Seth takes a closer look at the January 6 hearings providing a mountain of new evidence revealing that the people involved in Trump’s relentless plan to overturn the election all had criminal intent and knew what they were doing was against the law.
Twitter is pushing this Bloomberg headline:
Biden says Americans will have to stomach high gas prices “as long as it takes”
It strikes me as the doom for any Biden re-election.
Context is everything but headline writers only care about putting eyes on product.
Right now Biden is on the Jimmy Carter trajectory.
Any sufficiently loud and obnoxious strong-man is going to win in 2024 if Biden is painted into a Carter-esque corner.
— vls1stclassasshole (@1stclassasshole) July 1, 2022
Cheney vs. four deep fried fascist corn dogs. https://t.co/8PvZOZQtpb
— Gocart Mozart (@EdMix13) July 1, 2022
NEW: Abbott holds 8-point lead over O’Rourke in Texas governor’s race: poll https://t.co/OzfrjFrAlC pic.twitter.com/kwnuao9ddO
— The Hill (@thehill) July 1, 2022
About that libertarian funny money and how you can safely use it to buy illegal weapons, drugs, child sex slaves, and other stuff libertarians like:
Coinbase Has Been Providing “Historical Geo Tracking” Information And Tracing Software To Government Agencies https://t.co/pXf4vMxlHM
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 1, 2022
Abortion laws: The women jailed in El Salvador for suffering miscarriages — Pregnants who needed emergency care after suffering pregnancy complications, found themselves accused of having an abortion, and jailed for up to 30 years https://t.co/ku5U6edv5W
— Alfons López Tena 🦇 (@alfonslopeztena) June 30, 2022
Libertarians are still calling for breaking up the country.
The concept of #nationaldivorce might sound scary, but it really isnt. People should be free to live their lives in the way that makes them happy. Why should everyone be tied to the same federal government in a guaranteed lose-lose cycle of elections and changing laws?
— Libertarian Party of Delaware (@LPofDelaware) June 28, 2022
re: #10 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Libertarians are still calling for breaking up the country.
The national party did as well. They’re a seditionist party now just like the Republicans.
re: #10 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Libertarians are still calling for breaking up the country.
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Are they also tools of the Russians?
re: #7 Captain Ron
Seems as if no matter what Republicans do, voters support them. Sigh.
re: #13 Patricia Kayden
Seems as if no matter what Republicans do, voters support them. Sigh.
It appears too many Americans support a white supremacist patriarchal theocracy.
New model kit.
Clear Prop Tu-143 Reys. Clear Prop is a new Ukrainian company, further cementing that country’s leadership in this field. They produce some really interesting models, too. Some of these have great artwork, though the Tu-143 is not one of those. The TU-143 itself was a Soviet era reconnaissance drone, basically a cruise missile that would fly out, take pictures, then return to its point of origin for recovery by parachute. Russia phased theirs out years ago but Ukraine still has hunrdeds of them. They have received a variety of upgrades, especially in the area of electronic payloads. These elint and jamming versions have been used successfully against their erstwhile orginators.
The model is 1/72 scale (1 inch=6 feet) so it is quite small, about 41/2 inches long, but comes with a cart, a nifty display stand and the all-important Ukrainian markings.
re: #12 Hecuba’s daughter
Are they also tools of the Russians?
Right alongside the Getting Republicans Elected Every November Party.
re: #16 William Lewis
Right alongside the Getting Republicans Elected Every November Party.
Like the Republican Party, the Libertarian Party is becoming more extreme. Their current philosophy seems very destructive. Gary Johnson and William Weld who were the 2016 party standard bearers seemed like rational politicians (all right — Johnson was eccentric but with a good sense of humor).
re: #17 Hecuba’s daughter
Like the Republican Party, the Libertarian Party is becoming more extreme. Their current philosophy seems very destructive. Gary Johnson and William Weld who were the 2016 party standard bearers seemed like rational politicians (all right — Johnson was eccentric but with a good sense of humor).
Johnson got booed when he opined that abolishing drivers’ licences would be a bad thing during the 2016 Libertarian Party debate.
Calling it a night Lizards. Just as a FYI, my online presence is going to be curtailed quite a bit until further notice. So if you don’t see me here for a few weeks or more, well, it is what it is. Be well and may you find peace and comfort were ever you can in these troubled times.
re: #19 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
You, too!
This century-old view of Constantinople’s Golden Horn Bay was taken by J Courtellemont in 1924 (6 years before it became Istanbul). It shows the famous Galata Tower without is conical roof, which was destroyed by a storm in 1875 & not replaced until 1966. It is original colour. pic.twitter.com/QS4mtUEmCX
— BabelColour (@StuartHumphryes) June 30, 2022
Thread…we already knew Arizona’s prison “health” “system” was craptastic, a federal judge made a bunch of findings today.
BREAKING: U.S. District Court Judge rules in landmark prison health care case finding Arizona “failed to provide … a constitutionally adequate medical care and mental health care system for all prisoners.” Judge Silver orders injunctive relief to be determined by court expert pic.twitter.com/CSK1Qxkcm4
— Jimmy Jenkins (@JimmyJenkins) July 1, 2022
re: #6 gocart mozart
Besides Donald Trump’s mental maladies progressing from narcissistic sociopathy into the realm of the psychopathic after the 2020 election, what strikes me as just as dangerous—or even more so—is the welling up of popular belief that an insurrection and attempted overthrow of the US government is one of political frivolousness obsession.
This lunacy and derangement syndrome seems to be on the increase rather than mitigated by the establishment of facts by the select committee. The 800 lb gorilla in the room at the hearings is the fact that tens of millions of Americans actually believe and back the rantings of a maniacal psychopath rather than to seek the truth beyond their own prejudices and partisanship.
re: #3 BigPapa
Season 3 of The Wire down. So good.
Oh, just wait! It’s going to blow your doors off in the next season.
Ah the Summer sunbeams are a perfect spot to stretch out a bit. Maybe a nap. pic.twitter.com/tasAeywgpu
— Manksy (Aka Cinnamon), Pepper, Cleo, and Tigger (@TheManksy) July 1, 2022
re: #19 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Calling it a night Lizards. Just as a FYI, my online presence is going to be curtailed quite a bit until further notice. So if you don’t see me here for a few weeks or more, well, it is what it is. Be well and may you find peace and comfort were ever you can in these troubled times.
Take care of yourself. Sending good juju to you and Robyn.
re: #19 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Thanks for letting us know so we don’t fret.
re: #10 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Libertarians are still calling for breaking up the country.
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A “National Divorce” is like most concepts that libertarians like to push: Sounds great until you realize they have no real plan to make it happen or what to do when it inevitably goes to shit.
Haven’t been sharing Wordle much because it’s become so routine, but figured I’d need to share this one.
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I am unreasonably upset at that 4th guess.
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Haven’t been sharing Wordle much because it’s become so routine, but figured I’d need to share this one.
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Nice one. Only one possible way to proceed.
re: #34 Citizen K
Haven’t been sharing Wordle much because it’s become so routine, but figured I’d need to share this one.
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Ah the 24 kinds of libertarians strikes again. pic.twitter.com/D9Tp2C4cuy
— Bill Barnett (@BillBar29495196) July 1, 2022
Issac Bailey (a favorite of mine and a great guy) not having any of Tim Scott’s bullshit
Leaked footage of Vladimir Putin from inside the Kremlin today. pic.twitter.com/r9R33wY9RK
— Michael Weiss 🌻🇺🇸🇮🇪 (@michaeldweiss) June 30, 2022
And really, when I hear the word “divorce,” my mind naturally pictures an amicable and peaceful separation of states with a totally equitable split of all claims and resources with all parties feeling the results sound and just. Because after all, nobody’s heard of a messy divorce, right?
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So the governor and legislature finally signed a compromise on what to do with our giant budget surplus.
Most of us will get some money back.
Payments won’t start to go out until October and will be strung out over 3 months until Jan’23.
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re: #41 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
So the governor and legislature finally signed a compromise on what to do with our giant budget surplus.
Most of us will get some money back.
Payments won’t start to go out until October and will be strung out over 3 months until Jan’23.
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Must be nice to live in a sane state. Here in VA, our “moderate” governor just announced this week his intent to pass a 15 week abortion ban, something which will no doubt go over grand with the lily-white suburban voters who “took a chance” on electing him last year.
I finished a hellacious process of changing phone companies today. I had a whole lot of numbers, mostly written down, and then almost blanked on my debit card PIN at the last step. It felt like I walked out of dystopia and into the world the rest of you live in (a different dystopia…) I’ve only called my husband so far, but that’s about all I did with the old phone, so if that works, I’m pretty much set. New 4G flip phones. As expected, I heard again about Mr. w’s original phone; a wooden box on the wall with a hand crank. Their number was one long and 2 short.
re: #42 Targetpractice
Well, California is home to most of the “1%” in this country, so that generates a large revenue stream into the Franchise Tax Board.
Plus many profitable companies add to the tax base.
All of this also is why land prices are so astronomical.
So yes, the giant surplus is going to works projects and refunds for millions of people.
But land rents will suck up all those refunds very quickly.
California (and the rest of the west) face a never-ending water crisis. The refund expenditures won’t do much about that, though some of the surplus is going to energy deals that should secure Californians electricity during extremes (contra Texas.)
If this country split along conservative/liberal lines, the first order of business for the new conservative nation will be to declare war on the new liberal nation.
Their political beliefs require an enemy.
Admit it, you always wanted to know:
The mystery of how dinosaurs had sex
[…]
Unfortunately, it’s not possible to tell if the psittacosaurus in question is male or female, or exactly what kinds of sexual organs they possessed, because its respective body parts are hidden within. This leaves dinosaurs with two possible mating strategies - the (shudder) so-called “cloacal kiss”, in which two dinosaurs would have lined up their cloacas, with the male ejecting his semen directly into the female’s - a common strategy among birds- or the more familiar version, where there’s a penis involved (how crocodiles do it).
Without further evidence and with zero other fossilised dinosaur cloacas to go on, the jury is still out.
[…]
When you lose the Washington Examiner…https://t.co/1SXpbyKMRB
— Beau of The Fifth Column (@BeauTFC) July 1, 2022
re: #10 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The concept of #nationaldivorce might sound scary, but it really isnt. People should be free to live their lives in the way that makes them happy. Why should everyone be tied to the same federal government in a guaranteed lose-lose cycle of elections and changing laws?/blockquote>
We should all each live in our own Republic of Bob, Republic of Lyle, Republic of George, etc…I don’t know how they stand on family clans, but assuming they will become the base unit of politics that would put us roughly back to feudal Europe.
re: #13 Patricia Kayden
Seems as if no matter what Republicans do, voters support them. Sigh.
At least for rural voters, food and gasoline and utilities are the biggest items on the bill after rent. And that is what they vote.
re: #22 mmmirele
Thread…we already knew Arizona’s prison “health” “system” was craptastic, a federal judge made a bunch of findings today.
Arizona votes wanted Law and Order at all Costs but also Low, Low, Low Taxes. This what they comes of that approach
Morning Lizards.
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Michele: look into T-mobile Internet. I get an obscene amount of bandwidth at much higher speeds for $55 a month. Don’t know about with cell.
re: #42 Targetpractice
Elections have consequences and he was caught on a hot mic saying what he would do about abortion if elected Governor. At least we know he keeps his promises.
re: #51 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
At least for rural voters, food and gasoline and utilities are the biggest items on the bill after rent. And that is what they vote.
Gov Abbott deregulated utilities to the point where people died when their heat shut off during a snowstorm. That’s not leadership. Again, voters never hold Republicans accountable for the screw ups — even when people die.
Public schools in Texas would describe slavery to second graders as “involuntary relocation” under new social studies standards proposed to the state’s education board, according to @TexasTribune. https://t.co/iaYOTl7zyB
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 30, 2022
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Wow! Feel like a champ for getting the 4/6. Been a tough week for these. Hope everyone has a fantabulous holiday weekend!
re: #54 William Lewis
Michele: look into T-mobile Internet. I get an obscene amount of bandwidth at much higher speeds for $55 a month. Don’t know about with cell.
We got that here, it is actually a good deal, they have tons of competition and are out to retain their market share by actually being competent and not just trendy.
re: #57 Patricia Kayden
Gov Abbott deregulated utilities to the point where people died when their heat shut off during a snowstorm. That’s not leadership. Again, voters never hold Republicans accountable for the screw ups — even when people die.
…and yet they successfully sold that to many of their constituents as the Cost of Freedom - buried in the ground (along with schoolchildren, churchgoers, spouses and shoppers).
“What makes wage slavery? Wages! Abolish them any you’ll be free!”
-Groucho Marx
re: #60 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We got that here, it is actually a good deal, they have tons of competition and are out to retain their market share by actually being competent and not just trendy.
Exactly what I’ve found since ditching CL and going with them. Fast, reliable, cheap - everything CenturyLink was not. I do need to get another cheap hub though since the modem they sent me only has to ethernet ports to connect to computers and I have a number of old beasts that need wire.
Those three last guesses absolutely baffled me.
I also need to double-check myself when I think a word is a proper noun, because a lot of the time, it’s both.
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re: #54 William Lewis
Michele: look into T-mobile Internet. I get an obscene amount of bandwidth at much higher speeds for $55 a month. Don’t know about with cell.
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re: #60 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We got that here, it is actually a good deal, they have tons of competition and are out to retain their market share by actually being competent and not just trendy.
T-Mobile has been a fantastic cell phone provider to have. I don’t have their home Internet service, but only because we do lots of video gaming, and I’m not certain how latency works on what amounts to a variable bitrate connection. But it’s a sorely tempting offer.
re: #60 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
We got that here, it is actually a good deal, they have tons of competition and are out to retain their market share by actually being competent and not just trendy.
You’re lucky in Germany - here in Czech Republic, there’s a de facto cartel of O2, T-Mobile and Vodafone….and the Czech Telecommunication Authority refuses to do anything about it. IIRC, we have the second-highest mobile tariffs in the EU.
re: #68 Dr Lizardo
You’re lucky in Germany - here in Czech Republic, there’s a de facto cartel of O2, T-Mobile and Vodafone….and the Czech Telecommunication Authority refuses to do anything about it. IIRC, we have the second-highest mobile tariffs in the EU.
Bulgaria got a similar cartel deal with electricity: some of the lowest wages and the highest prices for electricity in Europe
This is a fantastic angle.
I’m adopted. When I met my birthmom I asked if she’d considered abortion. She said yes. And I was glad, because it meant she had a choice. My birth wasn’t her death. I’m here because she wanted me to be here. That means the world to me. Women should have the choice.
— blaire erskine (@blaireerskine) June 30, 2022
re: #70 Dopamine Fish
This is a fantastic angle.
They used to talk about how Tim Tebow’s mom was single and could have aborted him. But she didn’t and it is great that she had the CHOICE.
re: #72 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They used to talk about how Tim Tebow’s mom was single and could have aborted him. But she didn’t and it is great that she had the CHOICE.
Just think: If she’d chosen the other way, she would’ve saved the world a whole lot of mediocre football, Christian pearl-clutching, and agonizingly bad First Amendment takes.
/ (I’m not a total monster, after all)
re: #72 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Except she wasn’t single, and they lived in a very Catholic country.
re: #69 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Bulgaria got a similar cartel deal with electricity: some of the lowest wages and the highest prices for electricity in Europe
One of the funnier examples of the Czech Telecommunications Authority’s thinking here was this little gem from about three years back. When asked why mobile data prices here were so outrageously expensive compared to the rest of the EU, the person in charge said (and this is a quote), “The reason for this is because unfortunately, most Czechs utilize free WiFi services at shopping centers or what have you, which causes mobile data prices to be high.”
LOL. I don’t know what kind of school of economics this person went to, but they certainly weren’t paying attention when the law of supply and demand was brought up. 😄
re: #74 Moe Avattar
Except she wasn’t single, and they lived in a very Catholic country.
did not know that
But TT was the poster child for Persecuted Christians back when that was getting to be all the rage again.
Later, the same people would get very upset about other football players kneeling on the field.
re: #75 Dr Lizardo
LOL. I don’t know what kind of school of economics this person went to, but they certainly weren’t paying attention when the law of supply and demand was brought up. 😄
They were taught the law of Baffle and Bullshit
re: #76 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
did not know that
But TT was the poster child for Persecuted Christians back when that was getting to be all the rage again.
Later, the same people would get very upset about other football players kneeling on the field.
Yeah, but they were kneeling while non-white (or worse, in support of non-whites) and that’s horrific!
re: #77 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They were taught the law of Baffle and Bullshit
Yeah, most likely. I had to read that quote a couple times when I first saw it, because I couldn’t quite believe what I was reading. And even worse, the journalist doing the interview didn’t immediately respond with, “What?!”
Turns out the coup that was actually successful took place inside the SCOTUS.
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) July 1, 2022
re: #15 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
New model kit.
Clear Prop Tu-143 Reys. Clear Prop is a new Ukrainian company, further cementing that country’s leadership in this field. They produce some really interesting models, too. Some of these have great artwork, though the Tu-143 is not one of those. The TU-143 itself was a Soviet era reconnaissance drone, basically a cruise missile that would fly out, take pictures, then return to its point of origin for recovery by parachute. Russia phased theirs out years ago but Ukraine still has hunrdeds of them. They have received a variety of upgrades, especially in the area of electronic payloads. These elint and jamming versions have been used successfully against their erstwhile orginators.
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Clear Prop Tu-143 Reys. Clear Prop is a new Ukrainian company, further rubber cementing that country’s leadership in this field.
A little copy-editing there.
re: #79 Dr Lizardo
Yeah, most likely. I had to read that quote a couple times when I first saw it, because I couldn’t quite believe what I was reading. And even worse, the journalist doing the interview didn’t immediately respond with, “What?!”
So, your journalists went to American journalism schools?
re: #80 Backwoods_Sleuth
Turns out the coup that was actually successful took place inside the SCOTUS.
But the chief perpetrator and organizer was Mitch McConnell, who laid the groundwork by sitting on his hands and refusing to even hold hearings for Merrick Garland, who then arranged Justice Kennedy to resign, and then rushed through the replacement for RBG…he succeeded and the damage will take decades, even generations to recover from.
re: #83 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
But the chief perpetrator and organizer was Mitch McConnell, who sat on his hands and refused to even hold hearings for Merrick Garland, then arranged Justice Kennedy to resign, and then forced through the replacement for RBG…he succeeded and the damage will take decades, even generations to recover from.
nah. it will take 52 senators and a House majority, with a Democratic president, busting the filibuster and then expanding the court to 13 to match the number of federal district court systems, as was originally envisaged. Lots of doom and gloom, but the beauty of democracy is that the worm always turns, and payback will be a bitch.
re: #84 steve_davis
nah. it will take 52 senators and a House majority, with a Democratic president, busting the filibuster and then expanding the court to 13 to match the number of federal district court systems, as was originally envisaged. Lots of doom and gloom, but the beauty of democracy is that the worm always turns, and payback will be a bitch.
Also, go over decisions of those justices with a loupe, going from current day backwards, to see whether errors warranting impeachment have been made.
re: #82 Dopamine Fish
So, your journalists went to American journalism schools?
A lot of journalists here, like their American counterparts, are more concerned with maintaining access to important folks, so they figure it’s better not to ask uncomfortable questions.
That being said, there’s some household-name journalists (Czech households, that is) who have no qualms about making even prime ministers squirm in discomfort on live TV.
re: #84 steve_davis
nah. it will take 52 senators and a House majority, with a Democratic president, busting the filibuster and then expanding the court to 13 to match the number of federal district court systems, as was originally envisaged. Lots of doom and gloom, but the beauty of democracy is that the worm always turns, and payback will be a bitch.
That first bit is what I am concerned about. Americans are likely to get out and vote for a party that promises them cheap gas and groceries regardless of the social cost.
The deck is already stacked in the GOP’s favor between gerrymandering, the structure of the senate and the party’s willingness to go to any length to secure themselves a favorable outcome.
So, ACB greeted newly installed Justice Ketani Brown to the SCOTUS.
Her gift?
Handmaid’s Tale robes.
re: #84 steve_davis
nah. it will take 52 senators and a House majority, with a Democratic president, busting the filibuster and then expanding the court to 13 to match the number of federal district court systems, as was originally envisaged. Lots of doom and gloom, but the beauty of democracy is that the worm always turns, and payback will be a bitch.
From your lips to the Ladies ears.
Alleged Proud Boys members attempt to get into The Mojo in Woodland, CA and are met with pepper spray. The bar had planned an all ages Drag Show tonight, which was postponed due to security concerns pic.twitter.com/7Boln64uJ6
— Luke Cleary (@LukeCleary) July 1, 2022
WTELF?
Great products at reasonable prices. Use code Rudy for additional savings pic.twitter.com/O6EvkxHRt8
— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) July 1, 2022
re: #89 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
From your lips to the Ladies ears.
I hope that the recent SCOTUS antics are enough to get the voters out en masse again to ensure a clear Democratic majority in House and >Senate.
But there are a lot of factors working against that outcome, not the least our media.
re: #36 Hecuba’s daughter
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re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth
Alleged Proud Boys members attempt to get into The Mojo in Woodland, CA and are met with pepper spray. The bar had planned an all ages Drag Show tonight, which was postponed due to security concerns
Again, this is the sort of Woke Socialist Hellhole America has become under Biden.
Patriots can no longer safely exercise their 2A rights while seeking to intimidate transvestites without risking bodily harm.
“Joined by Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon, a group of House Republicans on Thursday announced a new bill that would empower parents to sue public schools that expose their children to drag shows,” Bridge Michigan reports.“The six legislators were unable to name an example of that happening in a Michigan public school, but they proposed allowing parents to sue districts for up to $10,000 if it ever does.”
righteous indignation and action (see what we did!) over something that they admit does not exist
Trevor Noah hit on something this week.
Media framing SCOTUS decisions as being good or bad for Biden or Democrats completely misses that all these decisions adversely affect all Americans or the fucking planet.
The EPA decision bones everyone. And right wingers are ok with it— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) July 1, 2022
This court will absolutely trample over every other Constitutional right to ban abortions. They’ll carve out exceptions to the 1A on religious grounds, free speech grounds, and the commerce clause for good measure.
They’re intent on denying women equal rights and protections.— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) July 1, 2022
This Court will crawl through broken glass to shred the Constitution to ban abortion. They will burn the 1A and the Commerce Clause and the 14th, 15th, and 19th Amendments for good measure to carve out generous exceptions to those rights and freedoms, all to deny women access to safe abortions.
This is bad for all Americans, but Christian fascists are good with all of this. They think this favors them.
re: #97 Dangerman
righteous indignation and action (see what we did!) over something that they admit does not exist
So guns in school are A-okay, but the kids happen to see a grown man in a dress and that’s the most traumatizing fucking thing ever?
re: #92 Teukka
LOL I’ve seen better sandals at the little Vietnamese shop down the street for the equivalent of less than four bucks.
He’s not wrong.
Today’s EPA ruling on carbon emissions will help bring us closer to the Founder’s vision for America: one without a Florida.
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) July 1, 2022
re: #97 Dangerman
besides, how do you define ‘drag’?
when a male wears makeup, dyes his hair a ridiculous color, and struts around with exaggerated gestures?
cause that’s TFG
GOP is already advocation a national Fetal Heartbeat Law or a Life Begins at Conception Law that will result in a de facto or even absolute national ban.
Dems need to remind people everywhere what they can expect if they vote GOP.
Guardian US: Jan. 6 committee appears to believe the Meadows associate who messaged Cassidy Hutchinson warning not to cooperate with the investigation may themselves be a fact witness to what Trump and Meadows were doing and thinking ahead of the Capitol attack.
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) July 1, 2022
re: #92 Teukka
2001: America’s Mayor
2022: https://t.co/SGi2ThbsMd— Tim Fullerton (@TimFullerton) July 1, 2022
re: #100 Eclectic Cyborg
So guns in school are A-okay, but the kids happen to see a grown man in a dress and that’s the most traumatizing fucking thing ever?
i wonder what Harvard has to say about it
Please tell me this is a ‘shop?
Nazi Russia in a new 2022 batch of Russian passports marks the Kyiv region of Ukraine as “Russia” pic.twitter.com/NphQSFk8FX
— Mykhailo Golub (@golub) July 1, 2022
re: #106 lawhawk
I keep seeing ‘Scandal” instead of sandal.
re: #111 Dangerman
why do i think they know all this shit they just pulled is bullshit and will not last long term and they did it anyway?
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re: #111 Dangerman
Wishful thinking.
As long as the GOP holds the Senate and the court majority is this 6, we’re going to see this remain in place.
But the rationales they used to overturn these decisions is so flimsy as to make it easy to reverse, because they didn’t heed facts, law, science, or precedent. They just imposed their views, and cherry picked nonsense to buttress their “argument”. It was textbook legislating from the bench.
Those Rudy sandals looks like Crocs without the holes.
i hear the train a’coming…
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re: #115 Eclectic Cyborg
Those Rudy sandals looks like Crocs without the holes.
They’re probably Crocs factory rejects that Lindell got for about fifty cents a pair. 😄
Let’s see if/when he walks this back….
AR Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) says Jan 6 testimony shows Trump was a “threat to our democracy.”
“I would not be supporting him for 2024. He acted irresponsibly, during that time he was a risk to the nation, absolutely,” he tells @edokeefe. pic.twitter.com/HbrdFOzy61— Bo Erickson CBS (@BoKnowsNews) July 1, 2022
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re: #121 Dr. Matt
Doubt he will. They’re going to go all in on DeSantis. He is much younger, has a service record, and he’s a bigger asshole.
re: #121 Dr. Matt
Let’s see if/when he walks this back….
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I’m not surprised by Josh Hammer’s belief that the “conservative legal project” is about rewarding friends and punishing enemies. We all knew that.
I am kind of surprised he had the self-awareness to realize he shouldn’t have said it out loud like that. https://t.co/f7Gsj0kudH— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) July 1, 2022
re: #103 Dangerman
besides, how do you define ‘drag’?
when a male wears makeup, dyes his hair a ridiculous color, and struts around with exaggerated gestures?
cause that’s TFG
Like everything else, the RW gets to be ultimate arbiters of whatever they want to ban and which exemptions are to be made for what they want to still allow.
The Wilmington radar is showing the emergence of lots of bugs (likely Mayflies) along the Ohio River late this evening. A true sign that summer is here… in case the increasing heat didn’t already make this obvious. pic.twitter.com/gFT6hm4S8S
— NWS Wilmington OH (@NWSILN) July 1, 2022
re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth
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oh
Youngkin issued a new executive order on “regulatory reform” yesterday that required all information be posted at https://t.co/5M0LAkzuio, which redirects to https://t.co/Z6sSwevsOg. They changed the web address today after @marcussimon posted this but that’s quite the rollout https://t.co/BQoyBdiak6
— Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) July 1, 2022
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
oh
The same order put former Trump Cabinet member Andrew Wheeler in charge of implementation 🧐 https://t.co/t9Xkr0k8KC
— Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) July 1, 2022
“The Most Canceled Man in America” has, in fact, been canceledhttps://t.co/gEgLpdCX25
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 1, 2022
re: #124 GlutenFreeJesus
Doubt he will. They’re going to go all in on DeSantis. He is much younger, has a service record, and he’s a bigger asshole.
And will certainly syphon off big-money donors from Trump.
18 USC 1512(b): Whoever knowingly uses intimidation, threatens, or corruptly persuades another person, or attempts to do so … to:
(1)influence … any person in an official proceeding;
(2)cause or induce any person to—
(A)withhold testimony … from an official proceeding https://t.co/aLdiPpm9kc— scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) July 1, 2022
Conspiracy to commit witness tampering.
Witness tampering.
Meadows should be prosecuted for this alone. The intermediary should be prosecuted.
All of these people engaged in a crime spree that continues to this very day. They’re not done by any means.
dawg the rivers used to catch on fire https://t.co/A4pB25WGb2
— Jante’s Litigator (@N_dee_eigh) June 30, 2022
GOP blueprint for prosperity:
Cut taxes to a bare minimum
Remove all government regulations on health, safety, labor, environment and guns
Ban all abortions and gays
Privatize all education
Abolish all social programs
Remove separation of Church and State
Sit back and watch the well-paid non-union jobs just start cropping up everywhere, ones which will allow fathers to support a stay-at-home mom and her passel of children.
re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth
Some cities were so choked by air pollution that closing the windows wasn’t enough. Water quality has vastly improved since EPA established. Air quality vastly improved.
This Court and the right wing Christian fascists are intent on gutting the administrative state that has improved the lives of all Americans, so that a privileged few can profit (and smell that Perrier-Air) while everyone else chokes…
Gov. Andy Beshear tweeted late tonight that he’s praying for those involved. https://t.co/mzr7CbgumX
— WSAZ NewsChannel 3 (@WSAZnews) July 1, 2022
FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WSAZ) - A violent standoff situation ended Thursday night with two officers dead and six others injured, five of which were officers, according to a Kentucky State Police arrest citation.
The citation identifies the suspected shooter as Lance Storz, 49, from Allen. He was arrested around 10 p.m. Thursday.
The eighth injured victim at the scene was an emergency management director.
The citation states Storz ‘used a rifle to fire multiple rounds at police officers around his home’ on Main Street in Allen, Kentucky.
The arrest citation says a police K-9 was also shot and killed.
Floyd County and our brave first responders suffered a tragic loss last night. I want to ask all of Kentucky to join me in praying for this community. This is a tough morning for our commonwealth. ^AB
— Governor Andy Beshear (@GovAndyBeshear) July 1, 2022
re: #137 lawhawk
Some cities were so choked by air pollution that closing the windows wasn’t enough. Water quality has vastly improved since EPA established. Air quality vastly improved.
This Court and the right wing Christian fascists are intent on gutting the administrative state that has improved the lives of all Americans, so that a privileged few can profit (and smell that Perrier-Air) while everyone else chokes…
Doing the right thing for everybody is so inconvenient
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
But according to our Supreme Court, this is his right.
re: #45 Odie Hugh Manatee
If this country split along conservative/liberal lines, the first order of business for the new conservative nation will be to declare war on the new liberal nation.
Their political beliefs require an enemy.
Which is why I would start to break up massive military bases like Ft. Hood right now and distribute the assets and personnel across the US territory, especially into blue states.
It never ceases to amaze me how dependent entire regions are so dependent on massive government spending like the areas surrounding Ft. Hood are yet the population is so gung-ho in denial about Socialism.
re: #121 Dr. Matt
Let’s see if/when he walks this back….
About half an hour after Trump announces his re-election bid…
re: #100 Eclectic Cyborg
So guns in school are A-okay, but the kids happen to see a grown man in a dress and that’s the most traumatizing fucking thing ever?
There don’t even need to be actual guns in the schools. Those active shooter drills are plenty traumatizing.
“stop treating the Supreme Court like it’s some untouchable panel of demigods. This Court is brazenly political, and we have to stop pretending otherwise.” https://t.co/DxR2zWUEhP
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) July 1, 2022
re: #88 lawhawk
So, ACB greeted newly installed Justice Ketani Brown to the SCOTUS.
Her gift?
Handmaid’s Tale robes.
A female SCOTUS justice would be an Aunt. Aunt Amy, Aunt Ketanji, etc.
How the heck is this even a thing?
Question: Go to Google Image Search and look for “desk ornament.” Do you get a bunch of Nazi stuff as the top results?
— Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at the End, etc (@JohnDiesattheEn) July 1, 2022
Algorithms push this to the top. That’s how. They know this and don’t change the algorithm that leads to this result.
re: #148 Teukka
Was this the guy who began his rampage when being served with an EPO for DV? BTW, the DV circle overlaps significantly with the mass shooter circle in a Venn diagram…
All I know so far is that it was a court-ordered warrant.
re: #151 lawhawk
How the heck is this even a thing?
Algorithms push this to the top. That’s how. They know this and don’t change the algorithm that leads to this result.
Yes it does. Location: Sweden
— Teo 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬💉 (@Teukka1972) July 1, 2022
re: #149 The Pie Overlord!
A female SCOTUS justice would be an Aunt. Aunt Amy, Aunt Ketanji, etc.
If we’re going for accrucay, there would be no female judges.
A record 13 MILLION Americans watched the Hutchinson hearing. A short-notice daytime congressional hearing. That’s astounding!
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) July 1, 2022
re: #144 Florida Panhandler
Which is why I would start to break up massive military bases like Ft. Hood right now and distribute the assets and personnel across the US territory, especially into blue states.
It never ceases to amaze me how dependent entire regions are so dependent on massive government spending like the areas surrounding Ft. Hood are yet the population is so gung-ho in denial about Socialism.
Defense spending is Good Spending. And as long as they employ enough white people it is a Good Thing.
They refuse to see it as a form of socialism.
re: #124 GlutenFreeJesus
Doubt he will. They’re going to go all in on DeSantis. He is much younger, has a service record, and he’s a bigger asshole.
DeSantis 2024
All the Hates. No Throwing Plates.
It could be that DeSantis is more discreet with his tantrums. Cause he looks like he could throw a doosie.
Now I’ve seen everything… O.O
My man terrified of BOOBS 💀 pic.twitter.com/6IMSmwaInM
— what the buck 🏳️🌈 (@Scarletscav) June 30, 2022
re: #147 Backwoods_Sleuth
If SCOTUS is now so broken that it cannot be fixed, it must be abolished. This means a new Constitution. A new Constitution opens up opportunity for the loonies and wackos to insert any and all grievances and fantastically rancid fever dreams into the very fabric of the nation. Either this, or just break up the country into a Balkanized confederacy with underground railroads, massive interstate black markets, interstate conflict over water and mineral rights, and even outright military conflict.
The only other option is to keep what we have and learn to deal with an entirely political SCOTUS that, depending on who is in control of the government, can swing wildly every 4 years or so with more and more court stacking until 20-30 years from now when all the old voters currently watching Fox News right now are dead. Either way, we’re fucked.
re: #158 lawhawk
He’s a more disciplined fascist.
The worst kind.
and a highly competent one. He knows how to use government pressure to crack down on “woke” industries, which will be the next stage of the the Great Fascist Remaking of America.
re: #58 Teukka
Chaser:
Wisconsin school board members dismissed a book on Japanese American incarceration during World War II because it created an “unbalanced” account of history, outraged parents say. https://t.co/hXiXudsGZq
— NBC Asian America (@NBCAsianAmerica) June 30, 2022
re: #159 Teukka
Now I’ve seen everything… O.O
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Nothing says I supprot people having control of thier own bodies more than telling them what to wear. JFC, I can’t even with these pathetic men. Here’s a thought, take contol of your own fucking body and dont’ look.
re: #163 Teukka
It was “involuntary relocation” , remember?
re: #159 Teukka
…and just what makes them “highly erogenic”? Perhaps the fact that they are considered taboo have been sexualized for ages. Much the same was once said about legs or uncovered female hair.
I’m a hetero male. The mere sight of exposed cleavage doesn’t usually arouse me.
What the fuck, Facebook?! pic.twitter.com/Pa0JnHQzYZ
— Pia Guerra (@PiaGuerra) July 1, 2022
keep telling yourself this:
Hannity: Will their strategy of running on Jan 6th, Roe being overturned, second amendment be successful
Hawley: No because they are talking about issues that only they care about that nobody else cares about that doesn’t affect the lives of real people or that they are wrong on pic.twitter.com/TkbZQcgHXi— Acyn (@Acyn) July 1, 2022
I used Scrabble tiles. Is that cheating?
Wordle 377 4/6
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re: #167 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m a hetero male. The mere sight of exposed cleavage doesn’t usually arouse me.
Some men (and some women, probably) are into that. The thing of it is, if we banned everything that aroused somebody, we’d have nothing. Literally nothing. The very existence of Rule 34 implies, by definition, that we would have to exist in isolated nothingness if we wanted to avoid everything that caused sexual arousal in a human.
The WY congressional debate was just a joke. A joke because Liz Cheney destroyed the Trump-endorsed hack in every conceivable way. And yet, intellect, integrity, courage and truth are unpersuasive attributes in today’s GOP. Slavish loyalty to the cult leader is all that matters. https://t.co/hgGqD8vLJN
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 1, 2022
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
Algorithms strike again. That’s what happens when a bunch of wingnuts report stuff like that and there’s no human around to analyze it.
re: #174 Eclectic Cyborg
Algorithms strike again. That’s what happens when a bunch of wingnuts report stuff like that and there’s no human around to analyze it.
Or the humans are sympathetic to the people doing the reporting and don’t care to try to be impartial.
re: #169 Backwoods_Sleuth
Nobody else cares about a fucked up court ruling that will result in women needlessly dying?
That’s a fucking stupid thing to say, even for Josh Hawley.
re: #174 Eclectic Cyborg
Algorithms strike again. That’s what happens when a bunch of wingnuts report stuff like that and there’s no human around to analyze it.
The original poster should photoshop that cartoon into three different pictures (the person, the court and the church) and post each one with the same accompanying text (if there was any) to see what triggered the algorithm.
re: #176 Eclectic Cyborg
Nobody else cares about a fucked up court ruling that will result in women needlessly dying?
That’s a fucking stupid thing to say, even for Josh Hawley.
To his clientele, all that matters is gun rights, cheap gas and keeping children safe from Teh Ghey
N.B. Satire:
The year is 2024. SCOTUS just voted 5-4 to allow hunting homeless people for sport, with Roberts joining the minority, arguing that only homeless not actively seeking work should be hunted
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) June 30, 2022
re: #176 Eclectic Cyborg
Nobody else cares about a fucked up court ruling that will result in women needlessly dying?
That’s a fucking stupid thing to say, even for Josh Hawley.
It’s true for him, because the only people that matter are the people that will vote for him. Republicans only represent their voters, remember?
re: #178 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
To his clientele, all that matters is gun rights, cheap gas and keeping children safe from Teh Ghey
And since that shit is ALL the RW media will be endlessly harping on from now til the election, that’s what Hawley and the rest of the GQP will hope will deflect the public’s attention….
re: #178 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I see I got beat to the punch. Have an upding (not that I wouldn’t have given it anyway).
*Ma Deuce and Javelin have entered this conversation *
— Marino2_bib (@BibMarino2) July 1, 2022
re: #179 Teukka
That would never happen. What if one of those homeless persons were pregnant?
re: #184 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That would never happen. What if one of those homeless persons were pregnant?
Didn’t think of that…
re: #183 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
and this person will deny being either a fascist or a white supremacist but rather just a “historical and racial realist”.
Mike Lindell testified before a LA Senate Committee on voting. He claims one piece of evidence he has that there was fraud is that he investigated votes from overseas military and their families from 2020 and so far 100% of them were tallied for Biden. pic.twitter.com/uTgXe1eWMA
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 1, 2022
re: #184 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That would never happen. What if one of those homeless persons is pregnant?
They should be arrested and jailed for threatening the life of the unborn child due to being eligible for hunting by being homeless.
Obviously.
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The Embassy of Belgium in China refuted the rumor created by China’s official media.
By the way, don’t forget the so-called Swiss biologist “Wlison Edwards” who was quoted by multiple Chinese media in July 2021.#大翻译运动#TheGreatTranslationMovement pic.twitter.com/N3e5CfGu4C— The Great Translation Movement 大翻译运动官方推号 (@TGTM_Official) July 1, 2022
This wasn’t SNL on a Thursday night.
This was Wyoming’s Republican primary debate. pic.twitter.com/PUHeOMdx7I— The Republican Accountability Project (@AccountableGOP) July 1, 2022
re: #176 Eclectic Cyborg
Nobody else cares about a fucked up court ruling that will result in women needlessly dying?
That’s a fucking stupid thing to say, even for Josh Hawley.
the implication is that nobody (of consequence) cares because ‘everyone’ agrees with it
re: #190 lawhawk
Ugh, I’m not sure my brain cells will forgive me for watching that.
Also, all the “uhhhs” and “umms”. My God.
I’ve been working on my speaking skills and one of my major rules is to get “uh” and “um” OUT of my vocabulary. Briefly PAUSE if you need a moment to organize your thoughts, then speak.
Spilling out a bunch of “ums” and “uhs” just make it seem like you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Indicted Proud Boy AJ Fischer, identified as the ‘RayBan Terrorist’ in footage, claims they were there to “keep people safe,” and what they were wearing wasn’t body armor but cooking cutting boards from Dollar Tree stuffed in their jackets to keep from getting stabbed by Antifa. pic.twitter.com/lWAhms3WJM
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 1, 2022
re: #184 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That would never happen. What if one of those homeless persons were pregnant?
All women get a pregnacy test before they’re put up against the wall. This would be capture more than hunt I suppose. ///////
re: #193 Eclectic Cyborg
Ugh, I’m not sure my brain cells will forgive me for watching that.
Also, all the “uhhhs” and “umms”. My God.
I’ve been working on my speaking skills and one of my major rules is to get “uh” and “um” OUT of my vocabulary. Briefly PAUSE if you need a moment to organize your thoughts, then speak.
Spilling out a bunch of “ums” and “uhs” just make it seem like you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Back in the day, I was on a moot court negotiations team. We drummed out all those kinds of filler words in conversations. And one of the judges questioned our lack of those words as though we were too polished and practiced/knowledgeable.
re: #192 jeffreyw
That is Praise of the Highest Order! Thank you!
Seriously, you just won the Noble Prize of Baking.
— Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) June 30, 2022
re: #190 lawhawk
Cheney is the only sane, competent, knowledgeable person on that stage. (She is lawful evil). Our nation is in deep trouble when the citizens of Wyoming reject her for one of the Trump cult on the stage and send that person to Washington as their representative.
A vacancy is now open for Biden to fill with McConnell’s chosen judge.
JUST IN: Kentucky federal judge to step down as senior status, opening up seat for Biden’s anti-abortion GOP nominee https://t.co/CSQgRcfCVP via @courierjournal
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) July 1, 2022
re: #191 Dangerman
the implication is that nobody (of consequence) cares because ‘everyone’ agrees with it
He believes (as do most GOP) that no affluent person is affected by this and, like Republicans everywhere, doesn’t care about anyone else.
Happy Canada Day to our Canadian Lizards!
Happy Canada Day Canada! Especially to my wife @RobynOnTheRun and daughter @KeyohneeTheWild and any of my other Canadian mutuals. I pray that soon I will be able to call myself a proud Canadian in the near future pic.twitter.com/5RcyfA8bk1
— Michele: Out of the closet. Into the fire (@michele_out) July 1, 2022
re: #200 No Malarkey!
A vacancy is now open for Biden to fill with McConnell’s chosen judge.
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Was she also an anti-abortion judge? So replacing one Federalist Society hack with another?
Not every person born alive is worth a damn.
That’s the unspoken truth of the GOP.
They want to force women to give birth, and GOP wont give any assistance to those who are alive - GOP intent on gutting the safety net - no SNAP, education, housing, or health care.— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) July 1, 2022
re: #204 Hecuba’s daughter
Was she also an anti-abortion judge? So replacing one Federalist Society hack with another?
As much as I hate anti-abortion judges, it’s their other politics at lower court levels that matter now. SCOTUS makes lower court views on choice irrelevant.
re: #205 lawhawk
Until the point that a fetus is viable outside its mother’s body, the choice of what to do should be left up to the mother.
re: #34 Citizen K
Haven’t been sharing Wordle much because it’s become so routine, but figured I’d need to share this one.
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My therapist just had “the talk” with me about abortion & mandated reporting in FL. If you are in therapy and you need an abortion, please do not tell your therapist until after the fact (if you don’t live in a state where it’s protected.) Yes, this is our new terrifying reality.
— They Raise a Seagoat by the Seashore.🐐🧜🏽♀️🌊🐚 (@TraumaN4mdWitch) June 30, 2022
re: #210 Teukka
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re: #200 No Malarkey!
A vacancy is now open for Biden to fill with McConnell’s chosen judge.
what I said downstairs last night:
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
There doesn’t need to be a vacancy right now if the deal is for a future vacancy.
BTW, there *are* two judges in Kentucky that could retire at any time, so there’s that.
re: #206 darthstar
As much as I hate anti-abortion judges, it’s their other politics at lower court levels that matter now. SCOTUS makes lower court views on choice irrelevant.
‘anti-abortion’ now is just an indicator
re: #8 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
About that libertarian funny money and how you can safely use it to buy illegal weapons, drugs, child sex slaves, and other stuff libertarians like:
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While this may be true, ZeroHedge is a cesspool of crazies and a Putin mouthpiece.
Today in Black Mirror
FYI if you’re flying @AmericanAir from Dallas to Mexico you are required to use facial recognition (which is linked to the CBP) as your boarding pass. You are not allowed to opt out. Hard to imagine a more frightening use of facial recognition. I won’t be flying American again
— Gabe Salgado (@SalgadoGabe) June 29, 2022
re: #207 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Until the point that a fetus is viable outside its mother’s body, the choice of what to do should be left up to the mother.
or just look to the constitution as it is written
all other stages of human life *post birth* gain rights and privileges based solely on survival and age - or more literally from surviving the separation at birth, because one minute later a born baby can have a social security number, can’t be murdered and even one that doesnt live a full hour, can instantly inherit and leave an estate. A fetus never could.
the constitution says this *one stage* requires the passage / survival of an event. but now they want the 1 day old zygote to be recognized with certain ‘rights’ but then the “baby” still has to pass a test that, if unsuccessful - either at term/birth or prior, due to certain types of benign neglect - nothing happens. (short of doctor negligence, etc)
So why not force cesareans? prosecute women who wont have a recommended cesarean and the baby dies in natural childbirth (at least we dont yet)
and all that’s besides what happens after birth. it’s assumed that parents (biological and otherwise) have virtually full and non-oversight control over health decisions of their children and charges. lots of which can and have been shown harmful.
What if Liz Cheney is being punished for past horribleness (see, e.g., takes on lawyers defending Gitmo detainees) by being cursed to be the most rational person in rooms full of lunatics and yet be despised for it?
— PatsyBaloneyHat (@Popehat) July 1, 2022
Good Lord, pro-lifer losing it in a chat:
They will put enough people on the Supreme court to make it legal to sexually assault any pro life person then at gun point force other pro life people to abort their babies. But then chain the people and make them take care of the dead aborted babies like they were still alive.
They will make any crimes completely legal for anybody claiming to be pro choice.
Fired Fox host Lou Dobbs weighs in with his rational analysis of the J6 hearings. pic.twitter.com/WmBgwxf0Bz
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 1, 2022
good thing it’s mostly republican witnesses that are providing the answers
there is a fishing spider (Dolomedes vittatus) in my bathtub.
She is freaking HUGE: about 7 cm
excuse me whilst I go look for the flamethrower…
Another one bites the dust:
A decade of colossal debt accrual and economic mismanagement by communist authorities in Laos has finally tipped the country towards bankruptcy, with its foreign reserves incapable of meeting its loan obligations without outside help.
Long lines for fuel, rapidly rising food prices, and the inability of households to pay their monthly bills have also led to rare public criticism from around the land-locked country where authorities take a dim view of anyone who disagrees openly with government policies.
It would be too easy to blame China, which accounts for about 47 percent of Laos debt accumulated on the back of major infrastructure project, and its “debt traps,” which have left their mark on countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Fiji.
Nor is the war in Ukraine or the crushing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic an excuse. The chief reason behind Laos’ economic collapse is the perennial thorn in the side of many Asian countries: corruption.
We’ll have to see whether or not China agrees to some kind of debt restructuring, or if Laos will have to turn to the IMF for a bailout.
re: #219 Teukka
Good Lord, pro-lifer losing it in a chat:
They will put enough people on the Supreme court to make it legal to sexually assault any pro life person then at gun point force other pro life people to abort their babies. But then chain the people and make them take care of the dead aborted babies like they were still alive.
They will make any crimes completely legal for anybody claiming to be pro choice.
And it continues:
There have be in excess of 37,000,000 doctors jailed in Texas that performed abortions on ectopic pregnancies since the heartbeat bill went into effect last year.
1.7 Trillion Americans that even said the word Texas have been jailed
Most of the people in this chat that even suggested that abortion ends a life have been visited by the FBI
re: #219 Teukka
They want a fight, and if they can’t find real people to fight, they invent a fantasy.
re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth
When I find bugs in my house I plug in my shop vac and suck them up. It even works with wasps.
nothing good ever happens on a friday
Trump’s Political Position Will Only Get Worse
Sleeper ‘Wire Fraud’ Scheme Could Nail Trumpworld
DeSantis Closes Gap with Trump in Possible GOP Primary
i particularly enjoyed two:
- “Trump’s fundraising has fallen off dramatically over the last two months. He reported raising just over $19,000 in May and June combined after taking in nearly $9 million in March and April.”
and
- “The fact that Trump may soon announce his candidacy for the presidency in the days ahead is itself more of a sign of his political collapse than it is of any strength he may have. The first time he ran for president, he did it because he thought it would boost his brand. This time he is likely to do it because he thinks it may make him more difficult to prosecute.”
re: #219 Teukka
Good Lord, pro-lifer losing it in a chat:
They will put enough people on the Supreme court to make it legal to sexually assault any pro life person then at gun point force other pro life people to abort their babies. But then chain the people and make them take care of the dead aborted babies like they were still alive.
They will make any crimes completely legal for anybody claiming to be pro choice.
You should write back, “Yes. Yes we will. And you will all be our slaves.”
re: #219 Teukka
Good Lord, pro-lifer losing it in a chat:
They will put enough people on the Supreme court to make it legal to sexually assault any pro life person then at gun point force other pro life people to abort their babies. But then chain the people and make them take care of the dead aborted babies like they were still alive.
They will make any crimes completely legal for anybody claiming to be pro choice.
They’re not taking being laid bare as theocratic fascists well, and really want to see those of us who reject theocracy as worse than they are. They want to be thought of as good people as they strip Americans of their rights.
re: #192 jeffreyw
That is Praise of the Highest Order! Thank you!
Did you bake that yourself or did you buy it from a bakery? (buying from a bakery is not cheating, even I do that once in a while)
re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth
For about a week now I have been noticing a lot more firefly’s here in NW PA. They have been all over the field across the street.
re: #229 Crush White Nationalism
They’re not taking being laid bare as theocratic fascists well, and really want to see those of us who reject theocracy as worse than they are. They want to be thought of as good people as they strip Americans of their rights.
They’re having their, “Are we the baddies?” moment. And the answer is yes. Yes, you shitheads, you absolutely are the baddies. Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly with your God. Is that so fucking hard?
re: #204 Hecuba’s daughter
Was she also an anti-abortion judge? So replacing one Federalist Society hack with another?
She was a Bush appointee, and they hadn’t yet perfected the art of grooming fascists and placing them on the federal bench back then; I think she was a relatively normal Republican for the time.
re: #233 jaunte
That’s a lot of doctors.
(The total in Texas is under 40,000).
statista.com
it was my understanding there would be no…
oh why bother
Reminder: virtually every republican in Congress has voted against
Baby formula
Child tax credits
Cheaper gas
Cheaper insulin
Stimulus checks
Background checks
Veteran cancer care
Fair elections
Ending domestic terrorism
The GOP is cruel, corrupt, and doesn’t care about you.— Bill Pascrell, Jr. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@BillPascrell) July 1, 2022
re: #226 PhillyPretzel
When I find bugs in my house I plug in my shop vac and suck them up. It even works with wasps.
I think this spider is big enough it would run up the hose at me
not gonna chance it…
:D
Looks like someone in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has had a little too much to drink today….
The Russian Foreign Ministry called British guardianship of Estonia an open secret and says Britain has used Estonia to spread the virus of RussophobiaKremlin officials and media have accused Ukraine, the Baltic States and Kazakhstan of acting as British clients in recent weeks
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) July 1, 2022
Kazakhstan, huh? Guess the Russians will just have to make due with other countries inferior potassium.
re: #237 PhillyPretzel
Doctors of Divinity aborting ectopic pregnancies, oh my. Must be fast like The Flash.
When an anti-choice, pro-war, and pro-torture republican is the rationale member of the GOP, we really need to fear for the future of this country.
re: #233 jaunte
That’s a lot of doctors.
(The total in Texas is under 40,000).
statista.com
I know. Like the numers he spewed were obviously inflated.
re: #234 No Malarkey!
She was a Bush appointee, and they hadn’t yet perfected the art of grooming fascists and placing them on the federal bench back then; I think she was a relatively normal Republican for the time.
she’s also been eligible for senior status for a couple of years now, IIRC, so it was just a matter of time
“Fann said she would cooperate with the documents request. She announced last November that she wouldn’t seek re-election when her current term ends in January 2023.”
More background in this thread - Fann is the one who initiated the scam “audit” in AZ, and selected the vendor: https://t.co/mO9mIkcgGe— ClearingTheFog (@clearing_fog) July 1, 2022
“Not satisfied with the new voting restrictions put in place less than a year ago, the Texas Republican Party is plowing ahead with yet new measures that would reduce the number of early voting days and end the practice of allowing any senior to vote by mail without an excuse.“There’s no reason, just because you’ve turned 65, that you can’t show up to vote,” Hall said in promoting the changes during the June GOP Convention in Houston.
Texas has allowed voters 65 and older to vote absentee without needing an excuse since 1975. If the GOP succeeds, that would end. More than 1 million Texans used vote-by-mail during the 2020 presidential election and more than 850,000 of those ballots came from people 65 and older, according to the Texas Division of Elections.”
talk about poking a sleeping bear, i predict this doesnt go well for them
(the R’s, not the chronicle)
re: #244 jaunte
And instead the audit increased Biden’s lead over Trump in Arizona, bwahahaha!
“Voting should be a privilege, not a right!”
Trump’s fundraising has fallen off dramatically over the last two months. He reported raising just over $19,000 in May and June combined after taking in nearly $9 million in March and April.”
Maybe the big time GOP money players are starting to get off the Trump Train?
re: #246 No Malarkey!
And instead the audit increased Biden’s lead over Trump in Arizona, bwahahaha!
Remember the “traces of bamboo” that they were pursuing?
re: #249 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Remember the “traces of bamboo” that they were pursuing?
And they looked for nonexistent watermarks!
Sanity break. The gang at RiffTrax takes on Day of the Animals:
I remember this film - I saw on TV when I was a kid. Heh.
what kind of shithole court rules against clean air
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) July 1, 2022
fishing spider has been trapped and successfully released to its usual habitat outdoors
a little friday afternoon humility
If we look at the buildings we live and work in, the roads we travel, the clothes we wear, or the food we eat, we must acknowledge that all are provided by others. None would exist for us to enjoy and make use of were it not for the kindness of so many people unknown to us.
— Dalai Lama (@DalaiLama) July 1, 2022
ARGH.
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I think @danielsgoldman has this exactly right. The Trump Cult is embedded in a #TrumpCriminalEnterprise that is built on greed, grift, graft, and whatever violence must be threatened or even deployed in order to seize and hold onto power. RICO charges fit like a glove. https://t.co/s8RuuVCxv1
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 1, 2022
fun fact: literally zero people are willing to testify under oath that Donald Trump is innocent. what the fuck does that tell you
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) July 1, 2022
She warned us.
https://t.co/aFvlyylsbo pic.twitter.com/cGmPsziWnM
— Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) July 1, 2022
re: #255 Dangerman
a little friday afternoon humility
I’m sitting in a house right now, watching a crew of amazingly talented Mexican-Americans put vinyl siding on it, acknowledging that while this is probably a thing I could do, I do not want to do it, it isn’t worth it for me to do it, and I certainly could not do it as well as they are doing it. And I am grateful for these people, who are willing to take my money (well, the insurance company’s money, but eh) and do it for me.
re: #260 Dopamine Fish
I’m sitting in a house right now, watching a crew of amazingly talented Mexican-Americans put vinyl siding on it, acknowledging that while this is probably a thing I could do, I do not want to do it, it isn’t worth it for me to do it, and I certainly could not do it as well as they are doing it. And I am grateful for these people, who are willing to take my money (well, the insurance company’s money, but eh) and do it for me.
I recently had a similar crew put a new roof on my house (also paid for by the insurance company).
re: #261 No Malarkey!
I recently had a similar crew put a new roof on my house (also paid for by the insurance company).
This same crew did my roof last fall. :)
My contractor has several crews. His American group will be coming out (presumably) next week to put trim around the inside of the new windows the Mexicans installed last week.
re: #248 Eclectic Cyborg
Trump’s fundraising has fallen off dramatically over the last two months. He reported raising just over $19,000 in May and June combined after taking in nearly $9 million in March and April.”
Maybe the big time GOP money players are starting to get off the Trump Train?
And on to the DeathSantis train. Twice the evil and cruelty with less of the drama and fewer antics.
Non-reciprocal principle of bankster disbursement:
The bank agreed on Thursday to pay me a big wad of cash for various reasons, “next business day.” To an ordinary shmo, this might seem to be Friday as we were taught from first grade onward. It is different for banksters, though. Last week, the next bankster “business day” after Thursday was Monday. You see, if you’re a bankster who owes a peasant money, Thursday ends at 3 PM peasant time. All transactions after 3 are entered for Friday, so the next business day available to actually pay the peasant is Monday. Next week, though. it is Tuesday because of the holiday.
Likewise, I ordered groceries from Walmart this week. They brought me the complete wrong order, meant for someone else. I caught the driver in time and returned it. Rather than arranging to send the right order, they accused me of lying by pointing out that they had a photo of “the order” on my porch. Yeah, you inbred grub worms, the WRONG order.
Their phone bank representative made me read the entire order to her, one item at a time, with price and number, then demanded that I do it AGAIN by reading a list of the missing items. They were ALL missing, you dimbulb, and I had already said so at least three times. I hung up on her. I finally got a decent person who agreed to refund my purchase price, a process that takes up to 10 “business days” (bankster time again, Cthulhu only knows how long that is in peasant time.)
So, Walmart gets to tie up my grocery money for 10 days because of a stupid mistake they made. It happens that I can still afford to buy groceries elsewhere (gave H.E.B. a try), but what if that had been my last hundred dollars? It would be for a lot of Walmart customers, you know.
Of course, if you owe banksters or Walmart a payment, they can snag it instantly , no excuses, it’s your responsibility you know, you uppity peasant.
Nothing can, or will, be done about this as long as the Texas legislature is a Republican whorehouse. In fact, many existing protections have been removed during the GOP usurpation, like the long standing usury laws. They abolished one category of crime, loan sharking, simply by making it legal.
re: #256 Eclectic Cyborg
As our friend Grunthos said -anagrams! anagrams!
This is absolutely insane:
for those not keeping score at home, the smart lady speaking in complete sentences without questioning democracy itself is losing. https://t.co/PiBoBWEvki
— JohnBurnsNC (@johnburnsnc) July 1, 2022
the roberts court:
we’ve concluded
whatever you all were doing
that you thought was the right way
the way to do it
because of the constitution
or from previous court decisions
no matter that everyone bought into it
no matter how well the system worked
no matter that there was, more or less, order and progress
and agreement on how things worked (after all that’s how we all got on the court)
whether for 20 years
50 years
100 years
even 200+ years or more
is and was always wrong.
because we 5* say so.
that is all you need to know.
we have spoken.
*it’s 6 when roberts throws up his hands and just goes along
re: #259 No Malarkey!
She warned us.
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Too bad Susan Sarandon and other purity ponies didn’t care. It’s on them (as well as the MSM and Comey).
re: #260 Dopamine Fish
I’m sitting in a house right now, watching a crew of amazingly talented Mexican-Americans put vinyl siding on it, acknowledging that while this is probably a thing I could do, I do not want to do it, it isn’t worth it for me to do it, and I certainly could not do it as well as they are doing it. And I am grateful for these people, who are willing to take my money (well, the insurance company’s money, but eh) and do it for me.
we could and should all practice a little gratitude and thanksgiving daily
All of them have voted to force women and children to carry their rapist’s seed to term, to keep the price of insulin and gasoline high, and to pollute our air and water. ALL OF THEM.
— Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) July 1, 2022
#Ukraine: It seems we have the first loss of a relic- the crew abandoning an ancient Russian T-62M tank after it was targeted by Ukrainian artillery in the South. pic.twitter.com/VjlyruvjCs
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) July 1, 2022
Still want to insist this is a fake story because there are “no vacancies?” https://t.co/nLWeHk0uza
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 1, 2022
While we have been focused on GOP nominee for PA Gov Doug Mastriano’s J6 participation and election fraud conspiracies, he also is proposing to cut school funding by 50%, then allowing parents to take that taxpayer money to any private school. https://t.co/wxfGptV5Qq
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 1, 2022
re: #272 Charles Johnson
Seamless transition from “Biden would never do this fake news fake news” to “this is masterful strategy from Biden” pic.twitter.com/V8uDBB2xUM
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) July 1, 2022
😳Groups of Russian agents fanned out across St. Petersburg to professional & personal places Fedotov frequents, waiting to arrest him, Fontanka reports. The 25yo goalie was taken to a military recruitment office. He won’t be going to Philly any time soon. https://t.co/jiUF3lQUsP
— 🇺🇦Paula Chertok🗽🇺🇦 (@PaulaChertok) July 1, 2022
re: #273 Backwoods_Sleuth
It is a good thing that my dad is not alive. He would have gone ballistic. I am not sure if he would have used his WWII souvenir Luger.
It’s too late for Republicans to point fingers and fret about the politicization of the Supreme Court. This was their project – their justices, their shady advocacy groups, and $580M of their dark money.
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) July 1, 2022
re: #274 No Malarkey!
In the meantime, I just saw Elie Mystal reminding everyone that Biden cut this compromise over something HE DOESN’T EVEN HAVE TO DO - Durbin could tell the Republicans to get bent with their blue-slips, something the Republicans regularly do whenever they’re in power, but he won’t do it because “tradition”.
re: #275 Barefoot Grin
…. #Russia arrests Ivan Fedotov, goalkeeper with the Philadelphia @NHLFlyers, preventing him from leaving the country. Officials say he’s evading military service and breaking the Russian hockey team contract by signing with the US team….
Does that mean he will be forfeiting not just potential wealth but his life on the Ukraine front lines?
Biden to award Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords https://t.co/WjsV0goGxW
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 1, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will present the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including actor Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles and the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican with whom Biden served in the U.S. Senate.
Biden will also recognize Sandra Lindsay, the New York City nurse who rolled up her sleeve on live television in December 2020 to receive the first COVID-19 vaccine dose that was pumped into an arm in the United States, the White House announced Friday.
re: #281 Backwoods_Sleuth
The other 13 medal recipients are:
— Sister Simone Campbell. Campbell is a member of the Sister of Social Service and a former executive director of NETWORK, a Catholic social justice organization. She is an advocate for economic justice, overhauling the U.S. immigration system and health care policy.
— Julieta Garcia. A former president of the University of Texas at Brownsville, Garcia was the first Latina to become a college president, the White House said. She was named one of the nation’s best college presidents by Time magazine.
— Gabrielle Giffords. A former U.S. House member from Arizona, the Democrat founded Giffords, an organization dedicated to ending gun violence. She was shot in the head in January 2011 during a constituent event in Tucson and was gravely wounded.
— Fred Gray. Gray was one of the first Black members of the Alabama Legislature after Reconstruction. He was a prominent civil rights attorney who represented Rosa Parks, the NAACP and Martin Luther King Jr.
— Steve Jobs. Jobs was the co-founder, chief executive and chair of Apple Inc. He died in 2011.
— Father Alexander Karloutsos. Karloutsos is the assistant to Archbishop Demetrios of America. The White House said Karloutsos has counseled several U.S. presidents.
— Khizr Khan. An immigrant from Pakistan, Khan’s Army officer son was killed in Iraq. Khan gained national prominence, and became a target of Donald Trump’s wrath, after speaking at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
— Diane Nash. A founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Nash organized some of the most important 20th century civil rights campaigns and worked with King.
— Megan Rapinoe. The Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women’s World Cup soccer champion captains the OL Reign in the National Women’s Soccer League. She is a prominent advocate for gender pay equality, racial justice and LGBTQI+ rights who has appeared at Biden’s White House.
— Alan Simpson. The retired U.S. senator from Wyoming served with Biden and has been a prominent advocate for campaign finance reform, responsible governance and marriage equality.
— Richard Trumka. Trumka had been president of the 12.5 million-member AFL-CIO for more than a decade at the time of his August 2021 death. He was a past president of the United Mine Workers.
— Wilma Vaught. A brigadier general, Vaught is one of the most decorated women in U.S. military history, breaking gender barriers as she has risen through the ranks. When Vaught retired in 1985, she was one of only seven female generals in the Armed Forces.
— Raúl Yzaguirre. A civil rights advocate, Yzaguirre was president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza for 30 years. He served as U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic under Obama.
re: #273 Backwoods_Sleuth
While we have been focused on GOP nominee for PA Gov Doug Mastriano’s J6 participation and election fraud conspiracies, he also is proposing to cut school funding by 50%, then allowing parents to take that taxpayer money to any private school.
Arizona is planning a similar voucher scheme which would effectively kill public education:
re: #160 Florida Panhandler
If SCOTUS is now so broken that it cannot be fixed, it must be abolished. This means a new Constitution. A new Constitution opens up opportunity for the loonies and wackos to insert any and all grievances and fantastically rancid fever dreams into the very fabric of the nation. Either this, or just break up the country into a Balkanized confederacy with underground railroads, massive interstate black markets, interstate conflict over water and mineral rights, and even outright military conflict.
The only other option is to keep what we have and learn to deal with an entirely political SCOTUS that, depending on who is in control of the government, can swing wildly every 4 years or so with more and more court stacking until 20-30 years from now when all the old voters currently watching Fox News right now are dead. Either way, we’re fucked.
No need for a new constitution. Just expand it to 13 seats. Can be done with 51 willing votes.
re: #283 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Speaking of Arizona, they enacted a major anti-abortion/forced birth bill earlier this year.
No one involved knows what the law they enacted actually means, because the law banning abortions after 15 weeks references an older law that bans abortion, except to save the life of the mother.
That older law dates back to 1901. So, the 1901 Arizona legislature was more progressive than these white nationalist Christian fascists.
Under regular rules of construction, the older law’s provision allowing abortions to save the life of the mother would remain in force.
Ducey and the extremists want to treat this as a blanket ban, even though the law doesn’t say that.
Suck on this pipeline, Putin.
⚡️EU imports more gas from US than from Russia for first time in history.
According to Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, the EU imported more liquefied natural gas from the United States than natural gas by pipeline from Russia in June.— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) July 1, 2022
re: #284 JC1
No need for a new constitution. Just expand it to 13 seats. Can be done with 51 willing votes.
Manchin and Sinema are not “willing votes”. That’s the fucking problem.
re: #280 Hecuba’s daughter
Does that mean he will be forfeiting not just potential wealth but his life on the Ukraine front lines?
Conscripts can’t be forced to fight in Ukraine, though they put a lot of pressure on them to sign contracts so they can be sent. He has an agent and he’s not dirt poor, so there’s no way in Hell he will sign a contract to go get killed.
re: #287 Eclectic Cyborg
Manchin and Sinema are not “willing votes”. That’s the fucking problem.
Expanding to 13 seats will destroy us, unless we hold the Senate and get a true majority in November. Otherwise, none of those additional seats will be filled until the GOP gets power, and SCOTUS will be 10 to 3.
We don’t need to Zapruder the video.
We can insist all those involved testify under oath as to what they said and did to further the seditious conspiracy and other assorted crimes by Trumpworld.
They refuse, b/c everything they say will incriminate them.— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) July 1, 2022
re: #288 No Malarkey!
Conscripts can’t be forced to fight in Ukraine, though they put a lot of pressure on them to sign contracts so they can be sent. He has an agent and he’s not dirt poor, so there’s no way in Hell he will sign a contract to go get killed.
He could arrange to be captured, though it would be risky.
Wozz Kitchen Creations is doing a flash July 4 sale with 20% off. Code SPARKLE. I have yet to get something that I am not really enjoying by way of sauce or condiment. At the moment, I still have various sauces as well as a jar of Indian Pickled Beets, and some blazing hot chili sambal, but I’m taking the opportunity to restock on their balsamic fig mostardo, the cranberry orange chutney, and some other super good stuff.
re: #272 Charles Johnson
This “deal” with McConnell had better involve a potential Biden SCOTUS pick guarantee should a Conservative Justice bite the big one within the next few years. Perhaps Clarence Thomas’ recent “flu” has many elites more concerned than what they have let on.
re: #170 The Pie Overlord!
I used Scrabble tiles. Is that cheating?
Wordle 377 4/6
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you might like this game, it’s kinda scrabbly:
re: #216 jaunte
Today in Black Mirror
They were wondering about the statistical anomaly of so make “Ted Cruz” were on their flights.
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re: #245 Dangerman
talk about poking a sleeping bear, i predict this doesnt go well for them
(the R’s, not the chronicle)
Aren’t 65+ the single biggest pro GOP voting block? Talk about shooting yourself in the face.
re: #287 Eclectic Cyborg
Manchin and Sinema are not “willing votes”. That’s the fucking problem.
Right, but dems stand a good chance of picking up a few seats in November.
re: #230 The Pie Overlord!
Did you bake that yourself or did you buy it from a bakery? (buying from a bakery is not cheating, even I do that once in a while)
That was baked by Mrs J 10 years ago. Pulled from the archives. I added the whipped cream, IIRC
re: #151 lawhawk
How the heck is this even a thing?
Algorithms push this to the top. That’s how. They know this and don’t change the algorithm that leads to this result.
Uh, for me I get cute astronauts.
Edit:
Well, fuck, “ornament” in place of “ornaments” gets me a bunch of Nazi shit. That’s such.
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