Seth takes a closer look at Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema voting with Republicans in blocking changes to the filibuster that would have allowed voting rights legislation to pass with a simple majority.
Doing another online poker tourny and I’m in the money. Updates to follow.
My idiot asshole anti-vax oldest brother emailed me a “YOU GOTTA SEE THIS” bullshit ‘research’ on vaccines…
People will eventually start to make the link between vaccination and the sudden, unexpected onset of neurological, cardiovascular, or immunological symptoms such as:
death (including death in your sleep)
COVID infection
cardiac arrest
pulmonary embolism
intracranial hemorrhage
Bell’s Palsy
Guillain-Barre
peripheral neuropathy
severe and persistent muscle spasms
menstrual issues (high flow, low flow, start, stop, timing)
Re-emergence of latent disease (cancers, shingles, etc.)
Worsening diabetes
and hundreds more serious adverse events that are obvious in VAERS but where the CDC is staying silent
I wonder if I should reply and ask him if his menstrual cycles have been adverse.
Van Jones declared The Orange Insurrectionist presidential but regularly disrespects the person 81 million Americans elected to clean up The Orange Insurrectionist’s mess. https://t.co/Ydg4ygfARH
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) January 21, 2022
re: #2 darthstar
Or if his shingles are flaring up again. If we can survive this fucking mess, we have GOT to get wingnuts out of K-12 education. JFC, I am a suburban housewife who graduated high school(I also have some sort of certificate from a trade school type place that says I am an interior decorator,lol), and even I understand basic science and how bacteria and viruses work. And what will and won’t kill them or help prevent their spread.
Let the right wing and religious zealots homeschool or create their own schools without taxpayer funds. Then listen to them cry when their kids can’t get into college or tech school or even stay employed at a low paying job.
The important part of this media insider story is WHY didn’t Roberts ask Gorsuch to mask up, when he knows Sotomayor has diabetes? https://t.co/dSYmxSjYC2
— Robert Arthur (@jaunte) January 21, 2022
re: #4 A Mom Anon
I wrote a couple of replies and deleted them without sending. He’s my brother…I just have to let him be a fuckin’ retard if that’s what he wants.
re: #1 I Would Prefer Not To
Doing another online poker tourny and I’m in the money. Updates to follow.
bought in for 30 cashed out for 66. 14th place. paid 27. no complaints.
Another Bannon grift…
Setting up a “Defense Fund” for the Jan 6th indicted. Apparently not yet registered as a charity in New Jersey; Very little financial transparency; Making it difficult for recipients to switch from the fund selected attorneys…
This is really important reporting.
The Fund seems to coerce defendants to stay away from public defenders (to prevent them from pleading?), but also claims to be disbursing more than they are.
There’s always a grift, and this one really exploits defendants. https://t.co/I2NlbzJgmG— emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 21, 2022
re: #2 darthstar
“So, your bumhole hurts after the prick? It’s not the vax!”
Wordle 216 5/6
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now I have to wait 24 hours for another one.
re: #175 ckkatz
Those seven tweets took 8:50 minutes to render. Is LGF being throttled by Twitter?
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Eliminating all but one vowel by the second word sort of narrowed things down but I kinda got lucky with that one in all honesty.
Pay the gas company. You already jacked up consumer prices.
— Get Vaccinated (@ADJ3745) January 21, 2022
re: #5 jaunte
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Aside from the palace intrigue of who asked what when, the only thing that matters is did he or didn’t he wear a mask.
Nope, he didn’t, so he’s an asshole. End of story.
re: #14 Dread Pirate Ron
What’s wrong with Texas? They didn’t complain about their energy supply during the Alamo. Can’t they just be nostalgic until spring?
re: #2 darthstar
Just tell him that VAERS is about as reliable a source as a Change,org petition with signatures from “Mike Hunt” or “I.P. Freely.”
To hell with Manchima and Van Jones.
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I got a little random today, but it paid off in the end.
re: #17 Targetpractice
Just tell him that VAERS is about as reliable a source as a Change,org petition with signatures from “Mike Hunt” or “I.P. Freely.”
When I was 15-16 and living in Fiji as a foreign exchange student, we went to a resort hotel and paged Mike Hunt by the pool more than once…good times.
re: #11 Dread Pirate Ron
re: #175 ckkatz
Those seven tweets took 8:50 minutes to render. Is LGF being throttled by Twitter?
Twitter has been going up and down all evening.
(At least for me. And I don’t think that is due to my magnetic personality. ;) )
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I thought I was heading for failure on this one. Wasn’t expecting that word.
From the soundtrack of the 1994 film “La Reine Margot”. The film is based upon a historical novel written in 1845 by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is about the daughter of deceased King Henry II (Marguerite de Valois) during the French religious wars between the Catholics and Protestants.
The guitarist is Goran Bregović. Born of a Croat father and a Serb mother, and raised in the capitol of Bosnia-Herzgovina. When Yugoslavia split up, he found himself not sufficiently a member of any of the warring tribes.
Governments and clean energy advocates looking to encourage e-bike adoption have a new online tool from @Portland_State researchers @johnmacpdx @CamSBennett that is tracking #ebike incentive programs in NA: https://t.co/rrV76pv4WN. Project funded by @NITC_UTC & @peopleforbikes pic.twitter.com/e6p545YAkt
— TREC at PSU (@TRECpdx) January 20, 2022
re: #19 darthstar
Don’t forget Heywood Jablome, Jack Mehoff, Ben Dover, Hugh Jass.
and
en.wikipedia.org
And, sadly, this irl person:
en.wikipedia.org
re: #26 ckkatz
Don’t forget Heywood Jablome, Jack Mehoff, Ben Dover, Hugh Jass.
and
en.wikipedia.orgAnd, sadly, this irl person:
en.wikipedia.org
Someone named Heywood Jablome was a lizard here maybe five or six years ago. He left in a huff, when he was unusually sensitive to Charles making a remark on his nym.
Rest In Peace Loaf…..
Meatloaf has passed
“Meat Loaf, ‘Bat out of Hell’ rock superstar, dies at 74” https://t.co/q4MPN6TAnw
— Matt Lee (@APDiploWriter) January 21, 2022
re: #14 Dread Pirate Ron
One of Texas’s largest power companies, Luminant Energy, filed a complaint with the Texas Railroad Commission Wednesday, asking they intervene to stop the Dallas-based pipeline giant Energy Transfer from shutting off its natural gas supply.]
I thought The Free Market was supposed to regulate everything without the need for meddlesome government intervention…
When a rocker dies after the age of 70, it is sad, but no longer tragic.
Duggar was found guilty on both charges he faced — receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography. https://t.co/zwdDSLSc4d
— KXAN News (@KXAN_News) January 21, 2022
re: #35 Dave In Austin
This would all be a minor affair if JD and his family were not celebrated as some embodiment of traditional Biblical Christian values.
re: #34 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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And that is not only limited to vaccination, but other fields where you have rampant conspiracy theories…
re: #37 Teukka
And that is not only limited to vaccination, but other fields where you have rampant conspiracy theories…
There is no field without conspiracy theories, because we believe that everyone’s facts and sources of information are to be treated and weighted equally.
re: #34 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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At this point, the people left who this question applies to are largely the kind of people for whom “Ya’ll watch this!” is practically a mating call. The sort of people who insist they’re not going to be “that guy” occupying an ICU bed with tubes jammed down his throat as he lies in a medically-induced coma.
The cough? “Allergies.”
Wheezing? “Chest cold.”
Coughing up blood? “Fine, I’ll go to the doctor, but I’m tellin’ ya it ain’t COVID.”
Then they wheel into the ER with O2 stats lower than their IQ, looking whiter than a preacher’s sheets as they’re gasping for every breath, at which point they progress past Denial in a matter of minutes to hours: Anger that the “experts” can’t just fix them up with a “cure,” Bargaining with everybody from the docs to their deity of choice that they be given one of those “miracle cures” like HCQ or horse paste, ending up Depressed when their ass ends up in a bed with an oxygen mask and an IV drip, and then generally Acceptance of the vaccines just as they’re about to get put on the ventilator.
re: #39 Targetpractice
At this point, the people left who this question applies to are largely the kind of people for whom “Ya’ll watch this!” is practically a mating call. The sort of people who insist they’re not going to be “that guy” occupying an ICU bed with tubes jammed down his throat as he lies in a medically-induced coma.
The cough? “Allergies.”
Wheezing? “Chest cold.”
Coughing up blood? “Fine, I’ll go to the doctor, but I’m tellin’ ya it ain’t COVID.”
Then they wheel into the ER with O2 stats lower than their IQ, looking whiter than a preacher’s sheets as they’re gasping for every breath, at which point they progress past Denial in a matter of minutes to hours: Anger that the “experts” can’t just fix them up with a “cure,” Bargaining with everybody from the docs to their deity of choice that they be given one of those “miracle cures” like HCQ or horse paste, ending up Depressed when their ass ends up in a bed with an oxygen mask and an IV drip, and then generally Acceptance of the vaccines just as they’re about to get put on the ventilator.
Some never get past the denial stage. Hypoxic, combative, raving either about the hospital faking the CoViD test or giving them the virus, being violent to staff. And if the hospital is lucky, only the patient is *cough* “difficult” *cough*, more often than not, all the next of kin are just as bad.
Decided to try it, don’t really do well with these kinds of puzzles and may not again.
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Not really my thing but I can see why it could be for others.
re: #42 William Lewis
Decided to try it, don’t really do well with these kinds of puzzles and may not again.
Wordle 216 4/6
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These kinds of puzzles are my jam, so I’ve been quite enjoying having one every morning to do at my desk in the pre-work hours.
re: #12 Citizen K
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lol! i actually thought of the obscure naval term before it dawned on me to switch two of the letters around.
A boat is just a hole in the water you throw money in:
New York’s hottest club could be… a Staten Island Ferry.
“Saturday Night Live” stars and shaolin natives Pete Davidson and Colin Jost are behind the mysterious purchase at auction of the John F. Kennedy, a decommissioned ferry boat.
The pair, in partnership with Manhattan real estate broker and comedy club owner Paul Italia, spent $280,000 to purchase a boat that most ride for free.Italia, who spoke exclusively to the Post on Thursday, said the trio had “grand plans” for the ship.
“The idea is to turn the space into a live entertainment event space, with comedy, music, art, et cetera,” he said.
“We’re in the early stages, but everybody involved had the same ambition — not to see this thing go to the scrapyard,” Italia said.
As it sits, however, the ship won’t even move under its own power.
re: #25 Hecuba’s daughter
Did it in 3 tonight! Changed my start word.
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i understand now the technique of using a word that one knows is simply wrong in order to kill 5 letters. got caught in that on a wordle from a bootleg source (pretty sure the power language uk site is the “correct” wordle, yes? well, if you are really jonesing for wordle, there are others, if you’re willing to partake of the dark web). Hit a letter in the right spot first try and then could not for the life of me figure out how to get 4 proper letters around it.
Swing and a miss on first 2 guesses. But really narrowed down the letter choices for the next 2.
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re: #35 Dave In Austin
Odd thing to come in at 4 in the morning. I hope it doesn’t work.
re: #39 Targetpractice
At this point, the people left who this question applies to are largely the kind of people for whom “Ya’ll watch this!” is practically a mating call. The sort of people who insist they’re not going to be “that guy” occupying an ICU bed with tubes jammed down his throat as he lies in a medically-induced coma.
The cough? “Allergies.”
Wheezing? “Chest cold.”
Coughing up blood? “Fine, I’ll go to the doctor, but I’m tellin’ ya it ain’t COVID.”
Then they wheel into the ER with O2 stats lower than their IQ, looking whiter than a preacher’s sheets as they’re gasping for every breath, at which point they progress past Denial in a matter of minutes to hours: Anger that the “experts” can’t just fix them up with a “cure,” Bargaining with everybody from the docs to their deity of choice that they be given one of those “miracle cures” like HCQ or horse paste, ending up Depressed when their ass ends up in a bed with an oxygen mask and an IV drip, and then generally Acceptance of the vaccines just as they’re about to get put on the ventilator.
Lower than their IQ! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Many do not, even to their death, accept vaccines. Hell, some don’t even accept they have COVID as they are dying. Read through antivaxxer.com…these people are f’in nuts.
re: #2 darthstar
My idiot asshole anti-vax oldest brother emailed me a “YOU GOTTA SEE THIS” bullshit ‘research’ on vaccines…
I wonder if I should reply and ask him if his menstrual cycles have been adverse.
His “man”strual cycle is definitely in the “whiny ignorant bitch” part of things.
re: #42 William Lewis
Decided to try it, don’t really do well with these kinds of puzzles and may not again.
Wordle 216 4/6
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Getting in four is pretty darned good for a first try.
re: #48 Eventual Carrion
Swing and a miss on first 2 guesses. But really narrowed down the letter choices for the next 2.
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Heck of a turnaround. Well done!
re: #46 Shropshire Slasher
I fondly remember taking that ferry quite a bit. That’s what they’re counting on and it’s cheaper to use that space for events, bar, and party, than to build a new space somewhere in Manhattan.
RIP Meat Loaf. Saw him in concert when I was in college. Such a great performer and memorable songs. Another part of childhood gone…. pic.twitter.com/fTACG9poVU
— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) January 21, 2022
And I remember doing college movie nights as a projectionist. Rocky Horror was a regular rotation item.
So yeah, this sucks. It sucks even worse knowing that he died of a preventable cause.
re: #51 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Lower than their IQ! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Many do not, even to their death, accept vaccines. Hell, some don’t even accept they have COVID as they are dying. Read through antivaxxer.com…these people are f’in nuts.
Speaking of effing nuts, the new post at sorryantivaxxer:
Michael Robideau, 68, Tyler, TX, Gay conservative Anti-vaxxer, dead from COVID
According to social media posts below, Michael died from COVID on January 10, 2022. Michael is a rare bread, a gay conservative anti-vaxxer. This is only our third entry from the LGBT community, I think. What’s different than the other two is that at his age, he went through the 1980s AIDS epedemic, which Dr. Fauci fought so hard to understand and contain. Yet, Michael is not only anti-vaxx, but he also posted anti-Fauci memes which seems like an enormous disconnect. His significant other, Monty Etheridge, also a conservative anti-vaxxer got sick but recovered. Michael’s sister Pat Gifford, living in North Carolina, who was also an anti-vaxxer, died several days after Michael.
Zero-Covid island nation of Tonga fears aid could bring in virus https://t.co/r5GzvOjKr7
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 20, 2022
As aid trickles into the South Pacific nation of Tonga, devastated by a volcanic eruption and tsunami, an Australian aid flight was forced to return to base due to a positive COVID-19 case onboard, a defense official said https://t.co/RlJwvzCAJ0
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 21, 2022
re: #58 Ming5000
Speaking of effing nuts, the new post at sorryantivaxxer:
Michael Robideau, 68, Tyler, TX, Gay conservative Anti-vaxxer, dead from COVID
Dude had some Globalist BS in his timeline. I wonder what that could mean?
EXPLAINER: Why global health officials are saying it’s premature for some European countries such as Spain to begin making plans to treat COVID-19 as an “endemic” disease, warning that the world is nowhere close to declaring the pandemic over. https://t.co/j8XwUJQ63I
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 20, 2022
Very similar pattern for age 50-64
44-fold reduction of hospitalization for vaccination
Booster benefit consistent,at every time point, but gradient vs 2-shot less pronounced than age 65+ pic.twitter.com/Rzg15Ivz5r— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 21, 2022
Well, we know why Cawthorn’s wife left him…
Imagine you showed up for a Zoom meeting and a colleague decided that was when he needed to clean his gun. Because that’s what happened today in a Congressional roundtable on toxic exposure. We’re better than this. pic.twitter.com/ePJGKdspfY
— Lindsay Church (@lkmchurch) January 20, 2022
re: #59 Belafon
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Zero-Covid island nation of Tonga fears aid could bring in virus https://t.co/r5GzvOjKr7
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 20, 2022
I got nuttin:
This Morning viewers have been left baffled by a couple who say they are ‘ecosexuals’ - and claim they are ‘married’ to the earth and give it ‘pleasure’.
Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, from San Francisco, appeared on the ITV programme today to speak with presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary about their sexual preference.
They explained that they have an ‘intimate relationship with our planet’ and ‘make love’ to the earth.
Viewers were left gobsmacked by the duo, with one person writing on Twitter: ‘I have no words to say what I think about these two. I mean, what the actual f*** are they going on about?!’
‘When you’re going for a walk you’re giving the earth a massage with your feet,’ suggested Beth, who said ‘all you have to do is love the earth to marry it’.
The presenters asked the couple how you become ecosexuals, with the duo claiming people can build their way up to ‘making love with the earth’.
Annie added: ‘You’ve got to put your heart into it and just open yourself up and let your erotic energy move through you and feel the tree and love that tree.’
The couple explained that people ask whether the tree has ‘consented’, with Beth replying: ‘But we can’t talk to the tree but we listen and try to sense whether the tree likes to be hugged or not.
Ok after reading that I may have a little wood…
Biden directs federal agencies to raise the minimum wages for government employees to $15 an hour, Axios reports
new fridge is in. sweeping up the shit behind the old one was like going through the burned city layers at Troy.
re: #73 darthstar
my ideal massage
it’s like they’re adding one state a day
New York Times: “Republican politicians in at least three states are proposing to establish police forces to hunt exclusively for voter fraud and other election crimes, a category of offenses that experts say is tiny at best.”
re: #72 steve_davis
new fridge is in. sweeping up the shit behind the old one was like going through the burned city layers at Troy.
I got a new fridge a few months back. Was sure to pull the old one out, scrub the fuck out of the area, then put it back in before the delivery guys arrived.
re: #75 Dangerman
it’s like they’re adding one state a day
If I was going to be a cop, I’d want to be an anti-voter fraud cop. But I’m lazy and could use my shifts to do something fun like play guitar.
re: #70 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I spilled my cedar upon the ground
I’m barking!
Playbook: “Donald Trump has floated the idea of doling out dual endorsements in some of the key midterm races as he becomes increasingly suspicious of his advisers who are pushing competing candidates.”“The GOP kingmaker-in-chief has grown so distrustful of all the advice he’s getting from various aides — and so wary of being lured into picking the wrong horse — that he’s floated an idea that would essentially dilute his endorsement.”
endorse ‘em all
you’ll always be right!
In development: Scientists report progress on a potential broad-spectrum anti-coronavirus ‘cocktail’ therapy. Oral administration of the cocktail suppresses the viral replication cycle, reduces viral loads in the lungs & ameliorates virus-induced pneumonia https://t.co/a8a5XhR3YI pic.twitter.com/h5hwYI515E
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) January 20, 2022
re: #78 Sherlock Hound
I’m barking!
I had to go to the Hickory Doc to treat a swelling on my Dickory…
re: #64 darthstar
If he drops off the call, we’ll know why. ////
For some reason, this bothers me more than when Jeffrey Toobin played with his “tube” on a call.
I wonder what could be different (actually I don’t):
Neighboring states moving in opposite Omicron case spread directions
Wisconsin heading to #1
Michigan now 2nd lowest (above ME) pic.twitter.com/yKYSy65aYt— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 20, 2022
I have a collection of erotic tree photos from Robert Maplethorpe
re: #77 darthstar
If I was going to be a cop, I’d want to be an anti-voter fraud cop. But I’m lazy and could use my shifts to do something fun like play guitar.
You know they’re going to “audit” certain voters, and relish it! They’ll do this before, after and during elections.
re: #82 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“I don’t have termites! Honest!”
re: #64 darthstar
Well, we know why Cawthorn’s wife left him…
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This performance bullshit needs to end. Fucking children.
re: #79 Dangerman
And he’s counting on his know nothing base not realizing that he’s backing everyone in a race so that he can claim he never loses on backing the “winner”.
re: #64 darthstar
No. We’re not better than this. Voters in his district voted for this dumbass, because he’s just like them. Cawthorn is a menace and a treasonweasel. His actions endanger everyone around him.
A person can be smart, but people are dumb. /Agent K
re: #94 lawhawk
No. We’re not better than this. Voters in his district voted for this dumbass, because he’s just like them. Cawthorn is a menace and a treasonweasel. His actions endanger everyone around him.
A person can be smart, but people are dumb. /Agent K
re: #85 Belafon
I wonder what could be different (actually I don’t):
More and more republicans dying for the cause.
I was visiting England right before the Chunnel was completed and watched a tv reporter interview people on whether or not they would use it. I remember one woman saying something like ‘oh yes, I love French food, French architecture, French art…. It’s the French I don’t like.’
re: #93 Dangerman
I fully support “conservative” concepts like individual initiative, personal responsibility and a market-based economy.
But I do not see how forcing individuals and families with limited incomes and resources to negotiate one-on-one with multi-billion international corporations for terms of employment, insurance coverage or financial services promotes “personal freedom”.
And as much as I think that market is a good way to balance supply and demand while directing flows of capital to where they are the most beneficial, the market requires a solid infrastructure, both physical and legal/regulatory, in order to ensure that it works for the benefit of all participants: producers as well as consumers, employers as well as employees and borrowers as well as lenders.
re: #68 Shropshire Slasher
I got nuttin:
Ok after reading that I may have a little wood…
Their grandparents sat through the blitz in the Underground and surfaced to dig their neighbors out of the rubble and carry on.
re: #84 jeffreyw
Could you tell us what cheese you use?
re: #90 lawhawk
And he’s counting on his know nothing base not realizing that he’s backing everyone in a race so that he can claim he never loses on backing the “winner”.
No…it’s not as simple as that. This isn’t about taking advantage of ignorance, it’s about understanding that his whole bloc is motivated by mutually cynical utility.
Consider how this is a successful gaming of the court intrigue: his advisors are trying to control a child king, and the child king’s best move is to never give anyone full endorsement. Multiple endorsements means that Trump can’t be extracted from the center of the movement while the petitioners have to plead or trade for more recognition.
It’s not that his followers are purely stupid, it’s that they don’t care about consistency or ideology: Trump is more a pardoner than a general and his multiple endorsements will be viewed as a loyalty test —and justly done, since their whole operational premise is that the powerful can both be inconsistent in their loyalty (and morality, and beliefs) even as they demand greater displays of deference.
As always, it’s not stupidity, it’s the belief that there’s no need for epistemology since power is all that matters.
re: #47 steve_davis
i understand now the technique of using a word that one knows is simply wrong in order to kill 5 letters. got caught in that on a wordle from a bootleg source (pretty sure the power language uk site is the “correct” wordle, yes? well, if you are really jonesing for wordle, there are others, if you’re willing to partake of the dark web). Hit a letter in the right spot first try and then could not for the life of me figure out how to get 4 proper letters around it.
Like this?
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re: #94 lawhawk
No. We’re not better than this. Voters in his district voted for this dumbass, because he’s just like them. Cawthorn is a menace and a treasonweasel. His actions endanger everyone around him.
A person can be smart, but people are dumb. /Agent K
I thought we had dropped that “We are better than this” fantasy. That is so 2016. Surprised to see it used again.
re: #101 Ming5000
Could you tell us what cheese you use?
that is queso fresco with pickled peppers, cheddar in the burrito
re: #2 darthstar
My idiot asshole anti-vax oldest brother emailed me a “YOU GOTTA SEE THIS” bullshit ‘research’ on vaccines…
I wonder if I should reply and ask him if his menstrual cycles have been adverse.
The next time your idiot asshole anti-vax brother sends you something that references VAERS, why don’t you ask him sweetly if any of the people who filed with VAERS bothered to submit a compensation claim with the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Here’s the link: hrsa.gov
These liars have never submitted a compensation claim, and VAERS data can never be trusted.
And I’m sorry to hear that Meat Loaf died, and it would be really tragic to learn that he may not have been vaccinated. Of course, I am the kind of person who would look up Meat Loaf’s obituary in the New York Times to see if he is ever referred to as “Mr. Loaf.” Answer: NO. He is consistently referred to as “Meat Loaf.”
*flicks a Bic in Meat Loaf’s honor while ‘Two out of Three Ain’t Bad’ plays*
re: #108 mmmirele
…
And I’m sorry to hear that Meat Loaf died, and it would be really tragic to learn that he may not have been vaccinated. Of course, I am the kind of person who would look up Meat Loaf’s obituary in the New York Times to see if he is ever referred to as “Mr. Loaf.” Answer: NO. He is consistently referred to as “Meat Loaf.”*flicks a Bic in Meat Loaf’s honor while ‘Two out of Three Ain’t Bad’ plays*
Despise his politics, loved his art. There is a lesson to be drawn.
re: #102 The Ghost of a Flea
No…it’s not as simple as that. This isn’t about taking advantage of ignorance, it’s about understanding that his whole bloc is motivated by mutually cynical utility.
Consider how this is a successful gaming of the court intrigue: his advisors are trying to control a child king, and the child king’s best move is to never give anyone full endorsement. Multiple endorsements means that Trump can’t be extracted from the center of the movement while the petitioners have to plead or trade for more recognition.
It’s not that his followers are purely stupid, it’s that they don’t care about consistency or ideology: Trump is more a pardoner than a general and his multiple endorsements will be viewed as a loyalty test —and justly done, since their whole operational premise is that the powerful can both be inconsistent in their loyalty (and morality, and beliefs) even as they demand greater displays of deference.
As always, it’s not stupidity, it’s the belief that there’s no need for epistemology since power is all that matters.
imo he wont run if he has to participate in a real primary season - cause he’ll get trounced. he’s trying to clear the field so there’s no primary or a joke of one.
he ‘deserves’ to be re-annointed
so right now his only move is to remain ‘kingmaker’ - as such.
except for creating short term disruption, he’s got no other power or path forward
and if he’s politically impotent, no one’s gonna pay him any attention - not the party, not the media
and then the party certainly wont protect him from the doj, GA, NY etc (let alone pay his bills)
re: #86 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I have a collection of erotic tree photos from Robert Maplethorpe
Got Georgia on my mind.
all right, you nagging bastards, I’m scheduled for the booster tomorrow morning.
re: #114 steve_davis
all right, you nagging bastards, I’m scheduled for the booster tomorrow morning.
Monday myself.
re: #114 steve_davis
all right, you nagging bastards, I’m scheduled for the booster tomorrow morning.
Ask for the placebo - say you heard it has fewer side effects.
re: #116 darthstar
Ask for the placebo - say you heard it has fewer side effects.
Side note - even with the placebo, localized swelling at the injection is a common side effect, and albeit rarer, a slight fever can happen.
re: #116 darthstar
Ask for the placebo - say you heard it has fewer side effects.
I will ask for the nocebo.
re: #79 Dangerman
endorse ‘em all
you’ll always be right!
Imagine groveling to the Orange blob just to watch him endorse your opponent as well. Bwahahahaha!
re: #118 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I will ask for the nocebo.
*checks FDA submitted paperwork*
Don’t see any nocebo side-effects listed or even looked for…
re: #117 Teukka
Side note - even with the placebo, localized swelling at the injection is a common side effect, and albeit rarer, a slight fever can happen.
I read that the placebo is actually something (I don’t remember what!) so that there is some reaction. Simple saline would be too benign and suspicious.
Trump donor and hedge fund billionaire Nelson Peltz said in October he talks to Manchin every week, telling him, “Stay tough. Stay tough, buddy.”
Some other new Manchin donors: Jimmy Haslam, Anthony De Nicola, Barry Volpert. Nice to have them on board.https://t.co/meFcHZpJVx— David Moore (@ppolitics) January 20, 2022
Today’s word was infuriating.
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re: #121 Ming5000
I read that the placebo is actually something (I don’t remember what!) so that there is some reaction. Simple saline would be too benign and suspicious.
From what I recall, the placebo is everything from a simple isotonic saline solution to everything except the active component, e.g. for the Moderna and Pfizer, the saline, the polymer, the adjuvants, but not the RNA.
re: #123 The Pie Overlord!
Today’s word was infuriating.
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Isn’t that too many letters?
This is going to be the solution to Covid lots of states choose: out of sight, out of mind. They’re going to stop testing ppl even when they’ve had close contacts with infected ppl. And some red states will almost certainly soon stop reporting Covid deaths on a regular basis. https://t.co/9V1vgR5HDR
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) January 20, 2022
re: #122 Belafon
So they’re doing it for sport and profit.
.@Pontifex told all Catholics to get the vaccine, so idk what ReLigiOuS eXeMpTiOn you’re speaking of. #bospoli https://t.co/SWGye0qwLh
— chip goines (@chipgoines) January 19, 2022
re: #83 Sherlock Hound
If he drops off the call, we’ll know why. ////
For some reason, this bothers me more than when Jeffrey Toobin played with his “tube” on a call.
Jeffrey Toobin mistakenly thought the camera was off. Madison Cawthorn made certain the camera was on.
Another Florida thing:
Today, lawmakers moved forward a bill to ban discussion of LGBTQ people in schools. Our own Jon Harris Maurer had a powerful reply:
“We’re parents, students, & teachers. We are your brothers & sisters. Conversations about us aren’t something dangerous that should be banned.” ❤️ pic.twitter.com/4vxM5dAxgV— Equality Florida (@equalityfl) January 20, 2022
re: #126 Belafon
What Youngkin is ordering has been Alabama policy all along. We’re in the top 3-4 for deaths/million, and even that rate cannot be trusted.
At the risk of excessive blueness:
It’s very hard to understand the internal logic of a city that chooses it’s leaders by skill at public horse fucking, to the degree that there’s decades of evaluatory criteria that are completely opaque to people that just can’t countenance horse fucking as entertainment.
Yet that is exactly where we are.
Historically, culture creates enclosed gardens in which increasing bizarre and abstract behaviors can become normal. The most radical hothouse orchid versions of this we view as cults…but societies can and do develop strange operating premises that allow the culture to persist even as it wounds and diminishes the participants.
What we’re perceiving is actually one of the more…routine…cultural adaptations: goon society, the embrace of hierarchy by people that believe they will receive their own slice of abuse-able power. They’ve accepted that they will be brutalized, but value the opportunity to obtain that total license—the ability to brutalize others—so much that they can’t contemplate a different arrangement of society. Position matters more than material outcomes…winning is not about obtaining a specific, concrete objective, it’s about distinguishing oneself from the lesser kinds of people.
What we’re watching from the outside is a kind of leadership contest in which each aspirant proves their mana by being as performatively callous and contemptuous as possible, by displaying their willingness to insult and harm the lower castes. The ground level participants in this aren’t stupid in the absolute sense, they’re making a statement of their values: other people matter less, sadism is fun and their fun is more important than Truth or Values or Identity.
re: #103 BlueSpotinAL
Like this?
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WELL DONE! That was pretty stellar, IMHO.
re: #105 jeffreyw
that is queso fresco with pickled peppers, cheddar in the burrito
You always make me drool. I haven’t seen anything yet that didn’t make me hungry.
re: #119 No Malarkey!
Imagine groveling to the Orange blob just to watch him endorse your opponent as well. Bwahahahaha!
And yet candidates still seek it it because they know they will lose if their opponent has it and they don’t…
re: #114 steve_davis
all right, you nagging bastards, I’m scheduled for the booster tomorrow morning.
Attaboy!! Jessie will be very, very happy that you will be there for her.
p.s. Jessie pics (or even better, stories) please!
re: #117 Teukka
Side note - even with the placebo, localized swelling at the injection is a common side effect, and albeit rarer, a slight fever can happen.
Luck of the draw where they stick it. I felt nothing for the first shot, and all was well. The next time it hurt a little, no after effects. 3rd time, kinda hurt a little when I got it and a couple of days later YEOUCH! No matter, I will take another dose as often as they recommend it because pain and suffering up front sure beats drowning in my own mucus later on.
re: #137 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Attaboy!! Jessie will be very, very happy that you will be there for her.
p.s. Jessie pics (or even better, stories) please!
lol! I woke up about a week ago after she’d fallen asleep with my arm sort of just outside her frame as I lay on my side, to discover that she had managed, without waking me, to maneuver my hand under her body and was holding on to it with both paws and legs (I know they’re technically all legs, but Jesse is very Victorian in her way, and one doesn’t speak of a lady’s front limbs as legs). Apparently, my hand has become my cat’s therapy toy.
re: #123 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #138 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Luck of the draw where they stick it. I felt nothing for the first shot, and all was well. The next time it hurt a little, no after effects. 3rd time, kinda hurt a little when I got it and a couple of days later YEOUCH! No matter, I will take another dose as often as they recommend it because pain and suffering up front sure beats drowning in my own mucus later on.
Me, I kinda sorta get dissappointed without localized swelling, and totally plan for a slight fever (and have since before them CoViD jabs).
re: #129 sagehen
Jeffrey Toobin mistakenly thought the camera was off. Madison Cawthorn made certain the camera was on.
He was sending a message. What that message was and whom he was addressing are unknown, but it would be good to see him getting grilled by a furious Nancy Pelosi for being an idiotic child.
re: #135 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
You always make me drool. I haven’t seen anything yet that didn’t make me hungry.
I don’t post the fails :)
re: #139 steve_davis
lol! I woke up about a week ago after she’d fallen asleep with my arm sort of just outside her frame as I lay on my side, to discover that she had managed, without waking me, to maneuver my hand under her body and was holding on to it with both paws and legs (I know they’re technically all legs, but Jesse is very Victorian in her way, and one doesn’t speak of a lady’s front limbs as legs). Apparently, my hand has become my cat’s therapy toy.
I love Jessie stories so much!!
My kids just texted me from school. 184 students and 9 teachers absent today.
Rest in peace, you sweaty old bastard…thanks for the music.
re: #145 No Malarkey!
My kids just texted me from school. 184 students and 9 teachers absent today.
Update: 17 teachers from my kids school are out today. So much for keeping schools open so kids can learn.
re: #142 darthstar
He was sending a message. What that message was and whom he was addressing are unknown, but it would be good to see him getting grilled by a furious Nancy Pelosi for being an idiotic child.
Cawthorn’s working on the same level as a chan boarder:
If people don’t respond he’s gotten away with something, and that will entertain his followers.
If people respond it shows their weakness and fear, and that will entertain his followers.
…but also since his followers are an enclosed group interested in self-gratification by reinforcing their worldview (we are strong, they are weak; we are savvy, they are emotional) it’s not even really about provoking a reaction, it’s about the pretext to say that a reaction was provoked.
What actually happens in response doesn’t matter, what matters is the titillating story that the in-group constructs to gratify themselves.
Between Tish James and the SCOTUS and J-6 committee, Lady Justice has been chumming the water pretty heavily the last week or so…Now comes the hard part…patience. Lots of people in a feeding frenzy for Trump flesh. But what will happen is much of what we’ve learned will be normalized and watered down.
It’s time for public hearings to keep the masses well nourished.
re: #136 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
And yet candidates still seek it it because they know they will lose if their opponent has it and they don’t…
It is value like crypto has value
Merely because they “agree” it has value
re: #149 darthstar
Between Tish James and the SCOTUS and J-6 committee, Lady Justice has been chumming the water pretty heavily the last week or so…Now comes the hard part…patience. Lots of people in a feeding frenzy for Trump flesh. But what will happen is much of what we’ve learned will be normalized and watered down.
It’s time for public hearings to keep the masses well nourished.
Patience is going to be hard. We so badly want to see Trump entering a plea at an arraignment, but the NY AG’s case is civil, and the Fulton County Grand Jury hasn’t even convened yet.
If you notice an eerie glow in the sky southwest of Chicago, that’s just my incandescent crankiness today.
We started 2020 with 5 dogs. Had to say goodbye to two of them last year.
This morning we had to say goodbye to another. Skylla was a rat terrier, small but incredibly athletic and fearless. She was the one dog that all the family members would let snuggle in their laps when visiting.
I’ll really miss her.
Fuck.
re: #153 A Cranky One
I’m so sorry for your loss.
re: #153 A Cranky One
I am so very sorry for your loss. That’s too many in far too short a time. I truly am very sorry for your whole family.
re: #153 A Cranky One
If you notice an eerie glow in the sky southwest of Chicago, that’s just my incandescent crankiness today.
We started 2020 with 5 dogs. Had to say goodbye to two of them last year.
This morning we had to say goodbye to another. Skylla was a rat terrier, small but incredibly athletic and fearless. She was the one dog that all the family members would let snuggle in their laps when visiting.
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Fuck.
So sorry for your loss, {{{A Cranky one}}}.
re: #152 darthstar
What’s Elon up to? Shorting his own stock again?
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It’s a weekly thing for him. (I really hope Rivian succeeds. I’m wanting to get rid of my Model 3 because of him.)
re: #158 GlutenFreeJesus
It’s a weekly thing for him. (I really hope Rivian succeeds. I’m wanting to get rid of my Model 3 because of him.)
I was looking at the Rivian the other day. Would be nice if the price came down a touch. Wife likes the Model 3 too much to get riled up about Musk. When she’s ready for another car we’ll look at the other EV options out there.
re: #159 darthstar
First Meatloaf, and now Louie Anderson.
Been sayin’, ‘20, ‘21, and ‘22 appear to be at least a trilogy in quality suck…
I know there is an interesting story behind this!
YOU are cold. They have fur.
Do not let inside. pic.twitter.com/WrVIdF9mkh— Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (@OKWildlifeDept) January 20, 2022
re: #2 darthstar
My idiot asshole anti-vax oldest brother emailed me a “YOU GOTTA SEE THIS” bullshit ‘research’ on vaccines…
I wonder if I should reply and ask him if his menstrual cycles have been adverse.
(Huffpo)
My Gentle, Intelligent Brother Is Now A Conspiracy Theorist And His Beliefs Are Shocking
“While other family members refuse to engage, I’m triggered into a primordial rage by the videos he texts me ‘because he loves me and wants to help me wake up before it’s too late.’”
re: #157 Teukka
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re: #161 Teukka
Been sayin’, ‘20, ‘21, and ‘22 appear to be at least a trilogy in quality suck…
This may be the new normal. The antivaxxers will continue to not get vaccinated, meaning every time a new covid variant comes down the pike, we’ll have another surge of hospitalizations and death. Flu season from now on will be a supercharged flu/covid season. vox.com
re: #146 darthstar
Rest in peace, you sweaty old bastard…thanks for the music.
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If Jim Steinman had hooked up with a different singer… would the records still be as awesome? How about the performances?
This should be entertaining. The “sovereign citizen” who has been cooling her heels in jail on a misdemeanor charge because she won’t comply with court orders is having another hearing today.
HEADS-UP:
Court hearing in 10 minutes in the distinctive US Capitol breach case of Pauline Bauer of northwest Pennsylvania
Bauer is serving as her own defense lawyer, has used sovereign citizen language, disrupted court — and was sent to pre-trial jail months into her case pic.twitter.com/wsFxcJI7xE— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 21, 2022
re: #161 Teukka
Been sayin’, ‘20, ‘21, and ‘22 appear to be at least a trilogy in quality suck…
2020
2020 won
2020 too
re: #166 sagehen
If Jim Steinman had hooked up with a different singer… would the records still be as awesome? How about the performances?
As a comparison, back when Frank Sinatra sang, most of the songs were not considered owned by any one person. Sometimes, some types of songs just fit a certain type of person.
re: #164 A Cranky One
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I used to know a record promoter who got his start as a song-plugger in the 1930’s. His job then was to convince bandleaders (the one with the right kind of singer, or a good radio timeslot) to add the song to their repertoire.
His employer measured his performance by sheet music sales numbers.
re: #140 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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re: #162 Ming5000
I know there is an interesting story behind this!
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Like I once saw written, “I bet every warning label has a hell of a back story”.
re: #159 darthstar
First Meatloaf, and now Louie Anderson.
That’s a shame. He seemed like a nice person.
re: #162 Ming5000
I know there is an interesting story behind this!
“But honey, look how cold he is. Let him warm up by the fire for a few minutes!”
I’m not in a habit of sharing other people’s Wordle boards, but…somehow, this feels too perfect not to share.
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re: #165 No Malarkey!
This may be the new normal. The antivaxxers will continue to not get vaccinated, meaning every time a new covid variant comes down the pike, we’ll have another surge of hospitalizations and death. Flu season from now on will be a supercharged flu/covid season. vox.com
With more and more republicans dying. It will suck for collateral damage and the families of these nuts, but we can only control what we can control.
re: #169 A Cranky One
Thanks folks. The house is feeling lonely. The unconditional love from the furry family members is so missed when they are gone.
And they live furrever in our hearts. I still think about all the dogs I have had in my life. And they all make me smile. The hardest thing about owning any animal is they just do not live long enough.
(gentle hugs)
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Lucky lineup on guess 3, but didn’t expect the word: shoulda known… 😝
re: #180 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
And they live furrever in our hearts. I still think about all the dogs I have had in my life. And they all make me smile. The hardest thing about owning any animal is they just do not live long enough.
(gentle hugs)
Though there are pets you can buy who will likely outlive you!
re: #184 No Malarkey!
Though there are pets you can buy who will likely outlive you!
Like the furry cats you invite inside so they can get warm.
re: #180 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The hardest thing about owning any animal is they just do not live long enough.
Parrots would disagree with that…
re: #110 Dangerman
Except that the RNC is already covering his legal bills. They’ve gone all in on him, despite the criminal investigations in multiple jurisdictions, not counting the 1/6 insurrection. The RNC is covering those legal bills knowing all the crimes he committed - because they need to cover up all the crime by Trump’s accomplices and coconspirators, who are spread out among Congress and key GOP insiders.
Recorded admission linking the Trump Campaign to forged electoral college documents. news.yahoo.com
re: #184 No Malarkey!
Though there are pets you can buy who will likely outlive you!
Something I would hope to never do. As I get older and am now dealing with more issues, I fear greatly for my babies should anything happen to us. Several are pretty old, but my youngest, the one who absolutely stole my heart, kills me every time I think about that. We are going to work on Who Will Care For The Pets If…shortly.
re: #190 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Something I would hope to never do. As I get older and am now dealing with more issues, I fear greatly for my babies should anything happen to us. Several are pretty old, but my youngest, the one who absolutely stole my heart, kills me every time I think about that. We are going to work on Who Will Care For The Pets If…shortly.
I hope you have many good years ahead of you. One thing that doesn’t get mentioned much is how many pets are being orphaned by the pandemic.
Your terms were found to be acceptable, Mr. Aday.
— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) January 21, 2022
re: #189 No Malarkey!
Recorded admission linking the Trump Campaign to forged electoral college documents. news.yahoo.com
Not exactly touching trump or anyone associated with him but those people should be put into a vice so they spill everything they know - or (and) go to jail for 20 years.
I am not a pet person at all. If I lived in a truly rural setting (like somewhere out on our own 14 acres bordering on a forest), I would probably keep dogs and or cats that just spent their days outdoors and only came in to eat and sleep.
re: #191 No Malarkey!
I hope you have many good years ahead of you. One thing that doesn’t get mentioned much is how many pets are being orphaned by the pandemic.
I haven’t seen that number but that is a good question and it makes me really sad. I know more than 150,000 kids were orphaned, because they keep track of that kind of stuff.
re: #143 jeffreyw
I don’t post the fails :)
jeffreyw does post the fails. Under the moniker BlueSpotinAL.
re: #192 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Christ, Meatloaf and Eric Clapton. Unsurprising, I suppose.
re: #194 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am not a pet person at all. If I lived in a truly rural setting (like somewhere out on our own 14 acres bordering on a forest), I would probably keep dogs and or cats that just spent their days outdoors and only came in to eat and sleep.
Trying to feed the wolves, I see.
re: #192 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
He’d do anything for love, but he wouldn’t get vaxxed.
re: #192 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
That pretty much confirms it. Meat Loaf is No. 70 on my list of prominent antivaxxers to die of Covid, and perhaps the most famous, at least to this child of the seventies and eighties. I still don’t know of a single prominent vaccine advocate to die of Covid.
re: #161 Teukka
Been sayin’, ‘20, ‘21, and ‘22 appear to be at least a trilogy in quality suck…
We really shouldn’t have hired George Lucas for this thing.
//
LOL, this “sovereign citizen” representing herself has parlayed a parading misdemeanor she would’ve gotten probation and a fine for into a months long jail sentence with no end in sight. She has a fool for a client.
Judge is setting another hearing in this case for February 18
There are still logistical problems getting evidence to Bauer in jail
She’ll have served several months in pretrial detention.. on lower level charges .. after prior release violations, disruptions, outbursts— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 21, 2022
Just had a call with someone on Forbes 30 under 30 list and came away really impressed.
He shared with me how he made VP at a top tech company before age 30:
1. 4:30 AM wakeup
2. Cold showers
3. Gratitude journal
4. Meditate
5. Dad owns tech company— Peter Yang (@petergyang) January 14, 2022
re: #166 sagehen
If Jim Steinman had hooked up with a different singer… would the records still be as awesome? How about the performances?
No. Not even close. But that’s the magic of great art.
re: #125 Dangerman
Isn’t that too many letters?
Did Will Shorts teach you this word?
cruciverbalists
re: #166 sagehen
If Jim Steinman had hooked up with a different singer… would the records still be as awesome? How about the performances?
Sometimes it’s just dumb luck, other times it is Magick
re: #198 Belafon
Trying to feed the wolves, I see.
I kept a couple of doggies like that on six acres on Oak creek in Sedona. There were no happier dogs in the world. But I called them inside whenever I heard the coyotes howling in the distance.
Debbie and Meatloaf in a limo around 1979-80 ❤️ pic.twitter.com/ZuYIiHJj3a
— Cʜʀɪs Sᴛᴇɪɴ (@chrissteinplays) January 21, 2022
re: #202 Eclectic Cyborg
We really shouldn’t have hired George Lucas for this thing.
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Or Quinton Tarrintino.
re: #108 mmmirele
[…]
Of course, I am the kind of person who would look up Meat Loaf’s obituary in the New York Times to see if he is ever referred to as “Mr. Loaf.”…
My kind.
re: #210 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Or Quinton Tarrintino.
The funny thing is, 2020 makes way more sense if you see 2021 first.
NPR currently reporting on getting Covid under control as “the biggest challenge for the Biden White House.”
No mention that it’s the biggest challenge for the entire nation, or the viciously politicized resistance to all pandemic mitigation measures coming from the entire Republican party all the way up to the Supreme Court.
re: #212 Belafon
The funny thing is, 2020 makes way more sense if you see 2021 first.
But wait! There’s more! Stay tuned for 2022. It’ll blow your mind!
re: #197 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Christ, Meatloaf and Eric Clapton. Unsurprising, I suppose.
every time i learn about the personal lives of musicians and actors it just ruins things
clapton was a huge part of my growing up - now i can’t listen because the knowing is too prominent
bat out of hell, even as a one off, was a big deal album in my college days.
and so many others
you cant go back, so i try for blissful ignorance
re: #213 jaunte
NPR currently reporting on getting Covid under control as “the biggest challenge for the Biden White House.”
No mention that it’s the biggest challenge for the entire nation, or the viciously politicized resistance to all pandemic mitigation measures coming from the entire Republican party all the way up to the Supreme Court.
As always, the media have invested in casting the Biden admin and Dems as unsalvageable failures that can and will never recover. I won’t indulge too much so not to give him too much traffic, but do have to at least note the amount of dunking on Nate Cohn this morning for the usual “Biden is historically the biggest failure ever and can never recover his reputation!” BS for the NYT.
The worst part of ridiculous claims like this by national pundits is the extent to which the media is doing the Republican Party’s work for them.
According to The NY Times, do you know who is to blame for the venal obstructionism practiced by the Republican Party?
Democrats. https://t.co/B3b4Guv1Ow— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) January 21, 2022
It’s interesting how pundits declared and compared Biden to FDR, Biden didn’t do it, and now are criticizing him for not being FDR. Being a pundit these days is never having to admit you’re wrong. BTW Clinton left office with a 67% approval rating..politically unsuccessful? https://t.co/LaGpweTmRM
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) January 21, 2022
re: #204 ckkatz
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And the other swashbuckling games and sports
I’ll work for my father in law
When I marry Miss Guinevere Schwartz”
re: #68 Shropshire Slasher
The presenters asked the couple how people become ecosexuals, with the duo stating that it helps if you’re a completely vapid fucking moron who uses healing crystals and smokes your cat’s dried turds out of a makeshift crack pipe.
re: #206 wrenchwench
Did Will Shorts teach you this word?
either him or one of his predecessors - Will Weng or Maleska
re: #216 Citizen K
It’s everywhere. Ridiculous.
Trump: We should subvert the elections.
Biden: If we fail to pass voting protection laws to stop him, the elections may be subverted.
Wise columnists: These are the same thing. https://t.co/DcREs9qtJW— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) January 21, 2022
re: #216 Citizen K
As always, the media have invested in casting the Biden admin and Dems as unsalvageable failures that can and will never recover. I won’t indulge too much so not to give him too much traffic, but do have to at least note the amount of dunking on Nate Cohn this morning for the usual “Biden is historically the biggest failure ever and can never recover his reputation!” BS for the NYT.
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re: #184 No Malarkey!
I have a Gray Parrot that I raised from an egg. He’s 27 now
re: #215 Dangerman
every time i learn about the personal lives of musicians and actors it just ruins things
clapton was a huge part of my growing up - now i can’t listen because the knowing is too prominent
bat out of hell, even as a one off, was a big deal album in my college days.
and so many others
you cant go back, so i try for blissful ignorance
SERIOUSLY! If they had shut the fuck up, I wouldn’t be going Meh when they die. Congrats on your legacies, dickheads.
re: #218 steve_davis
The presenters asked the couple how people become ecosexuals, with the duo stating that it helps if you’re a completely vapid fucking moron who uses healing crystals and smokes your cat’s dried turds out of a makeshift crack pipe.
It’s the Daily Mail.
The entire article is designed to bait an emotional reaction, secondary to the “bait reaction” incentive that got this on This Morning in the first place. It doesn’t merit reaction, let alone a direct contempt for people that you’ve literally never met and quite possibly are only saying this shit to get attention, because there’s a whole third “bait to get attention” stratum undergirding all existence because attention now translates rapidly into money.
Devoting even a moment of emotional energy to this is the desired reaction.
It’s not worth, if for no other reasons than (1) the world is full of far worse people who aren’t harmless, (2) you probably regularly interact with people that fuck weirder.
re: #222 Dave In Austin
I have a Gray Parrot that I raised from an egg. He’s 27 now
According to wikipedia he could live up to 40-60 years total.
re: #222 Dave In Austin
I have a Gray Parrot that I raised from an egg. He’s 27 now
Shouldn’t he have moved out at 18?
re: #220 jaunte
It’s everywhere. Ridiculous.
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re: #221 Belafon
And Nate may want to go read up on his FDR history. It wasn’t as spectacular as he thinks it was.
Sadly, it seems like it’s having the exact suppressive effect that they were hoping for. It’d be laughable if it wasn’t so infuriating.
lol! I can’t even see my legs right now because I have my 15” laptop up, but I could hear my cat jump on to the bed, followed moments later by some ginger steps on my thighs, and then the very warm meatloafing of a contented purring creature. I’m hoping to Christ it’s my cat and not the crack whore neighbor from down the complex who occasionally wanders in to unlocked apartments.
Read the never-issued Trump order that would have seized voting machines https://t.co/f76DPjdq4B
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) January 21, 2022
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re: #223 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
SERIOUSLY! If they had shut the fuck up, I wouldn’t be going Meh when they die. Congrats on your legacies, dickheads.
famous people throughout history have been assholes. just separate the remarkable talent from the person. You are listening to Clapton play the blisteringly good solo on the live version of Sleepy Time Time, not having tea with him.
re: #230 No Malarkey!
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Scott MacFarlane had posted a tweet about a signed plea deal with a Proud Boy, but apparently he deleted it.
re: #215 Dangerman
every time i learn about the personal lives of musicians and actors it just ruins things
clapton was a huge part of my growing up - now i can’t listen because the knowing is too prominent
bat out of hell, even as a one off, was a big deal album in my college days.
and so many others
you cant go back, so i try for blissful ignorance
Can’t help you with Clapton, but Meatloaf wasn’t a Trumper when he did all his best work.
re: #213 jaunte
NPR currently reporting on getting Covid under control as “the biggest challenge for the Biden White House.”
No mention that it’s the biggest challenge for the entire nation, or the viciously politicized resistance to all pandemic mitigation measures coming from the entire Republican party all the way up to the Supreme Court.
If it had been handled by a competent leader in 2020, it would be a lot less of a problem now.
re: #224 The Ghost of a Flea
Neither the Daily Mail or the NY Post are worthy of a click. I won’t open either one, no matter how interesting the story may appear.
re: #228 steve_davis
lol! I can’t even see my legs right now because I have my 15” laptop up, but I could hear my cat jump on to the bed, followed moments later by some ginger steps on my thighs, and then the very warm meatloafing of a contented purring creature. I’m hoping to Christ it’s my cat and not the crack whore neighbor from down the complex who occasionally wanders in to unlocked apartments.
Well, both sound very…friendly?
You are so funny!!!
re: #228 steve_davis
lol! I can’t even see my legs right now because I have my 15” laptop up, but I could hear my cat jump on to the bed, followed moments later by some ginger steps on my thighs, and then the very warm meatloafing of a contented purring creature. I’m hoping to Christ it’s my cat and not the crack whore neighbor from down the complex who occasionally wanders in to unlocked apartments.
Well if she’s warm and purrs just go with it.
More of that viciously politicized resistance to pandemic mitigation, and common sense.
Of course, it’s another Trump judge. The ‘legislating from the bench’ whinging was of course, like always, all projection. The GOP appointed judges are basically all just Republican politicians with the veneer of faux-impartiality. https://t.co/izQRwvDmyL
— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) January 21, 2022
re: #229 No Malarkey!
Not sure what is going on but that is the 2nd jeez-this-is-really-not-good-for-trump piece in Politico this week. Two. In one week.
re: #233 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Can’t help you with Clapton, but Meatloaf wasn’t a Trumper when he did all his best work.
But he was a trumper in the end and that is all that matters. I still like his music but he will forever be a (dead) douchebag in my eyes.
You can’t wipe the trump stank off by having good whatever (music, books, whatever). That a stench that lasts forever.
re: #238 jaunte
More of that viciously politicized resistance to pandemic mitigation, and common sense.
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re: #234 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If it had been handled by a competent leader in 2020, it would be a lot less of a problem now.
biden’s fault for not towing out the submerged car trump plowed into the canal fast enough, while R’s keep tossing more cars in and sabotaging the tow cable
Trump made a mistake by not seizing the voting machines. I have little doubt that he would still be in office if he had.
re: #222 Dave In Austin
I have a Gray Parrot that I raised from an egg. He’s 27 now
We lost our Amazonian orange-banded, Tripper, at age 27 just last year. Don’t know what happened. 😢 I had expected her to be around and going long after me.
Judge & attorneys have signed agreement to waive jury trial & accept plea in case of Proud Boy Matthew Greene of Syracuse
In plea, Greene acknowledges conspiracy, programming Baofeng radios, traveling to DC w/ Central NY Proud Boys
This in an inroad into Proud Boys for feds pic.twitter.com/tYOhAQik7E— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 21, 2022
re: #240 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
But he was a trumper in the end and that is all that matters. I still like his music but he will forever be a (dead) douchebag in my eyes.
You can’t wipe the trump stank off by having good whatever (music, books, whatever). That a stench that lasts forever.
Things have beginnings, if not ends. What you’re doing is like rejecting the whole of German history because it turned to Hitler in the 20th century. You wouldn’t be alone in that, but it’s not for me.
re: #220 jaunte
There are times when I’m tempted to cancel my WaPo subscription. Ridiculous, lazy arguments like this are aimed at Rightwingers who probably don’t even read the Post.
re: #239 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Not sure what is going on but that is the 2nd jeez-this-is-really-not-good-for-trump piece in Politico this week. Two. In one week.
Rudy Giuliani Is in Trouble…
my 2 favorite lines:
- The Giuliani scheme was really quite simple, and really quite stupid.
- It is hard to convey how monumentally stupid this choice was
…Of Course, So Is Donald Trump…
…the plot is thickening all over the place—Georgia, New York, D.C., etc. At this point, the former president’s best hope may very well be to delay, delay, delay and then to die before his various cases can be resolved. Not an easy strategy to pull off, and not a particularly pleasant one to consider, if you’re him.
both go to electoral-vote.com
2022 gonna be like
Omg. He a real G 😳 pic.twitter.com/m87q3R3O8o
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) January 21, 2022
re: #247 Patricia Kayden
There are times when I’m tempted to cancel my WaPo subscription. Ridiculous, lazy arguments like this are aimed at Rightwingers who probably don’t even read the Post.
You’d have a hard time finding a newspaper that didn’t have a right-wing columnist or two. Plus the occasional guest moron. The best revenge is not to read them (the columnists, I mean).
How does Dolly Parton look so damned good at 76? That’s flipping inhuman.
re: #237 Eventual Carrion
Well if she’s warm and purrs just go with it.
that was kind of my thought as well. Jesse did give me kind of a lap dance earlier while she was kneading my pants, but that ended abruptly when one of her claws went through the denim and into me.
re: #246 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Things have beginnings, if not ends. What you’re doing is like rejecting the whole of German history because it turned to Hitler in the 20th century. You wouldn’t be alone in that, but it’s not for me.
Bullshit. I am rejecting ONE German who was a fucking Nazi.
re: #253 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Bullshit. I am rejecting ONE German who was a fucking Nazi.
he’s from Austria
re: #251 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
How does Dolly Parton look so damned good at 76? That’s flipping inhuman.
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re: #249 The Pie Overlord!
2022 gonna be like
HOLY SHIT! I am both laughing and horrified all in one.
re: #254 I Would Prefer Not To
he’s from Austria
Analogies, my friend. I was sticking with the anology.
And besides, were we upset when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??
re: #253 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Bullshit. I am rejecting ONE German who was a fucking Nazi.
Meatloaf wasn’t a German, although he may have ended up as a Nazi,
re: #251 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
How does Dolly Parton look so damned good at 76? That’s flipping inhuman.
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She’ll straight up tell you plastic surgery. I forget which movie it was, but the character she played even joked about it.
I also think that picture may be a few years old. imdb.com
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson goes after ‘coward’ Howard Stern over his COVID-19 concerns.
I’m rooting for Stern here.
re: #254 I Would Prefer Not To
he’s from Austria
and there was more than one.
But they never won a majority of the votes even at their peak, they just knew how to outmaneuver their opponents.
re: #258 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Meatloaf wasn’t a German, although he may have ended up as a Nazi,
Hackbraten
He was greatly loved in Germany for his pompous Wagnerian rock.
re: #258 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Meatloaf wasn’t a German, although he may have ended up as a Nazi,
Dude, it was YOUR analogy. Stay with the plot, will ya? YOU said:
Things have beginnings, if not ends. What you’re doing is like rejecting the whole of German history because it turned to Hitler in the 20th century. You wouldn’t be alone in that, but it’s not for me.
I just stayed with the analogy. I DGAF where he is from.
re: #251 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
How does Dolly Parton look so damned good at 76? That’s flipping inhuman.
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Her goodness inside shows on the outside for her.
re: #264 Eventual Carrion
Her goodness inside shows on the outside for her.
As our friend Norman from Oklahoma said “Beauty is skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone!”
re: #259 Belafon
She’ll straight up tell you plastic surgery. I forget which movie it was, but the character she played even joked about it.
I also think that picture may be a few years old. imdb.com
Ah, filters. I forget those things exist because I never used one. I guess they’re all the rage these days. (almost all the women at antivaxxer seem to use them. No wrinkles, no pores.) Maybe I will try it someday.
re: #251 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
How does Dolly Parton look so damned good at 76? That’s flipping inhuman.
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re: #240 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
But he was a trumper in the end and that is all that matters. I still like his music but he will forever be a (dead) douchebag in my eyes.
You can’t wipe the trump stank off by having good whatever (music, books, whatever). That a stench that lasts forever.
You wouldn’t have liked Dante, but Cangrande thought he was a delightful (permanent) dinner guest.
Webb telescope almost 96% of the way to destination.
re: #233 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Can’t help you with Clapton, but Meatloaf wasn’t a Trumper when he did all his best work.
and learning about Dolly Parton’s non-music opinions and activities makes her even more awesome.
re: #262 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Hackbraten
He was greatly loved in Germany for his pompous Wagnerian rock.
Here too. Czechs appreciate that kind of over-the-top theatricality.
re: #257 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Analogies, my friend. I was sticking with the anology.
And besides, were we upset when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??
Justified, Season 1, episode 6 dealt with people who collect hitler’s paintings
spoiler:
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re: #263 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Dude, it was YOUR analogy. Stay with the plot, will ya? YOU said:
I just stayed with the analogy. I DGAF where he is from.
The analogy I made was Meatloaf:Germany. You don’t seem to get it, and I don’t see how to make it more clear.
re: #251 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
How does Dolly Parton look so damned good at 76? That’s flipping inhuman.
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clean livin’?
That Politico story is insane.
He was actually going to appoint Kraken Lady as a Special Prosecutor.
If the committee is leaking stuff like that, how bad is the stuff that they’re not releasing?
re: #263 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Dude, it was YOUR analogy. Stay with the plot, will ya? YOU said:
I just stayed with the analogy. I DGAF where he is from.
Germany was his adopted Vaterland after the Vienna academy rejected him.
re: #274 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
The analogy I made was Meatloaf:Germany. You don’t seem to get it, and I don’t see how to make it more clear.
I think you’re missing the point. Had Germany ended with Hitler, then that would have been what Germany was and is and maybe forever would be. Meatloaf did not turn his thoughts around, Germany did. He was a trumper to the end, and it killed him.
What exactly am I missing?
Sound FX: TARDIS dematerializes.
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re: #263 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Dude, it was YOUR analogy. Stay with the plot, will ya? YOU said:
I just stayed with the analogy. I DGAF where he is from.
also, you never mentioned Hitler or Germany.
However, you DID mention trumpers and douchebags, so I can see the resulting Hitlerarian confusion.
re: #279 makeitstop
That Politico story is insane.
He was actually going to appoint Kraken Lady as a Special Prosecutor.If the committee is leaking stuff like that, how bad is the stuff that they’re not releasing?
bolded part is a clue who wrote the damned thing
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was again asked whether he’s received his Covid-19 booster shot but refused to answer.Said DeSantis: “So that’s something that I think people should make their own decisions on. I’m not gonna let that be a weapon for people to be able to use. I think it’s a private matter…”
Why imply or state you got Vaxxed but not boosted?
So many journalists repeating this nonsensical reductive argument today, as if Biden is not supposed to notice the GOP’s all-out efforts to suppress voting. This may be ultimate stupid both sides meme. https://t.co/9Yfilc65KK
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 21, 2022
This has to be the most ludicrous both-sides argument yet.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 21, 2022
She should be arrested. https://t.co/tNRQzRf54p
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 21, 2022
Seriously. She’s threatening to perpetrate a school shooting. Why hasn’t she already been arrested? Why are we putting up with this insane thuggish behavior?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 21, 2022
A new CNN poll finds just 30% of Americans say they’d like to see the Supreme Court completely overturn its Roe vs. Wade decision, with 69% opposed — a finding that’s largely consistent both with other recent polling and with historical trends.
re: #291 Dangerman
That is an opportunity the Democrats must exploit when the Court reverses Roe and abortion is made illegal across much of the country.
I did Nazi this coming!
The ‘March for Life’ has been hijacked by the white nationalist Patriot Front hate group. pic.twitter.com/8ZuQP01Xck
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) January 21, 2022
re: #287 Dangerman
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) was again asked whether he’s received his Covid-19 booster shot but refused to answer.
Said DeSantis: “So that’s something that I think people should make their own decisions on. I’m not gonna let that be a weapon for people to be able to use. I think it’s a private matter…”
Somebody should ask him if it’s still a private matter if you have breast cancer and can’t get the life-saving treatment because the hospitals are overflowing with Covid anti-vaxxers?
We’ve come from different areas, okay? It’s not just not all urban, metropolitan areas. Those of us who come from rural areas — there’s a complete different constituency that we all serve… And I said I’m not a Washington Democrat, so the base they have is a different base than I have.”— Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), quoted by Politico, on why he’s on a different page than most Democrats.
And yet you’re trying to dictate national policy.
re: #296 Dangerman
And yet you’re trying to dictate national policy.
Well, yeah, because he’s right.
That’s what it boils down to for all of these fuckfaces: Who cares about hypocrisy? My way is the right way.
re: #292 Dangerman
All lizard friends welcome at the pond
Have you seen any of the…what are they…tague lizards? They’re supposed to be really bug and ill tempered…and their bite makes you sick. Sounds heavenly.
re: #288 Charles Johnson
The school board in question is in Virginia.
re: #289 Charles Johnson
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(No, I can’t even put up the snark tag on that. That’s pretty much where we are).
re: #296 Dangerman
And yet you’re trying to dictate national policy.
And what does that have to do with ensuring people get to vote, or people get tax credits to help pay for their children, or money for education, or x that even your constituents support?
re: #296 Dangerman
And yet you’re trying to dictate national policy.
What don’t you get about ‘urban effete liberals can’t dictate things in the heartland, but the heartland must necessarily be allowed to dictate everything for urban spaces’? That’s just how the constitution was written by baby Jesus himself.
re: #302 Citizen K
What don’t you get about ‘urban effete liberals can’t dictate things in the heartland, but the heartland must necessarily be allowed to dictate everything for urban spaces’? That’s just how the constitution was written by baby Jesus himself.
Rural Americans are the only Americans. City slickers can just GTFO and be European or Canadian or some other kind of pansies.
re: #298 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Have you seen any of the…what are they…tague lizards? They’re supposed to be really bug and ill tempered…and their bite makes you sick. Sounds heavenly.
There are some tegu in florida.
Not a lot
We’ve never seen one
Haha no way!
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Netflix Inc. brought in more than 8 million new subscribers in the holiday quarter, but executives predicted that growth would suffer much more than expected at the beginning of 2022, sending shares screaming lower Friday.
Netflix on Thursday afternoon reported 8.3 million net new paid subscribers in the fourth quarter, trailing its own forecast for 8.5 million but roughly hitting the average analyst forecast of 8.3 million, according to FactSet, and giving the streaming-video service 221.8 million subscribers overall as of the end of 2021.
The number allayed the stark warnings of some analysts, including JPMorgan’s Doug Anmuth, who had feared a significant shortfall of new subscribers, but executives do see a precipitous slowdown ahead — they predicted just 2.5 million net new subscribers in the first quarter, less than half the 5.8 million that analysts were projecting on average, according to FactSet.
Netflix shares plummeted more than 20% in Friday morning trading, lopping off more than $50 billion in market capitalization from the streaming giant, which ended Thursday’s trading session worth about $225 billion.
re: #260 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson goes after ‘coward’ Howard Stern over his COVID-19 concerns.
I’m rooting for Stern here.
Stern’s great.
re: #285 Dangerman
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What i thought was a lizard head is a weed
re: #289 Charles Johnson
Page County Public Schools in Luray, Virginia will increase police presence at schools Monday after Amelia King made a threat a school board meeting https://t.co/NWUl3tImyG
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 21, 2022
see?
all good.
no problemo.
O_o
re: #306 Eclectic Cyborg
Netflix Inc. brought in more than 8 million new subscribers in the holiday quarter, but executives predicted that growth would suffer much more than expected at the beginning of 2022, sending shares screaming lower Friday.
Netflix on Thursday afternoon reported 8.3 million net new paid subscribers in the fourth quarter, trailing its own forecast for 8.5 million but roughly hitting the average analyst forecast of 8.3 million, according to FactSet, and giving the streaming-video service 221.8 million subscribers overall as of the end of 2021.
The number allayed the stark warnings of some analysts, including JPMorgan’s Doug Anmuth, who had feared a significant shortfall of new subscribers, but executives do see a precipitous slowdown ahead — they predicted just 2.5 million net new subscribers in the first quarter, less than half the 5.8 million that analysts were projecting on average, according to FactSet.
Netflix shares plummeted more than 20% in Friday morning trading, lopping off more than $50 billion in market capitalization from the streaming giant, which ended Thursday’s trading session worth about $225 billion.
“Netflix lost 20% of it’s stock price after it announced that every human has installed it’s streaming service chip directly into their brain, arguing that there is no more growth to be made at this time. Analysts were surprised that there were only 8 billion possible customers.”
re: #289 Charles Johnson
Mother Opposed To Masks Threatens To Bring Loaded Guns To School
Page County Public Schools Superintendent Antonia Fox and School Board Chair Megan Gordon released a joint letter to the Page County school community on Friday, saying the school district “does not take these kinds of statement lightly.”
“Not only do comments such as these go against everything we wish to model for our students, they go against the very nature of how we as a community should interact with each,” the letter said. “Violence and threats are never acceptable or appropriate. This kind of behavior is not tolerated from our students, faculty, staff, nor will it be tolerated by parents or guests of our school division.”
At each school in Page County on Friday and Monday, police agencies will have an increased presence, the letter said.
The Luray Police Department, Page County Sheriff’s Office and the Page County Commonwealth’s Attorney are investigating this incident, according to the Luray Police department.
“The statement that was made absolutely caused public alarm, the parent that made the statement realized that, and immediately contacted law enforcement to apologize because the statement was not intended the way it was perceived,” the Luray Police Department said in a statement emailed to Patch.
The department said King is cooperating with law enforcement and that no arrests have been made.
The Luray Police Department also said it has reached out to state and federal law enforcement agencies about the incident.
re: #288 Charles Johnson
So many journalists repeating this nonsensical reductive argument today, as if Biden is not supposed to notice the GOP’s all-out efforts to suppress voting. This may be ultimate stupid both sides meme.
It’s also an “if we pretend something doesn’t exist and not talk about it, it goes away” meme. Same infantile magical thinking that MAGAts have towards COVID.
Today’s klan rally:
Multiple speakers and groups at the “March for Life” have taken anti-vaccine stances — making them pro-death, not pro-life. pic.twitter.com/myAlh5M43g
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) January 21, 2022
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Sinema’s favorable rating among AZ Dems at a whopping 8%, according to @Civiqs (and that was as of 1/14)https://t.co/fzsIqgbwx7 pic.twitter.com/81spZqN91N
— Kerry Eleveld (@kerryeleveld) January 20, 2022
Sweat factories in China are the first to know who’s running. https://t.co/hX8nCa6QnD
— Huey Li (@DrHueyLi) January 21, 2022
re: #269 Decatur Deb
You wouldn’t have liked Dante, but Cangrande thought he was a delightful (permanent) dinner guest.
In some ways, I am very lucky that I grew up a pretty physically unassuming human being who got bullied a lot in elementary school. It mostly turned me into someone who can smile and have charming conversations with all sorts of assholes while I’m quietly plotting to drop them out a window. And several of the bullying assholes I knew from those days turned out to be pretty decent middle-aged facebookers. I mean, probably 98% of them are still dicks, based on those same facebook encounters, but occasionally people are redeemable.
That judge that needs to go to prison for locking kids up at ten times the national average has announced she’s retiring before she’s fired. dailykos.com
LOL
“NFT guy finding out NFTs are just jpegs” never gets old pic.twitter.com/Qc1YvGjI9G
— Casey Johnston (@caseyjohnston) January 21, 2022
Russia’s Central Bank wants to ban crypto mining and trading. Here’s what we know so far. https://t.co/OI5pjwFLJR
— Meduza in English (@meduza_en) January 21, 2022
I guess none of the Russian oligarchs are getting their beaks wet through crypto, so fuck em. Bitcoin’s down another 10% today. Apparently it’s just super fantastic that the value of this decentralized, non-government-controlled “currency” is whipsawed by political trouble in Kazakhstan and rando decisions by the Russian government.
“Once billed as a revolution in medicine, IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts”
“IBM said Friday it will sell the core data assets of its Watson Health division to a San Francisco-based private equity firm, marking the staggering collapse of its ambitious artificial intelligence effort that failed to live up to its promises to transform everything from drug discovery to cancer care. Data and analytics assets held by the health business, which was not profitable, were sold to Francisco Partners as IBM seeks to refocus its business on cloud computing and AI services to help clients in multiple industries build machine learning tools and secure and manage their data. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.”
She seems nice:
The woman who allegedly told three Jewish kids “Hitler should have killed you all” before spitting on an 8-year-old boy in Brooklyn has been arrested, cops announced Friday.
Christina Darling, 21, was arrested and charged Friday with aggravated harassment and menacing, both as hate crimes, and acting in a manner injurious to a child in connection to the Jan. 14 incident, NYPD Hate Crimes said.
Darling stormed up to the boy, who was with two other kids around 12:30 p.m. on Avenue P near Coleman Street in Marine Park, about five blocks from her home, police said.
She snarled at the kids, “Hitler should have killed you all. I’ll kill you and know where you live,” cops said.
Footage released by the NYPD Tuesday shows the woman standing directly in front of the kids as she spat on the boy.
A petition on change.org identified her as a St. Francis College student and called for her expulsion.
Good point re manchins asinine quote above
his base *is* urban just like any other Dem.
the cities are smaller.
Without Charleston, Wheeling etc. he wouldn’t be Senator Manchin
Fun Fact, Meat Loaf’s son in law is the guitarist for Anthrax, Scott Ian.
re: #323 ericblair
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I guess none of the Russian oligarchs are getting their beaks wet through crypto, so fuck em. Bitcoin’s down another 10% today. Apparently it’s just super fantastic that the value of this decentralized, non-government-controlled “currency” is whipsawed by political trouble in Kazakhstan and rando decisions by the Russian government.
I read this morning:
Top reasons not to like crypto:
1) It’s a damn energy hog adding to GHG emissions
2) It enables criminal activity and terrorism
3) It has most of the hallmarks of a Ponzi scheme
4) Annoying crypto-bros who won’t shut up about it.
Reasons to like crypto
1) Russia doesn’t like it.
He changed “hijacked” to “derailed” and it’s still wrong.
Why do you say “derailed?” These two organizations are very clearly ideologically aligned. https://t.co/85r5SD8WE9
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 21, 2022
re: #322 No Malarkey!
Seriously, how stupid are theses people? I know, I know, ponzi scheme/money laundering; the pretense and attitude associated with it all is just hilarious.
re: #324 Captain Magic
“Once billed as a revolution in medicine, IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts”
“IBM said Friday it will sell the core data assets of its Watson Health division to a San Francisco-based private equity firm, marking the staggering collapse of its ambitious artificial intelligence effort that failed to live up to its promises to transform everything from drug discovery to cancer care. Data and analytics assets held by the health business, which was not profitable, were sold to Francisco Partners as IBM seeks to refocus its business on cloud computing and AI services to help clients in multiple industries build machine learning tools and secure and manage their data. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.”
About once every five years
re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth
Mother Opposed To Masks Threatens To Bring Loaded Guns To School
“the statement was not intended the way it was perceived.” “Give me all your goddamned money, bitch, before I blow your fucking head off with my nine…..wait, why are you giving me all this money? Clearly you misperceived the intent of my bit of jocular horseplay there.”
re: #324 Captain Magic
“Once billed as a revolution in medicine, IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts”
“IBM said Friday it will sell the core data assets of its Watson Health division to a San Francisco-based private equity firm, marking the staggering collapse of its ambitious artificial intelligence effort that failed to live up to its promises to transform everything from drug discovery to cancer care.”
Well, two possibilities:
a) AI, while a useful construct, has been grossly oversold and needs far more time and effort to mature into useful transformational products; or
b) “Sure, Mr. Gates, you can sell your little operating system program for our computers, saves us the trouble.” “giggle, snicker: sucker!”
re: #311 Backwoods_Sleuth
So, Mommy King said
the statement was not intended the way it was perceived…
Talk about turning things on their heads.
Hey, Amelia, there’s really only one way to “perceive” this statement, you asshole:
My children will not come to school Monday with a mask on. I will bring every single gun, loaded and ready … I’ll see y’all on Monday.
“the statement was not intended the way it was perceived”
“the statement was not intended the way it was perceived”
“the statement was not intended the way it was perceived”
re: #332 steve_davis
“the statement was not intended the way it was perceived***.” “Give me all your goddamned money, bitch, before I blow your fucking head off with my nine…..wait, why are you giving me all this money? Clearly you misperceived the intent of my bit of jocular horseplay there.”
*** cause I got caught
re: #329 Charles Johnson
He changed “hijacked” to “derailed” and it’s still wrong.
Which is why the white nationalists feel like they belong there. They didn’t just crash a stranger’s party. They’re part of that repulsive right-wing subculture.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) January 21, 2022
re: #316 Dangerman
She’ll switch parties. It’s only a matter of when. Either that or she’s already got a gig lined up on tv or K Street, something shitty that backs up lies and hurting people.
I am beginning to wonder if her hard life growing up story isn’t a bunch of shit. Her family supposedly lived in an abandoned gas station for awhile when she was a kid because her parents lost their home. You would think someone with such humble beginnings would have more compassion. She put herself through college and got more than one degree, so she’s not an uneducated idiot, but you’d think she would be more inclined to use her powers for good instead of evil having gone through that as a kid. Maybe getting those degrees makes her think she’s smarter than anyone else around her. I don’t know, but her whole vibe is dishonest and weird.
re: #285 Dangerman
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Are you in Florida? Watch out, they will tear your landscaping up.
“It’s your fault I had to make an insane threat that wasn’t.”
Clinton/d speeches bad
Walker/r speeches good!
re: #326 Dangerman
re: #333 ericblair
Well, two possibilities:
a) AI, while a useful construct, has been grossly oversold and needs far more time and effort to mature into useful transformational products; or
b) “Sure, Mr. Gates, you can sell your little operating system program for our computers, saves us the trouble.” “giggle, snicker: sucker!”
ML is great at searching in places we know where to search. It’s not anywhere mature enough to do the searching on its own.
— Rachel Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌 (@RachelBitecofer) January 21, 2022
re: #337 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Not derailed or hijacked. Joined. They joined, and everyone marching was pleased with the result.
re: #343 jaunte
For all my life I will stand against the seditious Republican party! You could have brought the coup plotters to justice, but sided with them instead. You crossed a bright line when you decided to betray the American people and the Constitution rather than do the right thing.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) January 21, 2022
re: #344 lawhawk
Not derailed or hijacked. Joined. They joined, and everyone marching was pleased with the result.
Probably. It got them extra attention that they would not have received without the fascists attending.
Anti autonomous women fascists welcome street thug fascists.
re: #330 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Seriously, how stupid are theses people? I know, I know, ponzi scheme/money laundering; the pretense and attitude associated with it all is just hilarious.
Many of them are naïve enough to think that THEY will never be the ones who get ripped off.
If you have any doubt whatsoever that there was a plan to undermine our democracy and our constitutional system, read this draft executive order.
We need to know *everyone* involved in this scheme. None of them should ever hold any public office again. https://t.co/FI10bK4EMS— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) January 21, 2022
re: #342 Belafon
ML is great at searching in places we know where to search. It’s not anywhere mature enough to do the searching on its own.
My take, as an engineer but not directly involved in AI, is that far more work is required for training and developing adequate reasoning and perception then is initially thought. You end up needing several levels of deduction to make sense of real-world data, and the complexity blows up exponentially quite fast. I think it will be useful and widespread, but will take a lot longer than the pitch boys say it will.
re: #348 Eclectic Cyborg
Many of them are naïve enough to think that THEY will never be the ones who get ripped off.
Or get covid …
re: #349 jaunte
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Draft of measure to seize voting machines and lie about the outcome.
Yeah, this was a conspiracy within Trumpworld - multiple people conspiring together to overthrow the election and interfere in the election outcome they disagreed with.
Everyone, from the author to those who approved of this even being a draft, should be prosecuted for their roles here. There’s no privilege applying to this criminal conduct. Executive privilege is not a shield against criminal conduct, despite what Trump thinks. The DOJ needs to kill that odious position paper once and for all.
re: #349 jaunte
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Not intended in the way it’s being perceived
If you have any doubt whatsoever that there was a plan to undermine our democracy and our constitutional system, read this draft executive order.
We need to know *everyone* involved in this scheme. None of them should ever hold any public office again. https://t.co/FI10bK4EMS— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) January 21, 2022
Seriously though, what kind of honest administration does This?
And who writes it down????
In a bit of good news, it appears that the omicron wave may have peaked here in NJ and cases continue to drop. We’re still seeing way too many getting sick and dying, but the trends are working in the right direction.
Those most likely to get hospitalized or die remain the unvaccinated.
re: #354 Dangerman
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Seriously though, what kind of honest administration does This?
And who writes it down????
re: #350 ericblair
My take, as an engineer but not directly involved in AI, is that far more work is required for training and developing adequate reasoning and perception then is initially thought. You end up needing several levels of deduction to make sense of real-world data, and the complexity blows up exponentially quite fast. I think it will be useful and widespread, but will take a lot longer than the pitch boys say it will.
also need to not let racist motherfuckers do the programming.
As my Mudder friend tried to make me understand back in college, “Computers don’t do what you want. They do what you tell them. Be aware that what you’re telling them, and what you think you’re telling them, are very often not the same thing.”
re: #352 lawhawk
Draft of measure to seize voting machines and lie about the outcome.
Yeah, this was a conspiracy within Trumpworld - multiple people conspiring together to overthrow the election and interfere in the election outcome they disagreed with.
Everyone, from the author to those who approved of this even being a draft, should be prosecuted for their roles here. There’s no privilege applying to this criminal conduct. Executive privilege is not a shield against criminal conduct, despite what Trump thinks. The DOJ needs to kill that odious position paper once and for all.
what kind of honest, playing by the rules, admin does this?
and who writes it down????????????
it took one day to confirm what we all knew was the reason he fought so hard against releasing the dox. he knows what’s in there
and this is just one thing that they’re telling us on one day.
re: #354 Dangerman
The draft EO was probably put together by Flynn and Powell, without a care for reality, facts, or logistics. They thought they could convince Trump to go along with it for the chaos inducing nightmare it would trigger - enabling Trump to remain in power past January 20 - also giving Trump more time to try and nullify the certifications that went against him.
The other piece in that Politico story - the response - was entirely political and ass-covering in the extreme because it doesn’t sound like anything Trump would ever do or say, even as part of a hostage video under duress. It reads like someone who had absolutely nothing to do with Trump’s comms team. It doesn’t sound like him at all. It has none of his stilted language or voice.
To me, it’s there simply to claim that those in the admin were recognizing the dangers of 1/6 and tried to mitigate it knowing full well Trump was the inciter and responsible for what happened.
re: #353 Punish Domestic Terrorists
‘As bad as it gets’: Trump took hits from all sides this week. What hurt him most? (Morning Joe)
All of jt katie
re: #357 sagehen
also need to not let racist motherfuckers do the programming.
As my Mudder friend tried to make me understand back in college, “Computers don’t do what you want. They do what you tell them. Be aware that what you’re telling them, and what you think you’re telling them, are very often not the same thing.”
You don’t even have to be a racist motherfucker. You have to actively discourage the program from picking up the unspoken, unthinking racism that we’re constantly marinating in. Microsoft’s famous Tay bot on Twitter: Twitter taught Microsoft’s AI chatbot to be a racist asshole in less than a day
re: #358 Dangerman
what kind of honest, playing by the rules, admin does this?
and who writes it down????????????it took one day to confirm what we all knew was the reason he fought so hard against releasing the dox. he knows what’s in there
and this is just one thing that they’re telling us on one day.
They didn’t expect it to ever see the light of day, and were hoping that Trump was able to stay in office indefinitely.
They’re a lot dumber than they appear? All of the above.
And yeah, there’s going to be a lot more of this stuff showing just how batcrap insane Trumpworld was and the level of malfeasance and criminality is off the charts in every way imaginable. They corrupted everything they touched.
re: #358 Dangerman
what kind of honest, playing by the rules, admin does this?
and who writes it down????????????it took one day to confirm what we all knew was the reason he fought so hard against releasing the dox. he knows what’s in there
and this is just one thing that they’re telling us on one day.
And unfortunately, a bloc of voters comprising about 30-40% of the electorate will see these reports (after being filtered through the RWNM) and likely think “Good! At least Trump was boldly standing up and willing to take action against the *obvious* election fraud!!!”
I’ve enhanced an unusual one for you today! Taken 107 years ago, on Wednesday 22nd September 1915, this is the epitome of a military tattoo. An unknown French soldier in Northern France sports Napoleon Bonaparte on his back in a fascinating autochrome by André Bernardel. pic.twitter.com/15WoOzHd75
— BabelColour (@StuartHumphryes) January 21, 2022
By the way, if you were wondering how many Trump-appointed District Judges sit in Galveston, the answer is one. If you were wondering how many District Judges sit in Galveston, the answer is also one.
But judge-shopping is only bad in the patent context, amirite?— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) January 21, 2022
re: #298 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Have you seen any of the…what are they…tague lizards? They’re supposed to be really bug and ill tempered…and their bite makes you sick. Sounds heavenly.
Hey, I resemble that remark.
re: #363 steve_davis
Turned out it was in fact Jesse down there.
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re: #365 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Roger Stone wore it better.
re: #357 sagehen
also need to not let racist motherfuckers do the programming.
As my Mudder friend tried to make me understand back in college, “Computers don’t do what you want. They do what you tell them. Be aware that what you’re telling them, and what you think you’re telling them, are very often not the same thing.”
And recognizing that our biases will have an impact on how well the algorithms perform is a big challenge.
re: #281 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I think you’re missing the point. Had Germany ended with Hitler, then that would have been what Germany was and is and maybe forever would be. Meatloaf did not turn his thoughts around, Germany did. He was a trumper to the end, and it killed him.
What exactly am I missing?
David Hasselhoff.
re: #338 A Mom Anon
She’ll switch parties..
It’s not like switching parties is anything new for her, much like switching out funky wardrobes.
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