The Bob Cesca Podcast: The Burger King James Bible

Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show:

The Burger King James Bible — We just added “Jetpacks Made of Beef” items to the all new Bob Cesca Show Mall. David blurted the s-word on Stephanie Miller’s show this week. The Daily Show’s Troth Senchul bit. Trump attacked Judge Merchan’s daughter. The gag order doesn’t include the judge’s family…yet. The possibility of MAGA retribution and how to avoid it. The racist Republicans say DEI caused the Baltimore bridge collapse. The Alabama special election was a big effing deal. More Republican voter fraud. Trump’s Bible commercial is super stupid. With Jody Hamilton, David Ferguson, music by Matt Jaffe, Dave Molter, and more!

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 28, 2024 • 4:18:24pm

The people who like to hear themselves talk are talking again:

Climate and Nature: A Systemic Response Needed | Davos 2024 | World Economic Forum

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So far I am only a few minutes in and can only roll my eyes.

The problem of climate change does not exist because not enough people are talking about it.

The Davos crowd needs to put their money where their mouths are.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 28, 2024 • 4:19:04pm

re: #1 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I’ll be convinced the leaders of the world are serious about stopping climate change when a global tariff on carbon is instituted.

Rightwingconspirator Mar 28, 2024 • 4:23:28pm

re: #2 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I’ll be convinced the leaders of the world are serious about stopping climate change when a global tariff on carbon is instituted.

Not till the water is up to their waists…. Idiots.

A Cranky One Mar 28, 2024 • 4:26:57pm

nines09 Mar 28, 2024 • 4:31:02pm

re: #3 Rightwingconspirator

They don’t know why you concern yourself with water quality when you can just buy bottled water.
When you can hop on a chopper to your jet and bask at a private resort, why worry?

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 28, 2024 • 4:31:22pm

re: #2 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Rambling on….

The thing about Trump is not that he is uniquely bad for America, and the world. He’s not unique.

It’s that he’s so incompetent at anything but convincing low-information people to buy what he is selling.

Conversely, the people at Davos are highly competent at convincing the average person, the highly educated person, that they are good for the world.

But the Davos crowd are no more effective at helping humanity than Trump.

It’s just that the Davos crowd are really, really good at the talking game.

GlutenFreeJesus Mar 28, 2024 • 4:33:16pm

YouTube is unfucking watchable now with these ads every 30 seconds.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 28, 2024 • 4:35:43pm

re: #7 GlutenFreeJesus

uBlock is your friend.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 28, 2024 • 4:41:22pm

re: #1 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Here is Ajay Banga, the current (14th) President of the World Bank, in that video:

Banga at WEF Davos, March 2024

At the start of his verbiage was this:

“a journey fueled by hope is realized by deeds “

Ok, so dropping in some flowery words that sound like wisdom.

But the World Bank has been around longer than most international organizations, and in the help they have given (though some will argue that its more about dominion than help) the bottom line is increasing per capita energy use to make struggling economies around the world stronger.

The very nature of the World Bank’s goals is to increase carbon emissions.

Now that the World Bank acknowledges that climate change needs to be prioritized, are they going to tell the struggling masses that those people must cut their emissions???

BadgerB Mar 28, 2024 • 4:42:35pm

re: #3 Rightwingconspirator

Not till the water is up to their >>> children’s <<< waists…. Idiots.

Charles Mar 28, 2024 • 4:45:45pm

re: #7 GlutenFreeJesus

YouTube is unfucking watchable now with these ads every 30 seconds.

It’s really gotten shitty, really fast.

At least embedded videos (as in LGF comments) don’t have ads. Yet.

Thursday One Song Concert

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 28, 2024 • 4:50:37pm

For those not aware, Trudeau’s government is under attack for their carbon tax.

The opposition is flinging poo intensely at Trudeau, hoping to end the carbon tax.

They have allies:

OPINION: Trudeau government should acknowledge impact of carbon tax hike

[…]

Still, according to the Trudeau government, most Canadians will be better off because much of the proceeds of the carbon tax are refunded to eligible households. However, a recent report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) found most households will experience a net loss of income from the federal carbon tax, even after rebates.

[…]

Eventually, I expect, the entire mitigation efforts are going to have come simply from people desiring more of their own solar, and buying electricity from providers that use renewable resources.

I also expect the top 40 or so economies to be in a rush for new nuclear by the year 2050.

nines09 Mar 28, 2024 • 4:58:22pm

re: #11 Charles

I have that ublock on my youboob videos I put here.
Good to hear.
Montreal getting chippy.
I really do not like Les Habs. Once were the NHL sweethearts, could do no wrong. Had a very bad experience delivering a Pace Arrow RV in Laval Quebec long ago. North of the island Montreal is.
I remember the separatist movement. The White Papers. I knew no Franco and since I was a Anglo chien, well eff me.
Blew me away. Of course his name was Guy.
Guy LaFuquewit

Belafon Mar 28, 2024 • 4:59:51pm

re: #9 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Here is Ajay Banga, the current (14th) President of the World Bank, in that video:

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At the start of his verbiage was this:

Ok, so dropping in some flowery words that sound like wisdom.

But the World Bank has been around longer than most international organizations, and in the help they have given (though some will argue that its more about dominion than help) the bottom line is increasing per capita energy use to make struggling economies around the world stronger.

The very nature of the World Bank’s goals is to increase carbon emissions.

Now that the World Bank acknowledges that climate change needs to be prioritized, are they going to tell the struggling masses that those people must cut their emissions???

Maybe they could throw their weight behind increasing production of renewable electricity sources. But they won’t be able to do much unless the world actually decides to do it.

JC1 Mar 28, 2024 • 5:01:18pm

re: #7 GlutenFreeJesus

YouTube is unfucking watchable now with these ads every 30 seconds.

Smarttube app. Blocks/skips all YouTube ads.

steve_davis Mar 28, 2024 • 5:03:55pm

re: #15 JC1

Smarttube app. Blocks/skips all YouTube ads.

I second Ublock. The irony is, if Youtube put ads in fucking normal places, like not in the middle of a song, I’d tolerate them.

aatharuv Mar 28, 2024 • 5:05:09pm

re: #9 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Here is Ajay Banga, the current (14th) President of the World Bank, in that video:

[Embedded content]

At the start of his verbiage was this:

Ok, so dropping in some flowery words that sound like wisdom.

But the World Bank has been around longer than most international organizations, and in the help they have given (though some will argue that its more about dominion than help) the bottom line is increasing per capita energy use to make struggling economies around the world stronger.

The very nature of the World Bank’s goals is to increase carbon emissions.

Now that the World Bank acknowledges that climate change needs to be prioritized, are they going to tell the struggling masses that those people must cut their emissions???

So, I haven’t watched his video, but in general, he’s right. When you barely have a single light bulb at night, improving your living conditions will necessarily involve more electricity, for the devices everyone now has (India has 650 million smart phone users now). A vacuum cleaner takes more electricity than sweeping and dusting. A washing machine takes more electricity than handwashing everything, etc, etc.

But more non-wasted energy is not inconsistent with lower emissions. We just need to build renewable and nuclear energy.

And be smarter about what’s really needed.
For refrigerators, there are some very interesting non-electricity using designs, as long as you can get ice or even just water from somewhere else. Which may be good ideas to get the global poor the benefits of refrigeration without the extra costs. Some of these are _very_ old techniques that have been forgotten by most in the developed world.
Don’t go for dryers if you live in places dry enough. No one I knew had a dryer when I lived in the middle east as a kid.

Also, _CHARGE_ people for electricity. In plenty of places, governments turn a blind eye to people tapping from the power grid. If governments want to have a pricing model that gives poorer households a certain amount of electricity free or cheap, go for it, but it’s more expensive for the utilities if people take their electricity for free.

wrenchwench Mar 28, 2024 • 5:09:40pm

I just did a Moms Demand Action zoom meeting. I still hate them (the zoom meetings, not the moms), but a lot less since I kept my video off.

Nothing will increase your patience with people whose brains work differently like having your brain work differently, without the fun drugs. I will learn what they wanted to teach me when I read it at their (provided as an afterthought) links.

I don’t think a smart phone will make my brain work better, it’ll just look like it does.

Captain Magic Mar 28, 2024 • 5:09:47pm

re: #9 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Banaga has been a chief officer at Citigroup and MasterCard.

So you know what his position is.

goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2024 • 5:14:59pm

Dad’s been complaining about his keyboard for a while now so I ordered him a Das Keyboard MacTigr and yes it’s expensive af for a keyboard but man that thing is an absolute beast. Now I want one. It also has a couple of USB-C ports for the YubiKeys I got to lock down his Vanguard account so now his shit has nice overbuilt nuclear launch station vibes when he’s checking his retirement balance.

teleskiguy Mar 28, 2024 • 5:20:12pm

re: #20 goddamnedfrank

100% metal, eh? Like my telemark bindings.

Romantic Heretic Mar 28, 2024 • 5:21:07pm

re: #12 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Ah. The Toronto Sun.

One of this region’s major drug dealers.

Nojay UK Mar 28, 2024 • 5:22:24pm

re: #17 aatharuv

So, I haven’t watched his video, but in general, he’s right. When you barely have a single light bulb at night, improving your living conditions will necessarily involve more electricity, for the devices everyone now has (India has 650 million smart phone users now). A vacuum cleaner takes more electricity than sweeping and dusting. A washing machine takes more electricity than handwashing everything, etc, etc.

Clean water needs energy, hospitals and medicine needs energy, transport and agriculture and fertiliser manufacture and entertainment and everything called civilisation needs energy. Rich countries use lots of energy and tell poor countries they can’t do the same because of CO2 emissions while it’s the rich countries who exert the most climate change per capita because they use lots of energy per capita.

Despite a lot of PowerPoint greenwashing most energy production is fossil-carbon based and will be for at least a generation, probably more, because it’s cheap and available and easy to get at.

Romantic Heretic Mar 28, 2024 • 5:24:13pm

re: #22 Romantic Heretic

Also where David Frum got his start.

teleskiguy Mar 28, 2024 • 5:30:23pm

re: #24 Romantic Heretic

I was driving back from the grocery when I heard on NPR that they’d interviewed him. He lost a daughter, and gained a dog. That was the story. I felt a little bad, I mean, parents losing children is one of the worst things humans can go through. Just a little bad, though. Fucker helped lie our way into the Iraq War nightmare that killed hundreds of thousands.

Charles Mar 28, 2024 • 5:32:04pm

re: #20 goddamnedfrank

Dad’s been complaining about his keyboard for a while now so I ordered him a Das Keyboard MacTigr and yes it’s expensive af for a keyboard but man that thing is an absolute beast. Now I want one. It also has a couple of USB-C ports for the YubiKeys I got to lock down his Vanguard account so now his shit has nice overbuilt nuclear launch station vibes when he’s checking his retirement balance.

That looks great, but too bad they didn’t include a Touch ID button! I use that one many times every day.

sizzzzlerz Mar 28, 2024 • 5:33:07pm

re: #16 steve_davis

I second Ublock. The irony is, if Youtube put ads in fucking normal places, like not in the middle of a song, I’d tolerate them.

They do tend to show up is some of the worst places during a video. That said, I’m not as troubled with ads as others. Most of my viewing is on my TV with the cable box providing apps to the various streaming services, including youtube. Nearly every video begins with one or two ads, usually 5 to 10 seconds long. The last in the string of ads is skipable after 5 seconds. Once started, ad breaks usually appear every 5 or 10 minutes, are 30 seconds or shorter, and usually skipable. I just keep my finger on the remote and skip the remainder of an ad when allowed. Only on rare cases does an ad break extend to more than 30 seconds.

Do I hate this? Sure, who likes ads, but for now, I live with it because, frankly, the rest of the available channels and streaming services are shit.

Charles Mar 28, 2024 • 5:34:19pm

David Frum is a strange bird like a lot of the old-school conservatives.

He sent me an autographed book once. I wonder what I did with that?

goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2024 • 5:40:48pm

IMPORTANT DISCLAMER: NONE OF THIS SHIT IS LEGAL ADVICE
I MEAN THINK ABOUT IT, I’M A GODDAMNED RANDO ON THE INTERNET

Since it’s something I learned in the last week, did you know that the beneficiary forms on file with your bank, insurance companies and investment brokerages override any and all instructions that you may have left in your last will and testament?

Well it’s true, do yourselves a favor, go to each & every institution and update your forms motherfuckers.

Also, you generally DO NOT want to have the beneficiary form on your IRA point to a living trust (unless that trust qualifies as irrevocable, which most don’t.) This is because under the SECURE ACT 1.0 when a trust becomes the named beneficiary of an IRA the timeline that the trust has to draw down the entire account goes from 10 years to 5 years. So your heirs will lose 5 years worth of tax bracket arbitrage and investment growth if you decide to make your living trust the beneficiary of your IRA.

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2024 • 5:42:50pm

re: #26 Charles

That looks great, but too bad they didn’t include a Touch ID button! I use that one many times every day.

Yeah, I use the Mac touch ID keyboard but A.) that has the same key feel that he hates and B.) the touch ID keyboard only works with M2 and M3 Macs and his iMac is M1.

Charles Mar 28, 2024 • 5:46:36pm

re: #30 goddamnedfrank

Yeah, I use the Mac touch ID keyboard but that A.) has the same key feel that he hates and B.) the touch ID keyboard only works with M2 and M3 Macs and his iMac is M1.

It does work with the M1 iMac. I have one with a touch ID keyboard. I got the extended version with numeric keypad.

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 28, 2024 • 5:46:53pm

Patricia Kayden Mar 28, 2024 • 5:48:32pm

re: #32 Joe Bacon ✅

wrenchwench Mar 28, 2024 • 5:49:20pm

Mastodon

goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2024 • 5:50:31pm

re: #31 Charles

It does work with the M1 iMac. I have one with a touch ID keyboard. I got the extended version with numeric keypad.

I had a brain fart, he’s still on one of the last Intel machines.

Also, like a lot of engineers his main problem is that he never actually learned to type, so he’s constantly hunting and pecking without looking at the output. I’m hoping having proper keycaps will fix that.

BlueSpotinAL ✅ Mar 28, 2024 • 5:55:29pm

When I built my son a computer 20+ years ago, it had a model M. Keyboard. That thing was a beast. When he did online gaming, people wondered what the loud clacking sound was.

Patricia Kayden Mar 28, 2024 • 5:56:33pm

goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2024 • 5:58:10pm

While it’s on my mind also just want to say I think we’re generally heading into a major escalation in hacking activity centered on sewing chaos around the election. Really good idea to go through all your online accounts and enable 2FA that does NOT use SMS texts to send the code. You don’t have to spring for physical hardware keys but at least use Google’s free Authenticator app wherever it’s supported.

Patricia Kayden Mar 28, 2024 • 5:59:10pm

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 28, 2024 • 5:59:59pm

re: #35 goddamnedfrank

Does he use dictation to cut down on the typing?

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 28, 2024 • 6:02:03pm

re: #31 Charles

It does work with the M1 iMac. I have one with a touch ID keyboard. I got the extended version with numeric keypad.

I’m strongly tempted to replace my old iMac with one of those new-fangled M3 iMac.

I also prefer extended keyboards. Don’t know if I will spring for Touch ID. I’m afraid I’ll forgot my computer password if I don’t use it.

Patricia Kayden Mar 28, 2024 • 6:03:35pm

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 28, 2024 • 6:06:59pm

re: #41 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I’m strongly tempted to replace my old iMac with one of those new-fangled M3 iMac.

I also prefer extended keyboards. Don’t know if I will spring for Touch ID. I’m afraid I’ll forgot my computer password if I don’t use it.

When I retire I’m seriously thinking of upgrading from my M1 MacMini to an M3 Mac Studio when they’re upgraded.

goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2024 • 6:07:19pm

re: #40 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Does he use dictation to cut down on the typing?

He’s 85 years old, incredibly stubborn and not exactly at his neuroplastic prime, so getting him to adopt new behaviors is a bit of a trick.

Patricia Kayden Mar 28, 2024 • 6:08:19pm

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 28, 2024 • 6:12:35pm

re: #43 Joe Bacon ✅

When I retire I’m seriously thinking of upgrading from my M1 MacMini to an M3 Mac Studio when they’re upgraded.

Wouldn’t the Mini be a whole lot less expensive?

The Studio prices start at $1999. For me as a retiree I wonder how I would use a Studio for that price. I don’t think I need the high end Apple chips as even the programming I do is just for fun.

A Mini for $499 (sale price) is a good deal. I know that it costs more to order with more RAM or SSD.

The deal with the iMac is that it comes with that beautiful screen.

Most 3rd party monitors are meh when it comes to the image. Apple does not use a plastic diffuser and one can really tell the difference when comparing side by side with a third party monitor.

And Apple’s monitors are not inexpensive.

I know there are folk out there who like to play with super-cheap Raspberry Pi or Orange Pi or whatever, but I think my days of fiddling with computer parts is over. I just want to plug and play.

Patricia Kayden Mar 28, 2024 • 6:13:48pm

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 28, 2024 • 6:14:18pm

re: #46 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Anymore I’m just playing Chess, Bridge or Go on my Macs and I really want a challenge that shakes the rust off my RAM plates.

jaunte Mar 28, 2024 • 6:15:08pm

@npr.org

The polarized light image gives us a “new view of the monster lurking at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy,” according to the European Southern Observatory.

The black hole at the center of our galaxy has been compared to a doughnut — and as it turns out, this doughnut has swirls. Scientists shared a mesmerizing new image on Wednesday, showing Sagittarius A* in unprecedented detail. The polarized light image shows the black hole’s magnetic field structure as a striking spiral.
npr.org

jaunte Mar 28, 2024 • 6:16:41pm

@helenkennedy.bsky.social

Finally, some sanity:
The five year prison sentence that a black Texas woman received for trying to vote on parole - after officials told her she could - has been reversed. (On the same day a white Republican got a fine for intentionally voting nine (9) times.)

Vicious Babushka Mar 28, 2024 • 6:17:03pm

Home Situation Update

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Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 28, 2024 • 6:17:33pm

Today I got the latest Covid booster. and damn it’s 615 now…I keep trying to see if my keys will stick to my head since that quack Tenpenny says that begins to happen 2 hours after getting the shot and the nanobots completely magnetize your body…

Nope. Only thing that’s happening is I’m Jonesing for a slice of real cheesecake…

goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2024 • 6:18:09pm

re: #46 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Wouldn’t the Mini be a whole lot less expensive?

The Studio prices start at $1999. For me as a retiree I wonder how I would use a Studio for that price. I don’t think I need the high end Apple chips as even the programming I do is just for fun.

A Mini for $499 (sale price) is a good deal. I know that it costs more to order with more RAM or SSD.

The deal with the iMac is that it comes with that beautiful screen.

Most 3rd party monitors are meh when it comes to the image. Apple does not use a plastic diffuser and one can really tell the difference when comparing side by side with a third party monitor.

And Apple’s monitors are not inexpensive.

I know there are folk out there who like to play with super-cheap Raspberry Pi or Orange Pi or whatever, but I think my days of fiddling with computer parts is over. I just want to plug and play.

I got a Studio about 15 months ago just because I need to be able to work with 4x5” and 6x17cm film scan files that often end up over 2Gb.

And it’s 100% overkill for that.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 28, 2024 • 6:20:04pm

re: #48 Joe Bacon ✅

Anymore I’m just playing Chess, Bridge or Go on my Macs and I really want a challenge that shakes the rust off my RAM plates.

The basic M3 chip seems to be so capable that I doubt I will need any of the more expensive options.

I think the expensive Macs are really geared towards video professionals.

You can probably get one of these Orange Pi packages and run Linux and get all sorts of games to challenge you.

Sherlock Hound Mar 28, 2024 • 6:20:43pm

re: #6 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

The difference between Davos and Davros:

One of them is the source of evil in the universe.
The other is a Kaled scientist.

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TedStriker Mar 28, 2024 • 6:22:17pm

re: #29 goddamnedfrank

IMPORTANT DISCLAMER: NONE OF THIS SHIT IS LEGAL ADVICE
I’M MEAN THINK ABOUT IT, I’M A GODDAMNED RANDO ON THE INTERNET

Since it’s something I learned in the last week, did you know that the beneficiary forms on file with your bank, insurance companies and investment brokerages override any and all instructions that you may have left in your last will and testament?

Well it’s true, do yourselves a favor, go to each & every institution and update your forms motherfuckers.

Also, you generally DO NOT want to have the beneficiary form on your IRA point to a living trust (unless that trust qualifies as irrevocable, which most don’t.) This is because under the SECURE ACT 1.0 when a trust becomes the named beneficiary of an IRA the timeline that the trust has to draw down the entire account goes from 10 years to 5 years. So your heirs will lose 5 years worth of tax bracket arbitrage and investment growth if you decide to make your living trust the beneficiary of your IRA.

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Patricia Kayden Mar 28, 2024 • 6:23:45pm

re: #51 Vicious Babushka

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jaunte Mar 28, 2024 • 6:24:48pm

re: #51 Vicious Babushka

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Sherlock Hound Mar 28, 2024 • 6:25:35pm

re: #13 nines09

J’ai déteste Les Habs.
Notre Bruins emporté Défenseur Smurf en voie 3 à North Station. 😘

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 28, 2024 • 6:25:49pm

re: #54 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

I got the Mephisto Phoenix powered by Raspberry Pi chips. It comes with 4 modern programs (Komodo, Shredder. HIARCS and Stockfish), and 20 classic chess computer simulations.

It has book options that make it play like Fischer, Kasparov or Carlsen. I’ve been getting to the point I usually draw with the current programs. So I’m looking be challenged at a tougher level…

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 28, 2024 • 6:26:55pm

re: #51 Vicious Babushka

re: #58 jaunte

One of my pet beliefs about housing is that it ought to be a building code that any residence has at least one bathroom with a 40” minimum door width.

Belafon Mar 28, 2024 • 6:27:45pm

re: #46 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Wouldn’t the Mini be a whole lot less expensive?

Is this what retirement is supposed to be about? I hope not.

If he wants a corvette to get to the grocery store, why not let him have it?

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 28, 2024 • 6:28:46pm

re: #60 Joe Bacon ✅

Do online supercomputer services like IBM Watson have chess games to challenge people?

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Mar 28, 2024 • 6:29:38pm

re: #62 Belafon

Is this what retirement is supposed to be about? I hope not.

Retirement: when you don’t have to get up at 6am every morning and go kiss some malevolent boss’ ass.

Eclectic Cyborg Mar 28, 2024 • 6:29:52pm

For those of you who have been watching The Traitors U.K. season 2, the final episodes are now on Peacock.

Cheechako Mar 28, 2024 • 6:30:37pm

Another trash comment about trash:

Up here trash is a major problem. Everything is shipped in so there’s a lot of shipping debris. On top of that there’s almost no space for a landfill. We have one landfill now known as Mt. Trash. It’s getting taller every day. Several years go the Borough sold the landfill and the right to pick-up garbage to (the Infamous) Waste Management.

Currently we pay $50/month for weekly garbage pick-up along with biweekly recycle pick-up.

The real kicker is that last year Waste Management raised the fee for the public to haul their private trash to the landfill to $150 plus tax ($7.50) per pick-up truck load. And the public can only dump on Saturdays from 8 to Noon.

Needless to say, trash is being dumped everywhere but the landfill.

Belafon Mar 28, 2024 • 6:30:55pm

re: #61 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

One of my pet beliefs about housing is that it ought to be a building code that any residence has at least one bathroom with a 40” minimum door width.

Especially the one attached to the main bedroom.

My dad did some carpentry work a number of years ago for a newly disabled person, which included widening the main bathroom door.

steve_davis Mar 28, 2024 • 6:31:48pm

Clemson goes to the elite 8 for the second time since I’ve been alive.

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 28, 2024 • 6:33:42pm

A woman who says she was threatened with being kicked off a US Delta Air Lines flight because she was not wearing a bra demanded a meeting with the company’s top boss on Thursday over what she says is a discriminatory policy.

Yes it gets more ridiculous…

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Charles Mar 28, 2024 • 6:36:12pm

I left the Catholic Church long ago, but when I stopped paying attention to their ritual guilt-mongering, they were still nowhere near as extreme as the US Catholic Church is today.

They’re basically indistinguishable from Calvinists now.

jaunte Mar 28, 2024 • 6:37:43pm

re: #70 Charles

Do you think the change is related to Leonard Leo and his justices?

Vicious Babushka Mar 28, 2024 • 6:41:30pm

re: #61 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

One of my pet beliefs about housing is that it ought to be a building code that any residence has at least one ground-floor bathroom with a 40” minimum door width.

ftfy

GlutenFreeJesus Mar 28, 2024 • 6:47:05pm

Oh boy.

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 28, 2024 • 6:47:33pm

re: #72 Vicious Babushka

ftfy

Memories of back in Pittsburgh where houses had the “Pittsburgh Potty” in the basement along with a shower. When Millworkers came home they went in the basement to “warsh up”

en.wikipedia.org

Nerdy Fish Mar 28, 2024 • 6:47:47pm

re: #73 GlutenFreeJesus

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Oh boy.

That sweet summer child. He is about to get all kinds of history thrown at him.

Charles Mar 28, 2024 • 6:48:11pm

re: #71 jaunte

Do you think the change is related to Leonard Leo and his justices?

Not sure if he’s a cause or a symptom but he’s definitely a major influencer. I’m not the best one to analyze the Catholic Church, to be honest, because I’ve been totally done with their shit for many years now.

GlutenFreeJesus Mar 28, 2024 • 6:48:25pm

re: #75 Nerdy Fish

I told him to watch Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Nerdy Fish Mar 28, 2024 • 6:49:32pm

re: #77 GlutenFreeJesus

I told him to watch Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Lord have mercy, are you trying to kill that man?

wrenchwench Mar 28, 2024 • 6:53:24pm

This is the second time a driver has had to jump a car to get it off his truck and delivered across the street from me. This truck is also purple. I wonder whether it is the same truck?

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Mar 28, 2024 • 6:53:25pm

re: #69 Joe Bacon ✅

A woman who says she was threatened with being kicked off a US Delta Air Lines flight because she was not wearing a bra demanded a meeting with the company’s top boss on Thursday over what she says is a discriminatory policy.

Yes it gets more ridiculous…

nordot.app

Why ridiculous? She’s right. A gate agent acting like the Taliban is total bullshit. I don’t want some conservative shithead to tell me what to wear and what they think is appropriate should be my obeyed by me.

Decatur Deb Mar 28, 2024 • 6:53:25pm

re: #51 Vicious Babushka

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Hecuba's daughter Mar 28, 2024 • 6:55:53pm

re: #51 Vicious Babushka

Home Situation Update

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Decatur Deb Mar 28, 2024 • 6:56:34pm

re: #75 Nerdy Fish

That sweet summer child. He is about to get all kinds of history thrown at him.

Julius Caesar (per his enemies): “Every woman’s husband and every man’s wife.”

Eclectic Cyborg Mar 28, 2024 • 6:57:44pm

re: #80 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I think the ridiculous part is demanding a meeting with the CEO.

wrenchwench Mar 28, 2024 • 7:03:30pm

re: #84 Eclectic Cyborg

I think the ridiculous part is demanding a meeting with the CEO.

Gloria Allred wrote that letter. She does this.

As she needs to.

CleverToad Mar 28, 2024 • 7:07:44pm

re: #51 Vicious Babushka

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Rightwingconspirator Mar 28, 2024 • 7:13:21pm

Well we may not be able to see tonights Starlink launch, but we got a nice sunset. Heck that’s a more than fair trade.

Belafon Mar 28, 2024 • 7:18:11pm

re: #73 GlutenFreeJesus

And this is why I want links. I want to reply and read other replies.

Patricia Kayden Mar 28, 2024 • 7:19:44pm

re: #69 Joe Bacon ✅
Gloria Allred:
“Male passengers are not required to cover up their t-shirts with a shirt or a jacket,” she said.
“They also do not have to wear a bra to board or remain on a plane and women should not have to wear one either.
“Last I checked, the Taliban are not in charge of Delta.”
Alrighty then!!

A Mom Anon Mar 28, 2024 • 7:19:48pm

re: #51 Vicious Babushka

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Belafon Mar 28, 2024 • 7:20:28pm

You’re literally an immigrant. https://t.co/sALpQMucGo

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) March 28, 2024

mmmirele Mar 28, 2024 • 7:22:09pm

re: #29 goddamnedfrank

I second this information. The instructions you leave on those accounts pass outside the estate settlement process. I remember a friend of of mine telling me about how her brother in law called her to find out what happened to his mother’s checking account after her death. Well, it had been payable on death jointly to her and her husband, and the money had moved almost automagically into their joint account upon presentation of a death certificate. The brother in law had been counting on that money (just as he later, unsuccessfully, had been counting on breaking the trust that doled out a chunk of money every year), but it didn’t go to him. He ranted and raved and talked about lawyers but eventually shut down when he found out how expensive it would be.

Orange Impostor Mar 28, 2024 • 7:25:20pm

re: #91 Belafon

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I fully expect Musk to bankroll and host a Charlottesville-style rally by summer’s end this year.

mmmirele Mar 28, 2024 • 7:30:05pm

re: #51 Vicious Babushka

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Charles Mar 28, 2024 • 7:30:34pm

re: #93 Orange Impostor

I fully expect Musk to bankroll and host a Charlottesville-style rally by summer’s end this year.

Very fucken possible.

goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2024 • 7:32:03pm

re: #92 mmmirele

Oh hey, just y’know, by-the-by, we were in a Wells Fargo today making sure everything was correct there too because WF doesn’t make that info obviously available through the website or app. We learned from the manager that there is a PoD line on the bank statements but to me that’s some fucked up malicious compliance shit. Also, the beneficiary line on his Savings account was blank, because he added it after he created his living trust and checking account and nobody bothered to tell him anything.

Boo, 0/10 Stars

Decatur Deb Mar 28, 2024 • 7:33:22pm

re: #93 Orange Impostor

re: #95 Charles

At the current rate of degradation, that will just be the next CPAC incel-fest.

Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 28, 2024 • 7:34:30pm

re: #80 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Why ridiculous? She’s right. A gate agent acting like the Taliban is total bullshit. I don’t want some conservative shithead to tell me what to wear and what they think is appropriate should be my obeyed by me.

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What’s more ridiculous is how that lady was treated by those Delta idiots! She needs to sue!!!!

Decatur Deb Mar 28, 2024 • 7:36:52pm

re: #98 Joe Bacon ✅

What’s more ridiculous is how that lady was treated by those Delta idiots! She needs to sue!!!!

No one engages Gloria Allred to write a letter.

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wrenchwench Mar 28, 2024 • 7:36:57pm

re: #51 Vicious Babushka

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Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 28, 2024 • 7:37:43pm

re: #99 Decatur Deb

No one engages Gloria Allred to write a letter.

oh yeah that’s true!

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mmmirele Mar 28, 2024 • 7:39:26pm

re: #70 Charles

I left the Catholic Church long ago, but when I stopped paying attention to their ritual guilt-mongering, they were still nowhere near as extreme as the US Catholic Church is today.

They’re basically indistinguishable from Calvinists now.

Speaking of which, I have seen a rumor today, which I have not been able to trace to a reputable source, so YMMV, but this: Apparently Tim Ballard, disgraced anti-sex trafficker, apparently went to some right wing Catholic function at Mar-A-Lardo sometime earlier this week. The rumor is that he and his family are converting to Catholicism and he was wearing a Miraculous Medal at this shindig. Just a reminder: Ballard was in *tight* with the leadership of the church formerly known as Mormon. But his world collapsed last September when he was sued for various incidents of sexual harassment. Also, nobody has confirmed this, but allegedly Ballard was excommunicated about the same time.

My ex-boyfriend used to be a pretty devout Catholic, but over the years, he’s slowly bagged it. Now he goes to a welcoming LGBTQ Methodist congregation on the occasions when he feels like going to church. Sometimes he says, “this is not the Catholic church I grew up with”—meaning the American Catholic church and hierarchy is just *mean.*

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wrenchwench Mar 28, 2024 • 7:40:38pm

re: #99 Decatur Deb

No one engages Gloria Allred to write a letter.

Gotta start somewhere.

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Joe Bacon ✅ Mar 28, 2024 • 7:47:13pm

Anti-Biden Witness Tony Bobulinski Sues Fox News’ Jessica Tarlov for Defamation

The lawsuit, which notably does not name Fox News, accuses Jessica Tarlov of defaming Tony Bobulinski and his lawyer over comments she made about a Trump Super PAC.

The complaint, filed in the Southern District of New York, seeks $30 million in damages from the liberal pundit over comments she made on Fox News about Bobulinski and his legal representation. Stefan Passantino, a lawyer for Bobulinski, is also a plaintiff in the lawsuit.

Following Bobulinski’s public testimony in an impeachment hearing last week, Tarlov said during the March 20 broadcast of The Five that a Donald Trump-associated political action committee had paid Bobulinski’s legal fees. Tarlov, however, issued a clarification the following day after Bobulinski’s attorney Jesse Binnall demanded a retraction and apology.

thedailybeast.com

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mmmirele Mar 28, 2024 • 7:47:28pm

re: #96 goddamnedfrank

Oh hey, just y’know, by-the-by, we were in a Wells Fargo today making sure everything was correct there too because WF doesn’t make that info obviously available through the website or app. We learned from the manager that there is a PoD line on the bank statements but to me that’s some fucked up malicious compliance shit. Also, the beneficiary line on his Savings account was blank, because he added it after he created his living trust and checking account and nobody bothered to tell him anything.

Boo, 0/10 Stars

I haven’t been in a branch in *years* and I haven’t worked a front line job since 2001, so I have almost no idea how it works. What I do know is that armed with my Social Security number, my ex-bf was able to go into his local branch recently and the banker made me the POD on his accounts. The banker also commented to him that I work for the bank. I was a bit creeped out by this. I mean, I know it’s there on my account, but announcing that…hmmm. Not that the ex doesn’t already know this, but still creepy.

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EPR-radar Mar 28, 2024 • 7:52:07pm

re: #84 Eclectic Cyborg

I think the ridiculous part is demanding a meeting with the CEO.

It seems reasonable to me. If the CEO actually does something about this stupidity, they will have actually have had a moment of usefulness in their grossly over-compensated life.

Such moments should be encouraged.

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goddamnedfrank Mar 28, 2024 • 7:59:16pm

Also, via their website, WF wants to sell you a USB hardware key that will only work with WF and which the manager has never heard of.

re: #105 mmmirele

I haven’t been in a branch in *years* and I haven’t worked a front line job since 2001, so I have almost no idea how it works. What I do know is that armed with my Social Security number, my ex-bf was able to go into his local branch recently and the banker made me the POD on his accounts. The banker also commented to him that I work for the bank. I was a bit creeped out by this. I mean, I know it’s there on my account, but announcing that…hmmm. Not that the ex doesn’t already know this, but still creepy.

Yeah once we were there in person it was fine. It’s just that BoA and Vanguard let you change assignations and percent distributions on their sites and WF makes it a chore. Which is ableist and ultimately serves WF’s financial interests instead of the customer’s by keeping more funds locked up in the probate process.

Also kind of pissed he was allowed to add the savings account with a blank assignation, which makes it feel like strategy, which is what I meant by malicious compliance, with ERISA, at the C-suite level.

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HypnoToad Mar 28, 2024 • 8:16:36pm

I’ve been fighting with WF for fourteen months now trying to get accounts transferred into my name. (Listed on them as JTWROS) They are stonewalling everything. Death cert not legible (Multiple copies sent, incl. by my lawyer) Forms not filled out in a timely manner. They tried to force me to open long-term investment accts. to move the funds into—refused on advice of my lawyer. Outright misleading and lies. Considerable $$.

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GlutenFreeJesus Mar 28, 2024 • 8:19:02pm

re: #88 Belafon

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