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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Jan 19, 2022 • 10:53:50am

Talking Book takes the Fifth

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 10:54:36am
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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Jan 19, 2022 • 10:58:07am

Next up, Fishstick Carlson will issue an impassioned plea for Russian “volunteers” to be sent to Texas to help fend off the onslaught of enormous Mexican invasion caravans.

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mmmirele  Jan 19, 2022 • 11:00:54am

We talked about Crypto dot com on (I think?) Sunday. More is coming out about the theft.

crypto.com denies funds were lost after ‘suspicious activity’, as security firm estimates $15 million went missing

crypto.com has resumed withdrawals after suspending them Monday to investigate unauthorized activity on accounts.

The exchange’s CEO denied funds had been lost, despite Tweets from PeckShield inc. stating $15 million was lost

The 14-hour outage comes after a UK watchdog banned several crypto.com ads for misleading information.

Crypto exchange crypto.com started allowing customers to make withdrawals again, having suspended them Monday while it investigated reports that accounts had been broken into.

The Singapore-based exchange halted withdrawals after getting reports of suspicious activity on accounts, it said on Twitter.

The crypto.com move came after worried customers said their funds had been compromised in posts to social media platforms. Entrepreneur and crypto enthusiast Ben Baller tweeted that he had 4.28 in ether, worth around $14,000 at the time according to CoinMarketCap data, taken from his wallet.

After a 14-hour outage, the company said Monday that withdrawal services had been restored, but warned it would take time to clear the backlogs.

“This update will be rolled out to users progressively over the next few hours. Once complete, withdrawals will be re-enabled,” it said in a tweet.

crypto.com said it had beefed up the exchange’s two-factor authentication and advised people to update the security tool on its app.

The exchange’s CEO Kris Marszalek took to Twitter early on Tuesday to deny that any customer funds had been lost.

“Some thoughts from me on the last 24 hours: no customer funds were lost, the downtime of withdrawal infra was ~ 14 hours, our team has hardened the infrastructure in response to the incident,” he said.

“We will share a post mortem after the internal investigation is completed.”

While users await a full post explanation, blockchain security firm PeckShield, an etherscan.io recommended vendor, revealed about $15 million worth of ethereum had been lost. After analyzing data on etherscan, the Chinese security firm noticed that ethereum was being sent to Tornado Cash in batches of 10 and 100 ether.

Tornado Cash allows users to keep transactions private, since ethereum transactions can be monitored on the blockchain by anyone sites like this allow users to obscure the link between the recipient and the sender. This function can then be taken advantage of by users that wish to launder cryptocurrencies.

PeckShield was last in the news when they shed light on the $200 million worth of crypto drained from BitMart during a similar suspension in December last year.

crypto.com is currently under scrutiny for its advertising practises in the UK. Britain’s advertising watchdog banned two promotions in January, saying they were irresponsible and misleading for consumers.

In November, crypto.com bought the naming rights to the iconic Staple Center, home to the LA Lakers, Clippers, Sparks and the Kings. The $700 million deal was part of a concentrated marketing campaign by the exchange, which includes an ads blitz with actor and investor Matt Damon.

Government authorities across the world have tightened regulations for crypto, which has grown exponentially, becoming a $3 trillion industry at one point in November.

news.yahoo.com

Crypto dot com is also looking at buying a Super Bowl ad.

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Dangerman  Jan 19, 2022 • 11:08:39am

‘You’re telling the truth or not’: George Conway on Trump Org.

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 11:13:24am

re: #4 mmmirele

We talked about Crypto dot com on (I think?) Sunday. More is coming out about the theft.

news.yahoo.com

Crypto dot com is also looking at buying a Super Bowl ad.

Funny how all these people saying ‘crypto is the future’ and that it will replace the dollar are measuring their alleged crypto losses in dollars.

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 11:14:29am

re: #6 darthstar

Funny how all these people saying ‘crypto is the future’ and that it will replace the dollar are measuring their alleged crypto losses in dollars.

I’m sorry, asshole. You didn’t lose $14,000. You lost 4.28 ether.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Jan 19, 2022 • 11:29:26am
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Dave In Austin  Jan 19, 2022 • 11:32:49am

Couple of my Phoenix Buds…. Mike is a tonemiester on the pedal. And Nils speaks for himself.

Youtube Video

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2022 • 11:41:06am

So apparently Twitter thinks someone Tweeting “I hate N-words” repeatedly is NOT a violation of their policies.

Good to know.

🙄

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Charles Johnson  Jan 19, 2022 • 11:43:11am

re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg

Which account is that?

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Thanos  Jan 19, 2022 • 11:47:46am

re: #9 Dave In Austin

Nice - thanks for sharing. Beatles bobbles in the background…

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:01:06pm

re: #11 Charles Johnson

Which account is that?

This is the tweet I reported that they said didn’t violate their policies. The one with all the n-words apparently was removed for violating their rules.

But there’s plenty of other hateful shit on their timeline too:

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Dave In Austin  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:01:20pm

Bullshit…

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Charles Johnson  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:04:46pm
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Eventual Carrion  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:07:19pm

re: #8 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

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Almost 95% of the distance for insertion completed. 849643.2 miles from earth right now (well, when I checked the numbers)

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Charles Johnson  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:08:10pm
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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:08:37pm

re: #14 Dave In Austin

Bullshit…

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Republicans, 2025, after taking over the White House, Senate, and House: The Democrats threatened to remove the filibuster, so we have no choice but to eliminate it so that we can prevent them from every gaining control again.

Manchin: See, I told you what would happen if you eliminated it.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:10:55pm

re: #13 Eclectic Cyborg

This is the tweet I reported that they said didn’t violate their policies. The one with all the n-words apparently was removed for violating their rules.

But there’s plenty of other hateful shit on their timeline too:

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Lying is allowed as long as the lie isn’t about COVID or elections. Twitter wouldn’t have the lie-based communities that it has if they banned lying entirely. That would be bad for business.

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:12:25pm

I was watching a bit of PMQs this morning where they were debating scrapping all covid mandates. An opposition MP to Boris: “Is the Prime Minister scrapping the rules because he doesn’t understand them?” Howls of derisive laughter!

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:12:57pm

re: #17 Charles Johnson

Wordle seems to be an easier version of the hacking puzzle in Fallout 4. In Fallout, you only get told the number of characters in the correct place as you guess the word, not where they are or if they’re present elsewhere.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:14:25pm

re: #13 Eclectic Cyborg

I reported his tweet. Just keep reporting the tweets when you see them. That’s all we can do.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:15:27pm

For those who missed it: this morning Amazon finally dropped the show name and first trailer:

Youtube Video

..

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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:17:28pm

re: #21 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Wordle seems to be an easier version of the hacking puzzle in Fallout 4. In Fallout, you only get told the number of characters in the correct place as you guess the word, not where they are or if they’re present elsewhere.

It’s a variation of the old game Mastermind. en.wikipedia.org

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:24:03pm

re: #24 Belafon

It’s a variation of the old game Mastermind. en.wikipedia.org

Thanks! I had a feeling that there was an old game with pegs like this, but could not retrieve the details from my memory.

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Shropshire Slasher  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:27:01pm

LOL

If you’re a cold-cut lover, one of the most dividing debates is whether to call your sandwich a “hero” or a “sub” — we’ll leave that unanswered. However, there’s an even meatier topic at hand: Do you put bologna on your face?

Sure, if you’re a cafeteria kid poking holes in your bologna to make a face you may have been silly enough to do. But apparently, that’s not just reserved for the kids anymore.

Oscar Mayer’s new Bologna Hydrogel Sheet Face Mask on Amazon, although containing no meat, is one of the buzzworthy, unexpected things to come out of 2022 — and we’re not even three weeks in.

We thought we’d be tired of hearing about masks after the trying pandemic-ridden years we’ve faced (read: best KF94 masks) but, for $5, it’s a mask that certainly wowed us.

nypost.com

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Dave In Austin  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:28:02pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:28:48pm

re: #16 Eventual Carrion

Almost 95% of the distance for insertion completed. 849643.2 miles from earth right now (well, when I checked the numbers)

Around 4 days until the next major event, L2 Insertion Burn
webb.nasa.gov

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:31:13pm
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steve_davis  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:31:15pm

Property management already sending me “new lease to sign” seven freakin’ months before the old lease terminates. They want an extra 30 bucks a month. I bit my tongue on my first reply and then emailed to say I’d need much more time to think about this and to get back with me sometime in mid-may. I did tell them I appreciated the early notice of a rent rise, as landlords often aren’t real good about that. Who knows? They may like the fact that I’m a trouble-free tenant enough who actually pays on time to where they might negotiate a bit. I mean, it’s taken them two freakin’ months to get a new refrigerator in to replace the one that will unceremoniously make it into the….how should I say it….Whirlpool sometime on Friday. (Whirlpools are apparently complete pieces of crap. The service guy spent about 10 minutes opening the fridge doors and showing the property guy just how shoddy the workmanship is on that crap, including cawking in various spaces because apparently the machine tolerances are so shitty that the freezer compartments leak like sieves.)

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:33:02pm
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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:33:39pm

re: #30 steve_davis

Property management already sending me “new lease to sign” seven freakin’ months before the old lease terminates. They want an extra 30 bucks a month. I bit my tongue on my first reply and then emailed to say I’d need much more time to think about this and to get back with me sometime in mid-may. I did tell them I appreciated the early notice of a rent rise, as landlords often aren’t real good about that. Who knows? They may like the fact that I’m a trouble-free tenant enough who actually pays on time to where they might negotiate a bit. I mean, it’s taken them two freakin’ months to get a new refrigerator in to replace the one that will unceremoniously make it into the….how should I say it….Whirlpool sometime on Friday. (Whirlpools are apparently complete pieces of crap. The service guy spent about 10 minutes opening the fridge doors and showing the property guy just how shoddy the workmanship is on that crap, including cawking in various spaces because apparently the machine tolerances are so shitty that the freezer compartments leak like sieves.)

Whirlpool is Maytag but made outside the US.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:34:11pm

re: #27 Dave In Austin

Is Paxton vaccinated? I know that most of those who have a major public presence are vaccinated and boosted while they encourage others to stay vulnerable to the disease.

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Dave In Austin  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:37:22pm

re: #33 Hecuba’s daughter

Most likely, but he’s not a healthy person.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:37:56pm
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steve_davis  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:38:02pm

re: #32 Belafon

Whirlpool is Maytag but made outside the US.

I thought Maytag was supposed to produce stuff so good that their repairman spent all his time sleeping, in between commercials? Well, the new thing is apparently going to be GE, on the service guy’s recommendation as being decently made.

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No Malarkey!  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:40:30pm

Fascists building their own mini police state.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:40:56pm
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:43:37pm

re: #34 Dave In Austin

Most likely, but he’s not a healthy person.

OUTSTANDING! Next!

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lawhawk  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:45:44pm

re: #37 No Malarkey!

We see this across the country- policing as a revenue raiser for towns/communities.

And more often than not, this falls disproportionately on poor and minorities. They’re the ones stopped more frequently, and hit hardest when fines start multiplying.

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Thanos  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:46:19pm

re: #13 Eclectic Cyborg

That guy’s been banned before I think, he puts the old twitter handle in his bio section - twitter suggests some pretty hard core Eurofascist accounts (organized followers of SSPX etc.) so I’m assuming he’s probably networked with them.

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Dangerman  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:46:38pm

re: #35 Punish Domestic Terrorists

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this is NOT a commonsense reform

it is returning to the DEFINITION of what a filibuster IS

if you wont even make them talk, then it’s not the filibuster you’re preserving.
you’re enshrining a new rule and a new mechanism that right now has no name.

Filibustering IS TALKING. IT is not NOT TALKING.

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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:47:49pm

re: #37 No Malarkey!

Fascists building their own mini police state.

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My personal opinion is that police should not be allowed to use unmarked cars for routine operations, like traffic work.

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Dangerman  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:48:12pm

re: #40 lawhawk

We see this across the country- policing as a revenue raiser for towns/communities.

And more often than not, this falls disproportionately on poor and minorities. They’re the ones stopped more frequently, and hit hardest when fines start multiplying.

old episodes of andy griffith, Matlock, perry mason etc

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:48:20pm

re: #40 lawhawk

We see this across the country- policing as a revenue raiser for towns/communities.

And more often than not, this falls disproportionately on poor and minorities. They’re the ones stopped more frequently, and hit hardest when fines start multiplying.

It was a large part of what led to riots after Michael Brown’s shooting.

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:49:12pm

re: #38 Backwoods_Sleuth

When did this 60 vote barrier become a thing? When I was young, except for a few (very few) filibusters, it took a simple majority to pass legislation. When did this radical change occur to obstruct basically almost all legislation? Was it simply the decision to replace a talking filibuster with anyone raising their hand and saying “filibuster” without a requirement to take any other action? Is that when this all started?

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:50:35pm

re: #43 Belafon

My personal opinion is that police should not be allowed to use unmarked cars for routine operations, like traffic work.

Unmarked cars allow for more grifting fines, while marked cars cause people to slow down and drive more safely.

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Dopamine Fish  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:52:59pm

re: #46 Hecuba’s daughter

When did this 60 vote barrier become a thing? When I was young, except for a few (very few) filibusters, it took a simple majority to pass legislation. When did this radical change occur to obstruct basically almost all legislation? Was it simply the decision to replace a talking filibuster with anyone raising their hand and saying “filibuster” without a requirement to take any other action? Is that when this all started?

It became a barrier when it became mandatory for Republicans to oppose anything Democrats wanted to do because A Black Man Was President. If their irrational hatred of Obama hadn’t driven them to be completely reactionary and anti-democratic, we might not be having this conversation today.

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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 12:58:19pm

re: #48 Dopamine Fish

It became a barrier when it became mandatory for Republicans to oppose anything Democrats wanted to do because A Black Man Was President. If their irrational hatred of Obama hadn’t driven them to be completely reactionary and anti-democratic, we might not be having this conversation today.

Newt started it, the idea that Republicans had to oppose everything Democrats did. Prior to that, there were a lot more crossover votes.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:00:22pm
A 63-year-old Arizona man charged with seditious conspiracy for his role in the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol said he returned to the scene the next morning for “recon” as Congress was completing its delayed election certification, according to court documents. Edward Vallejo, who prosecutors say told others he was “waiting for orders from [Oath Keeper founder] Stewart Rhodes,” is accused of playing a central role in the far-right paramilitary group’s attempt to thwart the transfer of power to Joe Biden. In a court filing late Tuesday calling for Vallejo to be detained ahead of trial, prosecutors say he continued to plot against the federal government even after the violence of Jan. 6 ended. The next morning, he allegedly messaged other members of the group in a Signal chat: “We are going to probe their defense line right now 6 am they should let us in. We’ll see.” He and other members of a “quick reaction force” he led were apparently also prepared to wage battle in the city for weeks. Ahead of the Jan. 6 riot, Vallejo and others “wheeled in bags and large bins of weapons, ammunition, and essential supplies to last 30 days,” prosecutors wrote.

Oath Keeper Returned to Capitol Morning After Riot to ‘Probe Defense Line,’ Prosecutors Say (The Daily Beast)

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:00:49pm

re: #49 Belafon

Newt started it, the idea that Republicans had to oppose everything Democrats did. Prior to that, there were a lot more crossover votes.

Newt was in the House. Did his venom affect processes in the Senate too?

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:01:04pm

re: #37 No Malarkey!

Fascists building their own mini police state.

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Bring in the feds. Fuck that shit.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:03:25pm

re: #245 sagehen

I cannot identify these flowers. Anyone?

I too would love to know. They look a bit like Florida paintbrush, but I doubt that that’s the answer.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:04:02pm
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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:04:16pm

re: #51 Hecuba’s daughter

Newt was in the House. Did his venom affect processes in the Senate too?

That’s right. Ultimately it did, but it’s mainly on McConnell.

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steve_davis  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:04:49pm

re: #43 Belafon

My personal opinion is that police should not be allowed to use unmarked cars for routine operations, like traffic work.

damn straight. I want the pleasure of at least slamming my brakes on as I come over the crest, right before the blue lights come on.

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Dangerman  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:05:06pm
“Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said the panel’s chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), has requested that members receive a negative Covid test before they participate in an upcoming committee briefing,” CNN reports.

“Turner, however, said Republicans on the committee will not comply with Schiff’s request.”

now explain how this is NOT political

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:06:31pm

Yeah, I’m guessing he isn’t expecting to receive parole.

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Dangerman  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:06:46pm

re: #46 Hecuba’s daughter

When did this 60 vote barrier become a thing? When I was young, except for a few (very few) filibusters, it took a simple majority to pass legislation. When did this radical change occur to obstruct basically almost all legislation? Was it simply the decision to replace a talking filibuster with anyone raising their hand and saying “filibuster” without a requirement to take any other action? Is that when this all started?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:07:28pm

re: #245 sagehen

I cannot identify these flowers. Anyone?

re: #53 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!

I too would love to know. They look a bit like Florida paintbrush, but I doubt that that’s the answer.

Rhododendron

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Teukka  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:08:01pm

Currently playing in this lizards lair:

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Dangerman  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:08:43pm

re: #54 Backwoods_Sleuth

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imagine not tweeting four times a day ad nauseum that he’s gonna hold the best press conference ever….soon, in a week or two, youre gonna love it

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:11:18pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:13:39pm
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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:19:45pm

re: #54 Backwoods_Sleuth

“What are Republicans for?”

They’re for white nationalist kleptocratic theocracy. I thought they made that clear.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:21:36pm

re: #58 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

He also threw that white power sign that all the Nazis say isn’t really a white power sign.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:22:17pm

This one.

White supremacists Richard B. Spencer (L) and Chuck C. Johnson at the GOP convention
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:22:44pm

re: #66 Charles Johnson

He also threw that white power sign that all the Nazis say isn’t really a white power sign.

No doubt for all his US supporters

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prairiefire  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:22:56pm

re: #40 lawhawk

Northmoor, MO! Notorious, also many other small towns around KC.

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:24:07pm
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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:24:49pm
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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:26:53pm
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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:28:20pm
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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:36:27pm

re: #59 Dangerman

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It begins at the point where the two parties start disagreeing on how blacks should be treated.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:37:02pm

re: #14 Dave In Austin

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gocart mozart  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:40:16pm

Let’s check in on the antivaxxers today. I see they are doing fine.

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A Mom Anon  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:40:17pm

re: #73 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

You know, I’m pretty much out of any compassion for these dipshits. That ridiculous concept, herd immunity, that getting sick on purpose is just the smartest way to deal with a deadly virus, is beyond stupid. Stupid doesn’t even cover it, it’s selfish, arrogant, careless and completely based on fantasy. Vaccines are the reason herd immunity exists.

At this point, and I know it’s mean and not very compassionate, but maybe losing these people will help more than hurt over the long haul. I feel for families that have suffered these losses, anyone you love dying is a painful thing that you never quite get past. But I don’t feel anything but anger at the people who willingly endanger the lives of others by being so damned sure they are right and the rest of us are too beneath them to understand their special wisdom. Nope. Just nope.

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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:40:25pm

re: #75 Patricia Kayden

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Democratic voters: Do you see something you could vote against by voting for Democrats.

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:41:31pm

re: #76 gocart mozart

The rare anti-Tongan bigot.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:42:32pm

re: #76 gocart mozart

Let’s check in on the antivaxxers today. I see they are doing fine.

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:43:55pm

Biden trying to explain to reporters how our complex economy works.

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(((Archangel1)))  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:45:50pm

It makes sense for Republicans to insist on upholding an anti-democratic relic of some of the worst racism in U.S. history. After all, you just know that some of them happily fantasize about nonexistent “good ol’ days” where they could go about whipping slaves in their plantations.
Starting to think a friend of mine was right and “slave-driver Sinema” does too.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:46:46pm

Nazis don’t fire Nazis. Notice that the GOP says nothing about such incidents.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:49:48pm
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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:50:13pm

re: #83 Patricia Kayden

Nazis don’t fire Nazis. Notice that the GOP says nothing about such incidents.

They weren’t really all that decent, because the collapse of the party into religious extremism and racism has been happening over decades.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:50:33pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:51:16pm
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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:52:38pm

re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:53:14pm

re: #88 Punish Domestic Terrorists

He’s also lying.
Manchin is a big fat liar.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:54:08pm

jfc

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:54:38pm

Listening to Joe Biden parry and deflect these loaded attack questions - why are the media so focused on pointing out his possible failure? - is pretty amazeballs. He’s such a good spirit. Even when talking about McConnell’s dedication to making him fail, he doesn’t say anything negative about McConnell. Meanwhile, TFG calls Mitch a ‘loser’ and still has his loyalty.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:55:08pm

gaaah

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:55:52pm

re: #92 Backwoods_Sleuth

It’s a body without reason.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:56:25pm

re: #91 darthstar

Listening to Joe Biden parry and deflect these loaded attack questions - why are the media so focused on pointing out his possible failure? - is pretty amazeballs. He’s such a good spirit. Even when talking about McConnell’s dedication to making him fail, he doesn’t say anything negative about McConnell. Meanwhile, TFG calls Mitch a ‘loser’ and still has his loyalty.

He’s quick, but people from a lie-based subculture, who even lie to themselves, keep saying that he has advanced dementia. I have Conservative family members who believe it.

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Captain Magic  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:57:20pm

re: #92 Backwoods_Sleuth

Gee, maybe the Senate has too MANY rules?

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:57:43pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2022 • 1:58:05pm

Shut the fuck up, Joe.

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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:00:14pm

Hey, Joe, how did Republicans get the tax cut passed? It was an exception to the filibuster.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:00:26pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:00:50pm
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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:00:55pm

Biden on Putin invading Ukraine: He’s not going anywhere until the tundra refreezes.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:01:14pm
A West Virginia firefighter and part-time police officer used a dead paramedic’s name to groom an underage girl while at the man’s memorial service, according to new revelations included in an FBI search warrant obtained by The Daily Beast.

During the solemn ceremony, Christopher Lee Osborne, 25, sent a Snapchat message under the name “Richard Smith” to a 17-year-old junior firefighter who was also there, saying he wanted to “fuck” the 16-year-old girl next to her, states the newly unsealed warrant. The real Richard Smith, a retired lieutenant and 37-year veteran of the ambulance corps, was being laid to rest after dying from COVID-related complications.

Osborne allegedly operated almost like a mini Jeffrey Epstein, according to the warrant, which accuses the disgraced first responder of using his teenage subordinate, identified in the filing only as “M.H.,” to procure additional teen girls to allegedly assault at the firehouse.

“M.H. stated that she gave in to Osborne’s demands in part because it was important to her to succeed as a junior firefighter and to be accepted by Osborne and other firefighters,” the warrant says.

Part-Time Cop Accused of Vile Scheme to Lure Teens to Firehouse for Rape (The Daily Beast)

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:03:15pm
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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:05:48pm

Good grief, the unity question again.

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:07:40pm

Blaming Biden for the nasty, personalized Trump-driven bloody-minded obstructiveness of conservatives is ridiculous.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:17:54pm
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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:17:58pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:19:55pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:21:06pm

Kristen with ALL the stupid questions

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:21:11pm

Translated Biden to Doocy: “Okay, you fuckin’ idiot…give it your best shot. Make an ass out of yourself.”

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:21:37pm

re: #102 Punish Domestic Terrorists

” “M.H. stated that she gave in to Osborne’s demands in part because it was important to her to succeed as a junior firefighter and to be accepted by Osborne and other firefighters,” the warrant says.”

ENOUGH. OF. THESE. STANDARDS.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:24:05pm
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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:25:09pm

re: #108 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I think he means Biden, not Trump.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:26:31pm

re: #110 darthstar

Translated Biden to Doocy: “Okay, you fuckin’ idiot…give it your best shot. Make an ass out of yourself.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:26:57pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:27:31pm
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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:27:33pm

Newsmax - fuck those assholes.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:27:37pm

re: #114 Backwoods_Sleuth

He’s a Left wing politician, you idiot! Why would he NOT move the country in that direction?

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:29:07pm

re: #117 darthstar

Guy who hasn’t figured out how to wear a mask wonders about Biden’s mental fitness.

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:29:34pm
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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:29:37pm

Let me ask a rhetorical question…looks at room…No…

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:31:01pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:31:06pm
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A Mom Anon  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:31:07pm

Profound concern over Joe and his cognitive function. God these reporters suck. I haven’t heard a single fucking question about anything of substance. He’s about done with this shit too, which is good. Over it. He’s laughed in their faces more than once.

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:32:08pm

re: #122 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

I’m okay with this.

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William Lewis  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:32:57pm

Meanwhile in Kyiv, Ukraine, their militias are training..

In cities across Ukraine, there are billboards that show a smiling young man beckoning in full battle gear. “Learn how to defend your home today,” the message says.

The advertisement from Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces, an offshoot of the army, seems to be working. As Ukrainians prepare for a possible Russian invasion, thousands of citizens are volunteering to train in case they have to help protect their cities.

On the edge of a forest outside Kyiv, about 60 men and women line up to begin six hours of military tactical training on a frigid Saturday morning.

Civilian clothes are left inside cars parked along the dirt road. Dressed in battle fatigues and cradling guns and wooden replicas, this group is ready for action.

“I decided for me, it’s time to be prepared,” says Yegor Soboliev, a former member of Ukraine’s parliament. Soboliev says he signed up after Russian President Vladimir Putin began to move troops to Ukraine’s border.

Members of the Territorial Defense Forces stretch before taking part in training in January. As Ukrainians prepare for a possible Russian invasion, thousands of citizens are volunteering to train in case they have to help protect their cities.
Pete Kiehart for NPR
“This is a good way of being trained for people who have jobs, families and for older people,” he says with a chuckle. “I think this will change the situation with our security dramatically.”

Soboliev says Ukraine, like Israel, should be prepared for war at any minute to protect its independence.

Thousands of Ukrainians are training to protect their cities in case Russia invades

Some good photos of the training but I can’t upload them due to them being webp rather than decent image formats.

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:34:35pm
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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:34:48pm

How are you going to win back moderates and independents polls say aren’t happy with you.

I don’t believe the polls.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:34:53pm

re: #123 Backwoods_Sleuth

Can the GOP override him?

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:34:59pm

re: #125 darthstar

I’m okay with this.

“Oh, Lord, hold and keep thy wayward son Ken, in jail and far from us.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:35:56pm

re: #129 Eclectic Cyborg

Can the GOP override him?

probably

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:36:26pm
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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:38:13pm

re: #132 Backwoods_Sleuth

Eric Trump’s lawyers had to have been exhausted after that deposition was over. “Don’t answer that. That either. Definitely not that…”

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:38:28pm

re: #132 Backwoods_Sleuth

500 times.

Motherfucker.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:38:49pm
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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:39:26pm

re: #125 darthstar

I’m okay with this.

I’m not ok with her calling him “General Paxton”.

AG is not a military rank but I’m sure she thinks he’s a General in the MAGAt army.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:41:15pm

my shocked face…

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:42:20pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:44:54pm
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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:46:29pm
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William Lewis  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:49:42pm
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Teddy's Person  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:50:17pm

Saw this posted in the previous thread. Jared not having a cool henchperson name made me giggle.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:53:08pm

Multiple people were killed after a vehicle rollover accident involving U.S. Marines on Wednesday in Jacksonville, North Carolina.

The 2nd Marine Logistics Group, based at Camp Lejeune, confirmed on Twitter that there were “multiple casualties” in the accident.

“We are aware of a vehicle rollover in Jacksonville, North Carolina, involving service members with 2nd MLG,” the Logistics Group wrote on Twitter. “We are working closely with @camp_lejeune and Onslow County officials to gather details regarding this incident.”

The accident occurred in the area of U.S Highway 17 and state Highway 210, near Camp Lejeune, Onslow County Sheriff Hans Miller told WNCT.

A witness told WITN News that a Marine 5-ton truck carrying several Marines was the vehicle that overturned, and that a medical helicopter arrived to transport injured servicemembers.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Jan 19, 2022 • 2:53:19pm

re: #136 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

I’m not ok with her calling him “General Paxton”.

AG is not a military rank but I’m sure she thinks he’s a General in the MAGAt army.

Oberst-Gruppenführer

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William Lewis  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:04:27pm

Love the reflection of the pillar on the polyurethane coating protecting the table in the lobby at work.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:06:52pm
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Dopamine Fish  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:07:47pm

re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth

Where is this meme coming from that voting is easier in red states than in blue states? On what basis are they saying this?

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:08:22pm

re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth

“According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Iowa by race are, 90.57% are White Americans, Majority are Whites, followed by 5.7% Hispanic/Latino’s, 2.2% are Asians, 3.4% are Black Americans, 0.3% are AIAN.”
populationu.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:09:01pm

re: #147 Dopamine Fish

Where is this meme coming from that voting is easier in red states than in blue states? On what basis are they saying this?

no idea, I just started hearing it today

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William Lewis  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:12:10pm

re: #147 Dopamine Fish

Where is this meme coming from that voting is easier in red states than in blue states? On what basis are they saying this?

Smells like the usual right-wing projection like when they accuse Democrats of the crimes they commit.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:12:27pm

re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:15:22pm

SCOTUS TELLS TFG TO GO FUCK HIMSELF!

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A Mom Anon  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:15:43pm

The Supreme Court will not block the National Archives from releasing documents that Trump and Co wanted blocked. Hee, Hee.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:16:13pm
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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:16:38pm

re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth

That’s because Ginny’s in those records.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:16:54pm
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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:17:05pm

Thomas dissents because there might be something bad in there and he’s fully corrupt.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:17:41pm

re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth

The Supreme Court rules against DT. That is wonderful news.

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:17:49pm

President Biden gives a marathon press conference, extending it by 20 minutes just because he wanted to finish beating down asshole questions once and for all, and then SCOTUS drops the bomb on Trump. What a day.

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sagehen  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:19:18pm

re: #118 Eclectic Cyborg

He’s a Left wing politician, you idiot! Why would he NOT move the country in that direction?

He’s mildly left of center, only because the center-line has moved way to the right of where it was a few years ago.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:19:19pm

re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Captain Magic  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:19:31pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:21:07pm
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sagehen  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:21:42pm

re: #130 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

“Oh, Lord, hold and keep thy wayward son Ken, in jail and far from us.”

Youtube Video

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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:22:48pm

re: #147 Dopamine Fish

Where is this meme coming from that voting is easier in red states than in blue states? On what basis are they saying this?

A number of Republican states have vote by mail. But not all, and they are making that harder in states they could lose.

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William Lewis  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:22:53pm

re: #162 Captain Magic

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Star Trek Prodigy, Picard and Strange New Worlds. Glorious. Oh, and I’ll admit Discovery isn’t too bad once they did that great big time-skip.

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:24:51pm

Anyone think Trump is going to pay his lawyers?

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The Pie Overlord!  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:24:55pm

re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg

So apparently Twitter thinks someone Tweeting “I hate N-words” repeatedly is NOT a violation of their policies.

Good to know.

🙄

Got this from Twitter:

But Twitter never explained what rules or safety policies that Vicious Babushka violated before/during/after they nuked VB’s account.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:26:37pm

re: #167 jaunte

Anyone think Trump is going to pay his lawyers?

lol

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:28:14pm

re: #167 jaunte

Pay them? It should be an honor to serve DT. He will stiff them as he has done before.

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retired cynic  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:29:25pm

re: #170 PhillyPretzel

Oh, he’ll let the RNC pay them. No skin off his nose.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:30:25pm
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Captain Magic  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:31:13pm

re: #166 William Lewis

Which makes me wonder - do Q have the ability to alter timelines now? Before in TNG and Voyager, they didn’t mess with them.

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Decatur Deb  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:31:20pm

re: #172 Backwoods_Sleuth

He should appeal to the Supremer Court.

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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:31:31pm

re: #160 sagehen

He’s mildly left of center, only because the center-line has moved way to the right of where it was a few years ago.

What do you think makes him just slightly left?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:32:18pm

re: #175 Belafon

What do you think makes him just slightly left?

Jill

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The Squire of Logos  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:32:43pm

re: #155 darthstar

That’s because Ginny’s in those records.

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:33:55pm

re: #175 Belafon

There should an axis of ‘producer of results’ vs. ‘announcer of problems’ in addition to the left-right line.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:34:05pm

re: #167 jaunte

Anyone think Trump is going to pay his lawyers?

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Decatur Deb  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:34:05pm

re: #175 Belafon

What do you think makes him just slightly left?

He’s a good guy, but a flat-out corporatist. It showed in his representation as a Delaware Sen.

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:34:13pm

I hope Trump is so mad at his SCOTUS appointees that he spills dirt on them.

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Captain Magic  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:35:17pm

My message to the GOP:

You Have Made an Enemy Today

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:35:26pm

re: #174 Decatur Deb

He should appeal to the Supremer Court.

LOL!

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sagehen  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:35:41pm

re: #173 Captain Magic

Which makes me wonder - do Q have the ability to alter timelines now? Before in TNG and Voyager, they didn’t mess with them.

I think they have the ability, but there’s “rules” they apparently adhere to.

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:36:32pm

I really don’t think Judge Judy is going to take Trump’s case.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:38:26pm

re: #185 darthstar

She would give him heck for being a child and then she would go after him for everything else.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:38:48pm
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Captain Magic  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:39:16pm

re: #184 sagehen

I think they have the ability, but there’s “rules” they apparently adhere to.

Given that Q’s are omnipotent, what rules do they employ? I’ve never seen a “Rules for Q” book for dummies…

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:39:48pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:40:28pm

re: #185 darthstar

I really don’t think Judge Judy is going to take Trump’s case.

Judge Jeanine might…

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William Lewis  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:41:15pm

Bwa-ha-ha! This is almost enough to make me pay for HBO

Youtube Video

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:45:41pm
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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:46:56pm

re: #166 William Lewis

Star Trek Prodigy, Picard and Strange New Worlds. Glorious. Oh, and I’ll admit Discovery isn’t too bad once they did that great big time-skip.

I’ve enjoyed Discovery since season 2. I could not suspend my disbelief for the giant tardigrade and magic mushroom transport system and bailed on season 1, but the Enterprise with Christopher Pike storyline brought me back to the show.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:49:22pm

re: #192 Backwoods_Sleuth

What I cannot understand is why this story with Dolly Parton funding the Modena vaccine has not reached a wider audience?

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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:51:41pm

re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth

Jill

What i meant to imply is why you don’t think he’s further left than just slightly?

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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:52:34pm

re: #178 jaunte

There should an axis of ‘producer of results’ vs. ‘announcer of problems’ in addition to the left-right line.

Yep, and I consider the producers to be far more left than complainers.

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A Cranky One  Jan 19, 2022 • 3:52:49pm

You don’t duck with Chester.

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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:02:35pm

re: #184 sagehen

I think they have the ability, but there’s “rules” they apparently adhere to.

Considering Q gave Picard an entire alternate timeline in one episode, and the showed him a possible future along with an alternate past in the finale, I bet they could.

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:07:17pm

xkcd.com for the win

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:09:13pm
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:09:19pm

re: #198 Belafon

The Q were, literally, TNG’s god-in-a-box. The introduction of such characters really stretched ST deep into fantasy territory.

Yes, TOS had a couple of episodes with antagonists who were super-beings, and such episodes gave the TNG writers cover in defending the idea of introducing the Q.

While I think Picard will make great use of the tease that Q could poof Picard back into a different outcome than in the finale of the first season, I also believe it will be a tease.

Because Patrick Stewart is now at an age where he needs to play the final Picard episode. As much as people love him, Stewart is now getting to that very old age where his time on screen is coming to an end.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:11:13pm

re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth

That is the mark of someone who understands government and knows how to work with it. And Joe has had close to 50 years of practice.

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Citizen K  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:12:26pm

re: #194 PhillyPretzel

What I cannot understand is why this story with Dolly Parton funding the Modena vaccine has not reached a wider audience?

Because stories about good people rarely make long term news, and positive stories about the vaccines even less so. There was more news about people surprised about Parton and WIllie Nelson’s politics than there have been about Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson’s actual contributions.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:14:07pm

re: #203 Citizen K

True. But in a case like this with a virus that has reeked havoc with the world’s population this should have been mentioned earlier.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:16:14pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:17:42pm

My 8 year old grand niece and her 6 year old brother, both in quarantine because of positive tests, set up the following “quarantine” scrabble board:

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gocart mozart  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:18:39pm

A good question.

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:19:53pm

re: #207 gocart mozart

A good question.

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Ginny Thomas dissented…Her husband just did what he was told.

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wrenchwench  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:20:15pm

re: #180 Decatur Deb

He’s a good guy, but a flat-out corporatist. It showed in his representation as a Delaware Sen.

Is there a difference between a corporatist and an institutionalist?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:24:53pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:25:06pm

re: #207 gocart mozart

A good question.

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Am confident that is his assumption. Wonder if Alito also shows up, only because of Sydney Powell’s comment.

Every time I start thinking Gorsuch is the worst, Alito or Thomas remind me of how terrible they are.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:27:22pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:28:11pm

re: #212 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:30:24pm

The FBI is conducting what it described as “court-authorized” law enforcement activity at the Laredo home of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar.

Although FBI spokesperson Roseanne Hughes did not identify what the agency is investigating, she did issue a statement acknowledging the activity.

Asked for a statement about the FBI’s presence at Cuellar’s home, Hughes confirmed law enforcement activity in the area.

“The FBI was present in the vicinity of Windridge Drive and Estate Drive in Laredo conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity,” the statement read. “The FBI cannot provide further comment on an ongoing investigation.”

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Hecuba's daughter  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:30:54pm

re: #212 Backwoods_Sleuth

Unlike the time our dog brought half a squirrel into our dining room…

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mmmirele  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:31:40pm

re: #157 jaunte

Thomas dissents because there might be something bad in there and he’s fully corrupt.

How about, his wife Ginni’s into it up to her eyeballs and there’s probably something in those tranches of documents which indicate it.

Oh, in other news, the tiny town of Brookside, AL, population 1,253 has somewhere between nine and 16 police officers (it’s unknown) but half of its funding since 2018 has come from ratcheting up the number of traffic citations it’s issued.

Ramon Perez came to court last month ready to fight the tickets he’d been handed by Brookside police, including one for rolling through a stop sign and another for driving 48 mph in a 40 zone.

He swore he’d seen the cop from a distance and was careful as he braked.

“I saw him and we looked eye to eye,” the Chelsea business owner said. “There’s no way I was going to run that stop sign.”

When he got to court Dec. 2, he saw scores of people just like him lining up to stand before Judge Jim Wooten, complaining of penny-ante “crimes” and harassment by officers. He saw so many people trying to park in the grassy field outside the municipal building that police had to direct traffic.

He figured there was no point.

“I saw the same attitude in every officer and every person,” he said. “That’s why I hesitated to fight it. They were doing the same thing to every person that was there. They own the town.”

Perez, it appears, was right.

al.com

Oh, and apparently this teeny tiny town has TWO police dogs, to wit:

(I found this when I went to look for the police department, which has apparently nuked its Facebook. I made sure to drop a link to the AL dot com article and point out that Brookside has 1,253 people in it.)

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wrenchwench  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:35:54pm

re: #201 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

[…]

Because Patrick Stewart is now at an age where he needs to play the final Picard episode. As much as people love him, Stewart is now getting to that very old age where his time on screen is coming to an end.

The older people get, the more alike they look. There was a guy where I used to live who looked like Patrick Stewart with about 10 more years. There are 3 guys in this town who qualify.

It works on the young end, too. Babies all look alike. I’m the only one of my siblings who can tell my twin sisters apart in their first photo (twins included, I think).

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:36:49pm
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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:37:05pm

Charleston, WV Gazette Mail

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:38:46pm

re: #216 mmmirele

How about, his wife Ginni’s into it up to her eyeballs and there’s probably something in those tranches of documents which indicate it.

Oh, in other news, the tiny town of Brookside, AL, population 1,253 has somewhere between nine and 16 police officers (it’s unknown) but half of its funding since 2018 has come from ratcheting up the number of traffic citations it’s issued.

al.com

Oh, and apparently this teeny tiny town has TWO police dogs, to wit:

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(I found this when I went to look for the police department, which has apparently nuked its Facebook. I made sure to drop a link to the AL dot com article and point out that Brookside has 1,253 people in it.)

See
VVVVVVVVVVVV

re: #37 No Malarkey!

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Citizen K  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:40:48pm

I’d say more about the press conference, but seems like a lot of people already covered the right parts of it, and the most consequential thing about it is how much the reactions still just sadly underscore the nihilism of ‘Nothing a Dem can do can make things better’ politics.

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gocart mozart  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:46:00pm

And here is the crappy couple.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:50:58pm
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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:52:23pm

re: #223 Backwoods_Sleuth

That’s going to get under the former guy’s skin as well.

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PhillyPretzel  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:53:04pm

re: #224 darthstar

I certainly hope so. ::: evil grin :::

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A Cranky One  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:55:57pm

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:56:49pm

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 4:57:23pm
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gocart mozart  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:01:06pm

I’ll insert Thomas’s reasoning here

Live Crickets 60min “Natural Sound”


Here is the full decision.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:02:08pm

re: #227 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

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Charles Johnson  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:07:27pm
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:08:24pm

re: #215 Hecuba’s daughter

Unlike the time our dog brought half a squirrel into our dining room…

That was definitely dead.

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Dangerman  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:09:50pm

re: #152 darthstar

re: #153 A Mom Anon

re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth

Et al

Because the more the merrier…

Washington Post: “The order turned aside Trump’s request to block the records release while the case continues through the courts. It means there is no legal obstacle to release of the materials from the National Archives

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:10:10pm
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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:11:20pm

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:14:15pm

One of my Trumper FB friends posted a pic of a bank robber. My response? Well, bank robbery aside, it is nice to see someone in Redding wearing a mask.

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:15:53pm

Jesus…it’s upside down…the mask.

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Captain Ron  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:17:48pm
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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:18:59pm
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Dangerman  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:19:09pm

re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Also he didn’t quit early and run from the podium in a huff cause he didn’t like how he was treated

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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:19:26pm

Cold front has come through the Metroplex and it is windy. The winds from the cold fronts that have been coming through over the last couple of months have been different than those I remember from past years, minus the Snowpocalypse.

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wrenchwench  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:20:04pm

re: #237 darthstar

Jesus…it’s upside down…the mask.

I had a customer today whose upside down mask was fogging up her glasses. I was going to say something, hesitated, got distracted, and forgot.

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:24:33pm

This made me laugh probably more than it should have.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:25:56pm

re: #167 jaunte

Anyone think Trump is going to pay his lawyers?

Hopefully not.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:28:02pm
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Jay C  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:29:51pm

re: #240 Dangerman

Also he didn’t quit early and run from the podium in a huff cause he didn’t like how he was treated

Quite true, but you just KNOW that someone - even from the “mainstream” media - is going to find some BS thing or other to dump on Joe about.

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Dangerman  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:30:43pm

“I did not anticipate that there’d be such a stalwart effort to make sure that the most important thing was that President Biden didn’t get anything done. Think about this: What are Republicans for? What are they for? Name me one thing they’re for.”

— President Biden, quoted by the Washington Post.

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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:31:10pm

re: #240 Dangerman

Also he didn’t quit early and run from the podium in a huff cause he didn’t like how he was treated

He did the opposite…he said, “How long do you want to do this? I’ll give you an extra 20 minutes.”

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Captain Ron  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:31:37pm
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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:32:39pm
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Patricia Kayden  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:33:23pm
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A Cranky One  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:36:23pm

re: #243 darthstar

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jaunte  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:38:51pm
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darthstar  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:40:46pm

I’m not paying attention to the Senate. It’s assumed they’ll fail. I accept that. I’m happy to be wrong and that a miracle will happen.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:48:04pm

re: #254 darthstar

We have to work to elect more Senate Democrats. That’s about the only thing we can get out of tonight’s vote.

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Dangerman  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:48:23pm

re: #252 A Cranky One

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:49:29pm
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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:51:03pm

re: #251 Patricia Kayden

JFC.

You could not pay me enough to move to Florida.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:52:16pm
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Charles Johnson  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:53:32pm
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William Lewis  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:54:58pm

re: #250 jaunte

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I don’t think he cares. He has his Yacht, his Maserati and his job is safe.

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Patricia Kayden  Jan 19, 2022 • 5:55:48pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:00:02pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:00:31pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:02:12pm
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:02:17pm

re: #262 Patricia Kayden

I shouldn’t laugh as hard or as much as I do with that video. I’ve watched it like 100 times. The spitting goat just does me in. 😂😂😂😂

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Dangerman  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:02:30pm

re: #259 Patricia Kayden

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Won’t catch me ina Starbucks
Nope

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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:04:43pm

re: #265 Backwoods_Sleuth

Congrats. Now vote for a world where your kid will be judged for the content of their character and not whether or not they have a penis and choose to use it a certain way.

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Decatur Deb  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:06:17pm

re: #209 wrenchwench

Is there a difference between a corporatist and an institutionalist?

In my mind. An institutionalist serves an element of our societal structure—the military, the courts, the church. A corporatist serves the idea, and often the hierarchy, of corporation$.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:07:30pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:08:41pm
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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:21:48pm

re: #267 Dangerman

Time to boycott Starbucks.

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Belafon  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:24:11pm

re: #271 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Captain Ron  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:26:35pm

re: #260 Charles Johnson

I have a good pound of coins in my right pocket.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:27:18pm
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Decatur Deb  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:28:40pm

re: #272 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

Time to boycott Starbucks.

It’s not a boycott, I’m just avoiding plague centers.

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Crush White Nationalism  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:29:05pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:30:38pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:33:30pm
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Dangerman  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:34:05pm

re: #271 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Every corporate CEO is constantly trying to make things better.

Imagine every one saying we have to blow it up before we can make it better.

And they say that all the time as their only strategy for everything

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William Lewis  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:35:57pm

re: #272 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

Time to boycott Starbucks.

Can’t boycott them. Won’t drink their nasty coffee to begin with…

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:37:28pm

re: #281 William Lewis

Can’t boycott them. Won’t drink their nasty coffee to begin with…

I don’t drink coffee at all (I can count on my fingers the grand total of times I’ve had coffee in 47 years), but I live with people who do.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:42:04pm

re: #271 Backwoods_Sleuth

What she fails to realize is that we are ALREADY over the fucking cliff.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:42:17pm
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JC1  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:49:21pm

re: #272 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

Time to boycott Starbucks.

The vaccine issue is the least of reasons why you’ll never see me in a Starbucks.

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DodgerFan1988  Jan 19, 2022 • 6:52:54pm
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austin_blue  Jan 19, 2022 • 8:29:59pm

re: #235 darthstar

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Well, I don’t mean to “actually” you, Tricky Dick, but actually, you both were/are fucking liars.

The difference between you and the TFG is that Drumpf did it for personal gain and you did it to advance an agenda you believed was better for the country.

Does that make you better?

No. You were still a complete liar and asshole.

And I’m for the rack. I am being killed by Mountain Juniper (aka Cedar fever) pollen this week.

Brutal!

Eighty one degrees today and the wind is howling outside with a wake up temp of thirty degrees here in town.

Texas winter weather.


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