John Oliver discusses why rent has become increasingly unaffordable, what we can do to combat a system that is stacked against tenants, and, of course, Dakota Johnson’s complex relationship to limes.
The face of the Republican Party: a corrupt rapist urging violence against his enemies. Did I mention he’s running for the US Senate? https://t.co/Kyatsy2u9E
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 20, 2022
You first. pic.twitter.com/BBVhkbxGm4
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 20, 2022
Three sovereign citizens arrested after explosives are found in their vehicle and Johnson Valley homehttps://t.co/Eadd1AhRww
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) June 20, 2022
Unfortunately, the rhetoric is as familiar as the chatter of Posse Comitatus in ND I occasionally heard while I was growing up there. Then Gordon Kahl killed two US Marshalls on a highway outside of Medina ND.
To the surprise of absolutely no one:
New long-form profile of Desantis. His college baseball teammate: “Ron is the most selfish person I’ve ever interacted with. He has always loved embarrassing and humiliating people. I’m speaking for others - he was the biggest dick we knew.” https://t.co/oaMGJ3hahw
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 20, 2022
Twitter thinks this disgusting, vile tweet advocating violence “may be in the public’s interest,” so they’re not removing it. pic.twitter.com/9wngykG9qK
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 20, 2022
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Why even have rules?
Like at all? Why bother? They did this shit for years with Trump, until there was an insurrection and then it was a step too far. What’s Greitens gotta do? Chain up a woman in his basement? Oh, heh heh, right. Never mind… pic.twitter.com/rSkqRhTux4— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 20, 2022
re: #3 dat_said
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Unfortunately, the rhetoric is as familiar as the chatter of Posse Comitatus in ND I occasionally heard while I was growing up there. Then Gordon Kahl killed two US Marshalls on a highway outside of Medina ND.
season 4 of the Rockford Files, Jim is nearly killed by right-wing extremists because he is investigating members who framed him for a murder. And the funny thing is, in 1977, Hollywood rightly thought people with pro-gun bumper stickers on their cars might well be prone to violence.
Omg dude, how many glasses did you push off the table? pic.twitter.com/KayiI5q45M
— Julicorn (@ChicksRule) June 20, 2022
re: #8 steve_davis
season 4 of the Rockford Files, Jim is nearly killed by right-wing extremists because he is investigating members who framed him for a murder. And the funny thing is, in 1977, Hollywood rightly thought people with pro-gun bumper stickers on their cars might well be prone to violence.
“The Battle of Canoga Park”. That episode was directed by Ivan Dixon, of Hogan’s Heroes fame.
re: #5 Charles Johnson
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Let’s place the blame for this violent ad where it belongs, at the doorsteps of Kevin McCarthy & Mitch McConnell. They’ve failed to confront & condemn the MAGA radicals of their party. Now it’s out of control & threatens everyone’s freedom.
RT to choose #VotingOverViolence https://t.co/2uSIeVvSOa— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) June 20, 2022
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Twitter thinks this disgusting, vile tweet advocating violence “may be in the public’s interest,” so they’re not removing it.
Could this be related to the problem identified recently on ?Brian Stelter?: The January 6 committee broadcast of a video of the attack was removed from youtube because it spread the “Big Lie” without a refutation i.e., it included scenes of participants screaming about fraud in the election. So there is no way to show others what the actual outrage is.
re: #10 Dr Lizardo
“The Battle of Canoga Park”. That episode was directed by Ivan Dixon, of Hogan’s Heroes fame.
I don’t remember that episode right off. But in the early 60’s we lived in Canoga Park for a while when dad moved us to LA for a while before coming back to PA. Lived in Glendale for a while also.
Greitens is thrilled to have his shoot-your-political-enemies video shared all around. @washingtonpost pic.twitter.com/rBUxOiSH6F
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) June 20, 2022
This Day in Weather History: an F5 tornado hit Fargo, ND in 1957. This particular tornado was well documented with photos & helped Dr. Fujita create the tornado scale in 1960. #NDwx pic.twitter.com/rltBp1BlRk
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) June 20, 2022
re: #11 Dangerman
I repeat
Thanks to the likes of McConnell and McCarthy, the modern GOP was utterly corrupt and stood for nothing. So the fascists stepped in to give it something to stand for, that, while depraved, is something.
re: #11 Dangerman
I also want to know who those idiots in the gear are.
re: #14 Eventual Carrion
I don’t remember that episode right off. But in the early 60’s we lived in Canoga Park for a while when dad moved us to LA for a while before coming back to PA. Lived in Glendale for a while also.
You’re kind of a neighbor, then. I’m from South Pasadena.
BTW, Ivan Dixon isn’t just famous for his work on Hogan’s Heroes or his work in directing a good many episodes of our fave TV shows. He also has the distinction of having had one of his feature films selected by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the National Film Registry.
I’ve seen the entire film on YouTube - it’s probably there if you look around. It falls into the Blaxploitation genre, but as Ivan Dixon himself put it, “…when United Artists screened the finished product and saw a Panavision version of political Armageddon, they were stunned.”
Like many films of that genre, it was a low-budget affair - and it shows. But it’s still one hell of a film and what it may not have in multi-million dollar production values it makes up for in more important ways. And we can thank Tim Reid (of WKRP in Cincinnati fame) for tracking down a negative of that film and getting it put on DVD.
Mitch McConnell is gonna say he hasn’t seen the Greitens ad and then talk about how radical democrats are.
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) June 20, 2022
I see we’ve reached the “Just ignore the violent fascists threatening to murder you and overthrow democracy” stage of Eric Greitens.
Took longer than I expected. https://t.co/Cy0pEaR2My— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 20, 2022
re: #15 Backwoods_Sleuth
If we don’t let everyone know, he gets to share it among the violent types anyway. It’s better that everyone knows it. It should also be attached to why he’s not governor.
re: #17 No Malarkey!
Thanks to the likes of McConnell and McCarthy, the modern GOP was utterly corrupt and stood for nothing. So the fascists stepped in to give it something to stand for, that, while depraved, is something.
McConnell and McCarthy always stood for fascism; it’s just that they were not as vocal and as charismatic as Trump. They needed someone with the right personality to excite the base and promote their objectives. As I keep saying, the only difference in policy is that they are not as openly supportive of Putin as Trump.
And if you wanna know what the Navy SEALs think of him: https://t.co/Lf4l2Q6joV
— Lindsey Simmons (@LynzforCongress) June 20, 2022
After his resignation as Governor, Greitens wanted to be reinstated to the Navy.
But initially the Navy was uninterested in allowing a man of his sordid past back among their ranks. pic.twitter.com/6vGNLskRlC— Lindsey Simmons (@LynzforCongress) June 20, 2022
Turmoil erupts after Black pastor tells Southern Baptists they became ‘whores for Trump’ https://t.co/KdY7RMhlE1
— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 20, 2022
re: #26 Captain Ron
They prefer to be called Maga Escorts.
I think Donald Trump should have been arrested on January 7th, 2021. The damage he’s been able to do since then is incalculable, not just for the way it’s driving more right wing extremism, but for the demoralizing effect it has on people who give a shit about the US.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 20, 2022
Nope - not ignoring Eric Greitens’ graphic threats to shoot and kill anyone who disagrees with him. Ignoring the insidiousness of the NRA, the fascism of so-called armed militias, and the corruption of Donald Trump got us where we are today. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 20, 2022
re: #30 Charles Johnson
I don’t see how Garland doesn’t take the evidence accumulated by the J6 Committee and take it to a Grand Jury. The notion that it will be hard to convict Trump because “he really believed his own lies” despite everyone except the lunatic fringe telling him they were lies is no excuse.
sure, jan…
Ron Johnson explains why he broke his promise to only run for two terms: “I didn’t want to do this .. but people are literally coming up to me with tears in their eyes, streaming down their cheeks saying, ‘You got to run. You got to help us save this country!” pic.twitter.com/XulmzjLDYz
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) June 20, 2022
re: #30 Charles Johnson
If not on January 7th, Trump should’ve been arrested after the inauguration on January 20th en route to Mar-a-Lago.
Eric Greitens is trending because he has a new ad for his Senate campaign encouraging people to murder other Republicans.
The allegations of sexual assault are well known.
But he also allegedly hit his 7-year-old so hard that one of his teeth abscessed and had to be removed pic.twitter.com/ogYf2RnCZp— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 20, 2022
.@DonaldJTrumpJr recently appeared with Greitens in a similar video shooting guns pic.twitter.com/oBJ3JIUF3l
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 20, 2022
3. Trump Jr’s finance, @kimguilfoyle, is Greitens’ campaign chair.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 20, 2022
re: #36 Backwoods_Sleuth
I think Trump Jr. is actually her finance.
I honestly will never understand why someone like Greitens isn’t instantly banned from Twitter for tweets like that. Haven’t they learned ANYTHING from the Trump nightmare?
Don’t ignore them - DEPLATFORM THEM.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 20, 2022
re: #32 No Malarkey!
I don’t see how Garland doesn’t take the evidence accumulated by the J6 Committee and take it to a Grand Jury. The notion that it will be hard to convict Trump because “he really believed his own lies” despite everyone except the lunatic fringe telling him they were lies is no excuse.
Since when is ignorance of the law a valid justification for violation, anyway? Or does that excuse apply only to whites and Republicans?
Edited to correct.
re: #19 Dr Lizardo
You’re kind of a neighbor, then. I’m from South Pasadena.
BTW, Ivan Dixon isn’t just famous for his work on Hogan’s Heroes or his work in directing a good many episodes of our fave TV shows. He also has the distinction of having had one of his feature films selected by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the National Film Registry.
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And we can thank Tim Reid (of WKRP in Cincinnati fame) for tracking down a negative of that film and getting it put on DVD.
I put Tim Reid’s subsequent TV series “Frank’s Place” (well written by Hugh Wilson) in the same pantheon as WKRP.
re: #32 No Malarkey!
I don’t see how Garland doesn’t take the evidence accumulated by the J6 Committee and take it to a Grand Jury. The notion that it will be hard to convict Trump because “he really believed his own lies” despite everyone except the lunatic fringe telling him they were lies is no excuse.
They didn’t have any problems convicting this former cult leader….
re: #5 Charles Johnson
I’m currently serving a week’s suspension on Twitter after responding to Tom Massie proposing a bill to allow raw milk to be sold. I said I was all in favor of his followers poisoning themselves with that crap, which Twitter says means I was threatening those people with violence.
I guess I’m not as important as Greitens so my offense is not in the public interest.
re: #42 BeenHereAwhile
I put Tim Reid’s subsequent TV series “Frank’s Place” (well written by Hugh Wilson) in the same pantheon as WKRP.
That was a damn good show and they pulled the plug on that one way too soon.
There is no “public interest” in a senatorial candidate threatening to murder members of his own party…..unless the only public you care about is the people who are more than willing to act out the senator’s violent fantasies.
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) June 20, 2022
re: #41 Hecuba’s daughter
Since when is ignorance of the law a valid justification for violation, anyway? Or does that excuse apply only to whites and Republicans?
Edited to correct.
Some crimes have a “knowingly” element which must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. That can be inferred, for example, by your AG and your campaign manager telling you the fraud allegations are bullshit.
re: #46 jaunte
Anyone claiming that its just political rhetoric when this is the political party that would’ve murdered its own VP with Trump’s approval if they had gotten their hands on him can STFD and STFU.
— Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) June 20, 2022
Says the former chairman of the Florida Republican Party and the American Conservative Union https://t.co/xqBkIGrNXc
— Beth Reinhard (@bethreinhard) June 20, 2022
It’s ONE party normalizing violence in our politics Kasie. ONE party who has decided that if democracy doesn’t go their way then throw it in the garbage can.
And that’s the Republicans.
Stop being a sniveling coward. https://t.co/cgswjB9pXK— Down And Out Bad In DFW (@Kennymack1971) June 20, 2022
re: #32 No Malarkey!
I don’t see how Garland doesn’t take the evidence accumulated by the J6 Committee and take it to a Grand Jury. The notion that it will be hard to convict Trump because “he really believed his own lies” despite everyone except the lunatic fringe telling him they were lies is no excuse.
That’s for the Grand jury and later the trial jury
Its not a reason not to move forward
re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth
Maybe Mr. Cardenas there doesn’t remember, or hasn’t read about, 1968 in the ol’ USA. I’ve seen and read enough to get the feeling that at least in that particular year, it really looked (on the surface, at least) like America was coming apart at the seams.
re: #35 A Three Hour Tour
If not on January 7th, Trump should’ve been arrested after the inauguration on January 20th en route to Mar-a-Lago.
…after he was found with the boxes of secret documents
re: #44 Unabogie
I’m currently serving a week’s suspension on Twitter after responding to Tom Massie proposing a bill to allow raw milk to be sold. I said I was all in favor of his followers poisoning themselves with that crap, which Twitter says means I was threatening those people with violence.
I guess I’m not as important as Greitens so my offense is not in the public interest.
You weren’t pictured holding a gun
They’re sacred
re: #44 Unabogie
I got a week suspension once when Dan Crenshaw was throwing a twitter fit about something and I suggested he stamp his little foot and hold his breath until he turned blue. “Encouraging self-harm.”
re: #32 No Malarkey!
I don’t see how Garland doesn’t take the evidence accumulated by the J6 Committee and take it to a Grand Jury. The notion that it will be hard to convict Trump because “he really believed his own lies” despite everyone except the lunatic fringe telling him they were lies is no excuse.
Garland told the committee to give him everything they have last week (“needed because of continuing investigations”), and the committee is going to do it, if they haven’t already.
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re: #35 A Three Hour Tour
If not on January 7th, Trump should’ve been arrested after the inauguration on January 20th en route to Mar-a-Lago.
I agree in principle, but what would you have charged him with, and how would you make it stick?
Drag queens would probably be more useful than cops in schools.
— Chris A Field Otherverse Games (@OtherverseG) June 20, 2022
re: #59 Charles Johnson
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Thank you, Secret Santa. And thank you, Charles Johnson, for a great source of discussion and variety of information.
The Repugs will suddenly become peaceful and start opposing violence again after a few thousand of them are killed in the massive outburst of vigilantism and terrorism they are trying to talk themselves into committing. They are betting on violence and they are going to lose. Oops, AR-15 not an ultimate weapon after all, not even against fellow civilians who happen to be more intelligent than you are by a good margin.
Once this is over, the leaders need to prosecuted and punished to the full extent of US and international law.
re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth
Not only could they teach art and drama, but they wouldn’t take crap from anyone.
btw this isn’t some random dude endorsing “mandatory psychiatric custody” for women, it’s a Director at the Heritage Foundation — the most important right-wing think-tank of the last 50 years.
Every Republican candidate should be asked about this. https://t.co/f4mHSxF8zN— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) June 20, 2022
re: #61 Backwoods_Sleuth
“The attorney general of Michigan wants to put a drag queen in every school.” -Mike Lindell from the Global Vision Bible Church (Greg Locke) pulpit.
— LvilleClinicEscorts (@LouClinicEscort) June 20, 2022
I have this glorious vision of taco trucks operated by top drag queens fanning out to occupy the whole country.
re: #66 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
I have this glorious vision of taco trucks operated by top drag queens fanning out to occupy the whole country.
I see a great idea for Ru Paul’s next season.
re: #65 jaunte
I predict women will be going to prison for having abortions, and it will start as early as this year.
re: #68 No Malarkey!
Unfortunately I see that too. :(
re: #57 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Garland told the committee to give him everything they have last week (“needed because of continuing investigations”), and the committee is going to do it, if they haven’t already.
He didn’t really want “everything”; he asked for that because if he was specific about what he really wanted, people would be able to figure out who the secret grand jury and secret investigations are near to charging.
re: #66 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
I have this glorious vision of taco trucks operated by top drag queens fanning out to occupy the whole country.
Is there a mariachi soundtrack?
re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth
The really scary part comes after the hard right victory, all political enemies crushed and total autocracy is imposed and they have to actually govern without Democrat help…
… and they have absolutely no clue how to govern except how to keep targeting the next problem demographic for oppression. After all taxes are abolished, after all no-bid contract handouts and land giveaways to the rich are exhausted, there comes a point where even the most diehard middle class MAGA type has to wonder why they continue to struggle more and more while state news Fox News, CNN, NYT, et Al. Say everything is perfect in our new Libertarian USA Utopia.
What I had to say about AI in 2018, and pretty much what I say today. pic.twitter.com/tpwjDL8Mpi
— Monica Byrne (@monicabyrne13) June 13, 2022
re: #72 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Bargain bin pepperoni flat bread with a few add-ons. Just the right size for a single person lunch. Actually turned out pretty well. *YUM*
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NEW: Marjorie Taylor Greene just said that Republicans will leave Georgia in a mass exodus if Stacey Abrams wins the governor’s race this year. “They’ll move to Alabama, Tennessee, or Florida.”
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) June 19, 2022
— Scott Wrigjt (@ScottWrigjt) June 19, 2022
It rather amazes me that Democrats haven’t come up with a national written “No threatening my perceived political enemies with violence” election pledge and challenged every Republican candidate for office to sign it
— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) June 20, 2022
re: #76 Decatur Deb
Assuming the lack of pineapple was a simple oversight…
Sadly no. I just didn’t have any on hand.
re: #78 jaunte
Gretins: I will never sign that pledge, and I will hunt any RINO that does!
Crowd: YAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!
Public Service announcement from Jay C and the New York Times:
When Customers Say Their Money Was Stolen on Zelle, Banks Often Refuse to Pay
Embarrassing confession behind the tags:
This article hit home for me, because we were the victims of a Zelle-fueled sting last month: losing $999 to a telephone scamster. By way of vague “rationale”; Mrs. Jay (who was the actual target), had gotten some weird emails earlier purporting to be from Amazon, “confirming” delivery of items she had never ordered. I took care of it as usual, calling Amazon Customer Service, and forwarding them the copies of the emails (nothing like any real communications), and thought it was done. So when we got a phone message claiming to be from “Amazon Fraud Department” supposedly relating to more questionable charges, I wasn’t as suspicious as I might have been (and usually am). Long story short: I was induced to set up Zelle and make a transfer before I caught on. And, as in the examples the NYT provides, our bank (BofA/US Trust) “investigated” the matter, and sent me a letter refusing to do anything, as I had (ostensible) done everything properly, myself. Live and learn, I guess…
Grrr. I forgot there was no mail delivery today.
Guess I’ll need to rearrange some plans for tomorrow.
re: #81 Jay C
Public Service announcement from Jay C and the New York Times:
When Customers Say Their Money Was Stolen on Zelle, Banks Often Refuse to Pay
Embarrassing confession behind the tags:
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OUCH!
A fisherman in Cambodia hooked a 661-pound stingray, believed to be the largest freshwater fish ever caught. https://t.co/p94EP0Sz9S
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 20, 2022
Yeah. I know. I should go walk the dogs or something, but GODDAMN I so fucking sick of this.
Every single time. There’s always some do-gooder shows up to tell me how I shouldn’t retweet or talk about something because that’s just giving them what they want.
1/ https://t.co/NkYiSNcY0k— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 20, 2022
NO. That is NOT what they want.
What they want is for you NOT TO KNOW HOW FUCKING TERRIBLE THEY ARE.
They want you be quiet and ignore them while they take over. Keep your head down, until it’s too late.
You being polite is what they want.
Well, I won’t.
2/2— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 20, 2022
“If you fight them, they will only become more powerful than you can imagine!”
It’s a cliché trope from a bad science fiction film, not a prescription for real life.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 20, 2022
re: #81 Jay C
Yes, definitely OUCH! So sorry to hear that!
One additional way I try to protect myself is to avoid, when possible, companies where I may not always be able to tell the difference between the company and the fraudsters.
The object is to reduce the amount of mental energy and focus I am required to waste analyzing an infinite number of random email claims.
I understand that in some cases it is difficult. But there is also a feeling of lightness that when on gets an email from an entity that one purposely does not do business with, one can basically know that any claims in it are fraudulent.
Wait for it 🐶 😂💀 pic.twitter.com/eQG1pq3nOS
— chris evans (@chris_notcapn) June 20, 2022
re: #81 Jay C
Public Service announcement from Jay C and the New York Times:
When Customers Say Their Money Was Stolen on Zelle, Banks Often Refuse to Pay
Embarrassing confession behind the tags:
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I signed up for Zelle through my bank because a friend was taking that rather than something like Venmo/PayPal. Then, a year later, they started charging a dollar for each transaction, so I have stopped using it.
re: #75 ericblair
It may be, perhaps remotely, possible that some of the concerns about Artificial Intelligence may not be due to displaced anxiety of white males hating on women and people of color.
re: #90 ckkatz
It may be, perhaps remotely, possible that some of the concerns about Artificial Intelligence may not be due to displaced anxiety of white males hating on women and people of color.
Personally, I’ve always thought of A.I. as sort of masculine, but that’s because I remember having the living hell scared outta me watching Colossus: The Forbin Project when I was about 11 years old or so.
The prototype for James Cameron’s Skynet - and I’d be willing to wager a couple bucks that Cameron saw that film in his younger years and the idea of Colossus stuck with him.
About that soup I was talking about yesterday.
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re: #91 Dr Lizardo
Personally, I’ve always thought of A.I. as sort of masculine, but that’s because I remember having the living hell scared outta me watching Colossus: The Forbin Project when I was about 11 years old or so.
The prototype for James Cameron’s Skynet - and I’d be willing to wager a couple bucks that Cameron saw that film in his younger years and the idea of Colossus stuck with him.
With a side-trip to Demon Seed.
re: #91 Dr Lizardo
Personally, I’ve always thought of A.I. as sort of masculine, but that’s because I remember having the living hell scared outta me watching Colossus: The Forbin Project when I was about 11 years old or so.
I’ve always thought of A.I. as Hal. I don’t trust him, Dave.
While we’re on AI:
Do you say “please” and “thank you” to Siri and Alexa? Whichever answer has implications for future approaches both to machines and people.
re: #89 Belafon
Most money transfer services will take a cut for the privilege. At least that has been my experience.
re: #91 Dr Lizardo
Personally, I’ve always thought of A.I. as sort of masculine, but that’s because I remember having the living hell scared outta me watching Colossus: The Forbin Project when I was about 11 years old or so.
The prototype for James Cameron’s Skynet - and I’d be willing to wager a couple bucks that Cameron saw that film in his younger years and the idea of Colossus stuck with him.
My personal view on AI is that if we get into conflict with it, it will be more like “Second Renaissance” in the Animatrix than Terminator.
Must have missed the part where the Good Samaritan rescued the man, strapped him to a donkey and clip-clopped him thousands of miles away against his will as a deterrent to others who might dare to think of becoming injured pic.twitter.com/jbqJLZkXyJ
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) June 20, 2022
re: #96 Eclectic Cyborg
Most money transfer services will take a cut for the privilege. At least that has been my experience.
Venmo doesn’t for personal transfers.
re: #93 Decatur Deb
re: #94 sagehen
Yeah, Proteus from Demon Seed and HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Both fine cautionary sci-fi examples of A.I. gone horribly wrong.
Anyone remember this bad boy?
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re: #98 Belafon
My personal view on AI is that if we get into conflict with it, it will be more like “Second Renaissance” in the Animatrix than Terminator.
And that right there is the only follow-up to The Matrix that we ever needed.
re: #91 Dr Lizardo
Personally, I’ve always thought of A.I. as sort of masculine, but that’s because I remember having the living hell scared outta me watching Colossus: The Forbin Project when I was about 11 years old or so.
The prototype for James Cameron’s Skynet - and I’d be willing to wager a couple bucks that Cameron saw that film in his younger years and the idea of Colossus stuck with him.
It’s an interesting question.
There is an online comic that is occasionally posted here.
(Grr… Name escapes me right now. And xkcd is down so I cannot check. But I have read much of it and enjoy it.)
It has AI characters. But they are displayed as human with many shared human experiences, human characteristics and human goals. This is obviously considered sympathetic by the readership.
In my mind, I view a complex and aware AI as alien to our frames of view. It has different processes than humans. It has different goals. It may have different ways to communicate. And what it communicates is different than what humans would communicate.
The closest frame I can think of is Heinlein’s ‘bugs’.
I’m not saying that it would be ‘evil’. More likely that it would be in a completely different moral chart altogether.
re: #103 ckkatz
It’s an interesting question.
There is an online comic that is occasionally posted here.
(Grr… Name escapes me right now. An xkcd is down so I cannot check. But I have read much of it and enjoy it.)
It has AI characters. But they are displayed as human with many shared human experiences, human characteristics and human goals. This is obviously considered sympathetic by the readership.
In my mind, I view a complex and aware AI as alien to our frames of view. It has different processes than humans. It has different goals. It may have different ways to communicate. And what it communicates is different than what humans would communicate.
The closest frame I can think of is Heinlein’s ‘bugs’.
I’m not saying that it would be ‘evil’. More likely that it would be in a completely different moral chart altogether.
re: #103 ckkatz
Or maybe A.I. will be like Project 2501 from Ghost in the Shell:
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re: #103 ckkatz
Questionable Content?
re: #106 ckkatz
Bingo! That’s the one. Thanks!
We built the robots, welcomed them into the world, and then said rent is due next month.
re: #103 ckkatz
Freefall is a webcomic that has numerous robotic AI characters, nearly all benign. Florence Ambrose is a particularly nice biologically based AI character!
Bring the band down behind me, boys.
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My first exposure to robots (and sci-fi) c1951. Dumont television network:
This is Waffles. She needs a little help. Got her first few wrinkles up the stair but is struggling with the other eight. 12/10 please give her a boost pic.twitter.com/pbFqrN3c0v
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) June 16, 2022
re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth
A storm of epic proportions is brewing. I see it daily. In candidates’ ads, in speeches at school bds, even in stores. America is headed for civil unrest unlike anything that we have witnessed and i dont know that there are enough courageous people willing to do anything about it
— Al Cardenas (@AlCardenasFL_DC) June 20, 2022
…Where to begin…
Anyone who has lived in S FL and followed its politics for the past 50 years knows (tho they may not admit it) the separate [nullification] domestic and foreign policies practiced by S FL Republicans aligned in the 1980’s with other like minded domestic political wannabes.
Al, what’s your plan now?
Kinda saw it coming, but still…
BREAKING: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office says his weakened coalition will be disbanded and the country will head to a new election - the country’s fifth in three years. https://t.co/z17l3ABxsy
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 20, 2022
re: #66 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
I have this glorious vision of taco trucks operated by top drag queens fanning out to occupy the whole country.
Priscilla, Queen of the Taco trucks
Regarding the question of how to analyze alien/Postmodern frames of reference.
Years ago, I listened to what I found was a quite interesting set of Philosophy lectures on the response to the question Postmodernist ethics.
As a spoiler, the answer is “The Golden Rule”.
Btw, It also applies in our current political atmosphere.
For the curious, the course, which is likely available through your public library, was:
Quest for Meaning: Values, Ethics, and the Modern Experience
Robert H. Kane, Ph.D. Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Of course, then Heinlein posed the question: “What if the bugs threw humans out of a spaceship into space, because that is how they treat their own population.” Is that honoring the Golden Rule?
re: #117 ckkatz
What if you don’t mind being treated rudely?
re: #114 (((Archangel1)))
Kinda saw it coming, but still…
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i think i read somewhere this AM that part of this is because of the failure to pass legislation extending “emergency” regulations over Jewish citizens in the West Bank.
regs were due to expire at EOM.
dissolving the Knesset tables the automatic expiration.
dont quote me
re: #119 Dangerman
rando:
i think i read somewhere this AM that part of this is because of the failure to pass legislation extending “emergency” regulations over Jewish citizens in the West Bank.
regs were due to expire at EOM.
dissolving the Knesset tables the automatic expiration.
re: #120 Belafon
rando:
i think i read somewhere this AM that part of this is because of the failure to pass legislation extending “emergency” regulations over Jewish citizens in the West Bank.
regs were due to expire at EOM.
dissolving the Knesset tables the automatic expiration.
Let’s not forget the whole coalition was cobbled by politicians who had NOTHING in common except their hatred of Netanyahu. Of course they couldn’t govern.
I’m glad elected Democrats just spent a week talking about how courageous this guy is https://t.co/bdKdLZufDp
— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) June 20, 2022
re: #114 (((Archangel1)))
Yeah, that’s a major problem in a parliamentary system. If the ruling party or coalition can’t get its shit together, the government fails and it’s back to the polls again.
If this happens a few times over in a short span, things can get a bit testy.
re: #121 A Cranky One
AI still has a lot to learn.
re: #118 Belafon
What if you don’t mind being treated rudely?
Ha! Different cultural norms are always interesting.
My brother went to Columbia University in New York City. When, after his first year there, he came back to Pittsburgh for summer break, he asked me “Why is everybody staring at me?”. And, nope, nobody was, at least in Pittsburgh terms, staring at him.
But yes, the hypocrisy of many, particularly on the right is the “I do not have to respect your humanity or beliefs. But you have to respect my humanity and beliefs” attitude.
Tomorrow’s Wordle is a classic failed multi-choice test.
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re: #121 A Cranky One
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Well, to be fair, they didn’t say that AI would destroy the world on purpose, now did they?
I’m still of the opinion that mankind’s last word will be “Oops!”
There were still slaves in Texas who had never even heard about Juneteenth until Trump showed up and told them it was a thing. https://t.co/Onb95JMNEB
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) June 20, 2022
I have a soft spot for Chattanooga Choo-Choo, mostly for this version: “Pardon me, boys, is this the lair of Great C’thulhu, in the city of slime, where it’s night all the time…”
— Tim McGaha (@McGahaTim) June 20, 2022
It is also the starting point for one of the greatest dad jokes in history.
Roy had a brand new pair of shoes. He goes to visit his friend. Being polite, he removed his shoes and leaves them at the door. While visiting with his friend, the friend’s cat discovers Roys new shoes, likes the smell and proceeds to chew them up. Roy goes ballistic. The friend, feeling very bad, has a dilemma: he has two cats. One of the cats enters the room at that moment. The friend then asks: Pardon me Roy, is that the cat that chewed your new shoes?
8-year-old Junior Olympian showed his speed with a 18.2-mph treadmill sprint in Houston, Texas. Footage recorded by Randall Wilson shows his son, Jayce Wilson, pulling off the impressive feat at the Armed Sports Performance gym. #running #Olympics #JaysonWilson pic.twitter.com/uHwJifanP4
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) June 20, 2022
re: #114 (((Archangel1)))
Kinda saw it coming, but still…
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Bringing back Bibi?They’ll never learn.
re: #128 Orange Impostor
Well, to be fair, they didn’t say that AI would destroy the world on purpose, now did they?
I’m still of the opinion that mankind’s last word will be “Oops!”
I’m reminded of the last lines in Colossus: The Forbin Project, where World Control says, “You will say you lose your freedom. Freedom is an illusion. All you lose is the emotion of pride. To be dominated by me is not as bad for humankind as to be dominated by others of your species. Your choice is simple.”
Brilliant screenplay and what a way to end a film.
re: #120 Belafon
people are saying:
part of this is because of the failure to pass legislation extending “emergency” regulations over Jewish citizens in the West Bank.
regs were due to expire at EOM.
dissolving the Knesset tables the automatic expiration
With those eyes I’m surprised she could look at the camera.
She tried pic.twitter.com/VB1HdbO0Bf
— Jesus Chrysler (@JesusChrysler1) June 20, 2022
re: #134 Dr Lizardo
I’m reminded of the last lines in Colossus: The Forbin Project, where World Control says, “You will say you lose your freedom. Freedom is an illusion. All you lose is the emotion of pride. To be dominated by me is not as bad for humankind as to be dominated by others of your species. Your choice is simple.”
Brilliant screenplay and what a way to end a film.
IIRC, the last line from the human was “Never”.
re: #138 Decatur Deb
IIRC, the last line from the human was “Never”.
Yeah, you’re right. Spoken by Eric Braeden.
Time to call it a day - have a good one Lizards and stay healthy.
re: #111 Decatur Deb
My first exposure to robots (and sci-fi) c1951. Dumont television network:
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While already reading Heinlein - watched “The Adventures of 3-D Danny” ~1950s while wondering if this was a new form of comedy on a local FL TV station.
ISTR a fight between 3D and some villain in one episode, and they kicked a hole in the wall of “the impregnable fortress” in which 3D was held captive.
I was shocked to learn that our small town library offers Kanopy streaming. the list is amazing. We’re going to start with an update of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, danced in a future insane asylum for lovers.
re: #140 BeenHereAwhile
While already reading Heinlein - watched this ~1950s while wondering if this was a new form of comedy on a local FL TV station.
ISTR a fight between 3D and some villain in one episode, and they kicked a hole in the wall of “the impregnable fortress” in which 3D was held captive.
Looks like the same special effects director.
Wow! New to me on Justice #ClarenceThomas, #SCOTUS. Why would you use a cash pament & receipt @Venmo email in your #SCOTUS address? Any thoughts or additionL info? https://t.co/YrWIU7IkU7
— Bob Krause (@KrauseForIowa) June 20, 2022
look at the chaos pic.twitter.com/3nvHMMWX5l
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 20, 2022
re: #130 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
One of my favorite train songs is Randy Newman’s Dixie Flyer:
“…Her own mother came to meet us at the station
Her dress as black as a crow in a coal mine
She cried when her little girl got off the train
Her brothers and her sisters came down from Jackson, Mississippi
In a great green Hudson driven by a Gentile they knew
Drinkin’ rye whiskey from a flask in the back seat
Tryin’ to do like the Gentiles do
Christ, they wanted to be Gentiles, too
Who wouldn’t down there, wouldn’t you
An American Christian, God damn”
re: #138 Decatur Deb
IIRC, the last line from the human was “Never”.
Things change a lot in the later books of the trilogy.
re: #144 Backwoods_Sleuth
If that is chaos I would hate to see what organization is.
Ginni Thomas conspired with trump’s lawyer to overthrow democracy while her husband heard election cases. This is a massive scandal. Clarence Thomas is corrupt and must resign. https://t.co/OxIPH1BB8N
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@BillPascrell) June 20, 2022
1) I tested positive for COVID on a rapid test.
2) I went to the urgent care to see if I could get Paxlovid, but nope, because of two drug interactions.
2a) They did a PCR test, I’ll have the results of that in a couple of days.
3) I was offered monoclonal antibodies but declined because I just don’t feel sick enough to want to haul myself down to an infusion center.
4) Obviously I’m keeping an eye on things and will haul myself to the hospital if I start feeling truly awful.
Based on incubation periods, I must have picked it up here in Mesa. So no, I can’t blame it on the plague rats at Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, CA. It’s all on me.
With a focus on the Trump elector scheme, the witnesses for tomorrow’s @January6thCmte hearing include:
Rusty Bowers, frmr AZ House speaker (R)
GA Secy of State Brad Raffensperger (R)
Gabriel Sterling, GA secy of state COO (R)
Wandrea ArShaye Moss, frmr GA election worker https://t.co/O06fE3ycjZ— Brandi Buchman (@Brandi_Buchman) June 20, 2022
Leading the hearing is Rep. @RepAdamSchiff. He will discuss how Trump spread lies about the election so thoroughly it contributed to the chaos and violence of Jan. 6 and was equally sped along by the Trump campaign’s scheme to get fake electors in battleground states.
— Brandi Buchman (@Brandi_Buchman) June 20, 2022
Tomorrow’s hearing will be split over two panels and given the number of witnesses testifying, expecting it to last at least 2.5 hours.
— Brandi Buchman (@Brandi_Buchman) June 20, 2022
Reminder… Pence is still a lying fuck. https://t.co/6GinTImKoL
— thomas rayosun long 🛹 (@ACoupleOkooks) June 20, 2022
re: #81 Jay C
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re: #150 mmmirele
I hope you have a very speedy recovery and no lingering side effects.
re: #150 mmmirele
1) I tested positive for COVID on a rapid test.
2) I went to the urgent care to see if I could get Paxlovid, but nope, because of two drug interactions.
2a) They did a PCR test, I’ll have the results of that in a couple of days.
3) I was offered monoclonal antibodies but declined because I just don’t feel sick enough to want to haul myself down to an infusion center.
4) Obviously I’m keeping an eye on things and will haul myself to the hospital if I start feeling truly awful.Based on incubation periods, I must have picked it up here in Mesa. So no, I can’t blame it on the plague rats at Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, CA. It’s all on me.
sure you can //
seriously, hope it either turns out to be false positive or the symptoms are mild and no lasting effects
Just driving by to say hello good people.
Loved Neil Young from first listen.
I revisit old Neil from time to time and every once in a while a gem is exposed.
A gem.
PAN SHOT!https://t.co/C5S5MuGwZu
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 20, 2022
He would never give up on his dream, even after his guitar was stolen. pic.twitter.com/ZS9H8pUjAK
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) June 20, 2022
re: #119 Dangerman
It was basically the last straw in a series of events, but it’s one that really forced their hand.
Political drama inside the Bennett-Lapid unity government left them with a razor-tight margin for votes, and the Netanyahu-led Opposition decided to go against it just to spite the right side of the Coalition and try to hurt them politically (cut the nose to spite the face style).
There’s a reason why this has never been an issue in more than 50 years, and it’s because it’d be a bad thing from every perspective if the regulations were to expire.
It would have turned the regions into lawless zones where police and national organizations would have no authority or jurisdiction. Jewish settlers and Arabs alike could not be tried for crimes, police wouldn’t be able to investigate or arrest anyone in the region for any reason, and state authorities wouldn’t be able to serve citizens living there. It would further hurt resident left-wing Arab Israelis and right-wing Jewish Israelis alike, make it impossible for hundreds of thousands of them to vote in elections, and more.
Bibi’s Likud party got in hot water over it and other decisions in recent weeks, and will absolutely face the wrath of many more within the Israeli right. And having effectively lost four elections in a row, it’s not like Netanyahu had it easy before.
Two Florida deputies have each been suspended for about two weeks for leaking news about actor and comedian Bob Saget’s death before his family was alerted, officials said. https://t.co/xfauSf4F9w
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 20, 2022
re: #150 mmmirele
1) I tested positive for COVID on a rapid test.
2) I went to the urgent care to see if I could get Paxlovid, but nope, because of two drug interactions.
2a) They did a PCR test, I’ll have the results of that in a couple of days.
3) I was offered monoclonal antibodies but declined because I just don’t feel sick enough to want to haul myself down to an infusion center.
4) Obviously I’m keeping an eye on things and will haul myself to the hospital if I start feeling truly awful.Based on incubation periods, I must have picked it up here in Mesa. So no, I can’t blame it on the plague rats at Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, CA. It’s all on me.
Don’t be so tough that you blow the monoclonal window. It really makes a difference if you need it.
re: #150 mmmirele
Doggone! Take care of yourself!
re: #152 jaunte
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can we stop all this ‘hero’ idiocy now?
there were DOZENS and DOZENS of people who could have blown the whistle on this.
NONE did. Profiles in cowardice, all of them.
And Pence was the highest ranking one.
Second in the country only to the guy orchestrating the coup.
OK, Pence wouldnt 25A. That’s (partially) why DeVos and Chao quit.
Mulvaney and others too.
(and yet again they all stayed SILENT).
OK, so no 25th.
Pence could have resigned himself.
Yeah so Nancy’s 2nd in line for two weeks. Big deal.
He could have stayed, and just gone public.
He didn’t do either of these things because we KNOW he wasn’t thinking of the country.
He was thinking of his own political future, no matter how deluded he was, and still is, about it.
So in review, he did nothing at all.
fucking coward.
re: #145 jaunte
One of my favorite train songs is Randy Newman’s Dixie Flyer:
midnight train to Georgia
re: #160 (((Archangel1)))
It was basically the last straw in a series of events, but it’s one that really forced their hand.
Political drama inside the Bennett-Lapid unity government left them with a razor-tight margin for votes, and the Netanyahu-led Opposition decided to go against it just to spite the right side of the Coalition and try to hurt them politically (cut the nose to spite the face style).There’s a reason why this has never been an issue in more than 50 years, and it’s because it’d be a bad thing from every perspective if the regulations were to expire.
It would have turned the regions into lawless zones where police and national organizations would have no authority or jurisdiction. Jewish settlers and Arabs alike could not be tried for crimes, police wouldn’t be able to investigate or arrest anyone in the region for any reason, and state authorities wouldn’t be able to serve citizens living there. It would further hurt resident left-wing Arab Israelis and right-wing Jewish Israelis alike, make it impossible for hundreds of thousands of them to vote in elections, and more.Bibi’s Likud party got in hot water over it and other decisions in recent weeks, and will absolutely face the wrath of many more within the Israeli right. And having effectively lost four elections in a row, it’s not like Netanyahu had it easy before.
thx
+1
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has joined the growing list of state and local officials fighting the release of records that could help clarify how the emergency response unfolded during last month’s deadly shooting in Uvalde. https://t.co/mbs43gvgFU
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) June 20, 2022
“…Among the arguments provided by government entities for withholding such documents is one from DPS stating that releasing records like footage from body cameras would provide criminals with “invaluable information” about its investigative techniques1, information sharing2 and criminal analysis3.”
1. Standing around during the crime
2. Hiding all information from the public
3. Analyzing how to to it more efficiently after the next mass shooting
re: #150 mmmirele
Given how contagious the omicron variants are, we are all likely to get it at some time, at least until they finally have a vaccine that targets the newest strains. Hopefully, like all those I know who have gotten ill and have been vaccinated/boosted, you will be fully recovered in a few days (well — took my BIL about 10).
re: #74 Florida Panhandler
It will switch to “sacrifices to be made for the glory of the fatherland “.
re: #144 Backwoods_Sleuth
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And (to belabor a theme) where are the taco trucks? I was told there would be taco trucks.
re: #158 Amory Blaine
The ordinary people of America did lose the Cold War. Once the USSR was gone, the US plutocracy decided to make all of that old Soviet propaganda about capitalism come true.
re: #150 mmmirele
Take care and isolate. If shit gets weird, we can be your messenger.
re: #176 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Last I saw, the taco truck was outside the roller derby.
Putin hit the jackpot w/ Trump & the GOP. Of course he’ll help them again. He won’t stop his war on the West unless we stop him. Maybe it’s time we give Russia an ultimatum: get out of Ukraine & stop attacking our democracies or Ukraine is on a fast track to NATO. Enough already. https://t.co/DjRmSJLroq
— 🇺🇦Paula Chertok🗽🇺🇦 (@PaulaChertok) June 20, 2022
re: #176 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
And (to belabor a theme) where are the taco trucks? I was told there would be taco trucks.
we were told if Hillary won there’d be taco trucks. She didn’t, ergo.
Native American tribes to co-manage national monument for first time
washingtonpost.com
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service signed the cooperative agreement on Saturday with five tribes that have inhabited the region surrounding Bears Ears National Monument for centuries: the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, and the Pueblo of Zuni.
“Today, instead of being removed from a landscape to make way for a public park, we are being invited back to our ancestral homelands to help repair them and plan for a resilient future,” Carleton Bowekaty, co-chair of the Bears Ears Commission and lieutenant governor of the Pueblo of Zuni, said in a statement.
re: #183 retired cynic
Great news. I wish them success.
re: #182 sagehen
we were told if Hillary won there’d be taco trucks. She didn’t, ergo.
Biden won though. He is the obvious heir of Hillary’s nefarious plans.
On the artillery and long range front in Ukraine:
One just can’t help but see the drastic increase in the intensity of Ukrainian strikes undermining key Russian military infrastructure in occupied Donbas: railways, HQs, munition depots etc.
In other words: Western-provided longer-range artillery is working.— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) June 20, 2022
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Taken from Ukraine in 2014 -
Ukrainian forces have launched missile strikes against two separate #Russian targets in the Black Sea, according to local #Ukrainian media and Russian occupational authorities in the Russian-controlled #Crimea peninsula.https://t.co/lVOrnkda1m
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) June 20, 2022
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Those new weapons are performing beautiful magic. Not only were enemy oil rigs hit, but Snake Island was pummeled from Ukrainian HIMARS. And the enemy cries foul and threatens to hit Allies. https://t.co/Be5D3KopTh
— Euromaidan PR (@EuromaidanPR) June 20, 2022
re: #130 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
This is the train song I have a soft spot for because it was a 45 that my mom had and listened to in the late 50’s.
re: #185 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Biden won though. He is the obvious heir of Hillary’s nefarious plans.
not the taco part of it; he’s more a hot-dog cart and ice cream truck kind of guy.
Another sad by-product of elevating Pence for his single act of courage is that now whenever he gives a speech we’ll have to hear his smarmy sanctimonious voice as if he’s at all a serious person and potential candidate.
Not sure why this hasn’t received more publicity, but this fifty-foot sculpture called “Dignity” was unveiled several years ago in Chamberlain South Dakota.
Created by artist Dale Lamphere to honor the women of the Sioux Nation. It’s absolutely stunning. pic.twitter.com/RHpWU4oTss— Rob Szczerba 🇺🇦 (@RJSzczerba) June 19, 2022
re: #21 Backwoods_Sleuth
What people like Greitens want is a bullet in the face, so they can die a martyr.
A goal I am happy to help them with.
re: #130 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
It is also the starting point for one of the greatest dad jokes in history.
Good dad joke, and here’s a great train song.
train song, live version from 1969:
re: #190 Barefoot Grin
Another sad by-product of elevating Pence for his single act of courage is that now whenever he gives a speech we’ll have to hear his smarmy sanctimonious voice as if he’s at all a serious person and potential candidate.
The single time in his life he did something courageous after he contacted everyone respectable or esteemed in Republican to determine whether there was a way out — a way to defer to Trump’s evil design. Hear me out on this — a theory based on nothing — is it possible that it was “Mother”, after all, who persuaded him to do the right thing. I remember reading years ago that she detested Trump — maybe it was her fortitude rather than his that led to his finally following the advice of those who did not want revolution in the streets and an immediate overthrow of our Constitution.
re: #190 Barefoot Grin
Another sad by-product of elevating Pence for his single act of courage is that now whenever he gives a speech we’ll have to hear his smarmy sanctimonious voice as if he’s at all a serious person and potential candidate.
Pence seems eager to trot out his Christian beliefs whenever and wherever possible. It seems he’s forgotten a big time No-no about ” Bearing False Witness” by claiming Biden lies more than Trump.
I post the following from none other than Pat Robertson not to claim him as any sort of legitimate Biblical scholar, but to illustrate the proclivity of our hard right “Christians” to devalue or elevate any word or sentence in the Bible however it may serve their own narrow agendas. In this latest example of outright lying by Pence, let it be known either he or Pat Robertson is full of shit.
A Christian might not be involved in drug addiction, drunkenness, fornication, adultery, or homosexuality, but a Christian may be big on slander and backbiting. I can think of no practice—other than deep-seated hatred and lack of forgiveness—that will so quickly cut off the blessing and power of God in a Christian’s life.
A no-fun train song about the French-Algerian war.
Why all these bugles crying
For squads of young men drilled
To kill and to be killed
And waiting by this train?
Why the orders loud and hoarse
Why the engine’s groaning cough
As it strains to drag us off
Into the holocaust?
Why crowds who sing and cry
And shout and fling us flowers
And trade their right for ours
To murder and to die?
The dove has torn her wings
So no more songs of love
We are not here to sing
We’re here to kill the dove
Why has this moment come
When childhood has to die
When hope shrinks to a sigh
And speech into a drum?
Why are they pale and still
Young boys trained overnight
Conscripts forced to fight
And dressed in gray to kill?
These rain clouds massing tight
This train load battle bound
This moving burial ground sent
Thundering toward the night
The dove has torn her wings
So no more songs of love
We are not here to sing
We’re here to kill the dove
Why statues towering brave
Above the last defeat
Old word and lies repeat
Across the new made grave?
Why the same still birth
That victory always brought
These hoards of glory bought
By men with mouths of earth?
Dead ash without a spark
Where cities glittered bright
For guns probe every light
And crush it in the dark
The dove has torn her wings
So no more songs of love
We are not here to sing
We’re here to kill the dove
And why your face undone
With jagged lines of tears
That gave in those first years
All peace I ever won?
Your body in the gloom
The platform fading back
Your shadow on the track
A flower on a tomb
And why these days ahead
When I must let you cry
And live prepared to die
As if our love were dead?
The dove has torn her wings
So no more songs of love
We are not here to sing
We’re here to kill the dove
Video
“Freight Train” by Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten
Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten (1895-1987) built her musical legacy on a firm foundation of late 19th- and early 20th-century African-American instrumental traditions and fine musicianship. She strung her guitar upside down, the bass notes to the bottom. This meant she would thumb the treble strings while finger-picking the bass notes, creating an almost inimitable sound. Her method was so influential it became known as the “Cotten style.” Watch this unique style in a performance of “Freight Train,” her best-known song, edited from film taken by Pete and Toshi Seeger at the Seeger family home in 1957.
Person writing that note is wrong…she did not restring the guitar upside down. As a lefty, she just played at guitar left-handed without re-stringing a righty guitar.
But the video at the link still is a national treasure.
re: #200 Backwoods_Sleuth
More Elizabeth Cotten at genius.com
re: #190 Barefoot Grin
Another sad by-product of elevating Pence for his single act of courage is that now whenever he gives a speech we’ll have to hear his smarmy sanctimonious voice as if he’s at all a serious person and potential candidate.
Does he even have another voice? I bet he talks to mother like that.
Edit: I just remembered his annoying talk show voice. That’s the one he uses with mother.
Yet another train song. (Popular in the West Coast Swing Dance community.)
Greitens was reinstated in the Navy because of pressure from Pence.https://t.co/eqwCRBLCAl
— Mary Waggener (@marywag2947) June 20, 2022
re: #81 Jay C
Public Service announcement from Jay C and the New York Times:
When Customers Say Their Money Was Stolen on Zelle, Banks Often Refuse to Pay
Embarrassing confession behind the tags:
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Ouch. Zelle and debit cards offer far less protection than credit cards when it comes to fraud. In the future, use a credit card or nothing. With a credit card you’d be responsible for at most 50 bucks, and most CC companies wave it anyway.
“…Emails revealed from the FOIA request show Vice Adm. Robert Burke, then the Navy’s Chief of Personnel, saying that if Greitens was not a civilian at the time of the allegations, the Navy would have prosecuted him under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
“Since he was in the IRR [Individual Ready Reserve] at the time, we had no recourse. If he were in the AC [active component], or even RC [reserve component] on active duty, we would have gone after Art 120 [Article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, rape and sexual assault],” Burke wrote in an email dated May 24, 2019.”
lawandcrime.com
re: #141 Decatur Deb
I was shocked to learn that our small town library offers Kanopy streaming. the list is amazing. We’re going to start with an update of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, danced in a future insane asylum for lovers.
Thanks. Just checked and our posh suburban library also offers Kanopy streaming. Our household is starting with something a little less sophisticated than your household - “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” with Danny Kaye.
Here’s the Bloodrock DOA of train songs.
Aww, they faded out the ending instead of the crescendo to a dead stop a la She’s So Heavy.
re: #90 ckkatz
If you enslave people is it rational to worry about the enslaved revolting and murdering you in your bed?
Gordon Lightfoot also wrote a couple:
There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun
Long before the white man and long before the wheel
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real
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The songs of the wars are as old as the hills
They cling like the rust on the cold steel that kills
They tell of the boys who went down to the tracks
In a patriotic manner with the cold steel on their backs
re: #207 JC1
Ouch. Zelle and debit cards offer far less protection than credit cards when it comes to fraud. In the future, use a credit card or nothing. With a credit card you’d be responsible for at most 50 bucks, and most CC companies wave it anyway.
Thanks. Though using a credit card would not have helped in this case. The core problem seems to be (as the Times piece highlights) that Zelle seems to offer no protection at all. My instance was considered “my fault” as I *properly* set it up and made the transfer - some of the victims in the article didn’t even do that: and their banks were still unwilling to reverse anything out.
re: #192 retired cynic
The Chamberlain SD rest area is one of the best in the country. Besides the stunning statue of Dignity there’s a wonderful view of the Missouri River Valley, a little Lewis & Clark interpretive center including full scale replica of the 55ft keelboat, and a nice (often windy) picnic area and trail.
re: #190 Barefoot Grin
Another sad by-product of elevating Pence for his single act of courage is that now whenever he gives a speech we’ll have to hear his smarmy sanctimonious voice as if he’s at all a serious person and potential candidate.
Jennifer Rubin:
Be careful about lionizing Jan. 6 witnesses. They failed to stop the insurrection.
Pence could have promptly conceded the race, even if Trump did not. He could have denounced the “big lie.” He could have gone to the FBI or spoken publicly about Trump’s pressure campaign.
She covers all the other sudden “heroes” and concludes:
One purpose of the hearings is to assign accountability for the coup attempt that culminated on Jan. 6. That should start with the long list of Republicans who failed to stop it when they had the chance.
re: #216 nines09
Savoy Brown had a sound and it was a lot like
The first hockey barn concert I saw was The Grease Band, The Faces, and Savoy Brown. All three were good but Faces definitely won the night.
The eight-track player got stolen out of my parents car during the show.
Sorry that all of my train songs are bummers…
re: #68 No Malarkey!
I predict women will be going to prison for having abortions, and it will start as early as this year.
They’ve already gone to jail for abortions. The next step is states wanting to execute women who obtain abortions.
re: #188 stpaulbear
This is the train song I have a soft spot for because it was a 45 that my mom had and listened to in the late 50’s.
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Remember hearing the whistle & clack echo through the hills? Every railroad town I’ve lived in during my life. This wonderful tribute to each and every one and the people who still remember.
Railroad Town Without A Train - Jr Williams https://t.co/VOtJDYOZmd via @YouTube— justa farmer (@justafarmer4) June 20, 2022
re: #221 stpaulbear
Faces was one of the absolutely best live bands I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen bunches.
Ronnie Wood is a master.
One example.
Open E tuning.
Master class in simplicity and form.
They panned the mics. Live it killed.
re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth
sure, jan…
Really. Big strong men who’ve never cried before, right?
Ron Johnson explains why he broke his promise to only run for two terms: “I didn’t want to do this .. but people are literally coming up to me with tears in their eyes, streaming down their cheeks saying, ‘You got to run. You got to help us save this country!”
re: #226 nines09
Faces was one of the absolutely best live bands I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen bunches.
Ronnie Wood is a master.
One example.
Open E tuning.
Master class in simplicity and form.
They panned the mics. Live it killed.
Yep, I went out looking for the album with that song the day after the concert. I bought two other albums before I found the right one. I still have all three plus a bunch more. I got to see them three times live in Minneapolis.
Ian McLagan said in an interview that that song drove him nuts because he has to come in at a very specific point late in the song. Everyone else drops out for him to play busy little solo lick. He didn’t always hit it right.
re: #162 Decatur Deb
Don’t be so tough that you blow the monoclonal window. It really makes a difference if you need it.
This feels like a cold. I felt much worse when I had bronchitis in January-February 2019. I am keeping an eye on it.
I am actually glad that I went out of town, because if I’d been in town yesterday, my mother would have expected me to come around to celebrate my birthday. And then I would be beating myself up about exposing her to Covid. So I don’t get to see her for a while, but that’s fine. I’m not giving her Covid.
I filled the birdbath this evening and I have made a blue jay very happy. He’s come back 3-4 times to splash away, but he gets annoyed when I watch him through the window. It got up to 100° this afternoon.
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re: #218 Jay C
Thanks. Though using a credit card would not have helped in this case. The core problem seems to be (as the Times piece highlights) that Zelle seems to offer no protection at all. My instance was considered “my fault” as I *properly* set it up and made the transfer - some of the victims in the article didn’t even do that: and their banks were still unwilling to reverse anything out.
If you paid with credit card, you could have absolutely disputed the charge, and not been responsible for it. With a credit card it’s the bank’s money and responsibility. With a debit card or Zelle, it’s your money and the bank doesn’t legally have to do anything.
Texas GOP: What could go wrong?
*Texas power grid enters the chat* pic.twitter.com/Kg2i0we1js— Political Southpaw (@DahlELama2) June 20, 2022
re: #237 darthstar
Oy. This is a mess. Keep in mind Texas always had the ability to do this.
And he and Milo engaged each other quickly. pic.twitter.com/yjwqR6n3lu
— Sean (@sean_s_mc) June 21, 2022
re: #242 Backwoods_Sleuth
another train song
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Not a train song, per se, but it does open with the words “Play a fuckin’ train song!” Hank 3 with Hillbilly Jim - making it private as it’s offensive as shit…probably will never get live radio play.
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re: #238 PhillyPretzel
Oy. This is a mess. Keep in mind Texas always had the ability to do this.
This would make Teslas an import.
re: #243 darthstar
Not a train song, per se, but it does open with the words “Play a fuckin’ train song!” Hank 3 with Hillbilly Jim - making it private as it’s offensive as shit…probably will never get live radio play.
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offensive makes it authentic…
re: #238 PhillyPretzel
Oy. This is a mess. Keep in mind Texas always had the ability to do this.
Texas can vote to do it, but they can’t leave just on their vote.
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