After examining the makeup of Speaker Pelosi’s select committee on the Jan. 6th insurrection, which will include Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney, Stephen takes a look at the latest batch of seditionists rounded up by the feds for their alleged involvement in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. #Colbert #Comedy #Monologue
A felon who participated in the Capitol riot joined Reps. Tom Tiffany of WI, Lauren Boebert of CO, Madison Cawthorn of NC, Chris Jacobs of NY, Michael Cloud of TX, John Rose of TN, Ronny Jackson of TX, and Mary Miller of IL on a trip to the border Tuesday. https://t.co/4pPCKxGGC9
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) July 2, 2021
Amazon became the world’s largest online retailer in part by outsourcing its sprawling operations to algorithms—sets of computer instructions designed to solve specific problems. For years, the company has used algorithms to manage the millions of third-party merchants on its online marketplace, drawing complaints that sellers have been booted off after being falsely accused of selling counterfeit goods and jacking up prices.Increasingly, the company is ceding its human-resources operation to machines as well, using software not only to manage workers in its warehouses but to oversee contract drivers, independent delivery companies and even the performance of its office workers. People familiar with the strategy say Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos believes machines make decisions more quickly and accurately than people, reducing costs and giving Amazon a competitive advantage.
Amazon started its gig-style Flex delivery service in 2015, and the army of contract drivers quickly became a critical part of the company’s delivery machine. Typically, Flex drivers handle packages that haven’t been loaded on an Amazon van before the driver leaves. Rather than making the customer wait, Flex drivers ensure the packages are delivered the same day. They also handle a large number of same-day grocery deliveries from Amazon’s Whole Foods Market chain. Flex drivers helped keep Amazon humming during the pandemic and were only too happy to earn about $25 an hour shuttling packages after their Uber and Lyft gigs dried up.
But the moment they sign on, Flex drivers discover algorithms are monitoring their every move. Did they get to the delivery station when they said they would? Did they complete their route in the prescribed window? Did they leave a package in full view of porch pirates instead of hidden behind a planter as requested? Amazon algorithms scan the gusher of incoming data for performance patterns and decide which drivers get more routes and which are deactivated. Human feedback is rare. Drivers occasionally receive automated emails, but mostly they’re left to obsess about their ratings, which include four categories: Fantastic, Great, Fair or At Risk.
Bloomberg interviewed 15 Flex drivers, including four who say they were wrongly terminated, as well as former Amazon managers who say the largely automated system is insufficiently attuned to the real-world challenges drivers face every day. Amazon knew delegating work to machines would lead to mistakes and damaging headlines, these former managers said, but decided it was cheaper to trust the algorithms than pay people to investigate mistaken firings so long as the drivers could be replaced easily.
Content/Trigger Warning (Champlain Towers South), hence spoilered:
It’s the nightmare for any rescue services worker:
Your home address being the location of the “shout”/gig.— 😷 Teo 😷 (@Teukka72) July 2, 2021
“Seven Democrats to grill the seditionists, and if that doesn’t work, they’ve got one Cheney to shoot them in the face.”
Aguero has a violent criminal history and in 2020, video of him was featured in a PBS documentary screaming at migrants along the border and calling them “roaches.”
He later defended the Capitol riot the day after it happened and he participated in it. https://t.co/NquGDtwwLt pic.twitter.com/rG9Cqrke0x— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) July 2, 2021
https://t.co/WCH6PEFxt6 pic.twitter.com/9ucRC45OzV
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 2, 2021
re: #5 jaunte
Purely incidental. Sounds legit to me.
Going back to that discussion from the previous thread about whether are not the Ferengi of Star Trek are basically “Space Jews”, I would say no.
They are a race of greedy capitalists who are not really established in Trek lore to have experienced any widespread racial persecution. Also, I’m not sure there is much religion in the Ferengi culture. Sure, the Grand Nagus has the trappings of a religious leader but he’s more like the Grand CEO. The Star Trek wiki describes his role thusly:
“The Grand Nagus was the leader of the Ferengi Alliance, and the financial leader of billions of Ferengi. Virtually all decisions that affected the Alliance required the approval of the Grand Nagus, whose power was backed by the Ferengi Bill of Opportunities and supported by the Board of Liquidators.
The Nagus’s offices were located in the Tower of Commerce on Ferenginar, where he presided over the Alliance from the Chamber of Opportunity. Petitioners regularly sought to speak to the Nagus to solicit advice on business ventures and decisions.”
It’s also established that while Ferengi are primarily driven by profit and financial gain, they can sometimes be selfless and genuinely care for people. It’s well established that Quark does care for most of the senior staff of DS9, even Odo. Rom also made some very serious sacrifices during the Dominion War to help the Federation win (though he did eventually become Grand Nagus himself).
I see the Ferengi as basically a race of intergalactic corporate suits who for the most part are only interested in making money above all else and not so much focused on race or religion.
re: #8 plansbandc
Vehicular assault is the new GOP brownshirt merit badge.
re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg
It’s my understanding that the Bajorans were meant to be the Space Jews. Deeply spiritual people freshly freed from under the boot of the space Nazis, the Cardassians.
re: #12 DesertDenizen
It’s my understanding that the Bajorans were meant to be the Space Jews. Deeply spiritual people freshly freed from under the boot of the space Nazis, the Cardassians.
Yes, that’s definitely a more apt comparison than the Ferengi.
re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg
I see the Ferengi as basically a race of intergalactic corporate suits who for the most part are only interested in making money above all else and not so much focused on race or religion.
Babylon 5, on the other hand… OMG, the variety of religions JMS came up with. Including a couple where the entire race DIED because they insisted on adhering to the tenets of their faith in opposition to all science and logic.
re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg
Going back to that discussion from the previous thread about whether are not the Ferengi of Star Trek are basically “Space Jews”, I would say no.
They were initially compared to “Yankee traders”, an apt comparison as they take the American ideal of the unrestricted, unregulated Free Market to its logical extreme.
re: #14 sagehen
Babylon 5, on the other hand… OMG, the variety of religions JMS came up with. Including a couple where the entire race DIED because they insisted on adhering to the tenets of their faith in opposition to all science and logic.
Sounds totally implausible.
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re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg
Going back to that discussion from the previous thread about whether are not the Ferengi of Star Trek are basically “Space Jews”, I would say no.
They are a race of greedy capitalists who are not really established in Trek lore to have experienced any widespread racial persecution. Also, I’m not sure there is much religion in the Ferengi culture. Sure, the Grand Nagus has the trappings of a religious leader but he’s more like the Grand CEO. The Star Trek wiki describes his role thusly:
“The Grand Nagus was the leader of the Ferengi Alliance, and the financial leader of billions of Ferengi. Virtually all decisions that affected the Alliance required the approval of the Grand Nagus, whose power was backed by the Ferengi Bill of Opportunities and supported by the Board of Liquidators.
The Nagus’s offices were located in the Tower of Commerce on Ferenginar, where he presided over the Alliance from the Chamber of Opportunity. Petitioners regularly sought to speak to the Nagus to solicit advice on business ventures and decisions.”
It’s also established that while Ferengi are primarily driven by profit and financial gain, they can sometimes be selfless and genuinely care for people. It’s well established that Quark does care for most of the senior staff of DS9, even Odo. Rom also made some very serious sacrifices during the Dominion War to help the Federation win (though he did eventually become Grand Nagus himself).
I see the Ferengi as basically a race of intergalactic corporate suits who for the most part are only interested in making money above all else and not so much focused on race or religion.
More Koch than Soros.
Wow — Mike Shields, top Republican strategist for House Minority Leader McCarthy says on CNN there’s effectively no point investigating the Capitol attack as “Jan. 6 affects no-one’s lives in this country.”
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) July 2, 2021
re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg
It’s my understanding that Roddenberry chose the name “Ferengi” for the space capitalists as a direct reference to the East India Company’s corporate contract-rule of India under the Raj.
“Firanji” being the Hindi/Urdu/Farsi/Arabic word for “white foreigners” and particularly European colonialists, and all that.
Trump’s first year jobs record: 1.8 million new jobs.
Biden’s first FIVE months: 3 million new jobs.https://t.co/bEH1fFpFec— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) July 2, 2021
re: #20 Dangerman
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Well to be fair, are these really ‘new’ jobs or just people getting back to work at their old jobs?
Dominion unleashes the Kraken—subpoenaing Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, and Mike Lindell https://t.co/4dZrGulwJN pic.twitter.com/3Zv2JqTiBA
— 🌊 R Saddler (@Politics_PR) July 2, 2021
re: #18 JOE 🥓
Wow — Mike Shields, top Republican strategist for House Minority Leader McCarthy says on CNN there’s effectively no point investigating the Capitol attack as “Jan. 6 affects no-one’s lives in this country.”
There’s a word for a failed coup attempt that goes unpunished: Rehearsal
BREAKING: American champion Sha’Carri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana. Richardson won the 100 at Olympic trials on June 19. https://t.co/ERUw1HA8ev
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 2, 2021
Fuckin’ bullshit. Cannabis is a performance enhancing drug like tobacco is. But the IOCC is perfectly fine with athletes drinking alcohol on their free time.
re: #20 Dangerman
Note 1.8M new jobs in a year kinda sucks.
To keep up with population growth you prob need 2-3M a year.
and of course wait for:
“Trump inherited a bad economy from Obama. Biden inherited an excellent economy and the vaccine from Trump”
Dream Crushed Over Trivial Bullshit Represents Nation Better Than Gold Medal Ever Could https://t.co/Eqd0kSuPMg pic.twitter.com/np6RYhy8Ai
— The Onion (@TheOnion) July 2, 2021
re: #20 Dangerman
850,000 jobs added in June. You’re not only a shrieking eel, you have terrible timing with your stupid zingers. https://t.co/LnP80YjHFD
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) July 2, 2021
I didn’t know Jimmy Carter ousted an authoritarian ruler and guided our nation out of a pandemic and economic crisis… 🤔
— Johnny Science 🌎💉😷 (@JohnnyScience1) July 2, 2021
re: #25 teleskiguy
I get it….
BUT.
She broke the Olympic rules and has taken responsibility for it.
And she’s moving on.
Just going to leave this here. pic.twitter.com/bBwl2yDmE6
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 2, 2021
The only way cannabis is a performance-enhancing drug is if you’re the bass player for Phish. https://t.co/jx9uX0vG7l
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 2, 2021
re: #30 Dave In Austin
She broke the Olympic rules and has taken responsibility for it.
And she’s moving on.
Kind of like me with Twitter.
re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth
And it is such a beautiful thing. :)
re: #16 Eclectic Cyborg
Sounds totally implausible.
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Then they had one race that was doomed to become extinct because of ethnic purity policies which made them genocide an “inferior” subspecies. “Secrets of the Soul” S05E07.
re: #21 Eventual Carrion
Well to be fair, are these really ‘new’ jobs or just people getting back to work at their old jobs?
He’s not talking to us
Theyre fighting against a constant barrage of lies fed to low information evaluators.
- it is true
- when the lie machine starts to explain, they’ve already lost
re: #29 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I’ve been expecting the Jimmy Carter comparisons to start. Let’s see how it works out for them.
“If approved, the project calls for the construction and operation of up to 205 turbines, generating up to 3,000 megawatts of electricity,” @SecDebHaaland said.
via @AnneSparaco @13NewsNowhttps://t.co/in7jN89gVo— US Interior Press Team (@USInteriorPress) July 2, 2021
re: #38 Backwoods_Sleuth
That is good. Whomever is getting that power I hope they get the most out of it.
re: #21 Eventual Carrion
Well to be fair, are these really ‘new’ jobs or just people getting back to work at their old jobs?
If Trump hadn’t responded so poorly to the pandemic, Biden’s numbers wouldn’t have been so high. Forget to be fair.
re: #28 jaunte
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This is the point fighting these people
850k is all they will see
And its true (fwiw)
re: #39 PhillyPretzel
That is good. Whomever is getting that power I hope they get the most out of it.
Only if their resistance is low.
Only 33% of “Generation Z” (born mid 1990s to early 2010s) say they believe in God with no doubts.
It’s almost like growing up during the sexual abuse scandals of the Catholic Church and the weaponization of faith for partisan political ends by white evangelicals had an impact. https://t.co/unCJTvSmBV— Leah McElrath 🏳️🌈 (@leahmcelrath) July 2, 2021
re: #42 Dangerman
Carter rates about 16 slots above 41/44
Not only that, but one has to wonder just how relevant “Jimmy Carter” references are going to be in 2021, seeing as how Carter left the WH forty years ago.
I know the GOP has spent decades trying to paint old Jimmy as The Worst Failed President EVAH!!! (sort of a James Buchanan minus the Civil War thing) - but SRSLY? Aren’t most people under 50 going to think of Carter mainly as the old guy still injuring himself building housing in his 90s…?
re: #47 Jay C
Carter was not the Manly Tough Guy that GOP Presidents are supposed to be.
re: #45 JOE 🥓
I believe in God the Creator, but I do not believe for one second that he meddles in Earthly matters.
He gave us brains that are capable of understanding cause & effect, he gave us free will, and set us loose to do whatever we decide to do. Individually and collectively.
re: #45 JOE 🥓
I think a lot of us Gen X people decided they were some other group.
is gosar going to support a bipartisan investigation into these serious allegations concerning 1/6 or just try to profit off of lying about it
stay tuned https://t.co/8W5pG5lgi5— darth™ (@darth) July 2, 2021
As promised, here is Cherry Pie for pushing my karma points past 500,000.
Liddle Cherry Pie 🌈🍒🥧 pic.twitter.com/eqESYZK601
— Liddle Cherry Pie 🌈🍒🥧 (@Pie_Overlord) July 2, 2021
I didn’t make a fresh Key Lime Pie but we have some in the freezer. It’s still great!
re: #50 Belafon
I think a lot of us Gen X people decided they were some other group.
I am surprised the bothered to survey and publish results for Gen X. They usually skip right over us.
re: #50 Belafon
I think a lot of us Gen X people decided they were some other group.
Plus, as much as the data points for Gen X jump around, I think they’re having trouble finding a representative sample.
re: #54 Belafon
Plus, as much as the data points for Gen X jump around, I think they’re having trouble finding a representative sample.
That’s because we are busy being disaffected in the corner.
re: #51 Backwoods_Sleuth
Gosar is a scumbag. Chances are high that he helped in the planning of the attempted coup.
The position he’s most suited to is at the end of a rope for treason (but we don’t do that anymore, so I would be happy if he got a long extended stay in Leavenworth).
re: #55 DesertDenizen
That’s because we are busy being disaffected in the corner.
I suspect that, since we group up on the internet and the development of smart phones, we’re way more apt to skip any kind of polling that would get our opinion.
And you, Mr. Cruz, are Benedict Arnold #2.
Happy Independence Day! https://t.co/FzgR0FJXwQ— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) July 2, 2021
re: #18 JOE 🥓
Mike Shields, top Republican strategist for House Minority Leader McCarthy says on CNN there’s effectively no point investigating the Capitol attack as “Jan. 6 affects no-one’s lives in this country.”
Um, what about the families of the dead Capitol police officers, you smug motherfucker?
Very disturbing. This was a terrible idea that Trump stated openly many times. https://t.co/nNnGO4ZFPJ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 2, 2021
re: #60 Charles Johnson
Limited government, my ass.
re: #61 Eclectic Cyborg
Limited government, my ass.
“That government is best which governs least the way I want it to.”
re: #40 Belafon
If Trump hadn’t responded so poorly to the pandemic, Biden’s numbers wouldn’t have been so high. Forget to be fair.
I believe that Trump would have been re-elected.
One of the more serendipitous chairlift rides I’ve taken was on the Silver Queen Gondola in Aspen on 7 March 2013. I get in the singles line and breeze on in to a gondola, and a dude a few paces behind me in a red jacket gets on with me, we sit across from each other. He takes off his goggles, it’s Joel Cummins! Keyboardist for Umphrey’s McGee! See, that’s why I was skiing at Aspen that day, I was seeing the band that night at the Belly Up club.
The Silver Queen Gondola is a 15 minute ride on a good day. So we shot the shit, had a very pleasant conversation. Found out he had a degree in theology from Notre Dame and was *gasp* an atheist. We took a couple of runs. We got someone to take our picture.
(this was taken on my old iPhone 4S, I put all the pictures on a couple of hard drives before I replaced the phone, I don’t know why it’s sideways)
I tweeted the picture, he retweeted it to his followers. Folks at the show that night recognized me, “You went skiing with Joel!”
Completely by accident.
East St. Louis massacre of Black citizens, tomorrow 1917, as reported by St. Louis Argus: pic.twitter.com/FDoPChQJsh
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) July 2, 2021
In Kentucky, you might have better odds of winning the lottery than getting the unemployment office to call you back … pic.twitter.com/zD8jVPUAz0
— Chris Otts (@christopherotts) July 2, 2021
This is Truman, my new pawlicy advisor. He’s advocating for more treats and belly rubs for every dog in America. pic.twitter.com/sDLhWIDhQx
— Mark Takano (@RepMarkTakano) July 2, 2021
Los Angeles Dodgers present Pres. Biden and Vice Pres. Harris with jerseys amid White House celebration of their 2020 World Series win. https://t.co/8zeBCdZj5l pic.twitter.com/juxP1JEeL8
— ABC News (@ABC) July 2, 2021
Except there was never a good chance that Republicans would be hunted by now if Biden won. There was, in fact, no chance of that being true, except in your paranoid fantasies.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) July 2, 2021
re: #69 Backwoods_Sleuth
I understand why Biden was given #46, but why does Harris have #49?
Today’s TL cleanser https://t.co/mHFWeZmwEk
— Puff, a Gray Jedi (@KeraRolsen) July 2, 2021
Sarah Palin (remember her?) remarkably quiet about who’s “palling around with terrorists” these days. https://t.co/2YXgOeqsdT
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 2, 2021
We’re boogying into the weekend with one of the #ArchivesSignatures dances of the 1970s, the Hustle! See you at the next #ArchivesHashtagParty.
📷: https://t.co/Ge2pvxlebe pic.twitter.com/L3yKIPmQHS— Ford Library (@Ford_Library) July 2, 2021
Roger Stone, Ali Alexander and others could be in trouble.
!!! ALERT: Plea discussions have begun with all defendants in OathKeepers conspiracy case in US Capitol insurrection
“Productive” discussions so far, prosecutors just told a judge
They ask for a few more weeks to continue talks pic.twitter.com/kjtOAPVwjD— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) July 2, 2021
Ironic, since he is one.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) July 2, 2021
The @USCG and Honolulu Fire Department rescued two people from a downed Boeing 737 inter-island transport plane 2-miles south of Kalaeloa, Hawaii, Friday.
For story and video visit: https://t.co/Eya9cXX5Sy#BreakingNews #HappeningNow #News #USCG pic.twitter.com/Ywh7eY1ubR— USCG Hawaii Pacific (@USCGHawaiiPac) July 2, 2021
Long story short, a billionaire was afraid of losing his money as a newspaper and trees for paper because hemp was better, so he lied about cannabis and said it made blacks and Latinos rape white women. So this Mexican weed had to be illegal along with hemp.. did I hit it right? https://t.co/aUHO2BkOEb
— Walter Salcido (@Salcido314) July 2, 2021
This you @erinotoole? https://t.co/ATimnlromY pic.twitter.com/052GBi6cGp
— Mumilaaq Qaqqaq (@MumilaaqQaqqaq) July 2, 2021
This can’t be said enough.
Conservatives like @erinotoole and orgs like @MLInstitute celebrate Canada’s genocide by praising Sir John A. Macdonald.
That institution’s head @brianleecrowley even tried to raise money off of a racist dog-whistle yesterday.https://t.co/dQaEuEyUgE— Mumilaaq Qaqqaq (@MumilaaqQaqqaq) July 2, 2021
re: #78 No Malarkey!
Ted Cruz is not a dildo. A dildo can get a woman off.
re: #82 DesertDenizen
Ted Cruz is not a dildo. A dildo can get a woman off.
I apologize to dildos for the insult.
The last refuge of the bigot.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) July 2, 2021
re: #84 No Malarkey!
Kirsten Alley: You can “OK, Boomer” me all you want …
Sensible person: “OK, Scientologist.”
Ah, what a difference a beard makes. pic.twitter.com/9c4ZxFR2s2
— Cody Johnston (@drmistercody) July 2, 2021
re: #84 No Malarkey!
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re: #85 A Three Hour Tour
Kirsten Alley: You can “OK, Boomer” me all you want …
Sensible person: “OK, Scientologist.”
Kirstie Alley: Pediphilia.
Sensible person: Ped-O-philia (formerly spelled “paedophilia” with the “ae” joined as a ligature) is the term you want for the sexual attraction toward children, you member of an abusive cult, you.
EDITED TO ADD: Before editing out the foot fetishist joke, I learned that the Latin term for a sexual attraction to feet is spelled “podophilia.”
We need to criminalize being this much of an idiot. https://t.co/7AjCf0ZRme
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) July 2, 2021
re: #49 sagehen
I believe in God the Creator, but I do not believe for one second that he meddles in Earthly matters.
He gave us brains that are capable of understanding cause & effect, he gave us free will, and set us loose to do whatever we decide to do. Individually and collectively.
I really like that phrasing. I may well have to steal it :)
re: #19 Wile E. Wonka
It’s my understanding that Roddenberry chose the name “Ferengi” for the space capitalists as a direct reference to the East India Company’s corporate contract-rule of India under the Raj.
“Firanji” being the Hindi/Urdu/Farsi/Arabic word for “white foreigners” and particularly European colonialists, and all that.
In Ethiopia, foreigners are still known as “Ferengi.” In Swahili, I learned I was a “Mzungu.”
In Amharic, I was ነጭ ቀጭኔ - which sounded like “weeka yeerafa” - roughly translates to “white giraffe” - because I towered over my students.
What a fucking idiot https://t.co/OoN7JiTdDF
— Kaniehtiio Horn (@kaniehtiio) June 26, 2021
‘Telling Our Twisted Histories’, hosted by @kaniehtiio, explores racist, colonial policies that twisted words throughout history…and also decolonizes & reclaims words it examines. 70 people from 15 Indigenous communities…a must listen podcast. https://t.co/iIHw8F9Zfv pic.twitter.com/LNnAljt8g0
— She Does The City (@shedoesthecity) June 27, 2021
re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth
Uhm NO. The Constitution says in Art. VI, Clause 3 “but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”
You have just demonstrated that you are completely unfit for office.— (((Dee *still a Professional Cat Herder* Holmes))) (@mmmirele) July 2, 2021
re: #64 teleskiguy
One of the more serendipitous chairlift rides I’ve taken was on the Silver Queen Gondola in Aspen on 7 March 2013. I get in the singles line and breeze on in to a gondola, and a dude a few paces behind me in a red jacket gets on with me, we sit across from each other. He takes off his goggles, it’s Joel Cummins! Keyboardist for Umphrey’s McGee! See, that’s why I was skiing at Aspen that day, I was seeing the band that night at the Belly Up club.
The Silver Queen Gondola is a 15 minute ride on a good day. So we shot the shit, had a very pleasant conversation. Found out he had a degree in theology from Notre Dame and was *gasp* an atheist. We took a couple of runs. We got someone to take our picture.
(this was taken on my old iPhone 4S, I put all the pictures on a couple of hard drives before I replaced the phone, I don’t know why it’s sideways)
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I tweeted the picture, he retweeted it to his followers. Folks at the show that night recognized me, “You went skiing with Joel!”
Completely by accident.
i thought you were…wider?
Just wondering if people who approvingly retweet “Allahpundit” ever notice that pseudonym, or wonder where it came from. Because I assure you, it was not intended to be respectful toward Muslims.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 2, 2021
House Republicans concede that every member of their caucus voted against additional police funding but insist they never used the phrase so it doesn’t count. https://t.co/VFXJjubhVj
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 2, 2021
re: #95 Charles Johnson
I need my memory refreshed since it’s been almost 20 years since 9/11 and the rise of the right-wing blogosphere out of the warbloggers that came to prominence in the aftermath of that attack.
Just how soon did “Allahpundit” come on the scene afterward and what online presence did he have before, if any?
I remember it being fairly early, but I could be wrong.
re: #96 Dread Pirate Ron
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mafia don never used the words ‘kill him’
House Republicans concede that every member of their caucus voted against additional police funding but insist they never used the phrase so it doesn’t count. https://t.co/VFXJjubhVj
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 2, 2021
For some reason, he seems to get a total pass on this, even from many lefties. It’s as if people don’t even see that offensive name.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 2, 2021
re: #97 A Three Hour Tour
I need my memory refreshed since it’s been almost 20 years since 9/11 and the rise of the right-wing blogosphere out of the warbloggers that came to prominence in the aftermath of that attack.
Just how soon did “Allahpundit” come on the scene afterward and what online presence did he have before, if any?
I remember it being fairly early, but I could be wrong.
According to Wikipedia, it looks like about 2003.
re: #97 A Three Hour Tour
I need my memory refreshed since it’s been almost 20 years since 9/11 and the rise of the right-wing blogosphere out of the warbloggers that came to prominence in the aftermath of that attack.
Just how soon did “Allahpundit” come on the scene afterward and what online presence did he have before, if any?
I remember it being fairly early, but I could be wrong.
Wikipedia to the rescue.
Allahpundit (born September 5, c. 1972) is an anonymous blogger and the senior editor for the American political news and commentary website Hot Air.
The persona of Allahpundit first appeared through a parody blog, Allah Is In the House, which rose in popularity circa 2003 by being referenced throughout the conservative and anti-jihadist blogosphere. In March and April 2006, Allahpundit guest-blogged for Michelle Malkin before becoming the most active contributor to Malkin’s Hot Air.
(more at the link)
I think everyone knows the difference between attacking someone as an anonymous source and providing details on a policy announcement to reporters in an effort to provide information and answer media questions
— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) July 2, 2021
they try and try and cannot trip up this professional
re: #97 A Three Hour Tour
I need my memory refreshed since it’s been almost 20 years since 9/11 and the rise of the right-wing blogosphere out of the warbloggers that came to prominence in the aftermath of that attack.
Just how soon did “Allahpundit” come on the scene afterward and what online presence did he have before, if any?
I remember it being fairly early, but I could be wrong.
Very early. From the beginning, really. He first became popular by doing anti-Muslim photoshops, then deleted them all and there’s apparently no trace left of them on the web.
Mr. Johnson might want to note this in the Allahpundit article at Wikipedia:
In September 2004, Allahpundit was key to debunking of the Killian documents controversy.
re: #103 Dangerman
who said religion is dead? how can it be with all of this bad faith going around :-)
re: #105 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Mr. Johnson might want to note this in the Allahpundit article at Wikipedia:
Nah, I’ve given up trying to fix anything at Wikipedia. Too many of their editors simply suck at their jobs, especially if the content is political.
re: #101 Hecuba’s daughter
You beat me by thirty-six seconds. In my defence, I copypastaed part of the article.
re: #98 Dangerman
mafia don never used the words ‘kill him’
“I want you to make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
Ted Cruz is Benedict Arnold 2.0 pic.twitter.com/dDaJRNUeeh
— Tony (@tony15202) July 2, 2021
re: #52 The Pie Overlord!
As promised, here is Cherry Pie for pushing my karma points past 500,000.
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They look delicious but when a tasted them they taste like a phone screen. I’m sad.
re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s overly kind to Mr Cruz since Arnold was a successful general before becoming a traitor to the Revolution.
CAUGHT IN 4K pic.twitter.com/M5E2O0zrWh
— chris evans (@chris_notcapn) July 2, 2021
re: #113 Backwoods_Sleuth
“It’s just a few bad apples.”
New:
Just two days later—
“Ghislaine Maxwell’s Lawyers Cite Bill Cosby’s Victory, Claiming Her Case Presents a ‘Similar Situation’”
My latest, @lawcrimenews.
Read the letter by the accused sex-trafficker’s lawyer inside: https://t.co/PDbGyvkpvQ pic.twitter.com/UCzyPUkY1U— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) July 2, 2021
re: #114 Eclectic Cyborg
That’s all it takes to spoil the bunch. I’m convinced many departments from local to federal, need to be disbanded and reconstituted from scratch. Except Border Patrol. Disband them and never look back.
How Rumsfeld Deserves to Be Remembered
America’s worst secretary of defense never expressed a quiver of regret.
…
Rumsfeld had intelligence, wit, dash, and endless faith in himself. Unlike McNamara, he never expressed a quiver of regret. He must have died in the secure knowledge that he had been right all along.
re: #118 Eclectic Cyborg
If it does, she’d better hire extra security because I don’t think she’s going to get a warm reception wherever she decides to run to.
12-year-old from NJ becomes world’s youngest chess grandmaster https://t.co/2glKeQ150i pic.twitter.com/ITiFwqQ0qy
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) July 2, 2021
Won’t it be embarrassing when congress fails to ratify this deal that the US is twisting so many arms to get done?
re: #120 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So Sha’Carri can’t run because of marijuana, multiple African runners can’t run because their T levels are “too high,” and swim caps for Afro hair have been banned. Anyone else see a pattern here?
— Britni de la Cretaz (@britnidlc) July 2, 2021
re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth
Oooh, oooh, I know! White people scared of black people?
I couldn’t care less about the religious aspect, but this name is an example of blatant bigotry, not gentle parody.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 2, 2021
It’s a deliberate FU to Muslims who objected to depictions of their prophet. I have a long history with this guy. He worked for Michelle Malkin for many years. You’re giving the benefit of the doubt to someone who doesn’t deserve it.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 2, 2021
You know, Michelle Malkin - the one who wanted to put all US Muslims in internment camps?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 2, 2021
AUDIO Rudy Giuliani to Maricopa County Supervisor: “Maybe we can get this thing fixed up.” https://t.co/Awl9hLmpUe
— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik) July 2, 2021
re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth
Why I don’t like the Olympics in a fucking nutshell.
re: #123 Belafon
Don’t know. It’s paywalled.
The deal was concluded at the OECD in Paris on Thursday after the G7 group of leading economies reached an agreement last month.
It will introduce a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15 per cent and grant countries new rights to tax large companies based on where they earn their revenues, rather than where they are located.
—-
Just two weeks ago many countries were refusing to sign up, prompting an intense period of high-level arm twisting by the US, which reinvigorated the stalled global talks earlier this year by setting out fresh proposals.
Here is President Carter with a black eyes and stitching building a house.
Here is #CancunCruz abandoning his constitutes.
Notice the difference? pic.twitter.com/EMI2J0HNu5— Wendimyb #ILoatheTheGQP (@wendimyb) July 2, 2021
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
I rather have JC instead of TC.
— Possum Every Hour (@PossumEveryHour) July 2, 2021
it’s almost like you’re asking for a bipartisan committee to investigate what happened on January 6th, which you voted against https://t.co/8LlhPFcnpr
— Russ Bengtson (@russbengtson) July 2, 2021
re: #130 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #133 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Nice to see Gosar blocked me after I asked why he conspired with Ali Alexander to plan the coup…
this handsome hybrid terror pig is right out of princess mononoke
also at least some one is making themselves a home there https://t.co/GZqwdvqrtL— darth™ (@darth) July 2, 2021
omg these hybrid terror pigs are also RADIOACTIVE AND INDESTRUCTIBLE
mankind is doomed— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 2, 2021
This is Kevin McCarthy’s GOP: they roll with the cop killers, celebrate slavery, and cheer on mass shooters.
My fellow Americans, this is not my Mom & Dad’s GOP. This is a lawless, coup-thirsty cult. And we must shine a light on all of them or they will destroy our democracy. https://t.co/mn2kt4GlVD— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) July 2, 2021
re: #133 Backwoods_Sleuth
I don’t quite know everything that happened that day, but were there three SWAT officers there, and which PD were they part of?
re: #138 Backwoods_Sleuth
Anthony Aguero, a close ally of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene can be seen in videos and photos with Republican members of Congress who traveled to a route along the border frequented by migrants on Tuesday night. https://t.co/NquGDtwwLt pic.twitter.com/QNcqoHj4FN
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) July 2, 2021
re: #139 Belafon
I don’t quite know everything that happened that day, but were there three SWAT officers there, and which PD were they part of?
I’m just assuming he’s making it up
Steve is pointing out imperfections in walls again. Steve, this is not how you make friends… pic.twitter.com/i67lvXlYLG
— In Otter News…. (@In_Otter_News2) July 2, 2021
re: #137 Charles Johnson
Hybrid Terror Pigs would be a great name for a Metal band.
Of course they are, you raving ignorant theocrat.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 2, 2021
Radioactive hybrid terror pigs have made themselves a home in Fukushima’s exclusion zone
The bacon cooks itself!
re: #139 Belafon
I don’t quite know everything that happened that day, but were there three SWAT officers there, and which PD were they part of?
The video in the previous article lays out the timeline fantastically. At about the 28 minute mark they cover the shooting. There were 3 regular cops in front of the door without riot gear. As they saw a group of either swat or riot cops coming up behind the crowd they cleared out. At that point, when the three cops in front had cleared out and the riot cops were still at the back of the group is when Babbit went through the window.
#TedCancun #CancunCruz
Jimmy Carter for the win Alex. pic.twitter.com/YrQRuKWxgT— EGCollins (@EGCollins) July 2, 2021
re: #146 danarchy
The video in the previous article lays out the timeline fantastically. At about the 28 minute mark they cover the shooting. There were 3 regular cops in front of the door without riot gear. As they saw a group of either swat or riot cops coming up behind the crowd they cleared out. At that point, when the three cops in front had cleared out and the riot cops were still at the back of the group is when Babbit went through the window.
Thanks. So they weren’t “next to Ashli.”
I was a member of team USA for two years. I know how it works.
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) July 2, 2021
re: #148 Belafon
They were coming up the stairs behind her, with a group of insurrectionist between them. The cops cleared the insurrectionists out as best they could and rendered first aid.
re: #150 DesertDenizen
They were coming up the stairs behind her, with a group of insurrectionist between them. The cops cleared the insurrectionists out as best they could and rendered first aid.
So they “didn’t have a problem with her” because by the time they got to her, she was already dying. Gosar, you lying son of a bitch.
re: #148 Belafon
Thanks. So they weren’t “next to Ashli.”
Guess it depends on the definition of “next to” I guess. They weren’t standing beside her, but they were probably within 10 feet or so.
re: #151 Dopamine Fish
Yes. She climbed through the window before they got close enough to interfere with her. There was a wall of people between them and her. And those cops were more focused on the people immediately next to them than on a person on the other side of the crowd.
Famous Olympian, Willie Nelson. https://t.co/eA2TS8sku9
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) July 2, 2021
re: #134 JOE 🥓
I remember when churches turned against Carter in the early part of 1978 when Robertson and Falwell all of a sudden started attacking Carter as a tool of the Trilateral Commission. They continually said on their Pimp shows that Carter was just a Rockefeller puppet.
They didn’t make that up themselves; it was part of their deal with the Reaganauts. (that’s what we called them when they were knee-capping Gerald Ford in 1976; it wasn’t until mid-1980 that they started calling themselves Reaganites.)
This good boy set the world record.
An 83 yard frisbee catch… pic.twitter.com/8v9dYJ7DPI— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) July 2, 2021
Clocked him at 3.31 in the 40 (8 yards deep in the end zone to the 32 yard line) in the video with the full view: https://t.co/4WzBFbXKFy
— Jimmy Kempski (@JimmyKempski) July 2, 2021
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
I think banning marijuana is dumb, but it is the rule and it is no secret. Unless white athletes are testing positive and getting a pass I just don’t see the racial angle. I seem to recall the use rate among the general population is pretty similar across racial lines.
Yeah Phelps was caught hitting the bong months after the olympics, but he never tested positive during the Olympics or during the run up.
re: #145 BlueSpotinAL
The bacon cooks itself!
Especially while walking 3 miles with a hot sun bearing down on me!
CNN is a shitty network. Episode Infinity. https://t.co/Jn6drE6UGm
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) July 2, 2021
Ammon Bundy’s crime spree finally results in a conviction.
Ammon Bundy, who is running for Idaho governor, was convicted late Thursday of trespassing at the state Capitol, and resisting and obstructing arrest.
https://t.co/yA5ebzxVWC— LiA (@LibsInAmerica) July 2, 2021
re: #88 A Three Hour Tour
Kirstie Alley: Pediphilia.
Sensible person: Ped-O-philia (formerly spelled “paedophilia” with the “ae” joined as a ligature) is the term you want for the sexual attraction toward children, you member of an abusive cult, you.EDITED TO ADD: Before editing out the foot fetishist joke, I learned that the Latin term for a sexual attraction to feet is spelled “podophilia.”
Except it’s Greek…
/ducks
This is the most American thing ever https://t.co/WIsoki44tt
— Barbara Sydow (@sydowplasm) July 2, 2021
re: #160 Backwoods_Sleuth
dysfunction would imply shoddy work, missed appointments, unprepared statements… let me know when the VP has any of those issues, otherwise it’s just the usual bullshit tossed against Democrats. Shit, the 45 administration couldn’t even spellcheck their public statement releases.
re: #162 No Malarkey!
Rightwing strongman.
Prosecutors said Bundy, along with a co-defendant, had refused to leave the building last August during a special legislative session. When police tried to forcibly remove the pair, Bundy went limp. State troopers eventually had to wheel him out in an office swivel chair.
The company that set the Gulf of Mexico on fire has sucked the easiest-to-extract oil out of the seafloor, seen production fall off, and as a result, is failing financially with $114 billion in debt https://t.co/FHfu0xMTOj pic.twitter.com/HAkjGmH0d1
— Brian Kahn (@blkahn) July 2, 2021
🚨 Sobre el incendio registrado en aguas del Golfo de México, en la Sonda de Campeche, a unos metros de la plataforma Ku-Charly (dentro del Activo Integral de Producción Ku Maloob Zaap)
Tres barcos han apoyado para sofocar las llamas pic.twitter.com/thIOl8PLQo— Manuel Lopez San Martin (@MLopezSanMartin) July 2, 2021
Early Marksville (ca. AD 1-200) period reproduction Marksville Stamped var. Crooks (aka Mabin Stamped var. Crooks) conical bowl. The original was found at the Crooks site in LaSalle Parish, LA (Ford & Willey 1940, Fig. 39 a-a’). #ceramics pic.twitter.com/jqYfHSNo1e
— James Green (@J_Green_505) July 2, 2021
re: #167 jaunte
Does Trump run Pemex? Bankrupting an oil company is incompetence on the level with bankrupting casinos.
re: #170 No Malarkey!
Easy money is the death of competence.
re: #170 No Malarkey!
Does Trump run Pemex? Bankrupting an oil company is incompetence on the level with bankrupting casinos.
Naaah, I think the Mexican Government is quite capable of major corporate mismanagement all on their own: they’ve had, what? Eighty years of practice?
I. Am. Dying.
This guy’s tight trousers exploded at work and it’s an epic tale of public embarrassment #recaphttps://t.co/IXHnLuZbtE pic.twitter.com/P81E4EfsUj
— The Poke (@ThePoke) July 2, 2021
re: #164 Backwoods_Sleuth
The “Beyond The Press” Youtube channel has a group of Finns doing stuff with explosives, including replacing the gunpowder charge in fireworks and rockets with dynamite. Because they can.
Organized Crime Ring https://t.co/MZMt2NF1Z2 pic.twitter.com/7tkxwTJlA9
— Illegally Smol Cats (@IllegallySmol) July 2, 2021
🆕🚨: Students and professors at multiple Florida schools SUE Florida over #HB233—a bill requiring colleges and universities to conduct annual surveys on the political views of students and faculty—claiming the law violates the 1st & 14th Amendments. https://t.co/A65QmrGNbF
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) July 2, 2021
re: #168 jaunte
i do not think the ocean should be on fire
it is just my opinion https://t.co/4TgiFEc4Ou— darth™ (@darth) July 2, 2021
Archaeologists have preserved about 200 bodies from the site of a medieval trading post with Ireland.
The remains from Whitesands Beach, Pembrokeshire, will be stored at the National Museum of Wales.https://t.co/ruN5f58uao— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) July 2, 2021
PLS IM SCREAMMINGG i was in this store and some customer asked for the manager and they said ‘it’s july, why are the lgbt flags still up?’ and the manager goes ‘we’re all gay, might as well celebrate it every month’ and walks away😭😭
— cas ♡ || prophet era (@svftcas) July 2, 2021
I’ve spoken with Mayor Polderman and Acting Chief Haugen about the wildfire that devastated Lytton on Wednesday. I told them both that the federal government stands ready to assist - and will provide them with the support they need to rebuild. We are here for you.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) July 2, 2021
re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth
YES! *Pumps fist*
[Can’t find this tweet right now: twitter.com ]
This is what working for the American people looks like. https://t.co/3MUNjeWrZR
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 2, 2021
re: #7 Charles Johnson
Is she as annoying as Meghan?
re: #177 No Malarkey!
Good! Unconditional and dumb.
Rand Paul is a racist. I mean, he was the only person in the senate to block an anti-lynching bill. https://t.co/ouvD3O5Dtq
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) July 2, 2021
re: #191 Backwoods_Sleuth
Damn. He all but called him the N-word.
re: #192 Eclectic Cyborg
Damn. He all but called him the N-word.
Probably a spell check auto correction, still.
re: #193 JC1
Probably a spell check auto correction, still.
That’s a stretch to seriously consider an auto correct of radical to racial
re: #191 Backwoods_Sleuth
Proofreading, how does it work? Even if this was an auto correct error, someone should be proofreading anything going out for public viewing. Especially elected officials. This isn’t rocket surgery, lol.
re: #195 A Mom Anon
Proofreading, how does it work? Even if this was an auto correct error, someone should be proofreading anything going out for public viewing. Especially elected officials. This isn’t rocket surgery, lol.
exactly
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s a stretch to seriously consider an auto correct of radical to racial
unless the typo was a missed d raical could easily be corrected to racial.
I can see the future…..
The Gulf of Mexico is literally on fire because a pipeline ruptured pic.twitter.com/J4ur5MNyt1
— Brian Kahn (@blkahn) July 2, 2021
Ben Garrison’s latest sop for all those who don’t know any better:
To all the people asking “Is he accusing Rumsfeld of causing 9/11?” — yes, he is. Screenshot from Garrison’s webpage at https://t.co/7iovOGThxZ. pic.twitter.com/1qWqjDJyOl
— (((Michael Weiss))) (@RotationlSymtry) July 2, 2021
Rand Paul is a fucking racist.
Always has been, always will be.
End of story.
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s a stretch to seriously consider an auto correct of radical to racial
I think he meant “radical” but the id slipped out. The whole screedlet is illiterate. “Want a defund the police”? Semi-colon where there should be a comma?
re: #203 Grunthos the Flatulent
I think he meant “radical” but the id slipped out. The whole screedlet is illiterate. “Want a defund the police”? Semi-colon where there should be a comma?
He is a moron.
And lazy.
Wow! Two #tornadoes confirmed in the D.C. metro area on Thursday night! Both were weak but brought damage to the Nation’s Capital. #DCwx #VAwx pic.twitter.com/L12wJAcDgq
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) July 2, 2021
re: #180 Backwoods_Sleuth
they outdid us; we only set rivers on fire.
re: #49 sagehen
I believe in God the Creator, but I do not believe for one second that he meddles in Earthly matters.
He gave us brains that are capable of understanding cause & effect, he gave us free will, and set us loose to do whatever we decide to do. Individually and collectively.
If he gave us brains and free will then he/she/it did indeed meddle in Earthly matters.
re: #206 sagehen
they outdid us; we only set rivers on fire.
That’s nothing. Adele set fire to the rain.
You know what I did when I found out the event was canceled? I ordered “Forget the Alamo” and it arrives today! P.S. I’m a 7th gen Texan. You are from Maryland.
— KAstros (@KAstros) July 2, 2021
re: #202 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rand Paul is a fucking racist.
Always has been, always will be.End of story.
Like father like son.
My brother fell for the Ron Paul bullshit including race realism. He’s now QAnon.
re: #202 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rand Paul is a fucking racist.
Always has been, always will be.End of story.
the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
BREAKING: The city of North Miami Beach has ordered that Crestview Towers Condominium be immediately closed and evacuated Friday evening after a building inspection report found it to have unsafe structural and electrical conditions, officials announced. https://t.co/fL1bQn1En0
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) July 2, 2021
re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth
Lovely. If Elsa rolls through there next week she just might finish the job at Surfside too.
re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth
Notice Dan Patrick doesn’t challenge any of the facts in the book specifically, because he can’t.
BREAKING: The Biden administration announces plan to bring the deported military vets back to the U.S.
This comes after years of advocacy by immigrants’ rights and veterans rights groups. https://t.co/TLJE6pM2BF— ACLU SoCal (@ACLU_SoCal) July 2, 2021
It’s broken through the top 100 on Amazon! pic.twitter.com/44JprLLeDB
— MonicaFloresRichart (@MonicaRichart) July 2, 2021
I can attest that it’s totally worth the price.
I don’t think I will ever get over the people who hate me but complain they’re blocked - WHY DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO ME? Like screaming and licking a battery- just stop!
“I hate you Godley, LOOK AT ME, LET ME SEE YOU”
No - you’re blocked ! pic.twitter.com/bal7b7hdCc— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) July 2, 2021
Pretty sure Charles can confirm same.
re: #124 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“we” have to win
So Sha’Carri can’t run because of marijuana, multiple African runners can’t run because their T levels are “too high,” and swim caps for Afro hair have been banned. Anyone else see a pattern here?
— Britni de la Cretaz (@britnidlc) July 2, 2021
Elected officials are not supposed to be stupid.
— Stuart Gibbel (@yntbe) July 2, 2021
ICE Cold Fact 💎 pic.twitter.com/ra0EZCAHep
— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) June 26, 2021
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s a stretch to seriously consider an auto correct of radical to racial
It’s one deletion and a swap. The word’s aren’t that far apart. My phone suggests both radical and racial but prefers radical.
Don’t mess with lightning. It can strike up to 10mi from storms; well before rain starts or well after it ends. Go inside at the first sign of lightning and stay for at least 30min after the last rumble of thunder or flash of lightning. Bring the #4thOfJuly fun indoors with you! pic.twitter.com/MbZ9IEivrq
— National Weather Service (@NWS) July 2, 2021
the poor cat.
re: #226 Belafon
How wide would you think the fire is.
I think another tweet said it’s a 400-meter platform. That’s the platform pictured right there next to the fire.
re: #223 Dread Pirate Ron
My entire life is a series of sudden realizations that I was a dumbshit $TIME ago. This strongly implies that I’m a dumbshit now in ways that I won’t be able to recognize until later.
re: #228 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
My entire life is a series of sudden realizations that I was a dumbshit $TIME ago. This strongly implies that I’m a dumbshit now in ways that I won’t be able to recognize until later.
The good news is, most of us start becoming less of a dumbshit as we age. Most of us. Yeah, I’m looking at you, Republicans.
Really. Ask Gaetz’s dad. 🧐 https://t.co/FfHakZEAZK
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) July 2, 2021
Where did I put my (very old) Yamaha earbuds? They still worked fine. I have seen neither jack nor earbud dangling out of my dog’s ass. I suspect my wife has hid them to keep me from staying up late to listen to music.
re: #231 Barefoot Grin
They’ll be in the last place you look.
re: #232 Dopamine Fish
Either that or at the bottom of a bag. At least that is where most sets of keys end up.
“Save?”
Mrs. Treason McCopKiller here sure has a funny way of saying “destroy”… pic.twitter.com/4cNTp5vcMW— Arch (Space Laser Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) July 2, 2021
re: #226 Belafon
How wide would you think the fire is.
Pretty damn big judging by the platform and ships throwing the ocean back onto the burning ocean.
World’s smallest dinosaur is actually a ‘weird’ prehistoric lizard, scientists say - CNNhttps://t.co/5E61HsJKyW [June 14, 2021]
琥珀から見つかった「世界最小の恐竜」、先史時代のトカゲだった 新論文 - (1/2)https://t.co/hmZ6LbamAV [2021.06.15]— Mererid Mair (@maggie_ms) June 15, 2021
It took 3.5 billion years for life to evolve into something smart enough to destroy itself.
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) July 2, 2021
US Supreme Court won’t overturn ruling against business that refused service for gay weddings. https://t.co/lar5lmQokU
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 2, 2021
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Don Jr.: Trump Org Indictment ‘No Different’ Putin Poisoning ‘Navatny’
https://t.co/g0gwKLTlDl— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) July 2, 2021
lava flow expert on twitter pic.twitter.com/ezzwzoZXEW
— darth™ (@darth) July 3, 2021
TIME IMMEMORIAL DUSTIN
— darth™ (@darth) July 3, 2021
re: #240 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n😷Trips
MAGA world’s hyperbole is worse than both world wars combined.
re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth
A “lava flow”. That just so happens to be conveniently located next to an oil platform. That’s some fine detective work there, Lou.
Glaze V Polychrome (ca. AD 1515-1650) bowl with SW 4-arm spiral “whirling log” motif from the Pecos Valley of New Mexico (Kidder 1936 Vol. 2, Fig. 187d). #ceramics
It is not a swastika. The 4-arm spiral occurs in many cultures in the Americas. pic.twitter.com/5ccALEZohB— James Green (@J_Green_505) July 3, 2021
Injured Italian player suddenly recovers when Italy scores #Euro2021 pic.twitter.com/E6b2O9EUET
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) July 2, 2021
re: #229 Dopamine Fish
Doesn’t apply to me at all. It’s a qualitative difference, not a quantitative one. I don’t get any less stupid, I just get stupid in new and different ways.
re: #239 Backwoods_Sleuth
And I noticed that the florist’s attorney in the failed appeal was one Kristen Waggoner.: of recent “trans-panic” notoriety: why am I not surprised…
re: #244 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s a traditional 4-armed blame spiral.
#MarsHelicopter’s 9th flight, expected no earlier than #FourthOfJuly, is set to push it to its limits. https://t.co/oRw1Wgyi2c
The team is aiming for Ingenuity to:
🚁 Travel ~2,041 ft (625 meters)
💨 Hit a speed of 5 m/s
⏱️ Fly for ~167 seconds
📷 Take color images of the trip pic.twitter.com/3y8YAQemwo— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) July 2, 2021
The oil field in question was developed 40 years ago and has been losing production but supposedly “doesn’t have the funding to modernize”: pic.twitter.com/JMPqMJCDao
— Leah McElrath 🏳️🌈 (@leahmcelrath) July 2, 2021
For those asking why they’re using water to put out a fire with it’s the water that’s burning, two things:
1) Pemex says nitrogen was also used.
2) The water isn’t actually burning.
My understanding is what’s happening is called the Leidenfrost Effect [https://t.co/0r2uA25w1v]: pic.twitter.com/BMiGIstmxf— Leah McElrath 🏳️🌈 (@leahmcelrath) July 2, 2021
re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth
“KMZ is among the company’s most profitable producing assets, according to Welligence Energy Analytics. Pemex reported average production costs of $10.37/boe at KMZ as of end-2019.”
en.wikipedia.org
But not a penny for maintenance.
Involuntary manslaughter (instead of felony murder), conspiracy to commit assault and battery, conspiracy to obstruct justice, housebreaking (instead of burglary), hazing and making false official statements
Final member convicted. Other three took pleas. Figure this hero will get the most severe sentence. The SEAL that actually choked him to death got 10 years for involuntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice and hazing.
Marine Raider Convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter, Hazing in Green Beret’s Death https://t.co/V7b4hnxU01
computer enhance https://t.co/QB4u5UVuwL pic.twitter.com/x8prEXybTZ
— Dell Cameron (@dellcam) July 3, 2021
re: #232 Dopamine Fish
They’ll be in the last place you look.
Thanks for making me laugh (and others). I haven’t found it, but I have found a bunch of coins, a few guitar picks, a missing car key…. I guess these things happen for a purpose.
#MeanwhileInCanada pic.twitter.com/IK8Qz8wDQN
— Meanwhile in Canada (@MeanwhileinCana) July 2, 2021
Can confirm.
re: #256 Dread Pirate Ron
Can confirm.
Cottage Country. Between them and midges you can lose a quart.
re: #258 teleskiguy
It’s 4th of July weekend. That calls for this legendary fireworks mishap in San Diego. 30 minutes worth of explosives going up all at once.
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That reminds me of a show I shot years back, with my dad. I’m in the back with the 8” mortars, my dad’s up front with the 3” guns. We also had banks of 5” and 6” guns in between. Each bank had a shooter and a loader. Well, right as it was getting to be show time, it started to rain, out of the blue. We had already loaded the field, and we didn’t want all that product getting wet, so we started firing everything as fast as was safe. Boy howdy, rural Indiana hasn’t seen a blaze of gunfire like that since William Henry Harrison fought Tecumseh on the banks of the Tippecanoe River. Round about the time we finished firing the field, the rain stopped, so we decided to continue the show as planned. However, we got a little sloppy because we were worried the rain would return. Our finale was supposed to be a series of 3” shells chain-fused together; they were supposed to be loaded carefully, each in its own tube, as cross-loading could cause problems. Wouldn’t you know it, my dad’s loader cross-loaded two tubes. He fires the fuse, and I’m standing there in the back a hundred feet away and see a shell flop out of its tube and land right at his feet. I’ve never seen my old man run so fast in my life. No damage was done and nobody was hurt, but yikes, I was sure I was going to watch my dad get blown up in real time.
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s a stretch to seriously consider an auto correct of radical to racial
Have to say that on my phone last year, when I started typing “prot”, the phone helpfully suggested “protomolecule” as the default autocomplete. So, suggestions are tied to words that it recalled that you frequently used — and “racial” is likely a very popular word in Rand’s vocabulary. But then again, so is “radical”.
re: #261 Hecuba’s daughter
Of course, the idea that you have to be a leftist radical to oppose Rand Paul is just as dumb a lie for him to tell.
re: #258 teleskiguy
I’ve gone to the beaches before to watch the fireworks, but not for 30 years or so.
Usually it’s a moderately boring affair, but that event in the video proves the exception.
TFG stands for “the former guy” but every time I see it I think “that fucking grifter.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 3, 2021
re: #264 teleskiguy
That’s gnarly.
You probably heard of this, over in Ski Town USA.
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I have not! That’s pretty epic.
I have several stories about shooting professional-grade fireworks. I was licensed for several years, shot shells both manually and electronically. (The electronic shoot was an absolute SHIT SHOW.) I always favored the heavy artillery, the satisfying *WHUMP* of the shell leaving the ground.
re: #266 Dopamine Fish
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If you happen to have about 30 minutes, there are two time-lapse videos: one of a Blue Tit mama taking over an empty bird house and building her nest and laying her eggs, over 46 days. The second one is 21 days from hatching to fledging. The interplay between the parents was so cute. And suddenly the mother flattened out over the babies and shut them up and did not appear to even breathe. Then this monstrous beak and claw (probably a crow?) pokes into the hole. Anyway, I sure did not intend to waste time watching these, and I adored them.
A Scrupulous Blue Tit Perfects Her Nest and Lays Her First Egg in a 46-Day Timelapse Recorded Inside the Roost
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re: #259 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
How to bomb yourself.
re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth
I really hope this is a prelude to further, more advanced, aerial exploration of Mars and that they will be able to deploy scientific packages to places the rover just can’t go because of terrain. Return, reload, and then deploy other instruments to other places as well.
No malarkey here. pic.twitter.com/pH3zO86yKY
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 2, 2021
re: #272 Dangerman
No Malarkey, you care to chime in?
I’m going to have a fun weekend. Cleo is scared to death of fireworks and the jackasses who live in the subdivision behind us are already firing them off. She won’t even go out to pee or poop with this happening. I can’t imagine what this is like for people with combat related ptsd. Then we have the idiots who have cars designed to backfire on purpose. What the actual fuck is this about? It started a few months ago and it’s been happening non stop since. Apparently it’s not illegal either. Wtf?
Healthcare leaders in #Missouri are frustrated with anti-vaxxers
“If you are making wildly disparaging comments about the vaccine, and have no public health expertise, you may be responsible for someone’s death,” Steve Edwards, president and CEO of CoxHealth wrote. “Shut up.”— Cleavon MD (@Cleavon_MD) July 2, 2021
re: #275 A Mom Anon
Apparently there’s a backfire and a huge cloud of smoke. From what I read it was designed to mess with pedestrians and bicyclists and environmentalists, i.e. owning the libs.
re: #277 Dread Pirate Ron
They do have public health expertise. They know how to Google and YouTube, that makes them just as qualified as a doctor who’s been in the field for years.
re: #278 plansbandc
Apparently there’s a backfire and a huge cloud of smoke. From what I read it was designed to mess with pedestrians and bicyclists and environmentalists, i.e. owning the libs.
Kinda like the guys with the diesel trucks that stand on both pedals at the same time to generate huge clouds of smoke on the road?
My FB friend was warned while trying to view my new personal FB profile. 🤦♂️ pic.twitter.com/q8XyAGr1AM
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) July 2, 2021
LOL, such a martyr.
PS, there is no such FB message when I check his page.
re: #280 Dopamine Fish
Kinda like the guys with the diesel trucks that stand on both pedals at the same time to generate huge clouds of smoke on the road?
rolling coal
Lizards calling it a night. Got a lot of yard work done this morning before the heat set in, but even after a nap, I am still beat. Picked up some more supplies up this afternoon for the R.V. project from a vendor that made the promise of curbside delivery a fucking joke. Lowes #2597, you really need to learn WTF that actually means. See you all in the morning, probably before the sun even comes up again here in the Mystical Mountain Time Zone. Off to a nice hot (yeah, I know) shower and then off to be bed. Sleep well, and may the Goddess smile down upon you and yours.
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