#SongsOfComfort: Yo-Yo Ma and Angélique Kidjo, "Blewu"

#SongsOfComfort: Yo-Yo Ma and Angélique Kidjo, “Blewu”

MusicDecember 2020 • Views: 24,860

I’m grateful not only for music’s comfort, but for its connections. I heard my friend Angélique Kidjo sing “Blewu” — a dirge for the dead and an anthem of thanks — almost two years ago, and it’s never left me. This is for those we have lost and for those who risk their lives so we don’t lose more.

“Blewu,” based on a traditional Ewe song, composed by Bella Bellow #songsofcomfort
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This video was originally released on April 21, 2020, as part of Yo-Yo Ma’s #SongsOfComfort project, which was launched at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to provide comfort in a time of anxiety and fear. The project inspired thousands of people around the world to upload their own songs of comfort in the months that followed.

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i(m)p(each)sos Dec 27, 2020 • 10:13:56am

Sending comfort to all in LGF-land who need it today, especially Joe and companion… three weeks or so until our nightmare starts to abate.

Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Dec 27, 2020 • 10:14:03am

Orange yogurt is great. That is all.

jeffreyw Dec 27, 2020 • 10:18:55am

butter pan biscuits pic.twitter.com/QWO3r90Qyx

— jeffreyw (@imjeffreyw) December 27, 2020

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 27, 2020 • 10:20:16am

re: #2 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Orange yogurt is great. That is all.

I save the pulp from juicing oranges and mix it into my Greek yoghurt.

The Pie Overlord! Dec 27, 2020 • 10:21:45am

Update pic.twitter.com/S4lNxpdcXQ

— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) December 27, 2020

Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Dec 27, 2020 • 10:23:23am

re: #4 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I save the pulp from juicing oranges and mix it into my Greek yoghurt.

Sound delicious.

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Dec 27, 2020 • 10:24:15am

There is no bottom for these assholes.

pic.twitter.com/Pma2blgZPk

— 😺🌊😾 Willow 😾🌊😺 (@Fuzzy_Fuzzbutt) December 27, 2020

Belafon Dec 27, 2020 • 10:24:19am

Satan Commercial Match

The Ghost of a Flea Dec 27, 2020 • 10:24:20am

The moment we began to accept the idea that trying was more important than getting the answer right was the beginning of the end in our schools & society. “Your own truth” and factual relativism came next and we opened the door to the unreality bubbles in which so many now live.

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) December 27, 2020

Looking at this Rothkopf fluff and it’s tweet-spawn…well, it’s all bullshit because it refuses to acknowledge the material conditions that have led to the current day.

Almost all this “millenials are fucking up, X is to blame for why they suck” steps around the way that the entire world has been altered in the last three decades such that the kids can’t be alright.

I mean start with the obvious: stagnant wages while everything goes up in price, new logistics systems and automation transforming labor. But then…consider that a job is now an entirely different thing than it was in ascending generation: no fixed hours or schedule, no benefits, employment at will. The thing that was the beacon of normalcy in the USA—a 9 to 5 that lets you have your suburban life—just doesn’t exist the same way.

And that’s just the surface. I’d the deeper problem is that the generation doing the “those coddled kids” bit have destroyed—and if not destroyed outright, destroyed trust in—all the institutions that made society feel safe and stable. If you’re a millennial, you’ve lived through multiple financial disasters that were seeded by wild speculation and concluded with powerful people becoming even more wealthy (while the job market contracted, wages stayed flat, hours decreased, more stressful time-motion monitoring was implemented, etc). Most of their lives, there’s been a war, there’s no actual end to the war anticipated, and the complete inefficacy of that war is always visible because they’ve also grown up with constant, instant global news. The same is true of climate change—this is a generation watching their elders, who have the power and capital, construct excuses for why the future can be leveraged. To say nothing of the more direct and exploitative leveraging of the future, that the kids are saddled by debt that they took because they were told it was a necessary part of buying into the system…only to have it turn out that the terms were bad, and the people who gave them the advice were acting in bad faith. And this year both BLM and coronavirus have demonstrated even more graphically that they don’t matter, compared to abstractions such as “law and order” and “the stock market.”

I don’t think the last couple of years of uncovering sex crimes and eploitation has helped the situation much, either. Even though some of those stories extend back to the 70s, they establish that there’s another, un-illuminated side to how the ascendant Boomer generation has consumed the younger people. I’m a 90s kid and I can remember when this participation trophy/too much feelings/political correctness thing was being used to scoff at the idea that rapey, coercive sexual behavior was a normal thing men do, and that’s carried through to this day.

The kids aren’t just stressed out and angry because they’re not materially making it, but because there’s every indication that they don’t matter to the people who have the money, the power, and cultural cachet that maintain the status quo. Mass death is okay…be it from corona or forever wars or climate disaster…as long as the bank account numbers of the old, richer people gets higher. They’re accurately assessing that their lives are devalued, and that they are being treated as means to venal and hedonistic ends.

But the other half of this is…all of these crusty “the wokeness and the delicacy of these kids is ruining everything” takes are flatulent acts of self-justification. The people who made all the stupid decisions, cruel decisions, and self-indulgent decisions that created the current terrible state of play are now covering up what they did. Almost everything they accuse the young of—participation trophies, unearned entitlement, whininess—are things they indulge in…but beneath that superficial projection they’re refusing to acknowledge the dark, fucked-up stuff they’ve been party to.

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 27, 2020 • 10:24:52am

My daughters all left today, two back to Lille, France where the oldest (22) is studying and the youngest (16) has moved to get away from her mother (long story)

Middle daughter (18) has taken up a job as a live-in caregiver with an elderly woman (mother of a bandmate of mine) in a village not too far away (about 35 minutes’ drive) and returned there today as well.

Just me and my son (14) now, just watched 1917 on video, now moving on to El Camino

TedStriker Dec 27, 2020 • 10:26:31am

A PSA brought up from the last thread:

re: #103 PhillyPretzel

OT It has been over a month since I worked the polls on Election Day and I finally got paid. It was a little more than what I was told I would get. The only problem is that now I have a check that must be deposited into my account. I will try to contact my credit union sometime today or tomorrow morning. In April of 2021 I will ask if they can go for direct deposit. It will much easier during this time of COVID-19.

re: #185 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

Does your credit union have an (convenient to reach) ATM that can take deposits?

My local bank branch is closed, but their ATM is available and I was able to deposit a few checks there a couple of months back.

A tip for those who bank with a credit union: if your CU is a CO-OP Network member, you have access to branch banking at participating CUs and to no-fee ATMs nationwide.

co-opfs.org

🌹UOJB! Dec 27, 2020 • 10:27:46am

Ah The Washington Post continues with their obsession with Trump voters.

Why these Fox News loyalists have changed the channel to Newsmax

washingtonpost.com

Hmm wonder why they don’t cover Biden voters who listen to Democracy Now????

Charles Johnson Dec 27, 2020 • 10:28:43am

Twitter’s knee-jerk dunkers getting on my last nerve this morning.

It’s horrific that the government of the US is unable to do ANYTHING about a malicious rogue president bent on burning down the country because he lost an election. Nightmarish.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 27, 2020

Please spare me the lectures about “It’s not the government, it’s the Republicans, you idiot!”

I know damned well what the Republican Party is doing, as you would realize if you read more than one fucking tweet before trying to dunk on me.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 27, 2020

I’m just going to start muting people who come at me with this, because I’m fed up with this knee-jerk bullshit one-upmanship.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 27, 2020

And if you’re insulting on top of it, it’s blocking time.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 27, 2020

The Pie Overlord! Dec 27, 2020 • 10:29:00am

re: #8 Belafon

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This video reminds me of South Park Satan, except South Park Satan is gay.

PhillyPretzel Dec 27, 2020 • 10:30:44am

re: #11 TedStriker

Thanks for your suggestion. My check will taken care of tomorrow.

Eclectic Cyborg Dec 27, 2020 • 10:44:00am

“We’re starving”. Americans brace for even harder times as Covid unemployment relief ends.

I only have $100 left to my name,” said Jo Marie Hernandez, USA Today reported. “My whole world is shattered. We can’t wait a few weeks for help. We’re starving and will be out on the street soon.”

The 32-year-old from Olean, New York, lost her job at a gas station in the spring and has been forced to put her car up for sale to raise money.

“I’m asking to be able to keep my apartment,” said Stephanie Lott, 30, The Washington Post reported. “To be able to live, and not live on the street. I’m not asking to be put in a golden apartment or anything. I just want to be able to live.”

TedStriker Dec 27, 2020 • 10:44:15am

The bombing here in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning is getting stranger all the time:

WKRN: ‘Downtown’ by Petula Clark played from RV prior to Nashville explosion

The Ghost of a Flea Dec 27, 2020 • 10:48:22am

What I’m saying is:

George W Bush and his flunkies decided “we create our own reality” and downstream of that is several million dead people.

This kind of unreality is apparently acceptable.

The concept that there is a “West” such that modern Americans who do not personally understand science, or the philosophy of the Enlightenment that supposedly forms the basis of our ethics and governance, can claim to be the successors of the individuals who created and implemented those ideas.

This kind of participation trophy is apparently acceptable.

Moral failures—such as segregation and the various sex abuse coverups—and practical failures—such as most US foreign policy and wars, neoliberalism, etc—are not indicative that back in the 70s/80s/90s/00s the fully adult people with money, power, and education were wrong, or stupid, or immoral…they were doing their best and deserve credit (all the credit, in their own accounting).

This kind of “but we tried, and trying is important” rhetoric is apparently acceptable.

I often observe that the US “right” is a series of groups who overlap in that they all believe in a distinction: the hard rule for other people, mitigation and nuance for themselves. Many, many of these generational critiques are rooted in a similar self-serving horseshit.

Dr. Teddy's Person Dec 27, 2020 • 10:50:19am

re: #16 Eclectic Cyborg

I saw Kevin skimming through the previous thread. I’m in love. 😍

TedStriker Dec 27, 2020 • 10:51:24am

re: #17 TedStriker

Meanwhile, AT&T service is slowly being restored to the region:

WKRN: AT&T reports significant progress on Nashville restoration efforts

The Pie Overlord! Dec 27, 2020 • 10:51:34am

Was Queen Charlotte Black? Here’s what we know. https://t.co/J9a8LJnWhs

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 27, 2020

🌹UOJB! Dec 27, 2020 • 10:57:08am

Nero fiddled. Fat Ass golfs…

Dr Lizardo Dec 27, 2020 • 10:58:25am

re: #14 The Pie Overlord!

It reminded me most strongly of Tim Curry’s Lord of Darkness from Legend.

Charles Johnson Dec 27, 2020 • 10:59:40am

Exactly. I consider all of these people complicit in a gigantic act of mass murder. https://t.co/UNYOqmtTGV

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 27, 2020

thedopefishlives Dec 27, 2020 • 11:03:25am

Afternoon Lizardim from the snowy wild north country. How go things among the lizardfolk?

The Ghost of a Flea Dec 27, 2020 • 11:03:41am

re: #21 The Pie Overlord!

At this point, British royalty should start embracing and celebrating depictions of diversity because the alternative is to contemplating several centuries of inbreeding.

Like the Sax-Coburg-Gotha line should just count their blessings that extinction of the German and Russian branches circa 1918 has greatly reduced the prominence of “oh shit, all these people look identical and have hemophilia and possibly brain issues.”

Dr Lizardo Dec 27, 2020 • 11:09:30am

re: #26 The Ghost of a Flea

At this point, British royalty should start embracing and celebrating depictions of diversity because the alternative is to contemplating several centuries of inbreeding.

Like the Sax-Coburg-Gotha line should just count their blessings that extinction of the German and Russian branches circa 1918 has greatly reduced the prominence of “oh shit, all these people look identical and have hemophilia and possibly brain issues.”

Exactly. Then the British royal family all starts looking like Charles II of Spain - or Tutankhamun.

Charles II of Spain

Tutankhamun

steve_davis Dec 27, 2020 • 11:10:05am

re: #5 The Pie Overlord!

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when she reaches the part where lenny jumps on and off the ship 4 times, i’ll bet she looks at you and says, “what the absolute fuck.”

Teukka Dec 27, 2020 • 11:11:05am

re: #26 The Ghost of a Flea

At this point, British royalty should start embracing and celebrating depictions of diversity because the alternative is to contemplating several centuries of inbreeding.

Like the Sax-Coburg-Gotha line should just count their blessings that extinction of the German and Russian branches circa 1918 has greatly reduced the prominence of “oh shit, all these people look identical and have hemophilia and possibly brain issues.”

Interesting note is that the Catholic Church initally tried to make it a hard rule that any intending spouses should be at least 7 degrees apart in terms of consanguinity. But that got watered down to 4 or even less by the powers that be.
And we still live with the results…

Teukka Dec 27, 2020 • 11:12:00am

Okay, time for some more soothing anime soundtrack compilations:

Best Anime Sad Emotional and Sad Anime OST Mix - Sad & Emotional Anime Music Collection 2020

The Ghost of a Flea Dec 27, 2020 • 11:18:36am

Mind you, the Royal Family should probably just shut the fuck up and go away forever, lest they draw attention to how fucking creepy everything happened to Diana—both the process of raising her to be an acceptable mate, Moliere’s School for Wives style; and the horrible reality-TV panopticon of her marriage—was.

dat_said Dec 27, 2020 • 11:23:23am

Edit - sorry, didn’t mean to post quite yet as I was trying to figure out how to rotate the picture. (Photo now fixed)

It’s of the Veterans Cemetery where my father was buried last week (Covid).

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 11:30:19am

After a long day of work Lisa was ready for a night of slaying pic.twitter.com/yuOCVsznIl

— Ads without Context (@NoContextAds) December 27, 2020

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Dec 27, 2020 • 11:30:24am

re: #17 TedStriker

The bombing here in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning is getting stranger all the time:

WKRN: ‘Downtown’ by Petula Clark played from RV prior to Nashville explosion

The all-but-proven perp was 7 years old when Downtown came out in 1964. Petula Clark Downtown. original version

Btw, Petula Clark was already in her 30s when she recorded the song, but she is still very much with us at age 88.

Targetpractice Dec 27, 2020 • 11:33:29am

re: #16 Eclectic Cyborg

“We’re starving”. Americans brace for even harder times as Covid unemployment relief ends.

I only have $100 left to my name,” said Jo Marie Hernandez, USA Today reported. “My whole world is shattered. We can’t wait a few weeks for help. We’re starving and will be out on the street soon.”

The 32-year-old from Olean, New York, lost her job at a gas station in the spring and has been forced to put her car up for sale to raise money.

“I’m asking to be able to keep my apartment,” said Stephanie Lott, 30, The Washington Post reported. “To be able to live, and not live on the street. I’m not asking to be put in a golden apartment or anything. I just want to be able to live.”

I’ve said for a bit now that Trump doesn’t need to damage the country through willful action, he just needs to refuse to do his job and let the country fall apart in the last weeks out of sheer spitefulness. I never imagined that he would do that, not because he blamed the country for his loss, but because he wanted to make Repubs suffer for not agreeing to install him as a dictator.

Dave In Austin Dec 27, 2020 • 11:36:36am

re: #20 TedStriker

Meanwhile, AT&T service is slowly being restored to the region:

WKRN: AT&T reports significant progress on Nashville restoration efforts

Help me to understand why this site wasn’t completely redundant? I’ve worked back of the house in some of the largest DC in the country and to not have N+1 (or 2) is just not done. Disaster Recovery folks at ATT got some splaining to do.

Dr Lizardo Dec 27, 2020 • 11:36:38am

re: #35 Targetpractice

Trump lost - and now he wants nothing more than to burn it all down out of spite and revenge.

PhillyPretzel Dec 27, 2020 • 11:37:56am

re: #37 Dr Lizardo

Exactly. That is how DT thinks.

Dread Pirate Ron Dec 27, 2020 • 11:38:04am

Real possibility of the following timeline:

1/Trump vetoes bill, demands a) foreign aid stripped and b) 2K payments;

2/Ds don’t agree to (a); Rs don’t agree to (b);

3/Rs aren’t willing to override veto on $900B;

4/Gridlock, no attempt to override veto

5/Relief bill dies

— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) December 27, 2020

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 11:39:06am

Relax and listen to @AngelaHaggerty wee boy Francis #janeygodleyvoiceover pic.twitter.com/k36ZA8LILI

— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) December 19, 2020

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 11:44:26am

Hm. It wasn’t the continual announcements loudly stating there was a bomb in the RV and everyone should evacuate? Because I thought it was the continual announcements loudly stating there was a bomb in the RV and everyone should evacuate. https://t.co/nU98soZchK

— Donovan “It was the blurst of times” Farley (@DonovanFarley) December 27, 2020

A Cranky One Dec 27, 2020 • 11:45:05am

re: #32 dat_said

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Edit - sorry, didn’t mean to post quite yet as I was trying to figure out how to rotate the picture.

It’s of the Veterans Cemetery where my father was buried last week (Covid).

This deserves being seen properly.

b.d. (We Won!) Dec 27, 2020 • 11:46:34am

re: #34 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
re: #17 TedStriker

The bombing here in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning is getting stranger all the time:

WKRN: ‘Downtown’ by Petula Clark played from RV prior to Nashville explosion

WATCH LIVE: THP, FBI and Wilson County deputies are investigating a white box truck on Murfreesboro Rd in Lebanon. https://t.co/KwHuVQvQFa https://t.co/bWLUPUq11V

— WSMV News4 Nashville (@WSMV) December 27, 2020

CONFIRMED: white box truck was playing an evacuation message outside Crossroads Market in Walter Hill, TN, per Rutherford Co. Sheriff’s Office

— Rebecca Cardenas (@RebeccaWSMV) December 27, 2020

Probably a joker who is going to learn that he ain’t funny. Those don’t look like 5G mailboxes

William Lewis Dec 27, 2020 • 11:47:04am

re: #31 The Ghost of a Flea

Mind you, the Royal Family should probably just shut the fuck up and go away forever, lest they draw attention to how fucking creepy everything happened to Diana—both the process of raising her to be an acceptable mate, Moliere’s School for Wives style; and the horrible reality-TV panopticon of her marriage—was.

Eh, Prince William aka Squadron Leader William Wales, seems to be doing alright despite everything. He’s the best chance they have.

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 11:47:08am

I’m big down under! https://t.co/4TBMXoKmi2

— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) December 27, 2020

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Dec 27, 2020 • 11:47:43am

Josh, of course, is an “Evangelical Christian.” These are people who pretend to worship a dead Jewish carpenter, one Jesus of Narzareth, but who actually worship a dead Russian con-artist named Ayn Rand.

Radical right-wing commentator Josh Bernstein baselessly speculates that Dominion voting machines were hidden inside the RV that exploded in Nashville as part of an effort to “hide the evidence” of rampant voter fraud. pic.twitter.com/uMb5cXw7O7

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) December 27, 2020

William Lewis Dec 27, 2020 • 11:49:59am

re: #42 A Cranky One

This deserves being seen properly.

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Having stood on parade, I will always choke up a little at how the US military spaces the graves so that the stones line up just like soldiers at parade rest. Look down all the lines in the picture…

dat_said Dec 27, 2020 • 11:50:00am

re: #42 A Cranky One

This deserves being seen properly.

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Thanks - I just fixed it as you were posting the photo to be seen properly.

Beautiful ND December day for the funeral - low 50’s and sunny. Military honor guard was special. Taps on a bugle really brings the tears.

Targetpractice Dec 27, 2020 • 11:50:46am

re: #39 Dread Pirate Ron

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6/ Media goes total BSAB, declares that while Repubs were wrong for not accepting $2000 checks, Dems are totally to blame for not agreeing to Trump’s half-assed “offer” in August

Teukka Dec 27, 2020 • 11:51:40am

re: #43 b.d. (We Won!)

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Probably a joker who is going to learn that he ain’t funny. Those don’t look like 5G mailboxes

I sure hope that he doesn’t make any sudden movements..

🌹UOJB! Dec 27, 2020 • 11:51:55am

re: #46 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Josh, of course, is an “Evangelical Christian.” These are people who pretend to worship a dead Jewish carpenter, one Jesus of Narzareth, but who actually worship a dead Russian con-artist named Ayn Rand.

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Has Dominion served that ass with their lawsuit?

jaunte Dec 27, 2020 • 11:52:00am

re: #46 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

Always hide the evidence in the loudest, most attention-getting way you can.

PhillyPretzel Dec 27, 2020 • 11:53:07am

re: #45 Backwoods_Sleuth

Thanks. I needed a little of Larry. :)

Colère Tueur de Lapin Dec 27, 2020 • 11:55:27am

re: #52 jaunte

Always hide the evidence in the loudest, most attention-getting way you can.

Response the same as the dead guy in the 55-gallon barrel — dig a fucking hole and bury the evidence….

Hecuba's daughter Dec 27, 2020 • 11:55:30am

From downstairs:

re: #175 🌹UOJB!

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Dec 27, 2020 • 11:55:47am

re: #43 b.d. (We Won!)

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Probably a joker who is going to learn that he ain’t funny. Those don’t look like 5G mailboxes

They should get an M-88 recovery tank to push it into a nearby field, then blow it up with a demolition charge. If the joker is still in it, well, too bad.

🌹UOJB! Dec 27, 2020 • 11:58:06am

Hmmm I wonder why President Fat Ass is soooooo silent about that bombing…

Dr Lizardo Dec 27, 2020 • 12:01:22pm

Time to call it a day. Have a good one, Lizards and stay healthy.

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 12:02:28pm

Sadly this has been true - and yet ignored to appease the false god of “balance” - since late 2015. https://t.co/aUlKODN1Ms

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) December 27, 2020

Dread Pirate Ron Dec 27, 2020 • 12:02:53pm

The R senate had 3 choices after the House passed COVID relief in May:

Pass it.
Reject it.
Offer their own bill on the floor.

McConnell did NOTHING. He sat on his hands for 7 months. Now “Congress” is being blamed, but the blame rest w/him (even more than Trump). @Seck1973

— MFD (@MideOFD) December 27, 2020

🌹UOJB! Dec 27, 2020 • 12:03:53pm

re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth

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So why does CNN always showcase Rick Santorum?

— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) December 27, 2020

Nojay UK Dec 27, 2020 • 12:10:11pm

re: #44 William Lewis

Eh, Prince William aka Squadron Leader William Wales, seems to be doing alright despite everything. He’s the best chance they have.

The male-line Royals have spent time in uniform and quite often been on the front line for well over a century now. King George VI enlisted in the Royal Navy as a midshipman at age 13 and he was a turret officer on board HMS Collingwood in the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Prince Andrew flew helicopters during the Falklands War, acting as an anti-shipping missile decoy at times. Phil the Greek was in action during WWII in the Med in the Royal Navy, being mentioned in dispatches for his service on board the battleship HMS Valiant during the Battle of Cape Matapan (a night action, RN battleships with radar versus Italian heavy cruisers without radar. So one-sided it was almost embarrassing.)

Even Charlie reached the position of Captain of one of his Mum’s ships, a minesweeper, for a couple of years before he quit the Royal Navy to take up his Royal duties as Prince of Wales and heir.

The Ghost of a Flea Dec 27, 2020 • 12:10:19pm

re: #44 William Lewis

The royals are a brand, and image maintenance is a necessary component of that brand. Looking and sounding good is the entire job, and he will look and sound good until the exact moment he doesn’t. His success is that he’s media savvy because he’s younger and understands virality and the smartphone panopticon, where as the ascending generation is still thinking in terms of impression management under the conditions of print media.

Until further notice, that makes him Kim Kardashian: intelligently cultivating a personal image. The monetization scheme is just different: the latter has to be a mix of accessible and scandalous to sell stuff; the former has to be authentic and milquetoast but regal, so that people don’t start asking questions all that real estate the royals tie up.

But the fact that he’s doing the thing well does not change that the thing is fucked up.

Hecuba's daughter Dec 27, 2020 • 12:13:29pm

re: #61 🌹UOJB!

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CNN desperately feels it needs at least one panelist to represent the GOP/Trump view — and that means having one person who is committed to lies. They haven’t yet figured out that having a Trump supporter is akin to hosting a member of the KKK to provide a different perspective on race or a Nazi to provide another perspective on Judaism. For Fox, it’s easy to present an opposing view — they only need to host someone dedicated to telling the truth.

Charles Johnson Dec 27, 2020 • 12:17:30pm

Apparently “divine intervention” didn’t apply to preventing the bombing in the first place. https://t.co/P0cukeWZ4V

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 27, 2020

The Pie Overlord! Dec 27, 2020 • 12:17:33pm

IT’S SO IMPORDENT TO PRESERVE THE WHITE MAJORITY!!!!!

.@IvankaTrump: “We need you to defend the majority. We need you to defend America.” pic.twitter.com/HVPHmqxr7k

— The Hill (@thehill) December 27, 2020

Targetpractice Dec 27, 2020 • 12:20:03pm

re: #60 Dread Pirate Ron

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They spent May-July asserting (as did Donny) that the economy was on the mend so there was no need for another bill, but would mumble something about “We’ll see what next month looks like.”

Then August came and only after it became apparent that the economy was starting to stall out did Mitch take up the task of beginning to talk about the possibility of starting a conversation on the negotiation of a new relief bill. And not by voting on the House-approved bill, but by hammering together a $500B bill that fell apart the moment he realized that he couldn’t get it through on a party-line vote because half his caucus thought “Starve the poor” was a perfectly valid response to a national pandemic (the other half refusing to acknowledge there was a pandemic at all).

So what did Yertle do? What he always does: Pawned off the task to others (i.e. the WH) so that when it came crashing down, he could escape direct blame by moaning that the parties involved couldn’t come to an agreement that would allow him to act.

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 12:20:51pm

“A US serviceman from Florida …” https://t.co/zD3OlY14Bc

— Laffy (@GottaLaff) December 27, 2020

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 12:23:09pm

Oy https://t.co/wlJPlbuIMj

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 27, 2020

🌹UOJB! Dec 27, 2020 • 12:23:38pm

60 e-mails so far today asking for Georgia $$$…Folks I’m tapped out, OK??????

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 12:24:20pm

re: #62 Nojay UK

The male-line Royals have spent time in uniform and quite often been on the front line for well over a century now. King George VI enlisted in the Royal Navy as a midshipman at age 13 and he was a turret officer on board HMS Collingwood in the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Prince Andrew flew helicopters during the Falklands War, acting as an anti-shipping missile decoy at times. Phil the Greek was in action during WWII in the Med in the Royal Navy, being mentioned in dispatches for his service on board the battleship HMS Valiant during the Battle of Cape Matapan (a night action, RN battleships with radar versus Italian heavy cruisers without radar. So one-sided it was almost embarrassing.)

Even Charlie reached the position of Captain of one of his Mum’s ships, a minesweeper, for a couple of years before he quit the Royal Navy to take up his Royal duties as Prince of Wales and heir.

Don’t forget Harry, twice deploying to Afghanistan. First on the ground as a Forward Air Controller, then as a gunner/copilot for Apaches
William, while not being allowed to deploy has provided honourable (added the ‘u’ because :D ) service, flying Royal Air Force search and rescue helicopter, and later for a civilian air ambulance service.

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 12:26:59pm

heads up, Ferdinand:

The president had until midnight last night to sign the sweeping relief bill to avert a lapse in PUA benefits. He chose not to act and allowed much-needed unemployment benefits to lapse for struggling workers and families.

— Governor Jay Inslee (@GovInslee) December 27, 2020

WA state will provide $54 million to extend a one-time Pandemic Relief Payment to 94,555 people in our state who have been claiming PUA and will be immediately impacted by the lapse in federal benefits.

— Governor Jay Inslee (@GovInslee) December 27, 2020

Learn more at https://t.co/4QSJ2GeKSX

— Governor Jay Inslee (@GovInslee) December 27, 2020

William Lewis Dec 27, 2020 • 12:27:07pm

re: #71 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Don’t forget Harry, twice deploying to Afghanistan. First on the ground as a Forward Air Controller, then as a gunner/copilot for Apaches
William, while not being allowed to deploy has provided honourable (added the ‘u’ because :D ) service, flying Royal Air Force search and rescue helicopter, and later for a civilian air ambulance service.

The bolded was primarily what I was thinking of in my OP on the subject.

Targetpractice Dec 27, 2020 • 12:32:42pm

re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth

heads up, Ferdinand:

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But remember, we’re supposed to believe that blue states like these are all a bunch of moochers who are relying upon the tax dollars of hard workin’ pensioners in red states.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 12:35:12pm

re: #68 Backwoods_Sleuth

From 3 Bn, 7th SFG. According to sources
Doesn’t necessarily mean he’s a Green Beret

jaunte Dec 27, 2020 • 12:35:18pm

re: #66 The Pie Overlord!

And there’s the creepy doll
That always follows you
It’s got a ruined eye
That’s always open…
And there’s a creepy doll
That always follows you
It’s got a pretty mouth
To swallow you whole…

Creepy Doll

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 12:37:31pm

We’d say receiving a vaccine before most frontline workers is pretty elite, @marcorubio. And so is attacking dedicated public health workers. pic.twitter.com/KnjeGuBDSy

— March For Science 😷 (@MarchForScience) December 27, 2020

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 12:37:48pm

We started to go to hell as a country when schools stopped leaving morons like this guy back a year. https://t.co/4G8NmXdyZJ

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) December 27, 2020

The Ghost of a Flea Dec 27, 2020 • 12:38:07pm

re: #71 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

Don’t forget Harry, twice deploying to Afghanistan. First on the ground as a Forward Air Controller, then as a gunner/copilot for Apaches
William, while not being allowed to deploy has provided honourable (added the ‘u’ because :D ) service, flying Royal Air Force search and rescue helicopter, and later for a civilian air ambulance service.

Okay, I realize I’m being a gadfly today and I’ll promise I’ll stop after this, but…

The two British princes performed their military service well alongside many many people taking the same risks who did not get a title, a subsidized lifestyle, and millions of pounds of income.

This is what I mean about royalty being a brand: “the Windsor boys did something that normal people do” is run through the filter of monarchist mystique and becomes notable…but only because everyone’s become habituated to the premise that royalty don’t have to do anything normal, or do things well.

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 12:41:01pm

Bizarre to watch the muted media and political response to the 2020 Christmas Day attack vs the underwear bomber in 2009. A reminder of how much fear and demagoguery of Islamic-based terror has distracted us from dangerous domestic threats. https://t.co/5hznbZZHVC

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) December 27, 2020

Targetpractice Dec 27, 2020 • 12:43:23pm

re: #80 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yeah, bombings like these only warrant attention if the men suspected of being involved have “swarthy” skin tones. Soon as the authorities announce that the suspect is white, all interest peters out and the public goes back to numbing itself with bread and circuses.

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 12:45:02pm

When you lied on your CV about having goat herding experience but got the job anyway.

📹: https://t.co/EO9Vof9v7X pic.twitter.com/LyyV8Ht1ZZ

— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) December 27, 2020

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 12:46:57pm

When @ReverendWarnock says from the pulpit we need to stop jailing our children, Kelly Loeffler calls it “radical Marxism.”

When Kelly Loeffler says it, however, it is American as apple pie.

Behold, the Loeffler campaign messaging now revealed for the naked racism it is. #gapol https://t.co/hTjVHlJ1zT

— Anthony Michael Kreis (@AnthonyMKreis) December 27, 2020

Targetpractice Dec 27, 2020 • 12:47:05pm

re: #77 Backwoods_Sleuth

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The pictured shithead got vaccinated immediately because “continuity of government,” i.e. he needs to be alive in order to bitch about how Dems are ruining everything.

His staff? They’re waiting in the line with the rest of us plebes.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 12:48:10pm

re: #82 Backwoods_Sleuth

Hey, hey. He appears to be performing his job within expectations.
Don’t be hating on non-traditional workers.

— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) December 27, 2020

Targetpractice Dec 27, 2020 • 12:48:39pm

re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth

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No points will be awarded for guessing the race of Skylar Mack.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 12:50:08pm

BREAKING — After letting unemployment payments lapse by refusing to sign the COVID/omnibus bill last night, the president is back on his golf course this morning.

A true let them eat Ho-Hos moment.https://t.co/Ms8baxYmip

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) December 27, 2020

*CORRECTION ON DATE

27 DEC 2020

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) December 27, 2020

jaunte Dec 27, 2020 • 12:51:28pm

re: #83 Backwoods_Sleuth

I think the Cayman Islands government holds all the cards (and secret offshore bank accounts) in this dispute.

Dr. Teddy's Person Dec 27, 2020 • 12:51:33pm

re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth

heads up, Ferdinand:

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Gov. Inslee also extended the eviction moratorium until March 31st.

The Ghost of a Flea Dec 27, 2020 • 12:52:05pm

re: #86 Targetpractice

Laws in brown people country are unreasonable suggestions.

Targetpractice Dec 27, 2020 • 12:52:42pm

re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Your daily reminder that this wankstain had the audacity 4 years ago to say he’d be so busy working that he’d never see a golf course during his presidency.

Alephnaught Dec 27, 2020 • 12:52:43pm

re: #34 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

The all-but-proven perp was 7 years old when Downtown came out in 1964. [Embedded content]

was already in her 30s when she recorded the song, but she is still very much with us at age 88.

Ah but, depends on the version- he would have been 31 when this version of it came out….

/s [Seriously… “Downtown” playing in a downtown area?]

Petula Clark - Downtown ‘88

Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Dec 27, 2020 • 12:52:55pm

So I posted yesterday that I was making refrigerator pickles (dill & spicy garlic). Followed the package directions and popped into the fridge. Package said ready after 8 hrs. Waited closer to 20. Results were: Did not meet expectations (still had a strong cucumber taste). A bit of research shows that 5 DAYS is the minimum time needed to properly produce decent refrigerator pickles. Were they hell they came up with 8 hours I have no idea. Next batch will be a hot brine and water bath in glass jars. Guess this is what I get for trying to take a (commercially produced) short cut. Live and learn is all I can say.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 12:53:06pm

re: #75 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

From 3 Bn, 7th SFG. According to sources
Doesn’t necessarily mean he’s a Green Beret

OK, he’s SF

A U.S. serviceman from Florida has been charged in a shooting at a bowling alley in Rockford, Illinois, that left three people dead and three wounded. The bowling alley was closed because of coronavirus restrictions but a bar upstairs was open. https://t.co/e2mDB3abnE

— The Associated Press (@AP) December 27, 2020

“… The U.S. Army said Webb is a Special Forces Assistant Operations and Intelligence Sergeant assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), located at Camp Bull Simons, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. He joined the Army in 2008 and was on leave Saturday. …”

Nojay UK Dec 27, 2020 • 12:53:11pm

re: #79 The Ghost of a Flea

This is what I mean about royalty being a brand:

The brand means the male line Royals enter military service even if they don’t want to (vide Prince Edward) because it’s expected of them. Noblesse oblige, and when there’s fighting going on, such as defending the United States against the existential threat of a bunch of religious nutters holed up on some caves on the Afghanistan border it’s expected they go to the pointy end and do their duty. It’s one reason you hear the term “Heir and a Spare” used.

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 12:53:39pm

UPDATE: from the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office.
-Similar message coming from the truck that was heard in #Nashville on Christmas Day
-Driver detained pic.twitter.com/QfQ3jFMySc

— Brittany Weiner (@brittweinerTV) December 27, 2020

Robot is leaving the box truck. pic.twitter.com/YYJt4mLPqA

— Brittany Weiner (@brittweinerTV) December 27, 2020

Robot is coming back to the truck. pic.twitter.com/2PuOt4ItKS

— Brittany Weiner (@brittweinerTV) December 27, 2020

The robot has done this a few times. It appears they may be trying to open the door or break the window to get inside somehow. @WSMV pic.twitter.com/abRFmf1Xse

— Brittany Weiner (@brittweinerTV) December 27, 2020

Charles Johnson Dec 27, 2020 • 12:54:13pm

Everyone’s heard the saying “like rats deserting a sinking ship.” But that’s not what’s happening now with the GOP and Fox News. It’s more like rats STAYING ON the ship and telling us they’re not really rats at all.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 27, 2020

Targetpractice Dec 27, 2020 • 12:56:18pm

re: #97 Charles Johnson

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Rats not only refusing to leave the ship, they’re trying to convince the rest of us that the ship is totally seaworthy and threatening the futures of any rats who are considering jumping over the gunwale.

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 12:56:19pm

re: #20 TedStriker

Meanwhile, AT&T service is slowly being restored to the region:

WKRN: AT&T reports significant progress on Nashville restoration efforts

re: #36 Dave In Austin

Help me to understand why this site wasn’t completely redundant? I’ve worked back of the house in some of the largest DC in the country and to not have N+1 (or 2) is just not done. Disaster Recovery folks at ATT got some splaining to do.

Good question! Titans say Music City Bowl still happening at Nissan Stadium on Dec. 30th. Will make different parking arrangements to accommodate AT&T. https://t.co/NIXvdW4XJ1

— Yihyun Jeong (@yihyun_jeong) December 27, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 12:57:11pm

This is infuriating. We are at 0% ICU capacity in southern California. We have record hospitalizations. We’re experiencing ~14,000 new coronavirus cases per day. Can people just drink at home for one goddamn New Year’s instead of endangering communities further in this pandemic? https://t.co/xzzQ2nVHqw

— Miranda Yaver, PhD (@mirandayaver) December 27, 2020

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 12:59:05pm

re: #43 b.d. (We Won!)

Probably a joker who is going to learn that he ain’t funny. Those don’t look like 5G mailboxes

UPDATE: from the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office.
-Similar message coming from the truck that was heard in #Nashville on Christmas Day
-Driver detained pic.twitter.com/QfQ3jFMySc

— Brittany Weiner (@brittweinerTV) December 27, 2020

Robot is coming back to the truck. pic.twitter.com/2PuOt4ItKS

— Brittany Weiner (@brittweinerTV) December 27, 2020

The robot has done this a few times. It appears they may be trying to open the door or break the window to get inside somehow. @WSMV pic.twitter.com/abRFmf1Xse

— Brittany Weiner (@brittweinerTV) December 27, 2020

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Targetpractice Dec 27, 2020 • 1:00:13pm

re: #99 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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This is one of those times when you know that foreign adversaries and terrorists alike are watching and taking notes. Knock out one cell tower and it takes days to restore service? That’s valuable info if you want to cripple a major American city.

103

Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Dec 27, 2020 • 1:04:05pm

Back in a bit.

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sagehen Dec 27, 2020 • 1:05:14pm

re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth

heads up, Ferdinand:

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so is that $54 million in WA-State taxpayer funds, or is WA-State administering distribution of $54M in Gates/Bezos “good neighbors” money?

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I Would Prefer Not To Dec 27, 2020 • 1:05:25pm

In case you missed it Yesterday. Tonight 7PM EST.

bit.ly

Great show tonight. Broadway Comedy Club and Comedy Therapy NJ - Hosted by Stuart Gibbel and featuring Mary Kennedy, John C Guild, Isabelle Pierre, Jim Mendrinos, Leighann Lord and the amazingly brilliant Ritch Shydner!https://t.co/GXhZRVgKof

— Stuart Gibbel (@yntbe) December 27, 2020

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 1:05:57pm

Someone in a bomb suit is headed to the truck now. pic.twitter.com/KYel9HhZMy

— Brittany Weiner (@brittweinerTV) December 27, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 1:07:06pm

The audio used in the film is from the Hurston recordings collection and has been synched as best as possible by the Library of Congress.

— Dust-to-Digital (@dusttodigital) December 27, 2020

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 1:07:51pm

re: #106 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

They really should give those guys a Segway, so they don’t exhaust themselves walking from the ‘safe area’

109

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 27, 2020 • 1:08:34pm

re: #102 Targetpractice

This is one of those times when you know that foreign adversaries and terrorists alike are watching and taking notes. Knock out one cell tower and it takes days to restore service? That’s valuable info if you want to cripple a major American city.

Infrastructure costs money and cuts into the bottom line

110

sagehen Dec 27, 2020 • 1:10:27pm

re: #77 Backwoods_Sleuth

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When Fauci told people not to wear masks in March, it was because there wasn’t enough to go around and he wanted the limited supply to be reserved for doctors and nurses and EMT’s.

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Charles Johnson Dec 27, 2020 • 1:12:06pm

Who knew sea lions could read? https://t.co/bCOJtmNx6X

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 27, 2020

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 27, 2020 • 1:13:34pm

re: #110 sagehen

When Fauci told people not to wear masks in March, it was because ~~there wasn’t enough to go around and he wanted the limited supply to be reserved for doctors and nurses and EMT’s.~~ he was a two-faced liar who should not be trusted

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i(m)p(each)sos Dec 27, 2020 • 1:13:47pm

re: #111 Charles Johnson

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I’m just curious to know if you have any sources to back up your opinion?

Are you unable to defend the statements you make? Or simply unwilling to have a reasoned discussion?

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Charles Johnson Dec 27, 2020 • 1:14:40pm

re: #113 i(m)p(each)sos

Don’t sea lion me, bro.

115

jaunte Dec 27, 2020 • 1:17:15pm

Sea lion immediately changes the message to read MERPY CHRISTMAS.

116

i(m)p(each)sos Dec 27, 2020 • 1:17:32pm

re: #114 Charles Johnson

Very well, we shall resume in an hour.

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(Told you, dude. Sea lions.)

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sagehen Dec 27, 2020 • 1:17:56pm

re: #79 The Ghost of a Flea

Okay, I realize I’m being a gadfly today and I’ll promise I’ll stop after this, but…

The two British princes performed their military service well alongside many many people taking the same risks who did not get a title, a subsidized lifestyle, and millions of pounds of income.

This is what I mean about royalty being a brand: “the Windsor boys did something that normal people do” is run through the filter of monarchist mystique and becomes notable…but only because everyone’s become habituated to the premise that royalty don’t have to do anything normal, or do things well.

That being said… the Invictus Games and some of Harry’s other wounded-vets programs are a big deal. And his office at the palace did all the organizational work and fundraising from big business to make it happen, without Parliament having to appropriate any money and without any electeds getting to share any of the credit.

118

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 1:20:54pm

Last Pen Sale of the Year

Black Cats. Celtic FOUNTAIN pens. Vertex professionals. Slim hybrids. Seam Rippers. Emergency Whistles.https://t.co/AAbkTa1dwE

Sale goes live at 4PM CENTRAL Time. Listings will appear then. pic.twitter.com/58e9YHSuzj

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 27, 2020

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The Ghost of a Flea Dec 27, 2020 • 1:21:21pm

re: #117 sagehen

That being said… the Invictus Games and some of Harry’s other wounded-vets programs are a big deal. And his office at the palace did all the organizational work and fundraising from big business to make it happen, without Parliament having to appropriate any money and without any electeds getting to share any of the credit.

Genuinely…good for him.

But you can like what someone does with their power and question the system that grants them that power.

120

Dread Pirate Ron Dec 27, 2020 • 1:22:16pm

GOP’r Tom, who was hospitalized twice, says that he regrets that the #virus also spread to his family. “My mother-in-law had to go in for treatment in a snowstorm,” he said. “It was awful. She’s 85. It’s terrible. I feel terrible about it.” #Boston #Cambridge #Harvard #Newton

— David Feld (@Shimha18) December 27, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 1:27:37pm

The struggle is real.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/fMRVkcqPsH

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) December 27, 2020

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Targetpractice Dec 27, 2020 • 1:30:14pm

Apparently the new talking point doing the Repub rounds is “IF ONLY PELOSI WOULD HAVE AGREED TO THAT BILL THAT WE TOTALLY SAID WE’D VOTE AGAINST BACK IN AUGUST!!!”

123

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 1:32:58pm

more weirdness:

NEW from ⁦@jnbeatlefan/#WBIR:

⁩The man being scrutinized by federal authorities in connection with the Christmas morning downtown Nashville bombing deeded his property a month before the blast to a woman with East Tennessee ties, records show. https://t.co/Eer2QRL6IP

— Cole Sullivan (@cole_sull) December 27, 2020

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The Pie Overlord! Dec 27, 2020 • 1:39:22pm

re: #111 Charles Johnson

Do they Know it’s Christmas ~ Band Aid 1984

125

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 1:41:58pm

BREAKING: no explosives found in truck. Scene is clear. Rutherford Co. investigating the incident and should give an official statement soon. Road should be opening soon. @WSMV

— Brittany Weiner (@brittweinerTV) December 27, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 1:42:45pm

Well that’s because you’ve been a traitor since you were elected to Congress, Sonny https://t.co/wmc152Xu1J

— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) December 27, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 1:43:27pm

re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office will continue to investigate. We’re told a minor was also in the truck with the driver. The driver is still detained. Truck is being towed away now. @WSMV https://t.co/SlSG4Sg8Lm pic.twitter.com/xkhep6eb4Q

— Brittany Weiner (@brittweinerTV) December 27, 2020

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Dec 27, 2020 • 1:44:32pm

re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth

BREAKING: no explosives found in truck. Scene is clear. Rutherford Co. investigating the incident and should give an official statement soon. Road should be opening soon

Marvin Martian - Wheres the Kaboom?

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 1:45:55pm

Stay tuned for tomorrow’s adventure: repacking all the grease in a stand mixer that hasn’t been serviced in 11 years.

— Andrew Thaler (@DrAndrewThaler) December 27, 2020

Clean gears in the stand mixer. New grease incoming. pic.twitter.com/OTA3Lsweic

— Andrew Thaler (@DrAndrewThaler) December 27, 2020

And we’re back in action and parked in the appliance garage. Ready for another ten years of uninterrupted use. pic.twitter.com/Wf5S1r7kEv

— Andrew Thaler (@DrAndrewThaler) December 27, 2020

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Targetpractice Dec 27, 2020 • 1:49:22pm

re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth

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I’m sure Matt can also show an instance since 1988 of Democrats suing to prevent states from certifying their vote totals, electing “alternative slates” of electors, or suggesting that the job of the VP is to reject the electoral votes from states their candidate lost because of “illegal” votes.

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sagehen Dec 27, 2020 • 1:49:25pm

re: #128 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

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Susan Ivanova No boom today HQ

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Eclectic Cyborg Dec 27, 2020 • 1:49:30pm

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thedopefishlives Dec 27, 2020 • 1:49:56pm

re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth

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They should detonate the truck just on principle, for the work they had to put in to find out it wasn’t a bomb.

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Ferdinand Dec 27, 2020 • 1:51:01pm

re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth

heads up, Ferdinand:

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Wow, potentially huge for us, thanks so much for picking up on this! Will definitely explore. Unfortunately, my PUA benefits (the ones which expired last night) have been via a claim through Oklahoma, where we spent most of the year. And where my wife was teaching public school until we decided she should quit (no benefits, no UI) rather than be forced to return to in-class teaching in September. We’re in the process of switching over our legal residence from OK to WA since we got here Nov. 1; mostly I’m cautious about screwing up existing benefits so we’ve slow rolled some things. Now we’ll likely be kicking them into high gear. Peace lizards! Gonna try to knock out at least a couple more job applications and bids on freelance gigs this afternoon.

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Eric The Fruit Bat Dec 27, 2020 • 1:51:37pm

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

Would you believe that a Nobel prizewinner for creating the PCR diagnostic process really hated Fauci? And became best buds with AIDS-denialist Peter Duesberg?
Meet Kary Mullis.
Here’s an old video where he tears into Fauci:

CV19 test INVENTOR Kary Banks Mullis explains why Dr. Fauci isn’t to be TRUSTED & MORE

There seems to be a high correlation of Nobel Prize winners in the sciences becoming total whackjobs (Shockley, Pauling, Josephson, Mullis…I’m sure there’s more…)

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 1:53:41pm

The truck has been towed away. @WSMV pic.twitter.com/1fzzjET2R8

— Brittany Weiner (@brittweinerTV) December 27, 2020

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Dave In Austin Dec 27, 2020 • 1:56:29pm

PIZZA!! WITH PINEAPPLE.

There, I said it.

— And The Wind Cries: Remember, it was China’s fault (@DaveoutofAustin) December 27, 2020

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 1:56:45pm

lolololololol

QUIT PUTTING SHIT IN MY MAILBOX! THE DEMOCRATS ARENT GONNA TAKE YOUR CHEESEBURGERS AWAY YOU IDIOTS! pic.twitter.com/2yDd1msePg

— Corey “The Buttercream Dream” Forrester (@CoreyRForrester) December 21, 2020

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ericblair Dec 27, 2020 • 1:57:55pm

re: #133 thedopefishlives

They should detonate the truck just on principle, for the work they had to put in to find out it wasn’t a bomb.

Well, somebody’s gonna find out the hard way that you don’t need a real bomb for terrorism charges to stick.

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Dr. Teddy's Person Dec 27, 2020 • 1:59:31pm

re: #137 Dave In Austin

If Steven Mnuchin were a food, what would he be?

Cottage Cheese, a month past its expiration date.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 2:00:49pm

Breaking: 6.8 Earthquake off coast of Chile. 10km deep. Prelim data. pic.twitter.com/DfbolpMwOT

— SevereStudios (@severestudios) December 27, 2020

earthquake.usgs.gov

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 2:04:13pm

NEW: The U.S. Attorney says that Anthony Quinn Warner is the Nashville bomber, he died at the bomb site.

— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) December 27, 2020

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The Pie Overlord! Dec 27, 2020 • 2:05:41pm

re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth

I got my Hobart 40 years ago. The last time it was serviced was about 20 years ago. I don’t use it as much now since I got the Ankarsrum in 2012. I could open up the top but honestly I am scared to.

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thedopefishlives Dec 27, 2020 • 2:05:49pm

re: #142 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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An American splodeydope. They must’ve been able to get tests run on the tissue.

145

Jay C Dec 27, 2020 • 2:05:57pm

re: #142 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

So that WAS Tony they scraped off the sidewalk?
That was quick….

146

Eric The Fruit Bat Dec 27, 2020 • 2:06:22pm

re: #137 Dave In Austin

Surströmming https://t.co/hVXbMd9gOc

— Eric The Fruit Bat (@ericfruitbat) December 27, 2020

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Targetpractice Dec 27, 2020 • 2:06:38pm

re: #142 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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IOW, a suicide bomber that will never be called such by the media because he’s not dark enough to set off their “terrorist” alarm bells.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 2:07:16pm

Later tweet offers that that the RV VIN matches his

That would determine he was blown up at the bomb site. Not that he necessarily died there.

Not being conspiracy guy. Just sayin’

— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) December 27, 2020

149

thedopefishlives Dec 27, 2020 • 2:07:30pm

re: #147 Targetpractice

IOW, a suicide bomber that will never be called such by the media because he’s not dark enough to set off their “terrorist” alarm bells.

We may never determine if he meant to kill himself or if it was a work accident. It’s a little bit revealing that he deeded his property to someone a month before the explosion, though.

150

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 2:09:07pm

A SNOW-BENCH is a thick bank of snow-filled cloud on a winter horizon. pic.twitter.com/PY1yfNmuoa

— Haggard Hawks 🦅 (@HaggardHawks) December 27, 2020

151

Ferdinand Dec 27, 2020 • 2:11:10pm

re: #146 Eric The Fruit Bat

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Mnuchin would be roach meat, because of how Kafkaesque this has all become. Just caught on MSNBC that he hasn’t made any public statements since crowing about the relief bill and saying the President would sign it. Also just caught that because UI and PUA lapsed last night, even if the bill was signed today because of how it’s worded there will be no benefits for the week ending this coming Saturday for any of us 11 million plus who just got cut off.

152

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 2:13:51pm

Chok https://t.co/JKEAEmbPMP https://t.co/qle2YaU0TQ

— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀😷 (@FormerDirtDart) December 27, 2020

153

The Pie Overlord! Dec 27, 2020 • 2:14:16pm

re: #137 Dave In Austin

ptcha (the jelly without the gefilte fish) pic.twitter.com/rmZ2txaoFW

— Key Lime Victory Pie (@Pie_Overlord) December 27, 2020

154

thedopefishlives Dec 27, 2020 • 2:18:22pm

re: #153 The Pie Overlord!

Lutefisk.

155

PhillyPretzel Dec 27, 2020 • 2:21:43pm

re: #153 The Pie Overlord!

Mnuchin would be that unidentifiable food in the back of the work refrigerator everyone is afraid to touch.

156

The Ghost of a Flea Dec 27, 2020 • 2:22:41pm

re: #135 Eric The Fruit Bat

Would you believe that a Nobel prizewinner for creating the PCR diagnostic process really hated Fauci? And became best buds with AIDS-denialist Peter Duesberg?
Meet Kary Mullis.
Here’s an old video where he tears into Fauci:

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There seems to be a high correlation of Nobel Prize winners in the sciences becoming total whackjobs (Shockley, Pauling, Josephson, Mullis…I’m sure there’s more…)

I seriously propose there is a threshold at which people no longer have to hear the word “no” and thus begin to become whackjobs.

Not everyone hits that threshold the same way, so not everyone becomes the same kind of whackjob.

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Eric The Fruit Bat Dec 27, 2020 • 2:22:44pm

re: #151 Ferdinand

Mnuchin would be roach meat, because of how Kafkaesque this has all become.

Mnuchin should have been prosecuted by Kamala Harris for his crimes he committed as the CEO of OneWest Financial over all of the bogus foreclosures his firm engaged in - especially since that sniveling weasel Lanny Breuer as head of the criminal section of the DOJ let a lot of these folks off the hook.

158

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 2:23:02pm

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton tried to get the Trump administration to revoke millions in federal COVID relief funding that Harris County budgeted for expanded mail-in voting earlier this year, newly revealed records show. https://t.co/FZrVPAqJBy

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) December 27, 2020

159

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Dec 27, 2020 • 2:23:25pm

re: #135 Eric The Fruit Bat

There seems to be a high correlation of Nobel Prize winners in the sciences becoming total whackjobs (Shockley, Pauling, Josephson, Mullis…I’m sure there’s more…)

Be Wary
Of the Emeriti,
At their age
They tend to rage.

160

FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Dec 27, 2020 • 2:27:48pm

re: #133 thedopefishlives

They should detonate the truck just on principle, for the work they had to put in to find out it wasn’t a bomb.

I wonder what the hourly rate billed on a bomb-disposal/exploration robot is?

161

Dread Pirate Ron Dec 27, 2020 • 2:28:21pm

Wonder what Ted got in return?

— Trump(s) Be Gone! (@McewinTom) December 27, 2020

162

Eric The Fruit Bat Dec 27, 2020 • 2:32:12pm

BREAKING: Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, master of the knuckleball, dies age 81.

163

First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Dec 27, 2020 • 2:32:42pm

re: #146 Eric The Fruit Bat

nsfw

SURSTROMMING RAW AND UNCUT LOUHE87-FINLAND

164

thedopefishlives Dec 27, 2020 • 2:33:05pm

re: #162 Eric The Fruit Bat

BREAKING: Baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro, master of the knuckleball, dies age 81.

2020 is determined that it is not going out without a fight.

165

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 2:33:36pm

Look at this cheater. pic.twitter.com/38nHDnUMmS

— Lorenzo The Cat (@LorenzoTheCat) December 27, 2020

166

Alephnaught Dec 27, 2020 • 2:34:40pm

re: #131 sagehen

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Video

You want “boom”?

Blake’s 7 - Orac’s Prediction

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PhillyPretzel Dec 27, 2020 • 2:34:45pm

re: #165 Backwoods_Sleuth

Subtitle: Why work when all of it is done for you?

168

Charles Johnson Dec 27, 2020 • 2:36:08pm

This photo’s popping up on Twitter but IT IS NOT CONFIRMED. But holy shit if it is.

This is why @realDonaldTrump isn’t saying anything about the Nashville bomber It’s one of his cult followers!! pic.twitter.com/veIidA9plo

— Chris Papio (@SteLenaFoster) December 27, 2020

169

Patricia Kayden Dec 27, 2020 • 2:36:12pm

re: #137 Dave In Austin

Pizza wth pineapple is delicious so try again.

170

🌹UOJB! Dec 27, 2020 • 2:36:40pm

re: #146 Eric The Fruit Bat

Frankie Doodle Dandy pic.twitter.com/MoeNnfPA08

— The 3-D Zanti Regent (@josephebacon) December 27, 2020

171

jaunte Dec 27, 2020 • 2:39:02pm

This man was until recently the CEO of a publicly traded company but was fired after he had an affair with a Russian agent.

He has recently been advising @realDonaldTrump regarding discredited crackpot theories which posit that the president did not lose the 2020 election. https://t.co/1xQpxmiGpM

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) December 27, 2020

Super high tech Directed Energy Weapon/missile strike misses target, leaves RV debris to throw investigators off the scent.

172

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Dec 27, 2020 • 2:40:58pm

re: #164 thedopefishlives

2020 is determined that it is not going out without a fight.

Legendary wrestler Danny Hodge also died, on Christmas Eve.

173

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Dec 27, 2020 • 2:45:54pm

re: #133 thedopefishlives

They should detonate the truck just on principle, for the work they had to put in to find out it wasn’t a bomb.

Yeah, we deserve some kind of show, albeit a brief one, for all the expense to the taxpayers.

174

🌹UOJB! Dec 27, 2020 • 2:45:58pm

re: #172 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Legendary wrestler Danny Hodge also died, on Christmas Eve.

Add Phil Niekro crossing the Rainbow Bridge today…

175

Barefoot Grin Dec 27, 2020 • 2:46:53pm

I’ve never thought of Mnuchin as a food, only as a being who requires a few gallons of mealworms a day.

176

Decatur Deb Dec 27, 2020 • 2:48:25pm

re: #160 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

I wonder what the hourly rate billed on a bomb-disposal/exploration robot is?

Bet it’s more than an 89 Delta.

177

Charles Johnson Dec 27, 2020 • 2:48:52pm

I doubt that’s a genuine photo. A quick google images search shows it’s only posted on two sites right now and they both look pretty sketchy.

178

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Dec 27, 2020 • 2:49:45pm

re: #171 jaunte

The replies to Byrne’s tweet should make one wary of America’s future.

So much delusion.

179

lawhawk Dec 27, 2020 • 2:51:51pm

re: #168 Charles Johnson

We’ve known for years that right wing domestic terrorism has been the biggest threat to the nation. We’ve known for years that white supremacists and right wing domestic terrorists have been coddled by Trump and the GOP because they form the most ardent of GOP supporters. The GOP have radicalized these people to act on their violent fantasies.

The GOP radicalized and fed these extremists nonstop propaganda and hate, and kept them in a hate-filled frenzy for decades now. That’s what the GOP built.

We’ve known that Trump and his corrupted DOJ have buried the reports showing the extent to which law enforcement is riddled with white supremacists. We’ve known that they too have buried the warnings about right wing domestic terrorism while elevating antifa to the worst in the universe when there’s precisely zero threat from them.

It’s projecting like IMAX, and it works because the base is all worked up to carry out more violence to preempt anything “antifa” might do. It’s a circle of violence and it started with the GOP and Trump.

180

Decatur Deb Dec 27, 2020 • 2:52:03pm

re: #177 Charles Johnson

I doubt that’s a genuine photo. A quick google images search shows it’s only posted on two sites right now and they both look pretty sketchy.

Lying for Joe Hill is no more useful than lying for Jesus.

181

Patricia Kayden Dec 27, 2020 • 2:52:45pm

Dang!!

Canadian officials confirm two cases of new COVID-19 strain first seen in UK https://t.co/h4uL1O4yiI pic.twitter.com/voRszJLCWh

— The Hill (@thehill) December 27, 2020

182

Sherlock Hound Dec 27, 2020 • 2:54:09pm

re: #177 Charles Johnson

I doubt that’s a genuine photo. A quick google images search shows it’s only posted on two sites right now and they both look pretty sketchy.

No one else has bit, so you’re probably right. For the next few hours.

183

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 2:56:32pm

re: #177 Charles Johnson

I doubt that’s a genuine photo. A quick google images search shows it’s only posted on two sites right now and they both look pretty sketchy.

google image search ain’t what it used to be.

184

EstebanTornado1963 Dec 27, 2020 • 2:56:52pm

Either way, the dude is probably white, therefore lone wolf

185

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 2:58:29pm

Here’s Biden’s schedule guidance for tomorrow: pic.twitter.com/oOw8dMSgk8

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) December 27, 2020

186

Dread Pirate Ron Dec 27, 2020 • 2:59:13pm

Trump in Palm Beach, Pence in Vail as millions just had their jobless benefits expire and government shuts down tomorrow night. https://t.co/gxj3DjtlHL

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) December 27, 2020

187

Dangerman Dec 27, 2020 • 3:00:25pm

re: #155 PhillyPretzel

Mnuchin would be that unidentifiable food in the back of the work refrigerator everyone is afraid to touch.

ah, the chemistry experiment

188

PhillyPretzel Dec 27, 2020 • 3:00:58pm

re: #187 Dangerman; Not a Dr. & don’t play one on TV

Yes. It is called that too.

189

The Pie Overlord! Dec 27, 2020 • 3:01:00pm

Super-spreader event incoming

On behalf of two GREAT Senators, @sendavidperdue & @KLoeffler, I will be going to Georgia on Monday night, January 4th., to have a big and wonderful RALLY. So important for our Country that they win!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 27, 2020

190

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 3:01:27pm

this asshat

See you in Washington, DC, on January 6th. Don’t miss it. Information to follow!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 27, 2020

191

thedopefishlives Dec 27, 2020 • 3:01:38pm

pic.twitter.com/RfVJ5HfE7a

— Good Legal Takes (@goodlegaltakes) December 27, 2020

192

thedopefishlives Dec 27, 2020 • 3:03:46pm

I feel sorry for the poor person who has to attempt to serve this.

Guys, I don’t think Thomas More said he’d burn down a wall of laws to keep the Devil on his throne. @ThomasMoreSoc pic.twitter.com/OXOwll3oO7

— Patrick Nonwhite (@NonWhiteHat) December 27, 2020

193

Dangerman Dec 27, 2020 • 3:05:37pm

re: #188 PhillyPretzel

Yes. It is called that too.

or from The Odd Couple:

I got brown sandwiches and green sandwiches. It’s either very new cheese or very old meat.

194

lawhawk Dec 27, 2020 • 3:06:07pm

re: #192 thedopefishlives

These asshats don’t get that there’s no actual entity known as the Electoral College. It’s not a physical thing. Not that they care.

They should be sanctioned and disbarred out of existence (a broken record with all these right wing wackaloons).

195

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 3:06:09pm

Government Shutdown looming
Millions about to lose their homes and unemployment benefits
3000+ dying every day

Don is going to take the time out of his busy golfing schedule for another rally https://t.co/EbAdN4OGNp

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) December 27, 2020

196

Dangerman Dec 27, 2020 • 3:09:13pm

re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth

this asshat

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your information never follows
your reveal never happens
that list of hits (actually misses) is huge by now.*
your rube followers have the singular and collective memory of a gnat.

yawn

See you in Washington, DC, on January 6th. Don’t miss it. Information to follow!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 27, 2020

* here’s just 2
- health care plan in 2 weeks
- dox re melania’s immigration “She’s got it so documented” you said.

197

Eclectic Cyborg Dec 27, 2020 • 3:09:35pm

Blocking the stimulus and shutting down the government is a great way to win votes.

////

198

Dangerman Dec 27, 2020 • 3:10:31pm

re: #194 lawhawk

These asshats don’t get that there’s no actual entity known as the Electoral College. It’s not a physical thing. Not that they care.

They should be sanctioned and disbarred out of existence (a broken record with all these right wing wackaloons).

they know
they dont care
it’s theater

199

thedopefishlives Dec 27, 2020 • 3:11:23pm

re: #194 lawhawk

These asshats don’t get that there’s no actual entity known as the Electoral College. It’s not a physical thing. Not that they care.

They should be sanctioned and disbarred out of existence (a broken record with all these right wing wackaloons).

It’s the perfect response, though, from the judge - “I’ll hear your case as soon as Plaintiffs have filed notice that all Defendants have been served.” In other words, shortly after hell freezes over.

200

🌹UOJB! Dec 27, 2020 • 3:11:24pm

re: #192 thedopefishlives

I feel sorry for the poor person who has to attempt to serve this.

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Which asshole will accept a subpoena for the Electoral College?

A) Matt Gaetz
B) Jim Jordan
C) Louie Gohmert
D) Ron Johnson
E) Another Republican Asshole?

201

thedopefishlives Dec 27, 2020 • 3:13:03pm

re: #200 🌹UOJB!

Which asshole will accept a subpoena for the Electoral College?

A) Matt Gaetz
B) Jim Jordan
C) Louie Gohmert
D) Ron Johnson
E) Another Republican Asshole?

F) All of them, Katie.

202

PhillyPretzel Dec 27, 2020 • 3:13:05pm

re: #200 🌹UOJB!

F) All the above. Those people will fight over it.

203

PhillyPretzel Dec 27, 2020 • 3:13:30pm

re: #201 thedopefishlives

Dang. You beat me to it.

204

thedopefishlives Dec 27, 2020 • 3:13:47pm

re: #203 PhillyPretzel

Dang. You beat me to it.

Great minds, etc., etc.

205

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 3:16:41pm

.@CapitolPolice - you have a job to do on Jan 6, too. It doesn’t involve allowing heavily armed conspiracy nuts to storm the barricades. https://t.co/ul7HawyJ3G

— Reed Galen (@reedgalen) December 27, 2020

206

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 3:17:37pm

Don’t forget to include information for the Proud Boy encampment on the White House lawn. Will there be WiFi? https://t.co/ssQD8aATZb

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 27, 2020

207

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 3:19:06pm

the cat was like ‘challenge accepted’ !
(viralhog) pic.twitter.com/yYnKI1ytRJ

— Humor And Animals (@humorandanimals) December 27, 2020

208

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 3:21:36pm

“We believe this was a completely random act, and there is no prior meeting or any kind of relationship between the suspect and any of the victims in this case,” Rockford Police Chief Dan O’Shea said. https://t.co/YNKbC6zMKU

— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) December 27, 2020

209

plansbandc Dec 27, 2020 • 3:21:36pm

re: #207 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

That cat is a problem solver!

210

Charles Johnson Dec 27, 2020 • 3:22:36pm

re: #209 plansbandc

That cat is a problem solver!

Also a problem causer.

211

Eclectic Cyborg Dec 27, 2020 • 3:24:00pm

Hmmm…

Good news on Covid Relief Bill. Information to follow!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 27, 2020

212

thedopefishlives Dec 27, 2020 • 3:24:27pm

re: #210 Charles Johnson

Also a problem causer.

As is the nature of cats.

213

FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n😷Trips Dec 27, 2020 • 3:24:47pm

Looking forward to being able to say “Can you believe this f*cking guy?” and not have everybody assume I’m talking about Orange Judas.

— Rev. Dr. Conroy Del Varney (@SageGreco) December 26, 2020

214

thedopefishlives Dec 27, 2020 • 3:25:13pm

re: #211 Eclectic Cyborg

Hmmm…

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I’m terrified now. Oh God, what does Orange Foolius have planned?

215

PhillyPretzel Dec 27, 2020 • 3:25:15pm

re: #211 Eclectic Cyborg

When I see then I will believe it.

216

Charles Johnson Dec 27, 2020 • 3:25:32pm

Grabbing some more attention.

Good news on Covid Relief Bill. Information to follow!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 27, 2020

217

lawhawk Dec 27, 2020 • 3:26:24pm

So I decided to check the docket today.

There are no responses filed. There’s no reply filed. Why? Because the Trump team seem to have decided to try and sandbag the defense by amending their complaint on December 22nd - 2 days before responses were due.

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) December 27, 2020

Everything Trump does is a shit show. And you can’t do what they’re attempting without the court rescheduling the replies. Again, sanctions and disbarment would be too good for these fucknuts.

218

thedopefishlives Dec 27, 2020 • 3:26:32pm

re: #216 Charles Johnson

Grabbing some more attention.

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He’s pissed off that the Nashville bomber stole the headlines, and the few times we’ve been talking about him have been to mention that he’s out golfing while America is dying.

219

Charles Johnson Dec 27, 2020 • 3:27:20pm

You unbelievable asshole. https://t.co/XBArQRz46i

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 27, 2020

220

First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Dec 27, 2020 • 3:29:42pm

re: #213 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

I have almost all of my phone notifications disabled but I’m really looking forward to not having to think ‘Jesus Christ, what now?’ every time I see a notification from the Washington Post.

221

The Ghost of a Flea Dec 27, 2020 • 3:30:15pm

re: #151 Ferdinand

Mnuchin would be roach meat, because of how Kafkaesque this has all become.

All these people look like they were chiselled out of veal by that 3D printer Kafka described in the Der Strafkolonie and then left out in the sun.

222

🌹UOJB! Dec 27, 2020 • 3:33:36pm

re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth

this asshat

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He’s inciting the Q Cucks Klan and their 3%er pals to commit violence in DC on the 6th.

223

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo Dec 27, 2020 • 3:35:31pm

I filled out a Trump survey trashing him a week ago, and in the NAME field I put Fuck You as my name. Forgot about it. Then just got this email out of the blue. And I’ve never been more baffled or laughed as hard as I just have. I thought he emailed truly addressing me like this pic.twitter.com/hyvxuv9lD5

— Brian Guest (@brguest20) November 21, 2020

224

PhillyPretzel Dec 27, 2020 • 3:38:08pm

re: #223 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo

That shows us that they do not read these things. It is fed into a computer which spits out more letters.

225

🌹UOJB! Dec 27, 2020 • 3:38:35pm

re: #219 Charles Johnson

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He’s going to blame the bombing on Antifa.

226

thedopefishlives Dec 27, 2020 • 3:39:15pm

re: #224 PhillyPretzel

That shows us that they do not read these things. It is fed into a computer which spits out more letters.

Yeah, we’ve seen that tweet before (note the date). I commented as much at the time.

227

jaunte Dec 27, 2020 • 3:40:28pm

“Information to follow” when Joe Biden is finally president.

228

Backwoods_Sleuth Dec 27, 2020 • 3:44:07pm

re: #208 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips

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Lone wolves are just popping up all over the place.

wonder why?

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A Three Hour Tour Dec 27, 2020 • 3:49:53pm

re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth

Lone wolves are just popping up all over the place.

wonder why?

Economic anxiety from white working class men?

///////

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Jebediah, RBG Dec 27, 2020 • 3:54:42pm

re: #32 dat_said

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Edit - sorry, didn’t mean to post quite yet as I was trying to figure out how to rotate the picture. (Photo now fixed)

It’s of the Veterans Cemetery where my father was buried last week (Covid).

Oh fuck. So sorry.

231

Belafon Dec 27, 2020 • 4:13:17pm

re: #79 The Ghost of a Flea

Okay, I realize I’m being a gadfly today and I’ll promise I’ll stop after this, but…

The two British princes performed their military service well alongside many many people taking the same risks who did not get a title, a subsidized lifestyle, and millions of pounds of income.

This is what I mean about royalty being a brand: “the Windsor boys did something that normal people do” is run through the filter of monarchist mystique and becomes notable…but only because everyone’s become habituated to the premise that royalty don’t have to do anything normal, or do things well.

I’ve run into a lot of “normal people” through my years and very few of them have actually served. It’s seems to be an even lower ratio among those who think they’re doing the country a great service by being conservative.

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Belafon Dec 27, 2020 • 4:16:30pm

re: #109 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Infrastructure costs money and cuts into the bottom line

Sufficiently redundant infrastructure requires government investment.

Spy Auto

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