A Powerful New Song From Bonnie Raitt: "Down the Hall"

A Powerful New Song From Bonnie Raitt: “Down the Hall”

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“Down The Hall” by Bonnie Raitt from her new album, Just Like That…
Available now in all formats!
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Credits: Produced by Bonnie Raitt
Recorded and Mixed by Ryan Freeland

Bonnie: vocal, acoustic guitar
Glenn Patscha: hammond B3

DOWN THE HALL
(Bonnie Raitt)

Had the flu in the prison infirmary
My last day I looked up and saw
A man wheeled round the corner
Down to skin and bones that’s all

I asked the nurse where he was goin’
She said ‘hospice down the hall.,
He prob’ly won’t be in there long
Any day we’ll get the call’

I asked if they let family in
She said ‘not really at the end
Truth is, a lot don’t have someone
No friends or next of kin’

The thought of those guys goin’ out alone
It hit me somewhere deep
I asked could I go sit with ‘em
For some comfort and relief?

Next thing you know, I’m on the ward
Doin’ things you can’t believe
Like shavin’ Julio’s bony head
Crackin’ him up when I wash his feet

I used to run when I saw Tyrone
Knowin’ your place’s what it’s all about
Now he’s here doubled up in pain
Cancer eatin’ him from the inside out

I sit and wait outside his stall
To help him when he’s done
Whatever shame we might have felt,
Well, all that’s come undone

I can’t undo the wrong I did
Give back the life I took
But maybe when it comes my turn
I’ll get a second look

I don’t know ‘bout religion
I only know what I see
And in the end when I hold their hand
It’s both of us set free

© 2022 Open Secret Music (ASCAP) administered by Bluewater Music Services Corp. Used by Permission. All Rights Reserved.

Many thanks to writer Suleika Jaouad, photographer Katy Grannan, those working in The California Medical Facility prison hospice program and NYT Magazine for the article (published May 16, 2018) that inspired this song. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to organizations that support humane prison hospice programs around the country.

Music video by Bonnie Raitt performing Down the Hall (Official Lyric Video.) © 2022 Redwing Records, LLC. Distributed by ADA.

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219 comments

Eclectic Cyborg May 8, 2022 • 9:57:22am

Got CL’d

This is the way. A way that will be effective. A way that the Right can’t exploit and use to its own advantage. This is what they fear. They WANT protesters at Judge’s houses. That is how they turn moderates to their side. This is how we win, if this is how we choose to do it. https://t.co/PD2IRTVoVA

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 8, 2022

Not meant to suggest I agree with Ron’s view.

retired cynic May 8, 2022 • 10:00:19am

The Pie Overlord! May 8, 2022 • 10:06:33am

My kids remembered

#HappyMothersDay pic.twitter.com/aPTSFuUn8n

— Liddle Pizza Pie 🇺🇦🌻🌈🍕 (@Pie_Overlord) May 8, 2022

Dave In Austin May 8, 2022 • 10:06:51am

Oh My Jimmies!!!

Steve Bannon action figure pic.twitter.com/jcC9edQdBA

— Sylvia is #MeidasMighty * Jeffrey not Jeff (@IAmSylviasDaddy) May 8, 2022

No Malarkey! May 8, 2022 • 10:11:11am

When I say Alito’s opinion would be the Dredd Scott decision of the 21st century, I mean it literally. Women have virtually no constitutional rights a white man is bound to respect under Alito’s opinion.

Justice Alito’s invocation of Sir Matthew Hale in his leaked majority opinion is so, so much more fucked up than people realize. I’m a professor with a PhD, and my area of expertise happens to be women and gender in the early modern era (1500-1700). Here is what you need to know. pic.twitter.com/MfMSi1g4D2

— Dr. Literature_Lady 💌📚📜🎙 (@Literature_Lady) May 5, 2022

Belafon May 8, 2022 • 10:11:25am

re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg

Got CL’d

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Not meant to suggest I agree with Ron’s view.

I pretty much agree with him. Focus on the public places like churches or government buildings, and even companies. You’re not going to scare a judge into doing what you want.

retired cynic May 8, 2022 • 10:13:18am

A friend recommends a “Cobrador del Frac: Very useful, a conscience. It is someone who stands and stares at a person who owes a debt. It originated in Spain , I believe. A figure in black follows the individual who owes , not necessarily money, could be, but more likely for a grievance against someone who cannot get justice through usual means. It is completely passive . The Cobrador stands and stares at the person , maybe waits outside their house, till the person pays the debt however it must be paid, whether money or honor or whatever form the grievance caused . They are a constant reminder the some kind of debt is owed.”

Teukka May 8, 2022 • 10:17:45am

I wonder if it is this speech that will be broadcast at 2020 CET DST (2:20 pm EDT), or if this is an extra:

Youtube Video

Dr Lizardo May 8, 2022 • 10:20:54am

For Lizards of a metaphysical turn of mind…..

If you think Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (or Everything Everywhere All at Once) is something, wait until you get a load of the Mahayana Buddhist Multiverse:

Youtube Video

Though Pure Land Buddhism is far and away the most widely-practiced form of Buddhism in East Asia, it is still relatively unknown in the Western world (outside of East Asian diaspora communities). The Buddhist Churches of America, the American branch of Jōdo Shinshū, with its main temple the Nishi Hongan-ji located in Kyoto, is a good representative of Pure Land Buddhism that can be found in the USA (and with a few such temples in the EU as well).

Crush White Nationalism May 8, 2022 • 10:27:27am

This temporary installation called #Zastrelis (Shoot yourself) by Ukrainian sculptor Dmytro Iv suggests that it is time for #Putin to make the world a better place by leaving it. pic.twitter.com/29AukWyNEU

— KyivPost (@KyivPost) May 7, 2022

Belafon May 8, 2022 • 10:28:52am

re: #10 Punish Domestic Terrorists

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Of that’s in Ukraine, I suspect it will be a target soon.

mmmirele May 8, 2022 • 10:29:17am

re: #6 Belafon

I pretty much agree with him. Focus on the public places like churches or government buildings, and even companies. You’re not going to scare a judge into doing what you want.

I disagree, and that’s because the Supreme Court is legally off limits to protesting. You will be arrested if you protest on the “front porch” of the Court; it is a crime. Plus they’ve put up 10 foot fences. PLUS the Court has ruled in the past (2014) that a 35 foot buffer zone around abortion clinics was unconstitutional. *PLUS* it’s my goddamned body they’re going to regulate, and if these asshats are going to do that, then it is MY RIGHT to stand on the public sidewalk and remind them what the right to privacy actually means.

Being nice is not going to help us right now, these people are hellbent on pushing us back to terrible times. They must understand what exactly that means.

mmmirele May 8, 2022 • 10:34:32am

Also:

NEW: Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters (R) just said if elected he will vote against judges unless they commit to overturning the 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut decision which ended laws that banned contraception. The case helped establish the basic right to privacy.

— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) May 8, 2022

This is NOT the time to be nice. Just standing on these Justices’ sidewalks is annoying and inconvenient, but when our rights are going to be stripped from us, fuck that noise.

HRH Stanley Sea May 8, 2022 • 10:37:57am

re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg

Got CL’d

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Not meant to suggest I agree with Ron’s view.

I do.

Eclectic Cyborg May 8, 2022 • 10:41:26am

re: #13 mmmirele

Anyone who thinks they aren’t going after all our rights at this point is kidding themselves.

Charles Johnson May 8, 2022 • 10:42:57am

I’m not going to denounce the protesters outside SCOTUS justices’ homes. These lying right wing puppets are destroying peoples’ lives. They have no right to be protected from the consequences of their deception.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 8, 2022

NO. https://t.co/e07AOMlFsi

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 8, 2022

Charles Johnson May 8, 2022 • 10:43:20am

Right wing MAGA fools are now calling peaceful protests an “insurrection” and I don’t think I’ve ever seen a stupider attempt to flip the script.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 8, 2022

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus May 8, 2022 • 10:45:11am

re: #161 Belafon

I wonder why no other country has announced building a car chip plant.

Silicon fab plants exist all around the world. However Germany is not strong in that area.

Some companies specialize and the reality is that many products are made in China.

I suspect that Germany’s concern may arise from relationships their major manufacturers may have with suppliers in China.

Charles Johnson May 8, 2022 • 10:45:45am

This is the problem with discussions of “civility.” “Civil,” like “respectful” & “objective,” are employed by those who had the power to set norms and standards on those who would challenge them. What’s more uncivil? To protest or to deprive women of control of their bodies?

— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) May 8, 2022

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus May 8, 2022 • 10:45:51am

re: #16 Charles Johnson

I wonder what the neighbor’s think?

Eclectic Cyborg May 8, 2022 • 10:46:50am

I see no problem protesting in front of someone’s home so long as no violence is involved.

Decatur Deb May 8, 2022 • 10:46:51am

From the CL pile:

I don’t reject protesting at churches/homes because the tactic is called uncivil.

It’s just inadvisable because it’s likely not to work.

Charles Johnson May 8, 2022 • 10:48:24am

Women seeking abortions routinely have to walk through angry crowds far far more violent and dangerous than this one https://t.co/MI0MoAHI5W

— Mistress Matisse (@mistressmatisse) May 8, 2022

Eclectic Cyborg May 8, 2022 • 10:52:55am

re: #23 Charles Johnson

I was thinking the same damn thing earlier. Also, Dr. Fauci got a shit ton of death threats.

PhillyPretzel May 8, 2022 • 10:54:39am

re: #24 Eclectic Cyborg

He sure did. Especially after DT referred to him as so-called deep state.

Dave In Austin May 8, 2022 • 10:56:59am

Baby Blu Eyes

PhillyPretzel May 8, 2022 • 10:57:44am

re: #26 Dave In Austin

That is so sweet.

Dave In Austin May 8, 2022 • 10:58:30am

Baby Doe Eyes

PhillyPretzel May 8, 2022 • 10:59:17am

re: #28 Dave In Austin

Such a sweet face. :)

Dave In Austin May 8, 2022 • 10:59:25am

re: #27 PhillyPretzel

For the moment……

The Pie Overlord! May 8, 2022 • 11:06:10am

re: #20 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I wonder what the neighbor’s think?

The neighbors organized the protest.

Brett Kavanaugh neighbor organizing protests outside his home: ‘I’m not going to be civil to that man’ https://t.co/AMOytwoHMd Protest because this Supreme Court flexes it’s obnoxious power tyrannically counter to the people they govern. We cannot sit still through this.

— SuckerPunched (@PunchedSuckR) May 8, 2022

retired cynic May 8, 2022 • 11:12:21am

ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 11:12:35am

I’m confused.

I was reliably told that leaking an old Alito opinion was treasonous destruction of a sacred institution, but now the Court’s conservative camp is just plainly describing to reporters the full behind-the-scenes tick-tock of the Dobbs case weeks before the decision. pic.twitter.com/frOnL4j0pA

— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) May 8, 2022

ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 11:18:46am

Frum recognizes that the whole ‘civil’ argument is a deliberate distraction from the real discussion. There are a lot of wrongs committed by the GQP and the justices. They need to be addressed and then we can talk about ‘civility’.

Don’t picket judges at home. It’s wrong.

Don’t refuse to schedule votes on presidential supreme court nominees. That’s wrong too.

Even if you think a Senator’s questions are unfair or intrusive - don’t lie in your testimony. That’s wrong as well.

And wrongs add up.

— David Frum (@davidfrum) May 8, 2022

Eclectic Cyborg May 8, 2022 • 11:19:46am

re: #31 The Pie Overlord!

The neighbors organized the protest.

J Jonah Jameson Laugh - Spiderman

ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 11:23:04am

Likewise, legitimacy isn’t generated by magic. It must be conferred by the people and cultivated by those who serve in an institution. This is particularly true for courts staffed by unelected judges.

— Joe Ura (@joeura) May 8, 2022

BigPapa May 8, 2022 • 11:26:35am

Calls for civility are duplicitous: the confer control while at the same time adding pretext for more verbal aggression, which builds a pretext for physical aggression. The right’s judicial wing is going all in coordinated with state and local wingnuts goaded by ‘think tanks’ and advocacy groups (dark money ideologues).

Eclectic Cyborg May 8, 2022 • 11:30:02am

re: #37 BigPapa

RWNJs will never convince me they can be civil.

ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 11:32:39am

re: #32 retired cynic

We may be on the way to state surveillance and policing of reproductive-age women on a scale and intimacy never before imagined, never mind attempted. Listen too to the discussion about possible restrictions on travel out of state by reproductive-age women. https://t.co/F5GHWacPwa

— David Frum (@davidfrum) May 7, 2022

Dave In Austin May 8, 2022 • 11:32:45am

re: #38 Eclectic Cyborg

RWNJs will never convince me they can be civil.

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You need to throw that into the LGF Meme Machine.
It is worthy.

Eclectic Cyborg May 8, 2022 • 11:33:13am

CHUCK TODD: If there is legislation brought to you to ban contraception, would you sign it?

GOV. TATE REEVES: I don’t think that’s going to happen in Mississippi.

TODD: You’re not answering the question.

REEVES: Well, there’s so many things that we can talk about. pic.twitter.com/dooWFdPNvW

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 8, 2022

Fuck my asshole Governor.

And fuck Chuck Todd too.

EstebanTornado1963 May 8, 2022 • 11:36:03am

re: #20 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I wonder what the neighbor’s think?

People are protesting outside Justice Kavanaugh’s house. Someone said “But think of his neighbors” and Kavanaugh’s neighbor replied “We ARE his neighbors. We organized the protest”

— Chad Loder (@chadloder) May 8, 2022

BigPapa May 8, 2022 • 11:38:46am

re: #38 Eclectic Cyborg

RWNJs will never convince me they can be civil.

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Limbaugh’s rhetoric was explicitly uncivil. Over 30 years of it, 15 hrs a week. Then it exploded into a thousand Father Coughlins.

Captain Ron May 8, 2022 • 11:41:10am

If Dr. Biden had a jacket with words it would say -

Why yes, I really DO care.

— Old Becky🌻🌻🌻🌻 (@Oregon_birds) May 8, 2022

ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 11:42:20am

And a smack on the alt-right. Just because…

I trust we are witnessing the demise of the alt-Right theory that Russia is an unstoppable geopolitical force because they hire male underwear models to star in their military recruitment videos.

— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 27, 2022

BigPapa May 8, 2022 • 11:43:55am

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Domestic Infant Suppliers

Jay C May 8, 2022 • 11:47:14am

re: #34 ckkatz

Frum recognizes that the whole ‘civil’ argument is a deliberate distraction from the real discussion. There are a lot of wrongs committed by the GQP and the justices. They need to be addressed and then we can talk about ‘civility’.

And besides, when the argument over any issue devolves into griping about the “civility” of the protests against it, it’s a sure sign that the gripers know they are wrong on the merits, and need to change the subject…

BigPapa May 8, 2022 • 11:49:49am

Few things as uncivil as controlling women’s bodies and sexuality. All are felonies.

ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 11:50:06am

U.S. officials arrive at the embassy in Kyiv for the first time since they were evacuated in February. pic.twitter.com/O53xy6T2UY

— Vivian Salama (@vmsalama) May 8, 2022

Captain Ron May 8, 2022 • 11:50:31am

BREAKING: Elon Musk has just been sued by Twitter shareholders to block his $44 billion purchase.

Who else f*cking loves this?

— Jo 🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) May 6, 2022

BigPapa May 8, 2022 • 11:51:52am

re: #50 Dread Pirate Ron

I don’t see Tony Snark pulling off Twitter. Which will be the Brocaine addict tears all the more delicious.

PhillyPretzel May 8, 2022 • 11:52:01am

re: #50 Dread Pirate Ron

Way to go Shareholders.

wrenchwench May 8, 2022 • 11:52:11am

re: #48 BigPapa

Few things as uncivil as controlling women’s bodies and sexuality. All are felonies.

yes

if you want people to not protest or demonstrate outside of your house have you considered not being ontologically evil

— transgender marx (@JUNlPER) May 8, 2022

Eclectic Cyborg May 8, 2022 • 11:54:02am

re: #51 BigPapa

Upding for Tony Snark.

ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 11:54:54am

The big issue is Russian Natural Gas. But this is a real step forward. And very fast in terms of international and economic action.

Reuters: G7 LEADERS IN JOINT STATEMENT COMMIT TO PHASE OUT DEPENDENCY ON RUSSIAN ENERGY, INCLUDING BY PHASING OUT OR BANNING THE IMPORT OF RUSSIAN OIL

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 8, 2022

Dangerman May 8, 2022 • 11:55:16am

I like, really like, that I can agree and up vote totally opposite points of view at the same time

Eclectic Cyborg May 8, 2022 • 11:55:56am

re: #55 ckkatz

And I wonder: When the war is over will they happily return to using Russian gas or might this be a more permanent change?

DodgerFan1988 May 8, 2022 • 11:56:10am

On this Mother’s Day, my heart is with you, First Lady Olena Zelenska, and all of the brave and resilient mothers of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/tCMXCXhgiY

— Jill Biden (@FLOTUS) May 8, 2022

BigPapa May 8, 2022 • 11:57:29am

re: #54 Eclectic Cyborg

Upding for Tony Snark.

I have 94.3% confidence I made it myself but I deal in so much memery it’s hard to keep track.

ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 12:00:53pm

re: #57 Eclectic Cyborg

And I wonder: When the war is over will they happily return to using Russian gas or might this be a more permanent change?

That’s the most important question!

If there is not some radical change in Russia, Putin has demonstrated that he will simply wait a while and then do it again.

I have seen a lot of hints that there are numerous ongoing discussions among subject matter experts and policy gurus about this.

For example, what does Ukraine need for peace. A truce with everything else unchanged may simply give Putin the time to rearm. And then he can start up the war again when it is convenient to him.

gocart mozart May 8, 2022 • 12:01:06pm

Youtube Video

Rightwingconspirator May 8, 2022 • 12:01:23pm

re: #58 DodgerFan1988

Years ago Nancy Reagan said, “Just Say No”.

They should call this visit by Jill Biden “Just Say Hello”.

ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 12:02:26pm

re: #60 ckkatz

Youtube Video

Dangerman May 8, 2022 • 12:04:39pm

re: #12 mmmirele

I disagree, and that’s because the Supreme Court is legally off limits to protesting. You will be arrested if you protest on the “front porch” of the Court; it is a crime. Plus they’ve put up 10 foot fences. PLUS the Court has ruled in the past (2014) that a 35 foot buffer zone around abortion clinics was unconstitutional. *PLUS* it’s my goddamned body they’re going to regulate, and if these asshats are going to do that, then it is MY RIGHT to stand on the public sidewalk and remind them what the right to privacy actually means.

Being nice is not going to help us right now, these people are hellbent on pushing us back to terrible times. They must understand what exactly that means.

Dangerman May 8, 2022 • 12:05:13pm

The Pie Overlord! May 8, 2022 • 12:05:23pm

1933, This Guy: Relaaaaax, the Nazis didn’t ban Jews, they just passed more than 400 decrees and regulations that limit the public and private lives of Jewish people, seize Jewish property, and restrict Jewish busines.

Besides, they can always leave the country… pic.twitter.com/YokQFwUBJc

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 8, 2022

John Hughes May 8, 2022 • 12:05:58pm

re: #178 mmmirele
Bill Kristol sez:

Please don’t protest at people’s homes

When people criminalize protesting outside their place of work where should you protest?

Dangerman May 8, 2022 • 12:08:20pm

Um, erm..

John Hughes May 8, 2022 • 12:08:37pm

re: #6 Belafon

I pretty much agree with him. Focus on the public places like churches or government buildings, and even companies. You’re not going to scare a judge into doing what you want.

But if you protest outside the supreme court you well be arrested.

darthstar May 8, 2022 • 12:09:38pm

Today’s view.

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Last nigth’s sky…

ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 12:09:40pm

They’re already coming for the pills https://t.co/liFIx4Qmz0

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 8, 2022

Captain Ron May 8, 2022 • 12:09:57pm

Don’t think I’ll ride across the Benicia bridge today

Dangerman May 8, 2022 • 12:10:08pm

Ban Viagra.
If pregnancy is “God’s will”, so is impotence.

— Jo 🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) May 8, 2022

Dangerman May 8, 2022 • 12:13:19pm

Grunthos the Flatulent May 8, 2022 • 12:14:56pm

Tomorrow’s Wordle. What can I say that couldn’t maybe give it away? {scratches head} Wait and see.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 324 4/6

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🟨⬛🟨🟨🟨
⬛🟨🟨🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Captain Ron May 8, 2022 • 12:14:57pm

This play came straight from a Disney basketball scene https://t.co/3Bc5b94nxo

— Dom2K🌊⛱️ (@Dom_2k) May 8, 2022

ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 12:15:04pm

Sunday morning protest in front of the Supreme Court Bldg:

people don’t like having their rights taken away

pic.twitter.com/q9z2nmixSU

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 8, 2022

wrenchwench May 8, 2022 • 12:16:38pm

Who started the fire? Was it the anti-abortion “activists” themselves who committed arson to foment violence?

You need to ask yourself this question, because we are dealing with psychopaths who will stop at nothing to foist their fascist religious beliefs on unwilling Americans

— The Boofing Douchebag (@kroltanz) May 8, 2022

darthstar May 8, 2022 • 12:18:57pm

Astro-photogs (like @lucky_budd), get ready…Transitive Nightfall of Diamonds alert.
There may be a meteor storm on May 30-31 https://t.co/60d1QQruSI

— Sean (@sean_s_mc) May 8, 2022

ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 12:19:03pm

Reeves has been busy:

Jake Tapper: “Why is it acceptable in your state to force girls who are victims of incest to carry those children to term?”

Tate Reeves: “The reality is, again, that affects less than 1% of all abortions in America.”

Tapper: “Are you going to force them to do that?” pic.twitter.com/kJLra2I9ce

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) May 8, 2022

Eclectic Cyborg May 8, 2022 • 12:19:04pm

re: #78 wrenchwench

My first guess would be an inside job.

Dangerman May 8, 2022 • 12:19:14pm

EstebanTornado1963 May 8, 2022 • 12:20:03pm

re: #70 darthstar

Today’s view.

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re: #70 darthstar

Today’s view.

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Rancho Las Palmas?

Eclectic Cyborg May 8, 2022 • 12:22:57pm

CHRIS MURPHY: This effort in FL to target gay kids is mean spirited.

BAIER: I’m going to interrupt. It’s about not talking about sexual ID from K until 3rd grade. That’s not targeting gay kids.

M: You don’t think they take a message from a ban on a discussion of their identity? pic.twitter.com/4j609iBRv2

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 8, 2022

Dangerman May 8, 2022 • 12:23:14pm

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie May 8, 2022 • 12:25:48pm

re: #78 wrenchwench

Anti-abortion group headquarters set on fire in Wisconsin https://t.co/m5VJIRWHHO

— The Boofing Douchebag (@kroltanz) May 8, 2022

Good. Now the fanatics can spend thousands of dollars a week on security, as they have openly forced abortion providers to do for years. Back in 2013, I commented on the security guards who worked at the only abortion provider in Lubbock. I have re-posted it several times since. I have recently learned that the same mob of fanatics also demonstrated outside the offices of the security contractor itself, as though the abortion provider had no right to be protected from violence.
The clinic is closed now.

Dangerman May 8, 2022 • 12:26:48pm

jaunte May 8, 2022 • 12:26:59pm

re: #86 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

The rage is only beginning to warm up slightly.

jaunte May 8, 2022 • 12:27:21pm

Reality: Abortion providers and patients are harassed at AND INSIDE clinics. They are followed AND SHOT TO DEATH in their homes and churches. Their kids are harassed by zealots outside their schools.

Bill Kristol suddenly: “Please don’t protest at people’s homes. It’s not nice.”

— Jodi Jacobson 🇺🇦 🩸🦷 #BlackLivesMatter (@jljacobson) May 8, 2022

ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 12:29:06pm

Graffiti says “Not a clinic”

denton, texas pic.twitter.com/HQDvesz275

— lyndsay tk (@ltknecht) May 7, 2022

jaunte May 8, 2022 • 12:33:37pm

Guy who incited a deadly terrorist insurrection to end democracy suddenly decries “mob violence to get a partisan outcome” pic.twitter.com/UiMYnHxdBn

— Andrew Wortman 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@AmoneyResists) May 8, 2022

BigPapa May 8, 2022 • 12:33:49pm

For those loving the Dracarys from Steve Schmidt on Megan and Palin, some after dinner treats:

It wasn’t until several months later, when the truth emerged about how and why Palin had “gone rogue” because Schmidt restrained her from taking her response to our work public, that any of us realized it had had any effect at all.https://t.co/wtPohKbw5m

— David Neiwert (@DavidNeiwert) May 8, 2022

Rightwingconspirator May 8, 2022 • 12:35:11pm

Protests?

Remember when the right-wing “protestors” rioted and crashed the Capitol building on a Jan 6?
Yes, I do.

Remember when women got so mad about their rights that they rioted and crashed the Capitol building?

Me neither. That’s the end of the argument for me.

ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 12:35:34pm

Roe v. Wade being overturned would have an “incalculable” impact on the lives of women, @TerryMoran tells @MarthaRaddatz.

“Women will occupy a different place in American society.” https://t.co/3yc9Qp5wxJ pic.twitter.com/WI0oBqf10u

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) May 8, 2022

jaunte May 8, 2022 • 12:35:47pm

The Supreme Court ruled that people were not entitled to a buffer zone of even a few feet between themselves and angry, confrontational, abortion-related protests.

Protesting in front of their homes is merely honoring their ruling.

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) May 8, 2022

wrenchwench May 8, 2022 • 12:38:00pm

It would probably be at least a civil infraction to stand outside Kavanaugh’s home and drink beer. A lot of beer. Even if you dealt properly with the empties.

BigPapa May 8, 2022 • 12:39:10pm

re: #93 Rightwingconspirator

Protests?

Remember when the right-wing “protestors” rioted and crashed the Capitol building?
Yes, I do.

Remember when women got so mad about their rights that they rioted and crashed the Capitol building?

Me neither. That’s the end of the argument for me.

Which capitol building? The one in DC, or the one in Michigan?

darthstar May 8, 2022 • 12:39:41pm

re: #83 EstebanTornado1963

Rancho Las Palmas?

Yes. We keep wanting to buy a place here. Mom’s had a condo down here for over 20 years.

A Three Hour Tour May 8, 2022 • 12:39:45pm

I was living in Forth Worth in the nineties when Flip Benham and Operation Rescue were protesting in front of homes of doctors who performed abortions in the suburbs of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

As far as I’m concerned, every goddamned forced-birther judge and legislator should be subject to the very same harassment, fear, and danger that every woman who seeks to exercise their bodily autonomy to terminate an unwanted pregnancy, along with the attendant medical personnel, clinic staff, security guards, and clinic escorts, face on a daily basis.

The cultural right wing have effectively declared open warfare on the intrinsic human rights to personal bodily and reproductive autonomy and they’re not going to stop there. Civility doesn’t end wars. This dogged pursuit of civility results in the victory of oppressors and the subjugation of the oppressed.

There is a time and a place for respectability politics, and there’s a time to toss respectability politics out the window.

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GlutenFreeJesus May 8, 2022 • 12:39:53pm

re: #96 wrenchwench

If you invite Squee, it’s a get out of jail free card.

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jaunte May 8, 2022 • 12:41:23pm

Denying people their rights has consequences. If Kavanaugh’s neighbors are mad that’s HIS problem and the consequences of HIS actions. Reducing people fighting for their civil rights to “a neighborhood nuisance” is disgusting. Standing up for our rights shouldn’t happen quietly. https://t.co/eFrl8GZfrI

— Erin Biba (@erinbiba) May 8, 2022

John Harwood of CNN thinks everyone should just go quietly.

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darthstar May 8, 2022 • 12:41:44pm

Pic of my nephew who is getting pretty good with the throw net. Herring anyone?

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(((Archangel1))) May 8, 2022 • 12:42:35pm

The right-wing justices should just lie back and enjoy it.

The Supreme Court ruled that people were not entitled to a buffer zone of even a few feet between themselves and angry, confrontational, abortion-related protests.

Protesting in front of their homes is merely honoring their ruling.

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) May 8, 2022

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Belafon May 8, 2022 • 12:43:06pm

re: #76 Dread Pirate Ron

The only good way to explain it is anime:

They said pic.twitter.com/X76DCKr5Fe

— Dimitri🔴🔶 (@Dimitri_utd) May 8, 2022

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Rightwingconspirator May 8, 2022 • 12:43:46pm

re: #97 BigPapa

Which capitol building? The one in DC, or the one in Michigan?

I should have said Jan 6. (and done)

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EstebanTornado1963 May 8, 2022 • 12:44:57pm

re: #98 darthstar

Yes. We keep wanting to buy a place here. Mom’s had a condo down here for over 20 years.

My dad had one on Padron, looks close to you.
Love that place. Played hundreds of rounds of golf there.Remember everybody freaked out when they decided to build the River.
Then they all loved it😆
If I wasn’t happy here in vegas, I would live somewhere near there.

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ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 12:45:57pm

Looks like events are moving faster than Eric Holder’s publisher, unfortunately.

I would just say it’s not at stake. It’s gone. You had 4 partisans lie to get on the court and a 5 say stare decisis is what you do when you don’t think. Need to rethink everything from appellate jurisdiction to term limit.

— Jennifer ‘I stand with Ukraine’ Rubin 🇺🇦🇺🇦 (@JRubinBlogger) May 7, 2022

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Dave In Austin May 8, 2022 • 12:51:36pm

re: #50 Dread Pirate Ron

You’re not the Boss of me!

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BigPapa May 8, 2022 • 12:53:32pm

re: #105 Rightwingconspirator

I should have said Jan 6. (and done)

Getting hard to keep track of all those Right Wing Tourist events.

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ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 12:54:18pm

I’m not a fan of home protests but “don’t you see this is a zone of privacy and you’re being uniquely intrusive” doesn’t seem like a great fit somehow.

— FindACrimeHat (@Popehat) May 8, 2022

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A Three Hour Tour May 8, 2022 • 12:54:31pm

re: #103 (((Archangel1)))

The right-wing justices should just lie back and enjoy it.

It’s the cost of living in a free society that values personal liberty and free expression.

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dharmamark May 8, 2022 • 12:57:15pm

On our second listen to the new Bonnie. So good. Loving the Hammond organ. I’ve mentioned it before, but we’re going to see her at Wolf Trap in June. She’s the wife’s absolute favorite artist.

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Charles Johnson May 8, 2022 • 12:57:51pm

welp https://t.co/hPLsY35PjD

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 8, 2022

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Jay C May 8, 2022 • 12:58:24pm

re: #111 A Three Hour Tour

It’s the cost of living in a free society that values personal liberty and free expression.

Yeah, except these Justices are RWNJ Republican hacks: respect for said “values” is highly selective with them….

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Decatur Deb May 8, 2022 • 1:01:49pm

re: #114 Jay C

Yeah, except these Justices are RWNJ Republican hacks: respect for said “values” is highly selective with them….

Not being them is one of my life’s goals.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire May 8, 2022 • 1:08:46pm

#VoteBlue #VoteBlueIn2022 #VoteBlueToProtectWomen pic.twitter.com/eWJkDYOS5W

— Gemma 👑💩 (@whosyourdandy22) May 8, 2022

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DodgerFan1988 May 8, 2022 • 1:11:45pm

“You have no choice. Not your choice, not your body, your body is mine.”

This is where we are headed folks!
pic.twitter.com/VOcAbnn4BM

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) May 8, 2022

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jaunte May 8, 2022 • 1:19:01pm

There’s a long history of reactionaries redistributing children to their chosen populations. It’s a weapon of cultural war and a means of addressing diminishing political bases in the face of changing democratic fortunes.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) May 8, 2022

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Decatur Deb May 8, 2022 • 1:20:10pm

The reality of the recent past is difficult for you young’uns to understand. Take a look at my alma mater, the best option for a knocked-up soldier’s girl in 1940’s Pittsburgh. (I love it just for the perfectly Dickensian name.)

scsh.org

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 8, 2022 • 1:24:33pm

WATCH: New Star Trek show appears to suggest that WWIII began with Jan 6 Capitol riot. pic.twitter.com/sSIXTbuXur

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) May 8, 2022

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Captain Ron May 8, 2022 • 1:30:20pm

pic.twitter.com/kQeyPkwL1C

— Lee.AME (@nightmaree94) May 6, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 8, 2022 • 1:33:00pm

8 May 1896 | Stanisława Leszczyńska was born - a Polish #midwife, prisoner of the German #Auschwitz camp no. 41335.

At the female infirmary in Birkenau she received childbirths trying to save #women in labour & refusing to kill newborn babies.
She passed away in 1974. pic.twitter.com/grHKfghtPO

— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) May 8, 2022

📖 The tragic fate of pregnant women and children born in the #Auschwitz camp is the topic of the 5th volume of our educational series ‘Voices of Memory’. #ebook #kindle: https://t.co/ScmeaHOIiq pic.twitter.com/7b7F7A7Yhi

— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) May 8, 2022

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John Hughes May 8, 2022 • 1:34:56pm

re: #96 wrenchwench

When you drink a lot of beer the empties are not the only thing you have to dispose of.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 8, 2022 • 1:37:09pm

This insurrectionist thug Kelley has chosen to run as the Democracy-Is-Communism candidate.

Home-schooled? And he cut those classes? https://t.co/OiCybmUw8g

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) May 8, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 8, 2022 • 1:39:07pm

“If no scissors, cut umbilical cord with broken glass”

24-yo designer Victoria became midwife in 🇷🇺-besieged Mariupol. Thanx to doctor in chat, she received legs-first baby & stopped mother’s heavy bleeding

At least 36k children were born in 🇺🇦 since 🇷🇺 invasion #MothersDay pic.twitter.com/OReAlIhLzD

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) May 8, 2022

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Dopamine Fish May 8, 2022 • 1:43:42pm

Oh, that’s unfortunate. Apparently, AG Landry of Louisiana and AG Schmitt of Missouri were this close to claiming the RICO, but even they weren’t quite that stupid.

Oh, there 100% was a RICO claim included in an earlier version of this draft - that’s the only reason you’d italicize “enterprise” and it explains the “overt act” language from earlier - that was deleted. pic.twitter.com/u6hG3lsrD5

— Akiva Cohen (@AkivaMCohen) May 8, 2022

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Charles Johnson May 8, 2022 • 1:44:11pm

Alfred Hitchcock impersonating Ringo Starr, 1964. pic.twitter.com/ooC8lwV25i

— History Defined (@historydefined) May 8, 2022

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Eclectic Cyborg May 8, 2022 • 1:45:45pm

re: #120 Backwoods_Sleuth

Trekkie here. That’s not really what the show suggested.

For decades now, in the official Star Trek timeline, earth basically started going to shit in the early to mid 21st century. This culminated with a Third World War that killed 600 million and damn near wiped some countries completely off the map.

As mankind was struggling to rebuild in the years after the war, a guy named Zefram Cochrane created the warp engine, allowing humans to travel faster than light. This caused the Vulcans to arrive on earth to say “hello”. Upon realizing we are not alone in the universe, humanity finally gets its act together and the peaceful futuristic earth seen in many of the Star Trek shows is born.

Basically, they used Jan 6 to fit into the narrative of things going to hell ahead of the Third World War. They did NOT imply it was a direct cause of the conflict.

Oh, and Strange New Worlds is awesome. Seriously. The best Trek show I’ve watched in a while.

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The Pie Overlord! May 8, 2022 • 1:46:07pm

“It’s a terrible thing when a grown person does not belong to herself.”

Ukraine’s booming surrogacy business has become a logistical and ethical mess — and hell for the women at the center, @susandominus reports. https://t.co/gvjuKrizvj

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 8, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 8, 2022 • 1:49:14pm

Christian soldiers holding off the “abortionist horde.” pic.twitter.com/rzbMTkh4zc

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 8, 2022

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Decatur Deb May 8, 2022 • 1:52:02pm

re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth

Always wanted to join a horde, but couldn’t afford the dues and funny hat, so I had to settle for an “ilk”.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 8, 2022 • 1:53:24pm

BREAKING: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has tested positive for COVID-19, saying she will isolate and work remotely this week. “Thankfully, I’m vaccinated and boosted, and I’m asymptomatic,” Hochul, 63, wrote on Twitter. https://t.co/CgpHrJ4li7

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 8, 2022

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Grunthos the Flatulent May 8, 2022 • 1:55:41pm

re: #75 Grunthos the Flatulent

Warning for Tomorrow’s Wordle: we may have another two-solution puzzle on our hands, unless us early adopters in the high UTC-plus bands got in before something was fixed.

Data: three with one word, five with another.

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So Cal Greek Hippie May 8, 2022 • 2:00:17pm

Catching up:

On Star Trek: did the Kardassians of Calabasas start the Eugenics Wars?

On Mother’s Day: Happy wishes to mothers and families

On animals: See photo

2022: Near Skull and Roses Festival, Ventura, California

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Captain Ron May 8, 2022 • 2:06:53pm

Wait. Did she really stage a photo op to promote her book at her father’s grave? pic.twitter.com/le7tqRTOE6

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) May 7, 2022

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire May 8, 2022 • 2:10:17pm

re: #135 Dread Pirate Ron

F-ing gross.

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The Pie Overlord! May 8, 2022 • 2:13:24pm

If anyone’s mother is trying to get you to watch Dinesh D’Souza’s latest crockumentary about sterile animals and voting, here’s a handy debunking of its main claims https://t.co/EBfTS45vdL

— Matthew Sheffield (@mattsheffield) May 8, 2022

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Belafon May 8, 2022 • 2:14:30pm

re: #135 Dread Pirate Ron

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Dancing on his grave doesn’t meant what you think it means, Megan.

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William Lewis May 8, 2022 • 2:23:12pm

re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg

Trekkie here. That’s not really what the show suggested.

For decades now, in the official Star Trek timeline, earth basically started going to shit in the early to mid 21st century. This culminated with a Third World War that killed 600 million and damn near wiped some countries completely off the map.

As mankind was struggling to rebuild in the years after the war, a guy named Zefram Cochrane created the warp engine, allowing humans to travel faster than light. This caused the Vulcans to arrive on earth to say “hello”. Upon realizing we are not alone in the universe, humanity finally gets its act together and the peaceful futuristic earth seen in many of the Star Trek shows is born.

Basically, they used Jan 6 to fit into the narrative of things going to hell ahead of the Third World War. They did NOT imply it was a direct cause of the conflict.

Oh, and Strange New Worlds is awesome. Seriously. The best Trek show I’ve watched in a while.

Watching what was shown I can see that argument being made. If we don’t get back on track it _will_ lead to a loss of democracy and the various wars that lead us to WWIII. That’s the same kind of writing as the original ST talking about orbital nuclear weapons platforms in space ahead of Apollo 11.

How does SNW compare to Prodigy? That’s been my favorite of the newest Treks. After I get back from my trip to Memphis this month, I plan to restart the Paramount+ streaming service but I need to save my $$$ till then.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire May 8, 2022 • 2:23:50pm

Your daily snoozing pupper pic.

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion May 8, 2022 • 2:33:19pm

re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg

Trekkie here. That’s not really what the show suggested.

For decades now, in the official Star Trek timeline, earth basically started going to shit in the early to mid 21st century. This culminated with a Third World War that killed 600 million and damn near wiped some countries completely off the map.

As mankind was struggling to rebuild in the years after the war, a guy named Zefram Cochrane created the warp engine, allowing humans to travel faster than light. This caused the Vulcans to arrive on earth to say “hello”. Upon realizing we are not alone in the universe, humanity finally gets its act together and the peaceful futuristic earth seen in many of the Star Trek shows is born.

Basically, they used Jan 6 to fit into the narrative of things going to hell ahead of the Third World War. They did NOT imply it was a direct cause of the conflict.

Oh, and Strange New Worlds is awesome. Seriously. The best Trek show I’ve watched in a while.

Yeah this was an implication that shit going awry in the US started a avalanche of bullshit that eventually resulted in WW3. Star Trek flips back and forth over whether the Eugenics Wars and WW3 are the same conflict, related, or completely separate. It also has flipped over WW3 being a full blown nuclear holocaust in “one day” vs a long drawn out conventional war that went partially nuclear a couple of times before people said STOP.

This implication of problems in the US screwing up the whole world isn’t unrealistic and we are seeing it somewhat now. This is precisely why Russia has been doing a full court press information war on the US and EU for 20 years intended to tear us apart. I can tell you this: If there’s a civil war in the US that lasts longer than a day and is a shooting war, every bad actor who’s slightly afraid of the US military or NATO is going to pull a Putin. That is when China will invade Taiwan (assuming China exists at the time), that is when there will be a mushroom cloud over one or more middle eastern cities. That is when, if Russia hasn’t fallen apart because of Ukraine, and gets it’s shit together in a bad way instead of a good way that they will march into the Baltics, and the rest of eastern Europe. That is when North Korea will stop popping off missiles into the ocean and start trying to drop them in Seoul and Japan.

Keeping the Republicans out of power is literally stopping the downfall of civilization at this point, and I don’t think I’m exaggerating here.

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Dopamine Fish May 8, 2022 • 2:46:10pm

Simply put, if a church has chosen to be politically active on this issue, I see no good reason why other Americans who oppose that political stance should not protest there.

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) May 8, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 8, 2022 • 2:49:38pm

Nah. https://t.co/yCVtZBBkdC

— Steve Marmel 💉💉💉💉 (@Marmel) May 8, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 8, 2022 • 2:50:03pm

If you can’t hide a crime scene, just pretend you’re a victim. pic.twitter.com/29nnfe1xfa

— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) May 8, 2022

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John Hughes May 8, 2022 • 2:51:08pm

re: #128 Eclectic Cyborg

Upon realizing we are not alone in the universe, humanity slaughters the alien scum and builds the Terran Empire based on good wholesome family principles (and, that old standby, better looking uniforms).

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Belafon May 8, 2022 • 2:51:43pm

It would have been bad, but now it’s much worse.

That would not be a moderate opinion. It would severely curtail a constitutional right that has been guaranteed for fifty years. https://t.co/zh7c12CvaL

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 8, 2022

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs May 8, 2022 • 2:52:21pm

re: #133 Grunthos the Flatulent

Private tag please.

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Belafon May 8, 2022 • 2:53:20pm

re: #142 Dopamine Fish

In fairness, angry mobs surrounding private homes is “deeply rooted in the Nation’s history and traditions.”

— Mike Doyle (@md223624) May 8, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 8, 2022 • 2:54:34pm

thread

Thinking of mom today, and missing her,naturally. She’d have things to say about these times.

Also thinking of her mother, my grandmother. It was ‘51 or so, and mom wanted to go to Stanford. But her Catholic girls’ school wouldn’t write her a recommendation. /1 pic.twitter.com/bLQE5wetmV

— FindACrimeHat (@Popehat) May 8, 2022

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Florida Panhandler May 8, 2022 • 3:03:48pm

re: #111 A Three Hour Tour

It’s the cost of living in a free society that values personal liberty and free expression.

After all, these Justices were just asking for it anyway.

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Captain Ron May 8, 2022 • 3:10:27pm

❤️ pic.twitter.com/MFizsrntii

— BRT 🌻 (@BioRecTech) May 8, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 8, 2022 • 3:14:56pm

An American’s bill for 5 minutes with a cardiologist had the rest of the world shaking its head.https://t.co/js20OY1Maa pic.twitter.com/R1GsO1vkxM

— The Poke (@ThePoke) May 8, 2022

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Barefoot Grin May 8, 2022 • 3:16:04pm

I posted earlier about my son’s robotics team going to a world competition in Dallas last week. Picked him up this afternoon and he had some controversial things to say. First, he has never done very much of the build or driving. He was the programmer. I kind of knew that, but thought he had also helped at least with build. Second, he said that build is overrated. The goals are defined by the organizers (VEX) and therefore isn’t much variation in the robots and the strategies are all the same, so; third, it’s terrifically boring to watch. He said he longed to leave the facility and walk around the town. Fourth, California dominates and has for years (draw your own inferences as to why). And the controversial one: even though he’s considered Asian himself by our census and he tends to gravitate toward the small Asian-American community at his school of nearly 4000 students, he said “the best teams were all Indian-American and Chinese-American teams from California and when we interacted I found them so single-minded on robotics that I couldn’t really talk to them; they had no personality beyond the competition.” But, the said a highlight was partnering with a team from Khazakhstan, which were very accomplished and fun.
Anyway, proud of him and his team for making the final rounds. But also happy that he’s gaining self-understanding about what he values.

ETA: he had good things to say about the Chinese Taipei teams. He said they were way above everyone else.

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Grunthos the Flatulent May 8, 2022 • 3:18:26pm

re: #147 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Sorry, edit window expired before I saw this. No clues in there though; it’s just an “oh no not again.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 8, 2022 • 3:20:24pm

oh…

NEW: On the eve of Catalonia’s 2017 vote for independence, mysterious Russians reportedly offered 10,000 troops to help the territory break from Spain.

Now OCCRP and partners reveal new details about this #RussianOffer, how it was made — and by whom. 1/https://t.co/N96YfpSigO

— Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (@OCCRP) May 8, 2022

lots more in the thread

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus May 8, 2022 • 3:25:32pm

Seems the new choice of actor to play Doctor Who has a bit too much melanin in his skin for some people.

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Captain Ron May 8, 2022 • 3:25:59pm

It hasn’t taken long for Commander to find his way around the White House. pic.twitter.com/zuCv188EHh

— President Biden (@POTUS) May 7, 2022

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Eventual Carrion May 8, 2022 • 3:26:06pm

re: #135 Dread Pirate Ron

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If she didn’t how would you know who her father was?

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus May 8, 2022 • 3:28:06pm

It’s always a stark thing to see people claim: I’m not a racist, I just don’t like {BBC|Hollywood} picking black people for white roles , and then complain when others call them out for their racism.

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Belafon May 8, 2022 • 3:28:12pm

re: #156 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Seems the new choice of actor to play Doctor Who has a bit too much melanin in his skin for some people.

I have been imagining all of the people who objected to Jodie Whitaker being the Doctor thinking “Now we can get back to male Doctors with Davies” saying “Not like that!”

I have also read that Davies worked with the new Doctor on his most recent project.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 8, 2022 • 3:29:36pm

Oh please. I am so sure a bunch of pro-choice vandals decided to write it all nice like in cursive. You gotta be kidding me https://t.co/yGFlEgMx7X

— ⚓️Imani Two-Kitchens Gandy⚓️ (@AngryBlackLady) May 8, 2022

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EPR-radar May 8, 2022 • 3:37:09pm

re: #136 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

F-ing gross.

Gross, but astonishingly truthful for a Republican. She is running as John McCain’s daughter. Period. Full stop.

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ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 3:40:39pm

re: #157 Dread Pirate Ron

That is a high ratio of ear per pup.

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ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 3:43:07pm

Yes, that is exceedingly stupid. Even if someone claimed to her that it was defused.

All jokes aside. Seriously, never ever ever do this. Picking up cluster munitions is a good way to get yourself and other people killed. https://t.co/kT2DYS2Kft

— Brian Castner (@Brian_Castner) May 8, 2022

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ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 3:46:35pm

There are still a few bugs in the system:

What an automated transcription service thinks Justin Trudeau said to Volodymyr Zelensky today. (He was speaking in French at the the time…) pic.twitter.com/S8jYnuVyDV

— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) May 8, 2022

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PhillyPretzel May 8, 2022 • 3:48:54pm

re: #165 ckkatz

A few bugs? That whole message is buggered. It makes no sense at all.

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William Lewis May 8, 2022 • 3:49:28pm

re: #156 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Seems the new choice of actor to play Doctor Who has a bit too much melanin in his skin for some people.

No surprise. Even in Trek, the casting of a black man to play Robert April has caused a hissy fit in some quarters.

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Jay C May 8, 2022 • 3:51:02pm

re: #165 ckkatz

There are still a few bugs in the system:

I dunno, as the modern equivalent of “Beat Poetry” it works just fine…

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ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 3:52:12pm

re: #166 PhillyPretzel

A few bugs? That whole message is buggered. It makes no sense at all.

Stuff like that does make me wonder how many wars were started by bad translations.

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ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 3:53:30pm

Ooops! Missed this when I posted. My apologies:

re: #155 Backwoods_Sleuth

Starting to see tweets about this:

Some West European countries once believed that Kremlin aggression had nothing to do with them. They have since discovered their error. https://t.co/CHK58C6sJF

— Daniel Fried (@AmbDanFried) May 8, 2022

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John Hughes May 8, 2022 • 3:55:57pm

re: #155 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is 100% into too good to be true territory.

If picked up be respectable media I might give it some credit.

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PhillyPretzel May 8, 2022 • 3:56:04pm

re: #169 ckkatz

I would not be surprised if it was a high percentage of them. I still remember when Jimmy Carter went to Europe and his translator came up with the opening phrase of “… when I abandoned the United States …”

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darthstar May 8, 2022 • 3:57:54pm

@SpeakerPelosi went to Kyiv. Canadian PM went to Kyiv. @FLOTUS went to Kyiv. @U2 played in Kyiv…it seems the only people who can’t get to Kyiv are the Russians. #SlavaUkraini

— Sean (@sean_s_mc) May 8, 2022

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus May 8, 2022 • 3:58:10pm

re: #167 William Lewis

No surprise. Even in Trek, the casting of a black man to play Robert April has caused a hissy fit in some quarters.

And for such a minor character. April is a character in what, a single episode of the animated series? And then he shows up in ST:SNW and boom, there is controversy?

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William Lewis May 8, 2022 • 4:00:06pm

re: #174 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

And for such a minor character. April is a character in what, a single episode of the animated series? And then he shows up in ST:SNW and boom, there is controversy?

Too much melanin is all it takes.

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Dave In Austin May 8, 2022 • 4:01:53pm

Who’s murdering infants and why haven’t the police been called?

— Elgon Husk 🦎 (@DaveoutofAustin) May 8, 2022

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus May 8, 2022 • 4:02:45pm

re: #175 William Lewis

Too much melanin is all it takes.

It’s particularly absurd in the case of Doctor Who, a being that is not even human.

Sure, in some versions of Doctor Who he/she had a human mother - that again is one of those Jesus-substitute ideas that are embedded in the character - but there has never been a backstory on who that woman was.

So in this case there is an alien, who often acts recklessly and thus gets mortally injured and thus has to reincarnate. A process that has been well established to include quite a bit of randomness.

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Belafon May 8, 2022 • 4:11:08pm

The Federal Court in Alabama has failed to act and has allowed a FELONY ban on lifesaving gender affirming care for minors to go into effect tonight at midnight. For the first time in US history, gender affirming care has been criminalized w/ punishments up to 10 years in prison.

— Alejandra Caraballo 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇷 (@Esqueer_) May 8, 2022

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Belafon May 8, 2022 • 4:11:49pm

The next Doctor should be trans.

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Rightwingconspirator May 8, 2022 • 4:22:21pm

re: #179 Belafon

re: #177 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

re: #175 William Lewis

Even when they watch Science Fiction, it’s straight, all-male and white. The sheer lack of imagination is frightening.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire May 8, 2022 • 4:23:13pm

re: #179 Belafon

The next Doctor should be trans.

And played by an ACTUAL trans person

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PhillyPretzel May 8, 2022 • 4:27:06pm

re: #180 Rightwingconspirator

That is probably why I like the Honor Harrington series. It is a woman who is in charge of the ship. And of course there are other types too.

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ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 4:28:04pm

Interesting thread on how the residents of the DonBas, and possibly the Crimea are being press-ganged into the Russian Army, issued obsolete equipment and then sent to the battle front with minimal training. And probably taking horrible casualties while not providing any military benefit.

Mosinka - Moisen-Nagent bolt action rifle used by the Russian Army from 1890s until the 1950s.
‘Cannon meat’ is the Russian term for what we call ‘Cannon fodder’

That’s how the Donetsk and Luhansk armies look like. Notice their equipment, helmets for example. Russians forced these Ukrainian nationals into their puppets’ armies, gave them whatever garbage remained from the Soviet stocks and sent them to die pic.twitter.com/qUjwfRjhYO

— Kamil Galeev (@kamilkazani) May 5, 2022

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie May 8, 2022 • 4:33:45pm

re: #131 Decatur Deb

Always wanted to join a horde, but couldn’t afford the dues and funny hat, so I had to settle for an “ilk”.

“Hey, sarge, how many hordes In a Chinese platoon?”
The Korean War GI’s common response to the press’s lurid yammering about the “Chinese hordes.” In fact, the Chinese usually operated in squad or platoon-size groups since anything larger invited instant annihilation by UN aircraft and artillery.

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darthstar May 8, 2022 • 4:35:38pm

I believe we may have a clue as to how some of these fires in Russia are starting…

Reportedly the unknownhave tried to burn a military recruitment station (военкомат) in Nizhnevartovsk, Russia pic.twitter.com/vzSbBDc6HH

— Kamil Galeev (@kamilkazani) May 6, 2022

Nizhnevartovsk on the map of Russia. Btw, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug is the major oil and gas producing region in the country. Most of developed oil deposits in Russia are located there pic.twitter.com/5HRtawW7AC

— Kamil Galeev (@kamilkazani) May 6, 2022

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ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 4:35:59pm

Not the usual movie review:

Took three kids just now (oldest was eight) to see DOCTOR STRANGE. Five bathroom breaks — and you know what? I don’t think it made the slightest difference to the plot.

— Michael Weiss 🌻🇺🇸🇮🇪 (@michaeldweiss) May 8, 2022

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darthstar May 8, 2022 • 4:39:42pm

This arrow is pointing to a supernova that just blew last week… in a galaxy 63 million light years away!! We are just now seeing it blow up 63 million years ago!!! How amazing is that?! I took this photo from my back yard in Victoria, BC. Happy #nationalastronomyday! pic.twitter.com/QqtGN5xRqx

— Lucky Budd (@lucky_budd) May 7, 2022

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darthstar May 8, 2022 • 4:41:21pm

re: #186 ckkatz

Not the usual movie review:

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Pretty accurate for DC/Marvel movies these days though. First fifteen minutes gives you some action and back story, last fifteen gives you action and resolution.

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Barefoot Grin May 8, 2022 • 4:42:15pm

re: #187 darthstar

[Embedded content]

We need instant transmission from around the universe NOW. There is no excuse for us being 63 million light years behind an event!!! ///

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus May 8, 2022 • 4:45:00pm

re: #188 darthstar

I’ve long given up on super-hero movies (of the MCU and DC type.)

The problem is … the plot doesn’t really mean much because characters never really seem to die, they just show up in some “alternative” universe.

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ckkatz May 8, 2022 • 4:45:06pm

re: #187 darthstar

Hmm, around the time the meteor wiped out the dinosaurs here on Earth.

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Barefoot Grin May 8, 2022 • 4:48:44pm

re: #191 ckkatz

Hmm, around the time the meteor wiped out the dinosaurs here on Earth.

It is worth noting that that is about the time when men started losing jobs….

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Jay C May 8, 2022 • 4:49:41pm

re: #183 ckkatz

JFC!
Issuing the Moisin-Nagant rifle to frontline troops in 2022?
What happened? Did they run out of muzzle-loaders?

William Lewis mentioned that he used a 1938-vintage Mosinka as a hunting rifle a few threads back: does he know it’s now cutting-edge weaponry??

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus May 8, 2022 • 4:50:50pm

Snarky Miano is the best Prof. Miano:

Youtube Video

..

If only more ancient history professors would be so on point with the nonsense that floats around, maybe the conspiracy nuts would finally be shamed into being a bit more quiet.

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EPR-radar May 8, 2022 • 4:57:26pm

re: #194 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

It took me a long time to figure out what the prof was getting at, because he was countering such an astoundingly stupid argument.

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Charles Johnson May 8, 2022 • 5:03:18pm

Seems simple to me - if you don’t want angry protesters showing up where you live, don’t try to strip millions of people of their basic rights.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 8, 2022

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus May 8, 2022 • 5:07:41pm

Pretty nice to see Country music lovers and gangsta rappers burning in hellfire together. Didn’t see that coming.

— FunkyZenGoomba (@ZenLiberty) May 8, 2022

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Barefoot Grin May 8, 2022 • 5:07:45pm

I’ll admit that I’m against protesting at public officials’ homes after how the lawless Free State Project and associated assholes went after Gov. Sununu for upholding mask mandates and promoting vaccinations (that doesn’t mean that Sununu is a good guy; he’s like a younger Kasich).

But Kavanaugh is a special case. How did he get that home given his debts? How did he get on the court?

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus May 8, 2022 • 5:10:39pm

re: #198 Barefoot Grin

This is why gated communities are such a popular thing now. I’m surprised that the USSC justices don’t live in gated communities.

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Barefoot Grin May 8, 2022 • 5:12:12pm

re: #199 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

This is why gated communities are such a popular thing now. I’m surprised that the USSC justices don’t live in gated communities.

Me too. I think they think Chevy Chase, Bethesda, and Alexandria are so rich that they are in effect gated communities.

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EPR-radar May 8, 2022 • 5:13:58pm

re: #199 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

This is why gated communities are such a popular thing now. I’m surprised that the USSC justices don’t live in gated communities.

The real rulers of the US don’t have to deal with riffraff anywhere near their homes, but DC Republicans are just the hired help.

Plus, if the DC Republicans all retreat to private fortresses, someone might commit an act of journalism and report on it.

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The Pie Overlord! May 8, 2022 • 5:15:34pm

re: #197 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

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How did Jews not get on that list?

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BigPapa May 8, 2022 • 5:21:22pm

re: #163 ckkatz

That is a high ratio of ear per pup.

Those are fully optimized Stereo Snaks Radar

204

HRH Stanley Sea May 8, 2022 • 5:24:09pm

Plant lovers! My girlfriend went to the Huntington Library in Pasadena today.

Look at this succulent.
Too bad cuttings aren’t allowed. I’d probably think hard about going for it.

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion May 8, 2022 • 5:28:24pm

re: #199 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

This is why gated communities are such a popular thing now. I’m surprised that the USSC justices don’t live in gated communities.

This is organized and attended by his neighbors. If it was a gated community they would have opened the gates.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 8, 2022 • 5:32:17pm

re: #192 Barefoot Grin

It is worth noting that that is about the time when white men started losing jobs….

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus May 8, 2022 • 5:36:45pm

re: #202 The Pie Overlord!

How did Jews not get on that list?

They are being reserved for warfare then mass conversion once Jesus puts his little toe on Jerusalem.

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Belafon May 8, 2022 • 5:39:19pm

re: #186 ckkatz

Not the usual movie review:

[Embedded content]

It was definitely a Sam Rami movie.

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William Lewis May 8, 2022 • 5:40:42pm

re: #193 Jay C

JFC!
Issuing the Moisin-Nagant rifle to frontline troops in 2022?
What happened? Did they run out of muzzle-loaders?

William Lewis mentioned that he used a 1938-vintage Mosinka as a hunting rifle a few threads back: does he know it’s now cutting-edge weaponry??

You’ll know it’s really bad when they run out of Mosins and start issuing Berdan’s to the conscripts.

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Eclectic Cyborg May 8, 2022 • 5:43:39pm

re: #209 William Lewis

You’ll know it’s really bad when they run out of Mosins and start issuing Berdan’s to the conscripts.

Horses and bayonets to follow not long after.

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Charles Johnson May 8, 2022 • 5:44:42pm

Steve Schmidt’s timeline tonight. pic.twitter.com/NekeQKzk7W

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 9, 2022

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SerialUpDinger May 8, 2022 • 5:44:59pm

Enjoyed some time with my wife and mother of our children. Observing plants is the perfect way to move deliberately along a trail - not going too fast or slow. So many flowers in bloom to discover and numerous bees hanging out among the Mariposa Lilies. Santa Monica Mountains. If you like the image - view it on flickr - no image compression - looks even better. flic.kr

Splendid Mariposa Lily

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Barefoot Grin May 8, 2022 • 5:46:06pm

re: #206 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Decatur Deb May 8, 2022 • 5:46:56pm

re: #171 John Hughes

This is 100% into too good to be true territory.

If picked up be respectable media I might give it some credit.

Respectable media think Catalonia is an island 26 miles off the California coast.

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Backwoods_Sleuth May 8, 2022 • 5:47:43pm

re: #214 Decatur Deb

Respectable media think Catalonia is an island 26 miles off the California coast.

and it’s a tasty salad dressing

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GlutenFreeJesus May 8, 2022 • 5:48:05pm

re: #183 ckkatz

Using Ukrainians to fight for them keeps official casualties lower since they aren’t Russian.

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Decatur Deb May 8, 2022 • 5:55:51pm

re: #216 GlutenFreeJesus

Using Ukrainians to fight for them keeps official casualties lower since they aren’t Russian.

Any bayoneted rifle is adequate to kill your commander at close range.

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A Three Hour Tour May 8, 2022 • 6:00:36pm

re: #175 William Lewis

Too much melanin is all it takes.

“They violated the Holy Canon!!!!!”

///

I consider myself a post-Canonist.

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austin_blue May 9, 2022 • 6:22:56am

re: #193 Jay C

JFC!
Issuing the Moisin-Nagant rifle to frontline troops in 2022?
What happened? Did they run out of muzzle-loaders?

William Lewis mentioned that he used a 1938-vintage Mosinka as a hunting rifle a few threads back: does he know it’s now cutting-edge weaponry??

That was me, and it was at least as good a shootin’ iron as an M1903. Good meat rifle.

Venison tastes good.

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