Today we learned that the former president, upset about jokes made at his expense on television, asked the FCC and Department of Justice to probe Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Kimmel Live and other late night shows, presumably to pressure them for more favorable coverage. #Colbert #Comedy #Monologue
These people worship the fucking Second Amendment yet seem to have a really hard time grasping the First one.
If twice impeached Donald Trump did not try to investigate you, perhaps you were not trying hard enough. Just kidding of course but where did it end?
💙 A message for you, from Joni 💙#Blue50 pic.twitter.com/ZbXYsgngsh
— Joni Mitchell (@jonimitchell) June 23, 2021
Pedestrian bridge collapse on Route 295 in DC. All lanes blocked, injuries reported. No ETA on when route will reopen.
Update bridge collapse I-295 prior to Polk St NE. 6 patients assessed, 4 of those were transported. #DCsBravest Hazmat unit mitigating diesel fuel leak from truck that is partially beneath bridge. At least 1 other vehicle was struck by debris. Collapse blocks both directions. pic.twitter.com/wILXGs1zWe
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) June 23, 2021
It’s not clear if a vehicle struck the overpass causing the collapse, or whether the vehicle that struck the overpass was the one that ultimate got stuck underneath. Investigation is just getting underway.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation that requires public universities & colleges survey students, faculty and staff about their beliefs and viewpoints.
This is the 1st step toward George Orwell’s thought police.
One has to wonder what he will do with this info.— Chris Hahn (@ChristopherHahn) June 23, 2021
‘Execute Order 66.”
JFC. $30.00 or more for a BASIC battery tray? GTFOH! Looks like I am going to be visiting a salvage yard or two. & yeah, all systems are a go today (BP & Glucose).
re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg
These people worship the fucking Second Amendment yet seem to have a really hard time grasping the First one.
Trump has no idea of how government works. This is just another example of his cluelessness in that regard.
re: #5 DodgerFan1988
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation that requires public universities & colleges survey students, faculty and staff about their beliefs and viewpoints.
This is the 1st step toward George Orwell’s thought police.
One has to wonder what he will do with this info.
The article I read clearly indicates that he will use it as reason to cut funding to universities who either refuse to go along or who do cooperate and don’t provide the “right” answers.
He needs some excuse to do so and “countering liberal lockstep brainwashing” seems to be a good one.
re: #7 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Trump has no idea of how government works. This is just another example of his cluelessness in that regard.
Trump has no idea of how our government is supposed to work. But that’s irrelevant to him; he knows how the Trump Organization works and that’s the model he intends to impose on our nation, with some additional features prominently available in Putin’s Russia.
re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg
But we totally DON’T need an infrastructure bill anytime soon.
Or a voting rights bill, either.
re: #5 DodgerFan1988
‘Execute Order 66.”
Imagine if a Dem governor signed a bill requiring Gun Owners to be surveyed about their “thoughts and viewpoints.”
re: #12 Eclectic Cyborg
Imagine if a Dem governor signed a bill requiring Gun Owners to be surveyed about their “thoughts and viewpoints.”
again, this is just a matter of providing cover for a move to cut education funding
Make sure your snowflake conservative friends see this. https://t.co/0dWnk8oOHo
— Josh Moon 🇺🇸 (@Josh_Moon) June 23, 2021
re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg
These people worship the fucking Second Amendment yet seem to have a really hard time grasping the First one.
They grasp it just fine
They have the 2a working for them
Not so the 1st
So they have to spin it
re: #15 Dangerman
They grasp it just fine
They have the 2a working for them
Not so the 1st
So they have to spin it
Oh they will scream about “censorship!” and “First Amendment rights!” when they want to. Especially in response to a private company trying to enforce its rules on their own forums and media applications.
Collins’ argument against S.1 would also apply to the 15th amendment, the 19th, the 24th, the 26th and the VRA. Perhaps she wants to repeal those measures too and return to the mid-19th century. https://t.co/o7YVVOFebL
— Alex Keyssar (@AlexKeyssar) June 23, 2021
re: #17 Dangerman
to determine which election rules work best for their citizens
There’s the lie right there.
re: #17 Dangerman
Bullshit of course because the constitution states that federal elections are entirely under the control of the federal govt
re: #17 Dangerman
Let me guess…Frank Luntz gave those talking points to Mitch’s Rubber Stamp!
Ed Snodgrass, white GOP official in OH who illegally voted on behalf of dead father, faces 3 days in jail/$500 fine
Crystal Mason, Black woman in TX who voted on supervised release when didn’t know she was ineligible, gets 5 years in prison
Two justice systems in America pic.twitter.com/PzCrVxWw8Q— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) June 23, 2021
re: #17 Dangerman
Fuck sakes.
It’s a FEDERAL ELECTION.
Doesn’t it stand to reason that the FEDERAL Government should take the lead in organizing and running it?
re: #21 jaunte
Let me guess! SHREWSAN is “concerned” about the black woman in a TexASS jail?
Oh SHREWSAN could care less…
re: #14 jaunte
“I mean, it’s pretty obvious that just because people have read the Bible they’re not automatically Christians.”
re: #22 Eclectic Cyborg
Fuck sakes.
It’s a FEDERAL ELECTION.
Doesn’t it stand to reason that the FEDERAL Government should take the lead in organizing and running it?
Especially since the Constitution says it can.
re: #17 Dangerman
Pps msnbc
“Who can forget Richard Grenell, who was forced to delete hundreds of sexist comments from his social media accounts and who operated as a prominent online troll for far too long.”
“Care to guess which ‘moderate’ senator voted to confirm him? If you said Collins, you’re correct.”
“The point, of course, is that Collins seemed to have little trouble voting for ‘unusually divisive’ nominees in the Trump era, but under Biden, the Maine Republican has adopted a different set of standards
re: #24 Belafon
“I mean, it’s pretty obvious that just because people have read the Bible they’re not automatically Christians.”
It’s more the opposite. Lots of people have read the thing and seen that it does not meet modern standards at all. It shows us that we’re more ethical than old-time religious extremists were and are.
re: #28 Punish Domestic Terrorists
It’s more the opposite. Lots of people have read the thing and seen that it does not meet modern standards at all. It shows us that we’re more ethical than old-time religious extremists were and are.
Except few people actually have. If you haven’t read it in the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, with a knowledge of what the words meant at the time and the historical context, you are reading it through a prism that does not necessarily reflect the authors’ intent.
re: #27 Dangerman
Pps msnbc
Collins has one set of standards - do whatever benefits the GOP and her career.
That it leads her to say contradictory things should be no surprise.
Conservative Media’s Lame Attempt to ‘Cancel’ Billie Eilish (The Daily Beast)re: #29 Hecuba’s daughter
Except few people actually have. If you haven’t read it in the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, with a knowledge of what the words meant at the time and the historical context, you are reading it through a prism that does not necessarily reflect the authors’ intent.
That would not be the case if a god had a hand in the thing.
It’s all just tit for tat to the morally insane Conservatives.
Conservative Media’s Lame Attempt to ‘Cancel’ Billie Eilish (The Daily Beast)
re: #29 Hecuba’s daughter
Except few people actually have. If you haven’t read it in the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, with a knowledge of what the words meant at the time and the historical context, you are reading it through a prism that does not necessarily reflect the authors’ intent.
re: #30 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Collins has one set of standards - do whatever benefits the GOP and her career.
That it leads her to say contradictory things should be no surprise.
IOKIYAR. That’s the standard. Everything else flows from that inviolable belief system.
re: #24 Belafon
“I mean, it’s pretty obvious that just because people have read the Bible they’re not automatically Christians.”
So say we all (Jews who read the bible in Hebrew/Aramaic) before someone came along and translated it into other languages.
Yes, but ignoring the translation issues, far too many people read the Good Samaritan story, or the Parable of the Laborers, or the eye of the needle message, or carry the load for two miles, and somehow get nothing out of them.
re: #36 Belafon
Yes, but ignoring the translation issues, far too many people read the Good Samaritan story, or the Parable of the Laborers, or the eye of the needle message, or carry the load for two miles, and somehow get nothing out of them.
People don’t understand metaphors or fables; they need the lessons spelled out to them in simple words. Aesop didn’t just tell a story; he also provided a simple phrase to summarize the lesson.
re: #5 DodgerFan1988
Free speech. I thought they cared about free speech.
Menacing Storms Rip Across Remote Landscapes in Black-and-White Photos by Mitch Dobrowner thisiscolossal.com
Fantastic!
Every now and again a Don Henley live performance shows up on YouTube and gets pulled pretty soon after, found one just now of “Dirty Laundry.” Damn man, that guy can sing.
Congrats to the PR wizard who got CNN to run this horseshit in an effort to rehabilitate the image of the Kushners.
— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) June 23, 2021
re: #41 bratwurst
Kushner already got the billion dollars from Qatar to save his family’s business; he has no further use for the in-laws.
re: #40 teleskiguy
Every now and again a Don Henley live performance shows up on YouTube and gets pulled pretty soon after, found one just now of “Dirty Laundry.” Damn man, that guy can sing.
There are tools to download those videos. I use Any Video Downloader Ultimate to grab interesting videos that I think will be taken down.
1/6 insurrectionist treasonweasel is about to show what the weight of prison feels like for those who aren’t taking deals:
Because he has no criminal history, he’s looking at a guideline sentencing range of 63-78 months in federal prison.
The judge can go higher or lower than this range, but this is the starting point when he is sentenced in the future.— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) June 23, 2021
Interestingly, his guideline score included a two-point increase for engaging in a crime with “extensive planning.”
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) June 23, 2021
66-73 months per sentencing guidelines, with upwards adjustments for advance planning. People who don’t take plea deals will find prison to be their home for the foreseeable future. Fuck those people.
First to cut deals tend to get best deals. Those who refuse will find themselves fucked (legal term). Fuck them. They sought to overthrow the government, and deserve every day in prison from now to the end of their days.
re: #29 Hecuba’s daughter
Except few people actually have. If you haven’t read it in the original Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, with a knowledge of what the words meant at the time and the historical context, you are reading it through a prism that does not necessarily reflect the authors’ intent.
With that in mind, the most helpful version of the New Testiment I’ve read is this: The Jewish Annotated New Testament by Amy-Jill Levine
Essays, commentary, and excellent translation notes about how both the Judaism of the era and early Christianity intersected and split and where they still have agreement. For a non-fundamentalist who actually is interested in these things it’s a glorious book.
re: #44 lawhawk
1/6 insurrectionist treasonweasel is about to show what the weight of prison feels like for those who aren’t taking deals:
66-73 months per sentencing guidelines, with upwards adjustments for advance planning. People who don’t take plea deals will find prison to be their home for the foreseeable future. Fuck those people.
First to cut deals tend to get best deals. Those who refuse will find themselves fucked (legal term). Fuck them. They sought to overthrow the government, and deserve every day in prison from now to the end of their days.
Not only fucked, but proper fucked.
re: #36 Belafon
Yes, but ignoring the translation issues, far too many people read the Good Samaritan story, or the Parable of the Laborers, or the eye of the needle message, or carry the load for two miles, and somehow get nothing out of them.
Even when they don’t get the metaphors, they flat out refuse the plain and simple teaching: “for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.”
It doesn’t get any simpler than that and most utterly ignore it.
re: #47 William Lewis
Even when they don’t get the metaphors, they flat out refuse the plain and simple teaching: “for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.”
It doesn’t get any simpler than that and most utterly ignore it.
They just see it a little differently.
“for I was white and hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was white and thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a white stranger, and you took me in. I was white and naked, and you clothed me. I was white and sick, and you visited me. I was in white and in prison, and you came to me.”
You can’t expect xenophobes to help people who look different than they do, even when they worship a guy from the middle-east.
re: #41 bratwurst
If this is a way to prepare the grounds for infighting between the Jared+Ivanka and TFG, and public and private backstabbing, or better yet giving evidence to Federal+State prosecutors. Go PR guy.
But really, this is just a way for Jared + Ivanka to attempt to rehabilitate themselves…. they and everyone else in TFG’s inner circles shouldn’t be able to be rehabilitated, but the both-siders media will do anything for a ratings bump.
re: #41 bratwurst
Well it may be a B.S. attempt to rehabilitate Javanka’s image, but it is also probably fueling TFG paranoia that everyone is out to get him. Thus making it even more likely he’ll throw them under the bus when the time comes.
re: #44 lawhawk
Maybe the judge will imagine that he’s a black women when they think about sentencing.
re: #50 aatharuv
If this is a way to prepare the grounds for infighting between the Jared+Ivanka and TFG, and public and private backstabbing, or better yet giving evidence to Federal+State prosecutors. Go PR guy.
But really, this is just a way for Jared + Ivanka to attempt to rehabilitate themselves…. they and everyone else in TFG’s inner circles shouldn’t be able to be rehabilitated, but the both-siders media will do anything for a ratings bump.
My read: When “Daddy, can you just stop whining for a second and tell me what you think about this dress?” doesn’t work, Ivanka & Jared reach for the one weapon in the arsenal they KNOW will get Trump’s attention: getting something on the TVs he obsessively watches.
BTW - there’s a thought-provoking essay about Twitter trolls that breaks things down in clinical terms, which I always find equally illuminating & creepy:
Are Twitter trolls mentally ill?
Nut Graf:
This is a marvellous, sympathetic piece on BPD; the metaphor it uses is that people with BPD are cognitively “lighter” than neurotypical people. That is: if you are heavy, it takes a lot to move you. So when something quite nice happens to a neurotypical person, it makes them slightly happier: the wind only moves them a little bit. When something quite unpleasant happens, it makes them slightly sadder.
But if you are cognitively light, then the same events will move you much further. A small victory will make you thrill with joy; a small problem can make you suicidal (and BPD patients have a tragically high suicide risk in their younger years). It also applies to people’s opinions of others: “Either a relationship is perfect and that person is wonderful, or the relationship is doomed and that person is terrible,” as the NHS page on BPD puts it. This is called “splitting”, and again, it’s easy to think of it as someone being light, rather than heavy: being blown on the wind of events.
People with these conditions feel emotions much more strongly. But they also have difficulty forming a strong self-image, and often take on very visible identities, such as being a Goth or a fan of a particular band, dyeing their hair or getting tattoos, in order to give themselves something solid to cling to.
The crazy screaming fits we see at school board meetings are the result of Borderline Personality Disorder meeting the Fox News propaganda network that incites them to frothing rage.
Isolated, stupid people who feel they have been “picked on” and who want to lash out, but need someone else to point them at an acceptable target.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its armed forces fired warning shots at a British destroyer that was violating its territorial waters near Crimea, but the U.K. government denied that such events took place https://t.co/WF5KTQDwJY
— Anthony DeRosa 🗽 (@Anthony) June 23, 2021
Oliver’s show is one of the best I’ve ever seen for deep explorations of issues, with grace, intelligence and humor. Consistently on-target and relentlessly fact-based. It’s the anti-Fox News. https://t.co/oKccqposFK
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 23, 2021
BREAKING: An Indiana woman becomes the first defendant sentenced for the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Anna Morgan Lloyd pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years of probation, 120 hours of community service and ordered to pay $500 in restitution. https://t.co/HRZ9j0OLfx
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 23, 2021
Breaking: El Pais reporting that John McAfee has died by suicide in prison in Barcelona.https://t.co/tFF38D1Gp2
— Alexander Martin (@AlexMartin) June 23, 2021
re: #58 lawhawk
Felony conviction? If so, there will be repercussions elsewhere since there are all those nice questionnaires where you get to check that box when they ask you about those.
And I assume getting those expunged as federal offenses are perhaps a bit more difficult.*
* - Though I presume a future GOP administration will opt to do so at some point.
re: #60 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Felony conviction? If so, there will be repercussions elsewhere since there are all those nice questionnaires where you get to check that box when they ask you about those.
And I assume getting those expunged as federal offenses are perhaps a bit more difficult.*
* - Though I presume a future GOP administration will opt to do so at some point.
No, just a misdemeanor.
She pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge under a deal with prosecutors.
…
In seeking probation for Lloyd, prosecutors noted that she was not involved in any violence and destruction or preplanning and coordination of the Capitol breach. Lloyd was invited by her hairdresser to drive to Washington to hear then-President Donald Trump speak, her attorney wrote in court documents.U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth said he was giving her a “break,” but didn’t want others to think that probation — and not a stiffer sentence — would be the norm.
re: #59 jimmyvluv4u
Hrmm…
Getting subtle messages from U.S. officials saying, in effect: “We’re coming for you McAfee! We’re going to kill yourself”. I got a tattoo today just in case. If I suicide myself, I didn’t. I was whackd. Check my right arm.$WHACKD available only on https://t.co/HdSEYi9krq:) pic.twitter.com/rJ0Vi2Hpjj
— John McAfee (@officialmcafee) November 30, 2019
re: #61 teleskiguy
Twitter is down according to Is it Down.
re: #58 lawhawk
She says she only went into the building to find some elderly insane person.
She also claimed it was the greatest day in her life and would open the eyes of her friends who did not become insane over Donald Trump.
She claims to be shocked that an event meant to support a man who calls for violence became violent. These are not honest people.
Indiana woman set to be first defendant sentenced in Capitol riots (WaPo)
re: #61 teleskiguy
Facebook and Instagram are down.
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Facebook works for me, which is disappointing.
Edit:Twitter isn’t down either.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 23, 2021
re: #67 Charles Johnson
Damn. I did not expect that.
No problems with Twitter over here on the west coast.
re: #61 teleskiguy
Facebook and Instagram are down.
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Can confirm faceplant being down here in Twinkey Flats, Iduhhoe.
re: #69 Charles Johnson
It may have been a brief outage. They’re both up in the Chicago area.
re: #63 teleskiguy
Antivirus software creator John McAfee found dead in prison at 75 after Spanish court allows extradition https://t.co/PDJEG92cnT pic.twitter.com/d704nazzbe
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 23, 2021
Yeah, it’s official. I’m also curious why Xeni thinks this is nefarious.
Why are you tweeting about John McAfee, you crazy woman, they said one week ago. This is a big deal. This I did not expect. This is frightening.
— Xeni (@xeni) June 23, 2021
It was only a matter of time before Trump and Ivanka broke up. She’s almost 40 now.
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) June 23, 2021
re: #63 teleskiguy
The conspiracy nuts, especially the glibertarians, are already out in strength on twitter.
Simple reality is that he broke the law and thus was sentenced to prison.
Suicide is sad but not uncommon.
re: #71 Punish Domestic Terrorists
It may have been a brief outage. They’re both up in the Chicago area.
Server not found error for faceplant here.
Both FB and IG ‘DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN’ for me.
re: #77 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Server not found error for faceplant here.
We’re probably served by different data centers.
re: #60 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Felony conviction? If so, there will be repercussions elsewhere since there are all those nice questionnaires where you get to check that box when they ask you about those.**
And I assume getting those expunged as federal offenses are perhaps a bit more difficult.*
* - Though I presume a future GOP administration will opt to do so at some point.
**”Kid, we only got one question. Have you ever been arrested?”
re: #79 steve_davis
I’ve never had a cat that would sleep in a cat bed. They would poop in it, but they always preferred boxes for sleeping.
I noticed a tumor on my cat last night, and it appears that vets no longer take in new clients because of pandemic pet-buying causing a vet shortage.
Also missed this bit earlier today: Buffett is stepping down from the Gates Foundation, stating that he’s not needed for the Foundation to do its business.
Yeah, he doesn’t want to get Bill’s problems on him too.
re: #80 Punish Domestic Terrorists
We’re probably served by different data centers.
More than likely.
McAfee was on the run for tax evasion, and we’re talking he owed fully-fund-third-world-countries amounts of money to the IRS. He was facing essentially the rest of his life in prison. He was 75 years old. Once that order of extradition came down, he ended his life. It’s as simple as that.
Facebook messenger is fine on my phone but down on my PC. Odd.
re: #85 teleskiguy
McAfee was on the run for tax evasion, and we’re talking he owed fully-fund-third-world-countries amounts of money to the IRS. He was facing essentially the rest of his life in prison. He was 75 years old. Once that order of extradition came down, he ended his life. It’s a simple as that.
I don’t get why someone in his position wouldn’t just camp out in a non-extradition country.
And *BOOM* 90 in the shade. Thus ending any idea of doing outside work for the rest of the day.
thegreatpoolpondconversion - 210620 edition ———————->
“Father’s Day”
Here’s an index of all the postings in #thegreatpoolpondconversion
re: #85 teleskiguy
McAfee was on the run for tax evasion, and we’re talking he owed fully-fund-third-world-countries amounts of money to the IRS. He was facing essentially the rest of his life in prison. He was 75 years old. Once that order of extradition came down, he ended his life. It’s as simple as that.
There was McAfee on Hunter Biden’s laptop!!! It’s obvious to all what is going on!
So I walked down to the barber shop on Pine Street in San Francisco this morning to get a little trim…no before/after pics because my phone is a brick right now…but I sat down, took the rubber band out of my pony tail, shook my head, and said it’s been 15 months since I had a trim. Barber asked me if I wanted him to shorten the pony tail or if I wanted to “return to normal.” I said a return to normal sounded good. A good 10+ inches of hair fell to the floor soon after and I felt lighter than I can recall.
Then I went to the ballpark for the soft opening of the Public House (since the missus invited me)…she was pleasantly surprised not to have a long haired freaky husband show up.
re: #85 teleskiguy
He never filed tax returns for tax years 2016-2020 inclusive. Counts 1-5 of his indictment include up to 5 years in prison and/or fines of up to $250k per count. Counts 6-10 include up to year in prison and/or fines up to $100k per count.
He was also charged with bilking investors in his cryptocurrency in SDNY.
The guy was a one-person crime syndicate.
re: #91 darthstar
So I walked down to the barber shop on Pine Street in San Francisco this morning to get a little trim…no before/after pics because my phone is a brick right now…but I sat down, took the rubber band out of my pony tail, shook my head, and said it’s been 15 months since I had a trim. Barber asked me if I wanted him to shorten the pony tail or if I wanted to “return to normal.” I said a return to normal sounded good. A good 10+ inches of hair fell to the floor soon after and I felt lighter than I can recall.
Then I went to the ballpark for the soft opening of the Public House (since the missus invited me)…she was pleasantly surprised not to have a long haired freaky husband show up.
I have the opposite situation. I’ve been keeping my hair at 2mm during the pandemic, and now need to grow it out before a barber can get me back to my regular hairstyle.
re: #85 teleskiguy
McAfee was on the run for tax evasion, and we’re talking he owed fully-fund-third-world-countries amounts of money to the IRS. He was facing essentially the rest of his life in prison. He was 75 years old. Once that order of extradition came down, he ended his life. It’s as simple as that.
He made a rational choice in his situation, but conspiracy nuts aren’t interested in rational choices, and are spinning up their nonsense right now.
The Supreme Court today radically rewrote property law in order to crush unions. This is why McConnell did everything he could to pack the Court. vox.com
re: #95 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Capitol Rioters Are Breathing a Sigh of Relief After Slap on Wrist for Grandma (The Daily Beast)
That isn’t a sign that the ringleaders and violent insurrectionists are going to get off easy.
re: #98 No Malarkey!
That isn’t a sign that the ringleaders and violent insurrectionists are going to get off easy.
I agree, but that’s not how they see it.
re: #99 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I agree, but that’s not how they see it.
Good, I’m glad the terrorists are getting their hopes up before they get long prison terms.
It’s a nice reminder that something can be absolute bullshit and recognized as absolute bullshit by relevant experts, and still end up winning the day by law because fact rarely matters in crafting legislation, narrative does.
— Citizen K Dissents (@Citizen_Kryptik) June 23, 2021
Shooting incident Mid-Wilshire Los Angeles…suspect 60 year old white woman on the run…re: #97 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
LoL. What is this thing you call hair?
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Gee, I just don’t know…
re: #87 JC1
I don’t get why someone in his position wouldn’t just camp out in a non-extradition country.
Russia, China, and Mongolia.
Brunei.
The Gulf States.
Montenegro.
Eastern Europe: Ukraine and Moldova.
South-East Asia: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
Island Nations: Maldives, Vanuatu, and Indonesia.
Africa: Ethiopia, Botswana, and Tunisia.
re: #97 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
LoL. What is this thing you call hair?
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It really had reached that glorious state…cascading over my shoulders. I gave my wife back the two rubber bands I had borrowed and said, “I won’t be needing these for several months.”
Narrator:They were not right.
‘If we’re right, it is the biggest secret in history’: Chicago UFO buffs await release of Pentagon report into unexplained sightings (Chicago Tribune via MSN)
I saw a UFO once when camping out as a kid. It looked like a rotating saucer.
When it got closer, it became an IFO, a small plane with a scrolling marquee across the bottom of the wings. I haven’t seen a plane like that since then.
re: #105 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Narrator:They were not right.
‘If we’re right, it is the biggest secret in history’: Chicago UFO buffs await release of Pentagon report into unexplained sightings (Chicago Tribune via MSN)
I saw a UFO once when camping out as a kid. It looked like a rotating saucer.
When it got closer, it became an IFO, a small plane with a scrolling marquee across the bottom of the wings. I haven’t seen a plane like that since then.
Mr. C and I saw one of those maybe 40 years ago, and yeah, definitely a weird UFO-like appearance. Until we saw the letters scrolling across.
re: #103 sagehen
Russia, China, and Mongolia.
Brunei.
The Gulf States.
Montenegro.
Eastern Europe: Ukraine and Moldova.
South-East Asia: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
Island Nations: Maldives, Vanuatu, and Indonesia.
Africa: Ethiopia, Botswana, and Tunisia.
I’d take the Maldives or Ukraine over prison. Maybe he thought that he was untouchable, like Epstein.
re: #106 calochortus
Mr. C and I saw one of those maybe 40 years ago, and yeah, definitely a weird UFO-like appearance. Until we saw the letters scrolling across.
That’s about the right time for when I saw one. 35-40 years ago. Maybe skywriting displaced them.
re: #92 lawhawk
He never filed tax returns for tax years 2016-2020 inclusive. Counts 1-5 of his indictment include up to 5 years in prison and/or fines of up to $250k per count. Counts 6-10 include up to year in prison and/or fines up to $100k per count.
He was also charged with bilking investors in his cryptocurrency in SDNY.
The guy was a one-person crime syndicate.
Didn’t he murder his Costa Rica neighbor?
re: #107 JC1
I’d take the Maldives or Ukraine over prison. Maybe he thought that he was untouchable, like Epstein.
Now he’s a lot like Epstein.
re: #104 darthstar
It really had reached that glorious state…cascading over my shoulders. I gave my wife back the two rubber bands I had borrowed and said, “I won’t be needing these for several months.”
*stick tongue out* Alas, I lost the genetic lottery when it came to hair. In the end it was just easier to shave what little remained and go to wigs. It’s also a lot cooler.
re: #108 Punish Domestic Terrorists
That’s about the right time for when I saw one. 35-40 years ago. Maybe skywriting displaced them.
Or way too few people were able to read them. Or not enough people were outside at night. Who knows?
Faceplant is back up for me.
Biden administration removes Rodney Scott as head of U.S. Border Patrol
The Biden administration has forced out the head of the U.S. Border Patrol, Rodney Scott, clearing a path for a leadership overhaul at an agency strained by a 20-year-high in illegal border crossings, and whose top officials were broadly sympathetic to President Trump.
…snip…
Scott’s departure was widely anticipated, with several of his current and former colleagues surprised he remained in the post long after President Biden’s inauguration. During last year’s presidential campaign, Scott appeared several times alongside Trump, eagerly defending his hard line policies, leading some colleagues to privately express concern that Scott’s enthusiasm occasionally veered into partisanship.
re: #85 teleskiguy
McAfee was on the run for tax evasion, and we’re talking he owed fully-fund-third-world-countries amounts of money to the IRS. He was facing essentially the rest of his life in prison. He was 75 years old. Once that order of extradition came down, he ended his life. It’s as simple as that.
Bingo.
But expect the CTers to turn him into an Epstein regardless.
re: #110 wrenchwench
Now he’s a lot like Epstein.
He murdered his neighbor after moving to Belize and basically creating a local gang to protect him and his property.
You can learn all about it in the documentary about him on Netflix pic.twitter.com/ZQlCgIDuXe— chris evans (@chris_notcapn) June 23, 2021
re: #111 JC1
Belize, I think.
He says he was framed, but he’s an eccentric who’s into hard drugs, which increases the likelihood of that sort of thing.
NY Post refused to post my full statement to them warning them not to publish this obviously false story defaming a retired Secret Service Member so I post it here: pic.twitter.com/Rkpjgb9r2g
— Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) June 23, 2021
White evangelicals, and the SBC in particular, have feared #CriticalRaceTheory for a while now, as @aejohnsonphd shows… https://t.co/ojPw7UlNvl
— Religion Dispatches (@RDispatches) June 23, 2021
“…John MacArthur, who in the past has offered a theological rationale and support of slavery and enslavers, wrote that the “acceptance of Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality was a sign of “liberalism” taking over the SBC and called the approval of the resolution by messengers “a watershed moment” for the decline of the denomination.” Further, he commented, “When you decide to let the culture interpret the Scripture and you need cultural cues to translate the Bible, the horse is out of the barn.”
re: #120 Punish Domestic Terrorists
He says he was framed, but he’s an eccentric who’s into hard drugs, which increases the likelihood of that sort of thing.
OK, we all know the Hillary ordered President Biden to have MacAfee killed
I love the natural world, but sometimes it’s no more than a battle for survival. pic.twitter.com/rixUmZJLlM
— Andrew Cotter (@MrAndrewCotter) June 23, 2021
Trump just lost the election another time. https://t.co/Ki1pGGJ5F3
A lot of alleged problems presented by an infinite deity and an imperfect world are solved if you assume God is an infinite nerd.
— K. Chen (@tznkai) June 23, 2021
This is a helluva way to get an infrastructure bill passed. https://t.co/i6OSjTxoWZ
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) June 23, 2021
re: #124 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
OK, we all know the Hillary ordered President Biden to have MacAfee killed
Let’s see, that gives her what - 40+ confirmed kills?
re: #129 BeenHereAwhile
Let’s see, that gives her what - 40+ confirmed kills?
American Sniper: Hillary Rodham Clinton.
This waitress
(via @Cycle2Freedom) pic.twitter.com/XdQQVIuQvS— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) June 23, 2021
re: #103 sagehen
Russia, China, and Mongolia.
Brunei.
The Gulf States.
Montenegro.
Eastern Europe: Ukraine and Moldova.
South-East Asia: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
Island Nations: Maldives, Vanuatu, and Indonesia.
Africa: Ethiopia, Botswana, and Tunisia.
Wait, so he could have just stayed in Alabama for the rest of his life?
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Hey check this out pic.twitter.com/JP3jzsb80i
— Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) June 23, 2021
re: #133 Backwoods_Sleuth
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We “appose” race mixing in schools????? How about supporting teaching spelling?
OMG!!!!!! She basically called Shaun King “Rachel Dolezal”. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I’m deceased. https://t.co/TA8E2OXIGH
— Lynn V (@lynnv378) June 23, 2021
Psaki reiterates to @Phil_Mattingly that WH opposes fees on Electric Vehicles to pay for infrastructure: “We are not for a Ford-F150 tax. I’m not sure why others are”
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) June 23, 2021
re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth
She smacked down Talcum X!
re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth
Good for her. He needs to keep that child’s name out of his mouth. He may have just picked a fight with someone with no fucks left to give. She lost her baby to the police and an epidemic of gun violence. I doubt she’s ever in a mood to suffer fools.
In @mattgaetz case: He is often thought to be a fool before he speaks and once he does it removes all doubt. https://t.co/wunUXywcXK
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) June 23, 2021
re: #137 Backwoods_Sleuth
She’s really good at her job.
re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth
My DIL is very slender and looks vulnerable.
She also has black belts in both Hapkido and Taekwondo. Woe be to any asshole that fucks with her.
Charlottesville lawsuits update https://t.co/3iB6nk7S61
— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) June 23, 2021
re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth
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most people lose an election just once.
he has lost the same election more times than anyone else in history ever has
Trump just lost the election another time. https://t.co/Ki1pGGJ5F3
re: #142 A Cranky One
My DIL is very slender and looks vulnerable.
She also has black belts in both Hapkido and Taekwondo. Woe be to any asshole that fucks with her.
I loved how she snatched that chair in midair. Really thought she’d do a Jackie Chan on his ass with it after he threw it at her.
it makes me wish their parents had used birth control. https://t.co/Q3hYKhSCdD
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) June 23, 2021
re: #125 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
“She may not eat again for some time.
Until she gets fed.
At five o’clock.”
Gotta say, Olive and Mabel have been one of the bright spots of the pandemic.
re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL. Crooker T. Washington. Hadn’t heard that one before.
re: #127 Dopamine Fish
Arkham Horror fits that bill.
Which, interestingly enough, involves the players attempting to prevent some eldritch horror and supporting cast getting loose and causing havoc.
So I guess there’s going to be some new dating show where everyone is in a fun disguise.
When people ask what I worked on during the pandemic pic.twitter.com/ueYxYB1puN
— Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) June 23, 2021
Just your daily reminder that Rush Limbaugh is still dead.
re: #7 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Trump has no idea of how government works.
Trump totally understood how the US government works. He says do something, people bitch that it’s unconstitutional, he says do it, they do it.
The American government has always worked like that.
The magic piece of paper is only important if the people giving the orders think it is important.
re: #153 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Just your daily reminder that Rush Limbaugh is still dead.
Just a reminder of what Rush is experiencing…
re: #152 Barefoot Grin
So I guess there’s going to be some new dating show where everyone is in a fun disguise.
Yep, Netflix going after the coveted Furry demographic, it appears.
re: #151 Teukka
So one of my acquaintances posted this…
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one of the many reasons I love twitter
Biden on the 2nd Amendment: “If you think you need weapons to take on the government, then you need F15s and maybe some nuclear weapons. The point is there has always been the ability to rationally limit the type of weapon that can be owned, and who can own it.” pic.twitter.com/Q6pANBX1Rm
— Jan Wolfe (@JanNWolfe) June 23, 2021
re: #158 Backwoods_Sleuth
NRA honchos: challenge accepted.
re: #37 Hecuba’s daughter
. Aesop didn’t just tell a story; he also provided a simple phrase to summarize the lesson.
Sheep and fucking goats, it doesn’t get clearer than that.
“Then they [ Republicans for their who are but following asking at home ] will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”
This member of #ProGunTraffickingCaucus will have you know that people commit crimes, not guns, but thinks you’re too stupid to understand that if people commit the crimes, then why make it easier for them to get the guns?https://t.co/J38qINcM7R
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 23, 2021
re: #153 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
I think there should be a holiday commemorating the day when Rush and tobacco found each other.
Did you expect this asshole to say anything else.
Franklin Graham urges school boards to fight the ‘godless socialist agenda’ of CRT
By the way where are those “mole children” Q said Fucked Up Franky rescued from the Clinton underground tunnel in Central Park?
re: #162 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
I think there should be a holiday commemorating the day when Rush and tobacco found each other.
I like this idea. And we’ll need another holiday for when Satan’s Anus joins his master in Hell.
re: #164 EPR-radar
I like this idea. And we’ll need another holiday for when Satan’s Anus joins his master in Hell.
Mikey Teeney Weeney Savage?????
Former NRA President David Keene Was Tricked Into Speaking At A Fake High School Graduation https://t.co/QtEevlarVO Instead, the 3,044 empty seats represented the students who did not graduate this year because they were killed by gun violence.
— Sanho Tree (@SanhoTree) June 23, 2021
re: #87 JC1
I don’t get why someone in his position wouldn’t just camp out in a non-extradition country.
Because can you imagine how many shakedowns you are going to get a day?
Everybody from the president to the local dog catcher is going to be on your doorstep every morning — “hey mr McAfee, looks like your visa might expire soon, got the necessary papers?”
This poor guy. https://t.co/EuVdlbVs28
— Tim Hannan (@TimHannan) June 23, 2021
The Biden admin has forced out the Trump-appointed head of Border Patrol, clearing a path for a leadership overhaul at the agency. https://t.co/ZUzp5gyqLq
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 23, 2021
Loudoun County, 2021 // Little Rock, 1957
Same energy. pic.twitter.com/DumFsdJjjq— Jake Lobin (@JakeLobin) June 23, 2021
re: #130 Dopamine Fish
Just fucking retire seal team six and hand Hillary the job.
Local News covering Brittney Spears conservatorship trial…give me a break…
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s nothing compared to the teenage girl thing. You’re a monster!
Oh, Gertz not Gaetz? Nevermind. — Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) June 23, 2021
I think that this about covers it.
A massive country music festival in Kentucky this past weekend started off on rocky footing: Police found meth, marijuana, and an open bottle of alcohol in the first vehicle they stopped at a traffic checkpoint. One of the people in the car had two active warrants out for their arrest.
“We were like, ‘Well, this doesn’t bode well for the weekend,’” Edmonson County Sheriff Shane Doyle told the Lexington Herald-Leader.
By the end of the five-day bash, dubbed the “Redneck Rave,” one man had been impaled, one woman had been strangled to the point of unconsciousness, and one throat had been slit. In all, Edmonson authorities arrested 14 people, and charged four dozen people from five states.
‘Redneck Rave’ Descends Into Throat Slashing, Impalements, and Mass Arrests
news.yahoo.com
re: #169 No Malarkey!
It’s going to take more than changing out the top tiers of that sewage pond to clean it up. How about just abolishing it and starting over from scratch.
re: #168 Backwoods_Sleuth
Tangetially related: When you become a U.S. Citizen, you have the option of legally changing your name if you want to.
I thought about it…briefly.
re: #165 JOE 🥓
Mikey Teeney Weeney Savage?????
There are way too many US wingnuts that can be appropriately called Satan’s Anus.
Trump was the one I was thinking of.
re: #170 Backwoods_Sleuth
The single frame on the left looks like its a scene from Pitch Perfect.
re: #160 John Hughes
Fucking autosomal (autospell) screwed that one up, but I guess most people get what I meant to write…
re: #160 John Hughes
The only way for Republicans to honestly believe they aren’t going to Hell is to believe in a God that is just as evil as they are.
Which they do. Wingnut God is an immortal version of Trump.
re: #176 Eclectic Cyborg
Wow, the US does that too? I was sort of disgusted when I found that France was still doing that.
re: #181 John Hughes
Wow, the US does that too? I was sort of disgusted when I found that France was still doing that.
May I ask why you were disgusted?
re: #176 Eclectic Cyborg
I thought about it…briefly.
Heh, you could have gone with “Eclectic Cyborg”!
Think about it - someone asks you your name, you say “I am Cyborg”. The looks alone would be worth it.
re: #182 Eclectic Cyborg
May I ask why you were disgusted?
I did it. I changed my surname to that of my foster mother’s, because I identified with her more than my birth mom. That is a mundane example that couldn’t disgust anyone.
re: #183 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Heh, you could have gone with “Eclectic Cyborg”!
Think about it - someone asks you your name, you say “I am Cyborg”. The looks alone would be worth it.
Eh, I thought about something cool like Max Power, but then I realized changing over all my credit cards and accounts and drivers license and such would be a pain.
re: #183 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Heh, you could have gone with “Eclectic Cyborg”!
Think about it - someone asks you your name, you say “I am Cyborg”. The looks alone would be worth it.
Reminds me about the guy who renamed his iPod “The Titanic” so that when he plugged it in to his computer, iTunes would say ‘The Titanic is syncing.’
re: #183 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Heh, you could have gone with “Eclectic Cyborg”!
Think about it - someone asks you your name, you say “I am Cyborg”. The looks alone would be worth it.
Maybe I should have gone with I.M. Groot.
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re: #174 ckkatz
I think that this about covers it.
‘Redneck Rave’ Descends Into Throat Slashing, Impalements, and Mass Arrests
news.yahoo.com
white community, absent fathers, substance abuse, get a job… did I miss anything?
re: #166 Backwoods_Sleuth
Without knowing it, former NRA president and current board member David Keene gave a fake graduation speech to thousands of empty chairs, meant to represent the kids who should have graduated this year, but were killed by gun violence.
This is incredible. pic.twitter.com/Thq5uDUW4G— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) June 23, 2021
re: #185 Eclectic Cyborg
Eh, I thought about something cool like Max Power, but then I realized changing over all my credit cards and accounts and drivers license and such would be a pain.
Tell me about it. I still need to get my DD-214s reissued when I register for medical benefits with the VA.
Russian spy upset about extradition being a thing. https://t.co/6DMy8lJH0E
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) June 23, 2021
you rang pic.twitter.com/PwT1zM1WeE
— jon rosenberg🆒🌮 (@jonrosenberg) June 23, 2021
re: #185 Eclectic Cyborg
True story…
When I was in the Army I attended Officer’s Basic with an immigrant from Thailand who had a very long Thai last name, ‘Arnoukounpittaya’ iirc. It was always interesting to be in formation at Zero-Dark-Thirty and watch the sergeant stuck with calling roll stumbling over his name. Particularly because his name was the first on the roster.
After a few failed tries the sergeant would usually fall back on Lt. ‘Alphabet’.
The ‘Thai-guy’ was a really nice, quiet and extremely competent guy. (And prior enlisted serviceman.) He never said a word about this issue.
Years later when I bumped into him, he had changed his name to ‘Jones’. I respect that change. Sometimes life is too short and there are too many other issues to address, to die on that hill.
WWII codebreaker Alan Turing becomes 1st gay man on a British bank note. https://t.co/NRICc2ZXpP
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 23, 2021
re: #193 ckkatz
True story…
When I was in the Army I attended Officer’s Basic with an immigrant from Thailand who had a very long Thai last name, ‘Arnoukounpittaya’ iirc. It was always interesting to be in formation at Zero-Dark-Thirty and watch the sergeant stuck with calling roll stumbling over his name. Particularly because his name was the first on the roster.
After a few failed tries the sergeant would usually fall back on Lt. ‘Alphabet’.
The ‘Thai-guy’ was a really nice, quiet and extremely competent guy. (And prior enlisted serviceman.) He never said a word about this issue.
Years later when I bumped into him, he had changed his name to ‘Jones’. I respect that change. Sometimes life is too short and there are too many other issues to address, to die on that hill.
At my office the Asian people all used American names until one of them didn’t, and then they all realized that they could use their real names without anyone going insane, and did so.
re: #194 Dread Pirate Ron
After what the English Government did to him, that is actually pretty weak sauce.
re: #188 sagehen
“Another Redneck Rave is scheduled for October of this year.”
Because why the fuck not?
re: #189 Backwoods_Sleuth
This event was put on by parents who lost their children in the Parkland HS mass shooting. They told this idiot that this was a dress rehearsal for a graduation speech. They filmed it and made a anti gun commercial out of it. Brilliant.
— kelly dawson (@kckd68) June 23, 2021
How long before the gun lobby becomes too paranoid to function properly when asked to deliver a speech or participate in an interview? 🤔
re: #198 Teukka
How long before the gun lobby becomes too paranoid to function properly when asked to deliver a speech or participate in an interview? 🤔
The sooner the better.
re: #194 Dread Pirate Ron
First one out of the closet, anyway.
re: #200 No Malarkey!
First one out of the closet, anyway.
Being in the closet or out of it is a serious anachronism to apply to Turing. Back then hiding one’s orientation (if not straight) was usually necessary for survival.
re: #180 EPR-radar
The only way for Republicans to honestly believe they aren’t going to Hell is to believe in a God that is just as evil as they are.
Which they do. Wingnut God is an immortal version of Trump.
How many of them actually believe in god? The politicians I mean. I wonder if the number is higher than the number of true believer popes throughout the ages.
re: #201 EPR-radar
Being in the closet or out of it is a serious anachronism to apply to Turing. Back then hiding one’s orientation (if not straight) was usually necessary for survival.
I think that was his point. We have no idea if other people on money have been gay because of that.
I listened to the ‘Monumental Lies’ episode of the ‘Reveal’ podcast the other day.
I heard what they are teaching at the Confederate Monuments.
Listen here: https://t.co/LsuntffZ0m
That’s what they want taught. Lies. And that’s why all the CRT blowback. pic.twitter.com/p136diW5ja— HG Tomato 🍅 Wash Your Hands (@HGTomato) June 23, 2021
re: #200 No Malarkey!
The British Government drove him to suicide.
Turing was prosecuted in 1952 for homosexual acts; the Labouchere Amendment of 1885 had mandated that “gross indecency” was a criminal offence in the UK. He accepted chemical castration treatment, with DES, as an alternative to prison. Turing died in 1954, 16 days before his 42nd birthday, from cyanide poisoning. An inquest determined his death as a suicide, but it has been noted that the known evidence is also consistent with accidental poisoning.
re: #205 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Damn, only 42. Fucking shame.
re: #205 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
The British Government drove him to suicide.
Turing was prosecuted in 1952 for homosexual acts; the Labouchere Amendment of 1885 had mandated that “gross indecency” was a criminal offence in the UK. He accepted chemical castration treatment, with DES, as an alternative to prison. Turing died in 1954, 16 days before his 42nd birthday, from cyanide poisoning. An inquest determined his death as a suicide, but it has been noted that the known evidence is also consistent with accidental poisoning.
A government made up of different people than the ones who did that. The British have a very dark past, but they seem to be trying to do better these days just like Americans who aren’t right-wing assholes are.
“YOU FUCKING TRAITORS!”
Here’s a clip where Grady Owens (holding the skateboard) makes an appearance. pic.twitter.com/ZDTmmecOPX— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) June 23, 2021
In the meantime, here’s some high quality footage of one of the eastern Capitol rotunda door battles: pic.twitter.com/nD8LvHvbzh
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) June 23, 2021
much more in the thread
re: #207 Punish Domestic Terrorists
A government made up of different people than the ones who did that. The British have a very dark past, but they seem to be trying to do better these days just like Americans who aren’t right-wing assholes do.
The UK gov’t has only made so many strides, and that’s all too apparent by how swiftly they’ve ramped up with the transphobia and generally created a crisis for British trans folk within just the span of a couple years. Not helped by a similarly shitty media environment.
re: #201 EPR-radar
Being in the closet or out of it is a serious anachronism to apply to Turing. Back then hiding one’s orientation (if not straight) was usually necessary for survival.
Try living in a red State that has no protections for Trans people and has passed laws meant to erase us. Before Biden’s EO, Any employer could refuse to hire me or on a whim, fire me for being Trans. I could have also been denied housing. All with no legal recourse.
We’ve won every BATTLE we’ve fought. But the military doesn’t decide what WARS to fight.
Politicians like Matt Gaetz do. https://t.co/VdwexnqH6X— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 23, 2021
re: #206 Eclectic Cyborg
Damn, only 42. Fucking shame.
Yep. Some of us still don’t even make it out of our teens.
re: #210 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Try living in a red State that has no protections for Trans people and has passed laws meant to erase us. Before Biden’s EO, Any employer could refuse to hire me or on a whim, fire me for being Trans. I could have also been denied housing. All with no legal recourse.
When social Conservatives get their way, anyone who isn’t a straight white Christian is in jeopardy every time. They need to stop getting their way, and it has been reported that Conservative kids aren’t down with their parents’ bigotry. If not for the sick desire to enslave American women, many Conservative kids would have walked away from the broken subculture by now.
re: #193 ckkatz
I worked for 10 years with a lot of Lao, Vietnamese, and Chinese people. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the (white) bosses generally figured that all the Asians knew each other and could speak to each other in some sort of Star Trek common native language. Not so, obviously.
The bosses repeated this when they assumed a long-time Russian employee would be able to translate for Bulgarian guy because the Bulgarian’s name was “Dmitry Popov”
It took him a couple of years but Dmitry worked his ass off to learn English. I’ve tried half-assedly my whole life to learn various other languages and mostly failed.
re: #212 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Yep. Some of still don’t even make it out of our teens.
As folks often in my timeline point out (and I in turn point out as well), there’s a reason why there seems to be so many more LGBT figures in the most recent gens, and the lack of real elder statespeople identifying as LGBT: many just straight up didn’t survive to be the elder statespeople for LGBT folks, for one reason or another.
New Strip pic.twitter.com/nl2hxXrOvG
— Bloom County (@bloomcounty) June 23, 2021
This guy hits home runs and pitches winners. He also just incrementally extended his strike zone for the game, probably.
Shohei Ohtani is elite at everything. pic.twitter.com/IUgbw2aBhF
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) June 23, 2021
re: #207 Punish Domestic Terrorists
A government made up of different people than the ones who did that. The British have a very dark past, but they seem to be trying to do better these days just like Americans who aren’t right-wing assholes are.
You are correct. The Prime Minister apologized for the way he was treated in 2009 and the Queen officially pardoned him in 2013 and several other honors.
My point is that after treating him they way they did after all he did to help end the war in Europe, the best they can do is put him on a bank note?
Fuck that. He should at the least received a Knighthood for his work on cryptology. Hell they conferred one to Elton John for a fucking song.*
*: I like his music and love Candle In The Wind. But to get a Knighthood for it?
re: #217 Barefoot Grin
This guy hits home runs and pitches winners. He also just incrementally extended his strike zone for the game, probably.
just happy to be here playing the game tbh
— darth™ (@darth) June 23, 2021
re: #195 Punish Domestic Terrorists
At my office the Asian people all used American names until one of them didn’t, and then they all realized that they could use their real names without anyone going insane, and did so.
My sister-in-law said that when they were in school in Malaysia (a ways back when there were still a lot of English ex-pats and such in the system there) that they were all given an English name early on and sort of carried that along as one to use when they dealt with English speakers rather than their usual Malay or Chinese name.
Thus I knew my sister-in-law as “Jenny” rather than by her Chinese name.
And this wasn’t a one-off since I knew some other Malaysians via work or some other social connections who essentially were following the same system.
re: #220 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
My sister-in-law said that when they were in school in Malaysia (a ways back when there were still a lot of English ex-pats and such in the system there) that they were all given an English name early on and sort of carried that along as one to use when they dealt with English speakers rather than their usual Malay or Chinese name.
Thus I knew my sister-in-law as “Jenny” rather than by her Chinese name.
And this wasn’t a one-off since I knew some other Malaysians via work or some other social connections who essentially were following the same system.
my newest niece-in-law is Thai, and her name is about as long and comprehensible as if it were a Welsh village.
She uses the first name of “May”, which is nothing remotely like her Thai name.
re: #217 Barefoot Grin
This guy hits home runs and pitches winners. He also just incrementally extended his strike zone for the game, probably.
I love Ohtani, but before the season I got down on Guerrero, Jr. winning AL MVP at +1700. He’s currently even money so I got crushing value and need Ohtani to slow down a bit as he is second choice now at +150.
re: #221 Backwoods_Sleuth
Remember when living in Japan there were many Thai students and workers, almost all of them took highly shortened names (one or two syllables).
And also many Chinese students had Anglo names they used.
Oh boy…
Mysterious ‘Q’ posted to John McAfee’s Instagram after his death https://t.co/mnHdvOuLw2
— The Independent (@Independent) June 23, 2021
As predicted …
Fox News has now shifted from why isn’t Kamala Harris visiting the border to why is Kamala Harris visiting the border pic.twitter.com/coh0nUcRSL
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 23, 2021
re: #225 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Why does she even need to “visit the border” in the first place? What other VP ever went down there? She’s not the president, JFC.
The US becoming a fascist theocracy notwithstanding, Comcast buying Roku is one of the worst ideas I can think of for the near-term future.
This is actually a BFD
the audio of britney’s hearing is so heartbreaking. i would have cried the entire time and she didn’t cry once. her strength!!! #FreeBritney
— ilana kaplan (@lanikaps) June 23, 2021
Britney Spears testified that she’s prohibited from removing her IUD under her conservatorship. Her full remarks: https://t.co/FHXhcW3FRM pic.twitter.com/p1MSszoYjy
— E! News (@enews) June 23, 2021
re: #226 Ace Rothstein
Why does she even need to “visit the border” in the first place? What other VP ever went down there? She’s not the president, JFC.
Because they need to order a black woman what to do.
Also, conservatism is not about substance, it’s about performance art. If she’s not at the border, she’s not doing something about it.
re: #228 HRH Stanley Sea
She’s 39 years old. What the actual fuck. Is this 1821?
re: #229 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Because they need to order a black woman what to do.
Also, conservatism is not about substance, it’s about performance art. If she’s not at the border, she’s not doing something about it.
And if she’s AT the border, she’s not doing something about it.
Top Florida political players scrutinized in Artiles case ahead of August trial (Miami Herald)
This regards the guy the GOP paid $50,000 to appear on the ballot who had the same name as a Democratic candidate.
A public corruption investigation that took root in a single Miami-Dade legislative race has roped in prominent players across Florida over the last several months, including a GOP-linked research firm in Gainesville, a top not-for-profit Miami hospital network and a veteran Republican operative who leads a Tallahassee-based political organization.
A circuit court judge on Wednesday announced the trial would begin August 30. Records obtained by the Miami Herald show that since at least April, investigators have been flexing their subpoena power to gather information from an array of people and organizations and financial records that go back several years.
The eight-month investigation is focused on former Sen. Frank Artiles, a Republican operative, Alexis “Pedro” Rodriguez, an auto-parts dealer with financial woes and an alleged plot to successfully sway the outcome of Miami-Dade’s Senate District 37 race in favor of the Republican candidate.
Prosecutors allege Artiles recruited Rodriguez — a longtime acquaintance who used to live in the district and had the same surname as the incumbent Democrat — and promised to pay him $50,000. In return, Rodriguez would change his party affiliation from Republican to no party affiliation and enter the race. The no-party candidate got more than 6,000 votes in a race decided by just over two dozen, ousting incumbent Democrat José Javier Rodríguez after a manual recount.
Alex Rodriguez, according to arrest documents, believed Artiles would pay him because the Republican operative told him: “We have money in an account.” Ultimately, the actual amount Artiles paid Rodriguez was around $45,000, some of which came from stacks of cash stored in Artiles’ Palmetto Bay home, prosecutors say
(more at the link)
I graduated from occupational therapy today. The therapist says I do not need to return, but should continue various hand exercises at home.
As congratulations for my efforts, I was given a physical therapy t-shirt.
In one shop I worked with a guy from Taiwan and another from Mainland China. It was interesting to hear them talk about their experiences with language when they were growing up. (As a courtesy, they always spoke in English when I was present.)
Taiwan still taught the traditional Chinese character system, while Mainland China taught the Romanized alphabet. The two used to talk about and compare their experiences, compromises, strengths and weaknesses of each system.
They also would talk about their experiences with how Chinese literature and culture were handled in each system. The Taiwanese guy mentioned one day, that his family used a traditional Chinese poem as the basis for naming each member of the family. The mainland guy was apparently as surprised as I was to hear of that tradition.
re: #233 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
various hand exercises at home.
For me, this would entail giving the finger to my computer screen periodically.
It would be really terrific if the media stopped letting racists misuse “critical race theory” when they mean “actual American history.”
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) June 24, 2021
re: #227 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
The US becoming a fascist theocracy notwithstanding, Comcast buying Roku is one of the worst ideas I can think of for the near-term future.
I used to use Rokus. Android TV on a $29 Tivo pulls all my streaming sources together into one guide screen now.
re: #233 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I graduated from occupational therapy today. The therapist says I do not need to return, but should continue various hand exercises at home.
As congratulations for my efforts, I was given a physical therapy t-shirt.
You went through physical therapy and all you got was this lousy T-shirt, and a working hand.
re: #224 Teukka
Oh boy…
John McAfee was a fugitive fuckstick who killed himself like a coward when he learned adult rules applied to him too.
So, ya know, libertarian hero.
p.s. libertarians are idiots who think if you jerk off hard enough while reading Ayn Rand, you’re a philosopher. https://t.co/4nIVMBDOZM— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) June 23, 2021
re: #226 Ace Rothstein
Why does she even need to “visit the border” in the first place? What other VP ever went down there? She’s not the president, JFC.
Why do you think that the Administration is responding to Republicans?
re: #240 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s always the New Hampshire LP nutjobs with this stuff. Their parents did not pay enough attention to them. Even Libertarians think they’re nuts.
re: #229 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Because they need to order a black woman what to do.
Also, conservatism is not about substance, it’s about performance art. If she’s not at the border, she’s not doing something about it.
And now it is that she is going to the wrong border!
After all that, @VP isn’t even going to the right place. Here’s a map. pic.twitter.com/UpA02XLbEH
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) June 23, 2021
re: #105 Punish Domestic Terrorists
They used to fly over Denver sometimes when I was a kid. I had forgotten about them! (The airplanes, not UFOs)
re: #236 Backwoods_Sleuth
Critical Race Theory took my guns and give them to the transgenders.
How did Critical Race Theory ruin your life?— Michael Harriot (@michaelharriot) June 18, 2021
re: #243 b.d. (Lock Him Up, Lock Him Up!)
And now it is that she is going to the wrong border!
She should have gone to the Canadian border to troll them.
Judge Lamberth sentencing 1/6 defendants: “I’m espec troubled by the accounts of some members of Congress that 1/6 was just a day of tourists walking through the Capitol. I don’t know what planet they were on. . This was ..intended to halt the very functioning of our government.”
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 24, 2021
re: #247 jaunte
I see they are still using the “tourist” excuse. Oy.
re: #243 b.d. (Lock Him Up, Lock Him Up!)
And now it is that she is going to the wrong border!
That point on the border where Texas, New Mexico and Mexico connect is still the goddamned border, and I don’t see John Cornyn bitching about shutting down the Border Patrol checkpoint significantly North of Las Cruces as a waste of funds because it’s not where the imaginary border crisis is in far South Texas.
Next thing you know, I’m missing for 5 and 1/2 years. https://t.co/fKHfzgZhe5
— Myles (@MylesxMcKay) June 22, 2021
re: #172 JOE 🥓
Local News covering Brittney Spears conservatorship trial…give me a break…
Apparently she has been forced to use an intrauterine device (IUD) against her will and cannot have it removed. She also says she cannot marry her boyfriend. These are disability rights issues.
Seriously, it’s *shocking* how much control her conservators have over her, and her only way to basically get back at them is to refuse to work.
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