ll pass…something, no matter how lackluster or pointless, because we’ve decided that’s all you lot care about. But the one thing we can assure you of is that we’ll be the ones calling the shots. So get out there and vote for us, because if you’re lucky you might get something worthwhile in the year between election seasons.”

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 22, 2021 • 11:42:21pm

Porch pirate glitter bomb version 4.

(18:27)

Youtube Video

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 23, 2021 • 12:07:53am

Mitch McConnell makes an open pitch for Joe Manchin to join the Republican Party.

Straight report: McConnell to Manchin: We’d Love to Have You, Joe (New York Times)

With spice: Mitch McConnell Says Joe Manchin Should Join GOP, Where They Welcome Differing Views (Wonkette)

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 23, 2021 • 12:16:29am

re: #170 Dread Pirate Ron

The rain has not started where I am located, but I believe there is some drizzle around the county.

Should rain quite a bit by Thursday sundown.

Think I’ll stay inside tomorrow.

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sagehen  Dec 23, 2021 • 12:23:45am

re: #183 Targetpractice

My cynical muse is whispering in my ear again, suggesting that perhaps Dems should listen to the critics and avoid going to the polls next year with promises of what they’ll do/pass if they keep majorities in Congress. That what they should do instead is go to voters and be honest: “We are running for no other reason than to keep Republicans out of power. We’re not promising anything specific because we can’t guarantee we’ll deliver on it. But we promise we’ll pass…something, no matter how lackluster or pointless, because we’ve decided that’s all you lot care about. But the one thing we can assure you of is that we’ll be the ones calling the shots. So get out there and vote for us, because if you’re lucky you might get something worthwhile in the year between election seasons.”

and if you vote for Ralph Nader and Jill Stein, that will bring the revolution and all progressives will be elected next election, assuming there is a next election, and unicorn rainbow pony. Because her e-mails.

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Targetpractice  Dec 23, 2021 • 12:25:11am

re: #187 sagehen

and if you vote for Ralph Nader and Jill Stein, that will bring the revolution and all progressives will be elected next election, assuming there is a next election, and unicorn rainbow pony. Because her e-mails.

So instead, keep voting for Democrats because otherwise the terrorists…er, the Republicans win.

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Targetpractice  Dec 23, 2021 • 12:26:23am

re: #185 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Mitch McConnell makes an open pitch for Joe Manchin to join the Republican Party.

Straight report: McConnell to Manchin: We’d Love to Have You, Joe (New York Times)

With spice: Mitch McConnell Says Joe Manchin Should Join GOP, Where They Welcome Differing Views (Wonkette)

Doktor Zoom hits the nail on the head:

The story includes many other examples of Mitch McConnell patting himself on the shell for his excellent work in thwarting legislative progress for President Joe Biden, but it’s all the usual self-serving bullshit you’d expect. We aren’t going to give you a list of the times the GOP screamed bloody murder at its few “mavericks” because it is Christmas week and we don’t want to. And if anybody thinks we’re going to stop screaming at that fuckhead because he might hit us worse if we make him mad, we’re sorry. We’re sorry he has a personality disorder that apparently makes him break the actual world for a half million dollars a year, and that he thinks people without jobs have kids who shouldn’t eat. Of course, nobody’s actually removed the D next to his name for him — he can caucus with Democrats as long as he would like — that’s reserved for “people who vote to impeach a man who sent armed lunatics to kill them.”

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ericblair  Dec 23, 2021 • 12:40:23am

re: #188 Targetpractice

So instead, keep voting for Democrats because otherwise the terrorists…er, the Republicans win.

Yep, negative partisanship is underrated. Flip Dem and GOP and that’s been the GOP pitch for years now.

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Targetpractice  Dec 23, 2021 • 12:46:49am

re: #190 ericblair

Yep, negative partisanship is underrated. Flip Dem and GOP and that’s been the GOP pitch for years now.

And if we adopt it, if we make that our entire pitch to voters, then why are they wrong to conclude that there’s no difference between the parties running for office?

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Captain Ron  Dec 23, 2021 • 12:48:46am

re: #186 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Yep the year I get into e-biking is the year the damn drought ends. I can always put my 40 year old Goretex onesie on I guess.

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ericblair  Dec 23, 2021 • 1:15:46am

re: #191 Targetpractice

And if we adopt it, if we make that our entire pitch to voters, then why are they wrong to conclude that there’s no difference between the parties running for office?

Who said anything about making it the entire pitch? Pointing out that the GOP is full of fascists who are happy to kill you for a few clicks and bucks is a pretty good reason to vote Dem.

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Targetpractice  Dec 23, 2021 • 1:24:21am

re: #193 ericblair

Who said anything about making it the entire pitch? Pointing out that the GOP is full of fascists who are happy to kill you for a few clicks and bucks is a pretty good reason to vote Dem.

A majority of Virginia voters disagreed last month. Might be because while we were screaming “FASCISM!!!,” VA Repubs were out there telling folks that their kids were in danger (if the danger was only of hurt feelings) if VA Dems weren’t voted out.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 23, 2021 • 1:38:32am

re: #167 ckkatz

TR Maker makes high end knife making tools. They are a Turkish Entity.

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ericblair  Dec 23, 2021 • 1:38:57am

re: #194 Targetpractice

A majority of Virginia voters disagreed last month. Might be because while we were screaming “FASCISM!!!,” VA Repubs were out there telling folks that their kids were in danger (if the danger was only of hurt feelings) if VA Dems weren’t voted out.

I don’t know where you’re going with this. Once you got past the Concerned Parent/Actually GOP County Committee Chair plants on the nooz, the main issue in VA seemed to be that the schools were closed for a LONG time because of COVID, McAuliffe sounded like he brushed off the parents, and enough voters got pissed off about that. And if you believe in Iron Laws of Politics, like the Dems are going to lose the House in 22 because in midterms that’s almost always what happens, VA elects the party that lost the previous presidential election because that’s almost always what happens.

If you’re saying that negative partisanship appeals work better for the GOP than the Dems, that’s probably true because that’s all the GOP has. It doesn’t mean that the Dems shouldn’t use it to its maximum advantage. Don’t progressives criticize liberals for not being willing to fight?

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Targetpractice  Dec 23, 2021 • 2:03:58am

re: #196 ericblair

I don’t know where you’re going with this. Once you got past the Concerned Parent/Actually GOP County Committee Chair plants on the nooz, the main issue in VA seemed to be that the schools were closed for a LONG time because of COVID, McAuliffe sounded like he brushed off the parents, and enough voters got pissed off about that. And if you believe in Iron Laws of Politics, like the Dems are going to lose the House in 22 because in midterms that’s almost always what happens, VA elects the party that lost the previous presidential election because that’s almost always what happens.

McAuliffe was asked to weigh in on parents and their concerns about what’s being taught in VA schools, to which he proceeded to play into every stereotype of Dems being out-of-touch elitists by opining that parents should have no say on what’s taught in our schools. But before that night and after it, the bulk of his campaign could be summed up as “Youngkin = Trump.” And just like how we won the presidency but got hammered down-ballot, the specter of Trump was not enough to people’s worries about what’s happening in their own backyards.

If you’re saying that negative partisanship appeals work better for the GOP than the Dems, that’s probably true because that’s all the GOP has. It doesn’t mean that the Dems shouldn’t use it to its maximum advantage. Don’t progressives criticize liberals for not being willing to fight?

The party leadership certainly fought like mad to get the BIF over the finish line, such that they stomped all over progressives to do so.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 23, 2021 • 2:09:47am
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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Dec 23, 2021 • 2:11:23am

“I won’t live in fear!” Not for long anyway.

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Captain Magic  Dec 23, 2021 • 2:16:08am

Chile’s tattooed president-elect honors homeland in ink
By PATRICIA LUNA Associated Press DECEMBER 22, 2021 — 10:10PM

SANTIAGO, Chile — When Gabriel Boric is sworn in as Chile’s president he’ll not only be the youngest to lead the South American country but also the first in Latin America to sport several tattoos.

The question is whether he’ll openly display them.

One person hoping he does is Yumbel Góngora, the self-proclaimed “tattoo dissident” who inked the three elaborate designs that fill Boric’s arms and back with sweeping imagery from his native Patagonia region.

“It’s important that a person never forgets their roots. That always keeps you focused on where you are and what’s important … not get lost in the fame,” Gongora told The Associated Press while taking a break at her parlor in downtown Santiago decorated with artwork containing feminist slogans.

Boric, 35, scored a historic victory in Sunday’s runoff over a one-time admirer of Donald Trump after campaigning on a promise to attack the nagging poverty and inequality that he and leftist supporters argue is the unacceptable underbelly of a free market model imposed decades ago by the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 23, 2021 • 2:33:28am

re: #4 KGxvi

1. He’s retiring, so I find the sudden remorse less than valuable.
2. Trump being responsible for the attack on the capital has nothing to do with the certification of the election
3. The idea that he wouldn’t regret voting to deny certification if the attack didn’t happen means he’s not really remorseful
4. fuck him
5. There was no legitimate reason to vote against certification
6. see point 4

Repeat point 4 and then feed him fish heads

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 23, 2021 • 2:34:28am

re: #14 Charles Johnson

THE HORRIBLE MANDOLINE!

Five-string banjo is worse

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ericblair  Dec 23, 2021 • 2:35:17am

re: #197 Targetpractice

But before that night and after it, the bulk of his campaign could be summed up as “Youngkin = Trump.” And just like how we won the presidency but got hammered down-ballot, the specter of Trump was not enough to people’s worries about what’s happening in their own backyards.

Or, as analysts tend to think, the attack didn’t work because the GOP was able to use an “unassembled convention” to short-circuit a primary, nominating Mr. Smily Business Not Racist At All Guy and letting the usual cut-outs do the Trumpy attacks. This is about the only state where the GOP can do this, and they’ll be stuck with whatever racist yahoo Trumpkin the GOP primary voters barf up in other states.

The party leadership certainly fought like mad to get the BIF over the finish line, such that they stomped all over progressives to do so.

If you conclude, as Pelosi obviously did, that having the BIF to show voters as a huge positive in the midterms was better than holding out for a BIF and BBB that was at large risk of not happening at all, yes. If you want an only positive message for the midterms, why risk getting neither of these big bills passed?

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 23, 2021 • 2:35:35am

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Youtube Video



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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 23, 2021 • 2:36:56am

re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth

I think that between people who would, in order to ensure GOP electoral victory,

a) allow violations of the law to go unpunished
b) actively violate the law themselves
or
c) engage in violence,

we have a majority of the GOP.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 23, 2021 • 2:42:28am

re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth

It is, however, the government’s job to protect ignorant lunatics like Boebert from endangering the lives of others.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 23, 2021 • 2:44:51am

re: #64 Charles Johnson

One of the reasons I stuck around LGF even when it was a lot more conservative is that you had little tolerance for Creationists.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 23, 2021 • 2:46:37am

re: #78 Hecuba’s daughter

He may have voted for decertification but he subsequently voted for impeachment. His change in heart would be consistent with that vote.

as would his retirement plans

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 23, 2021 • 2:48:36am

re: #97 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

You need airstrikes for that sort of thing.

Which should be covered by the 2A: anything the government has, we citizens should be able to balance.

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ericblair  Dec 23, 2021 • 2:50:02am

Interesting article with numbers. TL;DR version: this round of redistricting, Dems have unified control of more states and are using it more aggressively; TX seems to be using gerrymandering more for incumbent protection, which is the opposite of what you want to do to maximize seats; and gerrymandering in the red midwest states is just bouncing the rubble at this point.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 23, 2021 • 2:55:44am
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 23, 2021 • 3:00:03am

re: #207 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

One of the reasons I stuck around LGF even when it was a lot more conservative is that you had little tolerance for Creationists.

I was not here for the creationists, but I recall someone linked me to an article here (I can no longer find) that seemed to have thousands of comments over bouncing creationists off the site.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Dec 23, 2021 • 3:01:38am

Florida man again, with a Porsche no less. Probably Karen’s husband or boyfriend or shack rat or whatever sexual arrangement entitled shitheads have these days.

‘You Stupid B*tch!’: Grown Man Allegedly Punched 16-Year-Old Girl Who Accidentally Cut Him Off in Traffic

According to an affidavit, a 16-year-old girl accidentally cut off his Porsche 911 while in traffic on Florida Avenue North on Thursday at about 10:31 p.m. Saunders allegedly did not let the incident slide. Enraged, he followed her to the intersection of Florida Avenue North and Henderson Avenue East, officers wrote.

“At the intersection the suspect cut in front of the victim’s vehicle and stopped in front of her at the red light,” police said. “While stopped for the red light the suspect exited his vehicle and approached the victim’s vehicle and yelled at her, ‘What the fuck are you doing? You stupid bitch! You cut me off!’”

Officers said the girl clearly heard him because her window was rolled down.

“The suspect then reached into the victim’s open driver’s side window and punched her in the face with a closed fist,” officers said. “The victim suffered redness, soreness and bruising to the left side of her

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Dec 23, 2021 • 3:10:54am

re: #213 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Reminds. Mr. Car Nut himself, Jay Leno, disliked Porshes and regularly mocked them on his show.
“…..and Ferdinand Porsche was born on this date in 1875. Just imagine, without him bald middle-aged lawyers wouldn’t be able to get dates.”

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 23, 2021 • 3:11:16am

re: #210 ericblair

Interesting article with numbers. TL;DR version: this round of redistricting, Dems have unified control of more states and are using it more aggressively; TX seems to be using gerrymandering more for incumbent protection, which is the opposite of what you want to do to maximize seats; and gerrymandering in the red midwest states is just bouncing the rubble at this point.

Here in Nebraska, the redistricting fight over the state’s blue dot (NE-2, Omaha and South Sioux City) to divide off minority areas and add them to the other districts to eliminate the left-leaning district has ended.

NE-2 was kept whole, though Saunders County (heavily Republican, to the west of Douglas County) was added to NE-2. NE-2 will probably remain a blue dot.

In state redistricting, Sen. Matt Williams (R) of Gothenburg (Dawson County, south central part of the state) had his rural district divided up and eliminated, to add a district to Sarpy County (liberal leaning, south of Douglas County) due to population growth there. My state senator tried to stop the elimination of that district, citing rural areas are not being represented fairly in the Unicameral.

State law limits our legislature to forty-nine districts (the smallest legislature in the nation). Democrats proposed raising the number of districts, which the Republicans shot down (that would add more liberal districts).

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William Lewis  Dec 23, 2021 • 3:27:00am

re: #214 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Reminds. Mr. Car Nut himself, Jay Leno, disliked Porshes and regularly mocked them on his show.
“…..and Ferdinand Porsche was born on this date in 1875. Just imagine, without him bald middle-aged lawyers wouldn’t be able to get dates.”

Heh. Porsche are very typical German cars. Well made and all but eh overall.

Gotta go with Ferrari or Lotus if you want to blow your money on a car with that je ne sais quoi…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 23, 2021 • 3:34:55am

re: #215 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Interestingly, Saunders County used to be part of NE-1 (Lincoln). Adding it to NE-2 probably doesn’t upset that district, but NE-1 is a district which is only somewhat red (Jeff Fortenberry, currently under FBI investigation). Taking Saunders County out of it makes NE-1 a more-competitive district. Dakota County (far northeast Nebraska) was moved into my district (NE-3), which pushes us further right.

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jeffreyw  Dec 23, 2021 • 3:38:04am

Good morning!

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Dave In Austin  Dec 23, 2021 • 3:48:37am

We’ve been friends for years now…..

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 23, 2021 • 3:56:33am

Omicron Not Less Severe Than Delta, UK Study Says (WebMD, December 22, 2021)

A study conducted in the United Kingdom says there’s no evidence the Omicron variant causes less severe reactions than the Delta variant.

“The study finds no evidence of Omicron having lower severity than Delta, judged by either the proportion of people testing positive who report symptoms, or by the proportion of cases seeking hospital care after infection,” says a blog post by researchers from the U.K.’s Imperial College London. “However, hospitalization data remains very limited at this time.”

Researchers looked at data gathered by the U.K. Health Security Agency and the U.K.’s health service for COVID cases confirmed by PCR tests between Nov. 29 and Dec. 11.

Researchers estimate the risk of reinfection by Omicron is 5.4 times greater than for the Delta.

“This implies that the protection against reinfection by Omicron afforded by past infection may be as low as 19%,” the blog said, adding that researchers estimated protection would be between 0-20% after two doses of vaccine and would be 55-80% after a booster shot.

(more)

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Dave In Austin  Dec 23, 2021 • 3:57:48am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 23, 2021 • 4:15:57am

re: #141 Dread Pirate Ron

I learned about campfire coffee on a overnight rafting trip. Our guides just threw the coffee grounds in the water in the coffee pot and added egg shells to sink the grounds.

Then you drop in a horseshoe. if the horseshoe sinks, keep adding grounds until it rises back to the surface.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Dec 23, 2021 • 4:19:27am

re: #216 William Lewis

Heh. Porsche are very typical German cars. Well made and all but eh overall.

Gotta go with Ferrari or Lotus if you want to blow your money on a car with that je ne sais quoi…

But can you hit two deer with a Lotus and still have a driveable car? Even my inexpensive German Smart can do that.

I’m off to bed. The sun will be up soon.

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 23, 2021 • 4:29:30am
A large explosion was reported at an Exxon/Mobile refinery in Baytown, Texas after what local sheriff’s deputies called “a major industrial accident.”

At least four people were injured, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. One victim was in critical condition but stable, the other three were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

nypost.com

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Ming5000  Dec 23, 2021 • 4:30:15am

re: #213 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Florida man again, with a Porsche no less. Probably Karen’s husband or boyfriend or shack rat or whatever sexual arrangement entitled shitheads have these days.

‘You Stupid B*tch!’: Grown Man Allegedly Punched 16-Year-Old Girl Who Accidentally Cut Him Off in Traffic

Gee, “Burglary of Conveyance” 1st Degree Felony. That is going to sting. $15,000 per count.

The 2021 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 810
BURGLARY AND TRESPASS
View Entire Chapter
810.02 Burglary.—
(1)(a) For offenses committed on or before July 1, 2001, “burglary” means entering or remaining in a dwelling, a structure, or a conveyance with the intent to commit an offense therein, unless the premises are at the time open to the public or the defendant is licensed or invited to enter or remain.
(b) For offenses committed after July 1, 2001, “burglary” means:
1. Entering a dwelling, a structure, or a conveyance with the intent to commit an offense therein, unless the premises are at the time open to the public or the defendant is licensed or invited to enter; or

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 23, 2021 • 4:34:19am

I am glad that they were swiftly caught.

Four men and a woman were arrested in connection with the carjacking of Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon in Philadelphia on Wednesday.

The suspects were taken into custody and awaiting charges after Scanlon’s SUV was found near a Delaware mall Wednesday night, according to Fox 29.

“[Scanlon] thanks the Philadelphia Police Department for their swift response, and appreciates the efforts of both the Sergeant at Arms in D.C. and her local police department for coordinating with Philly PD to ensure her continued safety,” her office tweeted Wednesday afternoon.

The 62-year-old Democrat, who represents part of South Philly and its surrounding suburbs, was unharmed when a carjacker pulled a gun on her near FDR Park. The park is adjacent to Citizens Bank Park and the Wells Fargo Center, home to most of the city’s pro sports teams.
Two men in a dark-colored SUV demanded her keys, which she handed over, according to WPVI. Her personal cell phone, government-issued cell phone, purse and identification were inside her stolen SUV, the station said.

The broad daylight incident came as Philadelphia endured one of its most violent years. A record of 540 homicides had been recorded so far this year, police said earlier this week. Carjackings were also up 76 percent from 2020, cops reported on Dec. 9.

nypost.com

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 23, 2021 • 4:48:55am

re: #211 Dave In Austin

The dog knows it’s shoplifting.

But he does it anyway.

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Decatur Deb  Dec 23, 2021 • 4:51:48am

re: #227 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

The dog knows it’s shoplifting.

But he does it anyway.

Juvenile Offender, in human years.

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 23, 2021 • 5:02:45am
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lawhawk  Dec 23, 2021 • 5:16:04am

re: #40 Backwoods_Sleuth

The Court should have upheld the mandates and ruled against the fuckers claiming Biden exceeded his authority or OSHA authority to impose mandates for public health.

Fact is that the US has mandated public health measures since its founding. We’ve seen inoculations required for the Continental Army, and settled Supreme Court cases about vaccinations and preventative health measures during pandemics.

This is another attempt to undermine public health. Just giving this case a hearing gives life to antivax BS. Once again, the right wing Court shows its anti-vax, anti-science bent.

Make no mistake that this court is out to destroy the administrative state, and mandates from OSHA are part and parcel of that. They are out to limit what govt can do, all so that billionaires can rake in more money, take advantage of lax oversight (or no oversight) and push all the burdens on to those least able to endure them.

Yeah, that’s the pro-life GOP for you…

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lawhawk  Dec 23, 2021 • 5:17:14am

The Webb telescope is set to be launched later this morning week (edited b/c I misread hours as minutes).

Here’s hoping all zoom and no boom, because that’s the most expensive and complex scientific instrument ever launched into space.

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 23, 2021 • 5:20:49am

re: #231 lawhawk

That will be nice to watch Christmas morning!

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Ming5000  Dec 23, 2021 • 5:26:42am

Madison Cawthorn has some strange things in his life.

Here is the link. The Russian trip and meeting the fiancée part starts at about 15:30
dailycaller.com

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Thanos  Dec 23, 2021 • 5:29:35am

re: #10 The Pie Overlord!

I have no idea how I cut myself.

This is not the worst kitchen accident I have ever had. In spoilers for the squeamish.

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sagehen  Dec 23, 2021 • 5:31:22am

re: #233 Ming5000

Madison Cawthorn has some strange things in his life.

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Here is the link. The Russian trip and meeting the fiancée part starts at about 15:30
dailycaller.com

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Dave In Austin  Dec 23, 2021 • 5:32:47am
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Dave In Austin  Dec 23, 2021 • 5:38:40am

Russ is Meming this morning. I love this guy. A real Patriot in my mind.

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lawhawk  Dec 23, 2021 • 5:39:41am

re: #232 Shropshire Slasher

That will be nice to watch Christmas morning!

Yeah, misread hours as minutes. I thought it was going up today, not Christmas day.

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lawhawk  Dec 23, 2021 • 5:40:13am

re: #236 Dave In Austin

Scott Ian needs to weigh in. /half

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dharmamark  Dec 23, 2021 • 5:45:28am

re: #236 Dave In Austin

Anthrax Masks! shop.anthrax.com

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Thanos  Dec 23, 2021 • 5:46:42am

re: #177 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

I am wide awake and extremely annoyed.
Took my dogs out for a walk at 12:30, found my truck missing.
Called the police to report it stolen. It was towed as a derelict/abandoned vehicle.
As of now it’s at least $180+ to get it back
A week ago I found a code enforcement sticker on my truck notifying me that it was derelict because it had no current registration. Warning it would be towed in 15 days (29 Dec). Low and behold someone had ripped my registration decal from my tag.
Truck is/was current registered thru 9/ 22
Yesterday (Tues) I went and paid for a new reg & decal to be compliant ($36 and change). Affixed the new decal this morning (Wed) when it had finally stopped raining
I bet when I get to the tow yard there is no tag on the vehicle. Hell I bet they’re the assholes that stole the damn reg. decal

Sorry that happened friend, in your shoes I would get one of those clear license plate covers; if they did it once they will do it again.

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mmmirele  Dec 23, 2021 • 6:29:45am

re: #130 ckkatz

More 2,700 year old fashion:

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Wow. Considering how fabrics rot over time, finding whole pieces of cloth and actual garments just makes me drool. I’d love to be able to take a microscope to one of those garments to closely examine the weave and how it was spun (s-spin or z-spin). Presumably someone has done this? Must go look…

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Dangerman  Dec 23, 2021 • 6:31:23am

A little cool running this morning.

Running app rewarded me with this

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wrenchwench  Dec 23, 2021 • 6:58:25am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:00:22am

re: #244 wrenchwench

Mx ex’s grandad was a steeplejack in Liverpool, he used to clean the liver birds on top of the Liver Building.

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Egregious Philbin  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:00:58am

re: #231 lawhawk

I am anxious, full of anticipation and lots of angst.

The launch is only the first part, then comes 29 days of terror as Webb has to deploy, no small feat, something like 144 latches have to release, and springs, and all that. But, if you don’t try, you don’t achieve!

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nines09  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:02:03am

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darthstar  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:04:43am

re: #233 Ming5000

Madison Cawthorn has some strange things in his life.

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Here is the link. The Russian trip and meeting the fiancée part starts at about 15:30
dailycaller.com

Key quote: “I just don’t want to be married to someone changing the world,” she said.

She kicked him to the curb.

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lawhawk  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:06:37am

re: #246 Egregious Philbin

Yeah. Surviving the launch is just step one. They have to get it parked at L2. They have to get the heat shield deployed fully and properly oriented to keep the instruments at proper temp. The instruments have to be properly calibrated and no screwups as with Hubble.

There’s no second chances here. No rescue missions. Once it’s out there, it’s done. We were able to fix Hubble and then update/upgrade over time b/c of a low earth orbit. The Webb is nowhere near that.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:11:59am

re: #249 lawhawk

There is seldom reward without risk involved.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:12:28am

re: #188 Targetpractice

So instead, keep voting for Democrats because otherwise the terrorists…er, the Republicans win.

Absolutely. If you want fascism and the end of democracy, vote Republican. That’s how Hitler managed to get elected. But if you want policies that actually help average people, you have to elect more Democrats. Biden has accomplished a lot — and if he had a couple more Democrats, he would accomplish even more.

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darthstar  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:13:47am

re: #247 nines09

One of my childhood friends worked for a hospital in the foothills with new mothers. She just posted her good-bye pic from the medical center saying she was moving on…then quipped that she should have removed her mask for the photo. I suspect it’s because she’s not vaccinated. She’s one of those quietly anti-vax people.

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Renaissance_Man  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:16:33am

re: #251 Hecuba’s daughter

Absolutely. If you want fascism and the end of democracy, vote Republican. That’s how Hitler managed to get elected. But if you want policies that actually help average people, you have to elect more Democrats. Biden has accomplished a lot — and if he had a couple more Democrats, he would accomplish even more.

Democratic voters may not like it, but those are the facts. The systems in the US are not designed for a functional government or society, which is why it is so difficult to do anything that improves the country or the world, and so easy to perpetuate white supremacy and oligarchy.

Not supporting evil or fascism is enough for my vote. I don’t think it’s enough for a majority of Americans though. Or at least a majority of Americans who would be allowed to vote.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:19:49am

re: #197 Targetpractice

McAuliffe was asked to weigh in on parents and their concerns about what’s being taught in VA schools, to which he proceeded to play into every stereotype of Dems being out-of-touch elitists by opining that parents should have no say on what’s taught in our schools. But before that night and after it, the bulk of his campaign could be summed up as “Youngkin = Trump.” And just like how we won the presidency but got hammered down-ballot, the specter of Trump was not enough to people’s worries about what’s happening in their own backyards.

The party leadership certainly fought like mad to get the BIF over the finish line, such that they stomped all over progressives to do so.

And if they got it over the finish line a month earlier, McAuliffe might very well have won the election. The failure to get it enacted enhanced the message that Democrats can’t get things done. OTOH McAuliffe’s tone deaf statement might have been enough anyway, especially in the state that was the home to the Confederacy and traitor Robert E. Lee and is still infested with racists who worship him.

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No Malarkey!  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:19:53am

Feel cruddy today as my daughter has given me a bug of some sort. We’ve both been boosted, and we both tested negative for Covid.

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nines09  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:20:54am

re: #252 darthstar

She sounds like a real caregiver.

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Teddy's Person  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:30:24am

If you’re a healthcare provider and don’t understand how masks work and the importance of wearing a mask while treating patients (not just covid patients), you’ve got two options:

1. Build yourself a time machine and head on back to the Middle Ages when most people didn’t understand germs/viruses and easy ways to prevent transmission.

2. Get the fuck out of the healthcare profession.

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No Malarkey!  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:35:55am

The new Matrix movie has a so-so 68% fresh score on RT, so maybe I’ll watch it on HBO Max while I’m lying around feeling cruddy. The trailer just makes it look like a rehash of the original though.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:36:51am

re: #258 No Malarkey!

The new Matrix movie has a so-so 68% fresh score on RT, so maybe I’ll watch it on HBO Max while I’m lying around feeling cruddy. The trailer just makes it look like a rehash of the original though.

I had the same thought, but I am a big fan of the original and I since I already subscribe to Max I can’t argue the price of admission. I’m going to watch it this weekend.

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Dangerman  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:37:08am

re: #257 Teddy’s Person

If you’re a healthcare provider and don’t understand how masks work and the importance of wearing a mask while treating patients (not just covid patients), you’ve got two options:

1. Build yourself a time machine and head on back to the Middle Ages when most people didn’t understand germs/viruses and easy ways to prevent transmission.

2. Get the fuck out of the healthcare profession.

Ditto for police

A North Carolina police chief has been placed on unpaid leave and probation for telling officers about a ‘clinic’ that would issue them a Covid-19 vaccination card without actually receiving the shot,” CNN reports

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:37:47am

re: #257 Teddy’s Person

If you’re a healthcare provider and don’t understand how masks work and the importance of wearing a mask while treating patients (not just covid patients), you’ve got two options:

1. Build yourself a time machine and head on back to the Middle Ages when most people didn’t understand germs/viruses and easy ways to prevent transmission.

2. Get the fuck out of the healthcare profession.

They wore masks in medieval times and they were metal as hell.

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jaunte  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:37:54am
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darthstar  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:38:27am

re: #256 nines09

She sounds like a real caregiver.

Probably one of the nicest girls in our Catholic school. But rural northern California is a lot like the reddest parts of the country. I tried reasoning with her on FB over vaccines because she was helping nursing mothers but she said ‘they’ weren’t getting the shot (so her husband has a say).

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Dangerman  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:39:32am
An Axios-Ipsos poll finds unvaccinated Americans’ already low trust in the federal government plummeted over the course of 2021, exacerbating the challenges in getting the pandemic under control.

Said pollster Chris Jackson: “The people who remain unvaccinated have almost no trust in the government. It doesn’t really matter what Biden says. They don’t believe anything you’re saying.”

Because of these people were gonna be stuck on this treadmill

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darthstar  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:44:44am

re: #264 Dangerman

Because of these people were gonna be stuck on this treadmill

Can’t we just put ‘Get your natural immunity here’ booths up where they gather and hang out together unmasked for 20 minutes?

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Mattand  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:49:45am

Covid question for the hive mind if y’all will indulge:

So I went to a small Xmas party Sunday night: eight people including myself. Except for possibly one couple, everyone’s at least had their two shots.

One couple’s son had gone out-of-town Friday night and came back late Sunday, with a fresh COVID infection in tow. The entire family was tested on Monday: both the couple and their other kid who lives there are negative.

Here’s the conumdrum: I’m a little skeptical that the son left the house COVID-free on Friday and came back Sunday night as a plague rat. My understanding of COVID is that:

A) Son could have had COVID for up to two weeks prior to Sunday and only then developed symptoms.

B) The couple could have been asymptomatic on Sunday but still spreading it.

Right now, I’m trying to quarantine. I was supposed to see family tomorrow and Xmas, but as of this writing I’m cancelling all that out of an abundance of caution. Am I worrying over nothing, or should I just lock myself down until I can get a test?

I’m boosted as of almost two weeks ago. I coincidentally have a doctor’s appointment tonight (got switched to teleconferencing), so I’ll bring this up then.

TIA for any help.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:50:20am

re: #218 jeffreyw

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Western good morning!

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:50:28am

re: #264 Dangerman

Because of these people were gonna be stuck on this treadmill

If the new shot at Walter Reed turns out to be the magic bullet, this nightmare will end for the vaccinated who will no longer have to be concerned that the unvaccinated will harm them. Once the world can be vaccinated, our unvaxxed may no longer face new variants that have so far been imported from other nations.

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No Malarkey!  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:55:04am

re: #264 Dangerman

Because of these people were gonna be stuck on this treadmill

The remaining antivaxxers cannot be moved by anything that doesn’t affect them directly, not even the death of a loved one. This 29 year old woman died of Covid in December after her grandfather died of Covid in October. Without vaccine mandates they will not be moved. sorryantivaxxer.com

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Mattand  Dec 23, 2021 • 7:55:19am

re: #268 Hecuba’s daughter

If the new shot at Walter Reed turns out to be the magic bullet, this nightmare will end for the vaccinated who will no longer have to be concerned that the unvaccinated will harm them. Once the world can be vaccinated, our unvaxxed may no longer face new variants that have so far been imported from other nations.

This is good news but goddamn; once again, the people who do the right thing have to bail out the morons actively harming themselves and others.

In addition to my above post, I just found out one of my cousins is working on his second case of COVID. Completely refusing to get any vaccines. He’s got a wife and two teenage boys. In addition to putting their lives at risk, he ruined his wife’s 50th birthday plans, which was last week.

I’m guessing he’s had mild cases both times, so it’s probably bolstering his own “It’s just a bad flu” narrative. Still, the level of hubris and selfishness to jeopardize his family like this is fucking insane.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:00:58am

re: #266 Mattand

Covid question for the hive mind if y’all will indulge:

So I went to a small Xmas party Sunday night: eight people including myself. Except for possibly one couple, everyone’s at least had their two shots.

One couple’s son had gone out-of-town Friday night and came back late Sunday, with a fresh COVID infection in tow. The entire family was tested on Monday: both the couple and their other kid who lives there are negative.

Here’s the conumdrum: I’m a little skeptical that the son left the house COVID-free on Friday and came back Sunday night as a plague rat. My understanding of COVID is that:

A) Son could have had COVID for up to two weeks prior to Sunday and only then developed symptoms.

B) The couple could have been asymptomatic on Sunday but still spreading it.

Right now, I’m trying to quarantine. I was supposed to see family tomorrow and Xmas, but as of this writing I’m cancelling all that out of an abundance of caution. Am I worrying over nothing, or should I just lock myself down until I can get a test?

I’m boosted as of almost two weeks ago. I coincidentally have a doctor’s appointment tonight (got switched to teleconferencing), so I’ll bring this up then.

TIA for any help.

The fact that the couple tested negative on Monday is a hopeful sign that they weren’t spreading the disease on Sunday. But IANAD — so go with what your doctor says. If they think it’s safe for you to attend, you might still want to wear a mask with the family, just to be very cautious

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:01:16am

Security Cat

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darthstar  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:06:04am

re: #268 Hecuba’s daughter

If the new shot at Walter Reed turns out to be the magic bullet, this nightmare will end for the vaccinated who will no longer have to be concerned that the unvaccinated will harm them. Once the world can be vaccinated, our unvaxxed may no longer face new variants that have so far been imported from other nations.

That will be an awesome day, and I’ll roll my sleeve up at the first opportunity. But we’ll still have the problem with hospital overflows.

Also, it sucks that 6 billion people have to come together to save 40 million American assholes.

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darthstar  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:07:19am

re: #272 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Security Cat

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mmm…panettone french toast…

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Renaissance_Man  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:09:02am

re: #266 Mattand

Covid question for the hive mind if y’all will indulge:

So I went to a small Xmas party Sunday night: eight people including myself. Except for possibly one couple, everyone’s at least had their two shots.

One couple’s son had gone out-of-town Friday night and came back late Sunday, with a fresh COVID infection in tow. The entire family was tested on Monday: both the couple and their other kid who lives there are negative.

Here’s the conumdrum: I’m a little skeptical that the son left the house COVID-free on Friday and came back Sunday night as a plague rat. My understanding of COVID is that:

A) Son could have had COVID for up to two weeks prior to Sunday and only then developed symptoms.

B) The couple could have been asymptomatic on Sunday but still spreading it.

Right now, I’m trying to quarantine. I was supposed to see family tomorrow and Xmas, but as of this writing I’m cancelling all that out of an abundance of caution. Am I worrying over nothing, or should I just lock myself down until I can get a test?

I’m boosted as of almost two weeks ago. I coincidentally have a doctor’s appointment tonight (got switched to teleconferencing), so I’ll bring this up then.

TIA for any help.

My general opinion has been, once everyone I’m seeing is vaccinated (and ideally boosted), I’m treating it like the flu, because illness and mortality rates for vaccinated seem to be comparable to a flu. In other words, should probably treat it with more respect than I once treated the flu, but not like we treated Covid pre-vax.

I’m not canceling or avoiding social events any more if everyone is vaccinated. I wear a mask if I go out in public because case rates are high, but once cases get low I’ll be a little more slack about it. I do avoid people who are vaxxed but symptomatic, and I’d cancel anything if I was symptomatic, but transmission is much lower if everyone is vaxxed.

I had a 40 person party a few weeks ago. Everyone is a health care professional and everyone was double vaxxed and boosted. One guy had flu like symptoms and did not come (ultimately tested negative). I don’t feel in the least bit bad about it and none of those people developed Covid.

In the end, vaccines are the solution we have. Vaccinating everyone is going to be how we return to a more normal life. Once we get our shots and avoid contact while actively symptomatic, we have done the right things and should feel safe and comfortable associating with other people who have done the right things.

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nines09  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:09:04am

re: #266 Mattand

Thus my concern with others. I’ve had so many I’ve know come down with it. Then they play the sympathy card.
While they never gave a rats ass.
Now we are supposed to care about you when you couldn’t give a rats ass about others?
Yeah. Good one.
Selfish and stupid and infectious.
What a combo.
2 dead I know. And a whole lot infected and who knows how many they infected.
It’s like a Where’s Waldo book with Waldo an infected know it all somewhere in your contacts.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:15:16am

re: #257 Teddy’s Person

If you’re a healthcare provider and don’t understand how masks work and the importance of wearing a mask while treating patients (not just covid patients), you’ve got two options:

1. Build yourself a time machine and head on back to the Middle Ages when most people didn’t understand germs/viruses and easy ways to prevent transmission.

2. Get the fuck out of the healthcare profession.

You are maligning the middle ages — they didn’t have germ theory, but they knew that proximity spreads disease.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:17:49am

re: #277 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!

You are maligning the middle ages — they didn’t have germ theory, but they knew that proximity spreads disease.

they had vapors or miasmas, but it showed that they understood the concept of airborne transmission

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darthstar  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:18:05am

re: #275 Renaissance_Man

Just checked my county - 7 day average of about 121 cases a day (700,000 people). A handful of deaths in the last two weeks. People still mask pretty heavily, except inside bars and restaurants…once they step in the door they’re officially eating or drinking. Staff stays masked though.

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Mattand  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:18:59am

re: #276 nines09

Thus my concern with others. I’ve had so many I’ve know come down with it. Then they play the sympathy card.
While they never gave a rats ass.
Now we are supposed to care about you when you couldn’t give a rats ass about others?
Yeah. Good one.
Selfish and stupid and infectious.
What a combo.
2 dead I know. And a whole lot infected and who knows how many they infected.
It’s like a Where’s Waldo book with Waldo an infected know it all somewhere in your contacts.

So sorry to hear about your acquaintances.

I know it was a Cletus safari article, but what you’re saying reminds me of that Daily Beast or Politico article about the Lake of the Ozarks vacation site where everyone was like “Fuck it and fuck you if I spread COVID and kill you.”

It was always there if you looked, but I really think COVID has exposed just how fucking shitty and selfish a lot of Americans are. Like, it’s their default mode.

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Mattand  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:19:45am

re: #273 darthstar

That will be an awesome day, and I’ll roll my sleeve up at the first opportunity. But we’ll still have the problem with hospital overflows.

Also, it sucks that 6 billion people have to come together to save 40 million American assholes.

This.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:20:01am

re: #276 nines09

Not long ago, a now former FB acquaintance (used to go church with him) constantly posted anti-vax memes and comments about how vaccinated people are basically delusional agents of the deep state who have given up all their freedoms.

Unsurprisingly, he got Covid and ended up on a vent.

Then I suddenly I started to get messages from his wife begging me for prayers and to donate to a gofundme to help pay for his medical expenses and financial help for his kids.

Again, this guy REPEATEDLY demeaned and insulted vaccinated people.

The audacity of some people is just unreal.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:20:23am

re: #280 Mattand

So sorry to hear about your acquaintances.

I know it was a Cletus safari article, but what you’re saying reminds me of that Daily Beast or Politico article about the Lake of the Ozarks vacation site where everyone was like “Fuck it and fuck you if I spread COVID and kill you.”

It was always there if you looked, but I really think COVID has exposed just how fucking shitty and selfish a lot of Americans are. Like, it’s their default mode.

I appreciate the American individualist spirit, but a lot of people neglect the aspect of personal and social responsibility that comes with it.

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Mattand  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:22:46am

re: #271 Hecuba’s daughter

re: #275 Renaissance_Man

Thanks for the advice. My partner sent me this CDC site, which I was actually at last night but somehow managed to miss the pertinent parts.

If my doc signs off tonight, I’m thinking I visit family but remain masked as much as possible.

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Jay C  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:23:45am

re: #283 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I appreciate the American individualist spirit, but a lot of people neglect the aspect of personal and social responsibility that comes with it.

The problem is, that by “individualist spirit”, all too many of our fellow-citizens simply mean, “IGMFY”.

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lawhawk  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:24:15am

re: #282 Eclectic Cyborg

I’d suggest that his family start a gofuckyourself campaign.

The primary reason they’re desperate for financial support now is because they refused to take any of the free and cheap steps to protect themselves, their families, or their communities: masking, social distancing, and vaccinations.

I’ll save my thoughts, prayers, and funds, for those who get sick because they can’t get vaccinated and some unvaccinated person spread it to them. Or someone who was fully boosted and got sick because of a breakthrough thanks to being in contact with someone who was unvaccinated.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:27:00am

re: #285 Jay C

The problem is, that by “individualist spirit”, all too many of our fellow-citizens simply mean, “IGMFY”.

And exercising one’s freedoms also means bearing the responsibility that comes with being free. Like owning guns but not feeling responsible for what inadvertently happens with them…

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:27:28am

re: #57 Backwoods_Sleuth

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We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:28:44am

re: #63 Dangerman

What’s “promote the general welfare” mean?

GMTA

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:28:50am

re: #286 lawhawk

I initially typed out an extremely blunt response to her but thought better of myself and sent a more polite one basically saying: “Sorry, don’t have anything to spare right now.”

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Mattand  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:29:23am

re: #282 Eclectic Cyborg

Not long ago, a now former FB acquaintance (used to go church with him) constantly posted anti-vax memes and comments about how vaccinated people are basically delusional agents of the deep state who have given up all their freedoms.

Unsurprisingly, he got Covid and ended up on a vent.

Then I suddenly I started to get messages from his wife begging me for prayers and to donate to a gofundme to help pay for his medical expenses and financial help for his kids.

Again, this guy REPEATEDLY demeaned and insulted vaccinated people.

The audacity of some people is just unreal.

This is why I hate having empathy, LOL. I’ve lost enough people in my life that I sorta get how this woman feels, but goddamn; your ex-acquaintance is the COVID version of the “I didn’t think the tiger would my face” party.

“Hey, you know how I kept jumping in front of moving trains and told you to fuck off for warning me about it? Well, you’re never gonna guess what happened. Please send as many bags of money with the cartoon dollar sign on them as you can tout suite.”

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lawhawk  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:34:09am

re: #288 Eventual Carrion

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

It’s even worse than that.

Article 1, Section 8, of the US Constitution:

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

It’s literally her fucking job to provide for the general welfare of the United States. These treasonweasel saboteurs are out to destroy the government and ensure that rich people get richer and everyone else gets stuck with the burdens.

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lawhawk  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:38:25am

re: #290 Eclectic Cyborg

I initially typed out an extremely blunt response to her but thought better of myself and sent a more polite one basically saying: “Sorry, don’t have anything to spare right now.”

Yeah, I get that. I’m out of fucks to give (and my supply chain isn’t getting any better) with antivaxxers having seen too many family and friends get sickened, and several die. No one should have to go through this, and with vaccinations and masking, you don’t have to.

But these antivaxxers are endangering everyone else, not just from covid. We have far more deaths than can be explained by covid alone. Excess mortality from failures to get care, delayed care, and covid not getting diagnosed/identified as COD. Hospital staff already run ragged from covid make more mistakes, have less room for error, and resources are at breaking point (or already broken). That has consequences for everyone - from the delay in getting surgeries or procedures that relieve pain or conditions, to worsened conditions that take longer to recover from.

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nines09  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:46:51am

I’m wore out with stupid. Yeah I want to socialize and mix and feel like something is normal but it’s not, is it?
I’d like to play a gig.
I’d like to have a drink with friends.
I’d like to eat out.
We are pushing off a mini vacation we were planning on having this winter due to reality.
And stupid and selfish were always there, but they couldn’t kill you with a virus.
Social media and news allowed anti vax propaganda to run rampant before CV.
Now we reap the whirlwind.

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BigPapa  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:50:25am

I have to apologize. Last night I made a horrible post and have a hangover of regret this morning.

I spelled mandolin without the e which is the delightful musical instrument. But I meant the mandoline with an ‘e’, the alleged vegetable slicer/finger murder weapon that is currently on time out in my kitchen because it’s an asshole.

Thank you for letting me get that off my chest.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:53:26am

re: #294 nines09

Have not played a gig since October once the weather got too cold for outdoor socializing.

We did have a Thanksgiving bash with some friends in Frankfurt just before Omicron hit. We were all vaxed.

Kids are here for Christmas, youngest daughter is just lifting off from Glasgow.

We have nothing planned but to hang out, eat, play board games and go for walks in and around the village.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:53:59am

re: #295 BigPapa

I have to apologize. Last night I made a horrible post and have a hangover of regret this morning.

I spelled mandolin without the e which is the delightful musical instrument. But I meant the mandoline with an ‘e’, the alleged vegetable slicer/finger murder weapon that is currently on time out in my kitchen because it’s an asshole.

Thank you for letting me get that off my chest.

As a banjoe player, I forgive your error.

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Mattand  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:57:08am

re: #293 lawhawk

But these antivaxxers are endangering everyone else, not just from covid. We have far more deaths than can be explained by covid alone. Excess mortality from failures to get care, delayed care, and covid not getting diagnosed/identified as COD. Hospital staff already run ragged from covid make more mistakes, have less room for error, and resources are at breaking point (or already broken). That has consequences for everyone - from the delay in getting surgeries or procedures that relieve pain or conditions, to worsened conditions that take longer to recover from.

I tried explaining that to my neighbor (also a lawyer, coincidentally) and he sort gave me a begrudging “Eh” when I pointed out the impact this is having on police, firefighters, hospitals and various front line workers if the system completely breaks down.

I admitted it was hyperbolic, but I said it could kind of spiral into a Walking Dead situation. I probably didn’t help my case with that one, but still; he didn’t seem to concerned with the big picture aspect of the toll COVID is exacting.

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Mattand  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:58:19am

re: #295 BigPapa

I have to apologize. Last night I made a horrible post and have a hangover of regret this morning.

I spelled mandolin without the e which is the delightful musical instrument. But I meant the mandoline with an ‘e’, the alleged vegetable slicer/finger murder weapon that is currently on time out in my kitchen because it’s an asshole.

Thank you for letting me get that off my chest.

That is so weird; I was just listening to a podcast where that very same subject came up.

Also, you’re history’s greatest monster for forgetting that ‘e”.

Merry Xmas!!!!!

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lawhawk  Dec 23, 2021 • 8:58:40am

re: #295 BigPapa

I have to apologize. Last night I made a horrible post and have a hangover of regret this morning.

I spelled mandolin without the e which is the delightful musical instrument. But I meant the mandoline with an ‘e’, the alleged vegetable slicer/finger murder weapon that is currently on time out in my kitchen because it’s an asshole.

Thank you for letting me get that off my chest.

That’s almost as bad as confusing Macarons with Macaroons, or Macron (the French politician).

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BigPapa  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:00:48am

re: #299 Mattand

Also, your history’s greatest monster for forgetting that ‘e”.

Merry Xmas!!!!!

*you’re*

You forgot the e. So let’s be monsters together forever.

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Mattand  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:04:31am

re: #301 BigPapa

*you’re*

You forgot the e. So let’s be monsters together forever.

Goddamn it, I tried to sneak that correction in after I posted.

I clearly failed. Hoisted by my own Picard.

giphy.com

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jeffreyw  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:05:32am

re: #295 BigPapa

I have to apologize. Last night I made a horrible post and have a hangover of regret this morning.

I spelled mandolin without the e which is the delightful musical instrument. But I meant the mandoline with an ‘e’, the alleged vegetable slicer/finger murder weapon that is currently on time out in my kitchen because it’s an asshole.

Thank you for letting me get that off my chest.

It’s aneasy mistake to make, I just remember the phrase “use a mandoline to cut a potatoe”.

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BigPapa  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:05:41am

re: #300 lawhawk

That’s almost as bad as confusing Macarons with Macaroons, or Macron (the French politician).

I will never make the error and disrespect macaroons the magnificent coconut cookie. I just has a peanut butter macaroon last night. Probably why I mispelled mandoline like a drunken dilletante.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:07:07am

re: #304 BigPapa

I will never make the error and disrespect macaroons the magnificent coconut cookie. I just has a peanut butter macaroon last night. Probably why I mispelled mandoline like a drunken dilletante.

You will get your just desserts.

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dat_said  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:08:37am

re: #243 Dangerman

A little cool running this morning.

Running app rewarded me with this

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Congratulations! I kind of like running in those temperatures as long as there’s not much wind. Footing on snow and ice seems actually better in urban areas when it’s that cold because the salt on the roadways no longer works.

My little humble brag from back when I was not as bright and considered myself somewhat of an athlete - I went for a long run in Fargo on a January morning when it was 45 F below and then later that summer went for a short run in western ND when the temp was 105 F above because I wanted to say I had run in 150 degree temperature range in one year.

The 105 sucked way more than the -45. Lasted maybe 3/4 mile before I felt like every drop of moisture had been sucked out of me Can always put on more layers. There’s a limit to how much you can remove.

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:09:09am

re: #301 BigPapa

re: #299 Mattand

The principles of the principals involved.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:10:33am

I am in the process of alienating a cousin of mine. She posted a comment on FB asking about whether anyone had heard of the Barrington Declaration and then including an article about them; I responded by demeaning the project, as did another FB friend of hers. Then she added something from Hillsdale, an institution I attacked by referencing its notorious now twitter-banned graduate Josiah Lippincott. I followed up by quoting from Wiki about the president of the institution. I don’t recall her ever posting anything political before and so don’t know if she’s always been conservative or if a friend is leading her in that direction; maybe she’s been apolitical and more susceptible to brainwashing.

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lizardofid  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:11:52am

I just want to wish a Happy and Safe Holidays to all!

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:11:54am

Joan Didion has died.

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nines09  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:12:10am

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jaunte  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:16:25am

Any of you Californians hear about this?

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:18:55am

re: #308 Hecuba’s daughter

I am in the process of alienating a cousin of mine. She posted a comment on FB asking about whether anyone had heard of the Barrington Declaration and then including an article about them; I responded by demeaning the project, as did another FB friend of hers. Then she added something from Hillsdale, an institution I attacked by referencing its notorious now twitter-banned graduate Josiah Lippincott. I followed up by quoting from Wiki about the president of the institution. I don’t recall her ever posting anything political before and so don’t know if she’s always been conservative or if a friend is leading her in that direction; maybe she’s been apolitical and more susceptible to brainwashing.

I’m familiar with that. When one reads through it’s a calm rational version of criticizing just about all our best health measures like remote learning for schools and mandated vaccines. The calm rational approach, coupled with impressive-looking signatures gets through (for better or worse) to many who tune out the hyperbolic approach.

I disagree with these guys, it reminds me that viral behavior experts disagree on policy.

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HypnoToad  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:24:51am

re: #312 jaunte

Any of you Californians hear about this?

Within five miles of me, two freeways are undergoing major widenings (Two lanes more in each direction and multiple bridge replacements) The Metrolink Gold Line is being extended by 13 miles (A new station will be within walking distance for me) with new bridges over major streets. The local GA airport just underwent a major resurfacing and other infrastructure upgrades, and yes, several new four and five story townhome complexes are going up nearby. I’ve never seen this kind of construction activity before.

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jaunte  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:25:49am

re: #314 HypnoToad

Thoroughgoing Collapse!!!

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:26:18am

re: #314 HypnoToad

Within five miles of me, two freeways are undergoing major widenings (Two lanes more in each direction and multiple bridge replacements) The Metrolink Gold Line is being extended by 13 miles (A new station will be within walking distance for me) with new bridges over major streets. The local GA airport just underwent a major resurfacing and other infrastructure upgrades, and yes, several new four and five story townhome complexes are going up nearby. I’ve never seen this kind of construction activity before.

I wonder how much the infrastructure bill factors into that?

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Captain Magic  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:27:33am

re: #286 lawhawk

I’d suggest that his family start a gofuckyourself campaign.

gofuckyourself.org is available.

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HypnoToad  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:28:21am

re: #316 Eclectic Cyborg

Most of this started a year or two ago actually.

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:29:22am

re: #315 jaunte

Thoroughgoing Collapse!!!

Just you wait! When the Big One hits, California will be sliding into the ocean! I saw 2012 and know its fate! Well, there are forest fires too. Several cousins relocated last year from California to Utah because of these fires.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:29:56am

Thread. 11 tweets.

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darthstar  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:30:10am

re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth

something something about his husbandly duties?

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Reply with her quote about not wanting to be married to a traitor (somebody trying to change the world).

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HypnoToad  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:30:27am

re: #319 Hecuba’s daughter

Just you wait! When the Big One hits, California will be sliding into the ocean! I saw 2012 and know its fate! Well, there are forest fires too. Several cousins relocated last year from California to Utah because of these fires.

Mudsliding into it! We’re actually getting significant rain this season; including right now!

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BigPapa  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:30:29am

The Great Barrington Declaration is a carbon copy of the ‘32,000 scientists sign declaration against global warming’ disinfo campaign from the Oregon Institute.

This person is going down the cult path. If you choose do do anything about it you can follow the best practice of sandwitching corrent information around the disinformation. If you focus on repeating the disinfo it reinforces it and ignites the disinformer’s ego reflex to dig in.

I have a hard time doing the right thing and will usually make an attempt then quit, flame, then ostracize and block. Not saying that’s the right thing to do but I’m going to let them know there’s a consequence to holding those abhorrent beliefs.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:30:49am

re: #312 jaunte

Any of you Californians hear about this?

Obviously, the ongoing effort to deport asshole conservatives to Texas, Idaho, etc. has already brought positive results. There is much to be done though, especially in the Red-occupied north.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:35:33am
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Jay C  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:39:56am

re: #312 jaunte

Jeez! ANOTHER “California is collapsing” meme?
Again???

I wonder if it true that CA’s economy is bigger than France’s, because, like France, the Golden State is usually held up by wingers as a dire example of a “failed economy” - usually as a result of “socialism”, i.e. the horrific burden of taxes and regulations that drive away any vestige of entrepreneurialism, and leave the place a hellhole of social problems and economic stagnation.
Which is a great deal of bullshit, of course: because
1. France is still here, and far from “collapse”.
2. California likewise.

Not to say that CA doesn’t have a lot of social/financial/economic problems (in my estimation, due to the fact that it has 40 million people living in a state whose infrastructure planning only expected 32 million or so by 2020), but it’s not quite a Somalia just yet….

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BigPapa  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:42:29am

‘California is collapsing/e’body leaving’ narratives were popular before I moved to Hawaii in 2004. Mostly told by people who lived/still live in CA.

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jaunte  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:45:49am
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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:48:04am

re: #326 Jay C

Jeez! ANOTHER “California is collapsing” meme?
Again???

I wonder if it true that CA’s economy is bigger than France’s, because, like France, the Golden State is usually held up by wingers as a dire example of a “failed economy” - ……….

For 2020, France GDP is 2.6 trillion US and California’s is about 3 trillion.

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BigPapa  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:48:09am

California is collapsing because I left. Sorry folks. But I DGAF.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:48:24am

re: #312 jaunte

Any of you Californians hear about this?

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That the state is booming, yes, from legitimate sources (we used surpluses from earlier years to pay for lots of help to people hurt by the pandemic).

That the state is collapsing is a standard theme of RWNJs — since we’re the belly of the beast in the eyes of the “government doesn’t work” people (it’s working rather well around here, thank you), we have to be dying on the vine.

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jaunte  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:50:39am

re: #331 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!

One of the smartest people I know moved out there from Texas and decided to build his retirement home in the Carmel Valley instead of using his New Zealand residency.

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:53:42am

re: #331 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!

re: #330 BigPapa

re: #329 Hecuba’s daughter

What’s the difference between Florida wine and California wine?
One is a world-respected adult beverage. The other is an angry anti masker in a MAGA hat.

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 23, 2021 • 9:55:42am
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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Dec 23, 2021 • 10:02:23am

Statistics gone mad, today’s report.

According to the CA covid dashboard, cases are increasing significantly, while deaths rates and hospitalizations continue to drop. (We still have — or had as of yesterday — the lowest rate of increase in the country).

Go figure.

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Captain Magic  Dec 23, 2021 • 10:06:10am

Tee-hee. Poor Candace - dragged by Trump!

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Charles Johnson  Dec 23, 2021 • 10:08:50am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 23, 2021 • 10:11:26am

re: #337 Charles Johnson

Just reading that post makes me feel sick…

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Egregious Philbin  Dec 23, 2021 • 10:15:54am

re: #337 Charles Johnson

That is gonna make in store demos really gross.

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nines09  Dec 23, 2021 • 10:17:02am

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jaunte  Dec 23, 2021 • 10:17:36am

re: #337 Charles Johnson

This intensifies my hope that Fox News be taken out of constant play in military bases.

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Captain Magic  Dec 23, 2021 • 10:19:04am

So it appears that John Stossel vs. Facebook is heading for trial.

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Jay C  Dec 23, 2021 • 10:19:21am

re: #335 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!

Statistics gone mad, today’s report.

According to the CA covid dashboard, cases are increasing significantly, while deaths rates and hospitalizations continue to drop. (We still have — or had as of yesterday — the lowest rate of increase in the country).

Go figure.

Not hard to figure out: maybe more cases in pure numbers, but with a high-enough rate of vaccination, they aren’t going to be as severe or fatal.
Except among the unvaxxed, of course …

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Rightwingconspirator  Dec 23, 2021 • 10:21:04am

re: #337 Charles Johnson

And just like that, coffee was enough for breakfast.

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Captain Magic  Dec 23, 2021 • 10:21:38am
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ckkatz  Dec 23, 2021 • 10:28:31am

re: #328 jaunte

I’m thinking that Caitlan Pacific’s tweet was snark rather than a symptom of wingnut brainworms caught from the conserva-derp echo chamber.

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gocart mozart  Dec 23, 2021 • 10:40:15am

re: #337 Charles Johnson

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darthstar  Dec 23, 2021 • 11:03:55am

re: #337 Charles Johnson

Things people do for porn.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 23, 2021 • 11:12:46am

re: #261 The Pie Overlord!

They wore masks in medieval times and they were metal as hell.

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I got one of those at the beginning of the lockdowns last year. Sorry for sideways, but that is the way it is in the image library.


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