Texas Senator Ted Cruz jets to Cancun as storms and power outages ravage his state, then throws his daughters under the bus when he gets caught. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #TedCruz
Leading Republican candidate for Gov in Virginia forced to sit in a plexiglass box because she won’t wear a mask.
Where have I seen this dangerous-person-in-a-plexiglass box trope before? Oh right, Skyfall! pic.twitter.com/dZ6S9IsY6W
— the waxy yellow buildup fighter (@MaryHartmanx2) February 19, 2021
What a photograph! https://t.co/h3nDzQPD5T
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 19, 2021
re: #2 Charles Johnson
Stop everything for 26 seconds and watch this.Footage, with sound (!) from the surface of another planet.Just incredible. pic.twitter.com/sEjKcuOJeZ
— James Holland (@James7Holland) February 19, 2021
And note that the rover has already driven a short distance from the touchdown point (as the camera pans, you can see the tracks from where the rover has already traversed).
UPDATE:
After further review, this is from Curiosity - you can faintly make out the name as the camera pans nearly the whole way around. Not deleting, but want to make it clear that this isn’t from Perseverance.
re: #3 lawhawk
As I noted downstairs, that’s likely not a Perseverance video. More likely from Curiosity. I do not believe Percy has moved yet, and those tire tracks go way to far for it not to be a different rover.
re: #184 Jay C
To me, the defining image of the Great Texas Freeze Of ‘21was the shot of the downtown business district (?Dallas?) lit up by skyscrapers with every single light blazing- surrounded by dark zones where the power had gone out in neighborhoods….
That was my view from the back porch as we suffered through 46 straight hours without power.
re: #5 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
As I noted downstairs, that’s likely not a Perseverance video. More likely from Curiosity. I do not believe Percy has moved yet, and those tire tracks go way to far for it not to be a different rover.
The tires are different.
re: #5 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
As I noted downstairs, that’s likely not a Perseverance video. More likely from Curiosity. I do not believe Percy has moved yet, and those tire tracks go way to far for it not to be a different rover.
At the very end of the clip, there is a plate that appears to say Curiosity.
re: #5 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I stand corrected then. And at 25 seconds you see Curiosity in the name of the rover in the body.
I’m updating above.
Adding to the excitement was a high-resolution image taken during the rover’s landing. While NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover sent back a stop-motion movie of its descent, Perseverance’s cameras are intended to capture video of its touchdown and this new still image was taken from that footage, which is still being relayed to Earth and processed.
Unlike with past rovers, the majority of Perseverance’s cameras capture images in color. After landing, two of the Hazard Cameras (Hazcams) captured views from the front and rear of the rover, showing one of its wheels in the Martian dirt. Perseverance got a close-up from NASA’s eye in the sky, as well: NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance. Orbiter, which used a special high-resolution camera to capture the spacecraft sailing into Jezero Crater, with its parachute trailing behind. The High Resolution Camera Experiment (HiRISE) camera did the same for Curiosity in 2012. JPL leads the orbiter’s mission, while the HiRISE instrument is led by the University of Arizona.
Several pyrotechnic charges are expected to fire later on Friday, releasing Perseverance’s mast (the “head” of the rover) from where it is fixed on the rover’s deck. The Navigation Cameras (Navcams), which are used for driving, share space on the mast with two science cameras: the zoomable Mastcam-Z and a laser instrument called SuperCam. The mast is scheduled to be raised Saturday, Feb. 20, after which the Navcams are expected to take panoramas of the rover’s deck and its surroundings.
In the days to come, engineers will pore over the rover’s system data, updating its software and beginning to test its various instruments. In the following weeks, Perseverance will test its robotic arm and take its first, short drive. It will be at least one or two months until Perseverance will find a flat location to drop off Ingenuity, the mini-helicopter attached to the rover’s belly, and even longer before it finally hits the road, beginning its science mission and searching for its first sample of Martian rock and sediment.
re: #8 Shropshire Slasher
The tires are different.
I assume Curiosity is sporting the same tires as Perseverance, they are related. And those tire trails could be made by these types of tires
I love rocks. Look at these right next to my wheel. Are they volcanic or sedimentary? What story do they tell? Can’t wait to find out.#CountdownToMarshttps://t.co/7w3rbvbyoL pic.twitter.com/H3q1M0YJAd
— NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) February 19, 2021
re: #8 Shropshire Slasher
The tires are different.
re: #14 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I assume Curiosity is sporting the same tires as Perseverance, they are related. And those tire trails could be made by these types of tires
OK, never mind, definitely different tires in the video.
My image was cropped, so I didn’t see the tires in the video until I opened it elsewhere
re: #14 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
I assume Curiosity is sporting the same tires as Perseverance, they are related. And those tire trails could be made by these types of tires
They’re not the same. Percy’s tires are slightly bigger around and narrower, a modification made from lessons learned by Curiosity.
Cuomo says no one can accuse him of not being aggressive, but he feels he wasn’t enough in pushing back against the attacks on NY nursing home policies and his administration.
“I was wrong to be complacent,” and he “takes responsibility for all of it, period.” pic.twitter.com/IzbdMo4ZzC— Joseph Spector (@GannettAlbany) February 19, 2021
re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg
If Trump were still Tweeting:
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He’s not which is all that matters.
re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg
He would have direct FEMA to steal generators from residents in New York to send to Texas.
Thread update: U.S. alleges wider Oath Keepers conspiracy, adds more charges in Jan. 6 Capitol riot https://t.co/JW9c9eJBnS
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) February 19, 2021
I have been alerted that this video is actually an old one from Curiosity with non-Martian sound layered over, so I’ve deleted my retweet (below). Apologies! I am overly-eager to see what incredible footage we get back from the newest rover! pic.twitter.com/x1nRPWtOTr
— Jacqueline Feldscher (@jacqklimas) February 19, 2021
The dog’s reaction.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/1Ox1tagPZo
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) February 19, 2021
You know your judgment is bad when this haircut is only the third worst decision you made this month. pic.twitter.com/8vVAmR7ygr
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) February 19, 2021
Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones has tested positive for COVID-19. Here’s the latest.
https://t.co/2ADCjjo3ws— Enquirer (@Enquirer) February 19, 2021
Jones is one of those asshat “constitutional sheriffs”.
Republicans are not alright https://t.co/NZU3jhhgGL
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 19, 2021
I would welcome a fresh set of lasers.
— Cynthia Lummis (@CynthiaMLummis) February 19, 2021
Imagine how brain-broken you need to be to think that it would be bad news for Biden for the pandemic to end. pic.twitter.com/8ciiXc3sN4
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) February 19, 2021
re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth
Jones is one of those asshat “constitutional sheriffs”.
“No one (else) at the Sheriff’s Office will quarantine due to his COVID diagnosis.”
Well, that’s good to know.
/
OMG insulating. Insulting works too
— Rumman Chowdhury (@ruchowdh) February 19, 2021
Since inauguration, major QAnon forums have largely devolved into something very simple: read the news, imagine the opposite, and construct a reality around it.
Their world is now filled with holograms, clones, doubles.
One prevailing notion is that 1/6 basically wasn’t real. pic.twitter.com/mPpDzr2cZI— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) February 19, 2021
re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth
You mean Rush Limbaugh is still alive?
I’m really getting tired of the term “cancel culture.” This is ridiculous. Can we please cancel this stupid right wing talking point?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 19, 2021
re: #23 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
This is why we use dogs to detect terminators.
re: #33 Charles Johnson
It is a term that can be applied subjectively and arbitrarily to express outrage and indignation over whatever is not already covered by “political correctness” or “socialism”.
re: #37 Eclectic Cyborg
Cancel cancel culture?
/
because it is socialist and politically incorrect!!!
re: #34 John Hughes
This is why we use dogs to detect terminators.
Speaking of dogs.
Note the only conspirator who seems to be profiting from this endeavor
YALL! 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/aow1vnDuyD
— her name is cyn. (@cynfinite) February 19, 2021
re: #27 Backwoods_Sleuth
Imagine how brain-broken you need to be to think that it would be bad news for Biden for the pandemic to end.
It makes sense if you believe in the RW doctrinal talking point that Covid is nothing but a hoax and a Liberal plot to control our lives and hijack the economy and force the Green New Deal down our throats…
re: #41 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Generalissimo Francisco Franco, on the other hand, is still dead.
[citation needed]
Endlessly talks about the first amendment.
Obsessed with the second amendment.
Has no idea what an amendment is. pic.twitter.com/jU7FywcFJA— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) February 19, 2021
Fox News is going to use it a kajillion more times, because the Right loves to play the victim.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) February 19, 2021
re: #41 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Generalissimo Francisco Franco, on the other hand, is still dead.
So is Rush Limbaugh.
Good question. Where’s the unity chorus in the press? https://t.co/eJ8oI0HM6R
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) February 19, 2021
re: #45 Ace Rothstein
So is Rush Limbaugh.
The way the Q universe works, he’s probably only mostly dead and just waiting for his time to arise and proclaim himself The Real Q, as one of Trump’s best friends.
re: #32 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
You mean Rush Limbaugh is still alive?
He got a hold of Herman Cain’s phone!
This made me laugh. Posted wrong tweet originally.
— Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens (@CSMFHT) February 19, 2021
“Two tickets to Cancun, please.” pic.twitter.com/LimfYzIpfV
— Caleb Roehrig (@MikalebRoehrig) February 18, 2021
This is why maga is so afraid of her. It’s because she’s amazing. https://t.co/Kf4wYgfsu5
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) February 19, 2021
Trump’s worried he’ll face lawsuits the rest of his miserable life.
Aww. Too bad, so sad.
The Houston Chronicle editorial board called on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to resign over his Cancun debacle in a blistering editorial on Friday. The home state newspaper described Cruz’s vacation during a Texas weather crisis as “foolish, callous and sadly telling of his approach to the job over the past eight years.”
“Texans’ anger with Ted Cruz right now could power an entire electrical grid,” the board said of the senator’s getaway this week to Mexico with his family as Texans suffered during freezing weather, power outages and water shortages. Cruz returned to Texas Thursday amid growing fury.
The editorial acknowledged that the Texas crisis was not of Cruz’s making and that the job of a U.S. senator is not to “shovel the coal.”
“The crisis is the handiwork of state officials, not federal,” the editorial said, but “we expect leadership and perhaps a little solidarity from a man whose re-election campaign heavily rested on claims of his compassion and advocacy for suffering Texans after Hurricane Harvey.”
@SenTedCruz I suggest you get hold of Congresswoman Cortez and volunteer the rest of your break with working with her on Disaster Relief.
You played with yourself while NY raised national moneys for relief.
Be a solution and not a douchebag TED.— And The Wind Cries: “I’m Tired of Donald Trump” (@DaveoutofAustin) February 19, 2021
seriously, OAN viewers may be lost for good. none of this is true, at all (also note that OAN still denies the result of the election: the current president doesn’t get “PRES” in front of his name, but Trump does) pic.twitter.com/qHQZ18EzbC
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) February 19, 2021
re: #2 Charles Johnson
I wonder how many people are going to cry ‘fake; done in Hollywood! I can see the wires holding it up!!’
Absolutely incredible shot for the rest of us to marvel over; love the dust streaks in the corners of the image from the Skycrane rocket motors. Can’t wait to see the on-board landing video.
Note the picture of Maxine that Only Assholes Network used…
re: #55 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
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Biden hiding in the basement?
Today, the white house basement includes multipurpose rooms including the Map Room, Library, China Room, Vermeil Room, and the Diplomatic Reception Room. The basement also has the main White House Kitchen, pantry, chocolate shop, and cold storage. There’s also a doctor’s office and housekeeper’s office
the linked website, which sells mesh masks designed to skirt mask requirements & intentionally spread COVID, allows you to check out using @stripe, @PayPal, and @GooglePay pic.twitter.com/8w7nhObReY
— molly conger (@socialistdogmom) February 19, 2021
running a transaction through the website & then checking that transaction using stripe’s charge lookup tool tells me the site is actually operated by an ohio-based company called proof products USA LLC. on their milspin website they mostly sell thin blue line gun accessories pic.twitter.com/5EUWiordjy
— molly conger (@socialistdogmom) February 19, 2021
anyway, proof products USA LLC is owned by braelin consumer solutions LLC and they both have CAGE codes that allow them to manufacture goods for the government, including supplies used in hospitals pic.twitter.com/ovxUWbaaN0
— molly conger (@socialistdogmom) February 19, 2021
Beto the un- elected but the responsible one. How did Texans get it so wrong? Bcuz they were following their “chosen one” to cruz over Beto? A shame choosing the bad over good!?
— Suzanne Bellamy (@SuzanneBellam10) February 19, 2021
The rare Mrs. Doubtfire end-around, spotted in the wild. https://t.co/AdDEQyd7sI
— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) February 19, 2021
re: #51 Dread Pirate Ron
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But I was told that there was nothing a federal elected official could do, so who cares if this hypothetical person hypothetically went to Cancun? Was I misinformed?
As a matter of demonstrable fact, it’s pretty obvious that @BetoORourke and @AOC have done more these last few days to help Texans than @tedcruz and @JohnCornyn.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 19, 2021
“Daddy wait for me” #janeygodleyvoiceover pic.twitter.com/gWp5h2kSUB
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) February 19, 2021
re: #13 Dread Pirate Ron
…In the days to come, engineers will pore over the rover’s system data, updating its software and beginning to test its various instruments. In the following weeks, Perseverance will test its robotic arm and take its first, short drive. It will be at least one or two months until Perseverance will find a flat location to drop off Ingenuity, the mini-helicopter attached to the rover’s belly, and even longer before it finally hits the road, beginning its science mission and searching for its first sample of Martian rock and sediment.
I liked one of the reporter’s questions during the noon press conference today. Basically, “Aren’t you afraid that you might fuck up everything when you update the hardware and have to reboot? I know I usually am.” They assured him that they’ve been doing this for a long time with much success.
re: #60 Dread Pirate Ron
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“How did Texans get it so wrong?”
Simple: by choosing to vote their prejudices rather than interests.
IOW, typical Americans.
Because you want to see a doggy, playing with toys, in a baby chair, then sneeze. pic.twitter.com/D1ksdf6MV0
— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) February 19, 2021
Terrorist who literally wore his name and phone number on his back while attacking the Capitol.
[BREAKING] Troy Faulkner has been indicted by a federal grand jury on six counts #SeditionHasConsequences #SeditionTrack pic.twitter.com/4EcPUj1HKT
re: #68 No Malarkey!
Pro Tip: Never wear your work clothes to a protest.
re: #69 PhillyPretzel
Pro Tip: Never wear your work clothes
to a protest.
FTFY, COVID-19 edition.
/I do still wear clothes, but only because my office is in the front room of my house
//My poor neighbors
The babirusa is a species of pig from the region of Indonesian islands known as Wallacea. Males have tusks which grow backwards & can penetrate their skull! They are threatened by hunting & habitat loss. pic.twitter.com/bpQN166DRP
— A Book of Rather Strange Animals (@StrangeAnimaIs) February 19, 2021
As I’ve noted previously: I figure most of you follow me because you expect me to accidentally off myself in some spectacularly hilarious fashion.
And I can’t blame you for that. I’d follow myself for the same reason. https://t.co/27PrvorAmE— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 19, 2021
Shit. You’re right. https://t.co/KiWaLZNkeX
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 19, 2021
I live in Florida.
I have a flag.
I have a flagpole.
I don’t usually fly the flag. But I will this week. Raised all the way to the hoist.
Fuck Rush Limbaugh https://t.co/7B0BzuNVU5— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 19, 2021
Throw in a taco truck and I’m there. https://t.co/SWrVtDCApK
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 19, 2021
re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Sounds like they are threatened as much by nature. Horn through their skull sounds like a bad design.
The last thing we need now is civility towards hate-mongers. I love nobody is tone-policing.
Tune in as President Biden delivers remarks at a Pfizer manufacturing site in Kalamazoo, Michigan. https://t.co/U1CxlTDM55
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 19, 2021
re: #77 Nyet
The last thing we need now is the civility towards hate-mongers. I love nobody is tone-policing.
“Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast
ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them
under their feet, and turn again and rend you.” Matthew 7:6 (KJV)
Like all bullies and cowards, they see civility as weakness.
re: #79 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
We’re not civil towards the Nazis… so it’s only a matter of drawing the border.
Been interesting observing how the County Judges have stepped in and provided leadership-Hildalgo in Harris, Jenkins in Dallas, Wolff in Bexar and Brown in Travis-when state GOP leadership didn’t (and in case of Kenny Paxton, actively undermined).
— MaterialMatt - Anti Seditionists. (@MM2LLC) February 19, 2021
re: #78 Backwoods_Sleuth
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What’s Joe doing in Kalamazoo??
OAN reported he was hiding in the WH basement!
Or is he really still in hiding, and this is a clone/double/robot/hologram…?
Only part-////
re: #73 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of USPS, Goodyear, and Oreo
Rush knew all about half staff, he even bought counterfeit Boner pills
— Brian Conley (@AmputatedDad) February 19, 2021
The matter of whom exactly Rush was bonking in Dominicana is still open…
Breaking: DOJ indicts nine alleged associates of Oath Keepers in largest insurrection conspiracy charged to date. The men & women allegedly planned for days to travel to Washington with a goal of breaking into Capitol to disrupt certification of presidential vote.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) February 19, 2021
re: #84 Nyet
The matter of whom exactly Rush was bonking in Dominicana is still open…
Probably young women at a sex resort, which are legal there.
re: #86 No Malarkey!
Probably young women at a sex resort, which are legal there.
Maybe what he was doing was legal.
I just looked out the window and saw it was snowing again. And my neighbor is having his back driveway cleaned up with a snow blower. I am really starting to hate snow.
Rush Limbaugh is dead, Perseverance is on Mars, and as always, there’s Legaltainment (tm):
Good afternoon, followers of frivolous performative litigation - I’ve had caffeine, I’ve hit my writing goals for the week, so let’s see if we can unravel what the everloving hell is going on with In re Gondor.
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) February 19, 2021
re: #88 PhillyPretzel
I just looked out the window and saw it was snowing again. And my neighbor shaving his back driveway cleaned up with a snow blower. I am really starting to hate snow.
Floof Cat did a sort of amusing “Open the door so I can run outside to look at the birdies and squirrels in that bush!” followed by a “Oh Noes! I been hit by snows!” followed by fleeing back inside combo earlier this afternoon.
Since I laughed at her she is now pouting in the bedroom after being given a few treats.
re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth
They’re threatened by evolution screwing them as well.
re: #87 Nyet
Maybe what he was doing was legal.
Correct, Rush could legally bang young prostitutes for money there.
re: #58 Dangerman
Biden hiding in the basement?
Today, the white house basement includes multipurpose rooms including the Map Room, Library, China Room, Vermeil Room, and the Diplomatic Reception Room. The basement also has the main White House Kitchen, pantry, chocolate shop, and cold storage. There’s also a doctor’s office and housekeeper’s office
Sadly, there’s no swimming pool. Nixon had them replace it with a bowling alley.
re: #61 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Sucks that they were let off with a warning. Coming down hard on them would help discourage cheating.
re: #95 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Sucks that they were let off with a warning. Coming down hard on them would help discourage cheating.
White privilege.
I love Sassy Wife:
I drafted #flyinlyinTed’s schedule for tomorrow: “The Senator will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings.”
— Rachel Vindman (@natsechobbyist) February 18, 2021
re: #78 Backwoods_Sleuth
“My predecessor, as my mother would say, God love him, failed” pic.twitter.com/F1XIR7k3HJ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 19, 2021
in some way the first normal foreign policy since Bill Clinton https://t.co/QCZIBrgqbE
— Jennifer ‘pro-reality’ Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) February 19, 2021
A Trumpist who didn’t get a pardon. Too bad, so sad.
A Trump inaugural donor was sentenced to 12 years in prison over his $900,000 illegal contribution. https://t.co/wvBvF8phaz
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 19, 2021
I am highly recommending this article about the influence of the “prophets” on the charismatic / Pentecostal section of the electorate. Julia Duin goes back to 2015 (and before) to discuss the roots of this “prophetic movement” and the fallout from Biden’s election and the insurrection. We also learn how utterly wretched a good number of the followers of the “prophets” are.
This is the kind of article I would have written if I’d had the time and access to do it. Most of the stuff Politico publishes is garbage, but Julia Duin has a long history of reporting on religious issues.
Seriously, this is a must read.
Perseverance Microphones https://t.co/5x1gAeRQxE https://t.co/gYlJRbMf5g pic.twitter.com/EPK7cL5t7H
— XKCD Comic (@xkcdComic) February 19, 2021
Normal Friday Night News Dump (not end times Apocalypse crap we dealt with for the preceding 4 years):
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kim Kardashian West has filed to divorce Kanye West after 6 1/2 years of marriage.
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) February 19, 2021
Kayne has mental health issues that need attention. Wish him well and that he gets the support and care needed.
Kardashian is famous for being famous (or infamous as her start was due to a leaked sex video). Her family has created an entire empire out of this “singular” act. Wish she’d just go away along with the entire industry of famous for being famous types.
/get off my damned lawn (even if there’s snow on it).
re: #103 Dread Pirate Ron
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turning it around inside of one month
i am impressed
(most of) the world was waiting
in some way the first normal foreign policy since Bill Clinton https://t.co/QCZIBrgqbE
— Jennifer ‘pro-reality’ Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) February 19, 2021
re: #105 No Malarkey!
A Trumpist who didn’t get a pardon. Too bad, so sad.
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trump’s free and golfing
you’re not either
and you’re out $900k (is that the price tag to ‘own the libs’?)
ETTD
re: #108 lawhawk
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kim Kardashian West has filed to divorce Kanye West after 6 1/2 years of marriage.
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) February 19, 2021
even rush managed to average 8 years per…
re: #105 No Malarkey!
A Trumpist who didn’t get a pardon. Too bad, so sad.
He wasn’t sentenced due to the contribution from what I read but because of actually falsifying documents to cover up FARA violations not related to the inaugural donation.
re: #112 danarchy
He wasn’t sentenced due to the contribution from what I read but because of actually falsifying documents to cover up FARA violations not related to the inaugural donation.
FARA out!
“Trump will be free to act as an outside agitator and work with extremists within and outside of the Republican party to further destabilize American democracy.” ICYM my Jan 13 @businessinsider essay: https://t.co/RjKiE95Vlg
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) February 18, 2021
re: #106 mmmirele
I am highly recommending this article about the influence of the “prophets” on the charismatic / Pentecostal section of the electorate. Julia Duin goes back to 2015 (and before) to discuss the roots of this “prophetic movement” and the fallout from Biden’s election and the insurrection. We also learn how utterly wretched a good number of the followers of the “prophets” are.
This is the kind of article I would have written if I’d had the time and access to do it. Most of the stuff Politico publishes is garbage, but Julia Duin has a long history of reporting on religious issues.
Seriously, this is a must read.
I knew one of these nutbags on FB before he blocked me. He eventually decided the prophets correctly discerned God’s will that Trump win a second term, but the believers failed to pray hard enough to make it happen.
yes, i really did just let my car outside with the admonition: “see you in a little while. don’t go too far.” Like my cat, with the street experience of Huggy Bear, couldn’t deal with anything she runs into out there.
re: #106 mmmirele
Pulpit Pimps will never stop Pimping.
And idiots like my relatives will still send them cash.
Neera Tanden will need at least one GOP vote for confirmation.
NEW: @Sen_JoeManchin will vote against @neeratanden for OMB.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) February 19, 2021
Dang. My roof is leaking again. Even with a brand new rubber roof. Oy.
re: #119 PhillyPretzel
Dang. My roof is leaking again. Even with a brand new rubber roof. Oy.
Remember heavy rains in 1995 and the ceiling collapsed in my apartment’s kitchen and right over my bed…glad I had renter’s insurance!
Justice is coming.
The wheel of justice grinds slowly but it is difficult to imagine how The Donald can escape. He is running out of stalls with the Manhattan DA, who clearly is going after his mob like fraudulent behavior. This story makes that clear. It is just a matter of time. https://t.co/besoGOfiJW
— John W. Dean (@JohnWDean) February 19, 2021
> it is difficult to imagine how The Donald can escape
It is actually very easy, unfortunately.
With 2.6 million customers in Texas without power, and boil water advisories in place, the WCK team & Burns BBQ delivered 250 meals to another senior community in Houston. Ruben, a resident here, is helping Steve deliver the comforting meals to neighbors in need. #ChefsForTexas pic.twitter.com/KNXqMjgPoy
— World Central Kitchen (@WCKitchen) February 17, 2021
“If they start canceling these American presidents, they’re gonna come after Bible characters next. Mark my words” — Fox News “news side” host Bill Hemmer pic.twitter.com/qTPV0NERv8
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 19, 2021
Jeff Sessions racist comments kept him from becoming a federal judge. Joe Manchin confirmed him to be Attorney General.
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) February 19, 2021
— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) February 19, 2021
re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth
What biblical characters have statues in the US on public property?
Well I just left a message with the roofer on his voicemail and hopefully he will get back to me soon.
re: #118 No Malarkey!
Neera Tanden will need at least one GOP vote for confirmation.
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No Republican will cross over for Tanden.
Joe will need to get someone else.
Controversial, but accurate.
Like the best people can muster is that “we need to keep blundering around making everything worse at enormous cost to help contain the damage of past blunders”
ok pic.twitter.com/kKvoDHnXnO— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) February 19, 2021
re: #127 No Malarkey!
What biblical characters have statues in the US on public property?
According to my insane aunt—Billy Graham Cracker and Ronald Reagan.
Meanwhile, that idiot Clous, who brandished a gun during a recent Grand Traverse county board meeting that made national news, now goes off and puts a resolution to applaud one of Trump’s lapdogs, Retired General Jack Bergman (R-MI 1), who signed onto every stupid lawsuit to throw the election.
When you even get the Dirty Bird annoyed, you really done screwed up.
Bergman is a disgrace to his former uniform.
re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth
“If they start canceling these American presidents, they’re gonna come after Bible characters next. Mark my words” — Fox News “news side” host Bill Hemmer
Bible characters like the Two Corinthians?
“I have carefully reviewed Neera Tanden’s public statements and tweets that were personally directed towards my colleagues on both sides of the aisle from Senator Sanders to Senator McConnell and others. I believe her overtly partisan statements will have a toxic and detrimental impact on the important working relationship between members of Congress and the next director of the Office of Management and Budget,” Manchin said in a statement. “For this reason, I cannot support her nomination.”
We’re stuck with this POS for how long? Two years at least.
MAGA
Many
Are
Getting
Arrested
MAGA is missing a BIGly marketing promotional extravaganza
MAGA-Soap-On-A-Rope— CopyJim (@CopyJim) February 19, 2021
Federal judge blocks SC abortion ban 1 day after Gov. McMaster signed it into law
“How could you possibly square this legislation with Roe v. Wade?” Lewis asked Emory Smith, the attorney general’s deputy solicitor general.
Not only that, the judge told Smith South Carolina’s own existing state laws say a fetus is not viable outside the mother before six months.
“My God, we are talking about way before viability,” said Lewis, spreading her arms wide.
And here it is—
Smith told the judge “the law is in a state of flux. We have a different (U.S.) Supreme Court, your honor. It’s a different composition. … The law may be what it is right now, but it may be different in another year.”
myrtlebeachonline.com
Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.
A court in the Southern District of New York has dismissed without prejudice Devin Nunes’s libel lawsuit against CNN.
re: #134 Nyet
We’re stuck with this POS for how long? Two years at least.
I think Manchin’s term lasts through 2024. After which he will likely be replaced by a member of the QAnon Caucus, unless he decided to run for another term.
Your profile banner is a dog with a gun to its head.
I don’t really give a shit what you like. https://t.co/U5BDp6KSSU— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 19, 2021
Info about tonight’s show for those interested.
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re: #136 BeachDem
Federal judge blocks SC abortion ban 1 day after Gov. McMaster signed it into law
“How could you possibly square this legislation with Roe v. Wade?” Lewis asked Emory Smith, the attorney general’s deputy solicitor general.
Not only that, the judge told Smith South Carolina’s own existing state laws say a fetus is not viable outside the mother before six months.
“My God, we are talking about way before viability,” said Lewis, spreading her arms wide.And here it is—
Smith told the judge “the law is in a state of flux. We have a different (U.S.) Supreme Court, your honor. It’s a different composition. … The law may be what it is right now, but it may be different in another year.”
myrtlebeachonline.com
Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.
It’s just a matter of time before abortion will be illegal or unobtainable in most of the country. I’m guessing in 2023.
re: #141 No Malarkey!
It’s just a matter of time before abortion will be illegal or unobtainable in most of the country. I’m guessing in 2023.
I’m sure the GOP would be thrilled to kill Roe V. Wade and run on that in 2024.
“After the contentious election we just had, this case presents an opportunity to make future elections cleaner and less litigious, with results that inspire greater public confidence.” @ishapiro & Stacy Hanson urge SCOTUS to make a bright-line rule in the upcoming Arizona case. https://t.co/Now4A43oyg
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) February 19, 2021
re: #127 No Malarkey!
What biblical characters have statues in the US on public property?
These people learned about the Bible from Veggie Tales.
😂😂😂👏👏👇🏿 pic.twitter.com/r8VNy7bboZ
— Tough Love ❤️🧢 #Resist👉🏽DP 👉🏽Putinsgay 👉🏽🤫 (@koan4u) February 19, 2021
We know the lesson he learned last year; the Senate GOP will let him do anything. Now it’s up to the prosecutors and courts to teach Trump that he can’t get away with anything.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) February 19, 2021
Dark money group admits racketeering in Ohio bribery case
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A political dark money group that authorities say was used as part of a $60 million bribery scheme to pass nuclear bailout legislation in Ohio pleaded guilty to a federal racketeering charge on Friday.
Generation Now Inc. also agreed in federal court in Cincinnati to forfeit $1.5 million from two bank accounts.
Jeffrey Longstreth, a co-defendant in the case who previously pleaded guilty to racketeering for his involvement in the scheme, represented Generation Now during Friday’s hearing.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Black delayed a pre-sentence investigation and sentencing until after cases for all of the defendants are resolved.
Federal investigators say former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, Longstreth and three others used the nonprofit Generation Now as a conduit for $60 million secretly provided by Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. The money was allegedly used to secure Householder’s power, elect allied lawmakers and gain legislative approval for $1 billion bailout of two nuclear power plants operated by a FirstEnergy subsidiary.
The five men were indicted in July on racketeering charges. Householder has pleaded not guilty and awaits trial. He was stripped of his leadership post but remains a state representative, rankling elected officials from his heavily Republican district who have pushed for his removal.
Or rather “The Stop Black People from Voting Measures” (for transparency). https://t.co/ZewgoX3WX5
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) February 19, 2021
re: #116 steve_davis
yes, i really did just let my car outside with the admonition: “see you in a little while. don’t go too far.” Like my cat, with the street experience of Huggy Bear, couldn’t deal with anything she runs into out there.
fuck. cat, not car.
re: #152 steve_davis
We all make mistakes. It proves that we are human.
re: #153 PhillyPretzel
We all make mistakes. It proves that we are human.
To err is human; to forgive requires administrator privileges.
re: #152 steve_davis
fuck. cat, not car.
not fuck cat. not fuck car. fuck Venus of Willendorf. Willendorf hot.
Serioualy, there are some profoundly dumb adults on this website who compound having no judgment with having an absolute surplus of sanctimony.
The. Fucking. Worst.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) February 19, 2021
re: #155 Decatur Deb
not fuck cat. not fuck car. fuck Venus of Willendorf. Willendorf hot.
I don’t understand this strange code you are speaking.
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re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m aware of it.
I thought it was in bad taste then and my opinion hasn’t changed. https://t.co/vnrwoAQEDA— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 19, 2021
Elizabeth Ann is the first US endangered species to be cloned. Experts have said that she will help increase the genetic diversity of the species, which currently has a small gene pool.
— A Book of Rather Strange Animals (@StrangeAnimaIs) February 19, 2021
I know a lot of folks have questions about when you’ll get your stimulus checks and how we’re increasing vaccine production, so I sat down to answer a few. pic.twitter.com/tzAt5zeUnN
— President Biden (@POTUS) February 19, 2021
re: #160 Backwoods_Sleuth
I wonder how many exaggerated statistics he used in this statement.///
re: #142 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m sure the GOP would be thrilled to kill Roe V. Wade and run on that in 2024.
the day the supreme court rules against roe v. wade is the day the majority democrat senate installs 4 new justices in a 2-week span and then blows that shit up, and the supreme court damned well knows it.
re: #33 Charles Johnson
Cancel culture = Republicans censuring other Republicans for voting their conscience re impeaching and convicting Trump for his insurrection.
Does he … does he think “Vatican” is a town in California? pic.twitter.com/vc49vWyRIC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 19, 2021
Cow-thorn: blah blah
Me: Vatican is an absolute monarchy, cretin.
re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth
Man, who would have thought the Vatican of all places would go with mandated vaccines?
Punking Fox News:
“We have a @POTUS that is trying to resume normalcy, not just the president, like the former guy, who would just yell at everybody and say, ‘get back to normal opening your businesses,’ open schools, no plan, no money, no science.”pic.twitter.com/s022TMrfmy— Grant Stern (@grantstern) February 19, 2021
re: #157 Eclectic Cyborg
I don’t understand this strange code you are speaking.
//
I’m channeling Chuck Grassley.
re: #165 Nyet
Cow-thorn: blah blah
Me: Vatican is an absolute monarchy, cretin.
What’s funny is, the Vatican is literally their Theocracy. I don’t understand why they’re all up in arms about this. I’m sure it’s something something Catholic President.
re: #155 Decatur Deb
Willendorf stone cold. Looks good, though.
re: #166 Eclectic Cyborg
Man, who would have thought the Vatican of all places would go with mandated vaccines?
That makes perfect sense. The Vatican has sponsored scientific research in many areas, including the biological sciences, and believes evolution is real, regardless of what you feel about their moral beliefs. (Gregor Mendel was a member of a Catholic order, the Augustinians, IIRC.)
re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth
Does he … does he think “Vatican” is a town in California?
“Not only will we fire you, in the good old days we would burn your plague-ridden ass at the stake, heretic.”
re: #172 Decatur Deb
“Not only will we fire you, in the good old days we would burn your plague-ridden ass at the stake, heretic.”
I would’ve said, “we would fire you into the sun,” but the last person that argued with the Church about the sun wound up imprisoned for life as a heretic.
re: #127 No Malarkey!
What biblical characters have statues in the US on public property?
lots of courthouses have a Moses.
re: #159 Backwoods_Sleuth
Wooly Mammoths next please!
re: #171 aatharuv
That makes perfect sense. The Vatican has sponsored scientific research in many areas, including the biological sciences, and believes evolution is real, regardless of what you feel about their moral beliefs. (Gregor Mendel was a member of a Catholic order, the Augustinians, IIRC.)
Thirty-four craters on the Moon are named for Jesuits.
americamagazine.org
re: #166 Eclectic Cyborg
Man, who would have thought the Vatican of all places would go with mandated vaccines?
They aren’t flat earth creationists. The Vatican believes in science, and they have a bunch of elderly priests, including the Pope.
According to Worldometer this morning, the estimated number of COVID-19 deaths in the US exceeded 506,811, which is greater than the Census estimated population of this City in 2019:
Local forecast:
Possible drizzle stopping in 20 min., starting again 20 min. later.
Maybe.
re: #181 wrenchwench
NWS Philadelphia:
weather.gov
re: #169 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
What’s funny is, the Vatican is literally their Theocracy. I don’t understand why they’re all up in arms about this. I’m sure it’s something something Catholic President.
Growing up in a fundamentalist Christian sect, I can assure you Catholics are not regarded as “real Christians” by many and are more likely to be viewed as idol-worshippers- mainly “Mary-worship.”
The leadership of the Pope is also not recognized as anything more than idol-worship or a flawed interpretation of church authority. A Catholic President as a result is always viewed as suspect and not a straight-up “normal” Christian for a large percentage of American Christians.
re: #182 PhillyPretzel
NWS Philadelphia:
weather.gov
There’s a little ambiguity to be had there, as well:
Light Snow Fog/Mist
I think Heavy Snow Fog/Mist is unlikely.
re: #183 Florida Panhandler
Growing up in a fundamentalist Christian sect, I can assure you Catholics are not regarded as “real Christians” by many and are more likely to be viewed as idol-worshippers- mainly “Mary-worship.”
The leadership of the Pope is also not recognized as anything more than idol-worship or a flawed interpretation of church authority. A Catholic President as a result is always viewed as suspect and not a straight-up “normal” Christian for a large percentage of American Christians.
I’m well aware. I grew up in a similar sect. My story’s around in the archives somewhere.
Ron DeSantis has ordered flags flown at halfstaff for Rush Limbaugh.
I fucking kid you not.— Andrew Goss 👊USAF👊 (@Goss30Goss) February 19, 2021
Ron DeSantis didn’t order flags flown at halfstaff for Brian Sicknick.
re: #185 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
I’m well aware. I grew up in a similar sect. My story’s around in the archives somewhere.
But you keep changing your darn nic. You can’t hide, you know…
re: #187 wrenchwench
But you keep changing your darn nic. You can’t hide, you know…
Dopefish? Dopefish who? *smoke bomb*
hi
Our state monarch has overruled state health officials on distribution of vaccines, because we need to kill off more of the weak and vulnerable in the ongoing GOP genocide.
Nebraska removes people with high-risk medical conditions from vaccine priority list (Omaha World-Herald)
Age has been put back to sixty-five, and all vulnerable health conditions have been removed as priority for vaccination.
That means my wife’s brief hope since yesterday she might have gotten a vaccine has been dashed.
In the meantime, I go back to Cheyenne on Monday for my second jab at the VA.
re: #188 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Dopefish? Dopefish who? *smoke bomb*
Oooh, smoke bubbles!
The Douglas County GOP (Omaha) will invoke conservative cancel culture today by censuring Sen. Ben Sasse.
A 10 year old boy died here in Texas in his bed after his house lost power.
I spent almost an entire Friday working at my work computer, only taking an hour off for my guitar lesson. Learned the opening riff to Terrapin Station (short-barred F) D, D-U, D-U-U, (fingerlift)D-D…so I really didn’t get to keep up with the chaos of the interwebs. Anything exciting happen?
re: #191 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The Douglas County GOP (Omaha) will invoke conservative cancel culture today by censuring Sen. Ben Sasse.
I haven’t been around.
how’s your hand?
re: #193 darthstar
I spent almost an entire Friday working at my work computer, only taking an hour off for my guitar lesson. Learned the opening riff to Terrapin Station (short-barred F) D, D-U, D-U-U, (fingerlift)D-D…so I really didn’t get to keep up with the chaos of the interwebs. Anything exciting happen?
No, but trump is still dead.
re: #186 DodgerFan1988
Ron DeSantis didn’t order flags flown at halfstaff for Brian Sicknick.
That might explain Stonekettle’s tweet he was putting his flag up to full staff.
Pfizer is now saying that their vaccine can be stored in a regular freezer.
re: #194 Dangerman
I haven’t been around.
how’s your hand?
I can straighten my fingers, so that’s good. My palm hurts pretty badly though (expected).
re: #198 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I can straighten my fingers, so that’s good. My palm hurts pretty badly though (expected).
excellent
and you’re not skipping letters (so far)
re: #197 Belafon
Pfizer is now saying that their vaccine can be stored in a regular freezer.
A new version of it or the old one?
Breaking NYT: Erik Prince, the ex-head of Blackwater and prominent Trump supporter, violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya by sending weapons to a militia commander who was attempting to overthrow the government, according to U.N. investigators. https://t.co/OGWHo854kK
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 19, 2021
re: #202 Backwoods_Sleuth
That little scumbag needs to be in a cell under the prison.
re: #203 A Mom Anon
That little scumbag needs to be in a cell under the prison.
He might wind up at The Hague if he’s not careful. I wouldn’t say that’s a pleasant way to end.
re: #202 Backwoods_Sleuth
Erik Prince, “Trump’s not still President? Shit. I’m screwed.”
— Köksal Akın (@newworlddd555) February 19, 2021
re: #206 Backwoods_Sleuth
Cat: “Nope nope nope nope nope NOOOOPE fuck this I’m out.”
I mean rush is still dead, got to go practice my material or I will screw up every joke.
re: #208 I Would Prefer Not To
I mean rush is still dead, got to go practice my material or I will screw up every joke.
You got this. Break a leg!
re: #183 Florida Panhandler
Growing up in a fundamentalist Christian sect, I can assure you Catholics are not regarded as “real Christians” by many and are more likely to be viewed as idol-worshippers- mainly “Mary-worship.”
The leadership of the Pope is also not recognized as anything more than idol-worship or a flawed interpretation of church authority. A Catholic President as a result is always viewed as suspect and not a straight-up “normal” Christian for a large percentage of American Christians.
Please! The proper terminology is “Mary-worshipping, Clip-tipped, Mackerel-snappers.”
I were one. When we moved to May-retta, Ga (eighth grade), I was casually asked if I’d “been saved”. Further conversation usually went something like this:
ME: “From what?”
“Eternal damnation!”
ME: “By who?”
“God.”
ME: “Why would he do that? God loves me.”
“What?”
ME: “Why would God do that? He loves me.”
{pause}
But have you been *saved*?!?
ME: “From what?”
“Eternal damnation!”
&c
Everyone walked away confused. I was speaking in Baltimore Catechism. They were speaking in a foreign religious language.
It’s good to have a President again who cares about third world republics and is willing to help them in their time of need.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) February 19, 2021
Do you see Abe Lincoln or a nude woman? pic.twitter.com/zx6pS0OoAm
— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) February 18, 2021
re: #206 Backwoods_Sleuth
But I, I took the road
Less travelled by.
And that has made all the difference.
Viva Paris! Viva Pittsburgh!
A month ago, the treasonous stool sample known as Rafael “Ted” Cruz parroted Trump’s utterly nonsensical lines about the Paris Accord.
We rejoined the multinational climate change agreement today. https://t.co/FsWAuzwC0L— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) February 19, 2021
re: #210 austin_blue
Funny, I had the opposite experience. I moved into a predominantly Polish Catholic neighborhood in my middle school years. The first time I stepped up on a Lenten Friday and ordered the sausage pizza for lunch, all my friends looked at me as if I had horns growing out of my head.
“It’s Friday.”
“Yeah, so? It’s also pizza day, and I ain’t missing that for some stupid fish.”
“But… it’s Friday.”
“So what?!? What the ever-loving hell does Friday have to do with anything?!”
Enhanced 911 service coming to Nebraska. We first got 911 service in this area in 2012.
All Nebraskans should be able to send texts, photos to 911 by end of 2022 (Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald)
By the end of 2022, Nebraskans who need to call 911 will also have the option to send text messages, photos and videos to emergency dispatchers.
Those 21st century communication options will be available once the state has transitioned to a Next Generation 911 system, which officials say will also provide faster, more reliable service.
States across the country have been upgrading to Next Generation 911, known as NG911, which connects to the internet rather than analog.
The new system will change the technology underpinning how callers are located. Rather than locating someone by using their distance to the nearest cell tower, as happens under the current system, the new one will locate someone using geospatial data — essentially the longitude and latitude information that lives inside your cellphone.
(more)
Of course for that technology to work, you need cell service, but that improves 911 service in towns.
Not a statue, but inscribed in stone over the main Milwaukee Court House entrance:
Vox Populi, Vox Dei
re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth
He has no idea what it is.
re: #215 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Funny, I had the opposite experience. I moved into a predominantly Polish Catholic neighborhood in my middle school years. The first time I stepped up on a Lenten Friday and ordered the sausage pizza for lunch, all my friends looked at me as if I had horns growing out of my head.
“It’s Friday.”
“Yeah, so? It’s also pizza day, and I ain’t missing that for some stupid fish.”
“But… it’s Friday.”
“So what?!? What the ever-loving hell does Friday have to do with anything?!”
You should have ordered the clam w/ white sauce. It would have impressed the shit out of them.
Has anyone remembered to tell Texans who are melting snow for drinking water not to use the yellow snow?
After having multiple industries devastated by #COVID, #Hawaii is in need of a budget transfusion.
What better way than by taxing companies paying their CEOs over 100x their workers’ pay?https://t.co/uw6yAbWdPz— Institute for Policy Studies (@IPS_DC) February 20, 2021
One of the greatest things about the Ted Cruz saga is the fact that his wife Heidi’s own “friends” hate him (and I suppose her) so much they sent her texts to the media to help fuck him over.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) February 20, 2021
re: #220 Cheechako
Has anyone remembered to tell Texans who are melting snow for drinking water not to use the yellow snow?
Why? Is it being saved for something else?
We usually don’t get snow that lasts more than fifteen minutes down here in South Austin.
//
Really, we aren’t *that* dumb. But given our Gubmint, maybe we are.
My dog is sleeping peacefully at my feet. In 20 minutes, my Amazon echo is going to remind me to “make myself useful” and he’s going to jump up and bark at me because cocktail time is also greenie time.
re: #220 Cheechako
Has anyone remembered to tell Texans who are melting snow for drinking water not to use the yellow snow?
“Oh, the yellow snow of Texas …”
re: #222 darthstar
I’ve met Heidi. She’s very nice. Also tiny, like 5’0” or so.
re: #227 austin_blue
I’ve met Heidi. She’s very nice. Also tiny, like 5’0” or so.
I question her judgment.
re: #141 No Malarkey!
It’s just a matter of time before abortion will be illegal or unobtainable in most of the country. I’m guessing in 2023.
It won’t stop women from getting abortions. It just makes abortion even more expensive and dangerous. But it’s not about the BAYBEEES. It’s about controlling women.
/remembers life before Roe.
re: #210 austin_blue
Please! The proper terminology is “Mary-worshipping, Clip-tipped, Mackerel-snappers.”
I were one. When we moved to May-retta, Ga (eighth grade), I was casually asked if I’d “been saved”. Further conversation usually went something like this:
ME: “From what?”
“Eternal damnation!”
ME: “By who?”
“God.”
ME: “Why would he do that? God loves me.”
“What?”
ME: “Why would God do that? He loves me.”
{pause}
But have you been *saved*?!?
ME: “From what?”
“Eternal damnation!”
&c
Everyone walked away confused. I was speaking in Baltimore Catechism. They were speaking in a foreign religious language.
I’ve had that conversation. It’s actually quite fun when you know what’s coming.
re: #229 darthstar
I question her judgment.
Maybe she just likes oily, swahv, and deboner guys. Ted and Heidi are damn smart people. But they have made their beds:
She with Goldman-Sachs; and
Ted with Satan.
re: #216 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The state board voted for the 911 expansion 4 to 1. The opponent voted against it not because she is opposed to expanding 911 service, but because the contract is with CenturyLink. She specifically notes how awful CenturyLink Internet service is in this state, and how often it goes down (not good for 911 service). She favoured going with any other company.
re: #200 Nyet
A new version of it or the old one?
Newer version i think. They also said they can get production down to 60 days vs 115.
re: #229 darthstar
I question her judgment.
x2 - I was wondering how to say what you have said perfectly.
re: #232 William Lewis
I’ve had that conversation. It’s actually quite fun when you know what’s coming.
It was! Taking the Baptists down into the weeds of HRCC theology was a hoot. Pretty soon, they learn *not* to talk about religion with you. It also helped when you played sports.
The weather guy said that almost the entire state of Texas was covered in snow.
re: #214 darthstar
Viva Paris! Viva Pittsburgh!
while ted cruz didn’t say “i’ll believe in climate change when texas freezes over,” i think it’s a good idea to try to gaslight him into thinking he did
— i’m mad (@bfrxc) February 19, 2021
A few months before a deadly winter storm crippled Texas, state regulators parted ways with an independent monitor that had enforced the state’s electric reliability standards. Great digging by @byjayroot and @dexinvestigates:https://t.co/hTMj2kWbFq #hounews
— John Tedesco (@John_Tedesco) February 19, 2021
re: #238 Belafon
The weather guy said that almost the entire state of Texas was covered in snow.
At least our streets are clear. Any place you walked through the yard are clear. Still no water, (we saved 15 gallons potable before it was shut off.) but we collected 10 gallons right off the roof today for flushing (We are now under California rules: If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down.)
Sorry Sen. Hunt, our state is ruled by the GOP.
Today I introduced LB 183 to require Nebraska hospitals to give medically-accurate information about emergency contraception to assault survivors + provide the medication if requested.
This will prevent unwanted pregnancies and bring more justice for survivors. #NELeg pic.twitter.com/DN0viruMxg— Senator Megan Hunt 😷 (@NebraskaMegan) February 19, 2021
re: #240 Dread Pirate Ron
What does it say? It’s paywalled.
re: #171 aatharuv
That makes perfect sense. The Vatican has sponsored scientific research in many areas, including the biological sciences, and believes evolution is real, regardless of what you feel about their moral beliefs. (Gregor Mendel was a member of a Catholic order, the Augustinians, IIRC.)
The Big Bang theory of cosmic origins had its start with Georges Lemaître, a Catholic priest and professor of physics at Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium). He theorized it to explain the expansion seen in the universe, and it was observationally confirmed by Edwin Hubble. Then the Cosmic Microwave Background was discovered in 1964, which really confirmed what was being seen.
The Vatican also has a working astronomical observatory in southern Arizona as well.
re: #243 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
What does it say? It’s paywalled.
The article opening:
Late last year, as winter approached and power companies prepared for cold weather, Gov. Greg Abbott’s hand-picked utility regulators decided they no longer wanted to work with a nonprofit organization they had hired to monitor and help Texas enforce the state’s electric reliability standards.
The multi-year contract between the Public Utility Commission and the obscure monitoring organization, the Texas Reliability Entity, was trashed. Over the next months, right up until the crippling storm that plunged millions of Texans into the dark and cold, the state agency overseeing the power industry operated without an independent monitor to make sure energy companies followed state protocols, which include weatherization guidelines.
The Public Utility Commission’s decision in November to end its contract with the Texas Reliability Entity didn’t cause the historic grid failures that this week transformed Texas into an undeveloped country, leaving large swaths of the state without power or water as temperatures dropped and stayed below freezing. A PUC spokesman said the agency still had ample protections to ensure energy companies followed state rules and guidelines.
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Abbott appointees made ‘astonishing’ cuts to power reliability team before deadly Texas storm (Houston Chronicle)
re: #241 austin_blue
At least our streets are clear. Any place you walked through the yard are clear. Still no water, (we saved 15 gallons potable before it was shut off.) but we collected 10 gallons right off the roof today for flushing (We are now under California rules: If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down.)
In an absolute pinch, you still have about 30-40 gallons of good water in your water heater. To get it out, open a hot water faucet for air replacement, then find the bottom drain. Put a chunk of garden hose on it. GO SHUT OFF THE HEATER CIRCUIT BREAKER OR GAS SUPPLY SO YOU DON’T COOK AN EMPTY TANK WHEN POWER RETURNS.
re: #246 Decatur Deb
In an absolute pinch, you still have about 30-40 gallons of good water in your water heater. To get it out, open a hot water faucet for air replacement, then find the bottom drain. Put a chunk of garden hose on it. GO SHUT OFF THE HEATER CIRCUIT BREAKER OR GAS SUPPLY SO YOU DON’T COOK AN EMPTY TANK WHEN POWER RETURNS.
Also, be careful of what comes out the bottom; an old water heater might have some rust and stuff down there. Once you get past that, it should be fine.
re: #247 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
Also, be careful of what comes out the bottom; an old water heater might have some rust and stuff down there. Once you get past that, it should be fine.
MMmmm. Calcium carbonate.
re: #241 austin_blue
The son of some friends is at UT Austin. They had to ration food and water.
re: #245 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The article opening:
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Abbott appointees made ‘astonishing’ cuts to power reliability team before deadly Texas storm (Houston Chronicle)
Thanks!
A PUC spokesman said the agency still had ample protections to ensure energy companies followed state rules and guidelines.
Uh huh. Sure.
Ted Cruz was off to Cancun because as the chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation and Space it’s his job to check out airlines.
That would have been less shitty an excuse than throwing his wife and daughters under the bus.
UPS just delivered one of them induction heaters I got for an upcoming exhaust project I have to do. Just farting aroud with it I got my screwdriver red hot. I can honestly say for the first time ever that I can’t wait to do my exhaust!
I’m sure that most of the guys who have lived in snowy areas, have, at least once in their lifetime, written their name or initials with yellow “ink” on a white snowbank.
I also met a young lady who could do it. (We weren’t allowed to watch, just view the results. Very talented young lady.)
Faux Media keeps their audience stupid, angry and scared.
— Slygrammy5 💝😎😳 😷🎉 (@SharonCoryell3) February 20, 2021
re: #249 Belafon
The son of some friends is at UT Austin. They had to
ration foodRamen andwaterbeer.
Better?
re: #255 Cheechako
I’m sure that most of the guys who have lived in snowy areas, have, at least once in their lifetime, written their name or initials with yellow “ink” on a white snowbank.
I also met a young lady who could do it. (We weren’t allowed to watch, just view the results. Very talented young lady.)
Yukon calligraphy.
re: #260 Cheechako
I take it that’s not a denial.
Wrote my name on a hostile ice machine in Elizabethtown KY. I’m not a registered sex offender because Very Pregnant Wife told the town cop she’d get my drunken ass home.
Boca Raton resident claimed she was in Capitol on 1/6. FBI agents contacted her to ask about it. Then she threatened to shot them. So they charged her for that. https://t.co/Y2QQNJC4Rs pic.twitter.com/RmYHQLV2b1
— Dan Friedman (@dfriedman33) February 19, 2021
re: #262 Dread Pirate Ron
Talk about compounding your errors….
re: #261 Decatur Deb
Better than in the machine!
this seems way more expensive than just learning to read subtitles tbh https://t.co/hZPOzUa67H
— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) February 20, 2021
re: #262 Dread Pirate Ron
Probably the first time I’ve ever actually wanted to say “well that escalated quickly!”
Yahoo’s going to have a nice long vacation at Club Fed in Aliceville.
So, if I put a pizza on the rack in the oven, what’s the best way to get it out?
re: #267 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
Seriously, didn’t a Korean movie, Parasite just win the Oscar for best film. you would think someone would be willing to take a chance with another Korean movie and dub or subtitle it…
re: #269 Belafon
So, if I put a pizza on the rack in the oven, what’s the best way to get it out?
My solution for that is to put one of the 9”x9” cooling racks on the over rack and then put the pizza on that. So I can just take the small rack out with the pizza on it.
(Assuming you’re doing something like a frozen pizza.)
re: #269 Belafon
So, if I put a pizza on the rack in the oven, what’s the best way to get it out?
I have a pizza pan that I slide under it to remove it, otherwise for a frozen pizza, I have used a wooden spoon to slide it off the rack and onto the cardboard.
re: #183 Florida Panhandler
A Catholic President as a result is always viewed as suspect and not a straight-up “normal” Christian for a large percentage of Americans
Christians.
I regard the large majority of American Christians as simply Americans. That is their faith is centered around America, not God.
I pinch the pizza with my fingers just enough to hold it while I slide the cardboard blank under it.
re: #269 Belafon
So, if I put a pizza on the rack in the oven, what’s the best way to get it out?
1) Take rack out of oven;
2) Turn oven off;
3) Throw rack and pizza into snow to freeze;
3.5) Order Chinese. Read Fortune Cookies and add “in bed” after each.
4) Next morning, hammer pizza off of rack. If rack is damaged, put rack in recycling bin.
re: #202 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m thinking Prince was the inspiration for the antagonist in the movie Angel Has Fallen.
OK, so The Stand wasn’t bad. I get why many ppl have panned it, but most of its weaknesses come from the source material itself (let’s be frank, the book plot makes little sense). I found the casting to be quite OK, including Flagg.
jfc.
He says, “I’m having fun with this.”
There’s that famous right wing sense of humor again. Har de har har, that dog looks dirty. Har. https://t.co/3NmAH4KBAS— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 20, 2021
More details. Conroe is near Houston.
Boy, 11, found dead after frigid night in Texas mobile home
re: #278 Charles Johnson
Back to tan suit scandals, canine division.
re: #269 Belafon
So, if I put a pizza on the rack in the oven, what’s the best way to get it out?
If you don’t have a proper pizza shovel, I’d suggest using the widest spatula you have, and use it to lift the pie onto its cardboard (or anything wide, flat and heatproof).
I have a wooden salad utensil that flares out to about 5” across, and is perfect for all but the hugest pizzas.
re: #280 jaunte
And next someone will complain when the Bidens get a cat.
re: #280 jaunte
Back to tan suit scandals, canine division.
Ummm… I think he was talking about Chelsea?
re: #269 Belafon
Did you already put the pizza directly on the rack or are you about to?
re: #272 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..
I have a pizza pan that I slide under it to remove it, otherwise for a frozen pizza, I have used a wooden spoon to slide it off the rack and onto the cardboard.
I have a thin metal pizza paddle that I use to put it in and take it out.
re: #278 Charles Johnson
Putting “dog” in dog whistle politics.
That is how I take it too. Racist. That is a beautiful dog. And I am not even a German Shepard fan!
— Sally Loveland🇺🇸 (@BluegirlSally) February 20, 2021
re: #282 PhillyPretzel
And next someone will complain when the Bidens get a cat.
And someone (in the usual suspect media) is going to complain when any of the Bidens does anything of any kind, official or unofficial, however trivial.
Ignoring it save for purposes of mockery is the best way to deal, IMHO….
Let’s get this one trending:
What’s going to happen first: #catorcheck
— Eric The Fruit Bat (@ericfruitbat) February 20, 2021
re: #269 Belafon
So, if I put a pizza on the rack in the oven, what’s the best way to get it out?
Been coding a lot today.
Working with the new File System Access API that lets web applications read and write files from/to the user’s local file system, just like a desktop app. This is some seriously cool shit.
re: #270 aatharuv
Seriously, didn’t a Korean movie, Parasite just win the Oscar for best film. you would think someone would be willing to take a chance with another Korean movie and dub or subtitle it…
There is little overlap in the audience for Parasite and the audience for Train to Busan. Parasite was a black comedy on social class structure in Korea; most of those who watched Parasite are not horror movie fans. And if you are watching a horror movie, you don’t want to be distracted by reading subtitles.
re: #269 Belafon
What? No pizza stone? Blasphemy!
/
re: #258 Decatur Deb
Yukon calligraphy.
Now thinking of the joke with the punchline, “But it’s in my daughter’s hand writing!”
re: #289 Backwoods_Sleuth
So that’s what they’re called!
They seem pricy, but if you heat/bake pizza often enough it’s probably worth it: if only to save money on bandages and burn lotions….
One major difference between Osama Bin Ladin and Lauren Boebert: Osama was educated. pic.twitter.com/2utm5tnZIC
— Russell The Texan (@TexanRussell) February 19, 2021
re: #295 Jay C
So that’s what they’re called!
They seem pricy, but if you heat/bake pizza often enough it’s probably worth it: if only to save money on bandages and burn lotions….
I have two of them and pizza stones to go with them
re: #282 PhillyPretzel
And next someone will complain when the Bidens get a cat.
Especially if it’s a black cat.
you magnificent bastard https://t.co/NbZr3QCsaa
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 20, 2021
re: #299 Eric The Fruit Bat
< cough >security?< cough >
It has it.
Seriously. There’s a permissions system that keeps things safe. Been testing that specifically.
53 million people provide unpaid care to family members and most also have full-time jobs — yet the vast majority don’t have access to paid family and medical leave. We need to support caregiving and our caregivers. We need national paid family and medical leave. #CaregiversDay
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 20, 2021
re: #302 Backwoods_Sleuth
I know a couple of co-workers like that. One guy is his wife’s caregiver. It is very hard on him and his family.
Always check yourself for confirmation bias, especially when you see something on social media that seems just slightly too good to be true. Disinformation peddlers know how to exploit this fine line.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 20, 2021
Remember Elizabeth Ann, the cloned black-footed ferret? Here’s Charlie Pierce’s take:
I liked Cloned Ferrets when they were opening for Television back in 1979. From the AP:
The slinky predator named Elizabeth Ann, born Dec. 10 and announced Thursday, is cute as a button. But watch out — unlike the domestic ferret foster mom who carried her into the world, she’s wild at heart. “You might have been handling a black-footed ferret kit and then they try to take your finger off the next day,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service black-footed ferret recovery coordinator Pete Gober said Thursday. “She’s holding her own.”
Elizabeth Ann was born and is being raised at a Fish and Wildlife Service black-footed ferret breeding facility in Fort Collins, Colorado. She’s a genetic copy of a ferret named Willa who died in 1988 and whose remains were frozen in the early days of DNA technology.When they reformed a few years later as Undead Ferrets, I thought their acoustic stuff was interesting, but lacked a certain fire.
re: #284 PhillyPretzel
Did you already put the pizza directly on the rack or are you about to?
Already did. Thanks everyone.
This attorney is the counsel for the Thomas More Society, a 501(c)3 whose “Amistad Project” counted Rudy Giuliani as a “partner” and included a number of post-election lawsuits. 🔽 https://t.co/OZmS6aZ3BN
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) February 20, 2021
re: #303 PhillyPretzel
I know a couple of co-workers like that. One guy is his wife’s caregiver. It is very hard on him and his family.
we lizards don’t really have to look any further than some right here.
“It wasn’t happy, that’s for sure.”
“B.C. train crew rescues bobcat found stuck, frozen to railroad track” https://t.co/GapXfg0WTD pic.twitter.com/HjepWBZXER— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) February 20, 2021
Don’t vote for anyone you wouldn’t trust with your dog.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 19, 2021
re: #298 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Especially if it’s a black cat.
Shrub had a black cat at the White House to go with his two black Scotties.
My mother lucked out many years ago when she went to the local humane society and found that they had a Scotty waiting to be adopted - poor pup was transported several times until she landed - my mother adopted her her up immediately.
Sadly, she crossed over the rainbow bridge 3-4 years ago due to a mouth tumor.
re: #309 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
According to Reid’s Facebook post, the bobcat “was enjoying his breakfast (duck) and froze to the rail.”
Reid said “we got some warm water and freed him up,” before ending the post with #railway #notalynx #bobcat #trailbc and #kootenaylife.
Asked in the Facebook post if the bobcat tried to bite while being rescued, Reid replied it “wasn’t happy, that’s for sure. Was protecting his duck.”
Best thing on Monument Ave in quite some time https://t.co/7iBzkCpE29
— Same Old Loggie (@JohnBuc08179594) February 20, 2021
re: #312 Backwoods_Sleuth
“We have a great team, and it’s not surprising to hear about our crew members extending their care and concern beyond our rail operations to help this bobcat in distress,” Nelson and Ft. Sheppard Railway told Global News.
“We’re pleased that the situation ended up with a safe and happy ending for everyone (except the duck).”
The Biden family should get a tan suit made for Champ, just to drive the right even more insane.
He’d look dashing, I must admit.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 20, 2021
While Ted Cruz’s family is basking in the sun at the Cancun Ritz Carlton, he is spending the night in his cold empty house, eating Campbells Chunky Chili Mac Soup straight from the can while whisper-singing “Desperado.”
In his bedroom, Snowflake shits in one of his boat shoes.— TBogg (@tbogg) February 20, 2021
Ingenuity, the Mars Helicopter I carry, is working as expected. I’m currently charging it, but once I set it down, it’ll rely solely on its solar panels. If it survives the brutally cold Martian nights, the team will attempt flight. https://t.co/8pksN06ZwP #CountdownToMars pic.twitter.com/80kEoww0QU
— NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) February 20, 2021
re: #309 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
There’s a bobcat living in our neighborhood. I’ve seen him twice. We have zero stray cats.
re: #318 plansbandc
There’s a bobcat living in our neighborhood. I’ve seen him twice. We have zero stray cats.
We have them in our city, miles from ranch land.
re: #319 Dread Pirate Ron
We were driving slow in our neighborhood when I saw a bobcat stalking a gopher in a field. I had the window down and I pointed it out to my wife.
The gopher saw me pointing and then saw the bobcat, (who was the exact color of the surrounding dry grass) and ducked in a hole.
The bobcat gave me a “nice going, asshole” kind of look and skulked off in search of less observant prey
re: #241 austin_blue
At least our streets are clear. Any place you walked through the yard are clear. Still no water, (we saved 15 gallons potable before it was shut off.) but we collected 10 gallons right off the roof today for flushing (We are now under California rules: If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down.)
…but don’t let too much tp accumulate in the bowl.
A. Californian
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