“The Storm” is from the new Eric Gales album, Crown, which is out now everywhere. Stream / Download the track or order the album on CD, LP or digitally at smarturl.it #ericgales #Crown
A little Stevie Ray, a little Muddy Waters…
I like it. He’s a slinger.
thread:
I am so very, very, very impressed. This is how you do it, Local News. pic.twitter.com/gMdRp7PJbD
— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) February 1, 2022
Hey junkie, the movie is gonna be about your Russian dupe fake billionaire father. pic.twitter.com/fWanlaU3A1
— EstebanTornado63 (@ETornado1963) February 2, 2022
Sweet Hillbilly Jesus. Parson named a MO state health director who wanted more people to be vaxed. The MO state Senate tonight rejected him b/c it’s overrun w/anti-vaxxers. Now Parson praises the guy’s “Christian values”. Nothing about needing vaccines in a pandemic. MO Idiocracy https://t.co/j1AUaR2mib
— Charles Jaco (@charlesjaco1) February 2, 2022
Take stock. Today’s Republican Party doesn’t want a black woman on the Supreme Court, a black author’s book in your library, or a black voter at your polling place. They have become an anti-black party. https://t.co/4yihlKv98v
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) February 1, 2022
I just came from Walmart, it was the same. And all the vegetables and meat was gone. https://t.co/BzGMXkqjnR
— Shell_Seas (@LivingBlueTX) February 2, 2022
At some point people need to understand it’s hurting them to vote Republican.
Always pack tropical clothes https://t.co/iTj1r706Sr pic.twitter.com/zvvUIGFkyN
— Mexican Judge (@laloalcaraz) February 2, 2022
.@BetoORourke breaks down what he would’ve done if he was governor during the #AbbottBlackout: pic.twitter.com/Y6cICr2QD3
— Texas Signal (@TexasSignal) February 1, 2022
The story behind one of the most dramatic photographs of World War II, taken by US Army Major Clarence Benjamin near Farsleben, Germany on April 13, 1945.
The True Story of The Holocaust Train Rescued From The Heart of Darkness - Friday, April 13th, 1945
These 2500 wretched people, starved, beaten, ill, some dying, were political prisoners who had until a few days before been held at concentration camp near Hanover. When the Allied armies smashed through beyond the Rhine and began slicing into central Germany, the tragic 2500 had been loaded into old railroad cars-as many as 68 in one filthy boxcar-and brought in a torturous journey to this railroad siding by the Elbe. They were to be taken still deeper into Germany beyond the Elbe when German trainmen got into an argument about the route and the cars had been shunted onto the siding. Here the tide of the Ninth Army’s rush had found them.
Looks like the major snowstorm is fizzling out for us in the Chicagoland area. We may get up to 7 inches — substantial but nothing out of the ordinary.
“54% of American adults between the ages of 16-74 read below a 6th grade level. So that means we have an epidemic of illiteracy,” professor Brittney Cooper reacts to book banning. “If you make people ignorant, then it becomes much easier to control them.”https://t.co/XE5ExkYK27
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 1, 2022
The price of bigotry:
Low Literacy Levels Among U.S. Adults Could Be Costing The Economy $2.2 Trillion A Yearhttps://t.co/SuwWAw9mDl
— Robert Arthur (@jaunte) February 2, 2022
re: #7 jaunte
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At some point people need to understand it’s hurting them to vote Republican.
You’d think so. But post #4 makes me feel that large swathes of this country is beyond hope.
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Marissa catching a coachwhip in a kitchen, which is about as fun as it sounds 🤣 pic.twitter.com/T0sx7BOLuA
— Bryan D. Hughes (@rattlesnakeguy) February 2, 2022
re: #10 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
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Longer version of the story than I’ve seen before. Thank you for posting it.
re: #14 RinaX
You’d think so. But post #4 makes me feel that large swathes of this country is beyond hope.
They are — and several educated affluent Republicans of my acquaintance are intellectual twins of those legislators and “chose to believe baseless rumors and outright lies on social media rather than the facts in front of them” as well as the same misinformation spread through cable “unnews” networks regarding the pandemic, treatment, and vaccines.
re: #16 I Would Prefer Not To
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Not true. We read more using the computer than we did before computers or cell phones. Books are now just a option
— john (@peacenicjohnny) February 1, 2022
re: #18 Hecuba’s daughter
I worked in a very Republican area and had coworkers who were very intelligent but got their information from Fox and who denied facts when they were presented. A very distressing situation.
One of them kept repeating that covid was no worse than the flu, even after several of his neighbors died of Covid.
I’m stunned that so many smart folks have been so easily mislead.
I read at a 6th grade level in 3rd grade, by 6th grade I was reading at a 12th grade level.
re: #24 sagehen
That’s why you’re a liberal.
That and growing up in the 60’s next to the city of Berkeley.
Context and nuance are also just options. Spelling and punctuation are free form any anyone who says otherwise is a Grammer Nazzi.
We read bullet points and meme captions.
re: #21 A Cranky One
I worked in a very Republican area and had coworkers who were very intelligent but got their information from Fox and who denied facts when they were presented. A very distressing situation.
One of them kept repeating that covid was no worse than the flu, even after several of his neighbors died of Covid.
I’m stunned that so many smart folks have been so easily mislead.
Anyone can be brainwashed — you are conditioned to believe a set of “facts” and reject any information that contradicts your beliefs or you filter the information in a way that conforms to your truths. Being brilliant in a technical area says nothing about understanding human relationships or history or reality. A person can also be inherently racist or a religious fundamentalist and seek out news sources that support those convictions.
When someone tells me that Biden received only 70 million votes, he truly believes that the additional 11 million votes were cast by illegals or somehow manufactured by some technical voodoo. They mock me for believing that Biden was capable of receiving 81 million votes. How can one ever awaken someone who believes that Trump is a wealthy successful businessman who tells the truth?
re: #27 Hecuba’s daughter
When someone tells me that Biden received only 70 million votes, he truly believes that the additional 11 million votes were cast by illegals or somehow manufactured by some technical voodoo. They mock me for believing that Biden was capable of receiving 81 million votes. How can one ever awaken someone who believes that Trump is a wealthy successful businessman who tells the truth?
I had that very issue with my (now ex-) girlfriend who has a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Beijing. She really went down the rabbit hole around the end of 2020.
#SimonCowell ‘lucky to be alive’ after another #ebike accident without helmet!
He was rushed to the hospital.https://t.co/RlhhdfDgPE— Euro Weekly News (@euroweeklynews) February 2, 2022
He did it again.
I pumped up my tire and sealant was coming out of the valve stem hole in the rim and the spoke holes so I gave up. I went back to see if it was fully flat and there is still good pressure in the tire. Maybe that sealant does work, it just takes time to seal and a lot of air pumped in until it does. That makes CO2 cartridges useless.
re: #30 Dread Pirate Ron
I pumped up my tire and sealant was coming out of the valve stem hole in the rim and the spoke holes so I gave up. I went back to see if it was fully flat and there is still good pressure in the tire. Maybe that sealant does work, it just takes time to seal and a lot of air pumped in until it does. That makes CO2 cartridges useless.
the bespoke spoke holes?
re: #27 Hecuba’s daughter
The people who cannot believe that Clownstick lost legitimately rely on 2 things to come to that ridiculous conclusion.
“Biden hid in his basement. Trump had millions of people going to rallies.” - So what? Most people don’t treat politicians like rock stars or the messiah. This means nothing. The vast majority of people voting for Biden wanted to “Make America Normal Again”. The average Joe has way too much shit to do other than be a Deadhead for a con artist.
The other thing is that they completely willfully ignore the fact that it was obvious to anyone not wearing a MAGA hat that Clownstick completely botched the pandemic response in a display of spectacular incompetence bordering on malice. It was tremendous. It was incompetence like you’ve never seen before. “Nobody botches a Pandemic like I do.”
He had an approval rating just slightly above syphilis in 2020, yet they can’t figure out why he lost. I can’t figure out why did as well as he did other than…
There’s also data points I’ve observed over the past year or so leading me to be of the opinion, that Trump actually lost by a larger margin than reported and there were other shenanigans in play we haven’t publicly discovered yet. When they tried to do more AZ style audits in other states, Republican officials were oddly in lock step saying “icks-nay on the udit-aay”. But I can’t prove it. It’s just a feeling backed up by some, but not nearly enough data.
re: #32 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
He knew he should have won because the fix was in, but Democrats voted in massive numbers.
re: #33 Dread Pirate Ron
He knew he should have won because the fix was in, but Democrats voted in massive numbers.
There were multiple fixes in. Layers upon layers. Defense in depth, and it still failed spectacularly. The Clown Show should be a case study in complete incompetence for centuries.
re: #32 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
Write-in and absentee ballot rarely make a difference unless it is a neck-and-neck race as they are generally relatively small in number and fairly evenly distributed between the candidates.
But in 2020 there was a much bigger share of write-in votes, especially among Democrats who had enough sense to take the opportunity to avoid crowded polling places. But since since Trump had told his people that write-in votes were a scam and not to fear Covid, the write-in and absentee ballots tended to skew heavily Democratic.
Trump knew that and tailored his messaging around how “we were leading on Election Day, then suddenly all these Biden votes started appearing in the middle of the night!”, reinforcing his message that write-in votes could not be trusted.
re: #6 jaunte
Very disappointed that there are no lawsuits about the book banning and dictates as to what teachers can say about race and civil rights in the classrooms. So everyone is just going along with Republican’s push towards fascism? Sigh.
re: #6 jaunte
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That’s the excuse. Not the reason.
you could wait and see.
Almost none if these books would draw actual complaints from the readers
Sometimes Identity politics can trip up even those most affected by it, & one of the more effective methods of racists is to pit out groups against each other.
It’s all racism all the way down. Sometimes racism is over religion, sometimes it’s over ethnicity, or national origin, sometimes it’s all of the above. It’s about your tribe uber alles & remains today’s last bastion of tribal feudalism.
More on the Whoopi Goldberg suspension at NYT
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many of these are the same folks who think they’re getting vaxxed once they’re in the hospital dying, or who refuse to believe they have covid as they’re about to get vented. don’t imagine for one moment that getting fucked over by the people they elect will shift their reality any.
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The Nasdaq futures market is up a couple of hundred points this morning. Why this is bad news for Joe Biden./ finance.yahoo.com
re: #46 No Malarkey!
The Nasdaq futures market is up a couple of hundred points this morning. Why this is bad news for Joe Biden./ finance.yahoo.com
I remember when there was a budget surplus under Clinton and Rush Limbaugh was on explaining how it is immoral for the greedy government to take more money from us than it needs to operate…
re: #41 Dopamine Fish
Me, too.
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i was a little self conscious about the helmet when I bought a bike years ago. after all, i never wore a helmet as a kid or a college student when biking around. then while taking a short cut up a hill, the front wheel reared up and I went heels over head down the hill, striking my head several times. because I was wearing the helmet, I got up after a moment and laughed about it. The thing that most impressed itself on me was I could hear the ground scraping by through the helmet as I was somersaulting down the hill. I don’t know that I would have fractured my skull without it, but I did get up feeling like that was a good decision for the day.
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re: #47 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I remember when there was a budget surplus under Clinton and Rush Limbaugh was on explaining how it is immoral for the greedy government to take more money from us than it needs to operate…
There is no news that can’t be spun as being bad news for Democrats is an iron rule of reporting.
Those who would hasten a return to “normal” at this moment should be honest that what they are urging is the normalization of an extraordinary level of preventable illness and death.
— Joshua Salomon (@SalomonJA) February 1, 2022
And there is a direct relationship between this and our level of gun deaths:
Omicron: The U.S. has a far higher Covid death rate than other rich nations. 2 years into the pandemic, The U.S. has yet to rein-in the soaring death rate, a sobering fact to bear as the country charts its way through the next pandemic phase https://t.co/4TeSfgxNJn
— delthia ricks 🔬 (@DelthiaRicks) February 2, 2022
re: #23 Dread Pirate Ron
I read at a 6th grade level in 3rd grade, by 6th grade I was reading at a 12th grade level.
around here we read at sea level
re: #53 Belafon
And there is a direct relationship between this and our level of gun deaths:
No amount of wealth can counteract that much stupid.
Good Morning. *Yawn*. Huffpo has a story on how the Texas Butterfly venter had to close after false accusations from insane Republicans. Maybe the earliest in the morning I ever posted a Page lol. littlegreenfootballs.com
re: #55 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
No amount of wealth can counteract that much stupid.
do the math:
way more than half the people in this country believe they have above average intelligence
re: #57 Dangerman
do the math:
way more than half the people in this country believe they have above average intelligence
Like the children of Lake Wobegon
Over the weekend, Trump vowed to pardon his supporters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a failed attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election.Graham called that “inappropriate.”
And just like that, Trump turned on Graham, who has been one of his most subservient followers in the Senate.
“Lindsey Graham is wrong,” Trump said in an interview on Tuesday with right-wing media. “I mean, Lindsey is a nice guy, but he’s a RINO. Lindsey’s wrong.”
Trump insisted that his followers who attacked the Capitol “are not guilty” and said Graham “doesn’t know what the hell he is talking about.”
that’s how fast the guy knifes you
meanwhile mitch made the same remark a day or so ago
but he was never a trump suck up
so tfg didnt go after him the same way
re: #56 Rightwingconspirator
Good Morning. *Yawn*. Huffpo has a story on how the Texas Butterfly venter had to close after false accusations from insane Republicans. Maybe the earliest in the morning I ever posted a Page lol. littlegreenfootballs.com
The stupid will kill us all some day if we let it.
Give me an estimate of the population attributable fraction of deaths explained by covid among the unvaccinated vs covid among the obese, and both. Show the math. I won’t hold my breath
— Bill Hanage (@BillHanage) February 2, 2022
re: #56 Rightwingconspirator
Yay!! The Rightwing win again. This country is sliding straight into fascism. Rightwingers threaten violence and get what they want again and again. I’m literally expecting massacres during the next election. Not even joking about that. Rightwingers are seeing in real time that violence and threats of violence work.
re: #57 Dangerman
do the math:
way more than half the people in this country believe they have above average intelligence
and they are getting dumber…
A lot of times people ask me whether the partisan effects of covid deaths will have an effect on politics. The answer is that, except maybe in some otherwise close local race, no. https://t.co/inEg3ixmFr
— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 2, 2022
re: #63 Patricia Kayden
Yay!! The Rightwing win again. This country is sliding straight into fascism. Rightwingers threaten violence and get what they want again and again. I’m literally expecting massacres during the next election. Not even joking about that. Rightwingers are seeing in real time that violence and threats of violence work.
And any attempts to counter it are branded “Left-wing fascism”. So it is a win-win for these bastards.
And yes, there will be politically-driven bloodshed before this is all over.
re: #63 Patricia Kayden
Yay!! The Rightwing win again. This country is sliding straight into fascism. Rightwingers threaten violence and get what they want again and again. I’m literally expecting massacres during the next election. Not even joking about that. Rightwingers are seeing in real time that violence and threats of violence work.
< shrug > They’ll be surprised by more than a few of us, much as the south was surprised at how well the non-martial north fought.
When a convoy of vehicles led by a dump truck tried to drive through Marika Morris’s downtown Ottawa neighbourhood, she and a few others decided to stand on the road and block their path. Here’s why. #OttNews https://t.co/ikOYZNKe1R pic.twitter.com/vfcLaLEf5Z
— CBC Ottawa (@CBCOttawa) February 1, 2022
I don’t think this convoy supporter eggspected such hostility.#cdnpoli #antivaxxers #Ottawa pic.twitter.com/TNNWc5sf4t
— Caryma Sa’d - Lawyer + Political Commentator (@CarymaRules) February 1, 2022
Go get ‘em, ladies!
re: #68 William Lewis
< shrug > They’ll be surprised by more than a few of us, much as the south was surprised at how well the non-martial north fought.
They also assume that liberals are all unarmed except for the criminal element.
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re: #68 William Lewis
I think you’re missing my point. In a functioning democracy, worrying about violence at the polls shouldn’t be an issue. We should be horrified at how deftly the Right has used violence to push their agenda. Increasingly, this country is moving in a scary direction on too many levels.
I guess I naively thought that after what happened on January 6th, Rightwingers would change tactics but it appears that they’re now all in on using domestic terrorism to get what they want.
re: #70 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They also assume that liberals are all unarmed except for the criminal element.
See my post yesterday…
re: #69 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Good on those women for standing up. But it’s infuriating that the police aren’t enforcing the law against what really is an illegal protest. Sigh.
So it appears Forsyth County GA has decided to pull a bunch of books in their libraries and move some of the titles to high school libraries. Most of the books are LGBTQ authors and stories, but Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye is one of the ones moved to upper grades. I’m listening to local radio and hearing all this, not sure if it’s made it into other outlets.
Forsyth County GA is famous for driving out every black resident after two white women were supposedly raped and one murdered by black men in two separate incidents back in 1912. It remained an only white county for decades. It’s not the only one but one of the first. Black families were terrorized by the Night Riders until they finally all left, usually after having their homes destroyed and the land stolen from them. So even teaching the history of their own county is problematic for them.
One issue is that quite often, school boards are often not filled with educators, they are often people with no degrees in education. One example, in Forsyth county even,is district one BOE member Wes McCall, he has a degree in”Christian leadership” and another in public administration. Many of these folks have degrees in business, it’s rare to find one with an actual history of teaching or even working in a a school. That’s a big problem IMO.
You all aren’t even trying to hide the fact that the only reason for easily debunked tweets like this is to create outrage on both sides.
The man held a press conference today from his house. I mean come on.— 🇺🇸 John *Kill the Filibuster NOW* Wright (@TheWrightJohn) February 1, 2022
re: #75 A Mom Anon
One issue is that quite often, school boards are often not filled with educators, they are often people with no degrees in education. One example, in Forsyth county even,is district one BOE member Wes McCall, he has a degree in”Christian leadership” and another in public administration. Many of these folks have degrees in business, it’s rare to find one with an actual history of teaching or even working in a a school. That’s a big problem IMO.
After Reagan courted Fundamental Christians in 1980 and then threw them under the bus as soon as Nancy’s White House Astrologer advised them the stars were fortuitous, the Christian Right has been working no not get burned again: they have insinuated their people into all nooks and crannies of public life, the courts, civic administration, public health, the military, politics and education.
And the latter is where they have been the most successful in implementing their agenda. “Banning” CRT from schools all over the States was one of their crowning achievements.
Morning Lizards. Another Space X launch this morning.
Falcon 9 vertical on the pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of launch of NROL-87 → https://t.co/bJFjLCzWdK pic.twitter.com/j544k8PTeH
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 2, 2022
ALERT: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman sues Donald Trump, Giuliani alleging “Defendants and their conspirators engaged in a concerted effort to falsely portray Lt. Col. Vindman as disloyal to the United States, as a spy for a foreign country, and as a politically motivated saboteur” pic.twitter.com/gcmySYk8LF
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) February 2, 2022
re: #19 Hecuba’s daughter
Like players before, it took me 5 instead of 3 because I didn’t have the right first letter!
Had that issue twice this week now. Got the last four and then have to go through every possible first letter arrgh
Want to throw a monkey wrench in confirmations?
Sen. Ben Ray Luján has stroke, and it affects the majority calculations for the Senate Democrats.
This is a huge concern, as the Senate is 50/50. With Luján sidelined, Democrats have a 49/50 disadvantage.
re: #81 lawhawk
Want to throw a monkey wrench in confirmations?
Sen. Ben Ray Luján has stroke, and it affects the majority calculations for the Senate Democrats.
This is a huge concern, as the Senate is 50/50. With Luján sidelined, Democrats have a 49/50 disadvantage.
god we are so fucked…
re: #49 steve_davis
i was a little self conscious about the helmet when I bought a bike years ago. after all, i never wore a helmet as a kid or a college student when biking around. then while taking a short cut up a hill, the front wheel reared up and I went heels over head down the hill, striking my head several times. because I was wearing the helmet, I got up after a moment and laughed about it. The thing that most impressed itself on me was I could hear the ground scraping by through the helmet as I was somersaulting down the hill. I don’t know that I would have fractured my skull without it, but I did get up feeling like that was a good decision for the day.
I want to point out that even something that seems unlikely to cause an accident, such as cruising on a flat paved bike path with no traffic, you need a helmet. A 70-ish relative was riding with grandkids, had some sort of episode where he passed out while riding, hit his head on the ground and died a couple of days later in hospital.
re: #81 lawhawk
Want to throw a monkey wrench in confirmations?
Sen. Ben Ray Luján has stroke, and it affects the majority calculations for the Senate Democrats.
This is a huge concern, as the Senate is 50/50. With Luján sidelined, Democrats have a 49/50 disadvantage.
Well the Dems do still retain control of the Senate (on paper) so they can stall any votes on SCOTUS confirmation until he is well enough to return. I hope.
Justice Neil Gorsuch is speaking this weekend to the conservative legal group that boosted his Supreme Court candidacy, in a session at a Florida resort that is closed to news coverage,” the AP reports.
No worries, right?
re: #78 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Morning Lizards. Another Space X launch this morning.
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re: #85 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
It’s hoped that he’ll make a full recovery, but this may delay things for a significant period of time.
It also means that GOP signaling that they’ll oppose an African American woman on the Court is going to block Biden’s move.
Does Biden call their bluff and name someone now, and let the process move forward but at a slower pace? I honestly don’t know.
But having a razor thin margin means Democrats are hamstrung on their entire legislative agenda. All of it. BBB. Voting rights. All of it.
This is something I had not heard about…
We’ve all heard about the Canadian truckers who have swarmed Ottawa and caused all sorts of problems.
What we’ve not heard about is the blockade at the US/Canadian border at Coutts, Alberta. I haven’t been able to find anything since late morning yesterday.
Freedom Convoy: Blockade at Alberta border crossing ‘unlawful’
Tensions are rising at one of the US-Canada border’s busiest ports of entry over a vehicle blockade that has halted traffic and disrupted services.
The demonstration is tied to the ongoing nationwide “Freedom Convoy” protests over Canada’s new restrictions on unvaccinated cross-border truckers.
Some motorists and local residents have reportedly been stuck in standstill since the protest began on Saturday.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Alberta said the event was “unlawful”.
They said “extensive efforts” to negotiate with protest organisers had failed and the force has tapped “additional resources” to make arrests or tow trucks if needed.
“While we thought we had a path to resolve this, the protesters chose not to comply,” a statement said.
There appears to be a sub-issue where some of the drivers of South Asian extraction have grievances not related to vaccines and “freedom.”
It’s quite the mess, it’s unsure what’s going on, but worth keeping an eye on.
Let me get something straight. Brian Flores claims John Elway of Broncos was drunk at Flores’ 2019 interview with the team.
2019 was prepandemic, so what the hell was Elway doing taking ivermectin as he claims? Just admit he was drunk and accept the liability.— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) February 2, 2022
Side effects of ivermectin? They include dizziness, incoherence, confusion, change in mental status, balance problems, trouble walking.
So again, why was Elway taking a drug that didn’t become known the world over as a bogus covid treatment before the pandemic even began?— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) February 2, 2022
I have legit questions here. Was he taking ivermectin because of a parasitic infection, or was he taking it because he thought the meeting occurred during the pandemic? The meeting occurred pre-pandemic, so taking ivermectin isn’t a common thing for someone living in the US.
re: #89 mmmirele
Right wingers are supporting blocking highways - a thing they hate when persons of color block roads to protest deaths at hands of cops.
Right wingers supporting blocking highways in violation of police directives, when they insist people must comply with cops. https://t.co/Q1rk4bUKPu— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) February 2, 2022
re: #85 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Well the Dems do still retain control of the Senate (on paper) so they can stall any votes on SCOTUS confirmation until he is well enough to return. I hope.
Or replaced, if his seat becomes vacant. NM has a Democratic Governor.
re: #62 Belafon
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— Bill Hanage (@BillHanage) February 2, 2022
this fits in with the discussion upthread about otherwise intelligent people, etc
and we’ve discussed this before
someone makes a claim
it’s (most of the time) not totally unreasonable (a foot has 13 inches)
so other people buy into it - because it’s not totally outlandish and no one wants to do the real work of checking (actual research)
the ‘prove it’ crowd is met with crickets.
because the claimers cant prove it
because it’s all nonsense
ie - point to those 11 million votes - no - dont deflect or elide or claim conspiracy
they can’t prove any of it
but it ‘sells’
it’s bumper sticker concise and easy
‘proof’ is too much work.
flat earthers have not gone away, faked moon landing, 9/11 truthers, astrology, all manner of woo, on and on.
they’re gullible, they want to believe
it’s easier to just accept than to do the ‘work’
work that might force you to reevaluate your skill at reasoning
and your world view
re: #93 No Malarkey!
Or replaced, if his seat becomes vacant. NM has a Democratic Governor.
Who also has a Lujan in her name.
re: #89 mmmirele
This is something I had not heard about…
We’ve all heard about the Canadian truckers who have swarmed Ottawa and caused all sorts of problems.
What we’ve not heard about is the blockade at the US/Canadian border at Coutts, Alberta. I haven’t been able to find anything since late morning yesterday.
There appears to be a sub-issue where some of the drivers of South Asian extraction have grievances not related to vaccines and “freedom.”
It’s quite the mess, it’s unsure what’s going on, but worth keeping an eye on.
Yeah, it’s a mess. The Ottawa PD tried negotiating with the protesters with the usual results. Kenny really needs to have the RCMP drop the hammer on these clowns, but is afraid of doing so because of threats of violence if he does.
re: #95 wrenchwench
Who also has a Lujan in her name.
I would also point out that there is a good chance one or two GOP Senators will vote for Biden’s nominee. Collins, Graham and Romney. Maybe not Murkowski, because she has a GOP primary and Trump is already gunning for her, though I guess she could run as a write-in again.
re: #89 mmmirele
This is something I had not heard about…
We’ve all heard about the Canadian truckers who have swarmed Ottawa and caused all sorts of problems.
What we’ve not heard about is the blockade at the US/Canadian border at Coutts, Alberta. I haven’t been able to find anything since late morning yesterday.
There appears to be a sub-issue where some of the drivers of South Asian extraction have grievances not related to vaccines and “freedom.”
It’s quite the mess, it’s unsure what’s going on, but worth keeping an eye on.
The Canadians have an app for that:
re: #88 lawhawk
It’s hoped that he’ll make a full recovery, but this may delay things for a significant period of time.
It also means that GOP signaling that they’ll oppose an African American woman on the Court is going to block Biden’s move.
Does Biden call their bluff and name someone now, and let the process move forward but at a slower pace? I honestly don’t know.
But having a razor thin margin means Democrats are hamstrung on their entire legislative agenda. All of it. BBB. Voting rights. All of it.
Well if he’s still deemed to be mentally competent , I don’t see why he can’t attend and vote remotely as have other members who were out due to Covid exposure/infection. As for the other bills, well I am still a firm believer in taking those two idiots out back to the “wood shed” for a heart felt one on one.
re: #98 No Malarkey!
I would also point out that there is a good chance one or two GOP Senators will vote for Biden’s nominee. Collins, Graham and Romney. Maybe not Murkowski, because she has a GOP primary and Trump is already gunning for her, though I guess she could run as a write-in again.
Crazy optimist.
re: #79 No Malarkey!
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re: #102 Patricia Kayden
Tweet has been deleted. 🤔
ALERT: Lt. Col Alexander Vidman sues Donald Trump’s son, Giuliani others in civil suit, alleging “coordinated attacks on Lt. Col. Vindman rendered it impossible for him to continue to perform any role”
(Pulled down initial thread due to *very* salient omission of word son/Jr) pic.twitter.com/MIowbAcpja— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) February 2, 2022
re: #83 BlueSpotinAL
I want to point out that even something that seems unlikely to cause an accident, such as cruising on a flat paved bike path with no traffic, you need a helmet. A 70-ish relative was riding with grandkids, had some sort of episode where he passed out while riding, hit his head on the ground and died a couple of days later in hospital.
Thank karma that in 40 years of motorcycling i never had to test how well my helmet worked
re: #98 No Malarkey!
I would also point out that there is a good chance one or two GOP Senators will vote for Biden’s nominee. Collins, Graham and Romney. Maybe not Murkowski, because she has a GOP primary and Trump is already gunning for her, though I guess she could run as a write-in again.
What I’ve heard is that confirmation hearings for SC justice won’t happen for at least two months, and the senator will be back in about one month.
So it looks like citizens of Ottawa armed with eggs are doing more to disrupt the Canada goose convoy them the local police force. Well played, well played.
— Jerry DeQuetteville (@jdeq) February 1, 2022
re: #100 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Well if he’s still deemed to be mentally competent , I don’t see why he can’t attend and vote remotely as have other members who were out due to Covid exposure/infection. As for the other bills, well I am still a firm believer in taking those two idiots out back to the “wood shed” for a heart felt one on one.
The Senate doesn’t allow remote voting.
re: #101 wrenchwench
Crazy optimist.
Not necessarily. Biden is replacing a Liberal justice, so the court stays 6-3 no matter what. Hence, there’s little for one or two Republicans (especially Republicans like Susan Collins) to lose by voting for the nominee.
re: #107 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
The Senate doesn’t allow remote voting.
Thanks. I thought, like the House, they did because of Covid.
Good morning from New York.
It’s Groundhog Day… again, which means proceedings in yet another federal trial against Michael Avenatti.
Closing arguments are expected to start this morning in the Stormy Daniels case.
Follow along here, @lawcrimenews— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) February 2, 2022
North Korea has inside scoop on the name selection process!
Rejected names included “Washington Fugitive Slave Hunters,” “Washington War Criminals,” and “Strategically Acceptable Losses.”
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) February 2, 2022
re: #107 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
The Senate doesn’t allow remote voting.
Committees can vote by proxy
Floor votes must be in person
Pete Wilson was trucked in once
And I think back in 64 wrt the civil rights vote someone was too
re: #111 Ming5000
North Korea has inside scoop on the name selection process!
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re: #109 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Thanks. I thought, like the House, they did because of Covid.
That would make sense, therefore repugs will be dead set against it.
Details about the stroke:
U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico is expected to make a full recovery after suffering a stroke and being hospitalized last week, when he began to experience dizziness and fatigue, according to his chief of staff.
The 49-year-old Democrat checked himself into a hospital in Santa Fe on Thursday. His chief of staff, Carlos Sanchez, said the senator was then transferred to a hospital in Albuquerque for further evaluation.
“Senator Luján was found to have suffered a stroke in the cerebellum, affecting his balance,” the statement released Tuesday said. “As part of his treatment plan, he subsequently underwent decompressive surgery to ease swelling.”
A decompressive craniectomy temporarily removes a piece of the skull to allow a swelling brain room to expand.
His office added that Luján is still in the hospital but is expected to make a full recovery.
re: #115 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
That would make sense, therefore repugs will be dead set against it.
They were against it in the House.
Ok, sure. pic.twitter.com/smMovhHER3
— Schooley (@Rschooley) February 1, 2022
I made a No-Foam, Half-Vanilla Latte for a guy yesterday. I asked for his name to write it on the cup. He said, ‘Glen’. I said, ‘one n or two?’ He said, ‘Two. The second one is silent.’
re: #88 lawhawk
They say it was a minor stroke, they performed surgery to relieve the pressure on his brain. They got to it fast, which is the important thing with strokes. He’ll likely be out for three or four weeks before returning for votes on major issues, but it’s a wake up call for how fragile a 50-50 majority is.
re: #121 darthstar
They say it was a minor stroke, they performed surgery to relieve the pressure on his brain. They got to it fast, which is the important thing with strokes. He’ll likely be out for three or four weeks before returning for votes on major issues, but it’s a wake up call for how fragile a 50-50 majority is.
Though I think anyone who wasn’t doing the “How have Democrats failed me now” dance knew it was a fragile majority.
re: #122 Belafon
Is, not was. And NM’s governor is a Democrat. If this was Sinema or Manchin it would be a true danger to the majority.
re: #94 Dangerman
Former Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV), who is running for Nevada governor, told the Las Vegas Review Journal that most Nevadans think Joe Biden is an illegitimate president and that he agrees with them.
His campaign later clarified that he meant to say most Republicans in the state think Biden is an illegitimate president.
But Heller wouldn’t say what he discussed when he met with Donald Trump a few weeks ago: “That’s personal. I don’t kiss and tell when it comes to Trump.”
Like i said, Its gospel now. There’s no shifting it.
However
Read that last sentence…here’s your headline
Romance brewing? Heller admits to Liplocking with Trump
re: #123 darthstar
Is, not was. And NM’s governor is a Democrat. If this was Sinema or Manchin it would be a true danger to the majority.
If the governor gets the chance to appoint (not this time, I think) she should pick the guy who decided not to run against her for governor: AG Hector Balderas.
We’ve been watching 1883 on our Starz channel through Prime. We watch everything these days with captions turned on, and because the scenario is a wagon train of Germans and Slavs heading for Oregon the captions are often [background German and Slav voices], [man speaking German] and similar. I was tickled, when during a bandit attack, the caption read [screaming in Slav and German].
Oh, and happy groundhog day to those who celebrate.
Oh, and happy groundhog day to those who celebrate.
Oh, and happy groundhog day to those who celebrate.
re: #124 Dangerman
I think he meant to say:
“That’s personal. I don’t kiss ass and tell when it comes to Trump.”
re: #128 darthstar
Oh, and happy groundhog day to those who celebrate.
Still a great movie, and if your kids or grandkids or great grandkids haven’t seen it, show it to them.
re: #126 darthstar
Throwback to the 80s…
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Well technically just Milli.
Vanilla Ice to follow suit.
re: #126 darthstar
Throwback to the 80s…
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If Milli Vanilli fell in the woods, would someone else make a sound?
re: #136 darthstar
Oh, I didn’t know we lost Vanilli.
At least we still have Kareem, Abdul, and Jabbar.
re: #98 No Malarkey!
Who also has a Lujan in her name.
I have been told there is no relation and that Lujan is a very common surname among Hispanics in New Mexico. She is a Democrat though.
re: #124 Dangerman
His campaign later clarified that he meant to say most Republicans in the state think Biden is an illegitimate president.
No, he didn’t. He made it very obvious he doesn’t think of Democrats as legitimate people.
re: #136 darthstar
Oh, I didn’t know we lost Vanilli.
Yes: Rob Pilatus, one half of the duo, died (“accidental overdose”) in 1998.
And yes, they’re sure it was him.
re: #136 darthstar
Oh, I didn’t know we lost Vanilli.
Milli Vanilli consisted of Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan. Pilatus died on April 3, 1998 from a drug overdose at the age of 32. Milli Vanilli was due to start a tour only days later.
When I got up this morning, it was 57. As I walked out of the house, it was 55. On my way to work, I hit heavy wind and my car immediately dropped 3 degrees, to 52. Ten minutes later, it was 48. Now it’s 43.
re: #141 Eclectic Cyborg
His campaign later clarified that he meant to say most Republicans in the state think Biden is an illegitimate president.
No, he didn’t. He made it very obvious he doesn’t think of Democrats as legitimate people.
Wasn’t Nevada one of the states that recounted/audited the 2020 vote, and found little/no change in the final results?
re: #143 Eclectic Cyborg
Milli Vanilli consisted of Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan. Pilatus died on April 3, 1998 from a drug overdose at the age of 32. Milli Vanilli was due to start a tour only days later.
GURL U KNO ITZ TROO
re: #29 Dread Pirate Ron
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He did it again.
At least it’s not contagious nor likely to harm others. But it can be fatal. Years prior to our meeting and before bike helmets were around, my late husband almost died in a serious accident from a head injury. Once helmets were available, he wore them religiously.
I just got specifically spammed by the Washington Commanders football team on twitter, and it’s very strange.
re: #105 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
What I’ve heard is that confirmation hearings for SC justice won’t happen for at least two months, and the senator will be back in about one month.
I feel better, but we are still fucked with that narrow a majority
we’re celebrating here.
today is our anniversary.
it was 2AM, saturday, groundhog day in 2008
the future mrsdm and I re-met for the first time since 1980
2AM because her plane was agonizingly late
we had been phone / email corresponding for about 3 1/2 months
i proposed to her in Islamorada the next day, totally unplanned.
i just new i’d never let her get away again.
we then started on an interesting and challenging year and a bit of long distance romance between sofla and new jersey
we had our first married kiss at noon on 6/9/09
re: #151 Dangerman
That’s so wonderful! This year will be 14 years. I proposed in the evening on January 7, ‘08 - one of the coldest nights of the year; and I had planned on us walking across the lake in the snow to one of our favorite spots. Too bad Mrs. Fish’s fancy heels didn’t account for that! So instead, I proposed on the dock looking out across the lake, in the snow and the cold.
re: #145 Jay C
Wasn’t Nevada one of the states that recounted/audited the 2020 vote, and found little/no change in the final results?
meanwhile
“Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) has referred just 27 potential instances of illegal votes cast in the 2020 presidential election to state and local prosecutors for investigation, an indication of what he called a secure election two years ago,” The Hill reports.
27
potential
re: #126 darthstar
Throwback to the 80s…
I read that one of the members of Milli Vanilli was so distraught after the scandal broke that he tried to commit suicide by jumping out a window but gave it away by phoning the studio and asking them to send someone over to scream for him while he fell…
re: #50 Colère Tueur de Lapin
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re: #63 Patricia Kayden
Yay!! The Rightwing win again. This country is sliding straight into fascism. Rightwingers threaten violence and get what they want again and again. I’m literally expecting massacres during the next election. Not even joking about that. Rightwingers are seeing in real time that violence and threats of violence work.
Our electoral system is not constructed to be robust enough to face the challenge of holding free and fair elections when one of the major parties is openly and actively ready to ignore the outcome of any election that is not in its interest. Christ, we had a President ready to use the military to seize voting machines that held results that did not favor him.
We based our system on good faith and good will and only a minimum of mutual oversight. It served us well for centuries. But I fear that it will not be enough to guarantee an outcome this year or in 2024 without further guarantees, safeguards, oversight, checks and balances.
re: #58 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Like the children of Lake Wobegon
Do they actually recalibrate the score annually to reflect the current performance or is there a set score based on analysis from many years earlier? If it’s the latter, then it’s certainly possible that more than half the population has an IQ above 100.
Zucker is out at CNN.
Good riddance.
I feel like Jeff Zucker has done an objectively terrible job of running CNN. Its ratings are in the toilet. And I have no idea who they view as their target audience, or even if it has occurred to them to target a particular audience.
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) February 2, 2022
Jeff Zucker is resigning from CNN.
But more important, I am making tacos tonight. I truly think I should go all soft. I don’t really think I should buy shells. What’s your thoughts on this?— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) February 2, 2022
re: #156 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Our electoral system is not constructed to be robust enough to face the challenge of holding free and fair elections when one of the major parties is openly and actively ready to ignore the outcome of any election that is not in its interest. Christ, we had a President ready to use the military to seize voting machines that held results that did not favor him.
We based our system on good faith and good will and only a minimum of mutual oversight. It served us well for centuries. But I fear that it will not be enough to guarantee an outcome this year or in 2024 without further guarantees, safeguards, oversight, checks and balances.
It has a lot to do with one of those bits of US historical trivia, namely that the Founders made no concessions for the formation of political parties and generally did not like the idea of such being a thing in this new democratic government they were formulating. Why? Because they’d seen what splitting a nation’s people into factions could do in England and wanted to avoid all that. Of course, it should probably come as no surprise that the guy most supportive of political parties being a thing in US politics…was Thomas Jefferson.
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re: #111 Ming5000
North Korea has inside scoop on the name selection process!
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An acquaintance, a devout fan of the Dallas Livestock Workers, used to call them the “Washington Foreskins,”
“They aren’t just dicks,” he explained, “They’re the part of a dick you cut off and throw away.”— Lord Piltdown (@jimreynolds54) February 2, 2022
re: #81 lawhawk
Want to throw a monkey wrench in confirmations?
Sen. Ben Ray Luján has stroke, and it affects the majority calculations for the Senate Democrats.
This is a huge concern, as the Senate is 50/50. With Luján sidelined, Democrats have a 49/50 disadvantage.
My sister was totally panicked last evening over this. But I pointed out that the vote won’t be till April at the earliest; I am confident that they will bring him in for a vote as long as he’s conscious.
Stephen Colbert makes fun of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for thinking it’s “some kinda gotcha question” to be asked about Nazis. pic.twitter.com/DQCSyG1BA5
— The Recount (@therecount) February 2, 2022
re: #159 lawhawk
Zucker is out at CNN.
Good riddance.
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re: #7 jaunte
At some point people need to understand it’s hurting them to vote Republican.
Trust me, as long as they get to feel they are above and insulated from black people, they will continue to vote Republican.
re: #160 Targetpractice
It has a lot to do with one of those bits of US historical trivia, namely that the Founders made no concessions for the formation of political parties and generally did not like the idea of such being a thing in this new democratic government they were formulating. …
They also had no concept of things like automatic weapons, weapons of mass destruction, cryptocurrencies, global telecommunications or multi-billion-dollar international corporate trade and financial entities….
Which is why the ideal “small government” that Fundamentalist conservatives so revere is no longer viable in a world full chocked full of automatic weapons in the hands of our own citizens, weapons of mass destruction in the hands of dozens of nations, cryptocurrencies, instantaneous global telecommunications and multi-billion-dollar international corporate trade and financial entities that take advantage of trade and tax legislation to make themselves from prosecution and taxation…
re: #98 No Malarkey!
I would also point out that there is a good chance one or two GOP Senators will vote for Biden’s nominee. Collins, Graham and Romney. Maybe not Murkowski, because she has a GOP primary and Trump is already gunning for her, though I guess she could run as a write-in again.
Or she could switch parties and get full endorsement from the Democrats.
re: #153 Dangerman
meanwhile
27
potential
Out of 5,922,222 cast.
Sounds like the right percentage.
Not, of course, that that is going to stop the assholes from squawking “FIX!!!!” - obviously, President Biden’s Ohio margin of 475,000+ was made up of illegal alien caravans, mass-mail-in fraud, and Ukraininan cyber-hacking….
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My morning contribution to the food pron contingent.
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re: #166 lawhawk
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Ron knows his political future lies in being Trump without the baggage. Which means ducking and diving around any issues that might put him at odds with the MAGAts.
re: #82 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
god we are so fucked…
New Mexico has a D governor. If she has to appoint a replacement, she’ll pick a D.
re: #174 Targetpractice
Ron knows his political future lies in being Trump without the baggage. Which means ducking and diving around any issues that might put him at odds with the MAGAts.
Good People on Both Sides
re: #160 Targetpractice
It has a lot to do with one of those bits of US historical trivia, namely that the Founders made no concessions for the formation of political parties and generally did not like the idea of such being a thing in this new democratic government they were formulating. Why? Because they’d seen what splitting a nation’s people into factions could do in England and wanted to avoid all that. Of course, it should probably come as no surprise that the guy most supportive of political parties being a thing in US politics…was Thomas Jefferson.
I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever, in religion, in philosophy, in politics, or in anything else, where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degradation of a free and moral agent. If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.
-Thomas Jefferson
re: #113 Dangerman
Committees can vote by proxy
Floor votes must be in personPete Wilson was trucked in once
And I think back in 64 wrt the civil rights vote someone was too
for the ACA, Senator Byrd was brought in from the hospital on a gurney, then taken right back to the hospital after the vote.
re: #169 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They also had no concept of things like automatic weapons, weapons of mass destruction, cryptocurrencies, global telecommunications or multi-billion-dollar international corporate trade and financial entities….
…..
They also had no idea of a world where you can communicate with anyone anywhere in the world instantaneously or can travel to any nation in the world in 24 hours or you can remotely send a weapon that destroys a building or a city from thousands of miles away. The world has been transformed into something they would not recognize and their dusty document, created when slavery was acceptable and women had no rights and it took take many days to get to Washington, has not kept up with these changes.
Here’s the Blizzard we were promised. Not even 1” on the ground but it’s coming down steady. pic.twitter.com/Ib5N4EZwJm
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we have not and it’s inexplicable imo https://t.co/6Csfnui4tI
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) February 2, 2022
re: #179 Hecuba’s daughter
They also had no idea of a world where you can communicate with anyone anywhere in the world instantaneously or can travel to any nation in the world in 24 hours or you can remotely send a weapon that destroys a building or a city from thousands of miles away. The world has been transformed into something they would not recognize and their dusty document, created when slavery was acceptable and women had no rights and it took take many days to get to Washington, has not kept up with these changes.
They thought we would change the constitution as needed. They didn’t realize that their checks made the constitution almost impossible to amend. The only truly substantive amendments were made when half of Congress and the states were out doing treason stuff.
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re: #182 Scottish Dragon
They thought we would change the constitution as needed. They didn’t realize that their checks made the constitution almost impossible to amend. The only truly substantive amendments were made when half of Congress and the states were out doing treason stuff.
They also didn’t consider that people would come to consider the Constitution as a sacred text, instead of a piece of paper with words that could be amended any time to fit the needs of the country as time went on. There was quite an argument about the amendments and the amendment process at the birth of the Constitution, but once all was said and done, it was fairly apparent to everyone that it was a thing that would need to be done eventually.
re: #185 Dopamine Fish
They also didn’t consider that people would come to consider the Constitution as a sacred text, instead of a piece of paper with words that could be amended any time to fit the needs of the country as time went on. There was quite an argument about the amendments and the amendment process at the birth of the Constitution, but once all was said and done, it was fairly apparent to everyone that it was a thing that would need to be done eventually.
The first amendments to the Constitution — the Bill of Rights —were adopted 3 years after the Constitution was approved. So it didn’t take long for them to change their document.
re: #186 Hecuba’s daughter
The first amendments to the Constitution — the Bill of Rights —were adopted 3 years after the Constitution was approved. So it didn’t take long for them to change their document.
Several states basically said that _without_ the amendments, they would nope out on the Constitution. It only took that long because of communications lag in those days (and my son complains about _his_ ping time. Pity Jefferson and Adams playing a game!)
re: #182 Scottish Dragon
They thought we would change the constitution as needed. They didn’t realize that their checks made the constitution almost impossible to amend. The only truly substantive amendments were made when half of Congress and the states were out doing treason stuff.
The 13th through 15th were passed right after the civil war. Are you saying that none of the 12 passed after that was substantive? (For myself, I rather like being able to vote.)
re: #185 Dopamine Fish
They also didn’t consider that people would come to consider the Constitution as a sacred text, instead of a piece of paper with words that could be amended any time to fit the needs of the country as time went on. There was quite an argument about the amendments and the amendment process at the birth of the Constitution, but once all was said and done, it was fairly apparent to everyone that it was a thing that would need to be done eventually.
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re: #188 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
The 13th through 15th were passed right after the civil war. Are you saying that none of the 12 passed after that was substantive? (For myself, I rather like being able to vote.)
Point taken, lol.
The 13th,14th and 15th were radical changes that have been called “The Second Founding” where the 19th finally got around to doing what states were already doing on their own initiative. Neither the 14th or 15th would remotely have been possible without southern states being absent from the process.
re: #193 Scottish Dragon
Forgot to include 13th, arrgh! added in edit.
re: #193 Scottish Dragon
Point taken, lol.
The 14th and 15th were radical changes that have been called “The Second Founding” where the 19th finally got around to doing what states were already doing on their own initiative. Neither the 14th or 15th would remotely have been possible without southern states being absent from the process.
The 16th and 17th Amendments were also critical to the functioning of our democracy. And there are organizations out there today trying to repeal the 17th Amendment. Think of the nightmare world we would be in without the direct election of senators.
re: #195 Hecuba’s daughter
The 16th and 17th Amendments were also critical to the functioning of our democracy. And there are organizations out there today trying to repeal the 17th Amendment. Think of the nightmare world we would be in without the direct election of senators.
So if the 17th were repealed, what would happen? The Senate would be abolished? Senators would be appointed by the President or some other entity?
re: #195 Hecuba’s daughter
The 16th and 17th Amendments were also critical to the functioning of our democracy. And there are organizations out there today trying to repeal the 17th Amendment. Think of the nightmare world we would be in without the direct election of senators.
Still a procedural change, even if a positive one.
Getting rid of the silly 2 senators for North Dakota and 2 for California balance would be transformational.
re: #196 Eclectic Cyborg
So if the 17th were repealed, what would happen? The Senate would be abolished? Senators would be appointed by the President or some other entity?
By state legislatures.
re: #196 Eclectic Cyborg
So if the 17th were repealed, what would happen? The Senate would be abolished? Senators would be appointed by the President or some other entity?
State legislatures would pick the senators. In super-gerrymandered states, we know how that would go.
re: #196 Eclectic Cyborg
So if the 17th were repealed, what would happen? The Senate would be abolished? Senators would be appointed by the President or some other entity?
Supposedly reverting to the old system where they were “elected” by State Legislatures
re: #198 Scottish Dragon
By state legislatures.
Which would give the GOP a permanent built-in advantage. I can see why some groups are advocating for it.
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re: #193 Scottish Dragon
Point taken, lol.
The 13th,14th and 15th were radical changes that have been called “The Second Founding” where the 19th finally got around to doing what states were already doing on their own initiative. Neither the 14th or 15th would remotely have been possible without southern states being absent from the process.
One little nit — the southern states weren’t absent, they were required to ratify the reconstruction amendments as a condition of being readmitted to full membership in the US.
re: #200 sagehen
State legislatures would pick the senators. In super-gerrymandered states, we know how that would go.
MI. PA. GA. AZ.
hurts just to think about it.
re: #202 Eclectic Cyborg
Which would give the GOP a permanent built-in advantage. I can see why some groups are advocating for it.
It was also a very corrupt system. Someone needed to buy the votes of only a few state legislators to get appointed to the Senate and that was a far cheaper process than influencing a majority of voters of a state. Also, how many voters really know their local legislators? In the modern world, most are much more familiar with those serving in Washington than those in their state capitol.
Gerrymandering was also never a thing the Founding Fathers anticipated. They expected that the majority would elect representatives that fairly represented them, and thus, having state representatives choose electors was not considered a problem.
re: #204 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
One little nit — the southern states weren’t absent, they were required to ratify the reconstruction amendments as a condition of being readmitted to full membership in the US.
no.
Reconstruction-era legislators ratified it in most cases. But Mississippi didn’t ratify the 13th until 2013.
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Mississippi voted to ratify it in 1995, but didn’t send in the paperwork until 2013.
re: #204 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
One little nit — the southern states weren’t absent, they were required to ratify the reconstruction amendments as a condition of being readmitted to full membership in the US.
That was after everything was said and done. They were FORCED to ratify as you said. Without the Civil War and accompanying absence, they would have been able to block the amendments for decades.
re: #208 sagehen
no.
Reconstruction-era legislators ratified it in most cases. But Mississippi didn’t ratify the 13th until 2013.
Mississippi Officially Ratifies Amendment to Ban Slavery, 148 Years Late
Mississippi voted to ratify it in 1995, but didn’t send in the paperwork until 2013.
Good God I forgot that.
re: #208 sagehen
no.
Reconstruction-era legislators ratified it in most cases. But Mississippi didn’t ratify the 13th until 2013.
Mississippi Officially Ratifies Amendment to Ban Slavery, 148 Years Late
Mississippi voted to ratify it in 1995, but didn’t send in the paperwork until 2013.
That is still way too fucking late.
re: #208 sagehen
no.
Reconstruction-era legislators ratified it in most cases. But Mississippi didn’t ratify the 13th until 2013.
Mississippi Officially Ratifies Amendment to Ban Slavery, 148 Years Late
Mississippi voted to ratify it in 1995, but didn’t send in the paperwork until 2013.
Kentucky didn’t ratify the 13th until 1976
re: #214 Backwoods_Sleuth
Kentucky didn’t ratify the 13th until 1976
They ratified the 14th and 15th but waited over a century to ratify the 13th? Why?
We live across the street from a large catholic church, with the rectory next door and a catholic school behind our house.
We’ve gotten used to hearing snow blowers, plows and shoveling at 5 a.m. as they clear snow in preparation for services and school.
I’ve not had a problem with the noise since the church has a lot of elderly members who faithfully attend, and their safety is important.
Today, however, I’m going nuts.
It’s been snowing since midnight and windy. I woke to the sound of a commercial leaf blower at 5 a.m.; guy has been out blowing snow in an attempt to clear sidewalks. He’s been doing this non stop for 7 hours. And the wind and continuous snow fills the sidewalk again minutes after it’s been cleared.
I want to go out and yell “hey. Sisyphus, give it a break” but he wouldn’t hear me because that leaf blower is so loud.
Sigh.
re: #214 Backwoods_Sleuth
Kentucky didn’t ratify the 13th until 1976
Kentucky never seceded, so got away with not ratifying for a century.
Mrs. Fish just made homemade fried chicken strips. She’s got a gallon bag of them. I married way above my pay grade.
re: #215 Hecuba’s daughter
They ratified the 14th and 15th but waited over a century to ratify the 13th? Why?
It’s white on the tip of my tongue….
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re: #217 Scottish Dragon
Kentucky never seceded, so got away with not ratifying for a century.
But Mississippi did secede and they delayed ratification even longer.
re: #89 mmmirele
This is something I had not heard about…
We’ve all heard about the Canadian truckers who have swarmed Ottawa and caused all sorts of problems.
What we’ve not heard about is the blockade at the US/Canadian border at Coutts, Alberta. I haven’t been able to find anything since late morning yesterday.
There appears to be a sub-issue where some of the drivers of South Asian extraction have grievances not related to vaccines and “freedom.”
It’s quite the mess, it’s unsure what’s going on, but worth keeping an eye on.
It’s loosely the same group of losers. Kenny, the Premier of Alberta, is trying to have his cake and eat it. He endorses this shit because he’s an ultra right wing conservative, who just beat out the lunatic right wing conservatives. He sleeps with these people and now is whining he’s got fleas.
re: #221 Hecuba’s daughter
But Mississippi did secede and they delayed ratification even longer.
I don’t know how they got away with that.
re: #223 Scottish Dragon
I don’t know how they got away with that.
An amendment is ratified when a 3/4 majority of states vote to ratify it. If the 13th got most of the votes it needed from the North, then it may not have been important to enforce the ratification requirement on Mississippi, as the amendment would have taken effect with or without Mississippi’s approval.
re: #144 Belafon
When I got up this morning, it was 57. As I walked out of the house, it was 55. On my way to work, I hit heavy wind and my car immediately dropped 3 degrees, to 52. Ten minutes later, it was 48. Now it’s 43.
Balafon is 200 miles north of me in frigid Rockwall.
Here in balmy South Austin, it’s 60 degrees at 12 noon.
re: #97 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Yeah, it’s a mess. The Ottawa PD tried negotiating with the protesters with the usual results. Kenny really needs to have the RCMP drop the hammer on these clowns, but is afraid of doing so because of threats of violence if he does.
Kenny would never do that. These are his people. OTTAWA needs to do that and get those cretins out of the fucking capitol. That the RCMP isn’t doing something and that Ford (Premier of Ontario - and a conservative) is letting it slide (Ford, though, really only cares about Toronto) is infuriating.
re: #224 Dopamine Fish
An amendment is ratified when a 3/4 majority of states vote to ratify it. If the 13th got most of the votes it needed from the North, then it may not have been important to enforce the ratification requirement on Mississippi, as the amendment would have taken effect with or without Mississippi’s approval.
Could be. I’m not read up on Reconstruction.
re: #80 Scottish Dragon
Had that issue twice this week now. Got the last four and then have to go through every possible first letter arrgh
And in the future it will happen again.
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re: #106 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
So it looks like citizens of Ottawa armed with eggs are doing more to disrupt the Canada goose convoy them the local police force. Well played, well played.
As a kid, after one Halloween getting my ancient Vega egged - and not resolving that straight away - if these people don’t wash their cars pronto, eggs will take the paint off.
GOOD.
re: #104 Dangerman
Thank karma that in 40 years of motorcycling i never had to test how well my helmet worked
Although a motorcycles was my primary daily transportation while attending college (parking was so much easier), I quit riding motorcycles, when I moved to Miami in the 1980s.
My reasoning; riding in S FL traffic composed of ~50% of drivers who were not insured, and ~50% of those drivers not being licensed, plus riding during ~9 months of sub-tropical velvet weather didn’t appear that it would be much fun.
Now in another state, I still have a mountain bike that I rode from time to time, but after a one time episode of vertigo, (while not on the bike) I stopped. My Otolaryngologist and plural Cardiologists say with medication everything is OK, but I’ve had my fun and its time to hang around and help raise grandchildren. And I wanna bop until I drop.
re: #225 austin_blue
Balafon is 200 miles north of me in frigid Rockwall.
Here in balmy South Austin, it’s 60 degrees at 12 noon.
Just having fun watching it now. It’s 38.
re: #200 sagehen
State legislatures would pick the senators. In super-gerrymandered states, we know how that would go.
like i said above, when political parties effectively control the process, it no longer functions as a democracy representative of the people
electing people who elect other people (and aren’t bound) is too many steps removed.
(the E/C in a nutshell)
re: #208 sagehen
no.
Reconstruction-era legislators ratified it in most cases. But Mississippi didn’t ratify the 13th until 2013.
Mississippi Officially Ratifies Amendment to Ban Slavery, 148 Years Late
Mississippi voted to ratify it in 1995, but didn’t send in the paperwork until 2013.
That’s one amendment out of how many in one state out of how many?
re: #210 Scottish Dragon
That was after everything was said and done. They were FORCED to ratify as you said. Without the Civil War and accompanying absence, they would have been able to block the amendments for decades.
I said it was a nit.
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