Seth takes a closer look at former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, where House impeachment managers laid out powerful evidence of his guilt while most Republican senators had no interest in holding him accountable.
Okay now it seems to be working. I was able to upding the article itself and post a comment.
re: #1 PhillyPretzel
Okay now it seems to be working.
I had that happen a couple of days ago. I couldn’t get any of the buttons to work in a thread, but the next thread was ok.
re: #2 Belafon
Yes that is what is happening. It must be a bug somewhere.
Listening to Castor today reminded me of a friend of mine when we were arguing a case against each other before the Kentucky Supreme Court. He started with a folksy tale, and a Justice quickly cut him off and told him to get to the point. Castor needed someone to tell him that today.
Where does “perplexed” rate on the Official Senator Collins Scale Of Concern™? https://t.co/1Z42HuQsmJ
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) February 10, 2021
re: #2 Belafon
And I just checked my iPhone and it is working too. It probably has something to do with the length of the thread.
Trump’s crackerjack legal team is having quite the day.
Sidney Powell is busy being chased by process servers.
Dominion Voting Systems says ex-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell “evaded service of process for weeks,” forcing it to take “extraordinary measures to effect service, including hiring private investigators and pursuing Powell across state lines.” pic.twitter.com/Yuh3AxZcbO
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) February 9, 2021
Lin Wood is facing consequences in NY and may run into problems resulting from his bad crazy:
Good evening, followers of litigation hijinx:
There’s an interesting - I think that’s the word - filing by Lin Wood in a NY defamation case. I’m getting up to speed on the case now; I’ll have a summary of the situation and a thread on Lin’s filing starting in just a few minutes.— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) February 10, 2021
Trump’s impeachment team are doing precisely as well as expected: baffling with bulkshit and even Trump’s throwing a tantrum about the disastrous open.
Maddox replaying some of Raskin. Unlike Castor, he was riveting.
re: #5 Dread Pirate Ron
I don’t care what the hell she’s thinking right now. Her vote will be her legacy. She’s already got a tainted legacy thanks to refusing to remove Trump after the first impeachment trial, and she’s on pace to do so again.
That says more about her and the rest of the GOP than it does Trump.
We expect this behavior from Trump. We supposedly think that GOPers in the Senate would do better (memo: they’re no better than Trump himself - they’re as corrupt and morally bankrupt).
re: #204 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
“Quando dou comida aos pobres chamam-me de santo. Quando pergunto por que eles são pobres chamam-me de comunista” - Hélder Câmara (Catholic Archbishop of Olinda and Recife during the Brazilian military dictatorship)
“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist.”
re: #5 Dread Pirate Ron
Steve Vladeck
@steve_vladeck
Where does “perplexed” rate on the Official Senator Collins Scale Of Concern™?
6:40 PM • Feb 9, 2021
Republican Sen. Susan Collins says she was “perplexed” by Trump’s lawyer Bruce Castor “who did not seem to make any arguments at all, which was an unusual approach to take” to @tedbarrettcnn
— Ali Zaslav (@alizaslav) February 9, 2021
I think “perplexed” is a new level of concern for SuzieC that does not fit into the traditional Green to Red matrix we are so familiar with and disgusted by.
Let’s just call it “Purple” and move on.
re: #11 austin_blue
Steve Vladeck
@steve_vladeck
Where does “perplexed” rate on the Official Senator Collins Scale Of Concern™?
6:40 PM • Feb 9, 2021Republican Sen. Susan Collins says she was “perplexed” by Trump’s lawyer Bruce Castor “who did not seem to make any arguments at all, which was an unusual approach to take” to @tedbarrettcnn
— Ali Zaslav (@alizaslav) February 9, 2021
I think “perplexed” is a new level of concern for SuzieC that does not fit into the traditional Green to Red matrix we are so familiar with and disgusted by.
Let’s just call it “Purple” and move on.
I’m not sure if Fuckface was actually at this thing today, but I’m hoping if and when he is, he’s arrested as he tries to leave.
44 Republicans voted that the Senate trial is unconstitutional. Have you ever witnessed such a cowardly display in your life? Truly despicable.
— A Hopeful Citizen (@ThePubliusUSA) February 9, 2021
re: #7 lawhawk
Trump’s crackerjack legal team is having quite the day.
Sidney Powell is busy being chased by process servers.
Trump’s impeachment team are doing precisely as well as expected: baffling with bulkshit and even Trump’s throwing a tantrum about the disastrous open.
I just keep hearing the “Mission Impossible” theme when I see that Sydney is being chased by Dominion Process Servers.
Don’t give up! Check the couch circuit, every Hotel 6, and Rudy’s basement!
Duh Duh, Duh Duh Duh, Duh Duh, Duh Duh, Deedleoo Deedleoo Deedleoo, Duh Duh, DAH DAH!
OT
Here’s an event you might not expect in February:
Group accidentally encountered a brown bear den before one of them was mauled near Haines
re: #18 Cheechako
OT
Here’s an event you might not expect in February:
Group accidentally encountered a brown bear den before one of them was mauled near Haines
We have Brown Bears. I doubt they even hibernate—probably just go down to the beach at Tyndall AFB.
Guess he doesnt want us to answer 🤭 pic.twitter.com/1NoDWAq9HK
— Jihan Simón Hasbun 😷 (@ggsh88) February 10, 2021
re: #18 Cheechako
The group was skinning up the mountain when they stumbled upon a brown bear’s den by accident at around 1,600 feet of elevation
Brown bears have been polite enough not to stumble into my bedroom. Just saying.
Oh dear. Our favorite loony toon, L. Lin Wood, Esq., finds himself the subject of a Legaltainment (tm) thread:
Good evening, followers of litigation hijinx:
There’s an interesting - I think that’s the word - filing by Lin Wood in a NY defamation case. I’m getting up to speed on the case now; I’ll have a summary of the situation and a thread on Lin’s filing starting in just a few minutes.— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) February 10, 2021
re: #18 Cheechako
OT
Here’s an event you might not expect in February:
Group accidentally encountered a brown bear den before one of them was mauled near Haines
From the Bear’s viewpoint:
Female Brown Bear with cubs, denned up, attacks group of morons on skis who had no business being anywhere near her babies.
He won the moral argument but right-wing extremists won’t convict. This is our conundrum.https://t.co/Pfy9qFR0uW
— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) February 10, 2021
“…Clearly, Republicans do not want to try the case that would force them to face up to their constitutional obligations. The House managers made crystal clear that no conscientious senator should let the former president escape accountability. Put differently, they presented those bent on acquittal as lacking in courage, decency and intellectual honesty. Whatever the result of the trial, the verdict is already in for the senators who refuse to hold the seditious Trump responsible for the greatest betrayal of office by any president.”
re: #19 Decatur Deb
We have Brown Bears. I doubt they even hibernate—probably just go down to the beach at Tyndall AFB.
Up here brown bears are the equivalent to grizzly bears in the lower 48.
re: #3 PhillyPretzel
Yes that is what is happening. It must be a bug somewhere.
When your browser’s memory runs low, curious things like that happen. (And when you go from a long thread to a new short thread, memory is freed.) Did you close it and open it again? I’ve had your problem before, and solved it with the famous turn off - turn on solution.
I just made an appointment to get my first Covid vaccine on Thursday (Pfizer).
Woo hoo.
Also w00t.
Junior sounds like one of his daddy’s terrible lawyers.
pic.twitter.com/DNtDVprSpR— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) February 10, 2021
Junior’s ready for someone else to keep fighting.
re: #15 Jack Burton
I’m not sure if Fuckface was actually at this thing today, but I’m hoping if and when he is, he’s arrested as he tries to leave.
No, he watched it on tv from Mar-a-Lago.
re: #25 Cheechako
Up here brown bears are the equivalent to grizzly bears in the lower 48.
Yeah, that’s not the same. We have black bears. I’ve seen a mother and cub a couple of years ago near my home, and I saw a big guy from my car as I was driving my dog to the local abandoned campus running out of the woods towards the tennis courts (and then saw my car and ran back into the woods).
re: #30 Barefoot Grin
Yeah, that’s not the same. We have black bears. I’ve seen a mother and cub a couple of years ago near my home, and I saw a big guy from my car as I was driving my dog to the local abandoned campus running out of the woods towards the tennis courts (and then saw my car and ran back into the woods).
We have both, but our brown bears are more “brown bears” and not “grizzly bears”. One of my brothers-in-law saw a black bear in his yard when he came home from a late day on the job. Me, I’ve never seen one loose in the wild, yet.
re: #17 austin_blue
I just keep hearing the “Mission Impossible” theme when I see that Sydney is being chased by Dominion Process Servers.
Don’t give up! Check the couch circuit, every Hotel 6, and Rudy’s basement!
Duh Duh, Duh Duh Duh, Duh Duh, Duh Duh, Deedleoo Deedleoo Deedleoo, Duh Duh, DAH DAH!
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re: #25 Cheechako
Up here brown bears are the equivalent to grizzly bears in the lower 48.
I believe DD is referring to Black Bears, silly willy nilly all stuffed with fluff.
Not likely to wake up and eat your face off. Much more likely to lounge in your pool.
re: #31 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
We have both, but our brown bears are more “brown bears” and not “grizzly bears”. One of my brothers-in-law saw a black bear in his yard when he came home from a late day on the job. Me, I’ve never seen one loose in the wild, yet.
Come across the Mississippi then, we have plenty of black bear around here. They don’t tend to cause trouble but they are over populated and get like to rummage through peoples trash. They’re most dangerous in the fall when fattening up for winter - if they smell easy food, they’ll go for it. A boy scout got mauled a couple of years back over a candy bar. But other than that, even sows with cubs are not as dangerous as browns out west.
re: #33 austin_blue
I believe DD is referring to Black Bears, silly willy nilly all stuffed with fluff.
Not likely to wake up and eat your face off. Much more likely to lounge in your pool.
But also happy to tear your car to shreads in search of the candy bar you left in the front seat.
re: #34 William Lewis
Come across the Mississippi then, we have plenty of black bear around here. They don’t tend to cause trouble but they are over populated and get like to rummage through peoples trash. They’re most dangerous in the fall when fattening up for winter - if they smell easy food, they’ll go for it. A boy scout got mauled a couple of years back over a candy bar. But other than that, even sows with cubs are not as dangerous as browns out west.
Nah, it’s just living in the suburbs. I’m sure if I had a cabin up north like all the other rich folk around here, I’d have my share of bear run-ins. I do have plenty of stories about deer, and turkey, and there was a bald eagle pair that had a nest about a mile from my house a couple of years back.
re: #27 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
I just made an appointment to get my first Covid vaccine on Thursday (Pfizer).
Woo hoo.
Also w00t.
My first Fauci Ouchie is at 1:30 pm tomorrow at the Wilhelmina Delco Center in East Austin.
I’m taking my passport, hoping for a stamp, but am interested to see the documentation provided.
re: #25 Cheechako
Up here brown bears are the equivalent to grizzly bears in the lower 48.
Oops—ours are the fair-to-middling size, and they’re actually Black Bears. They range from the coast well up into the Appalachians. One wanders through here every once in a while, through an erratic wilderness corridor. Most of them have radios.
re: #11 austin_blue
Steve Vladeck
@steve_vladeck
Where does “perplexed” rate on the Official Senator Collins Scale Of Concern™?
6:40 PM • Feb 9, 2021Republican Sen. Susan Collins says she was “perplexed” by Trump’s lawyer Bruce Castor “who did not seem to make any arguments at all, which was an unusual approach to take” to @tedbarrettcnn
— Ali Zaslav (@alizaslav) February 9, 2021
I think “perplexed” is a new level of concern for SuzieC that does not fit into the traditional Green to Red matrix we are so familiar with and disgusted by.
Let’s just call it “Purple” and move on.
How soon until Susan’s “concern” goes straight to plaid?
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re: #36 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Oh, yeah - I forgot the moose that was found wandering on the freeway two days after I officially moved here. I was renting a room in a hotel, looking for a job and permanent housing, and saw it on the news. I was literally like, what in the ACTUAL FUCK have I gotten myself into when there are MOOSE on the loose.
Long but good.
Thank you @LewisHowes for a great interview with Dr. Seheult on a wide variety of #COVID19 topics:https://t.co/Aej1dSahBq
— MedCram (@MedCramVideos) February 10, 2021
re: #42 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Take care. <3
Castor may have a strategy that makes sense. The Senate will acquit, but Trump could be convicted in the court of public opinion. So bore the tv audience to death so they will turn it off!
re: #30 Barefoot Grin
We also have black bears which are a different bear sub-species from our brown bears. The black bears are smaller and much more ornery than the browns. The browns usually try to avoid human contact while the black bears can be more curious.
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) February 10, 2021
re: #44 No Malarkey!
Castor may have a strategy that makes sense. The Senate will acquit, but Trump could be convicted in the court of public opinion. So bore the tv audience to death so they will turn it off!
Except that they heard the house managers’ case before they turned it off. Not even a little bit boring.
Devin Nunes Twitter account was just suspended pic.twitter.com/81KGCjsGlg
— Sam Mintz (@samjmintz) February 10, 2021
re: #16 jaunte
Had the insurrectionists succeeded in killing Pence, Pelosi, and others, and stopped the EC vote, these 44 would have told everyone to remain calm while we transition to a new government with Trump in charge.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) February 10, 2021
re: #47 Ace-o-aces
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Bolten is like mold in the shower—you just have to keep spraying it down. But it never seems to die.
Worth noting that this is the blowback Cassidy got for a vote that wasn’t even a conviction of Trump. His vote was to endorse Senate authority to hold impeachment proceedings for former Presidents (a power GOPers might want if it’s a Dem that’s inciting a late-term insurrection). https://t.co/0J2g1TGTXl
— Tierney Sneed (@Tierney_Megan) February 9, 2021
re: #48 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
Except that they heard the house managers’ case before they turned it off. Not even a little bit boring.
That is Trump’s problem. It’s riveting tv. I can’t wait for tomorrow.
re: #49 jaunte
Nunes was still peddling the big lie?
hay @devinnunes 🐮 https://t.co/DfafyHE2Bq
— Devin Nunes’ cow 🐮 (@DevinCow) February 10, 2021
this can’t be real pic.twitter.com/FDTkFfBAvw
— Devin Nunes’ cow 🐮 (@DevinCow) February 10, 2021
So Trump’s lawyer says that Trump’s rhetoric was “inflammatory” and that he had “dedicated followers” who acted on it. In other words, Trump is guilty as charged. https://t.co/yiJizQP6Yu
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 10, 2021
re: #36 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Nah, it’s just living in the suburbs. I’m sure if I had a cabin up north like all the other rich folk around here, I’d have my share of bear run-ins. I do have plenty of stories about deer, and turkey, and there was a bald eagle pair that had a nest about a mile from my house a couple of years back.
We haven’t had any bear run-ins around here. Mountain lions are another story.
Nunes personal account not suspended, but not very active either
Tweets by DevinNunes
My new wingnut state senator sponsored another reckless bill.
Senate Bill 213, by state Sen. Adrienne Southworth, would invalidate Gov Beshear’s 3/6/2020 declaration of emergency in response to the novel coronavirus. https://t.co/6UflFACzml ^JC
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) February 10, 2021
Americans started playing the National Anthem before every sports game in order to rally the population during WWII, and everyone has been to afraid of being called anti-American to stop doing it even though the reasoning behind it hasn’t been relevant for 80 years.
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) February 10, 2021
re: #61 Ace-o-aces
That’s right, Mark Cuban is a socialist. He’s just really bad at it.
— Ace-o-aces (@aceoaces) February 10, 2021
re: #60 No Malarkey!
My new wingnut state senator sponsored another reckless bill.
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What is it with Republicans and their full-time efforts to thwart policies designed to stop the pandemic? Yes — some Republicans treat it seriously, but if the governor is a Democrat and the legislature is Republican, then every GOP member seems to be on Team COVID.
I, also, am not a cat.
— SomeLoathsomeDockHat (@Popehat) February 9, 2021
re: #62 Cheechako
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EDIT: Stop and think about the hidden meaning.
They call them ‘canadians’ in the food service industry.
re: #70 No Malarkey!
That’s what a cat would say.
re: #69 Hecuba’s daughter
What is it with Republicans and their full-time efforts to thwart policies designed to stop the pandemic? Yes — some Republicans treat it seriously, but if the governor is a Democrat and the legislature is Republican, then every GOP member seems to be on Team COVID.
The QAP wants Democrats to fail and they will do anything to sabotage a Democrat.
re: #72 Dread Pirate Ron
That’s what a cat would say.
The Trump lawyers today would have been better if they were cats.
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) February 10, 2021
One former Trump official said “This is much bigger than just Russia and Putin. It’s a problem across the board for the new team — basically, trying to find out, what did [Trump] promise people left right and center?”
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) February 10, 2021
re: #69 Hecuba’s daughter
What is it with Republicans and their full-time efforts to thwart policies designed to stop the pandemic? Yes — some Republicans treat it seriously, but if the governor is a Democrat and the legislature is Republican, then every GOP member seems to be on Team COVID.
Because they wish to propagate a genocide.
Note in states where the governor is a Republican and so is the majority of the legislature (like mine) they are doing the same thing.
This isn’t about Democratic governors. Republican governors never really implemented any restrictions so they have none to oppose.
So I just checked to see if I’d been added to any new lists, and this psycho popped up: WilliamCobbett4. Blocked.
It’s a good idea to check this periodically because this is something right wing weirdos do. Block them and you’re removed from their creepy hate lists. pic.twitter.com/EAf56urZAT— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 10, 2021
re: #64 Ace-o-aces
There are a lot of conservatives with their panties in a bunch over Mark Cuban’s decision (some time ago) to stop playing the National Anthem at home games of the Cavaliers.
As much as they are complaining (and threatening boycotts of the NBA, which I thought they said they were doing a couple years ago), you’d think they go to basketball games only to hear the anthem and not watch basketball.
re: #69 Hecuba’s daughter
What is it with Republicans and their full-time efforts to thwart policies designed to stop the pandemic? Yes — some Republicans treat it seriously, but if the governor is a Democrat and the legislature is Republican, then every GOP member seems to be on Team COVID.
Being an office holder doesn’t make you immune to propaganda. They may very well believe the hype we’ve all heard and that I’m not going to repeat here — so that they think the precautions aren’t necessary.
re: #76 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Because they wish to propagate a genocide.
Note in states where the governor is a Republican and so is the majority of the legislature (like mine) they are doing the same thing.
This isn’t about Democratic governors. Republican governors never really implemented any restrictions so they have none to oppose.
There are several Republican states that appear to have state level mask mandates in most counties: for example, Texas, Mississippi, Utah.
re: #80 Hecuba’s daughter
There are several Republican states that appear to have state level mask mandates in most counties: for example, Texas, Mississippi, Utah.
Wyoming is the only R state I’m aware of with a statewide mandate. Gov. Mark Gordon is being attacked by members of his own party in the state legislature over it.
A lawsuit in Poland against two historians raises serious concerns about the future of independent Holocaust scholarship in Poland and beyond. To understand the full scope of Holocaust history and its relevance, there must be unfettered scholarship and open public discourse.
— US Holocaust Museum (@HolocaustMuseum) February 5, 2021
Yeah but have you seen how disarrayed those dems are!?!?!
— BobDylanVSJudy (@zimmyman89) February 10, 2021
4 commercial breaks during Tucker Carlson’s show tonight. Mike Lindell appeared in all four:
1 for his book
1 for MyPillow sheets
1 for MyPillow
1 for MyPillow mattress topper— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) February 10, 2021
re: #72 Dread Pirate Ron
That’s what a cat would say.
A dog on the internet might tell you she’s not a dog, but a cat would straight up tell you it was one and that it’s your problem, not hers.
No. We are trying to get them to acknowledge reality. https://t.co/aXJJkauU1N
— Nunca Trumpismo (@NeverTrumpTexan) February 10, 2021
re: #84 Belafon
A dog on the internet might tell you she’s not a dog, but a cat would straight up tell you it was one and that it’s your problem, not hers.
Trump team is looking for the Zoom filter that makes lawyers look competent.
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) February 10, 2021
re: #85 jaunte
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81million+ of us remind TexAssHole Rafael that our candidate got more votes.
and yes, We DO hate you and your enablers, Rafael. We’re gonna cheer when you are convicted and tossed in jail.
re: #83 Dread Pirate Ron
Aaron Blake’s list misses that Sasse has already been rebuked by several county GOP boards in Nebraska. Scott’s Bluff (seat Gering, home of Rep. Adrian Smith) was first, then Hitchcock (seat Trenton), Sarpy (seat Papillion, suburb of Omaha), and most recently Lincoln (seat North Platte).
re: #85 jaunte
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Very funny thread
It’s OK, Bruce Castor, we’ve all tried to wing a public talk and failed miserably.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 9, 2021
Watch a Billion Years of Shifting Tectonic Plates in 40 Mesmerising Seconds
In one of the most complete models of tectonic plate movements ever put together, scientists have condensed a billion years of movement into a 40-second video clip, so we can see how these giant slabs of rock have interacted over time.
Trump’s lawyer David Schoen, an Orthodox Jew, said he did not wear his yarmulke on the Senate floor during his arguments in the impeachment trial because he wasn’t sure if it “was appropriate.”
“I just wasn’t sure if it was appropriate, frankly..I didn’t want to offend anyone.”— Ali Zaslav (@alizaslav) February 9, 2021
re: #93 Dave In Austin
I mean, when your jurors are Nazis, it’s an understandable concern.
So, the first day of the second Trump impeachment went well for the defense.
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chuckling at folks whose media model was to hit Biden from Left as centrist sellout
they have nothing to work with https://t.co/IyHcCBdHNp— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) February 10, 2021
re: #96 Dread Pirate Ron
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The corporate media is being driven nuts. They wanted to spin him as a “centrist sellout,” but he’s been pushing a strongly progressive agenda. While those that wanted to present him as an uber-socialist are left grasping at straws about Keystone and coal mining.
Note how Pee Pee Doofy is bringing up Biden’s brother and son-in-law alleging they’re making $$$ off of Joe.
The same Pee Pee Doofy who never uttered a peep about the hundreds of millions Princess Ivanka and Lord Privy Steal Jared siphoned up!
The likely interpretation of this move after McConnell’s inner circle made a huge show of hyping him up as a potential “yes” on impeachment is that the civil war is over, Trump won, and leadership won’t stand in the way of his retaining influence over the party. https://t.co/sz0MbgPIxJ
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) February 9, 2021
I guess the insurrectionist’s threats against his granddaughter didn’t phase him.
re: #99 Dread Pirate Ron
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I guess the insurrectionist’s threats against his granddaughter didn’t phase him.
I rather suspect he’d sell his own granddaughter’s soul if it guaranteed him a permanent Congressional Repub majority.
re: #100 Targetpractice
I rather suspect he’d sell his own granddaughter’s soul if it guaranteed him a permanent Congressional Repub majority.
I won’t bet against you.
re: #99 Dread Pirate Ron
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Mitch is addicted to power the same way a junky is addicted to heroin. He continually craves more and he will do anything to get more power. It will get to the point that he OD’s and we’ll all be the better for it when he’s doing the permanent dirt nap.
re: #93 Dave In Austin
David Schoen, who represented the Ku Klux Klan once, is concerned the Bigot Party might be offended by his religious head covering, trying to play victim, or trying to paint Democrats as anti-Semites (or all three)?
He has done extensive work on public interest and civil rights cases in the South about matters like police and prison violence and ballot access. Among his many cases, he played a significant role in a class-action lawsuit that challenged Alabama’s foster care system and led to improvements, and he represented the Ku Klux Klan in successfully challenging a law that forbade them from marching while wearing hoods and without paying a fee. The American Bar Association honored Mr. Schoen in 1995 for his volunteer legal efforts.
Who Are David Schoen and Bruce Castor, Trump’s Impeachment Trial Lawyers? (New York Times)
There was never a Repub civil war, there was a temporary point in time when the party truly feared a national backlash to the failed coup. As soon as that passed, so did the party’s opposition to being a subsidiary of the Trump Organization.
re: #103 Dread Pirate Ron
I shrug my shoulders when my wife complains about the PG&E bill.
re: #100 Targetpractice
I rather suspect he’d sell his own granddaughter’s soul if it guaranteed him a permanent Congressional Repub majority.
I hope his granddaughter becomes a flaming socialist.
The target of Trump’s insurrection, Mike Pence, has been oddly quiet lately.
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 10, 2021
Oh for fucks sake https://t.co/RsHUGkx4mR
— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) February 10, 2021
Hmmm, I have 350 emails in my inbox. 200 of them are from wish.com. I bought my cane from them a month ago. I haven’t checked my email since September.
re: #109 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Why does it look like my sonic face cleanser from Foreo
— A Nonny Nurse, RN (@IranianYogurt) February 10, 2021
Reading the print edition of The Economist, they note that Donald Trump’s orgy of execution warrants is the first time in US history that the federal government executed more people than states in a particular year. (There were seven state executions in 2020 and none this year. There were sixteen federal executions in the final months of 2020 and the first weeks of 2021.)
re: #109 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Do what you gotta do to get a vibrator past your parents, I guess 🤷🏻♀️ https://t.co/UkKQVhDBLB
— Dr Michelle *Science Cake* Wong 🤓💄🧁 (@LabMuffin) February 10, 2021
LMAO
Guess what! There is a new variant of Covid-19 out of San Jose CA. It was mentioned near the end of the interview with Dr. Roger Seheult I posted earlier.
Antivaxxers are liars, part sixty-five thousand three:
Anti-vaxxers are using a doctor’s miscarriage to claim the COVID-19 vaccine affects pregnancy — but the doctor lost her baby before getting the shot Business Insider
When Dr. Michelle Rockwell woke up Sunday morning, just a couple months after suffering a pregnancy loss, she said she saw her photos plastered on social media claiming her miscarriage was caused by a COVID-19 vaccine.
Rockwell screenshotted the circulating post, which no longer appears to be visible.
Previously, Rockwell, an OB-GYN in Tulsa, had posted about her pregnancy loss on her account, @DoctorMommyMD, which has more than 26,000 followers. Separately, she had posted about her vaccination.
But the anti-vaxx post baselessly linked the two, despite the fact that Rockwell suffered the miscarriage before she received the vaccine, she wrote in a post Monday addressing the incident and misinformation on the internet more generally.
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Rising COVID-19 variant found in Kaiser outbreak in San Jose, jail cases
On Sunday evening, county Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody joined state and other local health officials in announcing the 452R variant was behind several of the South Bay’s outbreaks, including the one where at least 74 Kaiser employees and 15 patients were infected in the ER of the South San Jose hospital.
re: #115 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Antivaxxers are liars, part sixty-five thousand three:
Anti-vaxxers are using a doctor’s miscarriage to claim the COVID-19 vaccine affects pregnancy — but the doctor lost her baby before getting the shot Business Insider
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My opinion about the antivaxxer crowd is the same as the anti-abortion crowd: “If you don’t want one, don’t have one. Just don’t think that gives you the right to tell others they can’t have one.”
re: #117 Targetpractice
My opinion about the antivaxxer crowd is the same as the anti-abortion crowd: “If you don’t want one, don’t have one. Just don’t think that gives you the right to tell others they can’t have one.”
My opinion of the antivaxxer crowd is they are a danger to society and should be treated as such. They should be placed outside any public venue until they are no longer a threat.
I was almost killed by an antivaxxer’s kid in 2012, I’d rather not repeat that.
How does the wave function collapse?
I think I want that on a t-shirt.
re: #118 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
My opinion of the antivaxxer crowd is they are a danger to society and should be treated as such. They should be placed outside any public venue until they are no longer a threat.
I was almost killed by an antivaxxer’s kid in 2012, I’d rather not repeat that.
Memories of the measles pandemic in 1962. Wicked strain left me bedridden for 3 weeks. Could barely walk to the toilet. Mom had problems getting me to eat anything until she hit on the idea of mixing fruit cocktail in cottage cheese. It hit every kid in my 2nd grade class One of the girls wound up blinded from retinal hemorrhages. One boy died from a massive cerebral hemorrhage. My temperature stayed between 102-103 for 3 weeks. Mom kept me in my bedroom with the shades pulled so it was always dark. She pulled a chair right next to my bed and she would not leave me.
Mom and Dad lost 2 daughters before I was born. Those deaths scarred them and Mom said over and over she wasn’t going to lose another child.
It took a long time to recover from that virus. So when that fucking asshole RFK Jr. shoots his mouth off about vaccines I wish someone would tell that asshole to shut the fuck up!
re: #119 Dread Pirate Ron
How does the wave function collapse?
I think I want that on a t-shirt.
Ah let’s ask Emmanuel Lasker about Primary Decomposition!
Redistricting will be underway in my state. As state law limits the state to forty-nine districts (despite attempts to repeal that due to population increase in the state), that means the three districts which include the Panhandle will probably lose one due to sustained population loss here.
Two of the state senators (mine and one from Gordon) want instead to sacrifice a district in southwest Nebraska because that senator is term-limited, while they are not.
Another proposal would eliminate my Unicameral district and divide it up amongst others.
Assuming my district is not eliminated, my state senator Steve Erdman would likely run for a second term (the guy I’m thinking about running against if he does).
The biggest problem with not expanding the number of state senators is as city areas grow and rural areas shrink, the rural districts get physically larger and harder to represent. The northern district in the state (district 43) is over four hundred miles long. There is a district in Lincoln which only covers about ten blocks.
re: #121 🌹UOJB!
Ah let’s ask Emmanuel Lasker about Primary Decomposition!
Yeah, I’m trying to wrap my head around it without the higher math.
re: #122 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Shouldn’t they wait for the census?
re: #120 🌹UOJB!
It took a long time to recover from that virus. So when that fucking asshole RFK Jr. shoots his mouth off about vaccines I wish someone would tell that asshole to shut the fuck up!
The last convo I recall with an anti-vaxxer came down to how vaccines kill babies, so it was really a pro-life thing to be against vaccinations.
Braindead lefties insist on vaccinations because they like killing babies, and like to tell anti-vax babylovers what to do, because they’re anti-democracy and communists. Lefties use debunked science to support their case for vaccinations, because there are “experts” and “doctors” on YouTube that will tell you how dangerous vaccines really are. They’re the real truth-tellers.
Yes, I actually had that conversation with an anti-vaxxer. Person also worships at the altar of Tucker Carlson and prayed for Trump. So there you go.
re: #117 Targetpractice
My opinion about the antivaxxer crowd is the same as the anti-abortion crowd: “If you don’t want one, don’t have one. Just don’t think that gives you the right to tell others they can’t have one.”
The problem is that an anti-vaxxer who becomes ill can spread the disease to innocent parties who have not been vaccinated because of various health reasons, including infants who are too young for the inoculation.
re: #124 Dread Pirate Ron
Shouldn’t they wait for the census?
The political manouvres are already underway. When the census numbers are in, they’ll have a better handle on which district lost the most people (the district which is Scott’s Bluff County will probably show a slight increase).
Since all the state senators involved are Republicans, they are already knives out to save their seat and metaphorically knife each other in the back.
The massive district in the north of the state is by far the most expensive district to campaign in, and very nearly flipped to the Democrats in the last election.
re: #127 Hecuba’s daughter
The problem is that an anti-vaxxer who becomes ill can spread the disease to innocent parties who have not been vaccinated because of various health reasons, including infants who are too young for the inoculation.
Plus the problem that while diseases usually confer immunity if you live through them, they don’t always do that (as I found out with mumps in 2012 and chickenpox in 1993).
I would never wish mumps on anyone over fifty years old.
The 2021 redistricting committee has already been selected. It includes state senators Carol Blood (D) of Bellevue, Tom Briese (R) of Albion, Suzanne Geist (R) of Lincoln, Steve Lathrop (D) of Omaha, LouAnn Linehan (R) of Elkhorn, John Lowe (R) of Kearney, Adam Morfeld (D) of Lincoln, Tom Brewer (R) of Gordon, and Justin Wayne (D) of Omaha.
re: #126 Dread Pirate Ron
It’s about the duality of particles, sir.
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Who’s side are you on son?
Don’t get me started on Rho Mesons. Gah, I will never wrap my brain around this.
Once a hadron is represented as two quarks connected by a string you can spin it.
We are all just fluctuations of interacting quantum fields.
re: #135 IngisKahn
We are all just fluctuations of interacting quantum fields.
Shamelessly stolen from Reddit.
Heisenberg, Schrodinger and Ohm are in a car
They get pulled over. Heisenberg is driving and the cop asks him “Do you know how fast you were going?”
“No, but I know exactly where I am” Heisenberg replies.
The cop says “You were doing 55 in a 35.” Heisenberg throws up his hands and shouts “Great! Now I’m lost!”
The cop thinks this is suspicious and orders him to pop open the trunk. He checks it out and says “Do you know you have a dead cat back here?”
“We do now, asshole!” shouts Schrodinger.
The cop moves to arrest them. Ohm resists.
NEW YORK (AP) — Enrollment in Roman Catholic schools in the United States dropped 6.4% from the previous academic year amid the pandemic and economic stresses — the largest single-year decline in at least five decades, Catholic education officials reported Monday.Among the factors were the closure or consolidation of more than 200 schools and the difficulty for many parents of paying tuition fees that average more than $5,000 for grades K-8 and more than $10,000 for secondary schools, according to the National Catholic Educational Association.
John Reyes, the NCEA’s executive director for operational vitality, said the pandemic has been an “accelerant” for longstanding challenges facing Catholic education.
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re: #137 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Reyes said one reason for the relatively modest reduction in staff size was the use of funds from the federal Paycheck Protection Program in the spring of 2020. Without additional outside support going forward, he added, there is potential for severe staffing reductions as well as continued enrollment declines.
“I can’t say that a bounce-back is guaranteed” when the pandemic ends, Reyes said.
My tax dollars going to support the wealthiest religious organisation in the history of the world.
Before Christmas I talked about my Nebo Torchy flashlight. I’ve been using it every night since. My dog hates that I spook the animals before he checks the back fence. It’s a fantastic flashlight. it’s about 2.5 inches long, less than an inch thick and as bright as a car headlight. It can run at 500 lumen for an hour. I keep it in my watch pocket in my Levis.
Yay, weather. Wind chill advisory in effect until noon on February 15.
Temps next weekend revised downward, now -17°F on Saturday night and a warming trend to -12°F on Sunday night.
re: #141 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
We’ll have 47F tonight, down to 40 on Saturday. I came from The Great White North, but I can never go back. The older I get the narrower my comfort zone is. It’s now about 73-87 in the shade, 69-75 in the sun.
1 in 3 families in the U.S. struggle to provide enough diapers for their children. Sen. Tammy Duckworth has introduced The End Diaper Need Act of 2021 to assist low-income families that aren’t able to afford diapers for their babies or toddlers. https://t.co/6HsCiPNCht
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 10, 2021
re: #142 Dread Pirate Ron
We’ll have 47F tonight, down to 40 on Saturday. I came from The Great White North, but I can never go back. The older I get the narrower my comfort zone is. It’s now about 73-87 in the shade, 69-75 in the sun.
Aside from all my shuffling around in the Navy, I came from Michigan and landed where it is much colder.
I think we should uproot the North Pole from Santa’s Village and move it here.
re: #144 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Aside from all my shuffling around in the Navy, I came from Michigan and landed where it is much colder.
I think we should uproot the North Pole from Santa’s Village and move it here.
I’m from Manitoba. Wanna wrestle for it?
Vagisil is getting slaughtered on their Twitter feed by ObGyns and mothers.
Thanks for deleting my IG comment about your predatory teen marketing @vagisil - you fueled the fire for me to create my favorite debunking video ever…and I invited some fellow experts and 650k friends to watch it. #cancelvagisil https://t.co/LzpxhE3ExK pic.twitter.com/9YDs88Y23L
— Mama Doctor Jones | Danielle Jones, MD (@MamaDoctorJones) February 9, 2021
One of my first memories is laying in the back seat, as I watched the sparkle of ice of the frost on the vinyl while sliding from one side to the other as the car fishtailed in the snow, my head and feet slamming into the sides of the car. I was around 3 at the time.
re: #137 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Won’t somebody think of the Catholic school girls?! Wait, NOT LIKE THAT!!!
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re: #148 Targetpractice
Won’t somebody think of the Catholic school girls?! Wait, NOT LIKE THAT!!!
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Right next to our high school of 3500 there was a pair of Catholic schools. The Catholic girls weren’t that enticing in their uniforms compared to the miniskirt girls in our school. The boy’s school was famous for their football team. De la Salle.
re: #151 Dread Pirate Ron
Black bear vs. white bear.
I got that, I thought there was some meta-level I was missing
re: #152 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I got that, I thought there was some meta-level I was missing
nope, just a race thing.
re: #152 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I got that, I thought there was some meta-level I was missing
The bear is waiting for a picnic basket.
re: #154 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The bear is waiting for a picnic basket.
But he would not have been served if he were bi-polar!
That was weird as fuck. I step out on the back patio and it sounded like a rock (bigger than 2-3 ounces) fell out of the oak tree onto the patio, and then some scampering in the oak leaves. I turned on my Torchy* light and there is nothing around to explain the sound.
*Yes, I’m plugging the light because it is awesome.
Wingnut Democratic former Louisiana state senator has thoughts on public education.
If you guessed that Common Core replaced the Bible in schools, and atheism and socialism are the downfall of Louisiana’s education system along with teachers leaving at an alarming rate (instead of maybe paying teachers better), congratulations, you get the Kewpie prize.
John Milkovich: It’s Time to Take Our Schools Back! (Bossier, LA Press-Tribune, op-ed, February 8, 2021)
People like this guy are why Omaha’s state senator Megan Hunt are concerned about being elected as atheists. Not because of Republicans, but because of Democrats.
This guy is running for the state board of education.
The Bible has been replaced as an Instructional Reference by Common Core. Disgraceful DOE-approved Texts have introduced our Grade School children to homosexuality, rape, mutilation, cannibalism and an extra-marital affair— before 6th Grade.
and
We’re convicted that is no Time to Rest. It’s time to expel Socialism, Atheism and Alternative Lifestyles from Our Curriculum. It’s Time to get Common Core and Eureka Math out of Our Schools.
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re: #157 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Kentucky was the first to implement the Common Core State Standards, and local school districts began offering new math and English curricula based on the standard in August 2010.
Mississippi says out-of-state residents ‘not welcome’ to its coronavirus vaccines (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Last week the newspaper reported 2% of people vaccinated in Mississippi are really from Louisiana. They did an investigative report showing there are groups on social media which try to figure out where vaccines are available in any state, so their followers can go to that state. Mississippi responded to that article by tightening up vaccinations by enforcing requirements to prove you live or work in Mississippi. A link to the previous Times-Picayune article is within this one.
After news reports that Louisianans were heading to Mississippi for coronavirus vaccines, the Mississippi Department of Health said Thursday that Mississippi’s inoculations are only for people who live or work in that state.
The clarification on guidelines for out-of-state residents seeking vaccines came one day after nola.com reported that more than 5,300 Mississippi vaccines have been given to people with addresses in other states.
“If they don’t work in MS, they should not come here to get a vaccine,” Health Department spokesperson Liz Sharlot responded in an email.
“We order vaccine based on population. If you don’t meet the … criteria, you are not welcome to come over here and get a vaccine that is intended for Mississippians or those who work in MS. This is not right, and folks should not be doing it.”
re: #157 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Wingnut Democratic former Louisiana state senator has thoughts on public education.
If you guessed that Common Core replaced the Bible in schools, and atheism and socialism are the downfall of Louisiana’s education system along with teachers leaving at an alarming rate (instead of maybe paying teachers better), congratulations, you get the Kewpie prize.
John Milkovich: It’s Time to Take Our Schools Back! (Bossier, LA Press-Tribune, op-ed, February 8, 2021)
People like this guy are why Omaha’s state senator Megan Hunt are concerned about being elected as atheists. Not because of Republicans, but because of Democrats.
This guy is running for the state board of education.
and
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They’re always on about “taking back” something. Perhaps the reason they “lost” it in the first place is because it was never theirs to begin with.
Local news:
My KF94 disposable facemasks arrived from South Korea yesterday. (You can’t buy any kind of facemask around here even if you’re paying in gold.)
Combined with my wife’s homemade cotton/wool/silk facemasks, I imagine this will be about the best I can do.
re: #161 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Local news:
My KF94 disposable facemasks arrived from South Korea yesterday. (You can’t buy any kind of facemask around here even if you’re paying in gold.)
Combined with my wife’s homemade cotton/wool/silk facemasks, I imagine this will be about the best I can do.
I was lucky to be given a pair of FFP2 especially as Germany now requires medical-grade facemasks (no home-made or improvised ones) to be worn in all indoor public places and even some outdoor spaces (crowded downtown areas, parking lots, etc.)
re: #160 Targetpractice
They’re always on about “taking back” something. Perhaps the reason they “lost” it in the first place is because it was never theirs to begin with.
This dude probably ought to join the Republican Party already; if he’s concerned about atheists, socialists, teaching the Bible in schools as fact, and “alternative lifestyles,” he’d probably feel more at home there.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of Democrats just like him.
re: #163 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
This dude probably ought to join the Republican Party already; if he’s concerned about atheists, socialists, teaching the Bible in schools as fact, and “alternative lifestyles,” he’d probably feel more at home there.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of Democrats just like him.
That or he needs to find that time machine he arrived in and make his way back to 1955.
re: #162 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I was lucky to be given a pair of FFP2 especially as Germany now requires medical-grade facemasks (no home-made or improvised ones) to be worn in all indoor public places and even some outdoor spaces (crowded downtown areas, parking lots, etc.)
According to 3M, the KF-94 is equivalent to the FFP2.
re: #165 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
According to 3M, the KF-94 is equivalent to the FFP2.
So now we are are into protection level virtue signaling?
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the constitution doesn’t cover what if absolutely no lawyer will go near you
A Trump team adviser told CNN that former President Donald Trump could be in serious legal jeopardy if he finds himself charged in criminal court for the charges he’s facing in his impeachment trial: “Trump is fucked if anyone ever charges him. No one wants to work with him.”
He is entitled court-appointed to legal counsel…ha ha.
re: #136 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Shamelessly stolen from Reddit.
Heisenberg, Schrodinger and Ohm are in a car
They get pulled over. Heisenberg is driving and the cop asks him “Do you know how fast you were going?”
“No, but I know exactly where I am” Heisenberg replies.
The cop says “You were doing 55 in a 35.” Heisenberg throws up his hands and shouts “Great! Now I’m lost!”
The cop thinks this is suspicious and orders him to pop open the trunk. He checks it out and says “Do you know you have a dead cat back here?”
“We do now, asshole!” shouts Schrodinger.
The cop moves to arrest them. Ohm resists.
That’s a keeper. It reminds me of these two bad pun math jokes:
What’s yellow and undecidable? Zorn’s lemon.
What’s purple and commutes? An Abelian grape.
re: #164 Targetpractice
That or he needs to find that time machine he arrived in and make his way back to 1955.
The same Democratic lawmaker, back when he was on the state senate education committee 2016, refused to repeal a state law which says creationism can be taught alongside evolution in Louisiana classrooms. The education committee defeated the motion 4-2; interestingly, the motion to repeal it was brought by a Republican state senator.
Creationist Lawmaker Says Noah’s Ark Was Found, Rocks Prove God Created Earth (Daily Beast, April 13, 2017)
He was voted out in 2019 and replaced with Republican Barry Milligan, after serving one term in the state senate.
re: #167 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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re: #169 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He is entitled court-appointed to legal counsel…ha ha.
Only if he cannot afford to pay. That would require him to admit in open court he is broke. LOL
re: #171 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
There is plenty of crazy surrounding that guy.
Sen. Bill Cassidy defends vaccines after state lawmaker makes autism claims: ‘That’s fake news’ (Baton Rouge Advocate, April 30, 2019)
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy firmly pushed back Tuesday against a Louisiana state lawmaker for spreading a long-debunked claim about vaccines and autism that health officials have linked to a recent spike in measles cases.
“That’s fake news that’s being said on the Senate floor,” Cassidy, a Baton Rouge Republican who is a medical doctor, said of hearing about state Sen. John Milkovich’s anti-vaccination remarks this week.
Milkovich, D-Shreveport, took to the Senate microphone on Monday during a debate over a bill related to a voluntary immunization database to launch into his broadside about vaccines, suggesting they are dangerous and can cause autism, which Cassidy and other experts say is not true.
“There is a very contentious scientific debate that’s going on right now in America and has been for decades,” Milkovich said. “Many are saying that these vaccinations pose danger.”
“For example, when (I was) growing up autism did not exist,” he continued.
He went on to claim that tissue from aborted fetuses is used to make vaccines and that vaccines contain dangerous neurotoxins.
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re: #173 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Only if he cannot afford to pay. That would require him to admit in open court he is broke. LOL
And they would verify that inability to pay. One of the insurrectionists got denied a court appointed lawyer as he had enough assets to hire a lawyer.
re: #174 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
There is plenty of crazy surrounding that guy.
Sen. Bill Cassidy defends vaccines after state lawmaker makes autism claims: ‘That’s fake news’ (Baton Rouge Advocate, April 30, 2019)
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He is a doctor and appears to be mostly a fiscal conservative.
re: #176 Dread Pirate Ron
He is a doctor and appears to be mostly a fiscal conservative.
It’s almost as if these two politicians’ political parties are reversed.
yup pic.twitter.com/YKaKL877YW
— antonio (@antoniodelotero) February 8, 2021
re: #172 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Caution for disgusting descriptions of the allegations.
Former Trump and GOP Aide Charged With Distributing Child Porn (Daily Beast)
Hey DB? It’s not “child porn.” It’s child exploitation material. Pornography is consensual and legal.
A former digital strategist for the Senate Republican Conference, who also worked for pro-life groups and designed social media ads for Donald Trump’s re-election campaign, has been charged with distributing child pornography.
D.C. Metropolitan Police arrested Ruben A. Verastigui on Friday after an investigation revealed he allegedly “distributed, received, and possessed images of child pornography” between March 2020 and February 2021. Jared Holt, resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, first reported Verastigui’s arrest on Twitter.
Verastigui, who posted a photo of himself at the White House just two months ago, worked for the Senate Republican Conference until July 2020, according to his LinkedIn. The investigation into his alleged offenses took place while he was still working for the GOP.
He had been working as a communications manager for a non-profit called Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions until Saturday. A spokesperson for the non-profit said: “The details of the allegations against Mr. Verastigui are tragic and shocking. He is no longer employed by the organization and we are prepared to fully cooperate with law enforcement requests in this matter to any extent needed.”
The Daily Beast was unable to reach Verastigui and a family member didn’t respond to a request for comment.
(more, gets disturbing from there)
Christian nationalists at work in the North Dakota state legislature. They don’t say which of the three versions of the Ten Commandments would be the one required to be displayed in every public school in the state.
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑09 and two new subsections to section 15.1‑09‑33 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to school board authority regarding the posting of the ten commandments and the recitation of the pledge of allegiance.
By linking both the Pledge of Allegiance and the mandate to display the Ten Commandments (some version) in schools, the Republicans behind this can accuse opponents of being both anti-Christian and anti-patriotic.
It passed the Senate 34-13 and has been passed to the House. This thing is clipping right along; that only took a week from its introduction in the Senate.
re: #27 A hollow voice says NOW drain that swamp!
I just made an appointment to get my first Covid vaccine on Thursday (Pfizer).
Woo hoo.
Also w00t.
meanwhile, I have to go back to the f******* DMV Tuesday to get this year’s decal on the car, because something you would think could be handled online apparently can’t be.
re: #182 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
North Dakota isn’t the only state though; Missouri is trying to get in on the fun as well.
This is the third attempt to get a bill across the legislature that would prohibit judges from shielding the religious faith (or lack thereof) of plaintiffs in church/state separation cases.
Last time around, numerous atheists and Jews testified in the state legislature that the purpose of this bill is to get them killed by Christians, when Christians try to unconstitutionally insert religious views into state law.
re: #183 steve_davis
meanwhile, I have to go back to the f******* DMV Tuesday to get this year’s decal on the car, because something you would think could be handled online apparently can’t be.
Minnesota’s had online plate tags for years, but for this year, they finally allowed you to renew your license with your same old photo online. Mrs. Fish was very happy about that.
That was the most damning video I have ever seen. Trump needs to lose his citizenship. And so does every single one of the traitors who followed his orders and stormed the Capitol. THIS is who we need to be deporting.#ImpeachmentTrial
— Ben Jackson (@BJacksonWrites) February 9, 2021
re: #186 Patricia Kayden
Well, no one can take his citizenship as he was born here. That said, they can take his liberty with jail.
I’m going to head off to bed. It’s very late and I’m cold.
Iran cleric: People who are vaccinated for COVID have ‘become homosexuals’ (Jerusalem Post)
An Iranian regime cleric in the holy city of Qom on Tuesday issued a homophobic rant against people vaccinated for COVID-19, claiming that they become gay after receiving the vaccine.
Ayatollah Abbas Tabrizian wrote on his Telegram social-media platform: “Don’t go near those who have had the COVID vaccine. They have become homosexuals.”
The radical Islamist has nearly 210,000 followers on his Telegram account.
Tabrizian has a history of derogatory opinions about Western medicine. Last year, a video showed him burning Harrison’s Manual of Medicine and saying that “Islamic medicine” had made such books “irrelevant,” according to an article on the website of Radio Farda, the Iranian branch of the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty broadcast service.
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Since Iran executes people for being gay, and this guy is an influential cleric, the undercurrent of the message is “if you get vaccinated, you can be executed.”
re: #93 Dave In Austin
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re: #77 Charles Johnson
When I look at these obsessed people’s tweet account I often notice that it closely mimics another user who is “normal”. I am not sure if they are the same person or not.
In this case there is a williamcotter (normal), as opposed to the guy Charles identified williamcotter4 (nutso). They have the same profile pic too.
Trump had the best people, the greatest!
Verastigui allegedly said in a group chat that he was into images of *babies* being sexually abused. (CW: disturbing language) pic.twitter.com/Lt17kEyvB0
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) February 6, 2021
re: #139 Dread Pirate Ron
Ordered. Sounds great.
re: #151 Dread Pirate Ron
Black bear vs. white bear.
The dirty little secret is they’re all the same!
For those as slow on the uptake as I am, I was having trouble following posted tweets that I wanted to view/like to twitter.
It turns out you have to click the time/date stamp.
re: #167 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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re: #180 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Caution for disgusting descriptions of the allegations.
Former Trump and GOP Aide Charged With Distributing Child Porn (Daily Beast)
Hey DB? It’s not “child porn.” It’s child exploitation material. Pornography is consensual and legal.
(more, gets disturbing from there)
Considering what he was into, “pro-life” takes an even creepier and disgustingly disturbing context.
Washington Post: “Less than a month into the Biden presidency, as the rate of vaccinations continues to increase, the country has nearly reached the pace needed to achieve that milestone, with 1.48 million shots per day administered over the past week.“Yet as the country faces a deadly pandemic made even bleaker by emerging and more infectious variants of the coronavirus, which causes the disease covid-19, epidemiologists and public health experts say the Biden administration must set its sights even higher.”
They watched….watched Trump golf and do nothing for over a year. Killing over 400k people.
Less than nothing. Actually lie to the public and suppress data and actively sabotage progress on many fronts. (Let alone probably make some money off it)
Biden’s been prez a month and he needs to “set his sights higher”
re: #143 Dread Pirate Ron
And Charlie Kirk.
re: #182 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Christian nationalists at work in the North Dakota state legislature. They don’t say which of the three versions of the Ten Commandments would be the one required to be displayed in every public school in the state.
I recall that when Dubya came out in favor of posting the Ten Commandments in public buildings, some reporter (obviously a smart-ass with a few semesters of comparative religion under his belt) asked him which translation should be used.
“The standard one,” answered Bush without any further comment.
I assume that in his pea brain, that meant the King James version with all the Thou Shalt Nots as it is more authoritative and God-like.
re: #189 steve_davis
and it isn’t like he could ask chuck schumer whether a jew could wear a yamulke there.
He is floating a RW talking point across the plate for them to swing at: “Jewish lawyer ashamed to wear yarmulke before Senate for fear of offending PC Libs!”
re: #117 Targetpractice
My opinion about the antivaxxer crowd is the same as the anti-abortion crowd: “If you don’t want one, don’t have one. Just don’t think that gives you the right to tell others they can’t have one.”
Freedom of religion:
I can’t do that, it is against my religion.
NOT freedom of religion:
YOU can’t do that, it is against MY religion.
re: #196 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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re: #87 jaunte
Ted Cruz continues to agitate.
Ted’s sole goal is trying to get the fascist leader mantle away from Trump.
re: #203 Eventual Carrion
Freedom of religion:
I can’t do that, it is against my religion.NOT freedom of religion:
YOU can’t do that, it is against MY religion.
Don’t forget “Islam is not a religion, it is a political system”.
re: #205 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Ted’s sole goal is trying to get the fascist leader mantle away from Trump.
Nobody wants him.
I wonder who the next idol will be…someone who is not an established politician most likely.
re: #134 Dread Pirate Ron
Once a hadron is represented as two quarks connected by a string you can spin it.
But aren’t the quarks only concerned about how to profit from the arrangement?
re: #167 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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re: #156 Dread Pirate Ron
That was weird as fuck. I step out on the back patio and it sounded like a rock (bigger than 2-3 ounces) fell out of the oak tree onto the patio, and then some scampering in the oak leaves. I turned on my Torchy* light and there is nothing around to explain the sound.
*Yes, I’m plugging the light because it is awesome.
Flying squirrel?
re: #207 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Nobody wants him.
I wonder who the next idol will be…someone who is not an established politician most likely.
It will be whoever the executives at FOX, OANN and Newsmax say it is. We have demonstrated that the fascist cult will vote for anything.
re: #204 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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They don’t play it before Wheel of Fortune either and that’s “America’s Game” per the producers.
— a different darth (@darthstar99) February 10, 2021
re: #203 Eventual Carrion
Freedom of religion:
I can’t do that, it is against my religion.NOT freedom of religion:
YOU can’t do that, it is against MY religion.
one of the essentials of liberty is being left alone to do what you want. (more or less).
it does not include telling others what to do with their liberty
re: #206 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Don’t forget “Islam is not a religion, it is a political system”.
it’s a floor wax
it’s a dessert topping
re: #209 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
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re: #214 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Will Outdoor Cat not come in or is there conflict?
Dead truth. It’s ALWAYS been this way. Always privileged leftists.
“The far left is whiter, richer and more educated than everyone else. It can stand to blow up the party because it will be able to survive whatever happens.”
This. Is. The. Tea.https://t.co/DpccJun9bT via @NBCNewsTHINK— Brendan “Build More Housing” McIntyre 💛🌎🗽🌈🥀 (@osuphantom) February 10, 2021
The UAE joins a small group of space players to reach Mars https://t.co/tbDjTAhBjP
— Space Explorer Mike (@MichaelGalanin) February 9, 2021
re: #218 Dave In Austin
Will Outdoor Cat not come in or is there conflict?
Outdoor Cat is not allowed in because she scoots her butt on our carpet.
re: #221 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Outdoor Cat is not allowed in because she scoots her butt on our carpet.
She’s just scratching an itch.
re: #206 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Don’t forget “Islam is not a religion, it is a political system”.
But at the same time our political system should be based on Christianity.
re: #212 Decatur Deb
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electoral-vote.com sums it up nicely
And then there is the way not to do it. Donald Trump’s lawyers went second and, even allowing for the challenges they faced (erratic client, limited time to prepare, tough argument to make), their presentation was an absolute train wreck. Actually, train wreck isn’t quite right. It was more like 30 trains, all of them converging on the same spot at the same time, and all of them carrying loads of gasoline, dynamite, gunpowder, and Zippo lighters
re: #223 Eventual Carrion
But at the same time our political system should be based on Christianity.
Because God is a white, male free-market Republican
Couldn’t take any more ‘news’ last night so I went to Hulu and randomly picked a Rom-Com, Palm Springs, to watch with the missus. Fun movie - like Groundhog Day except it takes place at a wedding in the desert.
re: #221 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Outdoor Cat is not allowed in because she scoots her butt on our carpet.
Downstairs neighbor has a mostly outdoor cat whom I do not let in anymore as he dropped a big fat tick last time and regularly throws up out my back doorstep…
Scientists have developed a novel adjuvant that efficiently delivered a #SARSCoV2 vaccine straight to the lymph nodes, the immune response-generating hubs of the body, rather than releasing it to wander the blood stream. @ScienceAdvances https://t.co/HEwmrvq8sj pic.twitter.com/Sw7booKPtY
— Science Magazine (@ScienceMagazine) February 9, 2021
re: #217 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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re: #224 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
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My new explanation of the tRump trial I came up with yesterday while discussing it with a neighbor while clearing snow from sidewalk. He is of the thought that we should not be trying tRump after he has left office, that it will do no good (at least he isn’t arguing that he wasn’t already impeached before he left office). I told him to look at it this way:
Child molester has been convicted of child molestation. We are now in the penalty part of that conviction. We now have to decide if we should ban that child molester from ever working in a child daycare center for the rest of their lives.
It almost looked like he was thinking about that as we parted ways to finish up our outdoor tasks and get back into the warmth of our houses.
Trump’s insurrectionists were just as corrupt, criminal, and incompetent at business as Trump himself.
Trump’s treasonweasel corps are a bunch of corrupt, criminal, and incompetent middle class white people.
That’s Trump’s demographic. Trump was just like them until he inherited his dad’s real estate business.https://t.co/76YCfk8qyh— lawhawk #maskingforafriend (@lawhawk) February 10, 2021
re: #231 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
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re: #227 darthstar
Couldn’t take any more ‘news’ last night so I went to Hulu and randomly picked a Rom-Com, Palm Springs, to watch with the missus. Fun movie - like Groundhog Day except it takes place at a wedding in the desert.
Fun movie.
re: #199 Dangerman
My wife is gorgeous.
That is all.
MsRedState saw this comment and said that I should say the same thing, so here goes…
Dangerman’s wife is gorgeous.
Ow! She just hit me.
re: #219 Sherlock Hound
Dead truth. It’s ALWAYS been this way. Always privileged leftists.
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re: #219 Sherlock Hound
Dead truth. It’s ALWAYS been this way. Always privileged leftists.
Don’t forget the cowbells (((cosmopolitan privileged leftists)))
re: #232 Decatur Deb
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This is a point I have made over and over again, yet it is popularly still believed that a “95% efficacy” = a 95% reduction in spread of the virus. It means nothing of the kind. Under #COVID19 @FDA process, it means 95% less severe hospitalization & death in vax’ed individuals. https://t.co/9F8sdCZgJJ
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) February 9, 2021
Trying to get my 97-year-old great aunt who lives in Tuskegee the vaccine. She’s a retired nurse and wants it. But. They aren’t giving vaccine out in Tuskegee apparently. Has to travel to Montgomery or Auburn. Difficult because she’s in wheelchair. Told no vaccines IN TUSKEGEE.
— Nia-Malika Henderson (@niaCNN) February 9, 2021
re: #239 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Brandy is a fine girl.
re: #152 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I got that, I thought there was some meta-level I was missing
A polar bear raped a female polar bear to death.
A female polar bear at the Detroit Zoo was killed Monday by a male companion who was trying to breed with her, officials said. https://t.co/NVNaoroUkm
— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) February 9, 2021
Stupid, entitled-ass white people…
Now that the COVID-19 vaccine is being rolled out, our clinic is facing another unexpected reality: mobs of angry vaccine chasers.
Our clinics serve more than 100,000 people, most of whom are Latino and Black, and many of whom are extremely low income. We are the largest COVID-19 vaccine provider in South L.A., and we have provided more than 20,000 vaccines over the past three weeks to health care workers and seniors—mostly people of color—from the area. Despite the fact that California is still in Phase 1B of vaccine distribution, in which largely only health care workers and seniors are qualified to receive it, every day, hundreds of mostly white, unqualified Westside residents are flooding our clinics.
They line up with lawn chairs and laptops before the vaccine clinic is even open. They demand to use our bathrooms, and their presence blocks seniors and health care workers from easily accessing our vaccine clinics. They heckle and intimidate our staff members, all of whom are Latino and/or Black. They threaten to “call the newspapers” because we won’t let them cut the line. One man even spit at a security guard who wouldn’t let him cut in front of an 82-year-old Black woman who had an appointment.
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been forced to double the number of security staff to manage the crowds. I suspect that stories of providers throwing vaccines away or doses going to people who are in the right place at the right time are to blame for all these people showing up. But our clinics never trash vaccines or give them out to lucky bystanders. We have a pool of local residents, mostly seniors, whom we would bring in if there were no-shows or leftover doses.
It’s not just physical mobs. These young white people have also figured out how to outsmart California’s vaccine appointment software. The system, which is clunky and inefficient, has a loophole that allows non-health care workers and nonseniors to make appointments by clicking “Other” when asked about their age and profession. They go onto the system as soon as the appointments are posted and book them up—there’s no way right now to automatically screen these people out. When health care workers finally get home from working all day and try to schedule an appointment, the slots are often all full.
The other week, several hundred first-shot appointments were made by self-identified white, non-health care workers for our clinics alone, preventing hundreds of qualified health care workers and seniors from accessing appointments. Luckily we caught it before the vaccine clinic operations began, since we noticed many appointments checked “Other” were accompanied with birthdates that made it clear they were not seniors. But we had to spend hours and hours of staff time calling to verify the patients’ information before canceling their appointments and replacing them with seniors who were on waitlists. The website clearly needs to be fixed, but we’ve been alarmed at the selfishness that has seeped through the cracks in the system.
New - House impeachment managers will show never-before-see Capitol security footage in their presentation today, per aides. Also told that they WON’T use their full 16 hours. Still no final word on witnesses. Live on @CNN now
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 10, 2021
I disagree with the strategy of not using all the time allotted.
Using all 16 hours means 16 hours of testimony showing just how fucked up Trumpworld and the GOP are and how they enabled insurrection and the coup attempt that failed but for a handful of Capitol Police standing their ground against the seditious fuckers Trump sicced on the Capitol to thwart the confirmation of the election results.
Why do I get the feeling Republicans who acquit are going to blame Trump’s lawyers for being incompetent so they couldn’t convict him as he didn’t have a fair chance?
— a different darth (@darthstar99) February 10, 2021
Mark Cuban stops playing National Anthem at Mavericks games. He’s getting flack for this, but the entire concept of playing the anthem has had a long and tortured history. It started in Chicago after a bombing there and to commemorate the death of 100,000 American troops in WWI. A few teams quit playing the anthem for a period, but relented and began playing it again.
What I find more objectionable is the militarization of the anthem and pre-game rituals, like the flybys.
re: #248 Eclectic Cyborg
Stupid, entitled-ass white people…
Now that the COVID-19 vaccine is being rolled out, our clinic is facing another unexpected reality: mobs of angry vaccine chasers.
We have been living in the Age of Entitlement for at least half a century now…why did we not see this coming?
re: #252 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Snow Blindness.
re: #251 lawhawk
What I find more objectionable is the militarization of the anthem and pre-game rituals, like the flybys.
Before International soccer matches, they have the teams out and play each other’s national anthems. Somebody must’ve seen that and said it was a good idea for the NFL, who used to wait until afterwards to send the teams out onto the field…one of those details that gets left out of any discussion of the National Anthem at US sporting events.
It’s almost time for the traditional St. Patrick’s Day family phallic sword fight.
OK, which one of you did this? pic.twitter.com/TVnazyWsxx
— B.J. Hutto (@BJHutto) February 8, 2021
re: #251 lawhawk
Mark Cuban stops playing National Anthem at Mavericks games. He’s getting flack for this, but the entire concept of playing the anthem has had a long and tortured history. It started in Chicago after a bombing there and to commemorate the death of 100,000 American troops in WWI. A few teams quit playing the anthem for a period, but relented and began playing it again.
What I find more objectionable is the militarization of the anthem and pre-game rituals, like the flybys.
The team said they understood some were upset by the decision, but were somewhat surprised it took 13 GAMES for anyone to notice,
re: #256 lizardofid
The team said they understood some were upset by the decision, but were somewhat surprised it took 13 GAMES for anyone to notice,
What happens if we substitute your usual coffee with Folgers? /
I certainly didn’t have “Georgia Prison” on my list of places that Trump may go to:
Breaking NYT: Prosecutors in Fulton County, GA have initiated a criminal investigation into Trump’s attempts to overturn Georgia’s election results, including the phone call he made to Brad Raffensperger to ‘find’ enough votes to help him reverse his loss. https://t.co/DxOc9VZjbU
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 10, 2021
Lindsey Graham is, and always has been, a mean girl.
— a different darth (@darthstar99) February 10, 2021
re: #258 b.d. (America is Great Again)
Investigation is start.
I’m waiting for actual indictments to drop and prosecutions, along with convictions. That’s a long way off, and Trump will likely claim he can’t be indicted for actions taken while as POTUS (in effect above the law since DOJ policy was not to indict sitting president while in office).
That policy must be changed.
re: #260 lawhawk
Investigation is start.
I’m waiting for actual indictments to drop and prosecutions, along with convictions. That’s a long way off, and Trump will likely claim he can’t be indicted for actions taken while as POTUS (in effect above the law since DOJ policy was not to indict sitting president while in office).
That policy must be changed.
So using that logic from them. Biden could go to the supreme court chambers right now, shoot all the conservative judges, put forth new liberal ones to replace them, threaten to kill all repuke senators that refuse to vote them in, and all would be ‘legal’ since he is president. And even after he is out of office he will be immune from prosecution for those murders.
Michigan’s Senate majority leader has apologized for saying it’s a “hoax” that Trump supporters did the Capitol attack. His explanation: “I have many flaws. Being passionate coupled with an occasional lapse in restraint of tongue are at least two of them.” https://t.co/ovjRLSO0SH
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 10, 2021
Total lack of principles is another.
Quick update: https://t.co/c368Li3tXU
— Russ (@McNamaraWDET) February 10, 2021
And the hits just keep on coming.
BREAKING: Prosecutors in Fulton County have initiated a criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn Georgia’s election results. Here’s the complaint we filed last month asking them to do exactly that: https://t.co/aJ2nBFhvHc
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) February 10, 2021
NEWS: The *new* evidence being shown by Democratic House Impeachment Managers today is previously unseen security camera footage shot from inside the Capitol. A Dem source says that the video will show “just how close Trump’s mob came to senators, members of Congress and staff.”
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) February 10, 2021
re: #265 jaunte
Total lack of principles is another.
Another “incompetent or criminal” decision. A leader should not simply be firing off his mouth without thinking about the impact of the statement. Passion is nice, but this isn’t it. Or at least not a good use of it.
Next week is my grandson’s Bar Mitzvah. Under non-COVID conditions we would already be in Israel to celebrate with the family. But since we can’t be there, I am getting him an iPad Pro and a subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud since he is a very talented young artist. He also plays music but already has a keyboard.
Eek! Forecast for Lubbock -1 F on Sunday, with wind and blowing snow, chill factor -21. If it does dip to -1, it will be the first time since 1987 that Lubbock has gone below zero.
The yokels who survive will no doubt pronounce the end of global warming, ignoring that the all-time low there, January 17 1963, was -17 still air temperature and below zero temps were a yearly occurrence until about 1980.
re: #269 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Firing off a conspiracy theory isn’t what I would call a slip of the tongue.
He got caught agitating the loons and is trying to hide.
re: #271 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Eek! Forecast for Lubbock -1 F on Sunday, with wind and blowing snow, chill factor -21. If it does dip to -1, it will be the first time since 1987 that Lubbock has gone below zero.
The yokels who survive will no doubt pronounce the end of global warming, ignoring that the all-time low there, January 17 1963, was -17 still air temperature and below zero temps were a yearly occurrence until about 1980.
Here in the xenoburbs, the forecast is for 17/2F on Monday. I believe this would be all time record low.
Make sure all pets, especially brass monkeys, are properly sheltered. Cease all well-digging operations immediately. Avoid the south end of any north facing bears you may have.
If Senate Republicans fail to convict Donald Trump, it won’t be because the facts were with him or his lawyers mounted a competent defense. It will be because the jury includes his co-conspirators.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 10, 2021
And today we have @PoliticoPlay telling their readers none of what the House managers did matters.
THIS IS THE CYNICAL INSIDER LAZY TAKE.
Instead they should be saying why it MUST matter. They give cover for Republicans to be anti-American partisans. pic.twitter.com/EBrtAUvCl3— Karoli 🇺🇸 (@Karoli) February 10, 2021
re: #274 sagehen
Does Dallas have a city song?
“I’m Goin’ Through the Big D and I Don’t Mean Düsseldorf!”
re: #271 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Eek! Forecast for Lubbock -1 F on Sunday, with wind and blowing snow, chill factor -21. If it does dip to -1, it will be the first time since 1987 that Lubbock has gone below zero.
The yokels who survive will no doubt pronounce the end of global warming, ignoring that the all-time low there, January 17 1963, was -17 still air temperature and below zero temps were a yearly occurrence until about 1980.
It’s going to be as cold in Lubbock as it is in Minneapolis (projected high -4 degrees F, projected low -17 degrees F).
re: #156 Dread Pirate Ron
That was weird as fuck. I step out on the back patio and it sounded like a rock (bigger than 2-3 ounces) fell out of the oak tree onto the patio, and then some scampering in the oak leaves. I turned on my Torchy* light and there is nothing around to explain the sound.
*Yes, I’m plugging the light because it is awesome.
That’s exactly what someone in the pocket of Big Torchy would say.
Our hearing to pass new stimulus checks has just started and republicans are already talking about how they want to block Americans from getting any help at all. https://t.co/sOQzaYL6nU
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@BillPascrell) February 10, 2021
Republicans are bad for the country, part eleventy.
How does 10 pounds of C-4 explosives go missing from a military base?https://t.co/opIvXE5De6
— Olga Lautman (@OlgaNYC1211) February 10, 2021
Twitter CFO: Sorry, Trump’s Staying Banned
Trump can expect to stay banished from Twitter forever, according to the social media giant’s CFO, Ned Segal.
Segal told CNBC on Wednesday morning that Twitter’s policies “don’t allow people to come back.”
re: #285 🌹UOJB!
Twitter CFO: Sorry, Trump’s Staying Banned
Trump can expect to stay banished from Twitter forever, according to the social media giant’s CFO, Ned Segal.
Segal told CNBC on Wednesday morning that Twitter’s policies “don’t allow people to come back.”
Can you imagine what the last five years would have been like if Twitter had actually enforced their own policies and banned him when he first started getting out of control?
re: #286 Mattand
Can you imagine what the last five years would have been like if Twitter had actually enforced their own policies and banned him when he first started getting out of control?
We would have heard that asshole shooting his mouth off about killing @jerk, er @jack at his Nuremberg rallies
re: #284 darthstar
Accident?
Miscount?
Theft?
If you think that’s bad, realize that the US has lost nuclear weapons over the years, including off Charleston/Savannah in the Tybee Island incident. The US never recovered that nuclear weapon. When that incident occurred, the US came very close to nuking the area between those two cities.
re: #283 jaunte
Democrats should repeal the Trump tax cuts. That should free up funding for struggling Americans.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. government researchers found that wearing two masks are better than one in slowing coronavirus spread, but health officials stopped short of recommending that everyone double up.https://t.co/Mjl406Hc8p
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 10, 2021
I’ve been doubling up in recent weeks (cloth mask over a disposable mask). I’ll be continuing to do same going forward until further notice.
re: #288 lawhawk
Accident?
Miscount?
Theft?If you think that’s bad, realize that the US has lost nuclear weapons over the years, including off Charleston/Savannah in the Tybee Island incident. The US never recovered that nuclear weapon. When that incident occurred, the US came very close to nuking the area between those two cities.
It’s also not the only time the US has accidentally almost nuked itself. In 1961, the USAF almost nuked North Carolina, with the bomb in question actually being perilously close to having detonated.
re: #286 Mattand
Can you imagine what the last five years would have been like if
re: #291 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Why do Valley Girls make their boyfriends wear two condoms?
-So they can be for sure for sure!
— D. Lowther (@dlowther715) February 10, 2021
re: #294 darthstar
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When/if they don’t convict I will use the same answer that I used the first time they didn’t convict tRump. “Then Bill Clinton was innocent too?”. Can never get them to admit that is where their logic is putting them.
A Capitol police officer died, one lost an eye, one lost three fingers, one hundred and forty were beaten PROTECTING you @SenateGOP
Would those of you reading novels, and ostentatiously pretending to do other work please pay attention during the impeachment hearing?— Michael F Ozaki MD (@brontyman) February 10, 2021
re: #296 Eventual Carrion
When/if they don’t convict I will use the same answer that I used the first time they didn’t convict tRump. “Then Bill Clinton was innocent too?”. Can never get them to admit that is where their logic is putting them.
There is no logic.
It’s looking like ol Rushbo is nearing the end. I want to thank him for getting me involved in politics though for years it was for all the wrong reasons. I also want to thank him for further pushing me away from the right when I woke the fuck up. Your contribution to the poisonous bumper sticker political discourse that led to the terrorist attack on January 6 will not be missed. And I hope your widow marries a black woman.
re: #298 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There is no logic.
The only logic that need apply for the GOP.
IOKIYAR. GOP > rule of law/Constitution.
Trump is banned from Twitter for good, even if he runs in 2024.
When you’re so far beyond the pale that the invisible hand of the free market decides to give you a permanent middle finger.
Really hope there’s video of his reaction on finding this out. The rage would trump anything ever seen before…😂https://t.co/XPmN1NUjqC— Arch (Jewish Space Laser Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) February 10, 2021
re: #221 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Outdoor Cat is not allowed in because she scoots her butt on our carpet.
That’s a symptom of worms. Has she been dewormed lately?
Morning stand off. pic.twitter.com/twlhwKaoUr
— a different darth (@darthstar99) February 10, 2021
re: #299 Ace Rothstein
I confess, I used to listen back in the day when I was an angry white guy. Once I got to know people in radio, and learn that it really is a clown show (except for NPR), I started thinking again. As for Rush…I won’t miss him, he scarred this country by inculcating hate, anger and ignorance.
HOLY SHIT, Senator Ben Sasse said trump was “delighted” as the chaos unfolded at the Capitol, and he wondered why everyone else in the WH wasn’t as excited as he was.
Put trump UNDER the prison. pic.twitter.com/mobKbdlp7T— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) February 10, 2021
As Hugh Hewitt tries to interrupt.
re: #299 Ace Rothstein
It’s looking like ol Rushbo is nearing the end. I want to thank him for getting me involved in politics though for years it was for all the wrong reasons. I also want to thank him for further pushing me away from the right when I woke the fuck up. Your contribution to the poisonous bumper sticker political discourse that led to the terrorize attack on January 6 will not be missed. And I hope your widow marries a black woman.
Good. Let him roast in hell with Pruneface Reagan, Nixon and Atwater.
It’s one thing to be ignored and feel butt-hurt about it. It’s entirely another to tweet about feeling butt-hurt to the world. https://t.co/Sc6Ayp8iEn
— a different darth (@darthstar99) February 10, 2021
BTW, if you want to talk to Bibi, his number is right there.
re: #308 darthstar
Since Jared achieved peace in the middle east, it’s probably a lower priority for Biden.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said the Trump investigation is “of high priority” and will go before a grand jury as soon as March.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 10, 2021
Going to a grand jury… that will be fun for them to consider the charges of interfering in the election and interfering with official count/certification. Pressuring officials to throw out votes.
State charges. That Georgia is moving faster than NY on the indictment front is pretty shocking actually.
I have heard little mention of Trump’s statement “I’ll be with you!” when he exhorted the protestors to march on the Capitol.
There is no justification for him to make such a statement at that time and place, or in his capacity as President
Period.
I will accept to excuses (“Secret Service would never allow it”) or rationalizations (“He would be with them in spirit if not in person!”). Those were some of the most awful, mendacious, inflammatory and cowardly words to ever come out his mouth, and that is saying A LOT.
Cartoon pic.twitter.com/eDulQPj1Hx
— Bill Bramhall (@BillBramhall) February 8, 2021
re: #269 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Another “incompetent or criminal” decision. A leader should not simply be firing off his mouth without thinking about the impact of the statement. Passion is nice, but this isn’t it. Or at least not a good use of it.
Oh, he can do that…he just has to pay a price for it.
re: #311 lawhawk
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State charges. That Georgia is moving faster than NY on the indictment front is pretty shocking actually.
Not really; the Georgia case is simple, and there’s recordings. The NY case is complicated, and the evidence is a gazillion documents and possibly witnesses.
re: #312 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I have heard little mention of Trump’s statement “I’ll be with you!” when he exhorted the protestors to march on the Capitol.
There is no excuse for him making such a statement at that time and in his capacity as President
Period.
I will accept to excuses (“Secret Service would never allow it”) or rationalizations (“He would be with them in spirit if not in person!”). Those were some of the most awful, mendacious, inflammatory and cowardly words to ever come out his mouth, and that is saying A LOT.
I expect House Managers to mention this in the course of today’s presentations.
re: #315 sagehen
Not really; the Georgia case is simple, and there’s recordings. The NY case is complicated, and the evidence is a gazillion documents and possibly witnesses.
Gonna be interesting to see how a grand jury in Georgia acts.
re: #311 lawhawk
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Going to a grand jury… that will be fun for them to consider the charges of interfering in the election and interfering with official count/certification. Pressuring officials to throw out votes.
State charges. That Georgia is moving faster than NY on the indictment front is pretty shocking actually.
Please Please Please Please include Lady G in that investigation!
re: #307 🌹UOJB!
Good. Let him roast in hell with Pruneface Reagan, Nixon and Atwater.
Atwater, FWIW, was repentant on his deathbed, though. I know that that, along with a couple of bucks, will buy you a cup of coffee, but it’s more than can be said for the others (that we know of).
re: #319 TedStriker
Atwater, FWIW, was repentant on his deathbed, though. I know that that, along, with a couple of bucks, will buy you a cup of coffee, but it’s more than can be said for the others.
The only reason he did that was that he was on his deathbed. That does not dismiss the damage he did.
Which is why there is a “Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool” at stiffs.com
re: #180 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Caution for disgusting descriptions of the allegations.
Former Trump and GOP Aide Charged With Distributing Child Porn (Daily Beast)
Hey DB? It’s not “child porn.” It’s child exploitation material. Pornography is consensual and legal.
(more, gets disturbing from there)
The definition of pornography is silent on its legality or being consensual; neither is a requirement for material to be classified as such.
At every possible juncture, the GOP defense is always, always, *always*:
“We feel that your choice to hold us responsible and accountable for the actions we took to harm you will always be worse than anything we could possibly do to you, justifying what we may do next to you.” https://t.co/XPKxY9yfuA— Gender Reveal Cannon Zandar (@ZandarVTS) February 10, 2021
This was Schoen’s message yesterday.
re: #315 sagehen
Not really; the Georgia case is simple, and there’s recordings. The NY case is complicated, and the evidence is a gazillion documents and possibly witnesses.
I should revise and extend, since grand juries are done in secret - and NY may already have cases before a grand jury to identify charges.
Just back from getting vaccinated against COVID-19 here in Edinburgh, Scotland as the Scottish NHS is now offering the vaccine to folks over 65. The vaccination centre was about half a click from my front door, uphill both ways through the snow. I got the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, I can expect an appointment for another dose within the next twelve weeks.
The centre wasn’t busy but the weather was not that nice and I expect they had a number of cancellations because people couldn’t make it to the city centre. I was in and out almost before my scheduled appointment time, I’d estimate five minutes from arrival to getting the vaccine and then I waited around for another ten minutes afterwards just in case. My upper arm is slightly sore, I obviously notice it because that’s where I was injected but no other adverse effects yet. I’m well stocked up with paracetamol just in case.
Oh, it was free, no co-pay, no credit cards or insurance or other bullshit.
GOP Sen. Roger Marshall wildly overstates his importance to improving the economy and getting vaccinations.
re: #322 jaunte
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Roger will sing a different tune when the mob comes for him.
As always, the GOP claim is that asking for accountability raises the temperature, not the terrorist rabble rousing and riot.
re: #327 jaunte
As always, the GOP claim is that asking for accountability raises the temperature, not the terrorist rabble rousing and riot.
“Just let us do what we want so we don’t get more pissed off” is one hell of a strategy.
WATCH: @Kasie: The second day of the impeachment trial is expected to be more “emotional.”
There is a black draped table near the Senate building entrance with “a pair of boots that presumably belonged to Howard Liebengood … who died by suicide in the wake of the attack.” pic.twitter.com/gdGE5L9rph— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) February 10, 2021
re: #327 jaunte
As always, the GOP claim is that asking for accountability raises the temperature, not the terrorist rabble rousing and riot.
(Only if the GOP is doing the rabble rousing.)
If a Democrat said nice things about protesters, especially BLM, etc. then they are instigators and should be repeatedly investigated and called upon to resign.
re: #328 Eclectic Cyborg
“Just let us do what we want so we don’t get more pissed off” is one hell of a strategy.
“She knew what the consequences would be if she provoked me, so that black eye is her own fault!”
re: #327 jaunte
As always, the GOP claim is that asking for accountability raises the temperature, not the terrorist rabble rousing and riot.
Democrats aren’t allowed to get mad. We’re supposed to be the voice of reason and to talk kindly to Republicans when THEY get mad, and give them things to make them feel better and calm down. You know, like abusers do.
Oops, look like someone is afraid of the slammer!
Jenna Ryan, a Texas real estate agent charged in the Capitol insurrection, says she ‘bought into a lie’ and regrets ‘everything’
Too little and too late. Have fun in jail TexAssHole!
re: #333 🌹UOJB!
“I didn’t realize there would be consequences for my actions.”
Limbaugh’s funeral will get covered on Fox as if it was the passing of an ex-President.
re: #320 🌹UOJB!
The only reason he did that was that he was on his deathbed. That does not dismiss the damage he did.
Which is why there is a “Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool” at stiffs.com
Oh, I won’t disagree that Atwater’s deathbed repudiation of his life’s work doesn’t negate the damage one damn bit that life’s work did to the American body politic and that had culminated in President Trump, damage we are still dealing with now and will still have to deal with for decades; I was only saying that, at least, he was self-aware enough to know that he had been an asshole that made a living pandering to bigots and racists.
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re: #335 Ace Rothstein
Limbaugh’s funeral will get covered on Fox as if it was the passing of an ex-President.
You’ll see Franky Graham Cracker preside over it bullshitting about Rush now sitting at the right hand of The Big G.
re: #335 Ace Rothstein
Limbaugh’s funeral will get covered on Fox as if it was the passing of an ex-President.
Hope it’s soon.
re: #338 🌹UOJB!
You’ll see Franky Graham Cracker preside over it bullshitting about Rush now sitting at the right hand of The Big G.
Rush, the serial womanizer, chronic drug abuser, and lying scumbag… Yep, he’s right up Franklin Graham’s alley.
re: #335 Ace Rothstein
Limbaugh’s funeral will get covered on Fox as if it was the passing of an ex-President.
re: #338 🌹UOJB!
You’ll see Franky Graham Cracker preside over it bullshitting about Rush now sitting at the right hand of The Big G.
re: #339 b.d. (America is Great Again)
Hope it’s soon.
I think Clarence Darrow said it best:
All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.
re: #335 Ace Rothstein
Limbaugh’s funeral will get covered on Fox as if it was the passing of an ex-President.
Sad news coming through now. Rush Limbaugh, renowned broadcaster, scion of the yokel gentry, and friend of all Republicans and reactionaries, is still alive. Hope is not lost, though, since his disciples fear the end and are doing what they do best, praying ineffectually.
Rep. Raskin:
“The evidence will show you that ex-President Trump was no innocent bystander…”
“It will show that Donald Trump surrendered his role as Commander-in-Chief” to become the “Inciter-in-Chief.”— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) February 10, 2021
re: #290 lawhawk
When I go inside Walgreens I wear a cloth mask with an added filter. Just ordered some medical masks for if we have to go to any medical center.
Walking outdoors = cloth mask and not getting near anyone else.
re: #338 🌹UOJB!
You’ll see Franky Graham Cracker preside over it bullshitting about Rush now sitting at the right hand of The Big G.
Makes it easier for Big G to backhand him any time he feels like it
JUST IN: Bruce Springsteen facing DWI charges in New Jersey https://t.co/cEvgJRsL5B pic.twitter.com/NxhejUWSDn
— The Hill (@thehill) February 10, 2021
National Park Service stopped him in Sandy Hook and he was charged with DUI. Oy.
re: #346 lawhawk
National Park Service stopped him in Sandy Hook and he was charged with DUI. Oy.
Damnit, Boss…
re: #346 lawhawk
I’m going to hope he just made a bad judgment call.
re: #309 darthstar
BTW, if you want to talk to Bibi, his number is right there.
Does that phone number auto-direct to the courthouse where Bibi is on trial?
Maybe Pres. Biden wants to make sure just who is “leading” israel before he makes a call….
Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin: “This mob got organized so openly because, as they would later scream in these halls…they were sent here by the president.” https://t.co/pJy5JaDq1D #impeachmenttrial pic.twitter.com/ma2KBzkjdz
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) February 10, 2021
re: #258 b.d. (America is Great Again)
I certainly didn’t have “Georgia Prison” on my list of places that Trump may go to:
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re: #302 (((Archangel1)))
Trump is banned from Twitter for good, even if he runs in 2024.
But will Twitter allow his campaign to have an account?
re: #291 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
It’s also not the only time the US has accidentally almost nuked itself. In 1961, the USAF almost nuked North Carolina, with the bomb in question actually being perilously close to having detonated.
the one in alaska, as well, where declassified documents state, as I recall, that 3 of the 4 failsafe mechanisms had breached.
re: #265 jaunte
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Total lack of principles is another.
Every Republican with principles is being purged from the party. The modern Republican Party is solely the property of Trump; if you don’t worship him, you are not welcome.
re: #221 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Outdoor Cat is not allowed in because she scoots her butt on our carpet.
My suggestion is deworm for pinworms!
re: #296 Eventual Carrion
When/if they don’t convict I will use the same answer that I used the first time they didn’t convict tRump. “Then Bill Clinton was innocent too?”. Can never get them to admit that is where their logic is putting them.
Our Trump-worshiping brother always thought the Clinton impeachment was ridiculous; he never cared about those issues.
re: #344 plansbandc
When I go inside Walgreens I wear a cloth mask with an added filter. Just ordered some medical masks for if we have to go to any medical center.
Walking outdoors = cloth mask and not getting near anyone else.
you are not getting covid walking outdoors, but I understand the healthy respect for the virus. Things that I do and don’t worry about: going to the supermarket; going into a store to purchase something or look around; walking around outdoors; talking to neighbors outdoors, while we are separated by six to ten feet of distance. Things I would never dream of doing: going into a restaurant to eat. I teach 17 and 18 students in a class where that is the max safe rating, and for some reason that also doesn’t concern me. We’re all masked up and I wear my KN95’s here.
re: #308 darthstar
It’s one thing to be ignored and feel butt-hurt about it. It’s entirely another to tweet about feeling butt-hurt to the world. https://t.co/Sc6Ayp8iEn
— a different darth (@darthstar99) February 10, 2021
It’s a message to Jewish Democrats that Biden will not support Israel so they should not support Biden. A Trumpster FB post from days ago:
As reported Biden Administration announces a shift away from Israel in new portfolio of new ambassador.
It didn’t even take a week to send this message to Jewish supporters.is this what you voted for?
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Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory Just Captured Ominous Signals About the Planet’s Health Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory just captured an ominous sign about the pace of global warming. Atmospheric levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide aren’t just on their way to yet another record high this year - they’re rising faster than ever, ... Cheechako
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Trump’s “Stolen Election” Lie Based on Evidence From Pervy Bathroom Cam-Spy OK, this really takes the cake. If you have relatives that still cling to the “election was stolen, dadgum, I jes’ KNOW IT … This should be a slight remedy to the stubborn madness Thanks to online anonymity, the ...
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Best of April 2024 Nothing new here but these are a look back at the a few good images from the past month. Despite the weather, I was quite pleased with several of them. These were taken with older lenses (made from the ...
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Gateway Pundit, Sued by Election Workers, Declares BankruptcyA onetime favorite, now just pathetic figure around these parts, Jim Hoft aka SMOTI ("Stupidest Man On The Internet"), has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in response to the defamation lawsuits filed against him to the same election workers that ... Khal Wimpo (free internal organs upon request!)
The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
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