The Bob Cesca Podcast: Cartwheeling Fireball of Failure

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

Cartwheeling Fireball of Failure — New Spicy Jody design now available in the Bob Cesca Show Mall! Trump’s Troth Senchul stock continues to suck. Trump was bailed out by Russian-American businessman with links to disinformation agent who scammed the House Republicans. Two of Trump’s investors have pleaded guilty to insider trading. Why do people still underestimate Trump? Trump may have violated the new gag order by Judge Merchan. Merchan denied Trump’s immunity claim. Let’s play Who Said It? Trump’s bond was rejected for an ironic reason. Charlie Kirk thinks women over 30 aren’t in their prime. With Jody Hamilton, David Ferguson, music by The Husht, Everyday Dolores, and more!

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GlutenFreeJesus Apr 4, 2024 • 4:29:02pm

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Apr 4, 2024 • 4:40:45pm

re: #1 GlutenFreeJesus

BEAUTIFUL!

🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Apr 4, 2024 • 4:41:01pm

Israel to open 3 aid corridors following Biden’s call with Netanyahu
POLITICS
Israel to open 3 aid corridors following Biden’s call with Netanyahu
By Kathryn Watson

Updated on: April 4, 2024 / 7:14 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington — The Israeli government approved the opening of three aid corridors that were specifically requested by President Biden in a Thursday call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, CBS News has learned.

Mr. Biden told Netanyahu that the Israeli strike that killed seven aid workers in Gaza was “unacceptable,” and warned that U.S. policy toward the conflict going forward will depend on Israel’s actions to relieve the ongoing humanitarian crisis, the White House said.

The Erez Crossing in northern Gaza, which has not been open since the start of the conflict, is slated to be opened. The Port of Ashdod will be opened for humanitarian deliveries, and aid trucks from Jordan will be allowed to traverse Israel into Gaza via the Kerem Shalom border crossing, CBS News has learned.

The two leaders spoke for the first time since Monday’s deadly strike that killed workers from the World Central Kitchen, a charity that has worked to deliver food aid in Gaza. One American was among the dead. Mr. Biden told Netanyahu that “the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable,” the White House said in a summary of the conversation.

Mr. Biden said on Tuesday that he was “outraged and heartbroken” by the deadly strike, which prompted international condemnation. Israeli officials have said the strike was unintentional and a mistake.

The president “made clear the need for Israel to announce and implement a series of specific, concrete, and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering, and the safety of aid workers,” the White House said. “He made clear that U.S. policy with respect to Gaza will be determined by our assessment of Israel’s immediate action on these steps. He underscored that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilize and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians, and he urged the prime minister to empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay to bring the hostages home.”

cbsnews.com

PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 4, 2024 • 4:42:00pm

re: #1 GlutenFreeJesus

Down and down it goes where it stops nobody knows.

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Apr 4, 2024 • 4:44:05pm

re: #4 PhillyPretzel ✅

Down and down it goes where it stops nobody knows.

Next up (or down!) the basement.

ckkatz Apr 4, 2024 • 4:44:29pm

re: #3 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

I’m starting to see reports that

1. Biden announced that Israel is investigating the airstrike. “That investigation must be swift, it must bring accountability, and its findings must be made public,” the president said.

2. The President of Israel has directly contacted and personally apologized to Jose Andres of WCK.

3. The Israeli Army Chief of Staff:

a. Has issued a formal apology to the WCK.

b. Has formally reprimanded (ie blamed) the head of IDF Southern Command, the commander of the division responsible for the drones, and the commander of the brigade that ran the drones.

c. Has relieved the 2nd in command of the brigade and the brigade officer responsible for fire support.

d. I strongly suspect that the battalion commander, the battalion staff, the company commander and those who actually ran the drone are being investigated very thoroughly as we speak. I also strongly suspect that they are having an absolutely miserable time right now.

Charles Apr 4, 2024 • 4:49:28pm

re: #1 GlutenFreeJesus

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Groovy.

ckkatz Apr 4, 2024 • 4:50:38pm

re: #6 ckkatz

And… Hamas just rocketed the Southern Israeli towns of Ashkelon and Sderot and their nearby communities. Again…

Osintdefender Xitter post

PhillyPretzel ✅ Apr 4, 2024 • 4:52:01pm

re: #6 ckkatz

I hope this works.

Charles Apr 4, 2024 • 4:54:30pm

Just saw a commercial that made me laugh, something that’s pretty rare with commercials. The one for Consumer Cellular where an operator is answering a call, and goes, “OH, this is a butt dial!” and she sounds so delighted when she says it I had to guffaw loudly.

Charles Apr 4, 2024 • 4:56:17pm

An awesome Bluesky post.

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Charles Apr 4, 2024 • 4:56:49pm

It’s only visible to logged-in users, so I can’t link to it.

(((Archangel1))) Apr 4, 2024 • 4:57:43pm

re: #1 GlutenFreeJesus

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ckkatz Apr 4, 2024 • 4:58:39pm

re: #10 Charles

Just saw a commercial that made laugh, something that’s pretty rare with commercials. The one for Consumer Cellular where an operator is answering a call, and goes, “OH, this is a butt dial!” and she sounds so delighted when she says it I had to guffaw loudly.

It cracked me up too!

And it’s such a shared experience these days.

I’m trying to imagine how I could describe a “butt dial” to myself from 1970, 1980, or even 1990.

Charles Apr 4, 2024 • 4:58:46pm

In fact, I’m wondering if I should delete that post; I didn’t check that before I grabbed the screenshot. But I’m certainly not the only person who knows how to grab a screenshot like that.

Charles Apr 4, 2024 • 5:00:45pm

I am going to delete the image; always good to err on the side of protecting privacy.

Charles Apr 4, 2024 • 5:01:49pm

It is gone.

Charles Apr 4, 2024 • 5:01:55pm

Gone baby gone.

Charles Apr 4, 2024 • 5:03:17pm

Gone like the snows of yesteryear.

🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Apr 4, 2024 • 5:04:52pm

(((Archangel1))) Apr 4, 2024 • 5:10:33pm

re: #6 ckkatz

Regarding d - I strongly suspect that you’re 1000% correct.
They’re investigating the hell out of this. Would have even if it hadn’t been under these particular terrible circumstances and with pressure from Washington - someone fked up big-time (if it’s a case of crappy communication within Southern Command then it wouldn’t be the first time; left unchecked, small screw-ups eventually pave the way to big screw-ups)

BeenHereAwhile Apr 4, 2024 • 5:10:36pm

re: #19 Charles

Gone like the snows of yesteryear.

Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?

Ace Rothstein Apr 4, 2024 • 5:11:44pm

re: #21 (((Archangel1)))

Maybe they did it on purpose.

mmmirele Apr 4, 2024 • 5:13:42pm

I have to be patient. I wanted Dipshit Donny’s stock to drop more than 5 percent, but 5 percent a day adds up.

I was dinking around on indeed dot com and saw that a local governmental entity had posted a job with my peculiar qualifications (“incident manager”). So yeah, I applied. It can’t be any worse than my day, which was basically running from one fire to the next.

EPR-radar Apr 4, 2024 • 5:14:55pm

re: #24 mmmirele

It would be funny to literally see “dumpster fire manager” in a job posting.

Captain Ron Apr 4, 2024 • 5:19:05pm

Charles Apr 4, 2024 • 5:20:38pm

Goddammit.

Biden needs to stop treating the Netanyahu situation as normal geopolitics. It’s gone past that point, well into war crimes territory.

We need to remember that underneath everything, Israel is still a nuclear power, but there’s still a lot of leverage Biden could use to get Netanyahu to stop the wholesale killing and destruction. This is not the way to defeat extremists like Hamas.

silverdolphin Apr 4, 2024 • 5:27:50pm

From downstairs

re: #16 William Lewis

I WGAF about modern AI when it can help me with cleaning my home, doing my dishes and laundry so I can concentrate on my art. NOT when it tries to help with my art or do my art for me. That AI can die in a fire.

Apple is on it ;-)
Apple Exploring ‘Mobile Robot’ That ‘Follows Users Around Their Homes’

Belafon Apr 4, 2024 • 5:28:17pm

re: #27 Charles

Yep, and then Hamas attacks Israel from Gaza again.

Vicious Babushka Apr 4, 2024 • 5:28:36pm

re: #27 Charles

Goddammit.

Biden needs to stop treating the Netanyahu situation as normal geopolitics. It’s gone past that point, well into war crimes territory.

We need to remember that underneath everything, Israel is still a nuclear power, but there’s still a lot of leverage Biden could use to get Netanyahu to stop the wholesale killing and destruction. This is not the way to defeat extremists like Hamas.

Israel can not defeat Hamas on its own. This requires a coordinated effort with other parties in the region, but it looks as though Beebee is determined to burn down all those bridges on his own. That is something that he can do, and it will take a coordinated effort to stop him.

Nerdy Fish Apr 4, 2024 • 5:29:08pm

re: #30 Vicious Babushka

Israel can not defeat Hamas on its own. This requires a coordinated effort with other parties in the region, but it looks as though Beebee is determined to burn down all those bridges on his own. That is something that he can do, and it will take a coordinated effort to stop him.

Essentially needing to save him from himself?

darthstar Apr 4, 2024 • 5:31:38pm

re: #27 Charles

Suspend offensive military aid as long as assaults on civilians in Gaza continues. It’s already a lopsided war without US putting its thumb on the scale. Continue to provide Patriot defense for “Iron Shield” as that’s a defense weapon. Don’t give them another artillery shell or JDAM while they’re using them on civilians.

darthstar Apr 4, 2024 • 5:32:44pm

re: #31 Nerdy Fish

Essentially needing to save him from himself?

Bibi isn’t trying to defeat Hamas. He’s trying to cleanse Gaza of Palestinians.

jeffreyw Apr 4, 2024 • 5:33:17pm

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calochortus Apr 4, 2024 • 5:36:04pm

re: #10 Charles

Just saw a commercial that made me laugh, something that’s pretty rare with commercials. The one for Consumer Cellular where an operator is answering a call, and goes, “OH, this is a butt dial!” and she sounds so delighted when she says it I had to guffaw loudly.

They do the same ad on PBS, but there it’s a “pocket dial.” I guess we PBS viewers are sensitive.

darthstar Apr 4, 2024 • 5:46:57pm

re: #35 calochortus

They do the same ad on PBS, but there it’s a “pocket dial.” I guess we PBS viewers are sensitive.

So a front pocket dial would be a dick dial? Never use your penis as one of your biometric fingerprints to unlock your phone.

calochortus Apr 4, 2024 • 5:47:47pm

re: #36 darthstar

So a front pocket dial would be a dick dial? Never use your penis as one of your biometric fingerprints to unlock my phone.

Ummm, no. Just no.

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 4, 2024 • 5:50:21pm

re: #24 mmmirele

I have to be patient. I wanted Dipshit Donny’s stock to drop more than 5 percent, but 5 percent a day adds up.

I was dinking around on indeed dot com and saw that a local governmental entity had posted a job with my peculiar qualifications (“incident manager”). So yeah, I applied. It can’t be any worse than my day, which was basically running from one fire to the next.

I’m the Smokey Bear in my office been stamping out the fires for years. Training my replacement right now and gradually easing her into the position.

And I can’t wait till it’s over Right now the countdown is R Minus 2 months 25 Days and Counting...NOW if the Personnel Office can tell me what the status is on my retirement claim I filed on 2/28…would be nice to know……

darthstar Apr 4, 2024 • 5:51:18pm

Three squadrons of SU-34s at this shithole airbase…up to 60 explosions heard…not on the Ukraine border.

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darthstar Apr 4, 2024 • 5:57:45pm

re: #39 darthstar

238 km from Luhansk. So Ukraine had to fly a good 500 km to reach it.

darthstar Apr 4, 2024 • 6:01:24pm

It’s cold (47 degrees) and raining here in El Granada - not what I was experiencing in the Mexican Riviera just a few days ago…and walking to the corner to get a bottle of tequila was cold…and wet…a wet cold if you will.

NOT WHAT I HAVE GROWN USED TO IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

No Malarkey! Apr 4, 2024 • 6:09:47pm

re: #4 PhillyPretzel ✅

Down and down it goes where it stops nobody knows.

Penny stock

darthstar Apr 4, 2024 • 6:11:58pm

I will post this image every time it comes up in my FB feed until I die.

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darthstar Apr 4, 2024 • 6:14:18pm

Corny as fuck but still funny. So glad I discovered this feed…

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Vicious Babushka Apr 4, 2024 • 6:16:37pm

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Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 4, 2024 • 6:17:22pm

Well what is going on in Maine

Republican legislator defends Nazis! 😵‍💫

Republican state lawmaker Laurel Libby stood up on the Maine House floor to support the Second Amendment rights and right of freedom of association of neo-Nazis in the Pine Tree State. Rep. Libby, strongly opposing a bill that would place a ban on paramilitary activity or groups working to cause civil disorder, on Wednesday called the legislation “unconstitutional.” 26 states currently have similar laws.

Neo-Nazi groups have been popping up in Maine. The bill Libby spoke against was in response to neo-Nazi events and issues over the past year.

“Let’s talk about the Nazis,” Libby says in a clip (below) posted by the Maine House Democratic Campaign Committee. “I would like to know what they did that was illegal. I would like to know what they did, in detail if folks would like to share, that was wrong, that infringed on another person’s right.”

“Holding a rally, and even holding a rally with guns, is not illegal,” Libby noted.

“We don’t have to like what said Nazis did,” Libby also said, according to Spectrum News. “We don’t have to like what they stand for. We don’t have to agree with their positions. We don’t have to think well of them. But you know what we do have to do? We have to protect their First Amendment right to free speech and association.”

alternet.org

No Malarkey! Apr 4, 2024 • 6:17:51pm

Another fucker is finding out.

(((Archangel1))) Apr 4, 2024 • 6:17:53pm

re: #23 Ace Rothstein

Maybe they did it on purpose.

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

I’m gonna go on a limb and guess that you’re not familiar with the nature of IDF service. To put it simply: to suggest “they did it on purpose”, given said nature and operational structure, is to effectively accuse dozens of people - many of them unrelated conscripts from separate units with different backgrounds and politics (most of those in tech units like the drone units are Israel’s “liberal elitists”, for example) and at multiple stages - of coordinated murder that could not be concealed and done while violating state laws, military laws, and standing orders. People who, for the most part, would also be aware of the ramifications, not just for themselves but in terms of harm to their commands, to the state and more.

Now, could an individual in the chain have acted to cause this deliberately at some point? Sure. However, given the structure in question, it would be next to impossible for such a thing to not be revealed within a really short period of time. Had someone done this on purpose, we’d already know - if only cause lots of people along the chain of operations would have been pointing fingers and screaming the fact at the top of their lungs to save their own skins. The IDF has happily punished and locked up perps for lesser offenses, and quickly, especially when they were are also bad to its image. And this is as bad as it gets.

SerialUpDinger Apr 4, 2024 • 6:22:13pm

httpstatusdogs.com cute website for those who know their https status codes.

Joe Bacon ✅ Apr 4, 2024 • 6:25:19pm

Romantic Heretic Apr 4, 2024 • 6:28:13pm

re: #3 🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈

You know what that means to the fanatics on both sides?

Target rich environment.

Belafon Apr 4, 2024 • 6:29:49pm

re: #48 (((Archangel1)))

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.

And yet never forget the hate that far too many people feel for those they can somehow separate themselves from.

Vicious Babushka Apr 4, 2024 • 6:31:12pm

OH HAI!

I am back in Florida for my grandson Ethan’s 3rd birthday & 1st haircut. It’s only fair since my daughter (Ethan’s mom) came up to spend some time with Zeddo when he was in the hospital.

We’re looking for an apartment to live in while we look for more permanent residence.

🐈 Crush White Christian Nationalism 🐈 Apr 4, 2024 • 6:31:25pm

Porch pirate disguised as trash bag caught on video stealing packages from home

Vicious Babushka Apr 4, 2024 • 6:33:12pm

Should I be relieved that an attack on the airport was prevented, or disappointed that a scumbag missed a meeting with his maker?

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Romantic Heretic Apr 4, 2024 • 6:33:41pm

re: #27 Charles

But it is an excellent way to ensure that extremist Palestinians are around forever. It’s always handy, when you’re an authoritarian or wannabe authoritarian, to have an enemy handy.

teleskiguy Apr 4, 2024 • 6:33:53pm

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teleskiguy Apr 4, 2024 • 6:35:09pm

re: #57 teleskiguy

Bob Newhart is still with us. He’s 94.

teleskiguy Apr 4, 2024 • 6:37:47pm

re: #55 Vicious Babushka

Ben-Gvir is *the dude* that really pisses me off in this whole horrible thing. He’s a real piece of shit! idunnoman

Nerdy Fish Apr 4, 2024 • 6:38:14pm

re: #55 Vicious Babushka

Should I be relieved that an attack on the airport was prevented, or disappointed that a scumbag missed a meeting with his maker?

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Both is a valid option here, I think.

Cheechako Apr 4, 2024 • 6:42:11pm

The “Next Generation” has been awoken:

Hundreds of Alaska students participate in statewide walkout protesting flat school funding and education bill veto

Hundreds of high schoolers across Alaska participated in an organized walkout Thursday in protest of the Legislature’s recent failure to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of an education bill. The bill would have included a historic increase in funding for the state’s schools.

Organized by the students for the students.

Nerdy Fish Apr 4, 2024 • 6:44:01pm

re: #53 Vicious Babushka

We’re looking for an apartment to live in while we look for more permanent residence.

So you’re moving to the Sunshine State? I know that must be disappointing, but hopefully the political landscape changes there soon. At least you’ll be near family and have help caring for Zedushka.

Dangerman Apr 4, 2024 • 6:45:45pm

Apparently

New York law limits the amount a surety company can post on a single bond to 10 percent of its total “capital and surplus.”

However, the bond posted for Trump exceeds this threshold — the Trump bond is 127% of the company’s dedicated reserves — raising concerns about over-leveraging.

teleskiguy Apr 4, 2024 • 6:46:37pm

re: #55 Vicious Babushka

Thank you for posting. Thank you for being you. Because of you my view of *what’s going on* in Israel is way more nuanced than almost everyone I know.

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Vicious Babushka Apr 4, 2024 • 6:47:48pm

re: #62 Nerdy Fish

So you’re moving to the Sunshine State? I know that must be disappointing, but hopefully the political landscape changes there soon. At least you’ll be near family and have help caring for Zedushka.

Well Zeddo is happy now.

Eclectic Cyborg Apr 4, 2024 • 6:51:16pm

re: #36 darthstar

So a front pocket dial would be a dick dial? Never use your penis as one of your biometric fingerprints to unlock your phone.

teleskiguy Apr 4, 2024 • 6:53:55pm

re: #66 Eclectic Cyborg

I mean, the classic has to be posted…

Giphy

Eclectic Cyborg Apr 4, 2024 • 6:57:59pm

re: #67 teleskiguy

I’m honestly surprised the sign is in Bama and not Las Vegas.

BeenHereAwhile Apr 4, 2024 • 7:02:22pm

re: #25 EPR-radar

It would be funny to literally see “dumpster fire manager” in a job posting.

Being responsible for things you have no control over is a rare ability.

teleskiguy Apr 4, 2024 • 7:03:13pm

re: #68 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m honestly surprised the sign is in Bama and not Las Vegas.

In Vegas they expect it, have cameras everywhere, and is usually dealt with as fast as possible. Out of the hundreds of elevator rides I’ve had in Vegas I saw urine a couple times - in the elevator - not gonna lie. That’s VEGAS. This is a University. UofA Board of Regents should be fucking embarrassed this is circulating on the internet. I bet it’s in some dorm complex where too many business school students got lumped into.

A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Apr 4, 2024 • 7:03:28pm

I’m late to the party (bad connections and busy days) but here’s an unusual birbie.

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Apr 4, 2024 • 7:06:29pm

And here’s the entrance to a sacred cave on Rurutu. What do YOU think it looks like?

darthstar Apr 4, 2024 • 7:08:06pm

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darthstar Apr 4, 2024 • 7:09:16pm

re: #72 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

And here’s the entrance to a sacred cave on Rurutu. What do YOU think it looks like?

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Can I sit on it and contemplate?

Vicious Babushka Apr 4, 2024 • 7:09:38pm

re: #72 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

And here’s the entrance to a sacred cave on Rurutu. What do YOU think it looks like?

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I can never tell the difference in cave formations. Is it stalacdicks or stalacdongs?

(((Archangel1))) Apr 4, 2024 • 7:12:29pm

re: #55 Vicious Babushka

Should I be relieved that an attack on the airport was prevented, or disappointed that a scumbag missed a meeting with his maker?

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A conundrum pondered by many many people today, I assure you (many if not most of them in Israel)…

Belafon Apr 4, 2024 • 7:14:57pm

When we say they’re coming for birth control this is what we mean https://t.co/leUiBq7RYe

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) April 3, 2024

Captain Ron Apr 4, 2024 • 7:16:54pm

Star Trek: Discovery season 5.

Eclectic Cyborg Apr 4, 2024 • 7:21:53pm

re: #77 Belafon

I’m sorry. Am I supposed to care what some random GUY thinks about female contraception???

Belafon Apr 4, 2024 • 7:24:04pm

re: #79 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m sorry. Am I supposed to care what some random GUY thinks about female contraception???

1. He’s not the only one.
2. Abortion was never going to be banned either.

A Cranky One Apr 4, 2024 • 7:25:07pm

Ace Rothstein Apr 4, 2024 • 7:26:21pm

How do these men know a god damn thing about birth control pills? Have they ever taken them?

Eclectic Cyborg Apr 4, 2024 • 7:27:26pm

re: #81 A Cranky One

Took me a second.

retired cynic Apr 4, 2024 • 7:31:30pm

re: #72 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

And here’s the entrance to a sacred cave on Rurutu. What do YOU think it looks like?

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a middle finger? /

Yeah Sure WhatEVs Apr 4, 2024 • 7:32:39pm

re: #72 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

And here’s the entrance to a sacred cave on Rurutu. What do YOU think it looks like?

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Gandalf.

William Lewis Apr 4, 2024 • 7:43:19pm

re: #11 Charles

An awesome Bluesky post.

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OH! Yeah, my GF loves Lego. I gave that one to her for her birthday last November 😎

ckkatz Apr 4, 2024 • 7:48:30pm

re: #72 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Kind of looks like a skeletal finger beckoning one inside.

And reminds me of the door to the 7th Vault of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala:

Belafon Apr 4, 2024 • 7:57:58pm

I can hold a C on the trumpet for 43 seconds, at the end of 25 minutes of practice. But the breathing practice is killing me. The song has marks every two measures where I’m supposed to take a quick breath at the end of one note before the second. Sometimes, I need to exhale because all the air I remaining is stale. I think I knew how to do this 35 years ago when i played clarinet.

William Lewis Apr 4, 2024 • 8:01:06pm

re: #48 (((Archangel1)))

Exactly.

Anyone who has been in any military ever knows how things get. FUBAR and SNAFU (fucked up beyond all recognition & situation normal, all fucked up) have existed as acronyms in English (IIRC) since before WWII for a reason.

Now, there is a culture in the highest elements of the current government in Israel that has cultivated a denigration and depreciation of the value of anyone in Gaza and the West Bank. That is well understood by the troops and it influences their actions but it is not directing their actions. They still control - still choose - their own actions.

They did not explicitly set out to murder. But they didn’t really care who was in that convoy either. That also can be construed as a war crime and that is also what needs to change.

Hecuba's daughter Apr 4, 2024 • 8:46:38pm

Twitter experience from my Home Page

1. Under “Following” tab — posts from sane people
2. Under “For you” tab — primarily MAGAts But TBF, these are probably accounts I linked to previously because others posted comments illustrating how terrible these people are.

As I said earlier today, until there is a winner among social media platforms to succeed Twitter, I’m retaining my account there.

silverdolphin Apr 4, 2024 • 8:46:53pm

re: #77 Belafon

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Waiting for these assholes to go after flu vaccines. Most of the current vaccines are created in fertilized chicken eggs (about 1 shot from each each). So something like 80 million fertilized eggs in the US are destroyed for a season’s flu vaccine. By their logic, these vaccines are immoral. Likely they will claim any outbeak of bird flu in humans (vaccines against bird flu cannot be made in fetilized chicken eggs because they kill the embryo) is a sign from God.

There are also vaccines now being made by mammalian cell culture which should be okay. But who knows.

Belafon Apr 4, 2024 • 8:47:51pm

Ben of the Corn’s sister (the video is dumber than you might think):

Honestly pretty impressive that she’s almost as much of a dork as her brother. Literally negative rizz https://t.co/quBhhyDzrd

— lesbianics enthusiast (@estrojenniferr) April 2, 2024

jaunte Apr 4, 2024 • 8:54:19pm

re: #72 A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS

Cave troll.

silverdolphin Apr 4, 2024 • 9:13:14pm

re: #27 Charles

Goddammit.

Biden needs to stop treating the Netanyahu situation as normal geopolitics. It’s gone past that point, well into war crimes territory.

We need to remember that underneath everything, Israel is still a nuclear power, but there’s still a lot of leverage Biden could use to get Netanyahu to stop the wholesale killing and destruction. This is not the way to defeat extremists like Hamas.

I think Biden recognizes the complexity (ie nuclear weapons with Iran/Hezbollah at the ready) and is doing the best thing - seen to be dragged by the people (including Israeli citizens) into dropping the hammer. Realpolitik vs geopolitics. And Bibi will be surprised how fast that drops.

So solve this, Biden needed to maneuver Bibi into a dangerous position. If Biden moved too fast, he would have lost in the end, Bibi would have gotten more public support, etc. There is no solution with Bii still in poser. Biden has waited until we now see daily protests in front of the PM house, we see the opposition leader (who is necessary for Bibi to keep power) calling for a Sept elections, we see members of the IDK having hunger strikes in solidarity to the Palestinian people, etc. Bibi’s position in the polls is so much lower than it was 5 months ago.

Realize the Biden, of any President since perhaps GHW Bush, understands how tragic every life lost in war is, the impact each death has. I imagine he wanted to act much sooner (and maybe he could have, who knows for sure.). But I do have confidence he is not being blinded by loyalty to Bibi. He has put in place the path for Bibi’s removal. Bibi I think finally realizes the trap Biden has in place (he had been blinded by his belief in American support at all costs). But I hope it might be too late for him to survive as PM.
Who knows what a damaged RWNJ might do.

I bring this up every time but Biden has a plan for the ME future which is the first one I have seen with real potential for making the world better. The

Belafon Apr 4, 2024 • 9:14:50pm

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Belafon Apr 4, 2024 • 9:18:26pm

re: #94 silverdolphin

I think it’s a pain because Israeli aid is budgeted and presidents only have so much control over that. Plus, it wouldn’t stop Israel immediately; think of how much Ukraine has been continuing without Republican support. What if Netanyahu takes it as a sign that he must move faster and lay waste to more stuff/people?

Definitely not a situation I would want to be in, especially with Hamas continuing to attack Israel.

ckkatz Apr 4, 2024 • 9:19:12pm

re: #89 William Lewis

Exactly.

Anyone who has been in any military ever knows how things get. FUBAR and SNAFU (fucked up beyond all recognition & situation normal, all fucked up) have existed as acronyms in English (IIRC) since before WWII for a reason.

Now, there is a culture in the highest elements of the current government in Israel that has cultivated a denigration and depreciation of the value of anyone in Gaza and the West Bank. That is well understood by the troops and it influences their actions but it is not directing their actions. They still control - still choose - their own actions.

They did not explicitly set out to murder. But they didn’t really care who was in that convoy either. That also can be construed as a war crime and that is also what needs to change.

I think that we lived through it here 2016-2020. And I like to think that the high level corruption did not influence too many of us into a life of crime. Of course I have been wrong before.

I have a question for you. You were in Germany during the Cold War. Did anyone ever talk with your unit, or even did you talk about it among yourselves. About what you would do if a Warsaw Pact tank or anti-tank missile team was shooting at you while they were hiding in a German building known to be occupied by civilians?

My experience was the expectation that the environment would be permissive.

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ckkatz Apr 4, 2024 • 9:26:40pm

re: #99 Grunthos the Flatulent 🇳🇿

Hah!

Nicely done

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silverdolphin Apr 4, 2024 • 9:29:30pm

re: #96 Belafon

I think it’s a pain because Israeli aid is budgeted and presidents only have so much control over that. Plus, it wouldn’t stop Israel immediately; think of how much Ukraine has been continuing without Republican support. What if Netanyahu takes it as a sign that he must move faster and lay waste to more stuff/people?

Definitely not a situation I would want to be in, especially with Hamas continuing to attack Israel.

That is why I think Biden can only move forward with Israelis leading here. It would not work with the American President seeming to use undo leverage by cutting off weapons. It takes time to empower that but it is telling to me that he has had the head of the opposition parties comne to the WH. Watch what Bernie Gantz does. He has called for Sept elections that Bibi poo-poohed. If Gantz takes his party out of the war coalition, now using not only the war but Biden’s comments, that impacts Bibi’s government. Biden only needs 5 people out of Bibi’s coalition to be put under pressure to bolt and the government falls. How many of those would cave now with pressure from the US, seeing Bibi in such a weak position? Biden now has the leverage to legitimately threaten Israel’s weapon procurement.

I hope so.

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gwangung Apr 4, 2024 • 9:35:59pm

re: #96 Belafon

I think it’s a pain because Israeli aid is budgeted and presidents only have so much control over that. Plus, it wouldn’t stop Israel immediately; think of how much Ukraine has been continuing without Republican support. What if Netanyahu takes it as a sign that he must move faster and lay waste to more stuff/people?
.

Or…kicks up a shooting war (with nukes?) with Iran? Daring the US to stop weapon sales in such a situation?

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William Lewis Apr 4, 2024 • 9:45:52pm

re: #97 ckkatz

I think that we lived through it here 2016-2020. And I like to think that the high level corruption did not influence too many of us into a life of crime. Of course I have been wrong before.

I have a question for you. You were in Germany during the Cold War. Did anyone ever talk with your unit, or even did you talk about it among yourselves. About what you would do if a Warsaw Pact tank or anti-tank missile team was shooting at you while they were hiding in a German building known to be occupied by civilians?

My experience was the expectation that the environment would be permissive.

It would have been very permissive and I hate thinking about that scenario. The only reason I don’t know how many would have died from us is how few would have been left after the nuclear, chemical and very possibly biological weapons being used in the early 80’s in middle Europe…

Yet they hammered us, monthly, about not obeying illegal orders. About not doing the wrong thing. About being better than what They had been in WWII and We had been in The ‘Nam (though they _NEVER_ said that name even though the lessons were obvious to anyone). The Army in 1983 was in a damn strange place. I only understood just how bad crazy it really was when I got back to the states and got out of active duty and about 6 months later in a fit of boredom joined the National Guard.

We went to the nearest training post. All day we did normal training. Then that night? Out came a half barrel, a bonfire, and it was a fucking frat party just with out the sorority chicks. I was deeply shocked. Even the stoners on active didn’t party like those senior NCOs.

Things were changing, though. A year later, no more parties in the field.

Less than a decade later I watched a half dozen good troops end up in the stockade over less than a lid of pot because an ambitious 1LT wanted to make a name. He did but not like he hoped, thankfully. “Health & welfare” my ass. I didn’t smoke since I was into alcohol, but didn’t give a rats fuck if people did as long as the job was done.

Finding the balance has always been the bitch in this.

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ckkatz Apr 4, 2024 • 10:03:18pm

re: #103 William Lewis

It would have been very permissive and I hate thinking about that scenario. The only reason I don’t know how many would have died from us is how few would have been left after the nuclear, chemical and very possibly biological weapons being used in the early 80’s in middle Europe…

Yet they hammered us, monthly, about not obeying illegal orders. About not doing the wrong thing. About being better than what They had been in WWII and We had been in The ‘Nam (though they _NEVER_ said that name even though the lessons were obvious to anyone). The Army in 1983 was in a damn strange place. I only understood just how bad crazy it really was when I got back to the states and got out of active duty and about 6 months later in a fit of boredom joined the National Guard.

We went to the nearest training post. All day we did normal training. Then that night? Out came a half barrel, a bonfire, and it was a fucking frat party just with out the sorority chicks. I was deeply shocked. Even the stoners on active didn’t party like those senior NCOs.

Things were changing, though. A year later, no more parties in the field.

Less than a decade later I watched a half dozen good troops end up in the stockade over less than a lid of pot because an ambitious 1LT wanted to make a name. He did but not like he hoped, thankfully. “Health & welfare” my ass. I didn’t smoke since I was into alcohol, but didn’t give a rats fuck if people did as long as the job was done.

Finding the balance has always been the bitch in this.

Yup, I remember many of the same things.

One of the more memorable was the Sunday morning drill after the St Patrick’s Day Saturday night libations. The uniforms were green, the faces were green and so was the throwup in the bathrooms.

By that point I was older, had a wife, house, and civilian job, and was no longer into partying.

Heh, when the Battalion XO needed people for the surprise drug test, the very first person he volunteered was O3 me. Because he knew I was going to be clean. I did not disappoint him. I guess that I am _really_ boring.

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silverdolphin Apr 4, 2024 • 10:05:45pm

re: #58 teleskiguy

Bob Newhart is still with us. He’s 94.

My parents, good Rockfeller Republicans, turned me on to Newhart with his Button-Down Mind LPs from the early 60s. (They also gave me a love of Tom Lehrer (having both his self-published albums), the Limeliters, Odetta, and the Weavers). My father also talked about how Funny Andy Griffith was, especially a routine called “What it Was, Was Football”.

Now I knew ANdy purely from the Andy Griffith SHow which I found mostly boring. So I did not really listen much to my father’s accolades. Then, one day, he came hopme from K-mart with a whole bunch of radio compilations, one of which had his routine.

Andy Griffith Football Story from 1953

I laughed my ass off. Made me appreciate my father’s opinion much molre.

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