Seth takes a closer look at former President George W. Bush accidentally confessing to being a war criminal and Republicans voting against bills that would address the nationwide shortage of baby formula.
The GOP cannot spoil their talking point that “The baby formula crisis was caused by government intervention!”
And it was: the government intervening to close a plant that was producing dangerously tainted formula.
Which is the very sort of thing the government is there for.
As $TSLA spirals, all the Elon Musk fanbois are lining up to defend him:
onemileatatime.com
Dumbest take so far: the $250K severance package is totes in line with what frontline service-level employees can expect to get.
re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The GOP cannot spoil their talking point that “The baby formula crisis was caused by government intervention!”
And it was: the government intervening to close a plant that was producing dangerously tainted formula.
Which is the very sort of thing the government is there for.
If you let them kill babies with bad formula, there’s no shortage. This is clearly the government’s fault.
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re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The GOP cannot spoil their talking point that “The baby formula crisis was caused by government intervention!”
And it was: the government intervening to close a plant that was producing dangerously tainted formula.
Which is the very sort of thing the government is there for.
I think the Dems need to start messaging around “The GOP wants to feed your baby poisoned formula that has already KILLED 2 infants!”
Use their fear-mongering against them.
re: #3 Crush White Nationalism
If you let them kill babies with bad formula, there’s no shortage. This is clearly the government’s fault.
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The free market would have already cleared this up after a few (hundred) deaths from bad formula.
re: #5 Belafon
The free market would have already cleared this up after a few (hundred) deaths from bad formula.
If only that nasty old government hadn’t imposed prohibitive tariffs on Canadian formula, it could be imported to alleviate the shortage. I blame Biden.//
re: #4 Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
Death cult GOP was unmoved by 1 million dead from covid, despite all the evidence that masking and vaccination could reduce the spread and severity of the disease and its effects.
Death cult GOP unmoved by gun violence death toll of 40,000+ dead every year from gun violence.
Death cult GOP unmoved by mass shootings killing dozens as in Vegas, or 2 dozen toddlers, as in Sandy Hook.
What’s two babies dead from formula with that backdrop.
These same death cultists are the same pro forced birth extremists who want to sacrifice hundreds of women to die from ectopic pregnancies and other complications from pregnancies so that they can claim that a fetus has superior rights to a woman who is already alive and breathing.
re: #2 Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
As $TSLA spirals, all the Elon Musk fanbois are lining up to defend him:
onemileatatime.comDumbest take so far: the $250K severance package is totes in line with what frontline service-level employees can expect to get.
When I was laid off in the third round of layoffs from a previous company, as a mid-tier software developer, I got 2 months’ pay as severance. Spoilers: That ain’t $250k. That ain’t even $250k at my current salary as a highly-paid senior developer. If you’re getting $250k as anything less than a C-tier executive, that’s not severance, that’s a bribe.
re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The GOP cannot spoil their talking point that “The baby formula crisis was caused by government intervention!”
And it was: the government intervening to close a plant that was producing dangerously tainted formula.
Which is the very sort of thing the government is there for.
Hey, you know that, I know that, I’m sure most Lizards here know that: the bigger question is whether or not the “Mainstream Media” is going to pick up on that point. And, sadly and disgracefully, the general coverage is probably going to go with “not”.
re: #4 Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
I think the Dems need to start messaging around “The GOP wants to feed your baby poisoned formula that has already KILLED 2 infants!”
Use their fear-mongering against them.
Along with the observation that while the GOP has gone all-in on “protecting” the unborn, their concerns for the already-born seem to somewhat less-developed…
re: #8 lawhawk
Death cult GOP was unmoved by 1 million dead from covid, despite all the evidence that masking and vaccination could reduce the spread and severity of the disease and its effects.
Death cult GOP unmoved by gun violence death toll of 40,000+ dead every year from gun violence.
Death cult GOP unmoved by mass shootings killing dozens as in Vegas, or 2 dozen toddlers, as in Sandy Hook.
What’s two babies dead from formula with that backdrop.
These same death cultists are the same pro forced birth extremists who want to sacrifice hundreds of women to die from ectopic pregnancies and other complications from pregnancies so that they can claim that a fetus has superior rights to a woman who is already alive and breathing.
The whole ‘baby formula crisis’ was just the latest in a line of manufactured BS to steer the news cycle away from something they didn’t want discussed (in this case 1/6, Buffalo shooting, R v W leak, etc.)
The shortage though real, isn’t something that should have required Congress to waste time with. We’re talking about 1 product on grocery shelves.
re: #7 No Malarkey!
If only that nasty old government hadn’t imposed prohibitive tariffs on Canadian formula, it could be imported to alleviate the shortage. I blame Biden.//
On the other hand, if it happens on you watch, it is your responsibility and your fault, no matter who created the conditions.
re: #11 JC1
One product on shelves that is essential to a baby’s survival.
You can do without most everything else for a period of time. You can find equivalents for most other products.
Babies that aren’t breastfeeding can’t do without formula.
That’s the difference. There’s no equivalent to a baby formula out there that a baby can safely take if they’re not breastfeeding. Babies who were adopted, fostered, or women who can’t/wont breastfeed need formula for their infants and babies. There’s no other way around that.
re: #12 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
On the other hand, if it happens on you watch, it is your responsibility and your fault, no matter who created the conditions.
True, I mean Biden should just ignore the law in order to get the formula in the country.
re: #14 Belafon
True, I mean Biden should just ignore the law in order to get the formula in the country.
See if they try to impeach him for saving babies.
Like a man who catches a baby being tossed from a burning building being charged with kidnapping.
I got a dual citizenship about 10 years ago. Ireland. The law was if you had a parent or grandparent born there, you are eligible. You need grandparents birth, marriage and death certificates, your parent’s birth, marriage and death cert, and your birth cert. They did just open it further to great grandparents, but there are a few more steps, my nephew is doing it now. I never had a problem with it, I even was hired a few times for a job in the State Department (you get hired, then maybe you get placed), not an issue with the background checks…
re: #11 JC1
The whole ‘baby formula crisis’ was just the latest in a line of manufactured BS to steer the news cycle away from something they didn’t want discussed (in this case 1/6, Buffalo shooting, R v W leak, etc.)
The shortage though real, isn’t something that should have required Congress to waste time with. We’re talking about 1 product on grocery shelves.
It is pretty wild. The formula shelves at Target were bare. Removing a third of the formula meant people had to buy some other product.
re: #18 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Madison Cawthorn Swears Revenge Against Republicans With ‘Dark MAGA’ Uprising
popcorn time!
He’s telling us he’s a fascist monster. I believe him, but I don’t think he’s thought this through.
re: #8 lawhawk
Death cult GOP unmoved by mass shootings killing dozens as in Vegas, or 2 dozen toddlers, as in Sandy Hook.
What’s two babies dead from formula with that backdrop.
I get that it is, by this stage of our national nervous breakdown, impossible to get the GOP to care about anything other than “own the libs.”
What I’d hope is that the 20-35% of those completely disconnected from politics, who only pay fleeting attention in October of presidential election years, MIGHT be reachable with a message that says something akin to “The GOP is putting your baby’s life in danger! They want to look the other way as poison is fed to your child!”
Judge sanctions MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for “frivolous” election lawsuit https://t.co/Pn8JX0u9yY pic.twitter.com/eCcki2PkGA
— The Hill (@thehill) May 20, 2022
A U.S. district judge ordered MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to pay some of voting machine company Smartmatic’s court costs and fees, saying in a ruling on Thursday that some of Lindell’s claims against Smartmatic fall “on the frivolous side of the line.”
“The Court agrees with Smartmatic that Lindell has asserted at least some groundless claims,” U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols wrote in his ruling.
“In particular, the Court concludes that at the very least Lindell’s claim against Smartmatic under the Support or Advocacy Clause falls on the frivolous side of the line (other claims do too). As a result, the Court orders Lindell and his previous counsel to pay some of the fees and costs Smartmatic has incurred defending itself and moving for sanctions,” he added.
Nichols also granted motions from Smartmatic, Dominion Voting Systems and Hamilton Place to dismiss the lawsuits against them.
“Whatever the judge thinks, that’s his opinion,” Lindell told Bloomberg Law in a phone call. “I’ve got lawyers doing more important things like removing these machines from every state.”
re: #19 Crush White Nationalism
He’s telling us he’s a fascist monster. I believe him, but I don’t think he’s thought this through.
There’s a whole lot more waiting for him, should he attempt to continue this fight.
Mostly, however, they’re going to go carrot rather than stick, I would think. A cush gig on Fox where he gets all the attention his toddler-brain needs, and money to blow on vacations with his cousin/aide/cabana boy…
New: Trump pays $110,000 fine after being held in contempt by a New York judge in the civil financial fraud investigation.
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) May 20, 2022
re: #22 Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
There’s a whole lot more waiting for him, should he attempt to continue this fight.
Mostly, however, they’re going to go carrot rather than stick, I would think. A cush gig on Fox where he gets all the attention his toddler-brain needs, and money to blow on vacations with his cousin/aide/cabana boy…
I think his toddler-brain might be a problem, even in that role. The Fox & Friends people are absolute idiots, but they know what their target is and try to hit it. Cawthorne might snipe at anyone.
Calling from jail today, Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola, charged with conspiracy to coordinate the J6 attack on the Capitol: “I didn’t even know I was going to the Capitol .. we just kind of followed the crowd.” When arrested he had a thumb drive with bomb-making instructions. pic.twitter.com/xuyvffzNAp
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 20, 2022
Frau Blücher pic.twitter.com/t6zCkRtaUq
— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) May 20, 2022
re: #16 Egregious Philbin
I got a dual citizenship about 10 years ago. Ireland. The law was if you had a parent or grandparent born there, you are eligible. You need grandparents birth, marriage and death certificates, your parent’s birth, marriage and death cert, and your birth cert. They did just open it further to great grandparents, but there are a few more steps, my nephew is doing it now. I never had a problem with it, I even was hired a few times for a job in the State Department (you get hired, then maybe you get placed), not an issue with the background checks…
Both my grandparents on my mom’s side were born in Ireland. Guess I could get dual citizenship. I’m not going to go through the hassle tho’.
A tale of Twitter.
Stop sharing these. No one cares.
— 🇺🇸 Trump is getting indicted 🇺🇸 (@BabyTrump45) May 20, 2022
One sure way to get me to block you: tell me what I can or cannot post.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 20, 2022
Actually, no. I blocked you because you’re an asshole. pic.twitter.com/eSwrg8Yt1q
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 20, 2022
re: #28 Charles Johnson
A tale of Twitter.
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re: #19 Crush White Nationalism
He’s telling us he’s a fascist monster. I believe him, but I don’t think he’s thought this through.
This is the reaction of someone who has just woken up in a room full of empty bottles and dust-stained mirrors and has just scraped a last bump together out of the remnants…
re: #27 Eventual Carrion
Both my grandparents on my mom’s side were born in Ireland. Guess I could get dual citizenship. I’m not going to go through the hassle tho’.
If I had to run to Israel out of desperately fearing a fascist US… how exactly am I supposed to prove I’m Jewish? Do I recite the sh’ma and kaddish and get into a discussion of my bas mitzvah haftorah? Tell some Seinfeld and Groucho Marx jokes? Ask them to dig through their archives to verify stories my since-deceased rabbi told of his time with the Haganah?
re: #16 Egregious Philbin
I got a dual citizenship about 10 years ago. Ireland. The law was if you had a parent or grandparent born there, you are eligible. You need grandparents birth, marriage and death certificates, your parent’s birth, marriage and death cert, and your birth cert.
Italy does that as well. But only if your grandparents or the first generation over did not ever become naturalized US citizens.
From last thread:
re: #125 Decatur Deb
Good to be born in ’40s Pittsburgh. The survivors were all built like a magarac.
(Probably the mid-1960’s. It looks quaint and curious now. But they took the steel industry quite seriously back in the day.)
re: #35 ckkatz
Joe MAGArac?
re: #36 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“Joe Magarac, whose surname means “donkey” in South Slavic languages…”
re: #35 ckkatz
From last thread:
(Probably the mid-1960’s. It looks quaint and curious now. But they took the steel industry quite seriously back in the day.)
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That’s where I first encountered Joe—the Irish half of my family didn’t tell the tale, and I was cut off from the Croatian half.
re: #37 jaunte
“Joe Magarac, whose surname means “donkey” in South Slavic languages…”
re: #38 Decatur Deb
That’s where I first encountered Joe—the Irish half of my family didn’t tell the tale, and I was cut off from the Croatian half.
Maybe something like calling Marines Jarheads?
Also interesting is the use of the derogatory term for Hungarians (Hunkies) in the song. I don’t remember any derogatory terms for Croatian or Serb ethnicity from growing up in Pittsburgh. And ethnic identity was pretty important back in those day.
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re: #39 ckkatz
Maybe something like calling Marines Jarheads?
Also interesting is the use of the derogatory term for Hungarians (Hunkies) in the song. I don’t remember any derogatory terms for Croatian or Serb ethnicity from growing up in Pittsburgh. And ethnic identity was pretty important back in those day.
The first time I heard Stokely Carmichael or somebody use the word “Honkey” I wondered what he had against Hungarians.
Meanwhile, dispatches from the DC ‘Peoples’ Convoy again encamped at the Hagerstown, Maryland racetrack:
Wednesday:
Despite pledging to not pointlessly circle the Beltway, The People’s Convoy made their return this afternoon and circled the Beltway.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) May 18, 2022
Naturally, the convoy found themselves stuck in rush-hour traffic around 3 p.m. today on the Beltway. A pretty big self-own to get into Beltway traffic for no reason if you ask me.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) May 18, 2022
Things have only continued to crumble for the convoy in recent days: The convoy’s top live-streamer Sasnak announced that he was heading home this morning, and convoy leader David Riddell claims Metro PD has been threatening to take his commercial driver’s license.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) May 18, 2022
Thursday:
Back in Hagerstown, a fight among convoy members has broken out, with one woman claiming a man punched her husband in the face. “Get the fuck out of our campsite,” the woman further yelled.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) May 20, 2022
It’s nearing midnight and I’m down around where the convoy is slated to meet. Apparently, the convoy defeated themselves this time around, as they haven’t even made it to the Beltway.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) May 20, 2022
Friday:
As members of the People’s Convoy continue to fight with each other in Hagerstown, a new tornado watch for the area has been issued.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) May 20, 2022
re: #42 ckkatz
Have they managed to find a point yet?
re: #43 jaunte
Have they managed to find a point yet?
“Why aren’t all of these people working instead of interfering with our convoy by driving on the highway?”
re: #42 ckkatz
Feel The Power Of The “Peoples’ Convoy”!!!
We Will Never Be Defeated!!! *
*though we will prove quite adept at defeating ourselves.
re: #37 jaunte
“Joe Magarac, whose surname means “donkey” in South Slavic languages…”
Heh, like Arnold Horschack, who once explained that Horshack is a “very old and respectable name” that means “the cattle are dying”, IIRC.
Now that we are safely past Noon EDT…
Mornings happen.
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) May 20, 2022
Remember Christian Cooper? The avid bird-watcher and unfortunate victim of Central Park Karen a couple years ago?
He’s getting his own @NatGeo bird watching show.
I couldn’t possibly love this more. https://t.co/lrCAnqysWl— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@NickKnudsenUS) May 20, 2022
re: #39 ckkatz
Maybe something like calling Marines Jarheads?
Also interesting is the use of the derogatory term for Hungarians (Hunkies) in the song. I don’t remember any derogatory terms for Croatian or Serb ethnicity from growing up in Pittsburgh. And ethnic identity was pretty important back in those day.
The two sides of the family really hated each other. I never heard a term for “Serb” from them, because they never spoke of them.
Strangely, most of the grief from our Irish neighborhood fell on Lithuanians—“Litvaks”. They had arrived recently in flight from the Russian expansion. Germans, of course, were hated pro-forma because of the recent war.
As preschoolers, we had the run of the Bluff neighborhood— turned out in the morning, given food at lunch, and called in at dark. That changed once or twice a year when the Gypsies camped in some empty lots. Our parents actually believed there was a market for stolen children.
re: #42 ckkatz
Meanwhile, dispatches from the DC ‘Peoples’ Convoy again encamped at the Hagerstown, Maryland racetrack:
Wednesday:
I can’t believe that a group of antisocial selfish people who just can’t ever do the right thing melted down like this.
Back in Hagerstown, a fight among convoy members has broken out, with one woman claiming a man punched her husband in the face. “Get the fuck out of our campsite,” the woman further yelled.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) May 20, 2022
At least they’re on land, so they can’t sink each other.
re: #41 Decatur Deb
The first time I heard Stokely Carmichael or somebody use the word “Honkey” I wondered what he had against Hungarians.
Honkey is a Crow Jim term.
re: #53 BeenHereAwhile
Honkey is a Crow Jim term.
It became common usage during the struggles of the 60s-70s, then faded.
re: #48 Crush White Nationalism
I have a friend who goes to movies despite the pandemic.
He’s selective about when he goes.This is from half an hour ago, and is probably a showing of the new Dr. Strange.
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Our local drive-in is showing Dr. Strange. My wife and I might go this weekend. Being a drive-in there is not a worry about sitting by unknown people for hours.
re: #55 Eventual Carrion
Our local drive-in is showing Dr. Strange. My wife and I might go this weekend. Being a drive-in there is not a worry about sitting by unknown people for hours.
Just remember a towel to clear the windows.
re: #51 Decatur Deb
The two sides of the family really hated each other. I never heard a term for “serb” from them, because they never spoke of them.
Strangely, most of the grief from our Irish neighborhood fell on Lithuanians—“Litvaks”. They had arrived recently in flight from the Russian expansion. Germans, of course, were hated pro-forma because of the recent war.
As preschoolers, we had the run of the Bluff neighborhood— turned out in the morning, given food at lunch, and called in at dark. That changed once or twice a year when the Gypsies camped in some empty lots. Our parents actually believed there was a market for stolen children.
Interesting!
Growing up, I remember that as a teenage male, there were certain neighborhoods that unless I was looking for a fight with that neighborhood’s teenagers, it was generally a bad idea to enter. There was neutral ground within a block of schools, but that was it.
I remember hearing occasional discussions about local ‘Gypsies’. But for some reason, I thought of them as a group of poor outsider transients rather than as a specific ethnic group. Not sure where my interpretation came from.
We still were supposed to avoid them. But mostly because they were ‘outsiders’ with unknown trustworthiness. Not because they were presumed criminals and sociopaths. But that was just my understanding. Not sure how I got that view.
Elon Musk and his new friend Jim Jordan. pic.twitter.com/3pmXEaVvIp
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 20, 2022
actual tweets:
All true.
Bet most people still don’t know that a Clinton campaign lawyer, using campaign funds, created an elaborate hoax about Trump and Russia.
Makes you wonder what else is fake.
https://t.co/avtjEdthmA— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 20, 2022
re: #54 Decatur Deb
It became common usage during the struggles of the 60s-70s, then faded.
Probably couldn’t air this today.
re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth
This man’s legal team should be getting danger pay. https://t.co/xclRe7w9Hr
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) May 20, 2022
More wisdom from Mike Dunford:
Paying any attention to me was your first mistake.
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) May 20, 2022
re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth
We now know that Musk shoved his exposed erection at an employee and tried to buy sex from her, now he pals around with a guy who looked the other way when kids were molested, and lies about everything. He has no morals at all.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 20, 2022
That didn’t last long. pic.twitter.com/1fhfSPVrHH
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 20, 2022
re: #57 ckkatz
Interesting!
Growing up, I remember that as a teenage male, there were certain neighborhoods that unless I was looking for a fight with that neighborhood’s teenagers, it was generally a bad idea to enter. There was neutral ground within a block of schools, but that was it.
I remember hearing occasional discussions about local ‘Gypsies’. But for some reason, I thought of them as a group of poor outsider transients rather than as a specific ethnic group. Not sure where my interpretation came from.
We still were supposed to avoid them. But mostly because they were ‘outsiders’ with unknown trustworthiness. Not because they were presumed criminals and sociopaths. But that was just my understanding. Not sure how I got that view.
Our RC school was on The Hill, just short of where the Civic Auditorium would be built. Walking there I passed through a very Hebrew-reading area (including our butcher, who gave me my pet “Hot Dog” from the cooler where it was born.) There was a small settled Gypsy enclave. One day the kid on the stoop threatened to put a curse on me if I didn’t give him by comic book. I thought a moment, then decided to take my chances. The beginnings of a life of skepticism.
Interesting economic observation:
Mind blowing stat: Russia imports are collapsing and greatest driver is NOT falling exports from countries who signed on to sanctions, it is the decline in Chinese imports! 28% of decline from prewar is due to CN, many x more than US. Source: M_C_Klein https://t.co/9worBgVkoV
— Martin Chorzempa 马永哲 (@ChorzempaMartin) May 17, 2022
re: #52 Crush White Nationalism
I can’t believe that a group of antisocial selfish people who just can’t ever do the right thing melted down like this.
At least they’re on land, so they can’t sink each other.
DEMO DERBY THIS SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY
A Florida appeals court reinstates the congressional map Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law last month, allowing the controversial new district boundaries to take effect for now https://t.co/QNuVr1r4vY
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 20, 2022
CÁIN DOMNAIG ‘the Law of Sunday’ is the title of a late Old-Irish text on the observation of Sunday
Banned activities included shaving, washing, sex and aimless running
It was, however, ok to track bees 🐝#InternationalBeeDay pic.twitter.com/4tPO2Buw2g— eDIL/Spreading the Word(s) (@eDIL_Dictionary) May 20, 2022
re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth
I assume that’s just to make the sex better because it’s forbidden.
re: #69 Crush White Nationalism
I assume that’s just to make the sex better because it’s forbidden.
Might fall under the Church Commandment prohibiting “servile work”.
catholicculture.org
— LvilleClinicEscorts (@LouClinicEscort) May 20, 2022
#WorldBeeDay🐝Did you know that according to the 8th-century ‘Bee-laws’, swarms of bees settling on consecrated land were subject to different laws than those inhabiting less exalted ground? This & more in #RIApublication A history of Ireland in #100words https://t.co/ldsk8FhLtq pic.twitter.com/eQ2DLbcuxB
— Royal Irish Academy (@RIAdawson) May 20, 2022
re: #46 Jay C
Feel The Power Of The “Peoples’ Convoy”!!!
We Will Never Be Defeated!!! **though we will prove quite adept at defeating ourselves.
The Capital Beltway will defeat all.
Grady Lewis wasn’t the only one who ran into the suspect, Jahlya McKnight, who works at tops, tells me he too had a conversation with the suspect.“We spoke about politics. We also talked about who was the first president and where everybody originated from it was a normal conversation,” McKnight says. “And he had a ‘genius’ shirt on that’s what really caught my eye. After that, he left and he said, ‘I’d make sure that you’re not here.’”
But it’s not too late for people like Grady Lewis and Jahlya McKnight to seek help in this traumatic event.
It’s too late for Jahlya to seek help. She was told to not be there, needed to call the cops, and failed. I understand why a black person would not call the cops, but people are dead because of that.
Two witnesses who had an encounter with the suspected Tops shooter speak
oh…
LOCAL 12 INVESTIGATION@DUANELOCAL12 tracks down source of Russian radioactive shipments to Ohio: https://t.co/WwIOhSrcRq pic.twitter.com/k8gfAZLWox
— Local 12/WKRC-TV (@Local12) May 20, 2022
re: #64 Decatur Deb
Our RC school was on The Hill, just short of where the Civic Auditorium would be built. Walking there I passed through a very Hebrew-reading area (including our butcher, who gave me my pet “Hot Dog” from the cooler where it was born.) There was a small settled Gypsy enclave. One day the kid on the stoop threatened to put a curse on me if I didn’t give him by comic book. I thought a moment, then decided to take my chances. The beginnings of a life of skepticism.
Did not know about the Gypsy enclave.
Very true about the Jews of the Lower Hill.
The “Lower Hill” was, at least partially, a Jewish area up until the 1950’s and early 1960s. The “Urban Redevelopment” of that area with the Civic Auditorium hastened the migration to the Squirrel Hill and Highland Park areas.
Even in the 1960’s and 1970s there were still a lot of Jewish owned businesses in what was left of the Lower Hill.
Mostly original businesses. Often founded by the previous immigrant generation. Although by that point, the businesses were rarely retailers, instead more often wholesalers who sold to the retail stores or other businesses. (Car parts, etc.)
“The beginnings of a life of skepticism.” :)
re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth
The tyrant can go fuck himself. He has no authority over the tribes.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 20, 2022
re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh…
this stuff got shipped to Portsmouth, Ohio.
In my general neighborhood.
Kinda explains a lot, now.
re: #74 Crush White Nationalism
It’s too late for Jahlya to seek help. She was told to not be there, needed to call the cops, and failed. I understand why a black person would not call the cops, but people are dead because of that.
Two witnesses who had an encounter with the suspected Tops shooter speak
Do not 20/20 hindsight this.
OMG this thread:
I want to tell a quick story.
⁰The Buffalo shooter had a toothache.— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) May 20, 2022
re: #79 Belafon
Do not 20/20 hindsight this.
She was told to not be there. That is not 20/20 hindsight.
re: #64 Decatur Deb
Our RC school was on The Hill, just short of where the Civic Auditorium would be built. Walking there I passed through a very Hebrew-reading area (including our butcher, who gave me my pet “Hot Dog” from the cooler where it was born.) There was a small settled Gypsy enclave. One day the kid on the stoop threatened to put a curse on me if I didn’t give him by comic book. I thought a moment, then decided to take my chances. The beginnings of a life of skepticism.
I have been to quite a few events at the Civic Auditorium. I was even drug to an Osmond Brothers concert there in the early 70’s. My sisters wanted to go so mom said sure, dad would be out of town that day, so I had to go along. I would rather it had been the circus.
Horrific. Red state doctors are already refusing to treat miscarriage patients for fear of being investigated and punished. Which is a tragic yet predictable consequence of abortion restrictions, which turn every uterus into a potential crime scene. https://t.co/7t1mGlRgYI pic.twitter.com/yTohXvytdN
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) May 19, 2022
re: #66 nines09
DEMO DERBY THIS SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY
WE’LL SELL YOU THE WHOLE SEAT, BUT YOU’LL ONLY NEED THE EDGE!
re: #76 ckkatz
Did not know about the Gypsy enclave.
Very true about the Jews of the Lower Hill.
The “Lower Hill” was, at least partially, a Jewish area up until the 1950’s and early 1960s. The “Urban Redevelopment” of that area with the Civic Auditorium hastened the migration to the Squirrel Hill and Highland Park areas.
Even in the 1960’s and 1970s there were still a lot of Jewish owned businesses in what was left of the Lower Hill.
Mostly original businesses. Often founded by the previous immigrant generation. Although by that point, the businesses were rarely retailers, instead more often wholesalers who sold to the retail stores or other businesses. (Car parts, etc.)
“The beginnings of a life of skepticism.” :)
Then (early 50s) there were a lot of Jewish-owned stores on Forbes, which I guess was the bottom of the Lower Hill. The shops going up the hill to Epiphany were not just Jewish-owned, but the signage and windows were often in Hebrew. I think I remember newspapers in Hebrew as well.
BREAKING: Russia says the country’s forces have taken full control of the steel plant in Mariupol that was the last stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in the city, marking the end of a nearly three-month siege that left over 20,000 people feared dead. https://t.co/A9okLOBne3
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 20, 2022
re: #83 The Pie Overlord!
Things are going to get crazy. Blue state abortion practitioners are going to have to become very careful about where they travel, because in certain states they will be arrested and charged with murder.
re: #86 Backwoods_Sleuth
It shouldn’t have taken them that long. It cost them a lot of time, people, and equipment.
Hi Elon,
I’m a well-known cybersecurity expert that debunked Sussman’s conspiracy theory when it first appeared in the press.
Nonetheless, your (and Jordan’s) description of what happened is false.
Sincerely,
a fan of Tesla and Starlink— Robᵉʳᵗ Graham (@ErrataRob) May 20, 2022
Tomorrow’s Wordle needs no introduction, but it’s in the contract.
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Starliner is proceeding with docking. The thruster failures during orbital insertion were not consequential.
starlinerupdates.com
I don’t think that’s it. pic.twitter.com/nfbjWNagRe
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 20, 2022
re: #94 Backwoods_Sleuth
Nono, she’s right. We’re racist against Republicans. That’s it, that’s the ticket./
re: #85 Decatur Deb
Then (early 50s) there were a lot of Jewish-owned stores on Forbes, which I guess was the bottom of the Lower Hill. The shops going up the hill to Epiphany were not just Jewish-owned, but the signage and windows were often in Hebrew. I think I remember newspapers in Hebrew as well.
Your observations are very keen.
Here is the context that I saw growing up in Squirrel Hill. As always, ymmv. Certainly I cannot speak of anybody else’s experience, only mine.
The Hebrew lettered signs were usually put up by the immigrant generation and were usually Yiddish rather than actual Hebrew language. Yiddish allowed communication between Jews from throughout a very polyglot Eastern Europe in a way that a secular national language didn’t.
Often the second generation and usually by the third generation most folks were far more fluent in English rather than another language.
By my generation (third) using English versus Yiddish often was often viewed as identifying the community and customers that the business was catering to.
I am not knowledgeable in Yiddish. But my vague recollection is that a lot of Yiddish language publications from Central and Western Europe were transliterated into the Latin alphabet rather than the Hebrew alphabet.
Jim Jordan—along with 201 other House Republicans—voted against a bill that House Democrats just passed to crack down on gas price gouging https://t.co/uw1KUFogmd
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) May 20, 2022
re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth
It really is amazing how shameless Republicans are — they block something and then immediately turn around and blame Democrats for the issue they obstructed progress on.
Unfortunately this works well in the present-day US political hellscape.
re: #74 Crush White Nationalism
I agree with your concern about and distaste for the shooter.
IANAL. But I’m wondering whether the Buffalo shooter had committed any crimes prior to opening fire on the innocent shooters. If not, would the cops, when notified, probably have declined to take action.
Up until the point of criminal actions, it seems to me, our society has ways of limiting and intervening individuals legal rights, but these are often civil rather than criminal legal actions. And often take time.
Wondering if Eastman is just stupid, or if he’s just now realizing he’s the fall guy. https://t.co/i7DOXc4pn4
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) May 20, 2022
Covid is spreading in Kentucky, especially in western Kentucky, where one county is red for the first time in months. govstatus.egov.com
re: #100 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m thinking both.
re: #98 EPR-radar
It really is amazing how shameless Republicans are — they block something and then immediately turn around and blame Democrats for the issue they obstructed progress on.
Unfortunately this works well in the present-day US political hellscape.
the house can pass a thousand such bills, but they’ll never get through the senate. ergo, no progress. it’s the dems’ fault.
Plane damaged beyond repair after hard landing at UK airport https://t.co/yHSGWSwS57
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 20, 2022
A cargo plane was written off due to “extensive damage” after a hard landing at Exeter Airport, a report said.
The Boeing 737-4Q8 was returning from East Midlands Airport with a pilot and co-pilot who were not injured.
The plane was “beyond economical repair”, a report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said.
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The co-pilot said she did not know what caused the hard landing but did not believe there was a technical issue.
After the aircraft left the runway it was “listing to the left”, the report said.
“It was then that the crew realised there was something ‘seriously wrong’ with the aircraft,” it added.
It explained the damage may have been lessened if the crew had ended the attempt at landing and tried again for a second time.
The main body of the wings was “cracked and buckled” and the top end appeared “creased and rippled”, it said.
ouch
re: #104 sagehen
the house can pass a thousand such bills, but they’ll never get through the senate. ergo, no progress. it’s the dems’ fault.
Much of this nonsense is coming from the US political media, which is engaged in a long-running and consequential abdication of their professional duty.
I’m really hard-pressed to think of any worse collective dereliction of professional duty.
Too crazy for National Review, or so they say when she’s useless.
Greene has been a disgrace to her office and a disservice to her constituents in Georgia’s 14th district. She made headlines during her 2020 campaign over her prior musings on QAnon, the “so-called plane that crashed into the Pentagon” on 9/11, and the Parkland shooting as a false-flag operation. In an incoherent and now-infamous Facebook post, she imagined an elaborate conspiracy connecting wildfires in California to Rothschild Inc. and then to space solar generators she likened to a “laser beam or light beam coming down to Earth.”
She has not mended her ways in office, claiming that January 6 was an “inside job” and a “Fed-surrection.” She told Lou Dobbs that joining the U.S. military was “like throwing your life away.” She spoke at the America First Political Action Conference, a white-nationalist gathering organized by a Holocaust denier. Of course, she promoted theories that the 2020 election was stolen.
These would be disqualifying ugly baggage even for a member of Congress who was otherwise busy and effective. For Greene, who serves on no committees, does no apparent legislative work, and rarely appears in a district she moved into in order to run for office, they are her accomplishments. A fixture in the national headlines, she has drawn fire locally for her lack of constituent service. Greene’s district is too red for her to face a real Democratic challenger. Fortunately, Greene has a conservative primary opponent — Jennifer Strahan, a health-care-industry entrepreneur who pledges to focus on serving the district rather than courting controversy for its own sake. The district’s voters should choose Strahan.
Yes on Kemp, No on Greene (NR via MSN)
re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth
snip
ouch
Wow, that’s a HARD landing if they did that much damage. I wonder what happened. If the investigators are saying that a go-around was called for, then it may have been weather-related, which is problematic.
Strong damaging tornado ongoing in Gaylord, MI as of 3:47pm EST@JordanHallWX streamhttps://t.co/ha9YvhqMm4@NWSGaylord pic.twitter.com/yn0oqIaN2G
— SevereStudios (@SevereStudios) May 20, 2022
Update: Extensive damage on northwest side of Gaylord, MI. Shipping building gone, cargo containers in middle of road. RV’s flipped and destroyed. People trapped in vehicles with some vehicles unrecognizable.
(via @JordanHallWX)
cc: @NWSGaylord @weatherchannel @mikebettes— SevereStudios (@SevereStudios) May 20, 2022
re: #106 EPR-radar
Much of this nonsense is coming from the US political media, which is engaged in a long-running and consequential abdication of their professional duty.
I’m really hard-pressed to think of any worse collective dereliction of professional duty.
Ah. I’ve got one. The resistance of the medical profession to hand washing etc. when it was becoming clear how diseases get transmitted.
re: #6 A Cranky One
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Miss Piggy. bin Laden was infuriated that Kermit was regularly eating pork and sought vengeance.
re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth
Bet most people still think Elon is a genius.
All the things he created bought.
He’s a dick.
Rich dangerous dick who thinks he’s above it all and his words are gold.
One step at at time: Here’s look at the stages of today’s rendezvous and docking operations for @BoeingSpace #Starliner at the @Space_Station… (1/2) pic.twitter.com/UYPfW2mNOU
— NASA (@NASA) May 20, 2022
re: #112 nines09
Bet most people still think Elon is a genius.
All the things hecreatedbought.
He’s a dick.
Rich dangerous dick who thinks he’s above it all and his words are gold.
Meanwhile Peter Thiel is hiding in the shadows funding GOP dark money shit aimed at ending US civilization.
Holy Communion should never been turned into a partisan political weapon, but that is exactly what is happening here. Jesus welcomed everyone to the table. I’d be happy to offer Communion to Speaker Pelosi anytime. https://t.co/P3MRyTdx4w
— Rev. Dr. Chuck Currie (@RevChuckCurrie) May 20, 2022
re: #114 EPR-radar
Meanwhile Peter Thiel is hiding in the shadows funding GOP dark money shit aimed at ending US civilization.
Another one who has not thought things through. Theil does not want to deal with the bigoted society Republicans create when there’s no pushback from decent people.
— In Otter News…. (@In_Otter_News2) May 20, 2022
who wants to tell him? https://t.co/7BtAMezIWs
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 20, 2022
re: #114 EPR-radar
Meanwhile Peter Thiel is hiding in the shadows funding GOP dark money shit aimed at ending US civilization.
Lots of money must be poisonous.
Or everything is never enough.
Remember the bumper sticker “Those who die with the most toys wins”?
Yeah.
The important things.
I drive by hovels that look like failed yard sales and all they ever have is rebel rags and snake flags and GOP Trump fascist signs.
Like they give a rats ass about you.
re: #118 Eclectic Cyborg
I can tell you’re a Republican because you’re upset that drugs were stopped at the border. Does that wreck your weekend plans?
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 20, 2022
Marge says Bill Gates is going to use Monkeypox as another scam to make money and control the world, and he also wants everyone to eat fake meat created in a lab and drink “poop water.” “Why is Bill Gates running everything?” pic.twitter.com/DyrU5ZpY7j
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 20, 2022
re: #111 steve_davis
Miss Piggy. bin Laden was infuriated that Kermit was regularly eating pork and sought vengeance.
my favorite fan theory was eventually superseded by canon, very disappointing.
During seasons 1, 2 and 3 of Sherlock, fandom decided that Sherlock and Mycroft’s mummy was the Judi Dench version of M. Sadly, in season 4 there was an episode that took place at Sherlock’s childhood home, and Benedict Cumberbatch’s parents played the Holmes mater and pater.
re: #116 Crush White Nationalism
Another one who has not thought things through. Theil does not want to deal with the bigoted society Republicans create when there’s no pushback from decent people.
that’s why he lives in New Zealand now.
re: #122 sagehen
my favorite fan theory was eventually superseded by canon, very disappointing.
During seasons 1, 2 and 3 of Sherlock, fandom decided that Sherlock and Mycroft’s mummy was the Judi Dench version of M. Sadly, in season 4 there was an episode that took place at Sherlock’s childhood home, and Benedict Cumberbatch’s parents played the Holmes mater and pater.
We watched Operation Mincemeat last friday. Among the many things that Ian Fleming, who was present at the planning, got from the whole operation was the title M.
re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth
She’s so nuts that National Review endorsed her primary opponent. Marge won’t be relevant much longer. She’s too rough to pick up a wingnut media job, where they want smooth liars. Loud and stupid just isn’t a selling point.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 20, 2022
tornado today in Germany:
Guck ma! Das in meiner Heimatstadt Paderborn. Wie aus so nem Ami-Film. Noch nie so nen krassen Tornado in Deutschland gesehen pic.twitter.com/mz2tLb8t28
— ffm_confidential (@kaininho) May 20, 2022
A suspected tornado caused major damage in Lippstadt, Germany, on Friday. Photos show toppled trees, damaged homes and destroyed cars in the town, as well as damage in the town of Paderborn.
“The entire town area… suffered heavy damage,” the fire service said, according to The Associated Press.
Large swaths of the country remain on storm alert on Friday, and the regional fire service said all available rescue workers were being deployed to Lippstadt. There were no immediate reports of any injuries or deaths.
re: #125 Crush White Nationalism
“Loud and stupid just isn’t a selling point.”
Looks at Sean Hannity, Dan BONGHOLIO, Alex Jones, Mike Pillow…
It’s selling to someone.
re: #121 Backwoods_Sleuth
ATTN: Marge pic.twitter.com/rKECF5NB8X
— HBServetus (@HBServetus) May 20, 2022
re: #127 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
“Loud and stupid just isn’t a selling point.”
Looks at Sean Hannity, Dan BONGHOLIO, Alex Jones, Mike Pillow…
It’s selling to someone.
I think she’s on Dan Bidondi’s level rather than Dan Bongholio’s, so not even good enough for Fox Nation, but she might pick up a gig at Infowars or with Mike Pillow.
the meltdown continues
My commitment:
- We will never seek victory in a just case against us, even if we will probably win.
- We will never surrender/settle an unjust case against us, even if we will probably lose.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 20, 2022
re: #116 Crush White Nationalism
Another one who has not thought things through. Theil does not want to deal with the bigoted society Republicans create when there’s no pushback from decent people.
Wasn’t he planning to build a floating city to live on where the rules that apply to peons wouldn’t apply?
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
the meltdown continues
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the word “commitment” doesn’t carry much meaning from a man with 3 divorces.
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
This by Musk is grounds for a Tesla shareholder lawsuit, as a breach of fiduciary duty.
The job of Corporate Legal is to win the cases it can win and maximize the judgements in its favor, and to settle the cases it will lose for as little as possible.
The man is completely out of control.
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
the meltdown continues
If you weren’t a narcissist, I might believe that, but since your attempt to make an employee a prostitute, you’ve chosen to cling to Republicans, the enemies of our democracy, because abuse is fine with them. Even associating with a useless congressman who enabled child abuse.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 20, 2022
Rudy’s moment to shine finally arrives! https://t.co/MeItalccUo
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 20, 2022
re: #131 No Malarkey!
Wasn’t he planning to build a floating city to live on where the rules that apply to peons wouldn’t apply?
Yeah, Thiel babbled a bit about seasteading, but that seems to have stopped.
Someone probably told him just how juicy a target a floating concentration of the world’s worst assholes would be for a terrorist attack.
re: #131 No Malarkey!
Wasn’t he planning to build a floating city to live on where the rules that apply to peons wouldn’t apply?
Sagehen let me know that he did move to almost a floating city, New Zealand.
If he got every gay man in America dragged behind a pickup truck with the change he finances, he’d still be fine.
re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth
Orly Taitz. Not Rudy.
The assistant office manager at the Tops Friendly Markets store in Buffalo, New York, had already survived one mass shooting.Nearly 12 years ago, Latisha Rogers and her brother, Danyell Mackin, were at City Grill restaurant in Buffalo when a man opened fire, killing Mackin and three others. Four people were wounded, including one who succumbed years later to those injuries.
Then Saturday, a gunman whose rampage authorities say was fueled by racist hate entered Rogers’ grocery — and began firing.
“It’s just constant, just shooting. He won’t stop. It’s constantly going,” she recounted Thursday to CNN’s Don Lemon.
Hiding behind the service desk counter, Rogers dialed 911. But the dispatcher handled her plea so dismissively local officials now intend to fire her at a May 30 hearing, a top county official said.
How it went down has compounded Rogers’ trauma.
“I’m just back at another massacre and going through this again, trying to find a healing process,” Rogers said.
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
the meltdown continues
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That is some Grade A word salad.
This is giving big fuck-you-gay-men-in-the-80s-Reaganite vibes.
Explain to me how monkeypox contagion is limited to men who fuck men via dating apps, bars or parties. Also, why the alert to having traveled to countries with infection WHEN IT’S HERE.
What the fuck. https://t.co/Z7eyWj53PH pic.twitter.com/KR7S8bYEjr— Elizabeth C. McLaughlin (she/her) (@ECMcLaughlin) May 20, 2022
Like the CDC’s own prior guidance says ANYONE can get it if you come into contact with bodily fluids (LIKE RESPIRATORY DROPLETS COUGH COUGH) that contain it.
These fuckers. History repeats and repeats and repeats.
Also, @PeoplesOracle, you called it. pic.twitter.com/TlYeWWqFkl— Elizabeth C. McLaughlin (she/her) (@ECMcLaughlin) May 20, 2022
“Black people and gay men are to blame.” That’s what the CDC is saying, WHEN IT’S ALREADY HERE BY COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION, and that’s gonna give them cover for not responding adequately, so GOOD LUCK.
Classic.— Elizabeth C. McLaughlin (she/her) (@ECMcLaughlin) May 20, 2022
(ALSO: put your fucking mask on and pull out the hand sanitizer, because you’re going to need it, no matter who you are or who you fuck.)
— Elizabeth C. McLaughlin (she/her) (@ECMcLaughlin) May 20, 2022
i wish bill gates would stop making us drink poop water
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) May 20, 2022
re: #143 Charles Johnson
This is snake libel! Any snakes interested in a class action suit over this outrage, contact me.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) May 20, 2022
NEWS: Following months of behind-the-scenes work by Sen. @ossoff, Hyundai Motor Company today formally announced a historic new electric vehicle and electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in Bryan County, Georgia, creating 8,100 jobs. pic.twitter.com/C53Rg2y5Q9
— Ossoff’s Office (@SenOssoff) May 20, 2022
RATIO OF THE DAY
this thread—and the Buffalo shooting—makes an extremely compelling case, one of so many, for universal healthcare that includes dental, and Democrats will do nothing with it. https://t.co/7wUkvorVEN
— danielle tcholakian (@danielleiat) May 20, 2022
DO NOT LOOK A GIFT
CHICKEN WING IN THE MOUTH
CAT BUTTERS IS INNOCENT
THIS CASE HAS GONE SOUTH
CASE CLOSE https://t.co/V2XTPdhDTf— darth™ (@darth) May 20, 2022
re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth
That person’s toes are long enough to play guitar with.
No and we honestly didn’t think we’d have to run this account this long
— Is Henry Kissinger Dead Yet? (@DidKissingerD1e) May 20, 2022
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*THUD*
Ross Ulbricht’s (@RealRossU) sentence is the greatest violation of the Eighth Amendment that I’m aware of in the United States today. The Eighth Amendment prohibits the federal government from exacting cruel and unusual punishment. pic.twitter.com/exwk11mKQp
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) May 20, 2022
good fucking grief
How long before he accepts Mike Lindell as their first client?
Tesla is building a hardcore litigation department where we directly initiate & execute lawsuits. The team will report directly to me.
Please send 3 to 5 bullet points describing evidence of exceptional ability.
justice@tesla.com— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 20, 2022
Eric Trump says what he does with his 4 year old each night at bedtime: “I always make him stand up, put his hand on his heart, and say the Pledge of Allegiance. In NY, they would’ve taught him the antifa code of destruction. They’re not doing the Pledge of Allegiance in NY.” pic.twitter.com/71Cz8SdXW4
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 20, 2022
O_o
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re: #154 Backwoods_Sleuth
That kid probably has a lifetime of therapy ahead of him.
re: #112 nines09
Bet most people still think Elon is a genius.
All the things hecreatedbought.
He’s a dick.
Rich dangerous dick who thinks he’s above it all and his words are gold.
Wasn’t he intimately involved in creating his first companies which made him a multi-millionaire? Yes, he bought Tesla and Starlink but not those that established his wealth, Zip-2 and PayPal.
re: #157 Hecuba’s daughter
Daddy South African emerald mine.
Yes he had success and parlayed it into parlayed to amass money.
But what he sells himself on was not them.
I think the statement Tesla and Starlink have success in spite of him is true.
He’s a dick regardless. And getting more dick every day.
Need that fix.
re: #156 Eclectic Cyborg
That kid probably has a lifetime of therapy ahead of him.
There’s no way that Trump’s doing any of that.
re: #132 sagehen
the word “commitment” doesn’t carry much meaning from a man with 3 divorces.
An acquaintance of mine, brother of a friend, has had 5 divorces, but has been married to his 6th wife for 20 years now, and is one of the nicest, most helpful guys I know. I didn’t meet him until well after he had his 6th marriage, and don’t know what the previous issues really were. His one serious flaw is totally lack of money management skills — he earned enough for a comfortable middle-class life, but was always extravagant in his expenditures — and perhaps that led to his repeated failures on the matrimonial front.
His other serious flaw is, “he sure can pick ‘em, huh?” Perhaps a poor judge of character, who hit lucky 6th time out.
re: #156 Eclectic Cyborg
That kid probably has a lifetime of therapy ahead of him.
Or another vile white supremacist and drug user like his father and grandfather.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
You love to see it!!
⚠️BREAKING:
*TESLA SHARES DOWN 10% AT $637.05, LOWEST SINCE JULY 2021 $TSLA pic.twitter.com/ryiqsL2FrL
re: #163 Patricia Kayden
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
You love to see it!![Embedded content]
But the whole market is in decline, so part (most?) of this may reflect broader market concerns.
re: #163 Patricia Kayden
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
You love to see it!![Embedded content]
TSLA is still crazy overvalued, as are a bunch of other high flying companies, despite the recent selloff. Still a long way to go before the bubble deflates.
re: #163 Patricia Kayden
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
You love to see it!![Embedded content]
wasn’t his Tesla stock the collateral to borrow the money to buy Twitter? If the banks decide not to make the loans after all…
re: #166 sagehen
wasn’t his Tesla stock the collateral to borrow the money to buy Twitter? If the banks decide not to make the loans after all…
At current levels Musk would have to add more shares as collateral.
re: #164 Hecuba’s daughter
But the whole market is in decline, so part (most?) of this may reflect broader market concerns.
The NASDAQ was down .3% today.
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Can we please get lectured again about how the institutions of our democracy shouldn’t be “bullied”? https://t.co/mtbl2diRnL
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) May 20, 2022
Anybody trade options here?
I have a lesson for you, don’t execute a trade on your mobile phone while in the commode. (or when trying to multitask for that matter)
I accidentally transposed the last two numbers on a trade, noticed it later on my iPad, now I have to scramble on Monday to attempt to fix it.
😆😆
How many conflicts of interest must Clarence Thomas have before Chief Justice John Roberts finally says ENOUGH? https://t.co/ciKmZ41cg9
— Adam Rifkin 🐼🌻 (@ifindkarma) May 20, 2022
re: #172 Patricia Kayden
Roberts will never say enough because Republicans have no principles. Only their unholy lust for money and power.
Preferred litigation phrases include “I have never seen this in my X years as an attorney,” “I’m close personal friends with the judge,” and “what is Twombly?” https://t.co/3SGFBCELtr
— spooky mental haunted house (but funny) (@jesseltaylor) May 20, 2022
Phew! indeed today:
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tl/dr: Elon is in favor of free speech, but he is also in favor of suing you if he doesn’t like what you say.
— Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch) May 20, 2022
re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth
Good lawyers are picky about who they take on as clients, and Musk is dramatically reducing the set of good lawyers that would want to deal with him. It’s probably by a factor of two for each of these stupid “I WILL BE THE GREATEST LITIGATION WARRIOR OF ALL TIME” tweets.
Justice Thomas’ refusal to recuse himself from future cases dealing with Trump’s actions, especially the effort to overthrow the 2020 election, is the most serious ethical breach from a SCOTUS Justice since Justice Fortas, who was pressed to resign by Chief Justice Warren. https://t.co/fUwURf87SG
— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) May 20, 2022
re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth
There’s also this business of personally insulting legal firms that could end up representing Musk’s targets.
If I were targeted by Musk in a lawsuit, the first thing I’d do is see which major law firms he’d insulted and see if any of them are up for a little pro bono work.
Yeeeah read this already and my response still stands. If the kid could afford military grade weapons he could afford dental care. https://t.co/OzrgTKjKu2
— Your Tiny Journalist Friend. (@thewayoftheid) May 20, 2022
OMG, LoL 😂🤣🤣
How it started. How it’s going. pic.twitter.com/OWDDbnj7pn
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) May 20, 2022
re: #174 Backwoods_Sleuth
Remember Trump Train cuts?
Elon looking for goons.
Act quick! You too can have the bottom rocker with territory!
Cool.
Let’s give him more money.
Apartheid dickwad.
Christ.
Dr. Oz just said on Newsmax, “We’re a border state, practically, right? Because they’re flying illegal immigrants up here from the [southern] border in the middle of the night.”
Here’s a map that might prove helpful. pic.twitter.com/t6PH4hxW9n— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) May 20, 2022
re: #183 Backwoods_Sleuth
Oy Vey. He does not know geography. These R’s are so dumb. No wonder why they love DT.
re: #184 PhillyPretzel
Oy Vey. He does not know geography. These R’s are so dumb. No wonder why they love DT.
Oz is actually correct.
The federal government considers (and the SCOTUS agreed) that anything within 100 miles of the Mexico and Canada borders, AND within 100 miles of the coasts is a border area where constitutional protections are relaxed. So Philadelphia is a border area.
re: #184 PhillyPretzel
Oy Vey. He does not know geography. These R’s are so dumb. No wonder why they love DT.
Nor does he elaborate on exactly who “they” are…
But it sounds like a good Outrage Bite, so there we are.
re: #183 Backwoods_Sleuth
Well, a liddle teensy corner of Pennsylvania is on Lake Erie, and if you row out to the middle of Lake Erie you would be on the Border!
Checkmate, libtard.
A hostage video from Kherson. A Ukrainian woman with swollen eyes and shaven head is forced to say on camera that she has undergone ‘a denazification course’, apologize to Russians. It’s hard to imagine what was done to her. All proponents of Ukraine’s concessions should watch it https://t.co/09Ds6qfagG
— Olga Tokariuk (@olgatokariuk) May 20, 2022
re: #185 JC1
Oz is actually correct.
The federal government considers (and the SCOTUS agreed) that anything within 100 miles of the Mexico and Canada borders, AND within 100 miles of the coasts is a border area where constitutional protections are relaxed. So Philadelphia is a border area.
He said:
“We’re a border state, practically, right? Because they’re flying illegal immigrants up here from the [southern] border in the middle of the night.”
He is NOT correct.
UPDATE: Final approach to the International @Space_Station by @BoeingSpace’s #Starliner is now targeted for the second docking window, with arrival expected at 7:57pm ET (2357 UTC). pic.twitter.com/nH86zRgRNQ
— NASA (@NASA) May 20, 2022
re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth
He said:
He is NOT correct.
Yeah, he’s correct about them being a border state, but not for the stupid reason he stated.
In the very last paragraph CNN admits that it’s all bullshit, but who reads the very last paragraph?
Hillary Clinton personally approved her campaign’s plans in fall 2016 to share information with a reporter about an uncorroborated alleged server backchannel between Trump and a top Russian bank, her former campaign manager testified in federal court https://t.co/yCGnq4VtFq
— CNN (@CNN) May 20, 2022
re: #188 DodgerFan1988
Heartbreaking. It’s scary what will happen to kidnapped Ukrainians if Russia realizes that the war it started is unwinnable.
re: #189 So Cal Greek Hippie
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Ventura, California Looking South, towards Port Hueneme
Ventura, gateway to the Camarillo Brillo.
re: #178 Backwoods_Sleuth
There are zero consequences for Thomas if he doesn’t recuse himself so he won’t. Unfortunately, it appears that there is no mechanism to force him to do the right thing,
re: #180 Backwoods_Sleuth
Really fascinating to see leftists respond to a Great Replacement Theorist’s massacre of 10 Black people by blaming lack of universal healthcare while doubling down on antisemitism.
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