John Oliver discusses the incredible amount of power we give electric utility companies, how weakly regulated they are, and why they get such bad Yelp reviews.
A whole thread by Twitter’s CEO, subtweeting you know who. https://t.co/xLE3KmlnB1
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 16, 2022
Ben Shapiro is mansplaining the Great Replacement Theory. Akshully, it’s about Jews, and since Tucker is talking about Black and brown people, it’s not the same, libtard.
real “actually it’s ephebophilia” energy here pic.twitter.com/JEYgDuOEUp
— andy™ (@andylevy) May 16, 2022
re: #1 Charles Johnson
That’s Elon thread about spam.
‘We are ascendant!’ Steve Bannon addresses ‘replacement theory’ after Buffalo shootinghttps://t.co/aH549CLSh1
— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 16, 2022
Conservative podcaster Steve Bannon on Monday vowed not to back down in promoting a racist conspiracy theory that was allegedly cited by suspected Buffalo gunman Payton Gendron.
On his daily War Room: Pandemic podcast, Bannon insisted reports about the “replacement theory” were meant to distract the public. Bannon has previously promoted a French book that inspired the theory, which claims that white citizens are being replaced by immigrants.
“Of course, all of the morning shows are all over Tucker Carlson and a few others about the replacement theory,” Bannon complained. “They seem to miss the point. And here’s what we’re not going to back off on. For people who have followed this show from day one, we are inclusive nationalists. Right?”
“OK? So, this is not about race,” he continued. “This is about American citizenship! This is about the value of your citizens.”
Bannon said that he was “not backing off one inch” despite the shooting.
Wow man yeah what happens then? pic.twitter.com/6TyvI133KJ
— ℮oin Higgins (@EoinHiggins_) May 16, 2022
He’s just asking questions!
— ℮oin Higgins (@EoinHiggins_) May 16, 2022
re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth
What happens when I live in the world without knowing how anything works?
re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth
The only thing less likely is Tim suddenly becoming wise.
S Ct most certainly IS in meltdown. Acted like hacks, lost confidence of Americans, must be dramatically reformed https://t.co/B9ofCpjRon
— Jennifer ‘I stand with Ukraine’ Rubin 🇺🇦🇺🇦 (@JRubinBlogger) May 16, 2022
So thoroughly inappropriate, hacking. He disgraces the court. Perfect reason for abandoning lifetime tenure. His and Alioto’s tone is injudious in the extreme. Thomas Sends Message to Media: I’ll Leave the Court When ‘I Do My Job as Poorly As Yours’
— Jennifer ‘I stand with Ukraine’ Rubin 🇺🇦🇺🇦 (@JRubinBlogger) May 16, 2022
Ever notice that whenever Democrats include mental health treatment in Medicaid or Medicare expansion, or new healthcare legislation, the Republicans always vote it down? Also: #WhiteSupremacy is not a mental illness. #BuffaloMassacre pic.twitter.com/Ptj8hqL5Xb
— Liddle Pizza Pie 🇺🇦🌻🌈🍕 (@Pie_Overlord) May 16, 2022
From the NYT:
BUFFALO — The accused gunman in the mass shooting in Buffalo had planned a prolonged massacre after attacking a Tops supermarket Saturday, according to the Buffalo police commissioner, who said that the attacker wanted “to continue his rampage.”
The commissioner, Joseph A. Gramaglia, told CNN on Monday morning that the suspect had spoken “about possibly going to another store,” after Tops, potentially turning his fire on “another large superstore.”
I really wonder why Peyton Gendron (OK, obviously not the sharpest knife in the drawer) thought he was just going to be able to stroll off to another “superstore” after shooting up the TOPS market? Are body-armored loonies with ARs so common in Buffalo he thought no one would notice?
re: #6 jaunte
What happens when I live in the world without knowing how anything works?
You become a Republican?
And of course now my timeline is filled with people laying the blame for everything on (you guessed it)…the Dems for ‘not fighting back hard enough’ and apparently having the magic fucking wand to fix it all. This time taking Pelosi’s comments about the Republican party out of context to pretend that the Dems really just love the Republicans and protect them, so fuck ‘em, it’s actually their fault.
I’m done for the day, fuck this.
1/
So, @ElonMusk is under the impression that high follower counts mean an acct is popular.
He’s wrong & his acct proves it.
Note: His acct is a treasure trove for fake acct researchers. A quick scroll through & you find entire fake acct groups.
Examples from his followers: pic.twitter.com/g71aK0UVIv— Virginia Murr (@Verba_et_Vertus) April 10, 2022
Stonehenge #lightning last night. ⚡️⚡️⚡️photo credit Stonehenge Dronescapes pic.twitter.com/5s1td3laR1
— Stonehenge U.K (@ST0NEHENGE) May 16, 2022
We probably don’t know half of the insane things that Pizzagate Jack was involved in.
I’m going to become the joker pic.twitter.com/BWCgMttBWd
— 𝗕𝗜𝗢𝗣𝗛△𝗡𝗬 (@Biophany) May 15, 2022
re: #16 Punish Domestic Terrorists
We probably don’t know half of the insane things that Pizzagate Jack was involved in.
Sweet Jesus, I hope there is no video of that atrocity.
— Ross (@Ross_J) May 15, 2022
It’s all deflection. They’re terrified. Right wing politicians and media keep them in a constant state of anxiety. pic.twitter.com/LvEwkLpln6
— C K Rushing (@candaceNco) May 15, 2022
Democrats’ attempt to codify the right to abortion went down 49-51. We should immediately drop a bill codifying the right to use contraception. Make Republicans vote on that one! Let’s go on offense for a change!
— Al Franken (@alfranken) May 15, 2022
At this point the Musk v Twitter chancery court litigation is something we should all be rooting for, because it would be bananas pic.twitter.com/vBhnRLCTXY
— Raffi Melkonian (@RMFifthCircuit) May 16, 2022
A former Republican minority leader of the Colorado legislature is among the recipients of a trove of sensitive voting data leaked by a county official working with an activist seeking to prove President Donald Trump’s false stolen-election claims,” Reuters reports.
re: #6 jaunte
What happens when I live in the world without knowing how anything works?
The tide goes in, the tide goes out. Who knows how that shit works, to paraphrase a conservative idiot savant.
re: #12 Citizen K
And of course now my timeline is filled with people laying the blame for everything on (you guessed it)…the Dems for ‘not fighting back hard enough’ and apparently having the magic fucking wand to fix it all. This time taking Pelosi’s comments about the Republican party out of context to pretend that the Dems really just love the Republicans and protect them, so fuck ‘em, it’s actually their fault.
I’m done for the day, fuck this.
Of course Republicans are to blame for nearly everything, but Pelosi saying stuff like “we need a strong Republican Party” is not helpful.
What we need is for the Republican Party and all its works to go extinct, so that a legitimate two-party system might take the place of the shit show we now have.
By “Monsters” this twitching fascist means people who believe in Democracy and rule of law.
By “political prisoners” he means the terrorists who tried to end our democracy when their leader, a narcissistic sociopath, was incapable of accepting his defeat.— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 16, 2022
A fact about Rwanda’s genocide has always stuck with me: the ruling party caused much of the killing simply by going on the radio and telling ethnic Hutus that ethnic Tutsis must be killed (along with Hutus who disapproved). Many people listened, and dismembered their neighbors.
— Steve Inskeep (@NPRinskeep) May 16, 2022
re: #25 DodgerFan1988
The Oathkeepers were looking for permission from the narcissistic sociopath to kill during the coup attempt. All our fascists need is to feel permitted to kill civilized Americans.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 16, 2022
Please read this thread ❤️️ https://t.co/5dmHPaswdB
— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) May 16, 2022
re: #14 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Titties and crypto dudes. Musk is garbage.
Russian army standard procedure when your comrades are running over a mine and are smoldering and barely alive: Speed up right beside them to distract the other mines. If they are surprised enough, they won’t explode and everybody will be fine in the end.pic.twitter.com/KE6QJUmY18
— Julian Röpcke🇺🇦 (@JulianRoepcke) May 16, 2022
From last thread:
On SCOTUS denying immigrants the ability to get the courts to redress mistakes made by the government.
re: #388 Dopamine Fish
From Bruce Schneier’s monthly Crypto-Gram newsletter
schneier.com
ICE Is a Domestic Surveillance Agency
[2022.05.11] Georgetown has a new report ( americandragnet.org ) on the highly secretive bulk surveillance activities of ICE in the US:
When you think about government surveillance in the United States, you likely think of the National Security Agency or the FBI. You might even think of a powerful police agency, such as the New York Police Department. But unless you or someone you love has been targeted for deportation, you probably don’t immediately think of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
This report argues that you should. Our two-year investigation, including hundreds of Freedom of Information Act requests and a comprehensive review of ICE’s contracting and procurement records, reveals that ICE now operates as a domestic surveillance agency. Since its founding in 2003, ICE has not only been building its own capacity to use surveillance to carry out deportations but has also played a key role in the federal government’s larger push to amass as much information as possible about all of our lives. By reaching into the digital records of state and local governments and buying databases with billions of data points from private companies, ICE has created a surveillance infrastructure that enables it to pull detailed dossiers on nearly anyone, seemingly at any time. In its efforts to arrest and deport, ICE has — without any judicial, legislative or public oversight — reached into datasets containing personal information about the vast majority of people living in the U.S., whose records can end up in the hands of immigration enforcement simply because they apply for driver’s licenses; drive on the roads; or sign up with their local utilities to get access to heat, water and electricity.
ICE has built its dragnet surveillance system by crossing legal and ethical lines, leveraging the trust that people place in state agencies and essential service providers, and exploiting the vulnerability of people who volunteer their information to reunite with their families. Despite the incredible scope and evident civil rights implications of ICE’s surveillance practices, the agency has managed to shroud those practices in near-total secrecy, evading enforcement of even the handful of laws and policies that could be invoked to impose limitations. Federal and state lawmakers, for the most part, have yet to confront this reality.
EDITED TO ADD (5/13): A news article.
Watch this reef squid go from transparent to opaque in an instantpic.twitter.com/kGT4c3Y8Se
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) May 15, 2022
A judge has ruled that California’s landmark law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional.
The law that would have required boards have up to three female directors by this year violated the right to equal treatment, the judge said. https://t.co/RyzEfiYRNO— The Associated Press (@AP) May 16, 2022
This is the true Senator of iowa Joni Ernst. She is giving the salute to her people. pic.twitter.com/tfRFomekcN
— Steve (@redman10run) May 16, 2022
Hmmm….. pic.twitter.com/GnbbHXqoNq
— I ❤️ Sinister Teachers 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ ✊🇺🇦🌻 (@gopanthers95) May 16, 2022
2:30 pm eastern U.S., tomorrow https://t.co/iBERnx33gZ
— Alice Dreger, Ph.D. (@AliceDreger) May 16, 2022
Tomorrow’s Wordle limped and lurched like a three-legged wombat.
Wordle 332 5/6
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Daughter1 has started a campaign for an Alabama county’s commissioner slot. It was done simply to prevent a Republican from running unopposed, but it has focused her maniacal energy on politics. Part of that was to create a readable text of the plan FL Sen Rick Scott has produced as head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. In the absence of a national plan from Mitch McConnell or The NRC head, this is the plan for 2022.
I’ve posted an LGF page with the lengthy bullet list, which describes enough of the RWNJ’s intent to destroy the Federal government as it exists. Just the innocent-sounding “Sunset” requirement is a mechanism for ending Social Security, Medicare, Obamacare, and anything else a Republican majority could dare.
We didn’t.
The most parsimonious explanation for the last decade is that the Large Hadron Collider sent us down the wrong leg of the Trousers of Time, and we are now all characters in a spinoff from @scalzi’s Redshirts. https://t.co/TdNNhZZdSw— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) May 16, 2022
I think Twitter should ban Musk from its platform. Poop emoji…what a piece of shit.
With the tfg wing of gqp pro-Putin, Let them fight!
In a statement, McConnell affirms what he told us on Sunday after visiting Ukraine: ““I gave both the Swedish and Finnish leaders my personal assurance that I would fully support their NATO accession. https://t.co/S4awfMBBLZ
— Emily Cochrane (@ESCochrane) May 16, 2022
Business Insider: McConnell is increasingly clashing with pro-Trump GOPers who oppose US support for Ukraine against Russia
In a secret visit to Kyiv on Saturday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged unwavering support for Ukraine in its war against the Russian invaders.
*snip*
Yet it’s a position that again places McConnell at odds with the pro-Trump, isolationist wing of the Republican Party with which he has clashed repeatedly.
*snip*
So far their hostility has not loosened McConnell’s hold over the Senate GOP. McConnell said that he expected that the Ukraine aid bill would be approved by the Senate on Wednesday.
businessinsider.com
Ireland is hosting the World Potato Congress this year… for the first time.
The four-day event from May 30th to June 2nd in Dublin’s RDS will feature more than 60 speakers and is set to be attended by up to one thousand delegates from over 60 countries. @VirginMediaNews pic.twitter.com/TF3JHVzc4n— Rob O’Hanrahan (@RobOHanrahan) May 16, 2022
— cats being weird little guys (@weirdlilguys) May 16, 2022
Does the new press Secretary have her first briefing today?
Tune in for a briefing with Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. https://t.co/yp6BZ4x7kG
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 16, 2022
Aerial Photos by Bernhard Lang Capture the Largest Aircraft Boneyard in the World
thisiscolossal.com
I think there are people on here who would enjoy the photos.
re: #47 retired cynic
Aerial Photos by Bernhard Lang Capture the Largest Aircraft Boneyard in the World
thisiscolossal.comI think there are people on here who would enjoy the photos.
re: #388 Dopamine Fish
Dear Mr Alito,
In a recent review of your immigration status we have determined that you have overstayed your short term tourist visa.
It also appears you have illegally obtained a US passport and have been working without legal authority in the US.
Please present yourself to the nearest ICE facility for pre expulsion detention.
Per a recent supreme court decision you may not appeal the factual basis of this order in the courts.
Yours sincerely,
Laughing like hyenas,
The federal government.
re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth
When I was in the MidEast back in the 1970’s I met an Israeli who had traveled to Moscow to visit some of his relatives.
He said that they kept hinting about how they were cooking up a special treat to celebrate his visit. At dinner, once everybody was gathered and seated, the matriarch of the family beaming, dramatically brought in this huge serving plate of… steaming potatoes.
He said everybody was looking at him him to see his reaction. And all were crestfallen to see that there wasn’t much of a reaction at all.
He said that the matriarch asked why was he not reacting? After all they had been told that potatoes were as rare as oranges.
He responded that this was indeed true, potatoes were as rare as oranges in Israel. Because they also raise oranges in Israel.
And, of course there is a Yiddish ditty that goes (translated into English):
Sunday — potatoes
Monday — potatoes
Tuesday and Wednesday — potatoes
Thursday and Friday potatoes
But on Shabbes something special
A potato kugel!
re: #39 Decatur Deb
Daughter1 has started a campaign for an Alabama county’s commissioner slot. It was done simply to prevent a Republican from running unopposed, but it has focused her maniacal energy on politics. Part of that was to create a readable text of the plan FL Sen Rick Scott has produced as head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. In the absence of a national plan from Mitch McConnell or The NRC head, this is the plan for 2022.
I’ve posted an LGF page with the lengthy bullet list, which describes enough of the RWNJ’s intent to destroy the Federal government as it exists. Just the innocent-sounding “Sunset” requirement is a mechanism for ending Social Security, Medicare, Obamacare, and anything else a Republican majority could dare.
“All politics is local”
Generally credited to Tip O’Neill
re: #50 ckkatz
When I was in the MidEast back in the 1970’s I met an Israeli who had traveled to Moscow to visit some of his relatives.
He said that they kept hinting about how they were cooking up a special treat to celebrate his visit. At dinner, once everybody was gathered and seated, the matriarch of the family beaming, dramatically brought in this huge serving plate of… steaming potatoes.
He said everybody was looking at him him to see his reaction. And all were crestfallen to see that there wasn’t much of a reaction at all.
He said that the matriarch asked why was he not reacting? After all they had been told that potatoes were as rare as oranges.
He responded that this was indeed true, potatoes were as rare as oranges in Israel. Because they also raise oranges in Israel.
And, of course there is a Yiddish ditty that goes (translated into English):
Sunday — potatoes
Monday — potatoes
Tuesday and Wednesday — potatoes
Thursday and Friday potatoes
But on Shabbes something special
A potato kugel!
And, as we all know:
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 16, 2022
re: #404 Belafon
This is why Macron’s calls to Russia are meaningless.
Clearly Macron should have not talked to Putin in march and April because of the things that Putin would do in may.
re: #54 John Hughes
Clearly Macron should have not talked to Putin in march and April because of the things that Putin would do in may.
You mean the stuff that’s been happening since March?
Stupid is as stupid does.
Russian army standard procedure when your comrades are running over a mine and are smoldering and barely alive: Speed up right beside them to distract the other mines. If they are surprised enough, they won’t explode and everybody will be fine in the end.pic.twitter.com/KE6QJUmY18
— Julian Röpcke🇺🇦 (@JulianRoepcke) May 16, 2022
re: #55 Belafon
You mean the stuff that’s been happening since March?
But, more importantly, how much are the Ukrainians involved in the calls Macron is making?
Jordan Peterson: “By rejecting the western beauty standards founded in the mystic dyad of the dragon and the princess, SI has stabbed the heart of our lobster civilization and condemned us to chaos [weeps uncontrollably] [abruptly vomits stream of pure ham] pic.twitter.com/nRqr1PejIn
— FreshMouthHat (@Popehat) May 16, 2022
re: #53 Backwoods_Sleuth
When we work to end racism in America no one meant that black women should sound like insane white Republicans.
re: #54 John Hughes
Clearly Macron should have not talked to Putin in march and April because of the things that Putin would do in may.
An argument could be made to isolate Putin. Nothing worthwhile came from these conversations.
The Twitter botswarm, with all brand-new shiny accounts created no earlier than April 2022, wants us to believe that the Buffalo shooter was “leftist” based on something they cherry picked out of the 180-page racist screed.
Here are some samples. You have been warned:
Here is a list of 2021 Mass Shooters. Where was the media outrage then? I guess it doesn’t fit their narrative. pic.twitter.com/LD3lVs1Wxk
— DEB (@DEB79654703) May 15, 2022
Would you look at that. The buffalo shooter was a former communist, who self describes himself as a “Authoritarian leftist” who subscribes to “racial identitarianism” (critical race theory/ woke) #BuffaloMassacre #BuffaloTerrorist #buffalosupermarket #BuffaloTerroristAttack
— Cody Pepper (@CodyPepper117) May 16, 2022
When a black male drove a car into a crowd, it was black racism, which Democrats can’t use or even admit exists, so Biden ignored it. But when a white nut shoots up a black neighborhood he drops everything and rushes there because it’s something he can use. 😠 #BuffaloMassacre pic.twitter.com/WiqfG6IjuK
— Woodys 360° View (@woodys360) May 16, 2022
#BuffaloMassacreWell folks. The Communist who killed 10 people in Buffalo,is a self professed Leftist. They are hiding his ‘manefesto’. He hates the right. This story will be gone as fast as Hillary’s presidential hopes. Leftist mass murder in not good for business.
— Karen (@SaintDonald45) May 16, 2022
#BuffaloMassacre pic.twitter.com/KWOtD53rKM
— MagaKing_17 (@MagaKing_17) May 16, 2022
LGM Quiz Time:
Is this quote from Ted Cruz, Tucker Carlson or the Buffalo shooter?
Democracy is mob rule and the mob itself is ruled by our enemies. The global and corporate-run press controls them, the education system (long since fallen to the long march through the institutions carried out by the marxists) controls them, the state (long since heavily lost to its corporate backers) controls them and the anti-white media machine controls them.
re: #58 Dopamine Fish
It means don’t eat just steak and Benzos for a year
— FreshMouthHat (@Popehat) May 16, 2022
re: #41 darthstar
I think Twitter should ban Musk from its platform. Poop emoji…what a piece of shit.
Dear god, he’s just trash.
Whoever thought owning the libs would be cheap never tried to acquire a social media company!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 14, 2022
Gingrich: “classic Americans”
“Carlson sometimes refers to ‘legacy Americans,’ a dog-whistle term that, before he began using it on his show last fall, appeared almost exclusively in white nationalist outlets like The Daily Stormer”https://t.co/OCXARTln7G https://t.co/5OIP7Enb13— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) May 16, 2022
re: #64 darthstar
Dear god, he’s just trash.
Yep. He’s a billionaire with the mind of a 12-year-old edgelord.
Maybe we should tax billionaires to the point where they have some difficulty manipulating our society.
re: #62 gocart mozart
LGM Quiz Time:
Is this quote from Ted Cruz, Tucker Carlson or the Buffalo shooter?
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Zelenskyy meeting with a bunch of people who thought extorting him wasn’t worth impeaching a President over. pic.twitter.com/8WiD3hXEsb
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 14, 2022
re: #65 Dopamine Fish
They had better be wearing the makeup and leggings.
re: #31 Belafon
Ok, all in good fun, (although, personally I don’t find the deaths of even bad people,
“fun”).
But the point of the famous “attack through the minefield” quote from a Russian general was that the minefield is there for a reason. It’s to stop the advance, allow enemy forces, for example artillery, to destroy you while you hesitate.
What do you do when you’re ambushed? You attack. Running into a minefield is an ambush.
the sad thing is this probably increases her odds of winning the GOP primary https://t.co/6sEhGIqpll
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 16, 2022
So we haven’t received any paperwork on our car yet, and we bought it over 50 days ago. I called Kia finance and they said they hadn’t received anything from the dealership. Then, a half hour later, my wife calls and parties me in on a call with Chase Auto Loans who wants to know why we haven’t set up autopayment yet. So I made our first payment over the phone and now have a link to go set up our account.
Oh, and I noticed the bank is in Texas, so when we ended the call I told the agent, “Vote or Beto!” - she laughed and said she would because she likes him.
I’m Matt Castelli. I’m the Democrat who will replace Elise Stefanik in #NY21.
She spreads hate to her 490k followers. I have 27k followers, help us spread hope and close the gap.
Follow this account, retweet our work, and join our campaign. Let’s replace Stefanik together.— Matt Castelli (@CastelliMatt) May 16, 2022
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the White House will call out anyone who pushes white replacement theory, “What we’ll continue to do — any one person, it doesn’t matter who they are, who spews this type of hate. Hatred. We’re going to call it out and condemn that.” pic.twitter.com/YU1ldNI2ck
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) May 16, 2022
re: #70 John Hughes
Ok, all in good fun, (although, personally I don’t find the deaths of even bad people,
“fun”).But the point of the famous “attack through the minefield” quote from a Russian general was that the minefield is there for a reason. It’s to stop the advance, allow enemy forces, for example artillery, to destroy you while you hesitate.
What do you do when you’re ambushed? You attack. Running into a minefield is an ambush.
If Ivan the Tank Driver had read our FM5-34, he would know that mines are often laid in 3’s to aid in documentation and removal. Not hasty minefields, just the well-engineered ones.
Heh. You can get it on Amazon now.
amazon.com
Bumped into this song a while ago.
As far as I can tell, this parody is _very_ _loosely_ based upon original temperance songs. However, it probably originated in the late 1950’s or early 1960s with the Chad Mitchell Trio.
I also find the original timing of this song fascinating. Coming on one hand, at the passing of the generation that put in place Prohibition. And on the other hand, at a time when many were assimilating the lessons of WW2, the Great Depression, and the continued urbanization of country.
There are multiple covers of this song on YouTube. I selected this one because it is relatively safe for work and is clear enough to hear the lyrics. There are different lyrics in the different versions and I find it amusing to listen for the differing verses.
Boris Johnson being booed as he arrives in Northern Ireland to try and rip up the Brexit deal he himself negotiated, won an election on, and put into law pic.twitter.com/pHpBodmkoz
— Sarah 🇮🇹🌹#WearAMask (@sazmeister88) May 16, 2022
Actual #StarTrek writer: “You’re a moron.”
You can quote me on that. https://t.co/zySvo4gPqn— Robert Hewitt Wolfe (@writergeekrhw) May 15, 2022
re: #60 JC1
An argument could be made to isolate Putin. Nothing worthwhile came from these conversations.
Apparently Macron isn’t clairvoyant.
(Reminder, most of these calls were made before the invasion. Also reminder that Zelensky was also talking, indirectly, to Putin, even after the invasion started).
Well, it’s been raining off and on here in the DC region since Thursday night. And we are now in a thunderstorm for the second time in the last 3 hours.
This is definitely getting old.
Don’t we have enough conflicts of our own to murder each other over?
Deadly church shooting motivated by Taiwan-China conflict: Police (TPM via MSN)
Russian realist vs. Russian propagandist:
In an extremely rare moment of candour on Russian state TV today, defence columnist Mikhail Khodaryonok gave a damning assessment of Russia’s war in Ukraine and his country’s international isolation. It’s fairly long but worth your time so I’ve added subtitles. pic.twitter.com/0mr7WAgSx6
— Francis Scarr (@francis_scarr) May 16, 2022
Fox went from talking about the shooting to this segment pic.twitter.com/rNxvP2ZUTR
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 15, 2022
re: #62 gocart mozart
Answer is the shooter.
re: #81 ckkatz
Well, it’s been raining off and on here in the DC region since Thursday night. And we are now in a thunderstorm for the second time in the last 3 hours.
This is definitely getting old.
And, now that everything is again completely soggy, the sun is back out. Looks like the next front is over the Shenandoah Valley. And the one after that is still in West Virginia.
I maybe able to time in a short walk after all.
re: #88 ckkatz
And, now that everything is again completely soggy, the sun is back out. Looks like the next front is over the Shenandoah Valley. And the one after that is still in West Virginia.
I maybe able to time in a short walk after all.
I’m picturing you in a Ranger’s tower rather than looking at the weather on a computer.
Fox is in violation of Godwin’s Law (subsection 2)https://t.co/gAK5YFpKuF
— Gocart Mozart (@EdMix13) May 16, 2022
re: #86 Backwoods_Sleuth
All I needed to see was Rob Astorino and I knew it would be bogus bullshit and my gag reflex would kick in.
More free tests from https://t.co/DXia3zCheI! Just placed my order — apparently they’re sending 8 this time https://t.co/xc4GHQ9avz
— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) May 16, 2022
Yes, I know(and appreciate) those that care and don’t seem to know what to do. Welcome.
A core part of American society surviving is its reliance on minorities to not live by the same ethos of vengeance that’s intertwined and inshrined in US ideology— Brandon Bradford (@BrandonLBradfor) May 15, 2022
When an 1893 cartoon remains relevant and on point in 2022… https://t.co/RIRVuZh773 pic.twitter.com/yfaqx5UmKt
— HistorySmith (@historysmith) May 16, 2022
After Buffalo mass shooting, The View guest co-host @ananavarro goes off on everyone involved in Fox News for spreading hate for profit:
“If you are an advertiser… if you sit on the board… if you’re a Republican donor… if you are a staffer… you are part of the problem.” pic.twitter.com/4q9LPq2fmH— The Recount (@therecount) May 16, 2022
A good summary of the Republican promotion of “the great replacement” just recently.
The right’s embrace of a deadly racist conspiracy theory, by Judd Legum
popular.info
The left is going to need to reclaim the moral high ground in the abortion debate, before it will be able to reclaim the legal one. For too long, too many have ceded that space to the forced birthers. No more.
My latest in @thenationhttps://t.co/5B1y8CU6AT— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) May 16, 2022
According to recent internal polling released by the Greitens campaign, McCloskey is trailing dramatically in the GOP primary race, winning the votes of just five percent of surveyed voters. That tracks with information released by the partisan polling company the Trafalgar Group, whose March report also showed McCloskey at the bottom of the pack of ghouls running for the nomination.Some onlookers might suggest that McCloskey’s dismal performance could be due to the fact that he has put forth no policy ideas aside from Gun, that he seems to have no qualifications to run for public office other than Gun, and that even all of his neighbors hate him and have long before Gun. But those people would be overlooking just how passionate Missouri voters are about Gun, leading to an inevitable conclusion: McCloskey is just a loser, and a deeply unlikable man.
For his part, McCloskey surely knows all of that. And that’s why he’s leaning into the one and only thing people seem to like about him, pitiful as it may be.
After all, if you want to win, you gotta stay on message. And that message is: Gun.
Failing Senate Candidate Wraps Escalade in Photos of Himself Doing Crime (Riverfront Times)
re: #16 Punish Domestic Terrorists
We probably don’t know half of the insane things that Pizzagate Jack was involved in.
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Back in 2009 a DHS analyst warned of the rise of rightwing domestic extremism. After he was attacked by rush limbaugh and other liars the Obama admin foolishly buried his report. I pleaded with my colleagues to listen. Here I interviewed him.pic.twitter.com/gE3cJbdkeE
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@BillPascrell) May 16, 2022
Who needs brakes anyway? https://t.co/OZrmOIe6oy
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 16, 2022
Rural America and its support of racists like Stefanik reminds me of a supposed characteristic of Russians: they don’t care about doing better as long as others are doing worse. Just elect the person who will own the libs.
“A virus that shows no signs of disappearing, variants that are adept at dodging the body’s defenses, and waves of infections two, maybe three times a year—this may be the future of Covid-19, some scientists now fear.” Done with COVID? Good luck with that.https://t.co/nOQFD3Idl7
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) May 16, 2022
This is just embarrassing.
Video of a Russian UAV dropping a grenade (RGD-5?) in a plastic cup on Ukrainian positions. https://t.co/PwRxPudXH5 pic.twitter.com/9vrOkk9mn3
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) May 16, 2022
re: #109 darthstar
Where is the earth shattering kaboom? I was promised an earth shattering kaboom!
When I read the Buffalo shooter’s manifesto, I noticed something: large chunks of the text were directly copy-pasted from the 2019 Christchurch mosque shooter’s message.
Notably, the Buffalo killer adopted his *strategic* logic — called “accelerationism” https://t.co/PxLN4FdFTP pic.twitter.com/yHJehyVeFJ— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) May 16, 2022
The site setup looks really professional. I wouldn’t be shocked if idiots think it’s actually hers, even with the “Keep it White” stuff right at the front.
Hey @EliseStefanik - You failed to secure https://t.co/Vmos9hnnPI so I got it and created your new website. Enjoy!
— Toby Morton (@tobymorton) May 16, 2022
re: #110 John Hughes
Where is the earth shattering kaboom? I was promised an earth shattering kaboom!
Russia’s all out of effective kabooms.
Off to the School Board meeting, to provide a claque for our League of Women Voters speaker. We’re trying for support for a student-led voter registration effort.
re: #112 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
He has a bunch of these sites, some with better URLs than others.
re: #113 darthstar
Russia’s all out of effective kabooms.
Well, unfortunately, not.
But they’re not stupid enough to use them. Yet.
But this effort was embarrassing, looked like something people who were rejected by Hamas would come up with.
My poor dumb dog. She was so intent on getting the little chipmunk that ran from her into the space between granite boulders that she tore a gash in her left cheek that required sutures. Currently wearing the cone of shame. And I’m $500 down just as we have to take care of a couple of other high-cost items.
re: #80 John Hughes
Apparently Macron isn’t clairvoyant.
(Reminder, most of these calls were made before the invasion. Also reminder that Zelensky was also talking, indirectly, to Putin, even after the invasion started).
Sure, but as GWB eloquently stated ‘fool me once, shame on you… Can’t get fooled again’.
What’s the point in talking to Putin now, unless he reaches out first, hat in hand?
re: #118 Barefoot Grin
My poor dumb dog. She was so intent on getting the little chipmunk that ran from her into the space between granite boulders that she tore a gash in her left cheek that required sutures. Currently wearing the cone of shame. And I’m $500 down just as we have to take care of a couple of other high-cost items.
I’m thinking about pet insurance to keep that expense predictable. It’s a lot cheaper than human insurance.
This is Dizzie, Mavis, Darcy, Isla, Woody, Mason, Wilson, Pippa, Lola, and Otis. They’re unionizing. 13/10 for all pic.twitter.com/vktHjeiEj5
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) May 16, 2022
re: #111 Backwoods_Sleuth
From the tweet:
It is important not to overstate the influence of accelerationism in America. At present, it is an idea confined to a tiny fringe that has virtually no prospect of successfully toppling the US government or fomenting a race war.
The real problem is understating the danger posed by this rhetoric. The widespread acceptance by the Trump right of the “great replacement” theory is part and parcel of a neo-Nazi assault on our nation and just a step behind accelerationism. These people came close on January 6 to toppling the US government. They may not start with executions, but they indeed have been spreading their vile philosophy throughout this nation, including the dishonest attacks on CRT. A less violent race war is occurring at very moment, where minorities are losing their voting rights. Hitler did not start with extermination camps — and the Trumpsters I know have never expressed horror or outrage when “those people” are the ones who are dying.
NEW: Justice Dept to seek 75 days jail in Jan 6 case of Robert Packer of Virginia, who is accused of being in lobby and office suite area of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and “has been a habitual criminal offender for twenty-five years, with 21 convictions” & wore “Camp Auschwitz” shirt pic.twitter.com/CUdetOeDk0
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 16, 2022
NBC NEWS: Doug Mastriano aide who blocked press at a campaign event was at Capitol on Jan. 6
Grant Clarkson appeared to be watching and smiling as rioters smashed media equipment on Capitol grounds.
Via @ryanjreilly: https://t.co/aE4PEDDMPj pic.twitter.com/HeBTBSBjJG— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) May 16, 2022
re: #123 Backwoods_Sleuth
Whatever happened to 3 Strikes? That dude needs to go away for a long time.
re: #120 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I’m thinking about pet insurance to keep that expense predictable. It’s a lot cheaper than human insurance.
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I’m thinking about it, too. If she got cancer I don’t think we would be able to save her. (BTW, she’s not a Dalmatian, but she looks a lot like the foremost pup in Backwood’s post that follows yours.)
re: #122 Hecuba’s daughter
From the tweet:
The real problem is understating the danger posed by this rhetoric. The widespread acceptance by the Trump right of the “great replacement” theory is part and parcel of a neo-Nazi assault on our nation and just a step behind accelerationism. These people came close on January 6 to toppling the US government. They may not start with executions, but they indeed have been spreading their vile philosophy throughout this nation, including the dishonest attacks on CRT. A less violent race war is occurring at very moment, where minorities are losing their voting rights. Hitler did not start with extermination camps — and the Trumpsters I know have never expressed horror or outrage when “those people” are the ones who are dying.
There are also morons advocating for accelerationism from the left, and they are either just that stupid, or are lying in service to the right.
re: #125 BigPapa
Whatever happened to 3 Strikes? That dude needs to go away for a long time.
3 strikes is a state law thing, so it will vary from state to state.
re: #126 Barefoot Grin
I’m thinking about it, too. If she got cancer I don’t think we would be able to save her. (BTW, she’s not a Dalmatian, but she looks a lot like the foremost pup in Backwood’s post that follows yours.)
These surprises can be unpleasant. A week after my sister got her latest dog, the silly thing crashed into a tree in her yard and got itself a spinal injury that seems to have led to permanent continence issues. In addition to stiff vet bills, no doubt.
re: #127 EPR-radar
There also morons advocating for accelerationism from the left, and they are either just that stupid, or are lying in service to the right.
??? Who on the left is promoting that philosophy of a race war to destroy minority communities??
re: #120 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I’m thinking about pet insurance to keep that expense predictable. It’s a lot cheaper than human insurance.
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It gets considerably more expensive as your pet ages. still less than human insurance but my dog is almost 13 now and I am considering not renewing. At her age if she gets cancer or something I am not likely to want to put her through the treatment, or surgery or anything to stressful.
re: #131 danarchy
It gets considerably more expensive as your pet ages. still less than human insurance but my dog is almost 13 now and I am considering not renewing. At her age if she gets cancer or something I am not likely to want to put her through the treatment, or surgery or anything to stressful.
That’s the other side of the consideration. And that I don’t always trust insurance to come through.
re: #128 EPR-radar
3 strikes is a state law thing, so it will vary from state to state.
Well with 21 convictions that’s 7 states worth of 3 Strikes laws.
Oh, wait, my math is off. Well, he’s still an asshole.
re: #126 Barefoot Grin
I’m thinking about it, too. If she got cancer I don’t think we would be able to save her. (BTW, she’s not a Dalmatian, but she looks a lot like the foremost pup in Backwood’s post that follows yours.)
I couldn’t when my cat got cancer. The initial tests alone are over a grand here, and I couldn’t afford to spend over a couple of grand on a sick pet.
re: #119 JC1
Sure, but as GWB eloquently stated ‘fool me once, shame on you… Can’t get fooled again’.
What’s the point in talking to Putin now, unless he reaches out first, hat in hand?
Now?
Who is taking too Putin now?
Apart from everyone that is.
Why do people have this weird obsession about not talking? As if it was impossible to do two things are once?
re: #132 Barefoot Grin
That’s the other side of the consideration. And that I don’t always trust insurance to come through.
I use PetsBest insurance, I have only needed it a couple of times in 13 years and it has been a lot easier than dealing with my Blue Cross insurance.
re: #130 Hecuba’s daughter
??? Who on the left is promoting that philosophy of a race war to destroy minority communities??
Ah. Two different things are being called accelerationism. What I’ve seen (from the left or from right wing liars pretending to be left) referred to as accelerationism is the offensively stupid thesis that the US needs to hit political rock bottom in the form of an extended period of Republican rule before people will “get it” enough to actually oppose Republicans.
I like to summarize this as: “Many of you will die but that’s a sacrifice I am willing to make.”
re: #136 danarchy
I use PetsBest insurance, I have only needed it a couple of times in 13 years and it has been a lot easier than dealing with my Blue Cross insurance.
Do you get anything for referrals? It has a field for a referral code on the quote request form.
re: #137 EPR-radar
Ah. Two different things are being called accelerationism. What I’ve seen (from the left or from right wing liars pretending to be left) referred to as accelerationism is the offensively stupid thesis that the US needs to hit political rock bottom in the form of an extended period of Republican rule before people will “get it” enough to actually oppose Republicans.
I like to summarize this as: “Many of you will die but that’s a sacrifice I am willing to make.”
Exactly. BeauTFC did a really good video on this recently. A lot of Susan Sarandon/Bernout/Dirtbag Left-types emailing him about why he doesn’t subscribe to their accelerationist bullshit and he got pissed.
I thought about this while watching the eclipse last night. Nearly all news outlets and websites referred to the coming event (And similar in recent years) as an ominous ‘BLOOD MOON!’ Decades in the past, they were just called ‘lunar eclipses’. No breathless sensationalism, and my planetarium audiences back then were more curious than perturbed by them.
Now, they, and other natural events, are hyped in such a way that I feel many people are being led away from understanding science, and towards baseless fears. Is this accidental sensationalism, or part of the deliberate coarsening of society through questioning learning and secular worldviews.
re: #138 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Do you get anything for referrals? It has a field for a referral code on the quote request form.
I was not aware, but they have a place where you can send someone a referral code. It looks like maybe they send me an amazon gift card. Not anything I have ever done before.
re: #90 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I’m picturing you in a Ranger’s tower rather than looking at the weather on a computer.
I’m complimented
I seriously thought about doing that after college. But decided that I would have to deal with too many people. And I am most definitely not a people person.
I forget where I saw it, but there is the saying “Try not to deal with people who have more problems than you do.”
re: #141 danarchy
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re: #123 Backwoods_Sleuth
Look at all those BLM and ANTIFA!
re: #123 Backwoods_Sleuth
Career criminal turned terrorist gets 75 days in jail. You just know he’s white.
re: #142 ckkatz
I’m complimented
I seriously thought about doing that after college. But decided that I would have to deal with too many people. And I am most definitely not a people person.
I forget where I saw it, but there is the saying “Try not to deal with people who have more problems than you do.”
I am profoundly grateful that my career (patent agent) has let to remarkably little interaction with the general public.
re: #139 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
Exactly. BeauTFC did a really good video on this recently. A lot of Susan Sarandon/Bernout/Dirtbag Left-types emailing him about why he doesn’t subscribe to their accelerationist bullshit and he got pissed.
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I don’t watch all of his that are posted here, but I’m glad I watched this one. It cuts to the point. His frustration is palpable. Excellent.
I dont know if any of you have tried to get on Balloon Juice, it’s been down all weekend, and they finally got enough up to present this:
For the techs among you, go skim the whole thing: balloon-juice.com
Also, have a shitty TTRPG idea:
A bard that is, for all intents and purposes, a cheerleader. Performance is dance or baton, and spell verbal components can be cheers.
“2, 4, 6, 8 who do we appreciate? The fighter!” 👏👏 “The fighter!”— 🇺🇦 bee does art (comms/collabs by request) (@BrassikArts) May 13, 2022
re: #125 BigPapa
Whatever happened to 3 Strikes? That dude needs to go away for a long time.
Ha, I should have read down a couple.
re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth
Thanks for the heads-up! Ordered additional Covid-19 tests!
re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth
Me, too! Thanks, BWS, you’re an excellent asset to us all!
planned parenthood clinics as well ron? https://t.co/MmBiWswzfs
— darth™ (@darth) May 16, 2022
re: #120 Crush White Nationalism
I’m thinking about pet insurance to keep that expense predictable. It’s a lot cheaper than human insurance.
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jfc
Peter Navarro on Fauci: “Here’s your future, Tony. Republicans are gonna take back the House. You’re gonna sit your ass down in a chair, in Congress, and you’re gonna confess to creating the virus .. and we’re gonna fit you for an orange jumpsuit.” pic.twitter.com/IETVkt5kaa
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 16, 2022
re: #123 Backwoods_Sleuth
Now I slightly regret having changed my old, but still timely username.
Some people hang Nazis, others give them a 75 day sentence for trying to end our democracy by killing Congress.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 16, 2022
re: #156 steve_davis
presumably there aren’t as many cat smokers.
Just the hep cats, and it’s not tobacco that they’re smoking.
re: #126 Barefoot Grin
I’m thinking about it, too. If she got cancer I don’t think we would be able to save her. (BTW, she’s not a Dalmatian, but she looks a lot like the foremost pup in Backwood’s post that follows yours.)
I’m afraid I come from a long line of country Pennsylvanians. If my cat gets cancer, I’ll give her a nice send-off. But thousands to keep her alive for an indefinite stretch? Nah.
In 2021, Kentucky changed its Open Records Act to exclude requests not made by KY residents.
Other states have done the same.
Below, a KY state agency asks its Tennessee counterpart for public info and is told nope, you’re not a Tennessean.
If only public info was public. ^JC pic.twitter.com/qnIrQ2ijYe— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) May 16, 2022
re: #158 Crush White Nationalism
Now I slightly regret having changed my old, but still timely username.
I am mildly amused that within 24-hours of getting fitted for his new jumpsuit, he will have a new nickname:
Robert “Fudge” Packer.
Welcome to the party, pal!
When jumping out of your car to pitch a fit at the drive-through window, while harassing an underpaid employee, be sure to put your car in park. pic.twitter.com/XaRCUHWXWG
— 🥀_Imposter_🕸️ (@Imposter_Edits) May 15, 2022
‘I don’t think I did anything wrong,’ woman who jumped into spider monkey enclosure at El Paso Zoo speaks out https://t.co/b2P03yLPNC
— KVIA ABC-7 News (@abc7breaking) May 16, 2022
EL PASO, Texas — The video was seen worldwide. An El Paso woman jumping into the spider monkey enclosure at the zoo and feeding two of the animals Cheetos in May 2021. For the woman in the video, the backlash was swift. She was arrested and lost her job at an El Paso law firm, and received harassment online from people concerned with the health of the monkeys. She now faces a pending criminal trespass case.
Her name is Luz “Lucy” Rae. A year later, she is working for a new law firm and claims she “did not do anything wrong” the day of the incident. She decided to sit down and speak with ABC-7 exclusively.
On May 22, 2021, Rae says she visited the El Paso zoo with a friend. That same day, another zoo guest videoed Rae climbing over a two-foot fence and entering the spider monkey enclosure, crossing a three-foot-deep moat, and feeding two of the monkeys Cheetos. She is then seen walking back through the moat and climbing out of the enclosure.
The 37-second video clip went viral across the world, making headlines all over the internet.
“I was shocked that someone had recorded it and shocked that it went viral,” Rae explained.
Rae would not answer why she decided to go into the enclosure that day. Her new boss, attorney Mark T. Davis, said there was a pending criminal lawsuit, and they did not want to talk about the incident, but she believes what happened was not a crime.
“Well, I don’t think I did anything wrong. I didn’t do anything wrong. I did not hurt anyone,” Rae said.
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Rae defends her actions for jumping in the enclosure, saying there was no signage that prohibited the action. Dr. Milne disagrees.
“In the society we live in, in general, a fence without a gate is a barrier that means you’re not supposed to go in there,” Dr. Milne said. The zoo decided to extend the height of the fence in one area of the enclosure.
El Paso police arrested Rae for criminal trespass. A spokesman for the department said the investigation into Rae’s case is still open, almost one year later. That means the district attorney’s office cannot prosecute the criminal trial until they are handed all the evidence and facts from police.
A spokesman for the zoo says Rae is currently not banned from entering the facility. The spokesman says the case is under litigation, and pending the outcome of a criminal case, a decision will be made after.
Rae says she has no plans of apologizing to the zoo for what happened. When asked if she learned any lessons from the incident and the fallout afterward, Rae responded, saying, “I learned just keep the Cheetos to myself. I can’t share.”
O_o
I have news for you gun lovers: the guy who murdered ten strangers in Buffalo considered himself a “good guy with a gun” while he murdered them.
— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) May 15, 2022
“The whole thing is a sideshow designed to distract us from the fact that Elon has buyer’s remorse” - @CaseyNewton is 100% correct https://t.co/FZAOgfu7Ss
— Jason Goldman (@goldman) May 16, 2022
Has Elon started wearing maga gear yet to pwn the libz? Just wait….
This is Luna. She’s not usually allowed on the couch, but there are bigger problems in the world, so she’ll be right here if you need her. 13/10 pic.twitter.com/QusCvbp9WV
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) May 16, 2022
re: #169 Dr. Matt
Has Elon started wearing maga gear yet to pwn the libz? Just wait….
The wealthy have always exploited bigots to prevent government that would improve the lives of ordinary people, including those bigots, to keep labor desperate and cheap, so the things Musk is doing don’t surprise me at all. He’s just another exploitative billionaire, no better than the remaining Koch brother.
He did have a lot of success in selling electric cars to well off liberals who didn’t realize what he is. I hope those days are over.
re: #61 The Pie Overlord!
The Twitter botswarm, with all brand-new shiny accounts created no earlier than April 2022, wants us to believe that the Buffalo shooter was “leftist” based on something they cherry picked out of the 180-page racist screed.
Here are some samples. You have been warned:
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Yeah, a couple of them tweeted that racist photo montage at me overnight. They really think “what about black on black crime??!” is a winning argument. I’ve seen a few comments here and there actually cheering for the killer too.
Media thinkpieces all over the place about the “great replacement” conspiracy theory as if it’s actually a coherent theory, when really it just boils down to some nasty old stanky racist bullshit. It’s not a theory, it’s an excuse for genocide.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 17, 2022
re: #172 Charles Johnson
I have one million Standard Galactic Credits that say when the Buffalo shooter pleads not guilty (likely, I’m guessing) there will immediately be a crowdfunding thingy set up to pay for his defense.
re: #58 Dopamine Fish
Fat, older woman here. She looks faaaaaabulous. Also tired of asshats judging her for being fat. They never complain about anorexic models, do they?
re: #58 Dopamine Fish
Quite a few years ago I was in King of Prussia Mall and there was a fashion show and practically every model looked like they just walked out of (please excuse me for saying this) Auschwitz.
re: #76 Decatur Deb
I used to have a copy of the US Army’s FM 7-7, Armoured Infantry Platoon and Squad Leader Guide. Had a lot of interesting info like how to use a DRAGON ATGM.
What I found concerning was the level it was written at. About Grade 8 English, and it was supposed to be for officers and NCOs.
re: #173 Charles Johnson
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I want to upding twice or more. That stupid Ben Shapiro thing about “actually, it’s only about Jews and we’re fine and therefore bunk” made me want to throw something.
75 days is fine as long as it is at the original Camp Auschwitz. https://t.co/99EtSTlRMZ
— Liddle Pizza Pie 🇺🇦🌻🌈🍕 (@Pie_Overlord) May 17, 2022
I absolutely LOVE having Touch ID on this new keyboard. Frickin’ brilliant.
jhc
Tucker: Because a mentally ill teenager murdered strangers, you cannot be allowed to express your political views out loud. That’s what they’re telling you pic.twitter.com/OcjVPsaUoi
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 17, 2022
re: #181 The Pie Overlord!
Tucker put a cork in it.
oh boy pic.twitter.com/rRNlRltNi4
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 17, 2022
re: #181 The Pie Overlord!
Because there is no important difference between violence and conversation…
re: #181 The Pie Overlord!
jhc
That’s his way of saying he’s never going to stop encouraging white nationalists no matter how many people they kill.
Those specific “political views,” yes. It’s not OK to promote violent white nationalism. A lot of our problems come from people who think white nationalism and bigotry against any group is an acceptable “political view.”
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 17, 2022
I’ve been intentionally loading lots of applications and lots of windows in Chrome, and the M1 iMac is amazing; I can’t see any performance hit. My old Mac Pro’s internal fan used to spin up and make noise with a fraction of this CPU load, and you could see the system starting to lag on simple operations like scrolling windows, etc. I have yet to make the iMac even notice the load.
LOOK AT FIONA’S TEENY, TINY SIBLING! We can’t wait to meet you! 😍🦛
The @CincinnatiZoo posted this photo of Bibi’s ultrasound today, saying they were able to see the baby and his/her feet as well as hear the heartbeat!
Check out more Zoo babies: https://t.co/VdCGkEnNpd pic.twitter.com/9d3VEG5HSH— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) May 17, 2022
I am trying to get all of my stuff together for Primary Day tomorrow. I have not heard anything from my ward leader or my neighbor who is supposed to be my co-committee. I am going to do what I normally do and leave it at that.
If you cannot call this white supremacist a white supremacist, if you cannot call this terrorist a terrorist, then you are not a journalist https://t.co/lp8FSbWFGy
— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) May 17, 2022
re: #188 Backwoods_Sleuth
Umm… (*cough*) … a fetus is not a baby…
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
Is Tucker saying you have to be mentally ill to have his “political views?”
Of course being a crazy racist asshole like Tucker or this shooter isn’t mental illness. It’s moral depravity.
re: #183 Crush White Nationalism
Pet insurance is inexpensive with young cats. I went with the unlimited rather than the $5000 limit.
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Hey thanks for using the referral link, they already sent me an email with referral rewards, I can select either a $25 Amazon or Petco gift card, not bad.
Good long thread
‘Hate and a gun’ https://t.co/2Ob8ITKlIE
— *The* Editorial Board (@johnastoehr) May 16, 2022
re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth
Because they can’t say that they will shoot him. Yet.
When jumping out of your car to pitch a fit at the drive-through window, while harassing an underpaid employee, be sure to put your car in park. pic.twitter.com/XaRCUHWXWG
— 🥀_Imposter_🕸️ (@Imposter_Edits) May 15, 2022
NEW: The White House just blasted Jeff Bezos after he attacked Biden on Twitter: “It’s unsurprising that this tweet comes after the President met with labor organizers, including Amazon employees.” They also said it’s obvious why he opposes paying his fair share in taxes. (WaPo)
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) May 16, 2022
re: #181 The Pie Overlord!
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The go to excuse when one of theirs goes off message and acts out without their approval. Sadly, it only further stigmatizes REAL mental health issues to the detriment of many people.
Sending all good wishes and prayers for a continued speedy recovery to Senator Chris Van Hollen, who gave an excellent and inspiring speech at the Western Maryland Democratic Summit even as he apparently suffered this mild stroke. We’re with you, Chris!
— Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) May 16, 2022
George Carlin was the first comedian that made me realize that there’s truth in most jokes when he said, “…rights aren’t rights if someone can take em away. They’re priveledges. That’s all we’ve ever had in this country is a Bill of TEMPORARY priviledges…” pic.twitter.com/MXco7tT6iH
— Nothing Will Change Squad (@hlhamphall) May 16, 2022
The Republican controlled AZ Senate has voted to open an investigation into Wendy Rogers comments about the Buffalo shootings. I posted her comments where she said the murders were a false flag FBI operation. https://t.co/CstY6AyDKV
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 16, 2022
re: #177 Romantic Heretic
I used to have a copy of the US Army’s FM 7-7, Armoured Infantry Platoon and Squad Leader Guide. Had a lot of interesting info like how to use a DRAGON ATGM.
What I found concerning was the level it was written at. About Grade 8 English, and it was supposed to be for officers and NCOs.
Eighth-grade English is precisely the level we are taught to write. If they’re insulted, they can see the Chaplain. If they misunderstand it, a lot of soldiers die.
Which thing that she did? She’s been demonstrating her moral depravity for a while in many different ways. Her power comes from Liz Cheney having a conscience, and a replacement that doesn’t have that weakness, from the perspective of theocratic white nationalists, being needed.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 17, 2022
re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth
WHY ETHICS INQUIRY? Republican Senate Majority Leader Rick Gray tells Senate he intro’d ethics investigation to head off a vote to expel Sen. Wendy Rogers. pic.twitter.com/jOQjNOOiZQ
— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) May 16, 2022
re: #205 retired cynic
lol. Even back then there were critics.
re: #197 Belafon
their best to add another $3.5 TRILLION to federal spending. They failed, but if they had succeeded, inflation would be even higher than it is today, and inflation today is at a 40 year high.
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) May 16, 2022
Don’t Billionaires have anything better to do than have twitter fights all day?
Mysterious US Army PSYOPS recruiting video has critics scratching their heads — and wondering about its real intent https://t.co/WCIQjaj7cC
— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 17, 2022
re: #208 danarchy
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Don’t Billionaires have anything better to do than have twitter fights all day?
It’s not like they work for their money.
re: #208 danarchy
Don’t Billionaires have anything better to do than have twitter fights all day?
Nope.
Other people work to make Bezos his money, so he can spend his time getting in Twitter fights.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 17, 2022
On the eve of the US Senate GOP primary in PA, Kathy Barnette touts the coveted Cliff Clavin endorsement. pic.twitter.com/vAtxDNWaFP
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 17, 2022
Ask Ukraine https://t.co/OQ3wtEh9ix
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 17, 2022
I had completely forgotten that he’s a scumbag, having not thought about him at all for many years. It’s good of him to remind us.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 17, 2022
re: #206 Crush White Nationalism
.@WendyRogersAZ response to ethics investigation and expulsion attempt. pic.twitter.com/9b7thmAeXN
— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) May 17, 2022
she is a real piece of work…
Like I’m not joking they really aired this https://t.co/d2TACK63vA
— Sophia Tesfaye (@SophiaTesfaye) May 16, 2022
As Speaker of the House, it was my official honor to welcome the First Minister of Scotland, @NicolaSturgeon, to the United States Capitol. I look forward to continuing our shared work on COVID-19, the climate crisis and so many other issues. pic.twitter.com/v0rnvTQY6r
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) May 17, 2022
re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth
They know their stupid racist audience. We shouldn’t have media meant to aggravate racists into at best voting for lying thieves, and at worst murdering crowds of people, but here we are.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 17, 2022
re: #110 John Hughes
Where is the earth shattering kaboom? I was promised an earth shattering kaboom!
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
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she is a real piece of work…
“Well, she sure is a caution….”
re: #220 Dave In Austin
Frenchdela…
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Thinking of it as a clock, it looks like about Love-18 or so.
The secret passage from Tijuana to San Diego featured rail and ventilation systems, electricity and reinforced walls, authorities said. https://t.co/7zn8rrY33l
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) May 17, 2022
Fire danger increases across Bay Area this week as drier, windier conditions intensify https://t.co/jkL985O3YS
via @abc7newsbayarea— Mike Nicco (@MikeNiccoABC7) May 17, 2022
Who knew Reagan was a Democrat? https://t.co/PWksB059aB
— Kragar🌻 (@Kragar_LGF) May 17, 2022
Doocy: Jeff Bezos tweeted about that…
KJP: It’s not a huge mystery why one of the wealthiest individuals on Earth opposes an economic agenda that is for the middle class.. pic.twitter.com/ZZcQU7UHBg— Acyn (@Acyn) May 16, 2022
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wendy is nutter than a port-a-potty after a 3 day pecan festival.
eewwwww
Oz: When you go to bed at night, put your head on that soft pillow, you’ll know Oz will be doing exactly what you want him to do if you were there next to him pic.twitter.com/M1lkJgqzmU
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 17, 2022
— animals going goblin mode (@mischiefanimals) May 16, 2022
niterz, lizardz!
re: #224 Captain Ron
It’s not nearly as nice or as long as the one built for El Chapo Guzman’s escape from the Altiplano prison in 2015. While Guzman’s wasn’t as deep (33 feet) or as wide (30 inches) but it was 5 ft 7 inches tall and .93 miles long (way longer than this tunnel). It also had lights, air ducts and high-quality construction materials for its one use. Oh yeah, and a motorcycle was found in the tunnel.
I’d be curious to see how this tunnel compared to other tunnels dug in the area, because Guzman had a tunnel expert in his cartel. But hey, it’s just curiosity.
VIDEO: Another major sandstorm has blanketed Iraq, turning the sky orange and sending thousands to hospital with breathing issues pic.twitter.com/xW2NGvUKRw
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 16, 2022
re: #233 mmmirele
It’s not nearly as nice or as long as the one built for El Chapo Guzman’s escape from the Altiplano prison in 2015. While Guzman’s wasn’t as deep (33 feet) or as wide (30 inches) but it was 5 ft 7 inches tall and .93 miles long (way longer than this tunnel). It also had lights, air ducts and high-quality construction materials for its one use. Oh yeah, and a motorcycle was found in the tunnel.
I’d be curious to see how this tunnel compared to other tunnels dug in the area, because Guzman had a tunnel expert in his cartel. But hey, it’s just curiosity.
Chapo’s tunnels were the first things I thought of, but not in that kind of detail. Thanks!
re: #193 danarchy
Hey thanks for using the referral link, they already sent me an email with referral rewards, I can select either a $25 Amazon or Petco gift card, not bad.
Danarchy’s buying the next round.
re: #235 wrenchwench
Chapo’s tunnels were the first things I thought of, but not in that kind of detail. Thanks!
You’re welcome. Even though the tunnels are obviously expensive, the amount of money they could make from smuggling in probably makes up for the expense.
I find the use of tunnels interesting, but they are not the only way drugs get across the border. If there’s any way of getting drugs across, cartels have used it. Tanker trucks with false compartments. Trucks carrying food items in number 10 cans, but drugs are packed with the food. Railroad transportation from southern Mexico to across the border. Even this very creepy and unsettling take your car across the border, let someone you know take it away, then it comes back later. There are drugs everywhere in the car and then you’re supposed to drive it back over the border. But you know nothing, nothing. The whole thing gives me chills.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Buffalo man is under arrest, accused of making a terroristic threat.According to the Erie County District Attorney’s Office, this surrounds threats Joseph S. Chowaniec allegedly made to a pizzeria on Delaware Avenue in Buffalo and to a brewery downtown.
Investigators say the 52-year-old called both businesses Sunday afternoon and made threats referencing Saturday’s mass shooting at the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Avenue. 10 people lost their lives in that shooting, three people were injured.
Buffalo man under arrest, accused of making terroristic threats to area businesses (WKBW-Boston)
re: #224 Captain Ron
Hoomans have been making tunnels for thousands of years.
Perhaps this one should stay… just in case the Trumper GOP succeeds in fulfilling its fascist urges, we can escape to Mexico.
re: #239 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Hoomans have been making tunnels for thousands of years.
Perhaps this one should stay… just in case the Trumper GOP succeeds in fulfilling its fascist urges, we can escape to Mexico.
According to the article, by law the Border Patrol (?) has to concrete up the entrance on the US side.
Propaganda for children. Gross. I have a better recommendation. A children’s book about justice, by @PreetBharara. https://t.co/vFevlHYcy5
— Julia Carro (@dipiteee) May 15, 2022
— Conservative Self-Owns (@ConSelfOwns) May 17, 2022
re: #231 Backwoods_Sleuth
He’ll be going back to Turkey?
Cue the expected and pitiful expressions of “thoughts and prayers” from those held so powerfully in the grip of the gun lobby.
I think every single one of them knows where they can shove their “thoughts and prayers.”— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) May 16, 2022
It is well past time for outrage and action.
It is well past time for Congress to step up and pass real nationwide gun safety legislation.— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) May 16, 2022
We cannot continue to relieve, and relive, and relive the headline of The Onion, “No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens.”
That headline is supposed to be a joke.
We can prevent it. Commonsense gun safety now.— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) May 16, 2022
re: #245 Crush White Nationalism
Such a stupidly fun show! Hope the season lives up to it.
re: #248 Belafon
To shoot and kill as many people as possible with whom they disagree with or simply don’t like.
My almost 14 year old chiweenie. In the morning, he limps when he gets up. Right now, he’s doing sprints around the house.
re: #250 Belafon
What are you feeding him? Can people eat it?
Bleah.
Finally got the parts to install the 2TB in my laptop.
Tried to install Debian Linux to give a current version a try. Many more headaches than I had with FreeBSD and the hardware and drivers (don’t get me going on GPL tonight.).
Ended up reinstalling Windows 11 and all my downloaded apps and try to rebuild from the stuff on my desktop. Lost the originals of the last couple of photo posts I made here - glad those copies exist at least. Also ended up back about a week on my budget spreadsheet as well.
Mostly fixed and still a great portable for as cheap as I got it even with the upgrades I’ve made.
First world problems, eh?
He’s too stupid to vaccinate, so it may get a lot easier to separate the man from his music pretty soon.
Eric Clapton Tests Positive for COVID, Postpones Gigs (WROR)
I finally get to read this tweet:
Actual #StarTrek writer: “You’re a moron.”
You can quote me on that. https://t.co/zySvo4gPqn— Robert Hewitt Wolfe (@writergeekrhw) May 15, 2022
And I have to share this chain:
— Precious_Daniels_SupportsThis (@auntieuppity109) May 15, 2022
— Precious_Daniels_SupportsThis (@auntieuppity109) May 15, 2022
re: #253 Crush White Nationalism
He’s too stupid to vaccinate, so it may get a lot easier to separate the man from his music pretty soon.
Eric Clapton Tests Positive for COVID, Postpones Gigs (WROR)
Correction: He says he got an AstraZenica shot and that it messed him up, so he probably never even got his 2nd dose, and will be unprotected.
re: #253 Crush White Nationalism
He’s too stupid to vaccinate, so it may get a lot easier to separate the man from his music pretty soon.
Eric Clapton Tests Positive for COVID, Postpones Gigs (WROR)
From the official statement from his people about testing positive:
It is very frustrating that having avoided Covid throughout lockdown and throughout the period when travel restrictions have been in place Eric should have succumbed to Covid at this point in time, but we very much hope he will be sufficiently recovered by the end of the week to be able to perform the remainder of the planned performances.
A co-worker said yesterday his allergies are kicking his butt this year as never before. I asked whether he had had COVID. He said twice. So I suggested that may have affected his defenses to allergies. He called out sick today.
Oh, by the way, I finally ordered some free COVID tests. I feel fine.
A coworker of mine had COVID pretty good. Ever since then he smells smoke when AC kicks on. Doesn’t matter if in house or car. It’s been a year.
My mate tested positive for Covid yesterday, we both had it in June 2020. I tested negative, I feel fine. She is doing well, we both were vaccinated, she has a bad cold, lots of de congesting, but fine enough for an Old Fashioned (the drink!) tonite.
Been giggling for 15 minutes
they throw it on the pile, Tim pic.twitter.com/7ZySB3ojtR
— Stacy Cay 🏳️⚧️ (@stacycay) May 17, 2022
re: #256 Eclectic Cyborg
Yeah, who could have imagined getting Covid after preventative measures were eliminated?
re: #258 BigPapa
A coworker of mine had COVID pretty good. Ever since then he smells smoke when AC kicks on. Doesn’t matter if in house or car. It’s been a year.
There’s a company here in Dallas that says they can help fix taste after covid.
Two thoughts for the night:
I see so many hateful Christians that I’m glad I’m not one.
If you’re what a Christian is supposed to be like then we’re already in Hell.
(Neither applies to people here.)
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
“OK? So, this is not about race,” he continued. “This is about American citizenship! This is about the value of your citizens.”
Bannon said that he was “not backing off one inch” despite the shooting
So basically “The shootings will continue until moral improves!”
Dead? (As a chorus of commenters have suggested)
I wish Tucker Carlson were more like Rush Limbaugh.
— Shaybo (@Dennis_be_here) May 16, 2022
re: #78 Backwoods_Sleuth
Boris Johnson being booed as he arrives in Northern Ireland to try and rip up the Brexit deal he himself negotiated, won an election on, and put into law
I am amazed at how he just stamps his feet, shakes his head and shouts “Nuh-uhh!” when confronted with his own actions - and gets away with it.
re: #265 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
I’m trying so hard to refrain from making such comments but it would be doing society a favor.
re: #111 Backwoods_Sleuth
When I read the Buffalo shooter’s manifesto, I noticed something: large chunks of the text were directly copy-pasted from the 2019 Christchurch mosque shooter’s message.
And are liberals attacking New Zealand and calling for a blanket Haka ban? Of course not, they’re too busy mooning over the the latest Lord of the Rings series and the homosexual subplot of Our Flag Means Death!
re: #125 BigPapa
Whatever happened to 3 Strikes? That dude needs to go away for a long time.
That’s for black guys who steal pizzas
re: #137 EPR-radar
What I’ve seen …referred to as accelerationism is the offensively stupid thesis that the US needs to hit political rock bottom in the form of an extended period of Republican rule before people will “get it” enough to actually oppose Republicans.
Problem with the notion of needing to hit rock bottom in order to recover is the fact that if the GOP is in power long enough they will fix it to stay there.
Look how close they came in 2020; even after a record Democratic turnout, it was still a close-run thing and is still being loudly and aggressively contested.
re: #140 HypnoToad
I thought about this while watching the eclipse last night. Nearly all news outlets and websites referred to the coming event (And similar in recent years) as an ominous ‘BLOOD MOON!’ Decades in the past, they were just called ‘lunar eclipses’. No breathless sensationalism, and my planetarium audiences back then were more curious than perturbed by them.
If it bleeds, it leads
re: #173 Charles Johnson
Media thinkpieces all over the place about the “great replacement” conspiracy theory as if it’s actually a coherent theory, when really it just boils down to some nasty old stanky racist bullshit.
Congratulatory Race Theory: We should teach our children to proud of what the White Race has done in shaping our great nation!
re: #257 wrenchwench
A co-worker said yesterday his allergies are kicking his butt this year as never before. I asked whether he had had COVID. He said twice. So I suggested that may have affected his defenses to allergies. He called out sick today.
Oh, by the way, I finally ordered some free COVID tests. I feel fine.
My allergies are off the charts this year to the point that some days I’d really like to just die.
re: #208 danarchy
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How does one become a billionaire and not understand economics?
I’d like him to explain how an infrastructure bill that paid for itself added to inflation.
Seriously. All the COVID relief given out for the entirety of the pandemic until Labor Day 2021 when it stopped likely added to 0.25-0.5% of the current inflation. The rest of it is supply shock from COVID and oil prices due to Putin’s fuckery.
For the last time. The Fed doesn’t “print money”, that’s not how QE works. That’s not how deficit spending works. Not how the national debt works. Not how MONEY works.
That’s not how any of this works. The fact that Fed is raising interest rates to try to control this makes me wonder if some of them know how this works anymore, frankly. Watch for some serious deflation if we ever stop playing whack a mole with COVID variants.
re: #273 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
My allergies are off the charts this year to the point that some days I’d really like to just die.
concolences
allergies suck
mine have been mild this year, mostly just dry eyes.
re: #274 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
How does one become a billionaire and not understand economics?
He understands, but he also understands RW talking points and how to spew them.
They don’t make cars like they used to:
re: #277 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
It had a rear camera. Way before it’s time.
Elon Musk said he plans to vote Republican in the upcoming election cycle after voting “overwhelmingly” for Democrats in the past, Insider reports.
Not the best candidate in each race
Just plain tribal
This thinking is what’s wrong with everybody
Let me fire up the smoker, I got this.
Hawaii’s ongoing battle with thousands of feral chickens continues — and written testimonies and reports from local news outlets suggest it’s not going very well.
The Associated Press reported that in the past two months, the city and County of Honolulu set traps in five areas and have caught just 67 chickens, costing $7,000. That amounts to $104 per bird. The Associated Press says that catching chickens is costly because the traps are being vandalized and stolen, though it’s unclear who’s damaging them and why. Now, city officials are trying to address the public’s desperate pleas for help while figuring out a cost-effective solution.The problem is so dire that a bill introduced in the Hawaii State Legislature sought to establish a state-funded program to address the feral chickens. Unfortunately for Oahu’s chicken-plagued residents, however, Senate Bill 2195 failed to advance.
According to written testimonies from Hawaii individuals responding to the proposed legislation recorded in early March, the “aggressive” chickens have “overtaken the community.” Residents say they’re damaging and defecating on properties, obstructing roads and roosting in mango trees while making loud “cackling” noises from dawn until dusk.
re: #281 Shropshire Slasher
Let me fire up the smoker, I got this.
Wife has a solution. It involves dumplings.
I am glad the family will have some sort of closure.
The remains of a 17-year-old Rochester girl were found in South Carolina last week more than a decade after vanished on a spring break trip to Myrtle Beach — and a man has been arrested for her murder, law enforcement officials announced Monday.
The body of Brittanee Drexel, who was reported missing on April 25, 2009, was discovered Wednesday in Georgetown County, not far from the popular vacation destination where she was last seen, the Georgetown County Sheriff said at a press conference Monday.
“This is truly a mother’s worst nightmare,” Brittanee’s mother Dawn Drexel said at the press conference.
“I’m mourning my beautiful daughter Brittanee as I have been for 13 years, but today it’s bittersweet. We are much closer to the closure and the peace that we have been desperately hoping for.”
3/6. Second guess surprised me but put me on the solving word.
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The Stupid… It burns!
#Russia: Why it is unwise to take items from the battlefield: Today, a Swedish Pansarskott 86 (AT-4) launcher exploded in the truck of a civilian car- not in UA, but in Mytishchi, Russia.
It was taken from the battlefields of E. Ukraine- perhaps as a souvenir or for sale. pic.twitter.com/OohtR3ExeJ— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) May 17, 2022
Hërr Musk has a case of the cold feets 😢:
20% fake/spam accounts, while 4 times what Twitter claims, could be *much* higher.
My offer was based on Twitter’s SEC filings being accurate.
Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to show proof of <5%.
This deal cannot move forward until he does.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 17, 2022
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U.S. believes that Russia fired a half-dozen missiles toward Yavoriv Military Base in the past 24 hours, likely from a submarine in the Black Sea. This is base where the US was training Ukrainians prewar and currently operates as a logistics hub for western support. -Pentagon⚡️
— spook (@spook_info) May 16, 2022
LVIV: UKR General Staff confirms the Joint Training Center in Liviv was attacked by RU Kilo Class submarines firing Kalibr land-attack cruise missiles. RU submarines have become the primary means of naval attack on Ukrainian cities. https://t.co/36utZcHSwV pic.twitter.com/3Xv2Ijd7l8
— Chuck Pfarrer (@ChuckPfarrer) May 16, 2022
I wonder how many of those missiles Russia has.
re: #291 Belafon
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I wonder how many of those missiles Russia has.
How many subs do they have in the Black Sea, and how long does it take for them to go back to Sevastapol to reload after firing?
re: #288 Dr. Matt
Musk got the praise from banned scumbags that his narcissism required, then got cold feet. His demand of the impossible, that Twitter be only 5% bots, is absurd.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 17, 2022
re: #293 Crush White Nationalism
Spot on accurate.
Nobody:
Absolutely nobody:
Russian MFA:
Here’s a three-page explainer how Russia has *nothing* to do with the global food supply crisis pic.twitter.com/5DdRPr7ju8— Max Fras (@maxfras) May 17, 2022
re: #291 Belafon
A lot of people at Ft. Bliss would love a chance to operate against those missiles, just for the learning value.
re: #295 Teukka
Lol
To (near) quote your text:
The switch to green power is causing the problems.
Drops in demand for fossil fuels have caused fossil fuel price rises— Gordon 📀 Data hunter-gatherer, grapher (@gordonrlove) May 17, 2022
This is standard Russian military procedure in all of their wars. Russia is a terrorist state. Refusing to acknowledge that reality only makes Russia more dangerous. https://t.co/5K001ii1mo
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) May 16, 2022
It’s Politico, Gary:
Pathetic. This generation of Western leaders are so fearful and so used to finding ways to spin losing that they don’t know how to win. Stop trying to find ways to make a war criminal happy and help kick Putin’s ass out of Ukraine. https://t.co/gkK9qgyZuj
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) May 16, 2022
re: #299 Belafon
Unless we screw the Ukrainians, this can’t end with Putin in power. When it gets to that point, we’ll just have to trust that the Russians love their children, too.
re: #293 Crush White Nationalism
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Musk should have done more due diligence before making the offer, but the less than 5% bot figure is Twitter’s official number. If the figure is significantly higher then Twitter is lying to its investors and advertisers.
re: #301 JC1
Musk should have done more due diligence before making the offer, but the less than 5% bot figure is Twitter’s official number. If the figure is significantly higher then Twitter is lying to its investors and advertisers.
It’s the precision: “5% +/- 25%”.
re: #300 Decatur Deb
Unless we screw the Ukrainians, this can’t end with Putin in power. When it gets to that point, we’ll just have to trust that the Russians love their children, too.
I can personally testify that there are a lot of American families that love their guns more than they do their own children. I have more than once here at LGF told the story of my own childhood near-death experience with family and guns.
It stands to reason that other nations including Russia also are able to prioritize other things as greater in value than the lives of their own children. National pride, racism, misogyny, hatred for homosexuals, outsiders, immigrants, and a host of other things can be elevated over the life of a child. This is not a game.
re: #304 Florida Panhandler
It’s the same old MAD, and most of us have lived our entire lives under it. The alternative is “The Craziest Guy Runs The Show”.
re: #304 Florida Panhandler
It stands to reason that other nations including Russia also are able to prioritize other things as greater in value than the lives of their own children. National pride, racism, misogyny, hatred for homosexuals, outsiders, immigrants, and a host of other things can be elevated over the life of a child. This is not a game.
“Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.”
Golda Meir, 1957
re: #300 Decatur Deb
Unless we screw the Ukrainians, this can’t end with Putin in power. When it gets to that point, we’ll just have to trust that the Russians love their children, too.
We really don’t have any say in whether or not Putin remains in power, because we aren’t going to drive on Moscow to remove him. Only the Russians can remove Putin. As we saw in the Gulf War with Saddam, even a crushing military defeat is no guarantee that he will be overthrown.
re: #307 No Malarkey!
If we force the Ukrainians to a compromise he stays in power. If he hits NATO, we are at war. If he goes with nukes anywhere, we have instantaneous decisions to make.
Not that anyone cares anymore, but in Kentucky there was another big increase in new Covid cases last week to over 6,400, and the test positivity rate increased for the sixth week in a row to 9.35%. But reported deaths dropped to 96 from 167 the previous week.
re: #301 JC1
Musk should have done more due diligence before making the offer, but the less than 5% bot figure is Twitter’s official number. If the figure is significantly higher then Twitter is lying to its investors and advertisers.
Twitter is lying to its investors and advertisers, which should be obvious to anyone who has taken an interest in Twitter.
re: #309 No Malarkey!
Not that anyone cares anymore, but in Kentucky there was another big increase in new Covid cases last week to over 6,400, and the test positivity rate increased for the sixth week in a row to 9.35%. But reported deaths dropped to 96 from 167 the previous week.
Alabama is clearly showing a case upturn, a fatality incidence flat-and-low. We are not being at all aggressive in reporting efforts. Wife and I expect to be looking for a fifth shot by August, and have pretty much dropped our camping trips again.
re: #309 No Malarkey!
Not that anyone cares anymore, but in Kentucky there was another big increase in new Covid cases last week to over 6,400, and the test positivity rate increased for the sixth week in a row to 9.35%. But reported deaths dropped to 96 from 167 the previous week.
As long as those deaths are people over 5 years old, it’ll be people who were already very sick, or people who were too stupid to get vaccinated. I hate all the death, but we are ridding ourselves of a lot of narcissistic fools who think they can dictate an alternate reality where a pandemic can’t harm them and they don’t need to vaccinate.
re: #293 Crush White Nationalism
I was going to make some puerile joke then I realized that Elon was responding to Teslarati above you.
Note that he’s responding to his own fan account.
— Sean (@sean_s_mc) May 17, 2022
re: #313 darthstar
I was going to make some puerile joke then I realized that Elon was responding to Teslarati above you.
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re: #308 Decatur Deb
If we force the Ukrainians to a compromise he stays in power. If he hits NATO, we are at war. If he goes with nukes anywhere, we have decisions to make.
I believe we will not force Ukraine to compromise, though I don’t know how much military support we will provide if they have routed the Russian army and are besieging Sevastopol. Putin isn’t going to attack NATO because he has nothing left to attack with. I also believe he won’t use nukes because he doesn’t even know himself which, if any of them, actually work. The US spends $10 billion annually on nuclear weapon maintenance, and the Russian maintenance budget was probably stolen by its generals. I don’t think Putin is irrational; he just made a bad decision based on misinformation and his own hubris and prejudice against Ukraine.
re: #312 Crush White Nationalism
As long as those deaths are people over 5 years old, it’ll be people who were already very sick, or people who were too stupid to get vaccinated. I hate all the death, but we are ridding ourselves of a lot of narcissistic fools who think they can dictate an alternate reality where a pandemic can’t harm them and they don’t need to vaccinate.
Even at 78, the chance of death isn’t that worrisome. The threat of long-term QoL impact is still out there, undefined.
Western states efforts struggle to deal with the longest dry streak since 800 A.D and its effects on snowpacks, topsoil, and reservoirs.
The numbers show just how devastatingly dry the Western US is right now (Popular Science)
Way to go Vlad; you have rallied all of Europe to stand against you.
Finnish Parliament vote on @NATO:
YES 188
NO 8.
Historic.— Alexander Stubb (@alexstubb) May 17, 2022
re: #315 No Malarkey!
I believe we will not force Ukraine to compromise, though I don’t know how much military support we will provide if they have routed the Russian army and are besieging Sevastopol. Putin isn’t going to attack NATO because he has nothing left to attack with.
We will supply as much help as Ukraine needs right up until the day Republicans take over Congress. After which, Ukraine best hope the EU has the capacity to take care of them, ‘cause we won’t.
re: #319 sagehen
We will supply as much help as Ukraine needs right up until the day Republicans take over Congress. After which, Ukraine best hope the EU has the capacity to take care of them, ‘cause we won’t.
Until then, shitsticks like Rand Paul will obstruct as much as possible.
re: #319 sagehen
We will supply as much help as Ukraine needs right up until the day Republicans take over Congress. After which, Ukraine best hope the EU has the capacity to take care of them, ‘cause we won’t.
The majority of Republicans in Congress still support Ukraine, so it depends after the midterms if the neocons and Democrats still outnumber the Trumpists. McConnell and Graham are mostly despicable, but they don’t worship Putin. Though I certainly hope the Ukrainians have routed the Russians well before the new Congress is seated.
re: #320 Decatur Deb
Until then, shitsticks like Rand Paul will obstruct as much as possible.
Which isn’t much; the new aid package will be approved this week.
NPR pledge drive….again.
Annoying as hell, but I’m not gonna listen to the other dreck out there. BTW, KJZZ, the NPR outlet in Phoenix was #1 in the ratings in the last monthly book. There are smart people here, honestly.
re: #325 Egregious Philbin
NPR pledge drive….again.
Annoying as hell, but I’m not gonna listen to the other dreck out there. BTW, KJZZ, the NPR outlet in Phoenix was #1 in the ratings in the last monthly book. There are smart people here, honestly.
Maricopa County did deliver Arizona for Biden.
re: #325 Egregious Philbin
NPR pledge drive….again.
Annoying as hell, but I’m not gonna listen to the other dreck out there. BTW, KJZZ, the NPR outlet in Phoenix was #1 in the ratings in the last monthly book. There are smart people here, honestly.
If every Democratic voter gave $5 to NPR, not only would they only have to do one pledge drive a year, but they could ditch every corporate sponsor and hire some serious news crews.
re: #325 Egregious Philbin
NPR pledge drive….again.
Annoying as hell, but I’m not gonna listen to the other dreck out there. BTW, KJZZ, the NPR outlet in Phoenix was #1 in the ratings in the last monthly book. There are smart people here, honestly.
Sadly, the first thing outsiders think of is “Sheriff Joe”.
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re: #220 Dave In Austin
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State and local officials across Nevada signed agreements with Northshore Clinical Labs, a COVID testing laboratory run by men with local political connections. There was only one problem: Its tests didn’t work.
The COVID Testing Company That Missed 96% of Cases (Propublica)
Check out this craptastic poll question:
60% of GOP voters say they’re more concerned by immigration policy that weakens whites’ power than they are about mass violence committed by white supremacists. pic.twitter.com/s6AIJ18LuG
— Cameron Easley (@cameron_easley) May 17, 2022
Are you more worried about the violence caused by white supremacists, or that immigrants are being brought in to weaken white power?
Morning Consult asked people to compare their fears over something that definitely does exist, with something that definitely does not. There are exactly zero politicians and zero policies designed to promote the conspiracy theory that Morning Consult pushed at people in their poll.
You might as well ask in a poll, “Are you more concerned about being hit by a bus, or by that massive killer asteroid now screaming toward Earth at a million miles an hour which will snuff out all life forever?” There’s a good chance the asteroid will rack up a lot of votes. That doesn’t make it an actual threat.
Or, to put it in terms that are more equivalent to what Morning Consult actually did, why not ask people, “Are you more concerned by violence committed in the U.S. by white supremacists, or by the $700,000 that the U.S. government gives to every Black person?” or, “Are you more concerned by violence committed in the U.S. by white supremacists, or by how Democrats are trying replace the current electorate with new, more obedient voters from the Third World.” The first of those is from the Buffalo shooter’s “manifesto.” The second is from a Tucker Carlson diatribe. They’re both the same thing as what Morning Consult actually used: a conspiracy theory fed to respondents without qualifiers and given the same weight as a genuine, ongoing threat.
re: #333 Belafon
Check out this craptastic poll question:
Are you more worried about the violence caused by white supremacists, or that immigrants are being brought in to weaken white power?
Is anyone surprised that white supremacist violence isn’t a problem for white supremacists? When the majority of your voters are scum, there’s no coming back. The Republican party needs to be kept far from power over Americans.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 17, 2022
re: #327 Belafon
My nephew works for them, does podcasts. He just won an Edward R. Murrow award. Very proud of him!
re: #316 Decatur Deb
Even at 78, the chance of death isn’t that worrisome. The threat of long-term QoL impact is still out there, undefined.
As is the possibility of another variant, with so many people incubating and transmitting the virus. (And let’s spare a thought for the people who legitimately can’t be vaccinated or are immuno-deficient for one reason or another.)
re: #323 Backwoods_Sleuth
well, there’s the “boom” that JH asked for yesterday.
Check out the rocket launcher I stole in Ukraine.
What’s this thing do?
No! Don’t touch tha—-
re: #336 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
As is the possibility of another variant, with so many people incubating and transmitting the virus. (And let’s spare a thought to the people who legitimately can’t be vaccinated or are immuno-deficient for one reason or another.)
It’s the immuno-deficient that are creating the really freaky variants because they can be infected with more than one variant for an extended period, so thinking about them is thinking about all of us.
re: #337 darthstar
Check out the rocket launcher I stole in Ukraine.
What’s this thing do?
No! Don’t touch tha—-
Also, they’re going to have a hell of a time finding parts for that Kia.
This is very Downfall https://t.co/IAQ4cxsdcw
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) May 16, 2022
Jesus…this is terrible.
Russians destroyed the National Gene Bank of Plants of Ukraine
It was our only plant bank. It kept more than 160 thousand varieties of plant seeds, and hybrids of agricultural crops, including those that no longer exist in Europe, and the world.https://t.co/46do7lyH8T— Yana Morozova 🇺🇦 (@jane_in_vain) May 17, 2022
re: #340 Crush White Nationalism
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re: #272 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Congratulatory Race Theory: We should teach our children to proud of what the White Race has done in shaping our great nation!
Fox News through Ingraham, one of its resident racist intermediaries, is already blaming others for this massacre. Hint: it’s not Great Replacement Theory. huffpost.com
Pixels are dying all around me. I have a dozen black dead pixels and one white one on my projector, and just noticed a dead pixel on the TV I use as a 4K monitor. Fortunately, it’s about a centimeter from the top edge of the screen, so is hard to notice.
Three years ago, I’d never experienced a dead pixel on any display. Now I’ve had three DLP projectors with dead pixels and one LCD TV.
re: #344 Hecuba’s daughter
Fox News through Ingraham, one of its resident racist intermediaries, is already blaming others for this massacre. Hint: it’s not Great Replacement Theory. huffpost.com
Is it the furries? I saw a thread on Fark yesterday that they were blaming furries.
re: #340 Crush White Nationalism
Probably his generals are so afraid of him that they’re passing everything upstairs, so he can’t blame them.
re: #346 Dopamine Fish
Oh, here it is. wonkette.com
And in an article on the injunction against most of the Alabama anti-trans bill, I found this nugget regarding our good friends Governor Abbott and Indicted Felon Paxton:
A DFPS employee with a transgender child who faced investigation sued, and the trial court granted an emergency injunction statewide. On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court voided the statewide injunction, which sounds BAD — and that’s what Paxton would like you to think. But in reality the court said an injunction was inappropriate because Paxton and Abbott never had the authority to unilaterally rewrite the law and order DFPS to enforce it. The plaintiffs in this case still get their injunction, and, although the court found that a statewide injunction was not appropriate on an emergency basis, presumably any Texas family facing an investigation will also be able to get an injunction.
re: #347 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Probably his generals are so afraid of him that they’re passing everything upstairs, so he can’t blame them.
The ones who are still alive? I’m thinking these decisions may be passing to Putin because the officers who would’ve made them are dead.
re: #284 Eventual Carrion
3/6. Second guess surprised me but put me on the solving word.
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re: #350 No Malarkey!
The ones who are still alive? I’m thinking these decisions may be passing to Putin because the officers who would’ve made them are dead.
I’m not a veteran or anything, but I believe the chain of command goes down one “link” in the case of the commanding officer’s death, not up.
re: #351 Hecuba’s daughter
3 for me too! It’s been awhile.
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re: #348 Dopamine Fish
Oh, here it is. wonkette.com
Its refreshing to see a new excuse other than the tired old video games, godlessness and Americans don’t have enough guns.
re: #352 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
I’m not a veteran or anything, but I believe the chain of command goes down one “link” in the case of the commanding officer’s death, not up.
Sure, until you are down to either Putin or a scared shitless teenage conscript.
re: #354 No Malarkey!
Its refreshing to see a new excuse other than the tired old video games, godlessness and Americans don’t have enough guns.
Furries are usually lumped into the “godlessness” category, but the specific talking point is definitely new, and no doubt inspired by their recent lies regarding furries and schools.
re: #340 Crush White Nationalism
Worst. Military. Commander. Of. All. Time.
We’re talking about a long laundry list of terrible military leaders. Valdimir Putin, one-time hero to many right wing Americans, will go down as the very worst military leader in world history.
re: #346 Dopamine Fish
Is it the furries? I saw a thread on Fark yesterday that they were blaming furries.
Fark has a furry, Matty the Mouse, but he’s not in that thread.
In that thread, someone posted this jpg. I’m pretty sure Boebert is raising a school shooter. The gremlin and her kids look so creepy, even creepier than the other white nationalist families posing as terrorists, except maybe the flag desecration family, but she sent that out anyway.
re: #356 Dopamine Fish
Furries are usually lumped into the “godlessness” category, but the specific talking point is definitely new, and no doubt inspired by their recent lies regarding furries and schools.
They have been on the Conservative Shit List ever since they started demanding access to public sandboxes.
re: #357 Florida Panhandler
Worst. Military. Commander. Of. All. Time.
We’re talking about a long laundry list of terrible military leaders. Valdimir Putin, one-time hero to many right wing Americans, will go down as the very worst military leader in world history.
I look forward to him being added at the bottom of the scoring list for Civilization.
re: #357 Florida Panhandler
Worst. Military. Commander. Of. All. Time.
We’re talking about a long laundry list of terrible military leaders. Valdimir Putin, one-time hero to many right wing Americans, will go down in history as the very worst military leader in world history.
For sheer numbers of casualties, Stalin still has him beat. Hitler too, probably (I don’t know how much micromanaging AH did before the end of the war).
re: #361 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
For sheer numbers of casualties, Stalin still has him beat. Hitler too, probably (I don’t know how much micromanaging AH did before the end of the war).
Stalin did win though, and in the end, that is what counts.
re: #361 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
For sheer numbers of casualties, Stalin still has him beat. Hitler too, probably (I don’t know how much micromanaging AH did before the end of the war).
Quite a bit, and for similar reasons as Putin. Hitler felt his generals were failing him, and his one stroke of genius (in approving von Manstein’s plan of attack at Sedan, which won the Battle of France) was almost wiped out by his own incompetence, but the eventual win inflated his ego to the point where he demanded personal control of the entire German reserve, and refused to allow it to go into action on D-Day, costing Rommel and von Manstein their only chance to contain the breakout.
Damn. I called May 18 for application way before and nailed it. 👀
BREAKING:
Sweden and Finland will jointly hand in their NATO membership applications tomorrow.
Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson and Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö announced the news at a joint press conference moments ago in Stockholm.
This is history in the making. pic.twitter.com/DsFtQCtCyw— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) May 17, 2022
re: #365 Teukka
Damn. I called May 18 for application way before and nailed it. 👀
And all Putin can do is cry about it.
U.S. health regulators cleared for use a booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE for children 5 to 11 years, expanding booster access to about 28 million youngsters.The decision Tuesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permits a third dose of the shot at least five months after the second dose.
Pfizer’s Covid-19 Booster Cleared for 5- to 11-Year-Olds (WSJ via MSN)
Ben is mad at Dinesh for barging in on his grift then Seb saw an opportunity and tried to sidle in on it too which will mean Ben has to double down to make up for the loss of revenue stolen from the mooks.
It’s the circle of grift lifecycle in full motion.— Marcus (@alocalbookshop) May 17, 2022
re: #368 No Malarkey!
To paraphrase Golda Meir: We will have peace with the conservative pundits when their hate for each other is greater than their love of money.
6 yesterday. 5 today. Crapola.
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re: #368 No Malarkey!
Who ever accused Ben Shapiro or Seb Gorka of being smart? It doesn’t take much to feed bigoted rubes the lies that please them. A smart person would choose better work that wasn’t intended to undermine the nation in the service of the radicalized-right.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 17, 2022
re: #312 Crush White Nationalism
As long as those deaths are people over 5 years old
Uhm…..was that a typo? Did you mean like 65 or 50?
re: #372 Dr Lizardo
Uhm…..was that a typo? Did you mean like 65 or 50?
No, people under 5 are unvaccinated, so more vulnerable than the rest of us are.
Someone found out.
Vaccine Skeptic Eric Clapton Contracts COVID, Cancels Shows Because He’s ‘Anxious’ https://t.co/CvepocSre7
re: #374 Dave In Austin
Someone found out.
46% of Covid deaths in Kentucky, over 7,000, could’ve been prevented by vaccination, including my coworker who died December 26. Overall, the study found, Kentucky ranks fourth in the nation for its number of vaccine-preventable deaths per 1 million adults, behind Tennessee, Wyoming and West Virginia.
re: #340 Crush White Nationalism
“Mit dem Angriff von Steiner wird alles zur Ordnung kommt”.
Famous last words, as they say.
re: #376 Dr Lizardo
“Mit dem Angriff von Steiner wird alles zur Ordnung kommen”.
Famous last words, as they say.
“DAS WAR BEFEHL!!!”
Nate played the love interest in the original Nickelodeon Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
Geoffrey Owens is an actor who was shamed by the Daily Fail and Fox News for being a cashier.
and songwrite to maintain my sanity. Actors so very rarely have job security or consistent work, quality healthcare, a reasonable retirement. We are actors anyway because it is who we are at the core, for the love and need to bring the words on the page to life and to make you
— Nate Richert (@NateRichert) September 4, 2018
people decide to be mean. GeoffreyOwens is an actor of a very high caliber; long before and long after playing “Elvin” on Cosby. I can’t wait to see what’s next. #GeofferyOwens #ActorsWithDayJobs #SabrinaTheTeenageWitch
— Nate Richert (@NateRichert) September 4, 2018
This woman is so dumb. When a person accidentally shoots someone, they don’t go on to completely unload the gun into them.
Saginaw man shot woman once by accident, then 8 more times, victim testifies (mlive)
In other news, USS Kearsarge is visiting Stockholm. Let’s see where they manage to shoe-horn it in…
re: #384 Teukka
In other news, USS Kearsarge is visiting Stockholm. Let’s see where they manage to shoe-horn it in…
843 feet long…you could turn that around in a bathtub.
re: #384 Teukka
A ship with a monorail inside:
A Monorail system, moving at speeds up to 600 ft/min (3 m/s), transports cargo and supplies from storage and staging areas throughout the ship to a 13,600-square-foot (1,260 m2) well deck, which opens to the sea through huge gates in the ship’s stern. There, the cargo, troops and vehicles are loaded onto landing craft for transit to the beach. The air cushion landing craft can “fly” out of the dry well deck, or the well deck can be flooded so that conventional landing craft can float out on their way to the beach.en.wikipedia.org
re: #385 darthstar
843 feet long…you could turn that around in a bathtub.
Well, Stockholm Free Harbor is a hair larger…
re: #385 darthstar
843 feet long…you could turn that around in a bathtub.
You have a much nicer bathtub than I have.
I love how this canine Fox article completely ignores the context — that Peterson is having a tantrum after being mocked for saying a model’s attractiveness is some sort of deep evo-psych ur-truth being suppressed by totalitarian https://t.co/6tOMethXqU
— FreshMouthHat (@Popehat) May 17, 2022
Irreversible damage to Putin’s hold on power and Russia’s economy…but given his invasion of Ukraine, I’m okay with that.
— Sean (@sean_s_mc) May 17, 2022
The mass shooter in Buffalo targeted not just Black Americans, @DrMichaelLBrown points out, but was a Jew-hater as well, actually calling for Gentile Americans to declare war on American Jews in his manifesto.https://t.co/D4ZHxnPRd8 #racism #antisemitism #BuffaloMassacre
— Religion Unplugged (@ReligionMag) May 17, 2022
re: #391 darthstar
Putin’s irreversible damage has already occurred. Russia’s only hope for a future is that he’s deposed and replaced with a leader who does not invade his neighbors or work to undermine democracy worldwide. Russia doesn’t have to be a pariah. It’s a choice their leader made.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 17, 2022
re: #392 The Pie Overlord!
That’s a tough break for Ben Shapiro who will be very conflicted over this.
re: #375 No Malarkey!
46% of Covid deaths in Kentucky, over 7,000, could’ve been prevented by vaccination, including my coworker who died December 26. Overall, the study found, Kentucky ranks fourth in the nation for its number of vaccine-preventable deaths per 1 million adults, behind Tennessee, Wyoming and West Virginia.
Wyoming has too few people for “per 1 million adults” to have any meaning.
re: #396 sagehen
Wyoming has too few peoplel for “per 1 million adults” to have any meaning.
But they still get two Senators and three electoral votes.
re: #395 Crush White Nationalism
That’s a tough break for Ben Shapiro who will be very conflicted over this.
“But he wasn’t targeting me.” - Ben
re: #396 sagehen
Wyoming has too few peoplel for “per 1 million adults” to have any meaning.
then multiply it by 1000. Unless the population is under 100, it’s still a useful stat. It’s just a ratio.
As Biden heads to Buffalo today, shooting lays bare Washington inertia on guns, @Jordanfabian reports. Dems have repeatedly failed to enact measures—universal background checks, assault weapons ban—in decade since gunman killed 26, most of them 1st gradershttps://t.co/ogZChj21k8 https://t.co/79j5GEBF6B
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) May 17, 2022
Your regular reminder that the media continues to collectively decide that the GOP has no agency, and everything must somehow be Dems fault. As if the NRA, Fox News, the -chans, and white supremacy either never happened or are just something that is there in the ether.
EDIT: fixed the twitter link
This is one of the most fantastic pieces of artwork I have ever seen. This is made with “quilling in which thin strips of paper are rolled into coils and then pinched and nudged into shape …” The completed “rug” is 38” x 50” x 1/4”.
Six Years In the Making, the Elaborate ‘Grand Jardin’ by Lisa Nilsson Pushes the Boundaries of Paper
thisiscolossal.com
re: #400 Citizen K
[Can’t find this tweet right now: twitter.com ]
Your regular reminder that the media continues to collectively decide that the GOP has no agency, and everything must somehow be Dems fault. As if the NRA, Fox News, the -chans, and white supremacy either never happened or are just something that is there in the ether.
For some reason, I cannot see her tweet.
re: #400 Citizen K
Republicans made guns fetish objects. We need to remove them from our government if we don’t want to be the only developed nation that’s a constant bloodbath.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 17, 2022
Not so much fun: The Digital Services Act and how it can make our internet better
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re: #402 Belafon
Twitter is crashing right now. I just got an endless spinner.
I have had plenty of *policy* disagreements with @DanCrenshawTX but I have never have questioned his patriotism. Just stunning to see Fox News tee off on a wounded veteran. Tucker Carlson isn’t man enough to give a finger nail for this country. Dan lost an eye. Case closed. https://t.co/lZrLhc3WGt
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) May 17, 2022
re: #408 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #403 Crush White Nationalism
Someone needs to do a “Republicans have repeatedly blocked measures, fixed that for you, Jennifer” back at her.
re: #409 Belafon
Tonight I will put on facebook “So I see Tucker is attacking veterans.”
Trump attacked McCain — and that gave him the support of the GOP base and the 2016 Republican nomination. Tucker is just emulating his hero.
re: #410 Belafon
Someone needs to do a “Republicans have repeatedly blocked measures, fixed that for you, Jennifer” back at her.
Those responding to her tweet have repeatedly made that very same statement, for example:
“GOP has repeatedly obstructed Dems’ efforts to enact measures…”
please report accurately— cheugy (@radiosintunnels) May 17, 2022
re: #410 Belafon
Someone needs to do a “Republicans have repeatedly blocked measures, fixed that for you, Jennifer” back at her.
Lawhawk covered that.
GOP is a wholly owned subsidiary of Putin and NRA, but failure to enact gun responsibility measures are on Democrats?
Put the onus where it belongs - the GOP who offers nothing but more dead bodies to the NRA gun sellers and manufacturers. That’s only thing they care about.— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) May 17, 2022
Biden in Buffalo: “What happened here is simple and straightforward: Terrorism. Domestic terrorism … a hate that, through the media and politics, the internet, has radicalized angry, alienated, lost, and isolated individuals into falsely believing that they will be replaced” pic.twitter.com/jRv5P595yb
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 17, 2022
I agree, but only because the American right has become so delusional, and insist on being fed lies meant to undermine our democracy. If not for his awful racist audience, Tucker would just be another upper class twit. The idiots who love to be lied to are the real problem.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 17, 2022
To be clear the Biden administration has repeatedly urged Congress to provide emergency funding and warned of the risks of not doing so. https://t.co/WPmwwvBQHa
— Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro46) May 17, 2022
re: #414 Backwoods_Sleuth
If that fucker had a job or girlfriend, he is absolutely going to be replaced as he rots in prison.
This is the 2nd person in three days that I’ve seen say they’re turning into the Joker because of the stupidity in our society.
this and the total lack of urgency for a vaccine for kids under 5 has me fully jokerfied
— Tom Joad The Wet Sprocket (@Adequate_Scott) May 17, 2022
Two of the people Erdogan wants in exchange for NATO membership for Sweden/Finland or calls terrorists:
Ragıp Zarakolu
Amineh Kakabaveh
Sweden doesn’t extradite Swedish nationals. Period. Not negotiable. Sweden doesn’t extradite if person risks execution or extrajudicial killing. Period. Not Negotiable. Sweden does not extradite members of the Riksdag. Period. Not negotiable.
And if he’s asked for Amineh and gotten no response from Swedish authorities because of how ludicrous the request is, it’s well earned lack of respect…
re: #419 Teukka
Two of the people Erdogan wants in exchange for NATO membership for Sweden/Finland or calls terrorists:
Ragıp Zarakolu
Amineh Kakabaveh
Sweden doesn’t extradite Swedish nationals. Period. Not negotiable. Sweden doesn’t extradite if person risks execution or extrajudicial killing. Period. Not Negotiable. Sweden does not extradite members of the Riksdag. Period. Not negotiable.And if he’s asked for Amineh and gotten no response from Swedish authorities because of how ludicrous the request is, it’s well earned lack of respect…
Amineh Amineh
re: #403 Crush White Nationalism
Dems have repeatedly failed to enact measures—universal background checks, assault weapons ban—in decade since gunman killed 26, most of them 1st graders
how are the “Dems” supposed to do this?
i dont mean attempt
i dont mean gesture
i dont mean make the other side look bad by holding votes
i mean do, as in ‘accomplish’ this
when the dems themselves are not all of one mind
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re: #423 Backwoods_Sleuth
You can unlock even a decent tracfone with your fingerprint. There’s no excuse to leave it unlocked. I barely go out, and my phone has a lock set. You give the kid an old phone with no service to play with.
re: #424 Teukka
The world is damn lucky I don’t work for the Swedish Department of State… I’d kindly ask Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to go copulate himself.
You can send them a note, or an endless Fax loop.
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re: #419 Teukka
Two of the people Erdogan wants in exchange for NATO membership for Sweden/Finland or calls terrorists:
Ragıp Zarakolu
Amineh Kakabaveh
Sweden doesn’t extradite Swedish nationals. Period. Not negotiable. Sweden doesn’t extradite if person risks execution or extrajudicial killing. Period. Not Negotiable. Sweden does not extradite members of the Riksdag. Period. Not negotiable.And if he’s asked for Amineh and gotten no response from Swedish authorities because of how ludicrous the request is, it’s well earned lack of respect…
The first guy I can understand: being a “Turkish human rights activist” has got to land him on Erdogan’s shitlist: but Amineh Kakabaveh? (and yeah, like Sweden is going to extradite a sitting MP to be murdered executed???)
re: #395 Crush White Nationalism
That’s a tough break for Ben Shapiro who will be very conflicted over this.
Shaprio’s only conflict (similar to the mindset of Clarence Thomas and other well known malicious dirtbags) will be if he can manage the dangerous calculus of whether or not he can finagle his way into the graces of white supremacists and be able to achieve a level of power and success in the new upcoming racist regime… or fail in his political math and simply be fed to dogs.
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