MyPillow’s Mike Lindell Says FBI Surrounded Him and Seized His Cellphone at Hardee’s

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Headline of the day: MyPillow’s Mike Lindell Says FBI Seized His Cellphone at Hardee’s.

“The FBI came after me and took my phone,” he said in the clip. “They surrounded me in a Hardee’s and took my phone that I run all my business, everything with. What they’ve done is weaponize—the FBI, it’s disgusting. I don’t have a computer. Everything I do [is] off that phone. Everything was on there. And they told me not to tell anybody. Here’s an order: ‘Don’t tell anybody!’ ‘OK, I won’t!’ Well, I am.”

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1
Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 13, 2022 • 6:51:43pm

repost:

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 13, 2022 • 6:53:48pm

New Hampshire primary. The GOP is trying to torpedo extremist Bolduc but it’s a dead heat with 30% reporting according to CNN.

bbc.com

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jaunte  Sep 13, 2022 • 6:54:18pm
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Charles Johnson  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:00:54pm
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mmmirele  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:04:46pm

Anton Petrov has a video today discussing the Silurian Hypothesis, which was a thought experiment dreamed up by a couple of scientists around 2017 about whether we could detect prior, non-human civilizations that may have existed millions of years ago on this planet. The title comes from a Dr Who episode about the Silurians, a civilization that existed on Earth before humans.

Youtube Video

the tl;dr is that basically we don’t have good ways of doing this, but watch the video.

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Dangerman  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:05:50pm

It must suck that no one recognizes your name unless “my pillow” is plunked in front of it

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jaunte  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:06:04pm

Where is the FBI’s authority written down?
fbi.gov

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jaunte  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:08:20pm
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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:12:57pm

OH HAI!

We are in New York again, getting settled into our hotel room. The Delta pilot promised that it would take 1 hr and 5 minutes to fly from DTW to LGA and so it did, if you only count the time spent in the air. Nothing was said about the 30 minutes waiting for takeoff and the 45 minutes after landing, taxiing to the gate.

On the opposite runway planes were lining up and taking off one right after another. I thought planes were supposed to wait for like 3 minutes between takeoffs but was told that is only for jumbo jets like 747’s or as they are now called, “sky trucks.”

I gave some generous tips for the wheelchair pushers because they deserve it. Also in Detroit this little girl pushed me & Zed, by herself, to the very end of the terminal.

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:14:37pm

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TarHellion  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:16:41pm

Ballsack up by 400 votes

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wrenchwench  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:17:37pm
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TarHellion  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:21:44pm

A dude named Kevin Smith is pulling 11 percent of the vote. Silent Bob striking back!

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Dopamine Fish  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:23:42pm

re: #13 TarHellion

A dude named Kevin Smith is pulling 11 percent of the vote. Silent Bob striking back!

What election is this?

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jaunte  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:26:59pm
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No Malarkey!  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:31:32pm

Thread on the electorate that preserved abortion rights in Kansas.

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Tahitinho  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:32:47pm

Following up on the wine discussion… I used to have a friend who would invite his friends over for a wine-themed party, the object of which was for those assembled to finish off one of those big boxes. He called the party his Tour de Franzia.

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TarHellion  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:33:44pm

re: #14 Dopamine Fish

GQP New Hampshire Senate primary

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DodgerFan1988  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:37:05pm
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TarHellion  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:39:13pm

Bolduc (aka Ballsack) beginning to pull away. A FFVCS acolyte, he will face Maggie Hassan in November.

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Patricia Kayden  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:39:14pm
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:40:23pm

re: #184 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Let’s take a break from everything.
Habaneros. This is a 2-quart bowl. I have more ripening.

A whole bunch of peppers
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BigPapa  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:41:18pm

re: #22 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Blessed be the fruit

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jaunte  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:43:35pm
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I Would Prefer Not To  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:44:08pm

re: #9 The Pie Overlord!

OH HAI!

We are in New York again, getting settled into our hotel room. The Delta pilot promised that it would take 1 hr and 5 minutes to fly from DTW to LGA and so it did, if you only count the time spent in the air. Nothing was said about the 30 minutes waiting for takeoff and the 45 minutes after landing, taxiing to the gate.

On the opposite runway planes were lining up and taking off one right after another. I thought planes were supposed to wait for like 3 minutes between takeoffs but was told that is only for jumbo jets like 747’s or as they are now called, “sky trucks.”

I gave some generous tips for the wheelchair pushers because they deserve it. Also in Detroit this little girl pushed me & Zed, by herself, to the very end of the terminal.

There are two runways parallel to each other. I think the three minutes is for large jets.

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jaunte  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:45:06pm

Velva is just up highway 52 from Voltaire.

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Dopamine Fish  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:45:39pm

re: #25 I Would Prefer Not To

There are two runways parallel to each other. I think the three minutes is for large jets.

Yep. Heavies leave more turbulence in their wake, and it is dangerous to take off into their slipstream. I believe there was a notable airplane crash that involved a pilot taking off too close behind a heavy wide-body jet.

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ckkatz  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:53:34pm
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:57:32pm

re: #23 BigPapa

Blessed be the fruit

Under their fruitiness.

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jaunte  Sep 13, 2022 • 7:58:10pm
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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Sep 13, 2022 • 8:02:08pm

re: #27 Dopamine Fish

Yep. Heavies leave more turbulence in their wake, and it is dangerous to take off into their slipstream. I believe there was a notable airplane crash that involved a pilot taking off too close behind a heavy wide-body jet.

American Airlines Flight 587 crash in 2001 was caused in part due to wake turbulence.

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Belafon  Sep 13, 2022 • 8:02:12pm
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Patricia Kayden  Sep 13, 2022 • 8:06:29pm
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ckkatz  Sep 13, 2022 • 8:07:38pm

Some more details on how the current Ukrainian offensives were planned. Sounds like the Ukrainians did their homework correctly.

*snip*
One critical moment [for the original Ukrainian offensive concept of operations] this summer came during a war game with U.S. and Ukrainian officials aimed at testing the success of a broad offensive across the south. The exercise, reported earlier by CNN, suggested such an offensive would fail. Armed with the American skepticism, Ukrainian military officials went back to Mr. Zelensky.

*snip*

Together Britain, the United States and Ukraine conducted an assessment of the new [second] plan, trying to war game it once more. This time officials from the three countries agreed it would work — and give Mr. Zelensky what he wanted: a big, clear victory.

*snip*

Before the counteroffensive, Ukraine’s armed forces sent the United States a detailed list of weapons they needed to make the plan successful, according to the Ukrainian officer.

*snip*

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BigPapa  Sep 13, 2022 • 8:16:21pm
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jaunte  Sep 13, 2022 • 8:16:40pm
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sizzzzlerz  Sep 13, 2022 • 8:24:04pm

re: #22 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Whatcha gonna do wit ‘em?

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ckkatz  Sep 13, 2022 • 8:36:27pm
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 13, 2022 • 8:36:42pm

Who doesn’t love a saxophone quartet?

Youtube Video


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Targetpractice  Sep 13, 2022 • 8:51:03pm

re: #36 jaunte

[Embedded content]

These thoughts brought to you by the same people who want BLM and Antifa declared “terrorist organizations,” their leaders jailed, and their assets seized.

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ckkatz  Sep 13, 2022 • 8:52:00pm

Another data point on the Azerbaijan-Armenia discussion.

I have no idea who, if anyone, is ‘right’. But I have no doubt that a lot of innocent civilians are getting killed and maimed.

(I have found both R Lee and Phillips O’Brien to be extremely knowledgeable and insightful regarding their posts on the Russo-Ukraine war.)

.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Sep 13, 2022 • 9:04:02pm

Hmmm.. As I’ve said, Tim Hogan knows stuff and he often hits the nail on the head. Sometimes, though, his conclusions look like 2+2=894.

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Belafon  Sep 13, 2022 • 9:14:58pm
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 13, 2022 • 9:24:05pm

re: #43 Belafon

I watched the first episode of Tom Swift tonight. Almost all the cast is black. It made me think about black people watching all white casts for likely most of they lives.

I like the show. It has potential. Hubby was more like It’s ok. I’ll give a few more episodes a watch.

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darthstar  Sep 13, 2022 • 9:27:14pm
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darthstar  Sep 13, 2022 • 9:33:06pm

re: #22 Colère Tueur de Lapin

So a friend served me pickled star fruit the other day. Basically star fruit in a jar of sugar water with a little vinegar and a half habanero floating inside to add a little heat. Who knew starfruit could taste so good. Had that with some smoked meat and rice and Ama Ebi steamed in their shells.

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darthstar  Sep 13, 2022 • 9:40:07pm
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Egregious Philbin  Sep 13, 2022 • 9:42:46pm

re: #46 darthstar

When you get very ripe starfruit, when it just starts to turn orange, it is a flavor orgasm. I’d buy it off the docks in Vietnam, and damn……

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ckkatz  Sep 13, 2022 • 9:49:57pm
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darthstar  Sep 13, 2022 • 9:52:12pm
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darthstar  Sep 13, 2022 • 9:54:14pm

Putin’s scared.

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darthstar  Sep 13, 2022 • 10:00:06pm
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Belafon  Sep 13, 2022 • 10:00:32pm

For all of you who might be interested, one of the commenter ast Balloon Juice, gwangung, wrote a play, and while the performance is over, you can buy access to the video for $10.

Here’s his description of the play:

The logline is “Pirate Queen vs. Immortal Sorceress in 19th Century China”, but it’s REALLY a mash up of comic books, Red Sonja/Conan, and the real life pirate queen Ching Shih—all combined into something I tried to get as close as an MCU movie (Marvel Cinematic Universe) on stage as I possibly could.

Some trailers and the link to see the video is in the post: balloon-juice.com

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retired cynic  Sep 13, 2022 • 10:03:18pm

re: #53 Belafon

gwangung is a commenter here, and has talked about his play. I think we say a teaser before it happened, and it looked good!

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Targetpractice  Sep 13, 2022 • 10:07:16pm

re: #34 ckkatz

Some more details on how the current Ukrainian offensives were planned. Sounds like the Ukrainians did their homework correctly.

[Embedded content]

The level of copium among the Putinistas on Twitter has skyrockted since the weekend. This time last week, they were all insisting that Russia had “won” and that Ukraine needed to come to the negotiation table to accept humiliating terms because otherwise Putin was going to “escalate.” Now the shitlords that haven’t gone radio silent are grasping at any thin straw they can, the most popular seeming to be repeating propaganda that the counteroffensive into Kherson has “failed” and the UA has suffered “massive losses.”

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Sep 13, 2022 • 10:09:55pm

Lordy, Dark Brandon dropping more bodies than the Clintons
/s/

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darthstar  Sep 13, 2022 • 10:09:57pm

one more from that account…

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darthstar  Sep 13, 2022 • 10:11:13pm
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Targetpractice  Sep 13, 2022 • 10:17:14pm

re: #56 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Lordy, Dark Brandon dropping more bodies than the Clintons
/s/

[Embedded content]

I’m gonna be a little cranky this evening and say that while I’m thrilled that we got Uncle Joe back, I wish it hadn’t taken so long for him to learn from his old boss’ mistakes and realize the GQP were never going to listen to reason.

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Belafon  Sep 13, 2022 • 10:19:20pm

re: #54 retired cynic

gwangung is a commenter here, and has talked about his play. I think we say a teaser before it happened, and it looked good!

That’s what I get for not remembering names.

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mmmirele  Sep 13, 2022 • 10:20:32pm

Nicki looking at me reproachfully

She thinks my job in life is to mostly give her treats, the rest of it is, well you know, the regular cat butlering. Right now she is sitting four feet to my left, in the catloaf position, reminding me that I haven’t given her enough treats yet for today.

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Belafon  Sep 13, 2022 • 10:21:16pm

re: #59 Targetpractice

I’m gonna be a little cranky this evening and say that while I’m thrilled that we got Uncle Joe back, I wish it hadn’t taken so long for him to learn from his old boss’ mistakes and realize the GQP were never going to listen to reason.

I think Biden governed for 1.5 years and is campaigning now.

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retired cynic  Sep 13, 2022 • 10:22:59pm

re: #60 Belafon

happens to all of us

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retired cynic  Sep 13, 2022 • 10:24:11pm

GOP Elections Commissioner Arrested by the FBI
politicalwire.com

“Jason Schofield, the Republican Rensselaer County Board of Elections commissioner, was arrested outside his residence Tuesday morning by the FBI and charged with fraudulently obtaining and processing absentee ballots last year using personal information of at least eight voters without their permission,” the Albany Times Union reports.

More R vote fraud!

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Targetpractice  Sep 13, 2022 • 10:25:11pm

re: #62 Belafon

I think Biden governed for 1.5 years and is campaigning now.

Obama tried the same thing in 2010 and it cost the party massively. Absent Dobbs and tragedies like Uvalde totally upending the political calculus, we’d probably be debating right now not whether the GQP can retake Congress but just how massive their majorities would be.

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BigPapa  Sep 13, 2022 • 10:36:06pm

re: #46 darthstar

So a friend served me pickled star fruit the other day. Basically star fruit in a jar of sugar water with a little vinegar and a half habanero floating inside to add a little heat. Who knew starfruit could taste so good. Had that with some smoked meat and rice and Ama Ebi steamed in their shells.

My owner has a starfruit tree. When it comes in full I get fresh juice, usually with a little dragonfruit. Makes my pee look like it would give my Dr a heart attack.

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piratedan  Sep 13, 2022 • 11:09:57pm

re: #65 Targetpractice

while I completely understand your take and your frustration….. I will register a small token resistance to it…

Biden had the better part of four plus decades of work in the halls of Congress, long relationships of working across the aisle that Obama didn’t have (and with the racist bent of the GOP, would likely never have), as such, he had personal friendships that he was banking on..

The hope that once Trump was out of office, the fever pitch that had gripped the GOP was hoped to have been banked, there was the perfect opportunity to see if the GOP would come to back to its senses….

There was a LOT to unfuck post Trump… still dealing with the Pandemic, supporting people to get thru it, the economy, leaving Afghanistan and the cleaning out of the government stables of all things Trump (and its still ongoing) and rebuild the civil service; so trying to find common ground was essential, it was part of his campaign, so he had to make the gesture.

To not make the gesture, would have meant crucifixion in the media (which hasn’t been kind to him anyways) and is always wired for GOP talking points, and if those gestures had not been made, it would have given credence to all of that crap about bipartisan unity that the GOP tries to ride to death, while they piss on every gesture that doesn’t capitulate to all of their demands. While us political junkies understood, everyone who gets informed by a half hour of CNN would have had an even worse impression of what was going down.

and it’s not all just on Biden, lets face it, we would be in a better place if Sinema and Manchin hadn’t been busy being political prima-donnas, which gave a pass to the GOP to continue to press their 50 votes against, no matter what the legislation offered, because everyone else was so focused on the Dems capturing votes 49 and 50.

so yeah, I wish that he could have just started coming in and kicking ass and taking names (because there’s no time to waste) but I can only guess at the blowback he would have received if he did so….

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sagehen  Sep 13, 2022 • 11:25:39pm

re: #44 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I watched the first episode of Tom Swift tonight. Almost all the cast is black. It made me think about black people watching all white casts for likely most of they lives.

I like the show. It has potential. Hubby was more like It’s ok. I’ll give a few more episodes a watch.

It’s already been cancelled. There’s 13 episodes.

They do tie up the main storyline (and some subplots) in a satisfying way, and leave some good openings for what could have been a 2nd season but instead is an opening for if somebody wants to revive it in a few years. I found it worth my time.

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 12:03:27am

re: #50 darthstar

Maybe she should finally learn English?

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 12:11:27am

re: #51 darthstar

Putin’s scared.

Oh lol, not this guy again. Quoting an unverified Ukrainian tweet from Sep. 10 (i. e. the Moscow day). Q-level “journalism”.

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 12:43:33am

The Georgian government is against opening the second front against Russia, but is (rhetorically) open to a referendum on whether Georgia should join the war.

rbc.ru

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 12:51:18am

A Russian military expert complains that holy icons are not used in sufficient quantities on the front.

Don’t tell him about the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Sep 14, 2022 • 12:59:19am

Paraguay’s most well known musical export, at least for quite a while:

Youtube Video


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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 1:05:39am

Komsomolskaya Pravda editor Sungorkin has died, he was 68.

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DodgerFan1988  Sep 14, 2022 • 1:20:07am

The German 6th Army

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 1:35:15am

re: #75 DodgerFan1988

Does this dude cite evidence? Or does he simply create his own reality?

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 1:51:32am

This alleged Russian agent’s codename was allegedly 007.

Telegram

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Captain Ron  Sep 14, 2022 • 1:52:00am

Hah, I’m watching a live cops show andthey are at a dog bite and in the background I notice a paramedic show up on an electric fat-tire bike.

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Captain Ron  Sep 14, 2022 • 1:57:51am

re: #77 Nyet

Thank God for google translate.

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 2:10:30am

Iframe

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 2:12:03am

re: #80 Nyet

OK so the embedding works halfway.

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 2:14:08am

Another test.

Iframe

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 2:18:46am

re: #82 Nyet

Kinda, sorta. If only I could get the automatic height right…

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 2:19:16am

re: #5 mmmirele

Anton Petrov has a video today discussing the Silurian Hypothesis, which was a thought experiment dreamed up by a couple of scientists around 2017 about whether we could detect prior, non-human civilizations that may have existed millions of years ago on this planet. The title comes from a Dr Who episode about the Silurians, a civilization that existed on Earth before humans.

the tl;dr is that basically we don’t have good ways of doing this, but watch the video.

There is also a Star Trek TNG, Distant Origin, on this topic.

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 2:31:47am

Iframe

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Captain Ron  Sep 14, 2022 • 2:37:23am

re: #85 Nyet

Budget surplus, what’s that?

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 2:40:17am

Ukrainians allegedly storming Lyman right now.

Iframe

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 2:50:20am

re: #22 Colère Tueur de Lapin

“What does this bowl contain?”

-“Pain. Delicious spicy pain!”

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 2:51:32am

Ze in Izyum.

Iframe

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 2:57:28am

Russian patriots are outraged, want blood.

Iframe

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 2:57:38am

re: #69 Nyet

Maybe she should finally learn English?

The level one expects from a GED-level educated individual. If you think that is sufficient to qualify a person to shape and vote on national legislation, then it is your choice to vote for them.

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 2:58:54am

re: #90 Nyet

Btw, if you see only chopped off embeds but want to see the whole thing, reload. Unfortunately, that is how it works.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 2:59:14am

re: #72 Nyet

A Russian military expert complains that holy icons are not used in sufficient quantities on the front.

Don’t tell him about the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

Well, they worked at Borodino in 1812 but rather failed in 1917.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 2:59:51am

re: #74 Nyet

Komsomolskaya Pravda editor Sungorkin has died, he was 68.

I found that to be one of the best papers to read for political commentary in the early 90’s.

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 3:00:22am

re: #94 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I found that to be one of the best papers to read for political commentary in the early 90’s.

A propaganda rag.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 3:07:38am

re: #86 Captain Ron

Budget surplus, what’s that?

Russian still earns a shit ton of money from the west and spends only a minimum of it on aiding and benefiting the population.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 3:09:41am

re: #95 Nyet

A propaganda rag.

have not read it at all lately

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 3:15:11am

Ok, the embedded heights look totally different in the mobile version. So from now on I will be posting with the height of 400 pixels but with a scrollbar enabled for the desktop version. In the mobile view the messages will remain chopped off…

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Dopamine Fish  Sep 14, 2022 • 3:27:40am

Not going to be on much until after work today, as LGF is blocked at work, but I was astounded that this was correct:

Click to Reveal

Wordle 452 3/6

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When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 3:29:36am

Iframe


(If you are reading the mobile version, the message will likely be incomplete.)

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TarHellion  Sep 14, 2022 • 3:31:30am

Settled with the par 4 today and will gladly take. A quite pleasant 54 degrees this morning. Happy Friday Eve Eve!

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Wordle 452 4/6

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TarHellion  Sep 14, 2022 • 3:34:52am

re: #99 Dopamine Fish

Those rotten bastards! LOL

Kind of like how our system prevents access to almost anything related to games and keeps the Washington Post crossword from loading.

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 3:35:37am

Iframe

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 3:55:33am

Iframe

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 3:59:20am

Lol
“Lukashenko won’t let Europe freeze”

Iframe

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:10:20am

re: #105 Nyet

(If you are reading the mobile version, the message will likely be incomplete.)

It is cut off but I can scroll down on my PC

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:12:07am

re: #105 Nyet

LOL poor old Lukashenko. He’s in quite a pickle, isn’t he?

I think on the one hand, he reckons that Putin has failed spectacularly and it’s now only a matter of time before Russia is defeated at the hands of Ukraine. On the other hand, he needs to stay in Putin’s good graces, at least for the time being…because otherwise he and his regime are finished and he’ll likely find himself getting the Ceaușescu treatment. He’s playing for time and a bit of wiggle room to make sure his position is firmly consolidated before Russia slinks home in shame and defeat.

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:13:09am

re: #106 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

The deprecated “scrolling” attribute doesn’t work everywhere and there’s no way to adjust the style attribute, so it will work in some browsers but not in the others.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:13:49am

re: #64 retired cynic

GOP Elections Commissioner Arrested by the FBI
politicalwire.com

More R vote fraud!

How widespread is republican malfeasance?

The original article (different from you’re link) notes that others were involved in this (Schofield) case, but wait! There’s more!

The Times Union reported in June that Schofield had become a focus of an FBI investigation that led to the guilty plea earlier this year of Kimberly Ashe-McPherson, a Troy councilwoman.

The reference above to Ashe-McPherson? She was a republican office holder who had to resign. is to a 2018 republican vote fraud scandal.

Kim Ashe-McPherson resigned from the Troy City Council following her pleading guilty to federal identity theft charges for casting votes in the names of other people.

The Republican, who was reelected to the council last year, admitted in federal court to casting ballots in the names of other people in both the primary and general election.

As part of a plea agreement, she resigned, and faces up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and three years of supervised release.

And this is just what we are finding out about.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:15:10am

re: #107 Dr Lizardo

There is no way he can hold on to power after Putin, the question is will he be able to hold on to his life…

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:15:11am

re: #107 Dr Lizardo

He’s always been on the intersection, trying to play both sides. Though this looks more like a joke, I haven’t seen him otherwise moving away from Putin significantly.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:16:43am

re: #111 Nyet

He’s always been on the intersection, trying to play both sides. Though this looks more like a joke, I haven’t seen him otherwise moving away from Putin significantly.

Had Byelarus actively participated in the war in Ukraine, it could have altered the outcome significantly, but that was going to far even for Cool Hand Lukaschenko

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:17:53am

re: #112 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Had Byelarus actively participated in the war in Ukraine, it could have altered the outcome significantly, but that was going to far even for Cool Hand Lukaschenko

Not sure if it would have altered anything. The army is tiny.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:19:04am

re: #113 Nyet

Not sure if it would have altered anything. The army is tiny.

could have caused a lot of trouble in Western Ukraine, disrupting supplies and diverting reserves.

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steve_davis  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:19:26am

re: #75 DodgerFan1988

The German 6th Army

As I recall from Pliever’s (?) book, Hitler directed the entire general staff of the sixth army to suicide at the end.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:21:37am

re: #115 steve_davis

As I recall from Pliever’s (?) book, Hitler directed the entire general staff of the sixth army to suicide at the end.

Yep. He promoted Paulus to Field Marshal the day before Paulus surrendered; he did that on the grounds that no German Field Marshal had ever surrendered before in their military history.

And the very next day, Paulus became the first German Field Marshal to surrender. Hitler was, by all accounts, furious.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:21:50am

re: #115 steve_davis

As I recall from Pliever’s (?) book, Hitler directed the entire general staff of the sixth army to suicide at the end.

He certainly did not expect von Paulus to go into captivity.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:22:22am

re: #116 Dr Lizardo

thirteen seconds

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:40:51am

Iframe

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:55:31am

re: #37 sizzzzlerz

Whatcha gonna do wit ‘em?

Probably hot sauce. May pickle some.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:55:54am
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wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2022 • 4:56:49am
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Ming5000  Sep 14, 2022 • 5:10:53am
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jeffreyw  Sep 14, 2022 • 5:23:36am

Chili Cheese Fries

Good morning!

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2022 • 5:26:19am

re: #124 jeffreyw

The Breakfast of Champions.

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sizzzzlerz  Sep 14, 2022 • 5:36:51am

re: #122 wrenchwench

I love these alignments. There are many across the world. This one, in Yosemite, at Horsetail Fall in Februrary, is my favorite

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2022 • 5:36:54am

Further sagas in the world of “why is defining a woman so important to you?” world:

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 5:37:11am

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 5:42:38am
Using outliers to support coaching kids (with malleable, developing brains) into believing their own bodies are defective and repulsive… to the point they should be mutilated.

Christianity teaches us that we are all “defective” and need to be healed by Christ or we will rot in hell.

And Fundamentalists believe that non-neuro/gender-typical children should be treated with cold baths and electric shocks.

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 5:43:54am

Ukrainian kids upon seeing their teacher return from the front.

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 5:46:15am

An LNR representative says the ZSU is now on the LNR border.

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sizzzzlerz  Sep 14, 2022 • 5:52:18am

re: #129 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Christianity teaches us that we are all “defective” and need to be healed by Christ or we will rot in hell.

And Fundamentalists believe that non-neurotypical children should be treated with cold baths and electric shocks.

Well, at least they’ve mellowed a bit. Used to be these children would be declared to be the devil’s spawn and either cast out or simply murdered.

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Targetpractice  Sep 14, 2022 • 5:52:57am

It’s another day ending in “y,” so it must be time for more bad news for Donny:

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ericblair  Sep 14, 2022 • 5:55:38am

In German right-wing asshole news, apparently no one in the political party has any sort of awareness. Gonna have to put this behind the wall:

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sagehen  Sep 14, 2022 • 5:56:43am

re: #126 sizzzzlerz

I love these alignments. There are many across the world. This one, in Yosemite, at Horsetail Fall in Februrary, is my favorite

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Manhattan-henge 2022

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:00:00am

re: #134 ericblair

In German right-wing asshole news, apparently no one in the political party has any sort of awareness.

The Germans call the final stretch the “Endspurt”

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:02:45am

re: #134 ericblair

Small, unhealthy.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:03:31am

re: #134 ericblair

In German right-wing asshole news, apparently no one in the political party has any sort of awareness. Gonna have to put this behind the wall:

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:04:12am

Sums up the whole Alternative für Deutschland party platform: things that sound halfway reasonable in theory but turn out to be totally embarrassing in practice.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:10:44am

And the cougar shadow that appears on Superstition Mountain outside Phoenix, AZ for only a few days a year:

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ericblair  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:17:45am

re: #137 Nyet

Small, unhealthy.

If your equipment looks like that, see your doctor.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:21:30am

re: #134 ericblair

LOL, when you unwittingly tell your voters to

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:28:34am

Gas prices jumped 30 cents overnight out here in East DFW.

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ericblair  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:28:37am

Comes around, goes around.

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Eventual Carrion  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:31:00am

3/6 Wordle for the morning

Click to Reveal

Wordle 452 3/6

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🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Egregious Philbin  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:31:31am

re: #143 Belafon

Same here at my local costco…

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wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:32:12am
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Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:33:20am

re: #144 ericblair

Armenia has now appealed to Russia for help in defending from Azerbaijan.

I think the Armenians will discover that the Russians are a little preoccupied right now.

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gocart mozart  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:33:53am
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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:35:38am

re: #126 sizzzzlerz

I love these alignments. There are many across the world. This one, in Yosemite, at Horsetail Fall in Februrary, is my favorite

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Mackenna’s Gold, Gregory peck

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steve_davis  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:36:57am

This whole album is just outrageously good.

Youtube Video

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:37:21am

re: #144 ericblair

A bit hard to blame Armenia in this case, since they simply have no other defender. Even Pashinyan, initially thought of by many as pro-Western, doesn’t have much of a choice.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:38:31am

re: #149 gocart mozart

Still plenty early and already a contender for Worst Tweet of the Day.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:39:14am

Youtube Video

Lindsey’s a goon and the only question is who he goons for at this moment. Thinking about it last night, it occurred to me that Lindsey’s doing the party’s work by playing the heel. He introduces legislation that other Republicans disavow on principle but not in the specifics of it’s contents…but if it seems like they can push it through they’ll still vote for it.

It’s the same “states’ rights, unless we can get it nationally” position that the shitheads have always held; somebody has to be the designated shameless individual to go out there and unblinkingly contradict themselves.

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mmmirele  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:41:05am

Savage!

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:45:09am

re: #149 gocart mozart

Can you actually sexually assault AOC? I mean, is it possible?

What subtle, downward-punching RW humor.

De-humanizing your antagonist.

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ericblair  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:45:35am

re: #152 Nyet

A bit hard to blame Armenia in this case, since they simply have no other defender. Even Pashinyan, initially thought of by many as pro-Western, doesn’t have much of a choice.

Probably true, but that means significant parts of Central Asia are unstable when some of these countries’ krysha goes away. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are at it, with border guards exchanging fire.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:47:12am

re: #154 The Ghost of a Flea

It’s the same “states’ rights, unless we can get it nationally” position that the shitheads have always held; somebody has to be the designated shameless individual to go out there and unblinkingly contradict themselves.

Ask any Fundie/True Conservative and they will say what’s the point of banning it in one state if you can just go get it somewhere else…they will not be happy until it is banned everywhere without exception.

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Florida Panhandler  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:49:02am

My DeSantis Watch continues. I watch DeSantis so you don’t have to.

businessinsider.com

DeSantis lays clear his disdain for “Free Enterprise” when it doesn’t suit his own personal agenda. By stating his developing policy of limiting business power and interests, he is using rhetoric from pretty much any standard 70-‘s 80’s leftist pundit, except he is wielding it not for the most vulnerable in society, but to make sure the dominant plurality get to exercise their cruelty and punch down on others. DeSantis is a fascist.

He continues his populist fascist pivot and lays bare any notion of Reagan-type hands-off approach to business is now out the window. Reagan is now being written out of Republican history. DeSantis is hijacking previously leftist policy tools in order to further a platform of violence to the weaker and anger against change and evolution.

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sizzzzlerz  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:49:37am

re: #135 sagehen

Manhattan-henge 2022

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Some alignments are purely natural, others are human-induced but not intentional, then there are those that were created by man for specific purposes and to occur on specific dates and times. One of the most remarkable of this latter kind was the sun dagger discovered high on Fajada Butte in Chaco Canyon. These ancient astronomers created a time piece that marks both the summer and winter solstices through a petroglyph carved into the rock and the precise arrangement of some very heavy stones. Unfortunately, this amazing sight has been damaged through too many people trapsing around the rocks, causing them to settle and, thus, lose that precise alignment. The Park Service has since closed off access to the Butte to protect what’s left.

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wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:54:42am

re: #160 sizzzzlerz

Some alignments are purely natural, others are human-induced but not intentional, then there are those that were created by man for specific purposes and to occur on specific dates and times. One of the most remarkable of this latter kind was the sun dagger discovered high on Fajada Butte in Chaco Canyon. These ancient astronomers created a time piece that marks both the summer and winter solstices through a petroglyph carved into the rock and the precise arrangement of some very heavy stones. Unfortunately, this amazing sight has been damaged through too many people trapsing around the rocks, causing them to settle and, thus, lose that precise alignment. The Park Service has since closed off access to the Butte to protect what’s left.

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That’s the one I thought of, in my indistinct, foggy way. My husband went to Chaco Canyon, I didn’t go on that trip.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:55:10am

re: #160 sizzzzlerz

So aggravating. Why don’t more people care about protecting history?

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:55:56am

re: #162 Eclectic Cyborg

So aggravating. Why don’t more people care about protecting history?

Because, man, we like live in the now, and plus we really wanna post this on our feed…

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No Malarkey!  Sep 14, 2022 • 6:58:52am

The Trumper won the NH GOP primary for Senate, improving the Democrats’ odds of maintaining and expanding their Senate majority. If they can just hold the House as well, some good shit could get done next year.

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:02:59am

electoral-vote.com on Lindsey’s bill

Usually, when a politician does something like this, we are able to hazard a pretty good guess as to what’s going on. But we’ve had about 12 hours to consider this one, and we’ve thought about what Graham is doing, from top to bottom, and we’re kinda stumped. The theory that initially occurred to us is that Graham was providing cover for candidates running for statewide office. Recall, for example, the ad for Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen (R) that we wrote about yesterday, where he insists that abortion is a federal issue and not a state one. In theory, Graham’s bill would allow folks like Jensen to pass the buck on what is clearly a losing issue, and to deflect the heat to senators who are not up this year or who are from safe red states.

However, that theory is clearly not correct. If it was, then surely Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and others among Graham’s Republican Senate colleagues would be on board with the plan. But, by all indications, they were all gobsmacked

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garzooma  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:04:47am

re: #152 Nyet

A bit hard to blame Armenia in this case, since they simply have no other defender. Even Pashinyan, initially thought of by many as pro-Western, doesn’t have much of a choice.

And there’s the small matter of a genocidal neighbor.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:05:01am

re: #165 Dangerman

electoral-vote.com on Lindsey’s bill

This is the GOP’s Achille’s Heel, they are all tripping over each other trying to show off who is the most doctrinaire Conservative that they fail to keep their mouths shut until the damage is done.

That is what Dobbs did to them and now they are doubling down (dobbling down?) on it.

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:05:17am

Pence is all for federal action if it gets him what he wants

“I welcome any and all efforts to advance the cause of life in state capitals or in the nation’s capital. And I have every confidence that the next Republican president, whoever that may be, will stand for the right to life. “

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:06:17am

re: #167 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

This is the GOP’s Achille’s Heel, they are all tripping over each other trying to show off who is the most doctrinaire Conservative that they fail to keep their mouths shut until the damage is done.

That is what Dobbs did to them and now they are doubling down (dobbling down?) on it.

+1

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wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:07:25am

re: #162 Eclectic Cyborg

So aggravating. Why don’t more people care about protecting history?

This kind of care needs to be taught. The history of people who came before, what they had culturally, what endures, how fragile it is. The remoteness of Chaco is remarkable, so bad behavior can run amok.

When I lived in NM, there were cultural remnants strewn everywhere in National Forests and on other govt. property, as well as private land. If I extended a mountain bike ride beyond the most commonly used trails, I’d be running over pottery shards with amazing art on them. In the middle of the trail, in abundance. A few might have been pocketed. Mr. w befriended a neighbor who had retired from his ranch outside of town, and had quite a collection in his basement. The Museum at WNMU was one of my final visits before we moved.

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:08:24am
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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:09:43am

re: #165 Dangerman

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wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:11:16am

re: #172 Dangerman

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A lot like Catholic priests.

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:11:41am

Yesterday I mentioned one of the most important Russian propagandists,. Krasovsky.

Today there’s an in-depth profile of him at Meduza. How a gay “liberal” became a fascist:

meduza.io

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:15:18am

For those of you, like me, whose company prevents you from seeing the stuff Nyet posted, here’s a tweet about Zelenskyy visiting Izyum:

A picture of him with the troops can be found at dailykos.com.

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ericblair  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:19:04am

Can Russia actually respond, is the question.

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:21:18am

re: #143 Belafon

Gas prices jumped 30 cents overnight out here in East DFW.

Railway systems shutting down in anticipation of railway workers’ strike, perhaps.

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:21:50am

re: #172 Dangerman

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ericblair  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:21:57am

Busy day in Central Asia, and not good for Putin.

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:23:07am

re: #176 ericblair

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Can Russia actually respond, is the question.

NATO should respond. :)

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mmmirele  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:25:41am

The hed and subhed tell the story:

Is Lauren Boebert a Christian nationalist?
Experts say yes. “This is not compatible with democracy,” said Kristin Kobes DuMez, an expert on Christian nationalism

I worry about DuMez, she is a professor at Calvin College, and I don’t know if she has tenure. That said, she may have decided to throw caution to the wind.

ETA: this is a long, detailed article just laying out how Boebert is very squarely a Christian Nationalist.

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:27:10am

Democrats should push hard on th—

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:27:48am

re: #165 Dangerman

electoral-vote.com on Lindsey’s bill

So once again it whipsaws between McConnell (and the other GOP leaders) being evil or incompetent since they don’t know what is going on. Amazing how they gain and lose agency so quickly.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:28:56am

One can support America and its interests, that is nationalism.

One can follow a denomination of Christianity.

But Christian Nationalism is an ideology: it calls for the abolishment of the separation of Church and State, a founding principle of American politics and legislation since the very beginning.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:31:08am

re: #178 Belafon

Dobbs finished polarizing the issue. The conservatives want a total ban and everyone else realizes that the proposals are simply a salami tactic towards getting a total ban and thus know that any “compromise” ban is not an agreement that the conservatives will heed going forward.

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William Lewis  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:32:54am

re: #117 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

He certainly did not expect von Paulus to go into captivity.

“Here’s your Field Marshal’s baton only because no Field Marshal ever surrendered or was ever captured alive. “

“F-U Adolph!”

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:38:21am

re: #99 Dopamine Fish

me, too

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William Lewis  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:38:25am

re: #126 sizzzzlerz

I love these alignments. There are many across the world. This one, in Yosemite, at Horsetail Fall in Februrary, is my favorite

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My favorite is at Chichen-Itza twice a year on the equinoxes when the shadow of Quetzocotal appears on the pyramid.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:42:49am

re: #179 ericblair

Busy day in Central Asia, and not good for Putin.

Nope. Vlad is fucked about six different ways right now.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:43:41am

That’ll certainly make it more difficult for Orbán to use EU money as his own personal slush fund.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:44:26am

re: #99 Dopamine Fish

Not going to be on much until after work today, as LGF is blocked at work, but I was astounded that this was correct:

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When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

I got it in two this time — and was astonished that it was right.. A testimony to the power of whim.

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wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:45:19am

I found the DD 214. It is a Xeroxed copy that looks older than Xerox. It was copied so long ago, somebody wrote ‘copy’ on the top, it case it was not obvious enough. I also found two small, round pins that say ‘honorable discharge’, one for the reserves. Should there be a DD 214 for the reserves, also? The one I have says ‘TRF TO RESERVES’.

Mr. w told me he joined the Navy the day I was born. Years later, he said, ‘Maybe it was the day after.’ Turns out, it was 2 days after. No wonder he could never get my birthday right.

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Barefoot Grin  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:45:33am

re: #190 Dr Lizardo

That’ll certainly make it more difficult for Orbán to use EU money as his own personal slush fund.

Maybe CPAC can cough up a few bucks.

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Crush White Nationalism  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:47:55am
The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman reported on Donald Trump’s presidency extensively during his four years in the White House, and she does some more Trump-related reporting in her forthcoming book, “Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America.” According to CNN, one of revelations in the book (which has an October 4 release date on Amazon) is that after Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, he declared, “I’m just not going to leave.” And some Trump critics are wondering why Haberman didn’t report that statement earlier.

Before the 2020 election, MAGA Republicans accused “Real Time” host Bill Maher of having “Trump derangement syndrome” when he warned repeatedly that Trump would refuse to admit defeat and try to stay in the White House if he lost the election. But sure enough, Trump lost the election and did exactly what Maher feared he would do. And Haberman, in “Confidence Man,” cites an example of the type of behavior that Maher and other Trump critics predicted.

CNN’s Jeremy Herb reports, “Trump’s insistence that he would not be leaving the White House, which has not been previously reported, adds new detail to the chaotic post-election period in which Trump’s refusal to accept his defeat and numerous efforts to overturn the election result led to the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters.”

CNN’s reporting on “Confidence Man” is receiving a lot of discussion on Twitter.

NY Times’ Maggie Haberman called out for withholding Trump bombshell: “Democracy dies in book deals (Alternet via Salon)

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EstebanTornado1963  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:48:54am

re: #122 wrenchwench

I want to see the Stonehenge New York when the sun lines up. re: #192 wrenchwench

I found the DD 214. It is a Xeroxed copy that looks older than Xerox. It was copied so long ago, somebody wrote ‘copy’ on the top, it case it was not obvious enough. I also found two small, round pins that say ‘honorable discharge’, one for the reserves. Should there be a DD 214 for the reserves, also? The one I have says ‘TRF TO RESERVES’.

Mr. w told me he joined the Navy the day I was born. Years later, he said, ‘Maybe it was the day after.’ Turns out, it was 2 days after. No wonder he could never get my birthday right.

I requested a full copy of my DD-214, and it took almost 2 years (pandemic didn’t help)

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wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:51:50am

re: #195 EstebanTornado1963

I want to see the Stonehenge New York when the sun lines up.

I requested a full copy of my DD-214, and it took almost 2 years (pandemic didn’t help)

Glad I found it. I was told I could get a copy, and that I would need one.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:52:53am

re: #103 Nyet

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(If you are reading the mobile version, the message will likely be incomplete.)

On my tablet, if I tap it, the scrolling works.

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:55:17am

3/6

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sizzzzlerz  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:56:03am

re: #162 Eclectic Cyborg

So aggravating. Why don’t more people care about protecting history?


Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t what you got ‘til it’s gone.
You pave Paradise,
Put up a parking lot

—- Big Yellow Taxi
— Joni Mitchell

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:57:44am

re: #99 Dopamine Fish

Not going to be on much until after work today, as LGF is blocked at work, but I was astounded that this was correct:

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When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

3 for me too! Note: Potential hint below.

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A Cranky One  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:58:07am

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EstebanTornado1963  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:58:28am

re: #196 wrenchwench

Glad I found it. I was told I could get a copy, and that I would need one.

The original I got when I separated was missing the bottom third. I have never had a problem using that (since 1985 for VA mortgages etc. ) for whatever I needed, but a couple years ago, one company (for just a discount on merchandise)wouldn’t accept it because the bottom was missing, so I decided to request another copy.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Sep 14, 2022 • 7:59:49am

re: #192 wrenchwench

I found the DD 214. It is a Xeroxed copy that looks older than Xerox. It was copied so long ago, somebody wrote ‘copy’ on the top, it case it was not obvious enough. I also found two small, round pins that say ‘honorable discharge’, one for the reserves. Should there be a DD 214 for the reserves, also? The one I have says ‘TRF TO RESERVES’.

Mr. w told me he joined the Navy the day I was born. Years later, he said, ‘Maybe it was the day after.’ Turns out, it was 2 days after. No wonder he could never get my birthday right.

I didn’t get a 214 when I was released from the (inactive) reserves. Just an official letter stating that I had been released.

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wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:01:13am

re: #203 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

I didn’t get a 214 when I was released from the (inactive) reserves. Just an official letter stating that I had been released.

Did you get a little pin?

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:02:05am

re: #204 wrenchwench

Did you get a little pin?

Nope.

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:05:14am

re: #182 Belafon

Democrats should push hard on th—

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i love how the dems are using the phrase “MAGA republicans”

they took ‘deplorable’ from hillary and proudly owned it
they coined this, let em own it
soon they’ll try to own ‘semi-fascist’, oh wait…

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:07:01am

re: #183 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

So once again it whipsaws between McConnell (and the other GOP leaders) being evil or incompetent since they don’t know what is going on. Amazing how they gain and lose agency so quickly.

whatever suits them in any particular moment
they put chameleons to shame

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A Cranky One  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:07:10am

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:11:10am

News coming in that Pashinyan is on the brink of basically giving up and is ready to abandon the occupied territories in exchange for peace. How much slant there is to this, I don’t know.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:12:21am

re: #124 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:16:03am

I love how Putin basically destroyed his little union by refusing to help Armenia.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:17:11am

iOS 16. Still getting the green image bug.

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wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:17:54am

I also found the title to the vehicle we drove once each in the last 2 years. And the marriage certificate. And the wedding vows:

I, w, take you, z, to be my lawfully wedded husband, because after 30 plus years, why the hell not? To love and cherish…

It is apparently my response when he asked me to marry him, at the rehab hospital, although I thought I used the f word. He would have changed it.

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lizardofid  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:21:36am

re: #199 sizzzzlerz


Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t what you got ‘til it’s gone.
You pave Paradise,
Put up a parking lot

—- Big Yellow Taxi
— Joni Mitchell

They call it paradise
I don’t know why
You call someplace paradise
Kiss it goodbye

-The Last Resort
- Eagles

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A Cranky One  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:22:35am

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lawhawk  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:24:05am

re: #9 The Pie Overlord!

The separation distance between flights taking off or landing is dictated by the plane type.

You need to give more time between the A380 or B747x and the plane that follows due to wake vortices that can mess up the following plane’s aerodynamics. Smaller planes have smaller vortices, and allow tighter groupings.

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jaunte  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:24:33am

Baby gourd says good morning.

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lawhawk  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:25:42am

re: #206 Dangerman

i love how the dems are using the phrase “MAGA republicans”

they took ‘deplorable’ from hillary and proudly owned it
they coined this, let em own it
soon they’ll try to own ‘semi-fascist’, oh wait…

That’s a department of redundancy department operation.

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wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:26:25am

re: #217 jaunte

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Baby gourd says good morning.

Oh, I want to scritch its fuzzy little chin!

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jaunte  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:27:58am
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sizzzzlerz  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:29:50am

re: #161 wrenchwench

That’s the one I thought of, in my indistinct, foggy way. My husband went to Chaco Canyon, I didn’t go on that trip.

anyone interested in old civilizations and their works needs to visits chaco. it is truly an amazing place with stonework that will blow your mind. i could go on forever about what you find and see but you’ll just have to trust me. do some research and then get there

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jeffreyw  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:30:45am

re: #208 A Cranky One

stolen and tweeted

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austin_blue  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:30:54am

re: #220 jaunte

Someone should file a FOIA Request. Like, say, the Houston Chronicle.

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:34:20am

re: #165 Dangerman

electoral-vote.com on Lindsey’s bill

The theory that initially occurred to us is that Graham was providing cover for candidates running for statewide office. Recall, for example, the ad for Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen (R) that we wrote about yesterday, where he insists that abortion is a federal issue and not a state one. In theory, Graham’s bill would allow folks like Jensen to pass the buck on what is clearly a losing issue, and to deflect the heat to senators who are not up this year or who are from safe red states.

However, that theory is clearly not correct. If it was, then surely Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and others among Graham’s Republican Senate colleagues would be on board with the plan. But, by all indications, they were all gobsmacked

Let’s not forget that Trump has turned against McConnell; Graham’s loyalty is to Trump and not the Senate Minority leader. Perhaps this approach was taken as an effort to damage McConnell and make it easier to replace him with someone more to Trump’s liking.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:36:23am

re: #162 Eclectic Cyborg

So aggravating. Why don’t more people care about protecting history?

That the rocks might move if I walked around them is not a thought that would occur to me. Just saying.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:36:30am

re: #211 Nyet

I love how Putin basically destroyed his little union by refusing to help Armenia.

Keep us updated on that; I’m not seeing any English language sources so far regarding Pashinyan throwing in the towel.

OTOH, it wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest. He almost certainly knows Russia isn’t coming to help them out.

The CTSO looks to be as dead as the dodo.

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gocart mozart  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:36:31am
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jaunte  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:36:59am

re: #227 gocart mozart

To the knee!

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EstebanTornado1963  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:37:56am

re: #216 lawhawk

The separation distance between flights taking off or landing is dictated by the plane type.

You need to give more time between the A380 or B747x and the plane that follows due to wake vortices that can mess up the following plane’s aerodynamics. Smaller planes have smaller vortices, and allow tighter groupings.

Actually you can use miles in lieu of time in a radar environment, which nowadays is from the ground and up. So in essence if you needed 2 minutes for a Boeing 737 behind a 747 , in radar you need 5 miles behind (the super you need 6 miles) to have separation, so you can get the miles in less time than waiting the full 2 minutes. That greatly increases the amount of traffic that can move instead of going only by time.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:41:22am

re: #227 gocart mozart

moron blabber

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:41:48am

re: #229 EstebanTornado1963

It also depends on weather conditions

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The Pie Overlord!  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:45:47am

re: #216 lawhawk

The separation distance between flights taking off or landing is dictated by the plane type.

You need to give more time between the A380 or B747x and the plane that follows due to wake vortices that can mess up the following plane’s aerodynamics. Smaller planes have smaller vortices, and allow tighter groupings.

All the planes I saw lined up last night were smaller aircraft, like Embraer, 737 & 320’s.

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:46:16am

re: #226 Dr Lizardo

1. moscowtimes.eu

2.

How some sources understand it:

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EstebanTornado1963  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:47:46am

re: #231 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It also depends on weather conditions

re: #231 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It also depends on weather conditions

I’m not sure what you mean, but weather will affect if you can use visual separation or not.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:49:21am

re: #233 Nyet

Wow.

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has basically killed off the CSTO - and Russia’s image of great strength and being a peer power has just gone down the crapper.

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:49:52am

re: #206 Dangerman

i love how the dems are using the phrase “MAGA republicans”

they took ‘deplorable’ from hillary and proudly owned it
they coined this, let em own it
soon they’ll try to own ‘semi-fascist’, oh wait…

They are proudly adopting Ultra Maga Republicans as their title. Their loyalty is to Trump; they will willingly follow him wherever he leads.

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Nyet  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:54:21am

Lol

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:54:36am

re: #234 EstebanTornado1963

I’m not sure what you mean, but weather will affect if you can use visual separation or not.

just that: visibility due to precipitation or fog/mist

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wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:54:55am

re: #200 Hecuba’s daughter

3 for me too! Note: Potential hint below.

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gocart mozart  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:57:03am
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TarHellion  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:58:53am

re: #188 William Lewis

Q: The Winged Serpent. One of the all-time great cheapo thrillers that made the 1980s fun. Starring Michael “Mr. Personality” Moriarty

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 8:59:56am

re: #240 gocart mozart

Next Mike Lindell will get busted at a Dominionabon

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:01:10am

re: #240 gocart mozart

All that’s missing is a promo code.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:01:40am

re: #241 TarHellion

Q: The Winged Serpent. One of the all-time great cheapo thrillers that made the 1980s fun. Starring Michael “Mr. Personality” Moriarty

On that one, I remember Roger Ebert’s review, which starts thusly:

A few days after “Q” was screened at the Cannes Film Festival (under its original title, “The Winged Serpent”), the following conversation took place between Samuel Z. Arkoff, the film’s producer, and Rex Reed, the critic:

Reed: Sam! I just saw “The Winged Serpent”! What a surprise! All that dreck—and right in the middle of it, a great Method performance by Michael Moriarty!

Arkoff: The dreck was my idea.

I believe him. Arkoff has been producing films for thirty years now, and even if he was honored with a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, his heart still lies with shots of a giant flying lizard attacking a woman in a bikini on top of a Manhattan skyscraper. He’s just that kinda guy.

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:02:42am

re: #239 wrenchwench

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:03:25am

Wordle, why must you tease me this way?

Wordle 452 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:06:24am

re: #220 jaunte

Psychopathic problem solving: if the information isn’t released then you can’t prove there’s a problem, therefore there is no problem.

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wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:07:08am

re: #246 Eclectic Cyborg

Wordle, why must you tease me this way?

Wordle 452 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Another mid-whiff!

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steve_davis  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:07:35am

re: #178 Belafon

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republicans didn’t have to give Dobby socks. This is all on them.

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:07:40am

re: #247 The Ghost of a Flea

Psychopathic problem solving: if the information isn’t released then you can’t prove there’s a problem, therefore there is no problem.

it worked with covid testing //

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:08:57am

re: #248 wrenchwench

Another mid-whiff!

Yes, but actually a beneficial one. I use my first two guesses to knock out all the vowels. So a straight miss often gives me useful info.

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Jay C  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:09:43am

re: #179 ericblair

Busy day in Central Asia, and not good for Putin.

Goes back to various articles I’ve read about China’s “Belt and Road Initiative”. While it’s usually presented mainly a transportation project (if a hugely ambitious one), analysts have noted that a long-term effect (the sort *China*, in general, usually thinks about) would be to tie the “‘Stans” of Central Asia into a Chinese-oriented economic bloc - and one which would lead those countries away from Russian influence/domination.
And, AFAICT, Kazakhstan is the first front in that project.

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wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:10:24am

re: #251 Eclectic Cyborg

Yes, but actually a beneficial one. I use my first two guesses to knock out all the vowels. So a straight miss often gives me useful info.

You smoked one. I caught a whiff.

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Crush White Nationalism  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:10:31am
Citing concerns over racist and transphobic material, Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast is trying to take back an old game to prevent its publication, according to a report in Polygon. It’s a complicated situation, but the game, Star Frontiers New Genesis, is a reboot of a classic 1982 game with some very problematic content.

A little backstory: Wizards of the Coast purchased TSR Hobbies (the entity) in 1997. TSR had previously published a slew of roleplaying games, including Dungeons & Dragons, Gangbusters (a 1920s mob game), and Star Frontiers, the subject of the newest kerfuffle. Wizards allowed the TSR trademark to expire in 2000. In 2012, TSR Games was founded as separate game publisher, named in honor of Gary Gygax’s original TSR Hobbies, using the exact same trademark as the original company. TSR Games has recently split into two separate publishers, one headed by a man named Jayson Elliot, and the other helmed by Ernie Gygax (Gary Gygax’s son) and Justin LaNasa, the latter of whom technically owns the copyright. Both are using TSR Games as a name.

This latest conflict involves Wizards of the Coast attempting to shut down re-publication of Star Frontiers by TSR Games (LaNasa), in advance of its release. According to the injunction (which you can read here), Wizards is alleging that the TSR trademark is still associated with its brand by its continued sales online, and that TSR Games will irreparably damage their brand because the current draft of Star Frontiers is exceptionally racist, transphobic, and bigoted.

Wizards of the Coast Wants to Shut Down TSR for Bigotry (Gizmodo)

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:13:38am

re: #251 Eclectic Cyborg

Yes, but actually a beneficial one. I use my first two guesses to knock out all the vowels. So a straight miss often gives me useful info.

A very common strategy! Some include “y” when following that approach.

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gocart mozart  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:15:06am

A wonton killing is when someone chokes to death on a dumpling.

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ericblair  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:15:30am

re: #235 Dr Lizardo

Wow.

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has basically killed off the CSTO - and Russia’s image of great strength and being a peer power has just gone down the crapper.

As far as I understand it, CSTO is like a baby Warsaw Pact where Russia keeps an eye and a short leash on its vassals. Russia of course thinks NATO operates the same way for the US and er no.

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nines09  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:19:28am

Good day good people.
Casinos behind me the sea in front of me.

Youtube Video

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:21:59am

re: #247 The Ghost of a Flea

Psychopathic problem solving: if the information isn’t released then you can’t prove there’s a problem, therefore there is no problem.

Don’t count the homeless and that problem goes away, don’t count gun deaths and that is solved, it has endless uses.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:23:36am

re: #250 Dangerman

it worked with covid testing //

It works great if you can mentally assign anyone that died into the category of “was always going die” or “deserved to die.”

The point isn’t efficacy, the point is retention of power.

When your axiom is “lives are not equal” it’s a very easy process to just let people die than do things that challenge the notion that the Better Kinds Of People are not entitled to everything they have.

We’re just doing the thing we always do with the global south—that place where people just inevitably die and suffer, ask no questions about how the global north benefits from that desperation—with a smaller in-group.

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wrenchwench  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:23:41am

Milhouse.

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Crush White Nationalism  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:24:23am
According to reports, the 29-year-old member of boy band Got7 held a livestream on Douyin recently and got curious when filters of sunglasses and sombreros suddenly popped up on his screen. He asked what they were and was shocked to find out those were presents that his supporters had spent real money on.

Each virtual present has monetary value that the receiver can convert into cash. His expression reportedly changed and he said: “Oh no no no! Oh my god,” before ending the livestream abruptly.

Jackson, who just released his new album Magic Man earlier this month, then continued his livestream on another platform Weibo and told users sternly: “I don’t want gifts, don’t do that.”

Jackson Wang cuts livestream twice after fans kept spending money on him (AsiaOne)

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:24:39am

re: #256 gocart mozart

A wonton killing is when someone chokes to death on a dumpling.

Also known as “Death by Dim Sum”.

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lizardofid  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:25:44am

re: #256 gocart mozart

A wonton killing is when someone chokes to death on a dumpling.

That may be why Kate McKinnon left SNL. Parody is indeed deceased.

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:27:00am

re: #261 wrenchwench

Milhouse.

[Embedded content]

No way I would willingly wear such a ring — except if someone paid me a sufficient sum.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:27:08am

Covid is the canary in the coal mine for how elites will handle climate change.

“Well, those people were going to die anyway” is already the axiom when dealing with the global south, but when shit got tough in the global north a bunch of folks just got yeeted out of the in group…

…in ways that eerily resemble last-century eugenics.

If you contract the zone of personhood, then all the death signifies nothing moral.

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No Malarkey!  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:27:21am

Stewart Rhodes’ new attorney did not have a good morning. You never want a judge saying this to you.

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Crush White Nationalism  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:27:54am

re: #265 Hecuba’s daughter

No way I would willingly wear such a ring — except if someone paid me a sufficient sum.

If someone offers you anything to wear that ring, it’s because the ring is cursed.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:29:43am

re: #266 The Ghost of a Flea

Covid is the canary in the coal mine for how elites will handle climate change.

“Well, those people were going to die anyway” is already the axiom when dealing with the global south, but when shit got tough in the global north a bunch of folks just got yeeted out of the in group…

…in ways that eerily resemble last-century eugenics.

If you contract the zone of personhood, then all the death signifies nothing moral.

I recall an argument for putting people back to work: “Sure, people are dying of Covid, but they also die of poverty!”

People do not die of poverty. They die from malnutrition, lack of proper housing and medical care, etc.

Because in our society, poor people are not considered to be entitled to such things.

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Dr Lizardo  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:30:24am
People living in Estonia on a Russian pension have not been paid in the third quarter as the Estonian Social Insurance Board has not received pension fund money from Russia. Q3 pensions should have been paid out by September 10.

“Based on a pension insurance agreement between Estonia and Russia, the Estonian Social Insurance Board pays out Russian Federation pensions to people living in Estonia once it has received the financial instruments from the other side. For reasons beyond the board’s control, resources for Q3 pension payments have not arrived from the Russian pension fund,” Kati Kümnik, head of the board’s benefits department, told ERR.

“Our information suggests Russia has attempted to make the payment twice but has not succeeded,” Kümnik said, adding that she sees several ways to solve the problem.

news.err.ee

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Crush White Nationalism  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:33:52am

re: #266 The Ghost of a Flea

Covid is the canary in the coal mine for how elites will handle climate change.

“Well, those people were going to die anyway” is already the axiom when dealing with the global south, but when shit got tough in the global north a bunch of folks just got yeeted out of the in group…

…in ways that eerily resemble last-century eugenics.

If you contract the zone of personhood, then all the death signifies nothing moral.

——————————————————————————————————————————————

After I arrived, I was ushered into what I thought was the green room. But instead of being wired with a microphone or taken to a stage, I just sat there at a plain round table as my audience was brought to me: five super-wealthy guys - yes, all men - from the upper echelon of the hedge fund world. After a bit of small talk, I realized they had no interest in the information I had prepared about the future of technology. They had come with questions of their own.

The Guardian view on Google’s mammoth fine: tackling big tech
Read more
They started out innocuously enough. Ethereum or bitcoin? Is quantum computing a real thing? Slowly but surely, however, they edged into their real topics of concern.

Which region will be less affected by the coming climate crisis: New Zealand or Alaska? Is Google really building Ray Kurzweil a home for his brain, and will his consciousness live through the transition, or will it die and be reborn as a whole new one? Finally, the CEO of a brokerage house explained that he had nearly completed building his own underground bunker system and asked: “How do I maintain authority over my security force after the Event?”

The Event. That was their euphemism for the environmental collapse, social unrest, nuclear explosion, unstoppable virus, or Mr Robot hack that takes everything down.

How tech’s richest plan to save themselves after the apocalypse (The Guardian)

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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:35:50am

re: #269 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I recall an argument for putting people back to work: “Sure, people are dying of Covid, but they also die of poverty!”

People do not die of poverty. They die from malnutrition, lack of proper housing and medical care, etc.

Because in our society, poor people are not considered to be entitled to such things.

Exactly.

Basically the rich have the same plans as the villains in a From Software game.

ETA: haha, citation jinx

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:39:09am

re: #247 The Ghost of a Flea

Psychopathic problem solving: if the information isn’t released then you can’t prove there’s a problem, therefore there is no problem.

“If we didn’t test, we wouldn’t have so many cases!”

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:41:42am

re: #273 Eclectic Cyborg

“If we didn’t test, we wouldn’t have so many cases!”

that

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Crush White Nationalism  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:45:56am

re: #254 Crush White Nationalism

These are posts from one of the people involved in TSR LLC, making it clear that he’s a Nazi.

nohateingaming.com

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:49:07am

re: #273 Eclectic Cyborg

“If we didn’t test, we wouldn’t have so many cases!”

A girl friend called yesterday, very distraught, because a former boyfriend had refused to test, despite upper respiratory symptoms, because he was sure it was just his normal seasonal ailment. He then developed some intestinal problems but was still resisting any tests. He was intending to continue with his normal activities, which involved visiting with others. I agreed with her that the only thing she could do is urge him to test. Several hours later she called back and was happy to report he did finally accede to her wishes, tested — and was positive. Now her mission was to persuade him to tell his doctor and see if paxlovid was still possible, given his delay in confirming the diagnosis.

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:52:53am

“We are now officially living in a Weaponized Police State…”

translation:

we cant crime without being investigated

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:54:42am
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The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:55:09am

re: #277 Dangerman

“We are now officially living in a Weaponized Police State…”

translation:

we cant crime without being investigated

It’s the One Rule:

We are protected but not bound by the law, you are bound but not protected by the law.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:55:36am

re: #277 Dangerman

“We are now officially living in a Weaponized Police State.”

- Same dude who had the cops tear gas protesters to get them out of the way for a photo op

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jaunte  Sep 14, 2022 • 9:58:45am

re: #277 Dangerman

He’s thinking of LA county:

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dat_said  Sep 14, 2022 • 10:00:04am

re: #277 Dangerman

“We are now officially living in a Weaponized Police State…”

translation:

we cant crime without being investigated

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Belafon  Sep 14, 2022 • 10:02:38am

re: #281 jaunte

He’s thinking of LA county:

[Embedded content]

Why isn’t the state doing something about them?

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Hecuba's daughter  Sep 14, 2022 • 10:04:19am

re: #278 Dangerman

When did Maggie learn this? Before January 6 or after? It’s certainly possible that many of her sources weren’t interested in talking until after it was clear that the plot had failed. I know, I know — it’s foolish to think that she acts from anything other than profit motive and desire for access.

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2022 • 10:05:11am
“Donald Trump will not pick Mike Pence as his running mate if he runs for the presidency again, according to an interview with the authors of a new book on his time in the White House,” The Guardian reports.

Said Trump: “It would be totally inappropriate. Mike committed political suicide.”

what was that noose?
assisted political suicide?

(totally stolen)

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jaunte  Sep 14, 2022 • 10:05:56am

re: #283 Belafon

Looks like there is a process under way, but he’s resisting civilian oversight:
theavtimes.com

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Dangerman  Sep 14, 2022 • 10:08:51am

monmouth

Fetterman has a positive personal rating of 47% favorable to 42% unfavorable.

Oz has a net negative personal rating of 36% favorable to 52% unfavorable.

Senate race: 49% to 39%

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William Lewis  Sep 14, 2022 • 10:12:19am

re: #254 Crush White Nationalism

Wizards of the Coast Wants to Shut Down TSR for Bigotry (Gizmodo)

Huh. It may just be that it’s been hit by the suck hammer of history but my memories of that game, while hardly a good SFRPG, don’t include that kind of content. ( reads article)

Oh, a nazi rewrite of an average game that makes it totally horrifically bad. Sigh.

Good thing I still have Traveller and that Marc Miller is a decent man.

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BigPapa  Sep 14, 2022 • 10:18:23am

re: #256 gocart mozart

A wonton killing is when someone chokes to death on a dumpling.

[Embedded content]

I have more of a problem with Crab Ranoons. Namely because I put the whole thing in my mouth.


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