John Oliver: Tech Monopolies
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John Oliver discusses tech monopolies, and how to address the hidden harm they can do.
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Is the hearing over for the day or are they just taking a recess?
Next two hearings are 10 am Wednesday and 1 pm Thursday.
There are supposed to be four additional hearings, but they haven’t been scheduled yet.
Hearings go faster without the braying interference of Jim Jordan and the like.
Fox News has already moved on pic.twitter.com/xCvtwBujWI
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 13, 2022
YOU HATE TRUMP? KING TRUMP? HOW YOU HATE KING TRUMP? TRUMP HATE YOU! https://t.co/sweJOvOxU2
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2022
I feel like people/the media accepted this “reality” way too easily and it’s one of the reasons Jan 6 happened in the first place.
Trump’s people *attack* or threaten to attack whoever Trump tells them to. The threat of violence is PART OF Trump’s political strategy. https://t.co/eFre6fsyDv— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) June 13, 2022
FOX News Entertainers even tried to UN-DEBUNK the debunked. Night after mendacious gaslighting night. pic.twitter.com/ulE0fLSjiH
— scott linnen (@ScottLinnen) June 13, 2022
Not today human.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/Vd79ZBme4J
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) June 12, 2022
Jim Jordan weighs in. pic.twitter.com/G7rC2HXgYW
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 13, 2022
Philip Baker Hall, Consummate Character Actor from ‘Boogie Nights’ to ‘Modern Family,’ Dies at 90 https://t.co/x4aBQ58ynH
— Variety (@Variety) June 13, 2022
You were Trump’s chief of staff, you traitorous lying jerk. https://t.co/9eLDkYWlXh
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2022
Yeah, the weakness is they all stand around outside for an hour or so chatting and waiting for guys with an army with shields to show up. You can kill a lot of people in an hour.
— Jason Syversen (@JSyversen) June 13, 2022
Jan 6 Committee morning, TLDR version:
Committee: Trump, Giuliani, and Powell all knew they were lying.
Everybody: YES
Barr: Fuck Yes.— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) June 13, 2022
re: #6 Charles Johnson
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i got the feeling that Barr was sort of emphasizing tfg’s use of the third person
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Fascist movements and their inheritors have always used both: strongman dupes the faithful grass-roots followers/thugs and elites collude in the fictions and leader cult. https://t.co/jj4ZnG38kx
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) June 13, 2022
re: #14 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The guys with the shield waited for permission for half an hour. It never came.
re: #19 wrenchwench
The guys with the shield waited for permission for half an hour. It never came.
At least they didn’t get cuffed. The dangerous mom got that.
BREAKING: Authorities say gunmen have killed at least 55 people in Burkina Faso, the latest attack in the West African country amid mounting violence blamed on Islamic extremists. https://t.co/5ntWySyIy7
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 13, 2022
re: #17 Charles Johnson
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interesting how mulvaney’s view of tfg’s ‘inner circle’ doesnt include many actually in his hand picked administration
moron
No pasteurization without representation! #sassywithmassie
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) June 13, 2022
re: #18 jaunte
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potato / potato
either way, is potato
Fascist movements and their inheritors have always used both: strongman dupes the faithful grass-roots followers/thugs and elites collude in the fictions and leader cult. https://t.co/jj4ZnG38kx
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) June 13, 2022
(Corrected. Fingers got ahead of brain.)
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2022
The suckers who gave to Trump’s scam election fund will stick with the old fraudster rather than admit they were scammed
— Pat Bagley (@Patbagley) June 13, 2022
Thurgood Marshall was nominated by LBJ as first Black Supreme Court Justice fifty-five years ago today: pic.twitter.com/hOhCFYQ6WW
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) June 13, 2022
CNN’s @jaketapper followed up with Lofgren on air just now, saying Trump family benefiting from “grift.” Lofgren said that for example Kimberly Guilfoyle was paid $60K to speak at the Jan 6 rally. https://t.co/arwfDlh96S
— Annie Grayer (@AnnieGrayerCNN) June 13, 2022
This week’s cover, “157 Years of Juneteenth,” by Elizabeth Colomba: https://t.co/RzTQOEo8ue pic.twitter.com/VEX0dxZDLW
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) June 13, 2022
Just got off the phone with a source in LE.
We narrowly avoided a massacre in Coeur d’Alene.
The 31 Patriot Front (read: white supremacist fascists responsible for Charlottesville) were planning for massive violence, not just confrontation. 1/n— Brynn Tannehill (@BrynnTannehill) June 13, 2022
Depressing domestic item behind tags: nothing to be done, but it helps a bit to share.
Very sad news chez C on the animal-companion front: our older cat, Jeremy (14) had been doing poorly and losing weight really badly for the last several weeks, so I took him to the vet on Friday, and the news was as bad as feared: his little cat kidneys are shot, and his days are definitely numbered. Neither we nor they are certain about that number, but we know it’s not a large one.
I realize the loss of a pet doesn’t fall into the same category as that of a (human) family member, but Mrs. Jay and I are both incredibly soft-hearted over our feline “kids”, and fourteen years just seems way too short a time to have had him in our lives. Especially as he had been surgically “repaired” from a life-threatening defect at seven months old (a herniated diaphragm had pushed his internals all out of place: the vet said he had only seen a problem like that once: in a cat that had gotten run over by a car). We’re going to have to book his trip Over The Bridge before too long (home treatments seem inadequate to help): I’ll post a memorial pic for him.
Tomorrow’s Wordle, or How To Make Solving In Two A Disappointment.
Wordle 360 2/6
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The solution was one of my default starting words. Unfortunately, I chose another to begin with today.
Food pron.
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— animals going goblin mode (@mischiefanimals) June 13, 2022
A moth walks into a doctors office, he tells the doctor that he hasn’t felt like himself, like his life has been worthless, floating by. He confides in the doctor that he has been having out of body experiences. The doctor states the he needs a psychologist, not a medical doctor and asked “why did you come here?” The moth responds “the light was on.”
re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth
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If there’s a shower head in the shower, there must be a nose…I never thought of that before, and hope never to again.
re: #33 Jay C
Depressing domestic item behind tags: nothing to be done, but it helps a bit to share.
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Cheney didn’t make the claim. It was people who w were around Rudy that night. https://t.co/r77y7vPvcR
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) June 13, 2022
re: #37 Shropshire Slasher
A moth walks into a doctors office, he tells the doctor that he hasn’t felt like himself, like his life has been worthless, floating by. He confides in the doctor that he has been having out of body experiences. The doctor states the he needs a psychologist, not a medical doctor and asked “why did you come here?” The moth responds “the light was on.”
Today in “when will I ever learn”…
Wordle 359 5/6
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Nobody warns about the hazards of reading at a young age.
I’ll be mispronouncing words like “haphazard”, “melancholy”, and “hors d’oeuvres” for the rest of my life.— Jesse J. Anderson • ADHD Creative (@jessejanderson) June 13, 2022
William Barr is no hero, he’s a rat desperately trying to get off a sinking ship. Thread. https://t.co/IXvZqcudUl
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2022
Welp, for starters, people who actually live there…
— Arch (Space Laser Vaccination Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) June 13, 2022
Anyone remember Olivia Nuzzi’s profile of Giuliani where he got drunk and had spittle coming out of the corner of his mouth during the interview?
re: #43 retired cynic
I don’t mispronounce words for the rest of my life due to being a young reader, just until someone was nice enough to correct me so I could adjust.
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re: #45 (((Archangel1)))
Anyone but a grifter who sold out by telling Republicans the lies that their media made them crave rather than leading them out of the darkness.
The Republican party desperately needs leaders. Pandering buffoons are filling that vacuum now, so the whole party is a dumpster fire.— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 13, 2022
Another cryptocurrency exchange has announced that it will be laying off workers.
crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek said in a Saturday tweet that the Singapore-based exchange will be lay off 260 workers, or 5% of its workforce.
Marszalek’s announcement makes crypto.com the latest crypto exchange to cut jobs or withdraw job offers amid a slump in the cryptocurrency market.
On June 2, Coinbase said it will freeze hiring and withdraw some job offers. On the same day, Gemini said it was going to cut about 10% of its workforce.
The cryptocurrency market had a stratospheric year in 2021 as investors poured money into the tokens. In November, the value of the crypto market hit a historic $3 trillion, Fortune reported last year.
During this time, crypto.com pushed hard to make its presence felt. Last year, it spent more than $100 million on an advertising campaign that featured Matt Damon as its spokesperson, and paid a reported $700 million to have Staples Center in Los Angeles renamed crypto.com Arena for the next 20 years.
Source: Business Insider
re: #33 Jay C
Depressing domestic item behind tags: nothing to be done, but it helps a bit to share.
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{{{kitty and family}}}
I have two 15 year old cats.
They want us dead. All of us.
Just got off the phone with a source in LE.
We narrowly avoided a massacre in Coeur d’Alene.
The 31 Patriot Front (read: white supremacist fascists responsible for Charlottesville) were planning for massive violence, not just confrontation. 1/n— Brynn Tannehill (@BrynnTannehill) June 13, 2022
When you’re rethinking your life’s decisions…
*record scratch*
Name’s Bill Stepien
Just thinking of the mess we in
With this walking KFC bin pic.twitter.com/g6ogQ8NnBU— Amarnath Amarasingam (@AmarAmarasingam) June 13, 2022
I have no love for Liz Cheney but she’s absolutely willing to follow Donald J Trump to the gates of hell.
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) June 13, 2022
Thinking about you today, Michele
Sending a prayer and healing thoughts
Thinking about you too, Eclectic Cyborg
Sending a hug and sympathy, strength for getting through the things that must be done.
Thinking about you too, MomAnon
Hope things have stabilized a bit, that you’re able to get enough rest to cope with the long summer.
https://t.co/jl6O5FUbNJ pic.twitter.com/FMHJRr9kok
— Rupert Myers (@RupertMyers) June 13, 2022
Here we go. Took one day for the weaseling to start. https://t.co/UqLwXIGiHy
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2022
re: #54 ckkatz
Molly could’ve worded that better. “Follow someone to the gates of hell” implies loyalty to a person.
A better choice would be to say “…pursue Donald Trump to the gates of hell”.
re: #56 ckkatz
“Too early to pass judgement”, eh? LOL it’s glaringly obvious to anyone who hasn’t guzzled the Brexit Kool-Aid that Brexit played a major role in cratering the UK’s economy.
re: #46 Barefoot Grin
Anyone remember Olivia Nuzzi’s profile of Giuliani where he got drunk and had spittle coming out of the corner of his mouth during the interview?
IIRC, his fly was down as well.
re: #60 Teddy’s Person
IIRC, his fly was down as well.
That’s right! The granularity of detail was amazing. I felt like I could smell his awful cigar/booze breath right from the screen as I was reading.
Major flooding in and around Yellowstone. Roads and Bridges washed out. All inbound entrances are currently closed: cnn.com
EDIT: Sorry - “vulgarities” in the audio of the video - might be NSFW
(Not my video) The bridge across the Yellowstone River just north of Yellowstone National Park at Carbella, near Tom Miner Basin. An hour or so ago. Kudos to whoever captured this. The rivers are crazy in SW MT right now! pic.twitter.com/DlbqYkI391
— Mr. Hill Bear 🏔🐻 (Pfizer Gang) (@MichaelJHilbert) June 13, 2022
re: #55 CleverToad
Thank you. Ms. Cyborg and I are waist deep in Funeral arrangements right now, but we’re managing.
Greek salad & sourdough pic.twitter.com/gin2jhmmt4
— Liddle Key Lime Pie 🌻🇺🇦🌈🥧 (@Pie_Overlord) June 13, 2022
re: #58 Dr Lizardo
Molly could’ve worded that better. “Follow someone to the gates of hell” implies loyalty to a person.
A better choice would be to say “…pursue Donald Trump to the gates of hell”.
Well, there’s also the deal that she voted for his policies 95% of the time…
re: #18 jaunte
Daffy Duck: “Consequences, Schmonsequences, as long as I’m rich.”
re: #57 Charles Johnson
Today’s Republicans are useless on any serious topic. They do not negotiate in good faith. America is going to be a dumpster fire until the dishonest, disruptive, Republicans are a small enough minority that serious people can get work done.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 13, 2022
re: #55 CleverToad
Thinking about you today, Michele
Sending a prayer and healing thoughtsThinking about you too, Eclectic Cyborg
Sending a hug and sympathy, strength for getting through the things that must be done.Thinking about you too, MomAnon
Hope things have stabilized a bit, that you’re able to get enough rest to cope with the long summer.
Thank you.
re: #61 Barefoot Grin
That’s right! The granularity of detail was amazing. I felt like I could smell his awful cigar/booze breath right from the screen as I was reading.
Professionalism is not Rudy’s fortay.
Let the right crow in.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2022
re: #50 Eclectic Cyborg
But the guys who got in early and pumped up the crypto-currencies really appreciate the late-comers arriving in time to pay for the dump part of the scheme.
Lol… no. They aren’t even thinking about them at all.
re: #69 Teddy’s Person
Professionalism is not Rudy’s fortay.
You forgot Rudy’s awful hair coloring dripping down his neck!
re: #58 Dr Lizardo
Molly could’ve worded that better. “Follow someone to the gates of hell” implies loyalty to a person.
A better choice would be to say “…pursue Donald Trump to the gates of hell”.
Excellent point. My assumptions clearly got ahead of my reading.
“When in truth he was a god among men, the perfect realization of human potential, and a tremendously stable genius. We shall not see his like again,” he didn’t add. https://t.co/8AS425cAb3
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2022
re: #75 Charles Johnson
That conviction already occurred. Even his supporters know that he’s a terrible person. That’s what made him popular with trashy people.
It’s the actual crimes that we need to lock the scumbag up for if we want to keep our democracy.— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 13, 2022
What’s he building in there? https://t.co/vYv6kzxwbk
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2022
Chuck Todd is on the case pic.twitter.com/eyrnijZUGD
— Roger Sollenberger found true love, suckers (@SollenbergerRC) June 12, 2022
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Is Ginny Thomas a focus of the investigation?
No, she’s not.
So she’s not a focus of the investigation.
No, we’re looking at lots of other important things.
Ok, so I’m guessing she’s not a focus of the investigation?
Correct.— Roger Sollenberger found true love, suckers (@SollenbergerRC) June 12, 2022
Its really hot in Kentucky today.
GTFO pic.twitter.com/CBLUqsDqhk
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) June 13, 2022
re: #80 No Malarkey!
Its really hot in Kentucky today.
If I owned a house in a red state, I’d want to get off the grid entirely if possible, and whole house power backup would be essential. The Republican party is just too far gone to be relied on at all. They’ll certainly allow looting by corporations, and might even sell the copper wire.
re: #75 Charles Johnson
Already hearing this excuse, that lying (while not under oath) and believing in untruths isn’t a crime.
re: #82 GlutenFreeJesus
Already hearing this excuse, that lying (while not under oath) and believing in untruths isn’t a crime.
But lying to get people to line your pockets is fraud, and can be criminal.
re: #80 No Malarkey!
Here’s the WaPo forecast for the DC Region. Fortunately the electric grid hasn’t broken down… yet…
The record-setting heat wave in the Southwest is bulging eastward, and the edge of it will ooze into the Washington region starting today. The hot and muggy weather will persist through the workweek, but the worst of the heat will remain to our west and south. Because we’ll lie in the transition zone between that stifling heat and cooler air to the north, we’ll be in a favorable spot for storms, which could be intense at times.
re: #57 Charles Johnson
Was he part of the “Serious 10”?
Severe weather threat tonight in Metro Detroit with high winds, tornado possible: What to expect https://t.co/YMXn2NuzcD
— ClickOnDetroit (@clickondetroit) June 13, 2022
re: #85 Belafon
Was he part of the “Serious 10”?
No, he wasn’t. I still think the GOP will derail a deal by demanding that funding for it come out of cuts to domestic spending.
I guess this shooter wasn’t too scary for the cops to approach.
Police fatally shot an armed person at a summer sports camp just outside of Dallas on Monday, authorities said. No children were harmed during the incident.
Dispatchers began receiving 911 calls at 8:43 a.m. CDT that a person with a gun was inside the Duncanville Fieldhouse, where more than 150 children were attending camp, Duncanville police representative Michelle Arias told reporters.
Officers arrived in two minutes, entered the building and looked for that armed individual, according to Arias.
“Officers located a subject armed with a gun and engaged the subject,” Arias said. “The subject was struck (by gunfire).”
Armed person at Texas summer camp killed by police, officials say (NBC News)
re: #87 No Malarkey!
No, he wasn’t. I still think the GOP will derail a deal by demanding that funding for it come out of cuts to domestic spending.
I’m assuming that would have been part of the negotiations between the 20 involved.
re: #88 Crush White Nationalism
I guess this shooter wasn’t too scary for the cops to approach.
Armed person at Texas summer camp killed by police, officials say (NBC News)
Was the guy actually doing anything illegal?
re: #89 Belafon
I’m assuming that would have been part of the negotiations between the 20 involved.
We’ll see. All the things they say they want to do are worth doing, even if they won’t have much effect on gun violence. I just wonder if Republicans feel like they have to pass a bill, or do they just have to look like they are trying, and if it doesn’t pass blame democratic intransigence.
We’re not supposed to have any storms, but the heat and terrible humidity after the rain last week makes it feel like 111. I’m stay in, with the curtains drawn, the AC at 80, and a fan on me directly. Even the cats said, “not goin’ outside in this” today.
re: #90 JC1
Was the guy actually doing anything illegal?
The story is developing, but right now we just know that he had a gun and cops killed him. I wouldn’t think Texas cops would shoot someone just for having a sidearm, but the person with a gun could be non-white, so it’s possible.
re: #9 jaunte
Some major incident is likely to happen. And sooner than later.
A bunch of untrained, undisciplined 20 somethings with military grade firearms. Living in a fantasy world where performance actors searching for monetization pour gasoline onto false constructs.
One loud noise, or miscue.
And a lot of people are going to get hurt. As usual, most of them are likely to be unarmed (and presumably innocent) bystanders.
Last night I was doing a quick pass through some of the better known prepper accounts for my first time in months. The amount of doom and gloom was at an all time high. With the talking heads trying to outdo each other on how the apocalypse was nigh. Hate and fear really do sell among a certain crowd.
I don’t directly monitor the nazi/domestic-terrorist channels anymore, but I suspect that there is a lot of apocalypse happening there as well.
Lin Wood, the pro-Trump lawyer who claims the 2020 election was stolen, has come out as a flat Earther. pic.twitter.com/ms2GXUWskE
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) June 13, 2022
re: #86 The Pie Overlord!
3:19pm CDT #SPC Day1 Outlook Moderate Risk: across portions of far southern lower Michigan into northeast Indiana and western Ohio https://t.co/GtEvHQ3UxE pic.twitter.com/bjKRTWq3ap
— NWS Storm Prediction Center (@NWSSPC) June 13, 2022
re: #95 Crush White Nationalism
This is an unpopular opinion, but the case against Kobe Bryant was brought by a sheriff in a town that had just paid put a settlement for racial profiling. The woman who accused him was represented by Lin Wood. His reputation for being an asshole to his teammates obfuscated the role that some truly bad, insane, and racist people played in that whole prosecution.
When the charges were dropped I was only surprised it took so long.
re: #90 JC1
Was the guy actually doing anything illegal?
The local joke is the “1898 Green Act”. Which translates locally to:
“I don’t know what you are doing illegally. But I and my commanders plan on spending a lot of time working to figure out something.”
My Drivers Ed teacher, back in the early 1970’s told this story.
At the time he lived in a small township next to Pittsburgh. A good friend of his was the township police chief. The Driver’s Ed teacher said that the police chief had said one evening that he could have the friend arrested at any point. The friend and police chief made a bet that the chief had a year to make good on this bet.
Apparently the chief forgot about the bet. But the teacher didn’t. The night before the year expired, the teacher went and wrote a taunt about it in the dust on the police chief’ personal civilian vehicle.
About an hour later a group of police with a warrant showed up at the teacher’s door and took him to local jail. They took his belt and shoelaces, etc.
The next morning, his friend, the police chief showed up and had him released with charges dropped.
The charge?
A very old law (probably from about 1900) requiring that all parked cars must have a light burning in them.
Opinion | Drunk with power #InebriatedRudy https://t.co/EsvVzYJUfS pic.twitter.com/TftcFbJq4M
— Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) June 13, 2022
He didn’t say anything? So just like when he knew Trump was plotting a coup https://t.co/ulWzYfgl5L
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) June 13, 2022
Started. Going. Gone pic.twitter.com/v6iv6GAazB
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) June 13, 2022
re: #83 No Malarkey!
But lying to get people to line your pockets is fraud, and can be criminal.
“Is it lying if he really believes it?” is coming next.
I’ve tested positive for COVID-19. I’ll be following public health guidelines and isolating. I feel okay, but that’s because I got my shots. So, if you haven’t, get vaccinated - and if you can, get boosted. Let’s protect our healthcare system, each other, and ourselves.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) June 13, 2022
Yeah, it’s a slippery slope, next they’ll be demanding something really extreme like protecting schoolkids from mass murderers with semi-auto rifles. https://t.co/GjQ1zbJ6bi
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 13, 2022
I mean, to be fair, Dinesh does have some substantial experience when it comes to election-related fraud.
But I don’t think the former AG is going to debate the convicted felon. https://t.co/dSSdoZYPIu— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) June 13, 2022
re: #104 Charles Johnson
After all, how can the gqp obstruct the agreed upon bill if the Democrats keep moving the goalposts and trying to actually protect people.
re: #103 The Pie Overlord!
Justin Trudeau
@JustinTrudeauOfficiel du gouvernement - Canada
I’ve tested positive for COVID-19. I’ll be following public health guidelines and isolating. I feel okay, but that’s because I got my shots. So, if you haven’t, get vaccinated - and if you can, get boosted. Let’s protect our healthcare system, each other, and ourselves.
Yikes, Trudeau was just on Pod Save The World four days ago. I know one of the Pod Save America guys just got back into circulation after having Covid, but he wasn’t sitting in on the interview with Trudeau. He must have been in close contact with dozens of people while in LA.
re: #109 Crush White Nationalism
I’d root for injuries, but I just want to see D’Souza get pummeled.
re: #108 stpaulbear
Yikes, Trudeau was just on Pod Save The World four days ago. I know one of the Pod Save America guys just got back into circulation after having Covid, but he wasn’t sitting in on the interview with Trudeau. He must have been in close contact with dozens of people while in LA.
Trudeau met with Biden four days ago
Popehat really riffing on Rudy today:
Anyway Rudy always has a firm grasp of the political landscaping
— AbsolutelySoberHat (@Popehat) June 13, 2022
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In evaluating whether a course of action was wise or foolish it’s always necessary to ask “compared to what?” So, for instance, in evaluating whether it was wise to follow the advice of a drunken @RudyGiuliani, one must ask “you mean compared to a sober Rudy Giuliani?”
— AbsolutelySoberHat (@Popehat) June 13, 2022
re: #113 ckkatz
Popehat really riffing on Rudy today:
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Ha! Led me to this also funny thread:
Ironically that possum was on Gorka’s thesis committee
— AbsolutelySoberHat (@Popehat) June 13, 2022
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) announces he signed a bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools.
REPORTER: “After the Dayton shooting, members of the crowd said ‘do something.’ Do you feel what you’re doing today is exactly what those people intended?”
DEWINE: “I don’t know.” pic.twitter.com/4bN2920H7w— Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) June 13, 2022
re: #114 Barefoot Grin
gmta! You beat me to it, so I cleaned up my post:
(2019 tweet)
Wife: What is a Serb Gorka?Me: Imagine if Mr. Potato Head had a Hugo Boss fetish and a eugenics doctorate from a spätzle factory
— AbsolutelySoberHat (@Popehat) August 15, 2019
They’re re-creating the “wild west” that never was.
Mastriano, confirming he’s dumb as rocks and Nazi as shit. Anybody who hires Jenna Ellis deserves everything he gets. https://t.co/c7Y763qjlT
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) June 13, 2022
If the Republic is going to collapse into a dark age of ignorance and fascism it’s sort of nice so many colorful characters are involved I guess
— AbsolutelySoberHat (@Popehat) June 13, 2022
re: #120 ckkatz
Italy was full of colorful characters in the first half the 20th century.
@darth Veges destined for the compost have ended up scattered all over the carpet. Chilli says she knows nothing about it. Is she to be believed? pic.twitter.com/47MzSbyL9M
— Rae (@RachaelMulholla) June 13, 2022
INNOCENT
— darth™ (@darth) June 13, 2022
I don’t want colorful. I want drab Brooks Brothers pinstripes.
I was seven years old. It’s not ancient history, it’s current reality. pic.twitter.com/MjwBl52C5F
— LaRonda Robinson (@JamaicanVision) June 12, 2022
re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Wow. Not long ago at all. Also, Griffin was the nearest “big” town from my grandparents’ home in a town of about 300. So we went there sometimes to buy socks in the irregular store.
re: #125 Barefoot Grin
Wow. Not long ago at all. Also, Griffin was the nearest “big” town from my grandparents’ home in a town of about 300. So we went there sometimes to buy socks in the irregular store.
Ok, I just expanded it. Not shocked about Emory. The dental school for years contrived to deny admission to Jewish people. I got my BA there in the ’80s and it was different at the university. They were already diversifying—kind of. I was from the midwest and there was a Korean-American kid on our hall. Everyone else was from NE prep schools.
A dream of almost 30 years coming true… showing longer tables always win the day! @Bazaarbyjose coming soon to the Old Post Office in Washington, DC…excited to share more soon. @washingtonpost @emilyaheil @WaldorfAstoria @cgi_mg https://t.co/Bnfccr2vKE
— José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) June 13, 2022
karma is sweet sometimes
re: #123 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I don’t want colorful. I want drab Brooks Brothers pinstripes.
Then you end up with a Brooks Brothers riot like FL got for the Bush/Gore election.
NEW: A new Republican-passed law in Ohio is encouraging teachers to carry guns in schools by cutting the training required to a maximum of only 24 hours— down from 700 hours, per @nytimes.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) June 13, 2022
re: #129 Captain Ron
The GOP is a death cult.
Now there’s a mall I haven’t been to since before COVID.
BREAKING: A fire has broken out at Somerset Collection mall in Troy, MI. Crews are currently responding to the active fire: https://t.co/p0GviKXhp6 pic.twitter.com/YcTS6uF0fO
— Local 4 WDIV Detroit (@Local4News) June 13, 2022
re: #129 Captain Ron
JFC.
Not only will this get people killed, but there’s some nasty lawsuits coming.
NEW: Herschel Walker has been claiming that he worked as a Cobb County police officer and an FBI agent: “I spent time at the FBI training school. Y’all didn’t know I was an agent?” Walker never worked for the FBI and Cobb County police said they have no record of his involvement.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) June 13, 2022
re: #133 Backwoods_Sleuth
Let me guess. He took a damn selfie outside the training school and think he’s an “agent” now.
re: #133 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Being even slightly connected to reality seems to be a tremendous liability in Trump world.
Cincinnati:
CONSIDERABLE Severe Thunderstorm with wind gusts upwards of 65-80 mph heading towards the heart of the metro. Seek shelter indoors now! Here’s a look at the storm from our Covington Cam. #CincyWx #BadNewsBrad @Local12 pic.twitter.com/ghmCBSAo4W
— Brad Maushart (@BraaadWx) June 13, 2022
This is broad and obviously quality is subjective and publishing is not a meritocracy, but I guarantee it applies to anyone making this complaint.
— Laura Sebastian (Mostly Updates) (@sebastian_lk) June 13, 2022
MN guv candidate Scott Jensen, a practicing doc, isn’t COVID-vaccinated
Jensen, the presumptive Republican nominee for Minnesota governor, remains unvaccinated. That puts him in the company of about 25 percent of eligible Minnesotans, but Jensen’s refusal is noteworthy because he’s a practicing physician who continues to see patients most days of the week. The nation’s public health apparatus has tried to reach universal vaccination status for medical workers to help protect vulnerable patients, including with a federal mandate targeting doctors and nurses.
Jensen appears to have passed through gaps in the federal vaccine mandate, and in interviews with the Pioneer Press, he acknowledged that mandate might have played a role in his decision to alter his longtime medical practice — relinquishing hospital admitting privileges — which allowed him to avoid the mandate while still being able to accept federal Medicare payments for work with his patients.
re: #88 Crush White Nationalism
I guess this shooter wasn’t too scary for the cops to approach.
Armed person at Texas summer camp killed by police, officials say (NBC News)
Guess it was good a camp counselor wasn’t a good guy with a gun protecting the kids since they were just looking for a person with a gun to shoot.
In this troubling time I lift you in my thoughts and prayers.
— Division Bell 🇺🇦 (@A_Division_Bell) June 13, 2022
Did they televise the undead again today?
Another great day for Tiffany Trump pic.twitter.com/o53UQjSyeL
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) June 13, 2022
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
Ah, back to the James Patterson whining story. I’d just like to say that James is not even my favorite author named Patterson—Richard North is a far better writer.
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) June 13, 2022
re: #143 BeachDem
Ah, back to the James Patterson whining story. I’d just like to say that James is not even my favorite author named Patterson—Richard North is a far better writer.
Technically, James isn’t really a writer.
;)
re: #145 Backwoods_Sleuth
Technically, James isn’t really a writer.
;)
Well, there’s that. I enjoyed the first few Alex Cross books, but even they got boring and repetitive. They drove my sister crazy—not for the story, but for the short chapters—too much page-turning/too little reward for her.
Richard North Patterson’s No Safe Place, Protect and Defend, and Balance of Power—are still some of the best political fiction out there.
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“Arron Banks, the multimillionaire Brexit campaigner, has lost a libel action case against the investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr in what has been seen as a victory for press freedom.”@thetimes https://t.co/t3DSVLDiJv
— The Citizens (@allthecitizens) June 13, 2022
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It hasn’t sunk in yet but…SOME NEWS.
I am so profoundly grateful & relieved.
Thank you to the judge, my stellar legal team & the 29,000 people who contributed to my legal defence fund. I literally couldn’t have done it without you 🙏🙏🙏https://t.co/Zj0TzN9W6x— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) June 13, 2022
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Amazon left my delivery in the lobby instead of where they usually deliver in front of my apartment, and it was stolen.
Support at the Amazon website ran me in circles until I found a website called pissedconsumer.com with a phone number for Amazon support.
The phone number was an “AI” support system that fixated on my most recent order until I hit #, 0, and * repeatedly until a person answered.
Amazon did refund the botched delivery, but support was a nightmare.
Here’s DeWine’s opponent, former Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley (D):
“Teachers need 180 hours to renew their teaching license … but only up to 24 hours of training to carry a gun … That is insane.”
“[Mike DeWine] doesn’t give a shit about whether you or your family are safe.” pic.twitter.com/vLptjtmJL6— Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) June 13, 2022
re: #146 BeachDem
Well, there’s that. I enjoyed the first few Alex Cross books, but even they got boring and repetitive. They drove my sister crazy—not for the story, but for the short chapters—too much page-turning/too little reward for her.
Richard North Patterson’s No Safe Place, Protect and Defend, and Balance of Power—are still some of the best political fiction out there.
but did *he* actually write any of it?
re: #47 Crush White Nationalism
I don’t mispronounce words for the rest of my life due to being a young reader, just until someone was nice enough to correct me so I could adjust.
I said “faCADE” until my mother was kind enough to say “what the hell word was that?”
re: #149 Crush White Nationalism
Amazon left my delivery in the lobby instead of where they usually deliver in front of my apartment, and it was stolen.
Support at the Amazon website ran me in circles until I found a website called pissedconsumer.com with a phone number for Amazon support.
The phone number was an “AI” support system that fixated on my most recent order until I hit #, 0, and * repeatedly until a person answered.
Amazon did refund the botched delivery, but support was a nightmare.
I’m becoming more and more disillusioned with Amazon.Prime. I ordered a fan for my computer last week and it will not be delivered until the 16th. Amazon help was totally useless in explaining why the delay. I’m laying odds it’s sitting in their warehouse in Mt. Home, Idaho. Less than 150 miles away from me. If that is in fact the case, it should have already been shipped and delivered today instead of on the 16th.
re: #95 Crush White Nationalism
Lin Wood is in some serious need of psychotherapy . It is not “gotcha” but “getcha.” Getcha some help for yourself.
re: #151 Backwoods_Sleuth
but did *he* actually write any of it?
I believe the answer is a resounding YES. Oooh, almost forgot another RNP favorite—Exile, about Israel/Palestine. He hasn’t written any fiction for quite some time, so I was excited to see that his first novel in nine years, ‘Trial’, will be published in early 2023.
Observation from an American living in Ireland:
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But we’ve got castles around every corner. Which is pitched as romantic to the tourists but is really just and indication that all the rich people used to live in fortresses.
You know. Like the US these days. pic.twitter.com/TFDXM2mw7F— emptywheel (@emptywheel) June 13, 2022
re: #153 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
I’m becoming more and more disillusioned with Amazon.Prime. I ordered a fan for my computer last week and it will not be delivered until the 16th. Amazon help was totally useless in explaining why the delay. I’m laying odds it’s sitting in their warehouse in Mt. Home, Idaho. Less than 150 miles away from me. If that is in fact the case, it should have already been shipped and delivered today instead of on the 16th.
I’ve had two different overnight orders go into your-order-has-been-delayed mode in the past week. The canned air I needed for a projector cleaning project last weekend still hasn’t arrived.
re: #149 Crush White Nationalism
Amazon left my delivery in the lobby instead of where they usually deliver in front of my apartment, and it was stolen.
Support at the Amazon website ran me in circles until I found a website called pissedconsumer.com with a phone number for Amazon support.
The phone number was an “AI” support system that fixated on my most recent order until I hit #, 0, and * repeatedly until a person answered.
Amazon did refund the botched delivery, but support was a nightmare.
The last time I had a problem with Amazon, I started with the chat line on their website, when I said their autobot didn’t solve my problem, they called me — and then were able to fix the problem.
re: #154 terraincognita
Lin Wood is in some serious need of psychotherapy . It is not “gotcha” but “getcha.” Getcha some help for yourself.
A lot of people involved with the coup attempt are way too deep into very weird versions of Christianity. They were cultists before joining the Trump cult.
re: #133 Backwoods_Sleuth
NEW: Herschel Walker has been claiming that he worked as a Cobb County police officer and an FBI agent: “I spent time at the FBI training school. Y’all didn’t know I was an agent?” Walker never worked for the FBI and Cobb County police said they have no record of his involvement.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) June 13, 2022
TBF, his likely case of CTE affects his memory, behavior, and cognition. He needs a 24x7 caregiver to protect him and society from him. He’s a danger to himself and others, but given that seems to be a key requirement for GOP officials these days (MTG, Boebert, Cawthorn, et al) his odd actions do not automatically distinguish him from the rest of this mad, vicious crew.
re: #160 Hecuba’s daughter
TBF, his likely case of CTE affects his memory, behavior, and cognition. He needs a 24x7 caregiver to protect him and society from him. He’s a danger to himself and others, but given that seems to be a key requirement for GOP officials these days (MTG, Boebert, Cawthorn, et al) his odd actions do not automatically distinguish him from the rest of this mad, vicious crew.
This makes Trump’s exploitation of him despicable.
re: #158 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
The last time I had a problem with Amazon, I started with the chat line on their website, when I said their autobot didn’t solve my problem, they called me — and then were able to fix the problem.
I couldn’t even get far enough into chat to type rather than picking canned responses because the packages weren’t stolen long enough ago for them to want to talk about it. They’re betting on problems going away, and I’m sure it works. They save on a ton of support by holding it back for several days until the problem resolves itself or the person complaining lets it go.
re: #160 Hecuba’s daughter
TBF, his likely case of CTE affects his memory, behavior, and cognition. He needs a 24x7 caregiver to protect him and society from him. He’s a danger to himself and others, but given that seems to be a key requirement for GOP officials these days (MTG, Boebert, Cawthorn, et al) his odd actions do not automatically distinguish him from the rest of this mad, vicious crew.
The Republicans are willing to make this man a Senator, where his decisions will be based on confabulation because of his damaged brain. They just don’t give a fuck about doing the right thing.
If a “great number Republicans” had really wanted to be rid of Trump after January 6 (also, you know, after losing the 2020 election) then they could’ve voted to convict him in the second impeachment, and thus constitutionally disqualify him from any federal office. https://t.co/Nv9V8Nhe0o
— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) June 13, 2022
jeebus, these people
Mules didn’t want to be seen so the cameras were disabled. It’s obvious they knew this and felt confident they wouldn’t be seen since they didn’t wear gloves when seen dropping off ballots at 1st. After fingerprints outed some of them, they began to be seen wearing gloves! https://t.co/hSKKOc1Uxn
— MelanieOW (@KittTruth) June 13, 2022
re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth
They could have been rid of him. Whether due to their own depravity or blackmail, they stood by their lawless failed President even after he attempted the coup. The whole party is corrupt.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 13, 2022
re: #157 Crush White Nationalism
I’ve had two different overnight orders go into your-order-has-been-delayed mode in the past week. The canned air I needed for a projector cleaning project last weekend still hasn’t arrived.
All I know is that they are going to get Netflixed as subscribers get sick and tire of not getting their orders in a timely fashion. If my order is in fact shipped from Mt. Home, I’m done with them. This sort of crap isn’t worth my money.
*Edited for clarity and typos.
Senate unanimously confirmed Jacqueline Romero as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by voice vote, becoming the first woman and the first woman of color to be Philadelphia’s U.S. Attorney. pic.twitter.com/jKNqHdYq6R
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) June 13, 2022
Trump’s a little cranky for some reason. https://t.co/SKCiMEL8Ap
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) June 13, 2022
re: #165 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus, these people
The dismantling of America at the hands of the lawless Republicans has nothing to do with the left.
You’re talking about propaganda from a faux-historian who posts idiocy to Twitter and gets corrected by actual historians. The fraud all came from Trump and his enablers. Grow up.— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 13, 2022
re: #169 jaunte
My brain cells would never forgive me if I read 12 pages of TFGs ranting.
re: #171 Eclectic Cyborg
My brain cells would never forgive me if I read 12 pages of TFGs ranting.
Would you have any left?
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
You mean Josh Hawley et al have stopped their mass interference with Senate confirmations?
So that’s why she stretched out that “the…best…is yet….to come!” ETA: ok, different venue, but probably same pay scale.
imagine billing your dad for giving a talk in support of your dad https://t.co/AxNkRHjkpK
— darth™ (@darth) June 13, 2022
A friend just sent me this video of a cockerel and I am WEAK. 😂😂😂
I also feel seen. 😐 pic.twitter.com/mVE0aWeXic— Lorelei King💛 (@LoreleiKing) June 13, 2022
Threats included one from Norway. I suspect if that guy wasn’t on a list before, he is now.
Apparently there are also threats of doxxing the Coeur D’Alene police.
“Idaho officers getting death threats after arresting 31 Patriot Front white nationalists near Pride event
The majority of the threats being made appear to be from groups outside of the local community, the Coeur d’Alene police chief said.”https://t.co/3kVKCPNT8b— Steven Jones (@stdojo) June 13, 2022
JUST IN: DOJ says Jan. 6 defendant Ryan Samsel (who investigators believe instigated the breach of the Capitol perimeter) has refused a court-ordered medical evaluation and sent a disturbing letter on June 2 about putting “poltions [sic]” through a “woodchipper.” pic.twitter.com/C8YH9bMvH6
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 13, 2022
More from DOJ’s filing on Samsel: pic.twitter.com/pDEU06swLV
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 13, 2022
re: #162 Crush White Nationalism
I couldn’t even get far enough into chat to type rather than picking canned responses because the packages weren’t stolen long enough ago for them to want to talk about it. They’re betting on problems going away, and I’m sure it works. They save on a ton of support by holding it back for several days until the problem resolves itself or the person complaining lets it go.
I remember running into that two-day problem and doing something to get around it… but not what I did. {sorry}
You know, the media could have NOT broadcast Trump’s obvious bullshit claims after he lost the election. Only now that the January 6 committee is airing the truth are you hopping on the “Jesus he was full of shit!” bandwagon.
— Sean (@sean_s_mc) June 13, 2022
re: #180 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sounds like a terrorist to me…put him in Gitmo and begin scheduling an investigation into his possible connections…once the rest of the J6 trials are complete…don’t want to rush things.
This complex is one of the latest developments of the Russian Scientific and Technical Center for Electronic Warfare.
LOL again.
Glory to #Ukraine ✊🏻🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/rQyHTRNLbX— Canadian Ukrainian Volunteer 🇺🇦🇨🇦✊🏻 (@CanadianUkrain1) June 13, 2022
Said it before. I’ll say it again:
Peter Navarro is more batshit than the end product of a salmonella outbreak at the all-you-can-eat buffet at a vampire convention. https://t.co/EgPGDhTSVA— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) June 13, 2022
thread
White says there have been 149 phone calls, about 50% supportive calls from the Coeur D’Alene community and about 50% hate and threats from elsewhere (from white supremacists, etc)
— Mary Emily O’Hara (@MaryEmilyOHara) June 13, 2022
Sigh… looks like I need to change my Yahoo/ATT email passwords again.
They are old email addresses, which is why I keep them. Had them since the 1990s.
I think I’ll need to transition hundreds of various web accounts to new email contacts (including here at LGF.) What a pain.
I’ll need to open some email accounts somewhere. I already have a gmail account but don’t want to use that too much.
I have a couple of Microsoft accounts. Perhaps I need to make a new couple of accounts there?
Anyone have suggestions?
— ❥𝓓𝓸𝓷𝓷𝓪❥🌻 (@Dcl_60) June 13, 2022
re: #90 JC1
Was the guy actually doing anything illegal?
During a search of the area, police said officers found the man armed with a handgun in the gymnasium and exchanged gunfire. The man was shot by police and given medical aid before being transferred to a hospital where he later died.
Duncanville Assistant Chief of Police Matthew Stogner said Monday afternoon that the gunman entered through the lobby and had a discussion with a staff member. It was there, Stoger said, the gunman fired the first shot heard in the building.
re: #153 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
I’m becoming more and more disillusioned with Amazon.Prime. I ordered a fan for my computer last week and it will not be delivered until the 16th. Amazon help was totally useless in explaining why the delay. I’m laying odds it’s sitting in their warehouse in Mt. Home, Idaho. Less than 150 miles away from me. If that is in fact the case, it should have already been shipped and delivered today instead of on the 16th.
More than likely, your product is sitting in a factory in China waiting for lockdown to be over so it can be assembled and shipped out.
re: #165 Backwoods_Sleuth
jeebus, these people
Good lord, lady, I really pity your liver!
— Bill Barnett (@BillBar29495196) June 13, 2022
Rabbit night fight… pic.twitter.com/0v0QNGnhqR
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) June 13, 2022
I’ve had my ATT accounts since at least 1992. That’s a longevity that I doubt many people have with their email account(s).
I started using email in 1983 (that seems so long ago.) My email address was simple (just my last name @ the organization I worked at… which were only a couple of letters.)
It was inevitable that phishers would collect all of them and try to break into my accounts, but the big Yahoo break in a few years ago is still noteworthy for the size of the accounts compromised.
Former US president Barack Obama passed by an unexpected choir of Danish girls rehearsing in their apartment with their balcony doors open
He kindly asked if they would keep singing for him to enjoypic.twitter.com/mopGDViIbv— UberFacts (@UberFacts) June 13, 2022
https://t.co/v3Gp0dHE6u pic.twitter.com/yCETjriEMv
— UberFacts (@UberFacts) June 13, 2022
Novo in Cyrillic is spelled HOBO. Just realized that.
12 pages. It could have been 1, but he wrote it in Sharpie.
Talk about desperate to change the narrative. https://t.co/6jdQ7EFD0g— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 13, 2022
re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth
Great phrasing:
It was an hour before they “fell back on the ground.”
re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
Put this face on its cover page and he’ll let you spank him with it. pic.twitter.com/0nk5C8ucNL
— Sean (@sean_s_mc) June 13, 2022
I’ve very much gotten into For All Mankind. It was touch and go through the first couple episodes, but I’ve just gotten to us putting the base down at Shackleton Crater (it’s an alternate history, for anyone who’s wondering when we put the base down on the moon).
In the stands with three extra tickets in my pocket. I had a broken foot, was in excruciating pain, and left after the 7th, dropping the three extras on a bar across from the ballpark then listened to @KNBR & Kruk & Kuip in my car - the way god intended.
— Sean (@sean_s_mc) June 13, 2022
re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth
My new kitten just had a freak-out when that went off! LOL!
Wow, look at all this research. What an academic scholar.
High quality Academy of Science level research work here. Nobel prize level footnoting.
That busines college he got his degree from must be SO proud. pic.twitter.com/j88sysoFMb— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 13, 2022
If a drunk giuliani was able to convince trump to cause this much chaos, imagine what a sober ex-KGB agent could do.
— Covie (@covie_93) June 13, 2022
re: #201 steve_davis
How’s Jessie? Did you have to take her to the vet?
(I saw that she’s ticklish. I LMAO at that.)
It’s almost like crypto is a scam and a very insecure one.
— Sean (@sean_s_mc) June 13, 2022
In these turbulent times where everything seems uncertain, please take a moment to enjoy the soothing sounds of Norman on the piano. 🔊 🆙️ pic.twitter.com/he75Z8666p
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) June 13, 2022
Every single witness we saw in the first hour was either a Trump employee or Trump appointee. So much for this being a “partisan” investigation.
— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) June 13, 2022
Current conditions of Yellowstone’s North Entrance Road through the Gardner Canyon between Gardiner, Montana, and Mammoth Hot Springs.
We will continue to communicate about this hazardous situation as more information is available. More info: https://t.co/mymnqGvcVB pic.twitter.com/S5ysi4wf8a— Yellowstone National Park (@YellowstoneNPS) June 13, 2022
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re: #211 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
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re: #191 Belafon
More than likely, your product is sitting in a factory in China waiting for lockdown to be over so it can be assembled and shipped out.
I ordered this. Obviously not a big or expensive item. But damn it, I want my desktop back and until I get it and install it, I’m stuck on my laptop.
re: #210 Charles Johnson
Hmm, saw the car parked on the overlook at 0:18 and thought “That car is not going anywhere for a while”.
Reminds me of the video posted here last year, from I-70 in Colorado. Where sections of I-70 were washed out. I do wonder if the issue of washout is from cost cutting, lack of imagination, or lack of ready solution to this problem.
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