Russian Guitar Prodigy Max Ostro: āRhumbaā (By DiDuLa)
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Max is from Russia, and he was 15 years old when he did this.
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Hereās my arrangement for āRhumbaā by DiDuLa, enjoy!
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This one is more recent. Mind-blowing facility and harmonic sense.
jfc this dude is an alien
Thread of eight tweets from The Telegraph
šŗš¦Hopes of a peace deal with Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine are āillusoryā, the leader of the countryās 2004 Orange Revolution has said
Thread ā¤µļøš§µhttps://t.co/BWyYczV9kVā Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) July 3, 2022
re: #1 Dangerman
One awful aspect of life post-Roe is how many medical providers, non-profits and even liberal politicians in āblueā states are caving. Theyāre willingly accepting the most extreme aspect of any one stateās law. Theyāre unwilling to say āmake meā or to resistātheyāre just caving. https://t.co/jjSITJcAB3
ā Dr. Thrasher (@thrasherxy) July 1, 2022
800 babies - real, born, breathing people in every legal sense of the word - died in their care and were buried in a septic tank. pic.twitter.com/r6VS1vmBKb
ā Philip OāConnor (@philipoconnor) July 2, 2022
I first played D&D 38 years before Stranget Things came out. Does that make me extra cool? Or Prematurely Cool, as in Prematurely Anti-Fascist? https://t.co/Pti5w3nHUI
ā Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) July 4, 2022
This pendejo thinks the white supremacists who are trying to take over this country are gonna welcome this minority with open arms.
ā EstebanTornadoPGA (@ETornado1963) July 4, 2022
Donald Trumpās social media company and some of its employees received subpoenas from both a federal grand jury and securities regulators, according to a public disclosure, possibly delaying a deal promising a cash infusion needed to take on Twitter. https://t.co/oLYyPhrSdY
ā ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 4, 2022
re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The cash infusion is not to ātake on Twitterā. As if.
Itās to grift out the $
Somebody posted something about the Ritchie Boys the other day; it was tonightās 60 Minutes story.
At the end of the episode, they named some of the Ritchie Boys who went on to be super-famous for various later achievements, and I discovered that one of them was the father of a guy I went to college with.
Just finished watching Peaky Blinders. Watched all 6 seasons over the past month. Solid show and one of the most satisfying finales of any show Iāve seen; seems like a rarity.
A man saw me wlking Molly, aka the Thing of Evil, and asked if she was a Corgi. I replied in the affirmative. He asked me if, with those short legs, she had to jump up to shit. I did not dignify that with a response.
ā Stephen King (@StephenKing) July 4, 2022
Kinda like you polished trumps nuts during his 1st presidential run huh?
ā EstebanTornadoPGA (@ETornado1963) July 4, 2022
Curly. pic.twitter.com/nHmKX14OaX
ā Mordechai Lightstone (@Mottel) July 4, 2022
These are the fine people who believe we donāt need democracy (or in her case, medical board certification) and that we can all rely on their fascist opinion.
I disagree, frankly. pic.twitter.com/3B1okRXDwoā Eric Garland (@ericgarland) July 4, 2022
As an aside, perhaps once Kirkwood High School deals with that conspiracy to cover up that teacher raping theater students in the 1990s a few weeks from now, perhaps it can revisit its āOutstanding Alumniā standards.
They might need an upgrade. pic.twitter.com/JXarOxp654ā Eric Garland (@ericgarland) July 4, 2022
re: #6 Anymouse š¹š”š·
What happened to the days when Civil Rights activists went to jail by the thousands to defy racist laws? Why arenāt we seeing mass civil disobedience when reproductive rights are eviscerated? What will happen when SCOTUS decimates marriage equality?
Doing all I can with donations, letter writing and encouraging others to vote to ensure that Democrats hold onto Congress this mid-term.
What did she think would happen???š¤£š¤£š¤£ https://t.co/sIjOtftyQ3
ā Rex Chapmanšš¼ (@RexChapman) July 3, 2022
niterz, lizardz!
The video is something.
Theyāre throwing punches, the guy stops to take his backpack off, the cop takes off his bullet proof vest, and they go back to throwing punchesā¦and then they stop.
ā ć½ļøƤtt šāā¬ (@MattFrmDaChi) July 3, 2022
Itās exactly 47 days since Jordan Peterson announced he would quit Twitter forever, and he has just put out a video where he declared he will put his life on the line for his Twitter account. Anyway this man is my life coach and who I look to for advice on becoming a man
ā Wild Geerters (@steinkobbe) July 2, 2022
re: #9 EstebanTornado1963
āTo see some brosā. pic.twitter.com/QJCbgYYzzZ
ā Oh. My. Glob. (@efuseakay) July 4, 2022
re: #20 Patricia Kayden
What happened to the days when Civil Rights activists went to jail by the thousands to defy racist laws? Why arenāt we seeing mass civil disobedience when reproductive rights are eviscerated? What will happen when SCOTUS decimates marriage equality?
Doing all I can with donations, letter writing and encouraging others to vote to ensure that Democrats hold onto Congress this mid-term.
Suburban liberal white people have been trained that actually standing up to fight oppression, to break unjust laws, inconveniencing our fanatical neighbors will strengthen the authoritarian crackdowns in response. Unlike the knuckledragging insurrectionists, too many of us donāt have the courage or fortitude to even cosplay pledging āour lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honorā to the cause. Too many of us want to cling to respectability, decorum, and āmiddle class morality.ā
Lots of negative nellies think America is going off the rails but tell me, could a deranged country speedrunning its way to theocratic fascism make THIS pic.twitter.com/AOS50ZvtEV
ā CHAOTIC NEUTRAL arrives 9/20 (@edburmila) July 3, 2022
re: #20 Patricia Kayden
What happened to the days when Civil Rights activists went to jail by the thousands to defy racist laws? Why arenāt we seeing mass civil disobedience when reproductive rights are eviscerated? What will happen when SCOTUS decimates marriage equality?
Doing all I can with donations, letter writing and encouraging others to vote to ensure that Democrats hold onto Congress this mid-term.
Same with me. (I count encouraging people in my village to vote for me for village board. /s)
Iāve donated to state senator Carol Bloodās (D) campaign for governor here against Jim Pillen (R-State Board of Regents). Sen. Blood has added righteous outrage to her campaign over Roe.
Republicans here are busy attacking Pillen as being insufficiently loyal for not backing Charles W. Herbster (R-sex pest) and threatening to not vote (letās hope). A bunch of people are claiming they will write in Herbster anyway.
Does Carol Blood support crt in schools? Does she support open borders?
ā Tammy (@Tammy8156) July 3, 2022
Yes, she supports open borders with Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado. Maybe Tammy bunch-of-numbers should buy a map.
Carol Blood tweets out pictures of people with her campaign signs in their yards. I have a sign on the way in the US Mail, so perhaps I can send her a photograph to her campaign E-mail.
Supreme Court rejects Christian hate groupās case over āhate groupā label (Hemant Mehta at Only Sky)
If you guessed Clarence Thomas was the only justice to buy the churchās argument, please collect your Kewpie doll.
A request by a Christian hate group asking the Supreme Court for help in getting people to stop calling it a āhate groupā has finally ended in failure. The Court said on Monday that it would not take up the case, with only Clarence Thomas dissenting.
Itās the latest and final twist in a pointless battle that was fought by Coral Ridge Ministries (formerly called Truth in Action and also known as D. James Kennedy Ministries) after they were included in the Southern Poverty Law Centerās 2010 list of āActive Anti-LGBT Hate Groups.ā (Kennedy himself died in 2007.)
The ministry said in its initial 2017 lawsuit that being put on the SPLCās list hurt them financially because Amazon (also a defendant) refused to allow them to fundraise via AmazonSmile precisely because theyāre considered a āhate group.ā GuideStar (also a defendant) temporarily labeled SPLC hate groups as such on their website, and the ministry said that also hurt fundraising.
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re: #27 Anymouse š¹š”š·
*narf*
CRT isnāt in schools. But geography is. Perhaps you should have paid closer attention.
ā Oh. My. Glob. (@efuseakay) July 4, 2022
I havenāt touched a guitar in 10 years and was pretty terrible anyway. But the last episode of Stranger Things has inspired me to buy one.
re: #30 IngisKahn
I havenāt touched a guitar in 10 years and was pretty terrible anyway. But the last episode of Stranger Things has inspired me to buy one.
Have fun! Do you know what youāre going to get?
re: #13 sagehen
Somebody posted something about the Ritchie Boys the other day; it was tonightās 60 Minutes story.
At the end of the episode, they named some of the Ritchie Boys who went on to be super-famous for various later achievements, and I discovered that one of them was the father of a guy I went to college with.
The page they posted on the Ritchie Boys had a sidebar on one of the alumni, Joseph Eaton. Who was a good friend and colleague of my fatherās.
re: #31 William Lewis
Have fun! Do you know what youāre going to get?
I donāt know jack about guitars. Something I can play some old school Metallica on.
Notorious lunatic captured by Beefeaters and sent to the Tower. Sentence to be carried out tomorrow, BBC governors mull pay-per-view options.
āIs this where weāre having lunch?
Is the bare chested man with the black hood the Queenās new woodsman?ā pic.twitter.com/MGNmd7A0HZā Free Belarus News (Eng.) (@BelarusMiniInfo) April 20, 2022
re: #34 IngisKahn
I donāt know jack about guitars. Something I can play some old school Metallica on.
Heh. I have a PRS Standard 24 Student Edition. It can scream nicely out of my 6-watt tube amp :D
Iām on call, but I sneaked off to see my mother this afternoon. She was asleep, so Iāll try again tomorrow. As I was driving back, I saw a campaign sign for Rusty Bowers, who you all might remember as the current speaker of the AZ House, who refused to give in to Trumpian pressure. Well, just to the right of his sign was a smaller sign with the letters RINO and pointing to the Bowers sign.
Rusty Bowers is no hero, but dayum.
re: #35 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
This might just send him to the Tower:
Ukraine warās collateral damage: Britainās beloved fish and chip shops
CHORLEY, England ā It is a perilous time for fish and chips, the golden fried food for the masses, celebrated as Britainās āfavorite mealā and āthe national dish.ā
As it turns out, a lot of that fish comes from Russian trawlers and the sunflower oil from Ukrainian fields.
With Russiaās war raging in Ukraine, that means skyrocketing prices for hungry Brits. The ingredients for an order of fish and chips ā by design cheap and caloric ā now cost more than twice as much as at the start of the year.
*snip*
re: #38 ckkatz
This might just send him to the Tower:
Ukraine warās collateral damage: Britainās beloved fish and chip shops
Iām sure that Brexit was no help either.
The fireworks barrage has started; the sun isnāt fully down yet. At least we had a lot of rain a few hours ago, so the fire risk is lower. Some dipshytes took over my street between the church and the park and are launching a craptonne of fireworks.
re: #40 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Gaa. Theyāre also singing hymns.
re: #41 Anymouse š¹š”š·
They arenāt locals. My wife went out to ask. These are out-of-town wingnuts camping in the village park (thatās allowed) bringing their Christian Nationalist roadshow to my village of 128.
re: #6 Anymouse š¹š”š·
If you think doctors nationwide caving into fascist anti-abortion demands are surprising right now just wait until the mandatory press and corporate honchos fall into line when a 2025 Republican dictator is in charge. You aināt seen nothing yet.
new Con Law textbook just dropped pic.twitter.com/fBMlDWf3rO
ā Andersonic šŗš¦ (@TabbyKeats) July 1, 2022
re: #38 ckkatz
I love fish and chips ā especially the ones I had in England when I visited way back in the 1990s. Thatās a shame. Putin has messed up so many people along with proving himself to be a straight up war criminal.
re: #28 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Supreme Court rejects Christian hate groupās case over āhate groupā label (Hemant Mehta at Only Sky)
If you guessed Clarence Thomas was the only justice to buy the churchās argument, please collect your Kewpie doll.
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As a country we have had 250 years or so of a myriad of different SCOTUS types sitting on the bench, from scholars to drunkards to courageous to racists to charlatans to cowards and everything in between. But Clarence Thomas presents the only such personality ever to be elevated to such a level in office.. one who is truly with every molecule of his body, demented, I mean, the guy is 100% demented. This is the reason he was chosen in the first place by outright racists.
My sister informed today that ā¦
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re: #42 Anymouse š¹š”š·
They arenāt locals. My wife went out to ask. These are out-of-town wingnuts camping in the village park (thatās allowed) bringing their Christian Nationalist roadshow to my village of 128.
Sounds like the Great Plains storm did not get you, so a band of religious locusts was sent next.
It was sounding like a war zone the next block over. But, shortly after what sounded like a multiple alarm fire department response, the war seems to have abated. I guess Iāll find out what happened at some point.
My favorite was the guy in the cul de sac who showed his new neighbor how he would shoot off fireworks from his garage and as soon as he saw the county police squad car looking for the source he would simply shut the garage door.
His new neighbor was a lieutenant in the county police. (Made him soak all the remaining fireworks in a bucket of water. )
re: #39 mmmirele
Iām sure that Brexit was no help either.
There you go being straightforward and serious again. ;)
I just called the county sheriffās office. Camping in the park isnāt illegal, fireworks arenāt illegal, but blocking the street to use it as a launch pad is illegal.
re: #46 Florida Panhandler
As a country we have had 250 years or so of a myriad of different SCOTUS types sitting on the bench, from scholars to drunkards to courageous to racists to charlatans to cowards and everything in between. But Clarence Thomas presents the only such personality ever to be elevated to such a level in office.. one who is truly with every molecule of his body, demented, I mean, the guy is 100% demented. This is the reason he was chosen in the first place by outright racists.
He may be demented now, but that wasnāt what they were wanting then, rather the fact that he was incompetent and would do what he was told to do. I still say the Anita Hill situation was caused by the RNC so that it would devolve into shouting about that so that no one would look too closely at what an utter incompetent he was.
Looks like I wasnāt the only one to notice that maybe the Secret Service knew about tfgās plan to invade the Capitol prior to January 6th. (Ornato was a Secret Service leader who left to become an aide to tfg.)
In a hierarchical organization, there are limits to agent initiative. And a decision to move a President someplace against his wishes sounds like something that would need to be decided very high in an organization.
If the organization could, and did, do it to tfg, why not Pence too?
re: #124 ckkatz
I agree
Which was, I suspect, why they declined to participate and dragged the kicking and screaming tfg back to the White House.
I do find it interesting that they figured it out so quickly. Or maybe, they had an idea on what was coming down and decided earlier?
J6C got very close with Hutchinsonās testimony to presenting proof that Ornato knew of an effort (involving Rudy and possibly Meadows and Scott Perry) to bring POTUS to the Capitol in conjunction w/plans, involving the Proud Boys and an armed mob, to occupy the Capitol.
ā emptywheel (@emptywheel) July 3, 2022
re: #46 Florida Panhandler
As a country we have had 250 years or so of a myriad of different SCOTUS types sitting on the bench, from scholars to drunkards to courageous to racists to charlatans to cowards and everything in between. But Clarence Thomas presents the only such personality ever to be elevated to such a level in office.. one who is truly with every molecule of his body, demented, I mean, the guy is 100% demented. This is the reason he was chosen in the first place by outright racists.
Demented? No. Committed? Absolutely.
You will never get him removed for being demented, and any attempt to do so is as stupid as one can imagine.
He is just an Opus Dei Catholic. Get used to it. The SCOTUS has 5. Its is the new normal.
They, not Roberts control the Court.
The new 100-ruble banknote introduced today by Russiaās Central Bank, featuring the Soviet Soldier Memorial, cannot be introduced into circulation as ATMs & cash registers cannot be updated to recognise new notes due to sanctions. 100% of Russiaās cash registers are imported. pic.twitter.com/rr8iGla43M
ā Max Fras (@maxfras) June 30, 2022
re: #52 ckkatz
Looks like I wasnāt the only one to notice that maybe the Secret Service knew about tfgās plan to invade the Capitol prior to January 6th. (Ornato was a Secret Service leader who left to become an aide to tfg.)
In a hierarchical organization, there are limits to agent initiative. And a decision to move a President someplace against his wishes sounds like something that would need to be decided very high in an organization.
If the organization could, and did, do it to tfg, why not Pence too?
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I seem to recall that Pence was absolutely dead set against leaving the Capitol. Somewhere in what passes for his brain, he realized that if he left, it could be Bad or Very Bad. Bad in the sense that he was kept from doing one of his few real duties. Very Bad in that guys with loyalty to tfg could have decided to end him.
If you are missing John O this week.
Beach Dolls: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)
re: #50 Anymouse š¹š”š·
I just called the county sheriffās office. Camping in the park isnāt illegal, fireworks arenāt illegal, but blocking the street to use it as a launch pad is illegal.
Didnāt a bunch of jerks aim fireworks directly at your house a year or two ago?
And I am off to bed. Sweet scaly dreams and best thoughts for the western lizards in the drought zone. Which is most of the west and a big chunk of Texas:
Dog help us all.
re: #55 mmmirele
I seem to recall that Pence was absolutely dead set against leaving the Capitol. Somewhere in what passes for his brain, he realized that if he left, it could be Bad or Very Bad. Bad in the sense that he was kept from doing one of his few real duties. Very Bad in that guys with loyalty to tfg could have decided to end him.
That was my understanding as well.
Although I had understood his concern of being ādisappearedā was being flown from Andrews AFB to Alaska, and marooned there; Rather than being offed and buried somewhere in New Jersey.
Hopefully tfg and his henchmen have duly ended his political career under āETTDā.
Well, theyāve been selling fireworks for the last 9 daysā¦five minutes ago was the first time someone actually popped some off. I hope thatās how it stays.
ETA: It didnāt.
Interesting ideaā¦
For almost half a century, abortion politics have been a free kick for conservative politicians - a way to prove ideological purity without real-world consequences. That kick is no longer free. Latest in @TheAtlantic https://t.co/GhTK2jXODw
ā David Frum (@davidfrum) June 27, 2022
Slovakia is looking at sending much of its air force to Ukraine. And thinking about armored vehicles next:
Slovakia earlier asked NATO allies to patrol its skies after it decided to ground its own fleet of Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets. Bratislava intends to send the MiGs to Ukraine to help Kyiv fight off Russiaās invasion.https://t.co/puCqW4FSMu
ā Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (@RFERL) July 3, 2022
re: #47 Hecubaās daughter
My sister informed today that ā¦
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The sheriffās deputy hasnāt arrived yet. Heās coming from the other side of the county ā¦
British Army Twitter and Youtube accounts were hacked Sunday:
The breach of the Armyās Twitter and YouTube accounts that occurred earlier today has been resolved and an investigation is underway.
The Army takes information security extremely seriously and until their investigation is complete it would be inappropriate to comment further.ā Ministry of Defence Press Office (@DefenceHQPress) July 3, 2022
re: #55 mmmirele
I seem to recall that Pence was absolutely dead set against leaving the Capitol. Somewhere in what passes for his brain, he realized that if he left, it could be Bad or Very Bad. Bad in the sense that he was kept from doing one of his few real duties. Very Bad in that guys with loyalty to tfg could have decided to end him.
He refused to get in the car. In a parking garage with cameras. That limited how much force they could use against him.
re: #57 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Didnāt a bunch of jerks aim fireworks directly at your house a year or two ago?
Yes, but they were local jerks. I have no idea who these jerks are, except from out-of-town.
re: #63 sagehen
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For those asking about what firearms the Danish Mall shooter was using:
Weapon used in the shooting in Fieldās Shopping Center in Copenhagen today appears to likely be a Sauer 200 STR (Scandinavian Target Rifle). pic.twitter.com/HqhWaAItmX
ā Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) July 3, 2022
Videos uploaded on a youtube channel which appears to belong to the suspect show off a Sauer 200 STR and a Walter P38 pistol pic.twitter.com/DjFnSOJ7VJ
ā Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) July 3, 2022
(The Walther P38 was designed in Nazi Germany as the replacement for the Luger.)
From earlier Sunday:
Meanwhile, in russia, the Capital Towers near business center Moscow City are on fire. pic.twitter.com/UJNumZL0Xh
ā Euromaidan PR (@EuromaidanPR) July 3, 2022
re: #20 Patricia Kayden
What happened to the days when Civil Rights activists went to jail by the thousands to defy racist laws? Why arenāt we seeing mass civil disobedience when reproductive rights are eviscerated? What will happen when SCOTUS decimates marriage equality?
Doing all I can with donations, letter writing and encouraging others to vote to ensure that Democrats hold onto Congress this mid-term.
Well, you can sit down at a lunch counter and order a hamburger, you can climb onto a bus and sit in the āwrongā seat, you can crowd into the registrarās office and try to register to vote, but itās hard to see how masses of people can go into clinics and demand abortions if theyāre not pregnant.
The marches are happening. Getting abortions for women in the fascist states is in the works (but you wonāt hear much about it if youāre not directly involved).
It took a while for the civil rights movement to gear up (how many decades depends on when you start counting), and it hasnāt even been two weeks since the SCOTUS decision came down. But actions against this have already started and they wonāt stop.
In 2014, when Russia invaded Ukraine, they took Donetsk and Luhansk provinces. They also took the Crimean Peninsula. Since the February 2022 invasion, in need of infantry, Russia has been press ganging Luhansk and Donetsk males into their army. Now the Russians are starting to press gang Crimeans into the military as well:
Russia is trying to mobilize troops in Crimea
This will cause residents of Crimea, including those of Ukrainian heritage, to fight for the Russian army. Ukrainian officials are urging Crimea residents not to comply and surrender at the first opportunityā Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) July 3, 2022
Also, the Russians built a bridge from the Russian mainland to the Crimean Peninsula. Earlier in the week, somebody decided to test out the smoke screen machinery which is intended to prevent the bridge from being attacked. But nobody thought to mention it to people driving on the bridge. It went over about as well as could be expected:
Due to military exercises near the Crimean bridge, cars got into an accident
During the exercises to protect the #Crimean bridge, the soldiers of the #Russian army used smoke screens.
As a result, visibility on the bridge deteriorated, which led to a collision of cars. pic.twitter.com/EKazXNy6sUā NEXTA (@nexta_tv) July 3, 2022
re: #61 ckkatz
Interesting ideaā¦
The XXI Amendment did precisely what the Dobbs decision did: Tossed alcohol prohibition back to the states. Thatās why nearly 10% of Americans still live in so-called dry counties.
re: #69 ckkatz
I love the P38. It might be the only pistol I can shoot with accuracy. I canāt miss with it.
re: #62 ckkatz
Slowly, and without very much attention by Americans, the third European-started world war slowly picks up speed.
I cannot imagine Putin backing down.
He might surprise me, of course. But I give odds of Putin backing down at less than 100:1 .
The day is going to come when Putin has to call up more men to fight.
If Ukraine continues to rearm with other nationsā supplies, to the point where Ukraine can slowly regain territory lost to Russia, then Putin will need to up his forces.
Americans care more about gasoline prices (though historically not out of line with other gasoline peaks) than resolve against Putin and Putinism.
Indeed, the Trump contingent of the US is fully onboard the Putin train.
re: #73 ckkatz
And this is what I mean. Putin will try to get anyone to fight for him.
Russia can continue this for years.
All that propaganda that claims Russia is doomed because of American monetary pressure seems to have vanished. We were warned last week that the imminent default of Russia on millions of dollars of loans was going to be a big thing.
Well, that deadline came and went and it doesnāt seem to have affected this war.
re: #64 Anymouse š¹š”š·
The sheriffās deputy hasnāt arrived yet. Heās coming from the other side of the county ā¦
I had been wondering if the storm had dampened their enthusiasm. And maybe their fireworks too. But I guess not.
Hope that it is resolved safely.
This may have been missed over the long weekend, but the FBI added a woman to the most wanted list. Her name is Ruja Ignatova, and she was part of, maybe a key part of, a crypto Ponzi scheme.
New YorkA German citizen accused of defrauding investors out of $4 billion by selling a fake cryptocurrency called OneCoin has been added to the FBIās list of its ten most-wanted fugitives, US officials said on Thursday.
Ruja Ignatova, also known as āCryptoqueen,ā was charged in 2019 with eight counts including wire fraud and securities fraud for running the Bulgaria-based OneCoin Ltd as a pyramid scheme. Prosecutors say the company offered commissions for members to entice others to buy a worthless cryptocurrency.
āShe timed her scheme perfectly, capitalizing on the frenzied speculation of the early days of cryptocurrency,ā said Damian Williams, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan.
Williams described OneCoin as āone of the largest Ponzi schemes in history.ā
Ignatova went to ground in 2017 and has not been seen since. Itās entirely possible she has had plastic surgery or has surfaced elsewhere under another name. For all we know, she could be in Dubai, where there is no extradition treaty. The BBC did a podcast about her in 2019-2020. Hereās a link: bbc.co.uk
re: #77 ckkatz
I had been wondering if the storm had dampened their enthusiasm. And maybe their fireworks too. But I guess not.
Hope that it is resolved safely.
The deputy was just at the park. The fireworks have ceased and my street is open again.
I donāt know how much commercial-grade fireworks cost, but Iām guessing they burned up tens of thousands of dollars. (Iāll bet they complain about gasoline prices.)
LOL
Are you suggesting that āSt. Prude, Goddess of the Endometriumā ā granted, one of the lesser known gods ā isnāt real?
ā Chaz Stevens, Shatirist. (@TheTweetOfJab) June 30, 2022
re: #73 ckkatz
That video practically made me shriek, because it reminds me of dust storms, where visibility just drops to zero. And what are you supposed to do during a dust storm? Get off the road, park your car, take your foot off the brake and turn off your lights. Why? Because if you leave your lights on or keep your foot on the brake, someone might follow right into you. Iāve had to do this. Thing is, you can do this in a desertā¦not so much on a bridge over water.
Sorry, this just resurfaced some Bad Moments In Driving Iāve Experienced Here In Arizona.
pro-life /
Oklahoma Plans to Execute 25 Prisoners in 29 Months
āAn Oklahoma court on Friday set execution dates for 25 death row prisoners, setting up a string of executions that would take place nearly every month over the next two years,ā the New York Times reports.
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This is the kind of thing that can make this war spread:
Spreading protests in Tbilisi that have a lot of common with 2014 in Ukraine. A leader seen as too close to Russia, and a population that would rather head towards Europeā¦ https://t.co/Cwe0aNcOdv
ā Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) July 3, 2022
If the Georgians who want to join the EU win out and Georgia becomes closely aligned with the EU, then I can see Russia becoming increasingly aggressive in trying to tamp down ant-Russian movement all around their borders.
This is beginning to rhyme with the early 1900ās, where oppressed groups around Europe were jostling for a new order, that didnāt erupt into outright war until the Austro-Hungarian empire decided to go for full warfare.
re: #80 Anymouse š¹š”š·
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in my official primary religion, thereās a rule that āyou shall have no other gods before meā.
But there doesnāt seem to be a prohibition against lesser, subservient gods after him. Iāve been known to leave offerings for Pele (no volcanoes here, but sometimes a manhole seems to suggest thereās trouble with the gas lines)ā¦ and I occasionally beseech favor from Snohomish (goddess of green lights and favorable parking spaces).
re: #84 sagehen
in my official primary religion, thereās a rule that āyou shall have no other gods before meā.
But there doesnāt seem to be a prohibition against lesser, subservient gods after him. Iāve been known to leave offerings for Pele (no volcanoes here, but sometimes a manhole seems to suggest thereās trouble with the gas lines)ā¦ and I occasionally beseech favor from Snohomish (goddess of green lights and favorable parking spaces).
The problem with parking spaces is all us rural people have hogged all the favourable parking spaces in our towns, so large cities have none. Perhaps a socialistic redistribution programme of parking spaces is in order. /s
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Youāre gonna watch this video about sloths and think you know how it ends.
BUT YOU DO NOT. pic.twitter.com/YL5qotrcpSā Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) January 29, 2021
re: #81 mmmirele
Sorry. It was not my intent to retraumatize anyone. Up here we have fog and snow squalls that can suddenly destroy visibility. With the additional twist that a sudden snow squall can destroy traction and hide any lane markings as well.
Growing up in Pittsburgh, I heard a lot of stories about how the pollution would get so bad that even in mid-day folks had to stop and look for the lane markings.
My grandfather told of driving through Pittsburgh in the 1920ās he said that you could detect it from a very long distance off. By a black cloud of pollution that hung over the city.
When I was growing up in the 1960ās much of the particulate pollution was eliminated by electric scrubbers on the smoke stacks. But the mills would fire up before dawn. And at dawn there was often a grayish yellowish cloud hanging on the ground. It was always referred to as āGround Fogā. But natural fog did not have a strong sulfur smell to it.
I wrote and deleted 3 long rantsā¦ Iām just going to say this:
Do not confuse Russiaās ability to confidently and gregariously bullshit about their situation and capabilities, and to cook the books like the mafia with an actual ability to come out of the other side of this whole thing the same or better than they went in.
Unless they want to start nuking people, the Russian Federation, with this leadership, and foreign policy goals are done. If they do start nuking people, the Russian Federation, with this leadership, and foreign policy goals are done.
Worker who was accidentally paid 300 times his salary takes the money and runs (Metro in the UK, July 2, 2022)
Wage theft in reverse.
What would you do if you checked your bank account and found you had mistakenly been paid 300 times your normal salary?
Well, one employee who discovered he had been paid nearly Ā£150,000 for a monthās work instead of the usual Ā£450 decided to duck and run.
The unnamed staff member at Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos in Chile did initially raise the eye-watering overpayment for May with his manager who then flagged it to HR.
He agreed to return the cash and promised to go to the bank the following day. But instead of giving it back, the man withdrew it and hasnāt been seen since.
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re: #90 Anymouse š¹š”š·
I would consider foul play happening to the employee, too.
re: #89 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
I wrote and deleted 3 long rantsā¦ Iām just going to say this:
Do not confuse Russiaās ability to confidently and gregariously bullshit about their situation and capabilities, and to cook the books like the mafia with an actual ability to come out of the other side of this whole thing the same or better than they went in.
Unless they want to start nuking people, the Russian Federation, with this leadership, and foreign policy goals are done. If they do start nuking people, the Russian Federation, with this leadership, and foreign policy goals are done.
They may be done ā but they may take the rest of us with them. Hopefully they will be defeated well before Trump or a Trump clone takes over our nation and throws support to Putin.
And on a light note ā for the first time in days a wording 3!
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re: #89 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
One of the lessons we should draw from WWI is that ineptitude is no reason to stop fighting a war.
I fully expect Russia to continue to be of pretty low quality when it comes to actual war-fighting. Their inability to properly train and outfit their military will not stop them.
Thatās why I think the current war is just one part of a very long struggle.
Note that Russia had already successfully invaded Ukraine several years ago and took territory.
This time around all Russia has to do is just keep on fighting.
It does not matter to the likes of Putin how many die for the motherland.
Why, in the big picture, do regional crises coalesce into a big war? Who can tell if something in, say, Syria may ripple all the way up to the Russian leadersā actions?
Currently there are all sorts of atrocities that are happening, but they are small enough that here in the US we donāt pay them notice.
Notice we donāt even pay attention to what Saudi Arabia is doing in Yemen. It simply gets pushed off the pages of our news.
All sorts of hot spots around the world contain potential for war to spread.
The more I see that outlets like Fox News and their less successful, even-more-crazy kin (like OAN, Newsmax, etc.) try to push that the most important stories are high gasoline prices and men-in-drag, the more I am convinced that said outlets are doing propaganda.
Drag queens are irrelevant to 99.99% of the lives of Americans.
Gasoline prices are no higher than at prior high-spots of gasoline pricing and since today more Americans than ever have electric or hybrid vehicles or have cars with better gas-mileage, high gasoline prices are not going to be as impactful.
Itās pretty clear that petroleum (and products), and food products, are experiencing price pressures due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
So when talking heads want to make Americans more antsy about said prices, I do wonder if the goal is to make the US give up its pressure on Russia.
I am finding my food prices go up significantly. I donāt like it but I am not blaming Biden for it because I know that the global pressure on prices is due to a plethora of issues that cannot be controlled by any American politician.
But of course there are plenty of Americans who are looking for a scapegoat.
Statins https://t.co/3fFoTBJELM
ā Jason McGlothlen (@goddamnedfrank) July 4, 2022
re: #95 retired cynic
goddamnedfrank has made me awfully hungry!
re: #80 Anymouse š¹š”š·
LOL
A couple put up a billboard here in Frankfort, Kentucky, announcing that they are atheists and they vote, with their names and photos. The percentage of Americans who arenāt religious continues to climb steadily, especially among the young.
re: #39 mmmirele
Iām sure that Brexit was no help either.
Boris grasps at any excuse to distract from what Brexit is doing to their economy.
re: #45 Patricia Kayden
I love fish and chips ā especially the ones I had in England when I visited way back in the 1990s. Thatās a shame. Putin has messed up so many people along with proving himself to be a straight up war criminal.
Best fish & chips I ever had was in Fort William on the west coast of Scotland. The fish was obviously just off the boat that very day.
re: #20 Patricia Kayden
What happened to the days when Civil Rights activists went to jail by the thousands to defy racist laws? Why arenāt we seeing mass civil disobedience when reproductive rights are eviscerated? What will happen when SCOTUS decimates marriage equality?
Doing all I can with donations, letter writing and encouraging others to vote to ensure that Democrats hold onto Congress this mid-term.
I can only suppose that a lot of those clinics do not want to risk losing their licenses and livelihood.
Whew, 6/6. Barely made it.
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re: #99 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Best fish & chips I ever had was in Fort William on the west coast of Scotland. The fish was obviously just off the boat that very day.
We had a shop run by a couple who moved here from somewhere in York, they made the best fish and chips Iāve ever had, even better than what I had in England. Retired years ago, alas.
And with that, good night,all. Try not to let the fireworks ruin the day for you and your pets.
re: #92 Hecubaās daughter
They may be done ā but they may take the rest of us with them. Hopefully they will be defeated well before Trump or a Trump clone takes over our nation and throws support to Putin.
And on a light note ā for the first time in days a wording 3!
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Geography porn harder than usual for me.
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re: #97 No Malarkey!
A couple put up a billboard here in Frankfort, Kentucky, announcing that they are atheists and they vote, with their names and photos. The percentage of Americans who arenāt religious continues to climb steadily, especially among the young.
Iām thinking that would be suicidal for me.
re: #106 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Iām thinking that would be suicidal for me.
I have never been actively persecuted for my (lack of) religious affiliation by rabid Christians so I do not know what that feels like.
re: #107 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I have never been actively persecuted for my (lack of) religious affiliation by rabid Christians so I do not know what that feels like.
Well, thereās a bunch of rabid out-of-town Christians in the village park across the street who know I called the sheriffās department on them for taking over the street to shoot commercial fireworks. They arenāt very happy with me. Weāve already had one of them come over and try to proselytise because we ruined their fun singing hymns in the street while shooting fireworks.
grr
Half of the money Republican leaders in Texas allotted for school safety after Uvalde - $50 million - will be spent on bullet-resistant shields for school police.
Uvalde officers had ballistics shields, but stood outside a classroom door for 75 minutes. https://t.co/XCEotbkI06ā Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) July 3, 2022
re: #109 Anymouse š¹š”š·
grr
They probably already have a buddy/crony/campaign contributor who markets those.
re: #110 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
They probably already have a buddy/crony/campaign contributor who markets those.
and then delivers substandard goods for the money
re: #38 ckkatz
As it turns out, a lot of that fish comes from Russian trawlers and the sunflower oil from Ukrainian fields.
only effete southerners fry their fish in sunflower oil.
re: #112 John Hughes
only effete southerners fry their fish in sunflower oil.
Northerners recycle their oil: start out using it for potatoes, then move on to chicken, then fish.
Today is not a holiday in Germany (obviously because socialist Euroweenies hate American Freedoms), but we had fireworks on Saturday: The Rhine in Flames fireworks show, and an American expat music session yesterday.
Are there still āalphaā dooods simping for this moron or are you fucking embarrassed yet? #JordanPeterson pic.twitter.com/pYQIm9H3lh
ā šØš¦Courtney Heard (she/her) šš (@godless_mom) July 3, 2022
they have no understanding of what āalphaā means, it is not a trait, it just refers to a (temporary) position in the hierarchy of a group of animals.
But in their minds, it is an expression of their membership in a Master Race.
Inspired by the Wisdom of Chopra Website.
The Jordan Peterson Word Salad Generator
re: #113 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Northerners recycle their oil: start out using it for potatoes, then move on to chicken, then fish.
Northerners donāt use oil, they use beef dripping.
The feeling of it congealing on your fingers as you eat fish and chips outside on a child winters night is half the pleasure.
re: #102 JC1
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ā Ryan Lindley (@ryanlindley) July 1, 2022
You this just exposes how little you understand what Trans people go through.
Iām not trans myself so even I canāt full grasp it but at least I know itās far more complex than just ānot liking their bodyā https://t.co/rRnu68xAclā deranged fat idiot šŗš¦ (@GodlessEngineer) July 4, 2022
re: #109 Anymouse š¹š”š·
grr
[Half of the money Republican leaders in Texas allotted for school safety after Uvalde - $50 million - will be spent on bullet-resistant shields for school police.
Uvalde officers had ballistics shields, but stood outside a classroom door for 75 minutes.]
I thought at first, the border patrol went in because they had those shields. Turns out, they went in because they didnāt operate under Pete Arredondo. They still waited at least a half an hour, maybe an hour.
Asshole speaks, a miracle of nature.
#Veteran #ptsd honestly itās so funny seeing leftist cry about fire works and how it affects vets, but theyāre the same ones who literally DESPISE THEM. Like yāall cry about the same shit every year. Stop being critically online and get ur head out of your ass.
ā Burlington (@Nobody64677442) July 4, 2022
Light pollution is definitely not a problem here. Aside from Omaha and Lincoln, satellite photographs of Nebraska look like North Korea.
How light pollution dimmed the stars, Milky Way across the globe (Accuweather)
re: #125 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Light pollution is definitely not a problem here. Aside from Omaha and Lincoln, satellite photographs of Nebraska look like North Korea.
How light pollution dimmed the stars, Milky Way across the globe (Accuweather)
I never saw the Milky Way until I went camping with the family in Arizona.
re: #95 retired cynic
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A man who raped a 12-year-old has been awarded joint custody of her child despite being convicted of her rape and another sexual assault on a child.https://t.co/zOy7y6NAYe via @YahooNewsā š„JanaB Warrior Angelš„ (@Janabw81) July 3, 2022
re: #128 Anymouse š¹š”š·
That article is a year old.
I cannot help but be reminded of the story of the fellow who killed both his parents and then threw himself on the mercy of the court because he was an orphan.
re: #129 Cheechako
That article is a year old.
I caught that later. So that was the landscape before Roe was struck down.
This is the future conservatives want.
re: #131 Anymouse š¹š”š·
I caught that later. So that was the landscape before Roe was struck down.
This is the future conservatives want.
āRapists have rights!ā
re: #132 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
āRapists have rights!ā
That was finally banned in 2018 here. The ban was the culmination of about twenty years work to get the Republicans in the Unicameral on-board.
nebraskalegislature.gov (Nebraska Revised Statues, 43-292 as amended)
re: #129 Cheechako
That article is a year old.
Good news.
After doing more research I have found that the judge has rescinded his decision of joint custody. He told the press that he didnāt have all the information during the hearing in family court.
ā š„JanaB Warrior Angelš„ (@Janabw81) July 3, 2022
Because the ERA tragically wasnāt ratified, we could easily return to the days of when women basically had the legal status of a child in the custody of her husband. In Dobbs the Court essentially ruled that women have few constitutional rights that a man is bound to respect.
ā Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) July 4, 2022
re: #109 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Defund the police looking more and more like a good idea.
On Roe, perhaps a dash of Virgilās Aeneid is appropriate:
Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo. [If I cannot bend the heavens above, I will move Hell.]
re: #125 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Light pollution is definitely not a problem here. Aside from Omaha and Lincoln, satellite photographs of Nebraska look like North Korea.
How light pollution dimmed the stars, Milky Way across the globe (Accuweather)
Donāt worry, Elon will fix that for you.
re: #137 John Hughes
Defund the police looking more and more like a good idea.
The GOP tried to pass a bullshyte law prohibiting municipalities and counties from ādefundingā (in the bill reducing the budget of) the police. The bill was laughed out of committee when it was pointed out two-thirds of Nebraska municipalities have no police at all, and there is no massive crime wave.
(We have a marshal armed with a blackjack.)
re: #128 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Iām unclear on the timeline here.
The Yahoo article is from 7 July 2021.
The change.org petition to get rid of the judge for ordering this seems to be around 4 years old.
An update to the petition says the order was cancelled on 13 oct. 2017.
re: #135 No Malarkey!
One of my wifeās superiors at Digital Equipment Corporation, a single woman and vice-president, was denied a Discover credit card in Colorado Springs because āshe did not make enough money.ā That was in 1992.
According to my wife, the vice-president specifically applied for the card because a number of women at Digital had all been denied Discover cards for the same reason.
She says they put the vice president up to it was to see if āinsufficient incomeā was actually the reason, as there were men in the company who made less than the women denied. The vice-presidentās income was in the hundred thousands range, and Discover turned her down as well.
She says she didnāt know how it turned out as she left Digital before the issue was concluded with the women.
I was coerced into sharing my airport Uber with Canadians. The whole time, they kept stuttering about poutine, moose, and Wayne Gretzky. Then they apologized. @paulogia0 @Shann_Q0
ā Seth Andrews (@SethAndrewsTTA) June 27, 2022
LOL
By transitive propertyā¦ Burger Jesus. https://t.co/qpAmdvWmhH
ā Paulogia (@paulogia0) June 20, 2022
Fixed it for you @nytimes pic.twitter.com/YqJhYoKMNZ
ā Cressa Maeve Beer (@beeragon) July 3, 2022
Pamela Paul Is the New Worst Columnist at the New York Times (Gawker, May 23, 2022)
The former Times Book Review editor is a dull culture warrior (more at the link)
Reminder that all is not lost yet, since we have a tendency to go straight to the worst case scenario.
Anyway, how about a non-doomsday situation:
People realize before November that the only chance of checking the rise in right-wing extremism and the only to check an off-the-deep-end Supreme Court, is to elect a lot of Democrats, so voters turn out in large numbers.
13/ā Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) July 3, 2022
See where Iām going with this?
Question: Can American democracy be saved?
Answer: That depends on whether enough Americans want to save it and are willing to come out to vote in November.
15/ā Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) July 3, 2022
The right to reproductive care could survive in Kentucky if enough voters show up at the polls in November to vote No on the proposed constitutional amendment denying the Kentucky Constitution protects abortion rights.
Join me in supporting Protect Kentucky Access via @actblue https://t.co/3D32hXPNxK Protect Kentucky Access is campaigning to oppose the proposed constitutional amendment to restrict reproductive rights on the ballot in November.
ā Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) July 4, 2022
re: #147 No Malarkey!
Question: Can American democracy be saved?
Answer: That depends on whether enough Americans want to save it and are willing to come out to vote in November.
Getting people out in record numbers again is important, but we also have to make sure those votes get tallied, registered and certified.
The GOP made the mistake of relying on state election officials who still had a few shreds of decency and who put the law above their party.
They have replaced all those people this time around with loyal party hacks.
re: #149 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Getting people out in record numbers again is important, but we also have to make sure those votes get tallied, registered and certified.
The GOP made the mistake of relying on state election officials who still had a few shreds of decency and who put the law above their party.
They have replaced all those people this time around with loyal party hacks.
Voting is the non-violent solution. If a GOP legislature throws out a too-big-to-ignore election, the result will become open violence.
re: #149 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Getting people out in record numbers again is important, but we also have to make sure those votes get tallied, registered and certified.
The GOP made the mistake of relying on state election officials who still had a few shreds of decency and who put the law above their party.
They have replaced all those people this time around with loyal party hacks.
Not all of them. Trumpās designated election stealers lost in the GOP primary in Georgia for Governor and Secretary of State. The courts will have something to say about GOP election officials refusing to certify elections, for example the County Commission in New Mexico which was threatened with criminal prosecution if they didnāt certify the primary results.
re: #150 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Voting is the non-violent solution. If a GOP legislature throws out a too-big-to-ignore election, the result will become open violence.
One hopes there will be enough GOP politicians in power in 2024-25 who understand that if they try to steal the presidency it could result in civil war. In fact if Biden is reelected based on the actual vote count, I would urge him to refuse to step down if state legislatures try to steal the election from him.
re: #150 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Voting is the non-violent solution. If a GOP legislature throws out a too-big-to-ignore election, the result will become open violence.
Which will only play into their hands. Chaos most always beats out order, at least over the short term and for those with short attention spans.
re: #150 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Voting is the non-violent solution. If a GOP legislature throws out a too-big-to-ignore election, the result will become open violence.
I am sure that the GOP have it a lot more thoroughly planned for next time around: they will even throw out a state or two that the GOP wins to make it look ābalancedā, the overall goal of course being to refuse to certify enough results to deny either candidate an EC majority so they can then send things into Electoral Chaos.
Elliot Page ended Jordan Petersonās career without doing anything.
He is just that powerful.ā Ant š Waiting for Halloween (@AGramuglia) July 3, 2022
re: #154 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am sure that the GOP have it a lot more thoroughly planned for next time around: they will even throw out a state or two that the GOP wins to make it look ābalancedā, the overall goal of course being to refuse to certify enough results to deny either candidate an EC majority so they can then send things into Electoral Chaos.
Throwing out any election would be dangerous for a legislature. Imagine if youāre a Republican voter, and you state legislature says āWeāre awarding the election to the Democrat.ā Conservatives routinely show how violent they are when they donāt get their way. Dragging a hundred Republican legislators out of a capitol and murdering them in the streets is a foreseeable outcome. Would you want to be one of those legislators, knowing the base of voters you have?
re: #156 Anymouse š¹š”š·
The GOP are not going to repeat the āmistakeā they made in 2020, when they were only stopped because of a record Democratic turnout.
I am sure they have their best strategists working on every contingency to ensure that they get the ārightā outcome this time.
re: #157 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The GOP are not going to repeat the āmistakeā they made in 2020, when they were only stopped because of a record Democratic turnout.
I am sure they have their best strategists working on every contingency to ensure that they get the ārightā outcome this time.
Is that why those strategists are running Herschel Walker in Georgia for the Senate? Why our GOP ran a sex pest who is loudly complaining this was a leftist hit job from noted liberal Gov. Pete Ricketts and is suing Republican legislators for libelslander? Why the disgraced AG Jason Ravnsborg in South Dakota is trying to bring down Gov. Kristi Noem with an impeachment as well?
If thatās a winning strategy, Iām not sure what a losing one would be.
re: #52 ckkatz
Looks like I wasnāt the only one to notice that maybe the Secret Service knew about tfgās plan to invade the Capitol prior to January 6th. (Ornato was a Secret Service leader who left to become an aide to tfg.)
In a hierarchical organization, there are limits to agent initiative. And a decision to move a President someplace against his wishes sounds like something that would need to be decided very high in an organization.
If the organization could, and did, do it to tfg, why not Pence too?
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the committee is bringing the confirmation
im guessing dozens of people knew
and many more suspected
they werent really hiding it very well or at all
and again zero people felt it necessary to blow the whistle
re: #159 Dangerman
the committee is bringing the confirmation
im guessing dozens of people knew
and many more suspected
they werent really hiding it very well or at alland again zero people felt it necessary to blow the whistle
Iād guess they didnāt blow the whistle because they honestly thought theyād pull it off.
Oops.
re: #85 Anymouse š¹š”š·
The problem with parking spaces is all us rural people have hogged all the favourable parking spaces in our towns, so large cities have none. Perhaps a socialistic redistribution programme of parking spaces is in order. /s
yāall have also urged the redistribution of the letter āRā
go to boston and youāll find it missing in many words where indicated.
then in rural areas it pops up where it was not invited
;-)
re: #160 Dr Lizardo
Iād guess they didnāt blow the whistle because they honestly thought theyād pull it off.
Oops.
āTreason doth never prosper, whatās the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason.ā
John Harington
re: #158 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Is that why those strategists are running Herschel Walker in Georgia for the Senate? ā¦
If thatās a winning strategy, Iām not sure what a losing one would be.
Donāt let them lull you into a false sense of security.
re: #88 ckkatz
ā¦It was always referred to as āGround Fogā. But natural fog did not have a strong sulfur smell to it.
celebrated in early February in many places
(sorry, im having a morning)
re: #161 Dangerman
yāall have also urged the redistribution of the letter āRā
go to boston and youāll find it missing in many words where indicated.
then in rural areas it pops up where it was not invited;-)
I heard a story from an artist who was commissioned to do a sign in the south for āBeer and Bayerdsā. She was not sure what the second term referred to until the owner pointed at the billiard tablesā¦
re: #163 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Donāt let them lull you into a false sense of security.
Believe me, I know saving democracy isnāt going to be easy. Its possible the GOP candidate for President in 2024 will win the electoral college without having to cheat; then weāre screwed.
re: #166 No Malarkey!
Believe me, I know saving democracy isnāt going to be easy. Its possible the GOP candidate for President in 2024 will win the electoral college without having to cheat; then weāre screwed.
If the candidate is Trump, that will not be likely. DeSantis or Hawley would probably fare better in terms of numbers of popular votes.
Without Trump, the GOP will have trouble motivating their most rabid supporters, but the Dems can no longer count on the sort of record turnout they enjoyed in 2020.
re: #135 No Malarkey!
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while somewhat true, it will be different now because things are far more intricate and not just because they have credit cards
there are far more āindependentā women of all ages
they dont all live under a hubbyās watchful eye or at home under daddyās
they have jobs
bank accounts
they own property
some of them are quite powerful and rich
otoh, is anything possible with this bag of nutbars?
sure
re: #169 Dangerman
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there are far more āindependentā women of all ages
they dont all live under a hubbyās watchful eye or at home under daddyāsthey have jobs
bank accounts
they own property
some of them are quite powerful and rich
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ā¦and they have husbands/partners/family who have no problem with that.
re: #142 Anymouse š¹š”š·
One of my wifeās superiors at Digital Equipment Corporation, a single woman and vice-president, was denied a Discover credit card in Colorado Springs because āshe did not make enough money.ā That was in 1992.
According to my wife, the vice-president specifically applied for the card because a number of women at Digital had all been denied Discover cards for the same reason.
She says they put the vice president up to it was to see if āinsufficient incomeā was actually the reason, as there were men in the company who made less than the women denied. The vice-presidentās income was in the hundred thousands range, and Discover turned her down as well.
She says she didnāt know how it turned out as she left Digital before the issue was concluded with the women.
eventually, the card issuers saw the market potential and that was that
re: #171 Dangerman
eventually, the card issuers saw the market potential and that was that
There were old-school credit cards who actually expected you to pay back your credit card debt.
Nowadays, they want to get you hooked in with interest and fees so that you can never pay it back, you are just forking over a monthly minimum to keep your card active.
Even if you default, they are not losing money on you, they just lose out on the interest and fees (which were exorbitant to begin with)
re: #156 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Throwing out any election would be dangerous for a legislature. Imagine if youāre a Republican voter, and you state legislature says āWeāre awarding the election to the Democrat.ā Conservatives routinely show how violent they are when they donāt get their way. Dragging a hundred Republican legislators out of a capitol and murdering them in the streets is a foreseeable outcome. Would you want to be one of those legislators, knowing the base of voters you have?
we dont like the results of this one particular race but all the other ones on the ballot are kosher probably wont fly either
re: #160 Dr Lizardo
Iād guess they didnāt blow the whistle because they honestly thought theyād pull it off.
Oops.
certainly
i also think a lot of āteam normalā figured it didnt have a chance so they didnt have to stick their neck out. the ship would right itself
A bit of a fireworks display in Russia for the Fourthā¦ ;)
NASAās FIRMS recently detected fires from a Russian ammunition depot struck in Snizhne, Donetsk Oblast. https://t.co/9t5GijOzd4 pic.twitter.com/7IlaaNKVvp
ā Brady Africk (@bradyafr) July 4, 2022
New Scientist: What overturning Roe v Wade means for life-saving abortion exemptions
New laws that ban abortion in US states include exceptions for when the life of the parent is as risk. However, evidence from Texas suggests that clinicians will wait until the person is āon deathās doorā before performing the procedure for fear of legal repercussions
New state laws banning abortion in the US include exemptions that allow doctors to end pregnancies āto save the life of the motherā. But in practice the vague nature of these exemptions could endanger patientsā lives and open up medical care providers to lawsuits and criminal charges.
[rant]But yeah, āitās just a tweet, itās not a reliable sourceā when I show any of the tweets that are beginning to appear due to the situation. ā Theyāre just being mean and hystericalā, āYouāre using _________ as a pawn to get free legal abortion at any timeā when I try to raise the issue otherwise. You know the drill.
Like, the Grim damn Reaper *nods to G.R.* is in the room with the woman and the ObGyn staff because of the time consumed before the requirements in these laws for a procedure are fulfilled, or by the time a permission to perform the procedure comes back. For situations which in the worst case may have single-digit minutes or even less than a minute to make a decision.
Like, itās a choice between the ObGyn staff going āfuck waiting for the exemption to be legal, weāre gonna save a lifeā and getting charged with felonies, or the woman more than likely ending up permanent injured or dead.
Like, I know the willfully ignorant asshats are morally liable for the shit they do, but I really, really want to hold them legally and criminally liable for the harm and death they cause.
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As a side note, a pro-lifer (same who broke a little the other day) wanted it to become a bet when I said that itās a coin toss between a ObGyn team intervening and getting charged and a woman dying because of delayed intervention in the specific case of ectopic pregnancy.
Guy noted āyou seem sure itās gonna happenā. And thinks Iām trying to psych him when I point out that the 10-year old took only 3 days after the overturning to emerge, when I expected more than a month for such a case to emerge (and widdle olā me thought I was being pessimistic there).
Iām gonna make the guy pay if the ever actually properly decides to ātake the Lā. Like, procure a plush L. Handle it like a baby. Bring it everywhere. Soak it with TLC. Post pictures on social media of him and the L. And if anyone asks, tell them āI earned this L fair and squareā.
Too sadistic? Not sadistic enough? Just right?
*goes into corner, continuing to fume*
re: #168 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If the candidate is Trump, that will not be likely. DeSantis or Hawley would probably fare better in terms of numbers of popular votes.
Without Trump, the GOP will have trouble motivating their most rabid supporters, but the Dems can no longer count on the sort of record turnout they enjoyed in 2020.
Another thought Iāve had is if a GOP nominee other than Trump would be willing to risk chaos and violence to claim the presidency. I know all GOP politicians are shameless liars, but to date Trump is the only presidential candidate in US history to attempt a violent coup. While I have nothing but contempt for DeSantis, I donāt know that he will try to cheat his way into the WH. Maybe he would rather be remembered as the man who restored democracy by returning to the tradition of conceding a lost election, rather than be remembered as Americaās first fascist dictator who ended democracy. If Trump is the nominee, we know that he will never concede, and that there is nothing he wouldnāt do to regain power.
Meanwhile, in Chinaā¦..
Chinese property developer Shimao Group has missed the interest and principal payment of a $1 billion offshore bond due on Sunday, in the latest blow to Chinaās embattled property market.
The non-repayment was the first missed public offshore payment for the Shanghai-based developer. With an outstanding $6.1 billion international bonds, Shimao is the sixth largest issuer among Chinese developers, according to Refinitiv.
Chinaās property sector has been hit by a series of defaults on offshore debt obligations, highlighted by China Evergrande Group, once the countryās top-selling developer but now the worldās most indebted property company.
Three of the top five issuers - Evergrande, Kaisa Group and Sunac China - have already defaulted their dollar bonds.
re: #169 Dangerman
while somewhat true, it will be different now because things are far more intricate and not just because they have credit cards
there are far more āindependentā women of all ages
they dont all live under a hubbyās watchful eye or at home under daddyāsthey have jobs
bank accounts
they own property
some of them are quite powerful and richotoh, is anything possible with this bag of nutbars?
sure
It is the ultimate goal of the dominionists to turn America into a patriarchal theocracy, and they will work towards that goal patiently, just as they worked for decades to end abortion rights in America.
I truly believe that the American Revolution will not be won until the words of the Declaration apply to everyone, of all races, genders, identities. Until the promise of the Gettysburg Address is made universal: we do highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.
ā Angry Staff Officer (@pptsapper) July 4, 2022
Gov. Pete Ricketts arguing not for a Christian nation (most Americans are Christians), but a Christian state (going full Catholic theocrat).
Defending Americaās First Freedom (Nebraska Governor Website)
As a conservative, he is of course a liar. In this case, a lie-by-omission on what the Nebraska Constitution actually says about freedom of religion. He omits a huge chunk of Section 1-4 so he can eliminate atheists from protection by his interpretation.
re: #179 No Malarkey!
It is the ultimate goal of the dominionists to turn America into a patriarchal theocracy, and they will work towards that goal patiently, just as they worked for decades to end abortion rights in America.
They thought they had won when Reagan was elected, but he only used them and then tossed their agenda aside as soon as Nancyās White House astrologer told her that the signs were propitious to do so.
So they started insinuating their people into every level of public life: education, politics, public administration, the military, sports, wherever they could get a toehold and start to influence policy.
Now they own the Supreme Court.
Biden and McConnell Make a Deal and Democrats Scream
Joe Biden has decided to fill an upcoming vacancy in a U.S. district court in Kentucky with S. Chad Meredithā¦
Democrats are furious. Gov. Andy Beshear (KY) said: āIf the president makes that nomination, it is indefensible.ā Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) said he was strongly opposed. Kentucky state Rep. Charles Booker (D) said: āThe president is making a deal with the devil and once again and the people of Kentucky are crushed in the process.ā Has Biden lost his marbles, just as Republicans claim?
Actually, no. With 30 years experience in the Senate, Biden understands how the upper chamber works, especially with a 50-50 split that gives the minority leader a fair amount of power. Biden made a deal with Mitch McConnell (R-KY) that entails his nomination of Meredith to a district court position in Kentucky in return for McConnell not trying to block Bidenās future appointments around the country. McConnell didnāt get to be the leader of his caucus by double crossing people, so Biden is fairly confident that McConnell will do what he promised. Bidenās calculation here is that this appointment is very important to McConnell, but not so important in the larger scheme of things (Meredithās rulings can all be appealed). Biden clearly feels that getting future judicial appointments through without a fight is worth sacrificing one out of 677 district judge positions.
Yarmuth, in particular, should have understood the situation better. He recommended two lawyers as U.S. attorneys. McConnell blocked them. Assuming McConnell keeps his wordāsomething that will be easy to verify fairly soonāYarmuth will [still] get his suggestions realized quickly. Other Democrats sometimes fail to realize that when dealing with an opponent who has a fair amount of power to block your agenda, compromising with him is sometimes the best available option. (V)
we played this one at the session yesterday
re: #185 ColĆØre Tueur de Lapin
But your Chicks for free.
we do have these mockingbabies in the trellis bed right now
more on PNC: https://t.co/xI1CkQ5dtu
ā Seeing Red Nebraska (@SeeingRedNE) July 3, 2022
Self-aware wolf?
Direct quote from my dad tonight, āI would rather live under a tyrant than allow homosexuals to be free.ā
He will never believe I deserve equal rights.ā Elizabeth Hunter (@thatlizhunter) July 1, 2022
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RESCINDED and parental rights terminated, ordered to pay child support only. Judge says he ādid not know about the two criminal sexual conduct convictions.ā https://t.co/26vxOHjUnM
ā Kerry WTH No DM No FBLists ššš“šššŗš²š²š½ (@kerry_wth) July 3, 2022
re: #191 Teukka
Her Dad can go live in North Korea or Russia then. Simple.
re: #195 Patricia Kayden
Her Dad can go live in North Korea or Russia then. Simple.
Also, LNR and DNRā¦
re: #191 Teukka
Self-aware wolf?
Wanting to give up your rights and freedom because somebody else has rights and freedom. That literally is modern American conservatism/hate in a nutshell
re: #191 Teukka
What was that quote from Martin Luther? āBetter to be ruled by a wise Mohammedan than a foolish Christian.ā And coming from a POS like him, thatās saying something.
That womanās father is one messed-up guy.
re: #194 Patricia Kayden
How could a judge not be aware of two prior convictions? I mean, Iām not a lawyer, so I really donāt know how thatād be possible.
re: #198 Dr Lizardo
What was that quote from Martin Luther? āBetter to be ruled by a wise Mohammedan than a foolish Christian.ā And coming from a POS like him, thatās saying something.
That womanās father is one messed-up guy.
āThere you lefties are pathologizing legitimate political dissent again. You know who else did that? Stalin! Locked up the opposition in mental hospitals!ā
And yeah, Jughashvili did that. And to this day, mental disorders and outright illnesses which disguise themselves in even the thinnest of veneers of politics or religion, particularly the latter, tend to fly a lot further under the radar before people realize what they are really dealing withā¦
re: #102 JC1
Whew, 6/6. Barely made it.
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re: #195 Patricia Kayden
Her Dad can go live in North Korea or Russia then. Simple.
i think that misinterprets what they mean when they say stuff like this.
they dont want to leave.
āI would rather live here under a tyrant who crushes your rights than allow homosexuals to be free here.ā
re: #197 Dr. Matt
Wanting to give up your rights and freedom because somebody else has rights and freedom. That literally is modern American conservatism/hate in a nutshell
That has always been conservatism. Different window dressing, same desire for control and hate.
Am I too evil when Iām seriously toying making it a thing calling GOPers āGileaditesā henceforth?
Lifted from the Interwebs, a dad joke to leave now:
When do you know itās a dad joke?
It becomes apparent.
re: #205 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Lifted from the Interwebs, a dad joke to leave now:
When do you know itās a dad joke?
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Pun-ishment will continue until morale improves, eh?
re: #206 Teukka
You know how that works around here.
Serbian Minister of Interior with troops.
Check out the helmet.. pic.twitter.com/1VeWBhLYniā Aldin š§š¦ (@tinso_ww) July 3, 2022
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ā šoĢ“gĢ“ (@Yoda4ever) July 3, 2022
Mises Caucus: Could It Sway the Libertarian Party to the Hard Right? (Hatewatch at the Southern Poverty Law Center)
So, working list of misnaming of the acronym GOP, apart from calling them Gileadites:
o Gilead Obsessive Party
o Gilead Opressive Party
re: #194 Patricia Kayden
That apparent Gileadite apparently realized that he was being watchedā¦
russians killed Andriy Honcharuk, diver of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. They wanted him to drain the water of the cooling pool which could lead to overheating at the power plant. Tortured him when he refused. This is a war crime & an act of nuclear terrorism! @iaeaorg
ā Olena Halushka (@OlenaHalushka) July 3, 2022
re: #119 wrenchwench
I got nothing yesterday, didnāt finish it. Today I got 4/6.
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Last night my son put on a fireworks show for the whole block.
re: #217 The Pie Overlord!
They are beautiful.
re: #142 Anymouse š¹š”š·
One of my wifeās superiors at Digital Equipment Corporation, a single woman and vice-president, was denied a Discover credit card in Colorado Springs because āshe did not make enough money.ā That was in 1992.
According to my wife, the vice-president specifically applied for the card because a number of women at Digital had all been denied Discover cards for the same reason.
She says they put the vice president up to it was to see if āinsufficient incomeā was actually the reason, as there were men in the company who made less than the women denied. The vice-presidentās income was in the hundred thousands range, and Discover turned her down as well.
She says she didnāt know how it turned out as she left Digital before the issue was concluded with the women.
In the early 1970ās, I was rejected for a credit card supposedly because of my lack of credit history. I accepted that excuse until learning that a male colleague with a shorter work history and similar salary had no trouble getting the same bank card. I complained to the bank about this discrimination; they reconsidered and gave me the card, but only after receiving a letter from my male manager confirming my position and salary.
If prayer worked, most of you fuckers would be in jail. pic.twitter.com/3PNpGo2XFA
ā Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) July 3, 2022
Folks have spent their entire life in prison with nowhere near the evidence presented against Trump.
ā Justin Zimmerman (@JZPhilosophy) June 28, 2022
re: #224 Eclectic Cyborg
Unfortunately that is true. I wish it were not.
re: #222 Dangerman
IIRC, Manson was suspected in a couple of homicides and an attempted murder, but prosecutors could never prove any of it beyond a reasonable doubt so they never brought charges.
That being said, Trump is definitely a cult leader and to his cultists, a messianic figure - much like Charles Manson was.
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But unlike Manson there is evidence. And with J6 most of America is seeing it.
re: #177 No Malarkey!
Another thought Iāve had is if a GOP nominee other than Trump would be willing to risk chaos and violence to claim the presidency. I know all GOP politicians are shameless liars, but to date Trump is the only presidential candidate in US history to attempt a violent coup. While I have nothing but contempt for DeSantis, I donāt know that he will try to cheat his way into the WH. Maybe he would rather be remembered as the man who restored democracy by returning to the tradition of conceding a lost election, rather than be remembered as Americaās first fascist dictator who ended democracy. If Trump is the nominee, we know that he will never concede, and that there is nothing he wouldnāt do to regain power.
Of course DeSantis would. 100% confident. He would be ecstatic to be the first fascist dictator that ended democracy. After all Florida was pivotal in the stolen election of 2000; the Brooks Bros riot followed by the outrageous SCOTUS decision.
Gah.
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In southwest Missouri, a Baptist compound for troubled teen boys promises redemption on its bucolic 200-acre campus. Behind the facilityās arched gate, children will find a swimming pool, sports fields, and ranch for horses and exotic animals. AgapĆ© Boarding School āis truly a place where miracles happen,ā one piano-filled commercial boasts.āAt AgapĆ©, we lovingly, patiently, and biblically teach your child the importance of submission to authority and the joys of being an obedient law-abiding citizen,ā a soft-spoken voiceover actor says while images of smiling teenagers flash across the screen. āMom and Dad, we want to support you in your effort to rescue your son from himself.ā
But former students interviewed by The Daily Beast say the school was far from heavenly. Instead, they encountered a climate more like Lord of the Flies, where staff were given free rein to restrain and beat students, and where some kids were emotionally and sexually abused. They claim AgapĆ© has functioned like a ācultā and āChristian torture compoundā for decades, allowing adults to manhandle teenagers and withhold food, water, and proper clothingāapparently without most parents ever knowing.
Ex-Students Reveal Abuse at āChristian Torture Compoundā
re: #229 Hecubaās daughter
Of course DeSantis would. 100% confident. He would be ecstatic to be the first fascist dictator that ended democracy. After all Florida was pivotal in the stolen election of 2000; the Brooks Bros riot followed by the outrageous SCOTUS decision.
Didnāt DeathSantis already do something extremely shady just to get to be governor (or stay governor - I donāt remember exactly)?
re: #228 PhillyPretzel
But unlike Manson there is evidence. And with J6 most of America is seeing it.
The evidence against Trump is way stronger than it was against Manson. Weāre pretty much getting to the āprosecutorial slam dunkā stage of things.
re: #211 Anymouse š¹š”š·
Mises Caucus: Could It Sway the Libertarian Party to the Hard Right? (Hatewatch at the Southern Poverty Law Center)
They are gaining a great deal of influence here by basically taking over the state Republican party. Itās how we got our āno divisive content in the classroomā laws and groups that will pay a bounty for reporting on teachers who they think are breaking the law.
Lucky 2nd guess
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TFG seems a little upsetā¦
Trumpās Independence Day message to the nation. pic.twitter.com/0eUyoyEorr
ā Ron Filipkowski šŗš¦ (@RonFilipkowski) July 4, 2022
Today was a fail. Too many options.
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re: #236 Eclectic Cyborg
TFG seems a little upsetā¦
Heās getting increasingly shrill. Heās nervous.
re: #220 Hecubaās daughter
In the early 1970ās, I was rejected for a credit card supposedly because of my lack of credit history. I accepted that excuse until learning that a male colleague with a shorter work history and similar salary had no trouble getting the same bank card. I complained to the bank about this discrimination; they reconsidered and gave me the card, but only after receiving a letter from my male manager confirming my position and salary.
So the bank still had to hear from your male ākeeperā before they would give the card.
Strangely, my widowed mother didnāt have problems with credit cards. In the Seventies she received her first offer for a credit card, Dinerās Club. She applied and they approved it.
She tells a story about buying a car with a bank loan shortly after she married my father. Her mother was willing to sell them their Nash, but they didnāt have the money. She walked down to the bank and applied for a signature loan, which the bank approved (this was in the late Fifties).
When she returned with the money (small town bank, they know everyone), my father was flummoxed. āDonāt they need my signature?ā She told him why, they donāt know you. So he went to the bank to ask about it, and they told him the same: āWhy, we donāt know you.ā
This was the same bank that when i bought my first car in 1978, I had no credit history so no bank in Tennessee would loan me the money. I called up my hometown bank and asked them over the telephone to loan me the money, they said āsure.ā When the cheque came in the mail a couple days later, it included the loan paperwork with a note basically saying āwhen you get around to it, could you please fill in the paperwork and send it back to us.ā
In the Pacific, Bonnie is upgraded to a hurricane. It is expected to move along the southern Mexican coastline, then out to sea. It is predicted to remain a hurricane over the next five days. No coastal watches are in effect.
There is currently no tropical activity in the Atlantic.
Itās a weird Independence Day this year ā it certainly feels at least a little awkward to eat hot dogs and watch fireworks in order to celebrate our āfreedomā from a country where everyone still has their reproductive rights. That being said, hot dogs are excellent condiment delivery systems and everyone loves a day off from work (shhh! I am technically not here!).
It is perhaps in the spirit of this holiday that Democratic Pennsylvania senate candidate John Fetterman tweeted out his latest campaign ad against Dr. Oz, the Republican Pennsylvania senate, a man who previously spent his life much of his life shilling magic beans made of lies. Itās an especially festive ad, given that it features Dr. Oz giving People magazine a tour of his $48 million palatial residence in New Jersey, which once belonged to King George, set to the āLifestyles of the Rich and Famousā theme.
If youāre OK with a celebrity TV doctor who ISNāT FROM PA and has a house that used to belong to King Georgeā¦
I am, uh, not your candidate. pic.twitter.com/zf545GJg5Rā John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) July 3, 2022
(more at the link)
On this July 4, itās worth being grateful for the good America has done in the world and the ways in which itās lived up to its founding principles, while recognizing the myriad ways itās fallen short of them and the enemies foreign and domestic who want it to keep falling short
ā Akiva Cohen (@AkivaMCohen) July 4, 2022
A humorous look at The Giant Spider Invasion, a 1975 cult B-movie.
re: #236 Eclectic Cyborg
TFG seems a little upsetā¦
I hate to ask, but why did he put his own name in quotes?
re: #119 wrenchwench
I got nothing yesterday, didnāt finish it. Today I got 4/6.
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Got it in two today. Nice, but itās still mostly luck.
re: #236 Eclectic Cyborg
I never read anything he writes. Iām so grateful this Independence Day that we are independent of his presence in our White House and hope that it stays that way for the foreseeable future.
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re: #247 TarHellion
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re: #199 Dr Lizardo
How could a judge not be aware of two prior convictions? I mean, Iām not a lawyer, so I really donāt know how thatād be possible.
I have a feeling that he knew quite well of the rapistās background but had to be publicly reminded that he knew and quickly backtracked after getting a lot of outraged responses to his previous rulings.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger tells CNN new witnesses have come forward to the Jan. 6 Committee since Cassidy Hutchinsonās testimony: āSheās been inspiring for a lot of people ā this happens every day. Every day, we get new people that come forward.ā
ā Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 4, 2022
re: #249 Patricia Kayden
I have a feeling that he knew quite well of the rapistās background but had to be publicly reminded that he knew and quickly backtracked after getting a lot of outraged responses to his previous rulings.
Most likely.
To help Lizards celebrate the 4th of July, hereās a slice of some vintage late 1970ās American cheese:
Put on your headphones and boogie down to the disco soundtrack, LOL.
Legend goes Supertrain flopped so bad, it damn near bankrupted NBC.
Happy Independence from aliens trying to make us cyborg slaves of Satan day!
Alex Jones July 4 message: āI declare a Declaration of Independence against the alien force .. that is attempting to exterminate the majority of us, and force the minority to merge with AI computers and become cyborg slaves of Satan.ā pic.twitter.com/MXivT0io9N
ā Ron Filipkowski šŗš¦ (@RonFilipkowski) July 4, 2022
The group says they intend to block the highway in 30-minute intervals. Their leader David āSantaā Riddell just said police are āthreatening to arrestā their 95 northbound group blocking three lanes of traffic.
ā Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) July 4, 2022
As the protest begins to fall apart, Riddell says heās done ābeing [a] babysitter.ā
ā Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) July 4, 2022
The @thenation reposts Frederick Douglassās Fourth of July speech every Fourth and itās bad ass https://t.co/riJhJGokXJ
ā Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) July 4, 2022
These assholes again
A reminder theyāre out there today. This convoy was slowly passing Newington on I-95N at 8:50 a.m. This group is now approaching I-66 heading north on the west side of the Beltway. #traffic #vatraffic pic.twitter.com/Z1Ai4OuRWP
ā Dave Statter (@STATter911) July 4, 2022
They donāt view this as inconsistent. Conservatism consists of the proposition that there must be an ingroup which is protected but not bound by the law, and an outgroup which is bound but not protected by the law. The Second Amendment protects whites only. https://t.co/IIGLxphM1E
ā Slava Ukrayini! (@aagcobb1) July 4, 2022
re: #190 Teukka
GOP = Gilead O?????? Party?
Itās just backwards. Party of Gilead (of course they donāt know one usually omits āofā when creating these things.
Britain is poised to emulate Canada by authorizing the seizure of Russian assets to aid Ukraineās reconstruction
Given the concentration of Russian oligarch wealth in Britain, this is a major step forward for the sanctions regimeā Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) July 3, 2022
re: #255 No Malarkey!
ā Spirit of Montesquieu šŗš¦ šŖšŗ š®š¹ š©šŖ (@CAPT_Blaze) July 4, 2022
re: #248 Dr. Matt
LOL! Actually, a word related to July 4 popped into my head and figured, why not try
re: #236 Eclectic Cyborg
TFG seems a little upsetā¦
ā¦because all those things youāre bitching about are within state, not federal jurisdiction? (if they were happening, anyway). You do believe in statesā rights like your repug enablers, donāt you?
Catching up:
On GOP acronym reverse engineering: Gilead-Oligarch Party
On blocking freeway lanes: in LA the law gets reactive fast when protesters impede freeway access. Given that the interstate highway system was explicitly developed to move military logistics across America, blocking one like that near the Pentagon not being taken as a security risk of the highest order = Amazing but not in a good way
On animals: see photo
re: #262 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Hello back from Goleta!
re: #194 Patricia Kayden
The rape of a 12 year old didnāt kinda clue him in to the fuckers psyche?
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re: #245 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
A lot depends on the first word.. After that, a combination of skill and luck (and the nature of the word).
re: #267 mmmirele
Ok, Twitter is just fucking with us now, right? Although āCyborg Slaves of Satanā would be a great name for a Black Metal band.
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Well I, for one, welcome our Satanic-cyborg overlords!
Or will, once I write an AI app to handle the welcoming choresā¦..
re: #271 Hecubaās daughter
A lot depends on the first word.. After that, a combination of skill and luck (and the nature of the word).
But getting in two is much more luck than skill. (Iāve become a fan of octordle, because itās so much less luck then skill (or vocabulary, anyway.)
re: #267 mmmirele
Ok, Twitter is just fucking with us now, right? Although āCyborg Slaves of Satanā would be a great name for a Black Metal band.
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See my post #253 above.
re: #272 Jay C
Well I, for one, welcome our Satanic-cyborg overlords!
Or will, once I write an AI app to handle the welcoming choresā¦..
Alex Jonesā Declaration of Independence against the Transhumanist Singularity got me to open up an incognito window and check out *nst*p*nd*t for the first time in 13 years.
Wags used to describe Reynolds as āa linker, not a thinkerā decades ago, but the brainworms have apparently eaten the rest of his away.
Itās Apollo sad.
re: #246 Patricia Kayden
I never read anything he writes. Iām so grateful this Independence Day that we are independent of his presence in our White House and hope that it stays that way for the foreseeable future.
I hope we are independent of the presence of any member of the GOP in the WH for at least the next 20 years ā or longer if they remain the party of white supremacist theocracy and misogyny.
Spending $800 an hour to fly the helicopter to tell kids to get out of the pool because we donāt have money for lifeguards just sums up America perfectly. https://t.co/P1cyblJqsZ
ā jason (robert e lee facts guy) (@thickyrubio) July 1, 2022
re: #253 No Malarkey!
Happy Independence from aliens trying to make us cyborg slaves of Satan day!
Just want to state for the record that I absolutely NO involvement in Alex Jonesā plans.
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Hereās an actual āliteracyā test they used for the right to vote in Louisiana. Supposedly, a single error made in the ten minutes allowed meant you canāt vote - but in practice, they only enforced that on Black voters.
If you see ānothing perfidiousā about thisā¦ https://t.co/LDcH7cb1EC pic.twitter.com/1iuSNTW7hHā Barry makes comics (@barrydeutsch) July 4, 2022
re: #276 Hecubaās daughter
More like 10 generations that any GOP president serves..
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re: #282 Hecubaās daughter
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9 āvictimsā so far. About HP. Itās a very affluent far north Chicago suburb. I was there yesterday.
re: #285 GlutenFreeJesus
I lived there for 26 years before moving to Northbrook in 2009. Itās a wonderful suburb. I am so relieved that my sister did not attend the parade, because that was her plan yesterday evening
re: #286 Hecubaās daughter
Iām relieved too. Friendās sister lives there with her fam. They were going to go but they were running late. Friends if thereās did go. They got separated from their kids. It was horrible but theyāre all safe.
2 people killed as of latest reports. Shooter may have been on the rooftop of a business.
Point:
This 4th of July you wonāt find me in a Biden āboat paradeā.
I wonāt be flying a Biden flag, draping myself in Biden merch, using a Biden beer koozie or getting a tattoo of Biden on my boobsā¦
I wonāt be doing any of that shit, because Iām not an asshole and Iām not in a cult.ā Jo š» (@JoJoFromJerz) July 4, 2022
Counterpoint:
Canāt I just go to the beach in peace? pic.twitter.com/pRoNE7bYAA
ā Ron Filipkowski šŗš¦ (@RonFilipkowski) July 4, 2022
re: #266 So Cal Greek Hippie
Catching up:
On GOP acronym reverse engineering: Gilead-Oligarch Party
Oooooo. Nice one!
re: #290 Teukka
I prefer the one that Dark Falcon gave me heck over. Guaranteed Offensive Person.
re: #285 GlutenFreeJesus
9 āvictimsā so far. About HP. Itās a very affluent far north Chicago suburb. I was there yesterday.
Yes it is. I attended an au pair party at a very nice house there many years ago thanks to a friend who was dating one of the young ladies. Itās a big deal to have a shooting there.
re: #292 Crush White Nationalism
Yes it is. I attended an au pair party at a very nice house there many years ago thanks to a friend who was dating one of the young ladies. Itās a big deal to have a shooting there.
It was when the rich started feeling threatened by the mobsterās machine guns that the NFA was passed. If uncontrolled gun violence starts making the rich afraid now, we might actually see change.
re: #292 Crush White Nationalism
Yes it is. I attended an au pair party at a very nice house there many years ago thanks to a friend who was dating one of the young ladies. Itās a big deal to have a shooting there.
I donāt know the area, but Iām seeing comments from locals to the effect of āā¦if youāre not safe in Highland Park, youāre not safe anywhereā or āHighland Park is pretty much the American dream suburb - if that suburb isnāt safe, then there isnāt a single place in this country that is safe.ā
re: #286 Hecubaās daughter
I lived there for 26 years before moving to Northbrook in 2009. Itās a wonderful suburb. I am so relieved that my sister did not attend the parade, because that was her plan yesterday evening
Northbrook just canceled their parade and fireworks. Pretty much everyone in the area has. The asshole is still on the loose.
re: #294 Dr Lizardo
I donāt know the area, but Iām seeing comments from locals to the effect of āā¦if youāre not safe in Highland Park, youāre not safe anywhereā or āHighland Park is pretty much the American dream suburb - if that suburb isnāt safe, then there isnāt a single place in this country that is safe.ā
Those comments would be correct.
re: #294 Dr Lizardo
I donāt know the area, but Iām seeing comments from locals to the effect of āā¦if youāre not safe in Highland Park, youāre not safe anywhereā or āHighland Park is pretty much the American dream suburb - if that suburb isnāt safe, then there isnāt a single place in this country that is safe.ā
As William Lewis noted once the threat expands to white folk, especially wealthy ones, the pressure rapidly mounts to actually do something effective rather than āthoughts and prayersā. Seen time and time again that something that is perceived as just is hurting the poor, minorities, or a looked-down upon group is swept under the table or met with shrugs.
I expect the full gamut of stupid responses to this. False flag. Call to arm all parades. White folk to retreat into armed enclaves. Lone wolf. As many casualties if the shooter had used a bow and arrows. And so on.
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