WATCH LIVE: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings - Day 1

PoliticsMarch 2022 • Views: 18,254

The confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nominee to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, are expected to begin Monday, March 21 at 11 a.m. ET with opening statements. If confirmed by the Senate, Judge Jackson – a Harvard graduate who currently serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit – would become the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

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Eclectic Cyborg Mar 21, 2022 • 10:39:47am

The GOP will no doubt try to make her angry and say or do something she probably shouldn’t.

Thanos Mar 21, 2022 • 10:42:32am

Josh Hawley goes full Qanon dump on her.

And like he had no problem with endangering his own Senate and House colleagues by pumping a fist to the violent lynch mob who came to the Capitol hunting for Mike Pence and @SpeakerPelosi, he has no problem endangering Judge Jackson by putting her in the target hairs of Q-anon. pic.twitter.com/kk6VnMAaAs

— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) March 21, 2022

Please note, as @ElieNYC has previously pointed out, how insurrectionist Senator @HawleyMO is using openly Q-anon framing to try to turn Judge Jackson into a child pornography apologist — the exact strategy used by right wing groups to try to ban books by Black & LGBT authors.

— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) March 21, 2022

Charles Johnson Mar 21, 2022 • 10:43:41am

In this case “used to it” means they’ve stopped trying to pretend otherwise. https://t.co/tTiZjdeA3H

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2022

Charles Johnson Mar 21, 2022 • 10:43:59am

Now we get to see all the cable news pundits taking the GOP at face value that they’re “upset” about the way Kavanaugh was treated. They never stop whining even when they win.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2022

Teukka Mar 21, 2022 • 10:44:01am

As a reminder, US officials said four of the reported 26 Kalibr cruise missiles launched at Syria by ships from Russia’s Caspian Flotilla in 2015 actually hit Iran. https://t.co/KOr6kjQskk https://t.co/jCNFqpkWSj

— Rob Lee (@RALee85) March 21, 2022

Dangerman Mar 21, 2022 • 10:44:59am

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that Vice-President Hamilton Mourao will not be his running mate in this year’s election, but declined to name his choice for the role, Reuters reports.

Mourao just got ~~pantsed~~ Penced

Charles Johnson Mar 21, 2022 • 10:45:29am

Robert Bork was a first-class corrupt crackpot, so of course the GOP is still whining about him. America dodged a bullet when he wasn’t confirmed. https://t.co/9Q0bOisQDh

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2022

Charles Johnson Mar 21, 2022 • 10:45:46am

Standard Republican candidate. https://t.co/06UGWPju1T

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2022

Teddy's Person Mar 21, 2022 • 10:45:50am

re: #1 Eclectic Cyborg

The GOP will no doubt try to make her angry and say or do something she probably shouldn’t.

I suspect that Judge Brown Jackson has had years of experience holding her tongue while lesser white men mansplain shit to her.

Eclectic Cyborg Mar 21, 2022 • 10:47:40am

Remember how angry Kavanagh got during his confirmation hearing?

Imagine the response from the talking heads if we got a photo of Jackson with an expression like this on her face…

Charles Johnson Mar 21, 2022 • 10:48:40am

Truth !!

— Joe Bonamassa (Official) (@JBONAMASSA) March 21, 2022

Dangerman Mar 21, 2022 • 10:49:34am

re: #7 Charles Johnson

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Iirc 12 or so Rs voted against Bork
He got his floor vote

Robert Bork was a first-class corrupt crackpot, so of course the GOP is still whining about him. America dodged a bullet when he wasn’t confirmed. https://t.co/9Q0bOisQDh

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2022

Dangerman Mar 21, 2022 • 10:54:14am

The entire senate has forgotten what this process is about*
They’ve made themselves the gatekeeper to the court

That was never supposed to be their role
It was only to filter out the truly and obviously unqualified

* They grabbed the power and we let em

b.d Mar 21, 2022 • 10:55:11am

re: #6 Dangerman

Mourao just got ~~pantsed~~ Penced

Bolsonaro/Greenwald, the time has come.

mmmirele Mar 21, 2022 • 10:55:43am

Results of the endoscopy:

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I’m not supposed to make any major life decisions today. Instead I’m supposed to take it easy, sleep and not drive.

lizardofid Mar 21, 2022 • 10:55:55am

re: #12 Dangerman

Iirc 12 or so Rs voted against Bork
He got his floor vote

And, they fail to mention when Reagan gave the nomination to Kennedy, he was confirmed 97-0.

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 10:56:22am

Josh Hawley tried to overturn a federal election—it’s absurd that he has any role in examining someone’s qualifications to serve. pic.twitter.com/t5syj6lbPd

— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) March 21, 2022

Dangerman Mar 21, 2022 • 10:58:28am

The Affordable Care Act, signed into law 12 years ago this week, keeps growing more deeply embedded in American life.

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 11:00:06am

Republicans at the Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation: “This won’t be the kind of character smear we’ve seen in the past when we nominated upstanding sex offenders & someone who’s held the title of ‘handmaid’ in the 21st century. But we’re sure gonna give it our all.”

— scott linnen (@ScottLinnen) March 21, 2022

Teukka Mar 21, 2022 • 11:00:30am

Please be real, please be real, please be real, please be juicy, please be juicy, please be juicy…

BREAKING: Anonymous says it working on a data dump that ‘will “blow Russia away.”

— AlexandruC4 (@AlexandruC4) March 21, 2022

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 11:01:23am

This is absolute bullshit from Politico. Lindsey Graham certainly didn’t believe in allowing President Obama to “choose his judges”; if he did, Merrick Garland would be on the Supreme Court today.

Even after … everything, media still pretend Lindsey Graham is principled. pic.twitter.com/rwYuuhvXYn

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) March 21, 2022

Aside from a paragraph of throat-clearing, Lindsey Graham’s nonsense is the centerpiece of the first four paragraphs of Politico’s newsletter, and it’s based on the lie that Graham has any principles at all aside from his own thirst for power. pic.twitter.com/fMTFuIei52

— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) March 21, 2022

Dangerman Mar 21, 2022 • 11:03:10am

re: #21 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Except specifically Obama

“Generally” doing all the heavy lifting

darthstar Mar 21, 2022 • 11:03:28am

I just made a grilled cheese and leftover corned beef sandwich…and I’m about to have another.

Charles Johnson Mar 21, 2022 • 11:05:22am

Notice how they state outright that Graham believes this, as if it’s a fact. https://t.co/epFIzPgtOK

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2022

Dangerman Mar 21, 2022 • 11:05:46am

re: #18 Dangerman

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 11:06:53am

Further confirmation that if Trump had been in office, we’d be well into World War III at this point. OR… there would be almost no response from Trump including few if any sanctions on top of having withdrawn from NATO in ‘21.https://t.co/qz8qZdIlHT

— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 21, 2022

lawhawk Mar 21, 2022 • 11:07:42am

So these are the Kavanaugh grievance hearings. Got it.

— Kimberly Atkins Stohr (@KimberlyEAtkins) March 21, 2022

Teddy's Person Mar 21, 2022 • 11:10:18am

re: #27 lawhawk

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Brett probably tapped a fresh keg in his chambers to enjoy the show.

Charles Johnson Mar 21, 2022 • 11:10:31am

The execrable Tom Cotton kicks off his rant by saying the Biden administration is “waging a war against the rule of law.” Oh no, and here comes CRITICAL RACE THEORY! Run! https://t.co/jKk1cbhqwm pic.twitter.com/rwgJb4Fkxq

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2022

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 11:10:39am

OK then…

Bill Barr on Fox News: “Republicans generally view Supreme Court justices — and appointees — as the president should be able to get their choice, barring some serious disqualification.” pic.twitter.com/Rl2gv2xMd8

— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) March 21, 2022

Dopamine Fish Mar 21, 2022 • 11:11:18am

re: #30 Backwoods_Sleuth

Disqualification #1: The President is a Democrat.

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 11:13:02am

The crazy looking wattle cup caterpillar has an extremely painful sting. pic.twitter.com/Mh8xXv8gFx

— Weird Animals (@Weird_AnimaIs) March 21, 2022

Captain Ron Mar 21, 2022 • 11:13:30am

The GOP defines any discussion of racial discrimination as an act of racism. It’s a trick they learned from the nazis, and it’s highly effective. We also know where it leads.

— Rachel Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌🇺🇦 (@RachelBitecofer) March 21, 2022

Teddy's Person Mar 21, 2022 • 11:13:56am

re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Wait what. That has to be a cake, right?

Charles Johnson Mar 21, 2022 • 11:14:10am

Cotton is just running down the litany of Fox News bullshit wingnut talking points. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s face… pic.twitter.com/4JkVGBRO75

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2022

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 11:14:51am

Hypocrite Chuck Grassley (R-IA) whines about judges legislating from the bench just like the conservative majority SCOTUS has done on voting rights and is about to do on women’s health rights. pic.twitter.com/fThBvqOipF

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 21, 2022

lawhawk Mar 21, 2022 • 11:15:28am

re: #29 Charles Johnson

Well, looks like @js_edit got the first CRT mention in the hearings right: pic.twitter.com/70A09ws4Gc

— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) March 21, 2022

darthstar Mar 21, 2022 • 11:15:30am

re: #35 Charles Johnson

She should respond with, “Did you have a question?”

Crush White Nationalism Mar 21, 2022 • 11:15:41am

re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth

Anyone who touches this thing that’s signaling “Don’t Touch” so strongly deserves what they get, and might be Mike Pence.

Belafon Mar 21, 2022 • 11:16:30am

re: #37 lawhawk

Cruz would have to put a coherent thought together first.

Teddy's Person Mar 21, 2022 • 11:16:38am

re: #35 Charles Johnson

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Oh I wish I could stomp this man called Cotton
That he’s an ass shouldn’t be forgotten
Go away, go away, go away Cotton man.

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 11:20:12am

in case lizardz were wondering why she’s not saying anything, Judge Jackson doesn’t get to respond until tomorrow

Hawley’s remarks are by far the most aggressive line of attack that we have heard so far from any Republican. As a reminder, today is just opening statements; Jackson won’t have a chance to respond to Hawley’s questions until tomorrow and Wednesday.

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) March 21, 2022

Charles Johnson Mar 21, 2022 • 11:20:56am

I missed the start - did the Republicans whine about “cancel culture” yet?

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2022

Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Mar 21, 2022 • 11:21:17am

re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg

Remember how angry Kavanagh got during his confirmation hearing?

Imagine the response from the talking heads if we got a photo of Jackson with an expression like this on her face…

He likes beer. Sometimes a bit too much.

lizardofid Mar 21, 2022 • 11:22:22am

re: #42 Backwoods_Sleuth

in case lizardz were wondering why she’s not saying anything, Judge Jackson doesn’t get to respond until tomorrow

They will likely regret her having all night to prepare her response.

darthstar Mar 21, 2022 • 11:24:21am

Hopefully the evening news just does a mashup of Republicans saying, “Kavanaugh!” and “Critical Race Theory!” and plays nothing else from their comments today.

lawhawk Mar 21, 2022 • 11:24:37am

Palate cleanser… because it’s just beautiful…

Youtube Video

Eclectic Cyborg Mar 21, 2022 • 11:24:51am

Jared Kushner was put in charge of *peace in the middle east*, made over $500 million while Trump was in office, & after his tenure received billions from the Saudis for his investment fund. That is what corruption on the highest levels of government looks like.

Not some laptop.

— Justin Horwitz (@JustinAHorwitz) March 21, 2022

Teddy's Person Mar 21, 2022 • 11:25:08am

Oh, ffs

A local shelter dog is looking for a soft landing after being dumped by his owners for being “gay.” A Stanly County (NC) Animal Shelter Facebook post says the dog’s owners surrendered him to the shelter after he humped another male dog. WCCB

Crush White Nationalism Mar 21, 2022 • 11:26:25am

I received a GrubHub gift card for Christmas, and am using it today to get a burger from Five Guys.

I see that in addition to service fees and delivery fees, the prices are about two dollars per item above what Five Guys charges. It’s like dealing with TicketMaster. A burger and fries is $30 with tip.

Charles Johnson Mar 21, 2022 • 11:26:48am

re: #47 lawhawk

Watched that yesterday, it’s great!

Belafon Mar 21, 2022 • 11:26:49am

re: #49 Teddy’s Person

Oh, ffs

Who they are should be sent to every dog adoption group so they can never have another dog.

Jay C Mar 21, 2022 • 11:27:00am

re: #45 lizardofid

They will likely regret her having all night to prepare her response.

Will it really make any difference?
The GOPers on the Committee are probably salivating at the chance to be able to blow their individual/collective gaskets over some imagined slight/insult/”disrespect” from Judge Jackson so as to “justify” the “No” votes against her that they were always going to cast anyway.

Eclectic Cyborg Mar 21, 2022 • 11:27:08am

re: #49 Teddy’s Person

That dog is probably better off with new owners anyway.

austin_blue Mar 21, 2022 • 11:27:14am

re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg

Remember how angry Kavanagh got during his confirmation hearing?

Imagine the response from the talking heads if we got a photo of Jackson with an expression like this on her face…

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He was just defending his lifelong love of beer. And Squee.

Dopamine Fish Mar 21, 2022 • 11:27:21am

re: #50 Punish Domestic Terrorists

I received a GrubHub gift card for Christmas, and am using it today to get a burger from Five Guys.

I see that in addition to service fees and delivery fees, the prices are about two dollars per item above what Five Guys charges. It’s like dealing with TicketMaster. A burger and fries is $30 with tip.

I spent - and I am not exaggerating in the slightest here - $75 on an order at Burger King last week.

Crush White Nationalism Mar 21, 2022 • 11:29:38am

re: #56 Dopamine Fish

I spent - and I am not exaggerating in the slightest here - $75 on an order at Burger King last week.

Last time I spent that much for lunch, a nice bottle of wine was involved.

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 11:30:47am

If you’ve never seen an owl fall asleep please take a minute and watch this #BarredOwl #TwitterNatureCommunity #Owls #BirdWatching pic.twitter.com/tFcH52XpDA

— Roppity Photography (@RoppityPhotos) March 20, 2022

No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 11:30:53am

re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg

Remember how angry Kavanagh got during his confirmation hearing?

Imagine the response from the talking heads if we got a photo of Jackson with an expression like this on her face…

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Biden would have to withdraw her nomination.

Dopamine Fish Mar 21, 2022 • 11:30:57am

re: #57 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Last time I spent that much for lunch, a nice bottle of wine was involved.

I don’t mind spending that much for some of the nicer restaurants on GrubHub’s list, but… BURGER KING, for the love of God. C’mon, man.

lawhawk Mar 21, 2022 • 11:30:59am

re: #51 Charles Johnson

Watched that yesterday, it’s great!

I’ve seen them in concert twice, and would have seen them last year but for the pandemic.

First time, it was at the Beacon Theater - intimate setting. Second time, it was at Radio City Music Hall. It was phenomenal, and they ran up the aisles while playing too. Fun shows. And I can comfortably say that they are beautiful (and the Mrs. agrees).

Crush White Nationalism Mar 21, 2022 • 11:31:40am

re: #54 Eclectic Cyborg

That dog is probably better off with new owners anyway.

I just hope these former owners do not have children that they’re ruining.

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 11:31:57am

re: #55 austin_blue

He was just defending his lifelong of beer. And Squee.

Devil’s Triangulation
With thanks to Michael @deAdder pic.twitter.com/XPRLLdGsXi

— Bacon & Zombies 🇬🇧🇺🇲🇨🇦 (@Callanite) March 21, 2022

Teddy's Person Mar 21, 2022 • 11:33:54am

re: #58 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Owl dream: How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie pop?

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 11:34:24am

Do you know how terrible you have to be for the National Review to call you out for lying?

Josh Hawley is an Olympic liar. https://t.co/rb19ypFhI5

— Mondaire Jones (@MondaireJones) March 21, 2022

sizzzzlerz Mar 21, 2022 • 11:35:22am

re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
The crazy looking wattle cup caterpillar has an extremely painful sting.

Welcome to the club!

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 11:36:20am

Josh Hawley should just admit that he is deeply intimidated by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

— Charles Booker (@Booker4KY) March 21, 2022

No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 11:37:17am

Remember the girl who sang Frozen in a Ukrainian bomb shelter?

She just sang on stage at a charity concert in Poland pic.twitter.com/wKOr5e6S69

— James Longman (@JamesAALongman) March 21, 2022

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 11:37:27am

William Vandivert

Travailleurs syndicaux de l’automobile, Detroit, 1937 pic.twitter.com/lPnzFr4eBY

— aucharbon (@alcarbon68) March 21, 2022

William Vandivert Auto Union Workers, Detroit, 1937

Crush White Nationalism Mar 21, 2022 • 11:39:46am

re: #68 No Malarkey!

That’s a lot better than what I thought news on that girl might be.

Crush White Nationalism Mar 21, 2022 • 11:41:23am

An extremely well-fed stray. Must be a good location.

In Istanbul, Turkey, they made a statue to honor a stray cat that used to sit in this position and watch the passers by. pic.twitter.com/lldCzyyNNC

— Lakota Man (@LakotaMan1) March 21, 2022

sizzzzlerz Mar 21, 2022 • 11:43:49am

re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg

Remember how angry Kavanagh got during his confirmation hearing?

Was it worse the Merrick Garland’s temper tantrum during his hearing?

Oh, wait. He never got one.

Teukka Mar 21, 2022 • 11:45:47am

A Moscow court today ruled that the activities of Facebook and Instagram are ‘extremist’. Earlier, they were both banned.

But the Russian defence ministry is still posting on Instagram? As of 3hrs ago. How does that work? pic.twitter.com/kf55vhTYS0

— Polina Ivanova (@polinaivanovva) March 21, 2022

Teukka Mar 21, 2022 • 11:47:53am

re: #73 Teukka

Well if the ruling is that they’re extremist, that just means only extremists (like servants of the 🇿) can use it…

aatharuv Mar 21, 2022 • 11:48:58am

re: #73 Teukka

You know maybe these companies should ban governments that ban them from using their platform. Just saying…

Eclectic Cyborg Mar 21, 2022 • 11:49:21am

re: #73 Teukka

Rules for thee, but not for me.

(((Archangel1))) Mar 21, 2022 • 11:50:49am

Because nothing says “Denazification” quite like killing defenseless elderly Jews. ////

Meet Boris Romanchenko.
Holocaust survivor of multiple Nazi concentration camps.
Stayed indoors for two years to avoid COVID-19.
Dead at 96 after a Russian missile blew up his house in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
May his memory be a blessing.
And may Putin & his generals all burn in hell. pic.twitter.com/sBhNwaWVgj

— Arch (Space Laser Vaccination Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) March 21, 2022

Charles Johnson Mar 21, 2022 • 11:55:21am

This is supposed to show that he’s a masculine manly man, instead of the dim-witted weenie he appears to be. https://t.co/pX2OYUOcnr

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2022

Crush White Nationalism Mar 21, 2022 • 12:02:11pm

The estimated date is wildly inaccurate.

This broke me. pic.twitter.com/qgnUmKyyju

— Soren Spicknall (@SorenSpicknall) March 20, 2022

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 12:03:59pm

If you’re up in arms about Ketanji Brown Jackson being nominated without releasing her LSAT scores but voted to confirm Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett without seeing theirs, you should probably just admit what you’re really opposed to is seeing a Black woman on the Supreme Court

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) March 21, 2022

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 12:04:30pm

Anyone have earplugs? Blackburn is speaking.

— Laffy (@GottaLaff) March 21, 2022

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 12:05:01pm

The confirmations of the last three Supreme Court justices were each uniquely sleazy in their own way, so of course Republicans have to behave as if some sacred precedent is being broken now, even if they can’t really identify it.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) March 21, 2022

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 12:06:40pm

O_o

https://t.co/SswGrfBQzZ pic.twitter.com/Z4GIpEdIZO

— justice4all 🏳️‍🌈⚖🇺🇦 (@justice4all01) March 21, 2022

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 12:07:40pm

So, how did your questioning of Merrick Garland during his Confirmation Hearing go?

Oh, wait…. https://t.co/Fh6STyMqIM

— Darlene McDonald (@VoteDarlene) March 21, 2022

Teukka Mar 21, 2022 • 12:09:26pm

I couldn’t believe this was not a faked screenshot, but indeed, it’s not. https://t.co/APYgX7gfUn

— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) March 21, 2022

Ten seconds after I checked, the news story was already deleted. pic.twitter.com/YqdnGvybuX

— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) March 21, 2022

Crush White Nationalism Mar 21, 2022 • 12:09:36pm

re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth

Ok, but we’re going to have to remove a sitting Justice from the seat that the lawless Republicans stole.

— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 21, 2022

lawhawk Mar 21, 2022 • 12:10:38pm

In refuting Ukr claim of 14,700 military personnel killed, Russian MoD acknowledges what is still huge loss: ‘during the special operation in Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces lost 9861 people killed, 16153 people were injured.’ https://t.co/ru9Fx9yAXa via @onlinekpru

— Lawrence Freedman (@LawDavF) March 21, 2022

Russia’s military has entered a meat grinder thanks to Putin and the nonstop lies. They’ll keep adding to the butcher’s bill, because he’s not sending his own to die.

Russia’s military will take years to recover from this. Their conventional arms just don’t stack up, and their forces lack of training, methods, and logistics will be a lesson of what not to do for warfighters for generations to come.

And if Russia’s admitting these many are dead, you can be damned sure that the true death toll is much higher.

Grunthos the Flatulent Mar 21, 2022 • 12:11:25pm

The birdles warbled as the Wordle dawned.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 276 4/6

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#276, no hints, tips, or spoilers, guaranteed

William Lewis Mar 21, 2022 • 12:13:53pm

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wrenchwench Mar 21, 2022 • 12:14:37pm

re: #88 Grunthos the Flatulent

The birdles warbled as the Wordle dawned.

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#276, no hints (ever)

Click to Reveal

The elusive no correct letters in incorrect places. Nice.

Charles Johnson Mar 21, 2022 • 12:17:15pm

I had to mute Marsha Blackburn. Same old boring litany of bullshit, conspiracy theories, and barely concealed racism.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2022

Belafon Mar 21, 2022 • 12:18:10pm

re: #87 lawhawk

Is Ukraine claiming they are killed or are they calling them casualties?

Crush White Nationalism Mar 21, 2022 • 12:19:43pm

Not because she’s dangerously honest or anything. Trump hired a dope as his lawyer again, this time based on her looks.

The One Trump Lawyer the Rest of Trump’s Legal Team Loathes (The Daily Beast)

gocart mozart Mar 21, 2022 • 12:19:49pm

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lizardofid Mar 21, 2022 • 12:21:12pm

re: #89 William Lewis

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Video

How welcome must that slice of pizza (at the 37 second) mark feel.

Crush White Nationalism Mar 21, 2022 • 12:23:22pm

Why Trump, Putin, Xi and other dictators make disastrous decisions (Robert Reich)
The inverse relationship between power and accurate feedback.

William Lewis Mar 21, 2022 • 12:28:40pm

re: #95 lizardofid

How welcome must that slice of pizza (at the 37 second) mark feel.

I can hardly even imagine.

I also deeply appreciate Peter Turnley’s images. As a photographer they speak loudly to me. He’s a contributor at a photo blog I frequent and so it feels almost like it’s a friend who is over there trying to illuminate for the world the tragedy that is happening.

KingKenrod Mar 21, 2022 • 12:30:15pm

Funny thread. We all know this guy, right?

this is a fairly pervasive Type of Guy yet it doesn’t really have a name pic.twitter.com/wB078Xgab5

— skoals (@MuscleSkoals) March 20, 2022

jaunte Mar 21, 2022 • 12:39:11pm

Come back tomorrow for half-hour boring litanies of bullshit, conspiracy theories, and barely concealed racism.

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lizardofid Mar 21, 2022 • 12:41:30pm

re: #98 KingKenrod

Funny thread. We all know this guy, right?

May turn a better phrase than his old man.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Mar 21, 2022 • 12:44:03pm

re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth

The prettier the creature the more they will fuck you up.

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Crush White Nationalism Mar 21, 2022 • 12:44:06pm

re: #98 KingKenrod

Funny thread. We all know this guy, right?

A young Terry Pratchett?
GIS says it’s a “gentleman.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 12:46:06pm

That’s all for Jackson’s opening remarks. Durbin gavels day 1 to a close. The committee will reconvene tomorrow at 9 a.m. EDT for the start of the question-and-answer portion.

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) March 21, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 12:46:49pm

After four hours of listening to others speak, Ketanji Brown Jackson now begins her opening remarks. She thanks God and recalls how, as a child, her parents told her she could be anything she wanted to be. “My life has been blessed beyond measure,” she says.

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) March 21, 2022

Jackson pays tribute to Stephen Breyer, for whom she clerked early in her career. She says she can never fill his shoes, but “I would hope to carry out his spirit.”

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) March 21, 2022

Noting that many of her judicial opinions are on the long side, Jackson says that’s because she strongly believes in transparency, so that people can know “precisely what I think and the basis for my decision.”

— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) March 21, 2022

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nines09 Mar 21, 2022 • 12:47:00pm

re: #98 KingKenrod

Been places.
Seen things.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 12:47:45pm

Judge Jackson finishes her opening remarks: “Thank you for this historic chance to join the highest court, to work with brilliant colleagues, to inspire future generations, and to ensure liberty and justice for all.”

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 21, 2022

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie Mar 21, 2022 • 12:48:11pm

This is wrong. Yuri has been dead 54 years. He had nothing to do with anything like the Ukraine invasion, and some of his fellow cosmonauts are risking their careers, and possibly a lot more, to show solidarity with the peace movement.

Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space, has had his name removed from a Space Foundation fundraiser, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 12:48:23pm

Things Ketanji Brown Jackson will not do during her confirmation that previous @GOP nominees have done:
—Cry
—Yell
—Perjure herself
—Scream about how much she liked beer and still likes beer
—Have witnesses come forward to testify about how she sexually assaulted them in college

— Andrew Wortman 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@AmoneyResists) March 21, 2022

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austin_blue Mar 21, 2022 • 12:51:59pm

re: #98 KingKenrod

Funny thread. We all know this guy, right?

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That is James McMurtry.

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Eclectic Cyborg Mar 21, 2022 • 12:53:20pm

re: #106 Backwoods_Sleuth

Well, now we know why the GOP doesn’t like her.

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No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 12:53:38pm

re: #79 Punish Domestic Terrorists

The estimated date is wildly inaccurate.

Cell phones from the eighties were about the size of the shoe phones in Get Smart.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 12:55:32pm

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s proud parents pic.twitter.com/kCVeufxaTU

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 21, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 12:58:02pm

This is what weak on crime looks like. pic.twitter.com/XPihp2fnTd

— Chris Hahn (@ChristopherHahn) March 21, 2022

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Mar 21, 2022 • 12:59:18pm

re: #65 Backwoods_Sleuth

The National Review labels Josh Hawley’s invocation of the QAnon Libel against Ketanji Brown Jackson “meritless to the point of demagoguery.”

Demagoguery is the point.

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Crush White Nationalism Mar 21, 2022 • 1:00:44pm

re: #114 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Demagoguery is the point.

I’d thought education in American schools where we learned about demagogues immunized us against them, but Republicans all love a demagogue.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Mar 21, 2022 • 1:01:09pm

re: #75 aatharuv

You know maybe these companies should ban governments that ban them from using their platform. Just saying…

Propaganda requires a platform.

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No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 1:01:41pm

re: #87 lawhawk

Russia’s military has entered a meat grinder thanks to Putin and the nonstop lies. They’ll keep adding to the butcher’s bill, because he’s not sending his own to die.

Russia’s military will take years to recover from this. Their conventional arms just don’t stack up, and their forces lack of training, methods, and logistics will be a lesson of what not to do for warfighters for generations to come.

And if Russia’s admitting these many are dead, you can be damned sure that the true death toll is much higher.

26,000 casualties in less than a month’s fighting is a staggering toll. Hard to see how Russia can win a grinding months long war of attrition if they keep taking casualties at that rate. This is why they have shelled Mariupol into rubble and demanded its surrender. Russia can’t afford the troop loss they will suffer if they have to fight to gain control of cites block by block.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 1:02:35pm

pic.twitter.com/hOH6mgJ3zp

— Josh Greenblatt (@joshgreenblatt) March 20, 2022

the horrible horrible tweet in question:

pic.twitter.com/VRTdUm6bch

— Josh Greenblatt (@joshgreenblatt) March 20, 2022

I think the bigger red flag is if an employer doesn’t feel the same way when the ponzu sauce is out of stock

— Kyle (@kneitinger) March 21, 2022

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John Hughes Mar 21, 2022 • 1:03:38pm

re: #56 Dopamine Fish

I spent - and I am not exaggerating in the slightest here - $75 on an order at Burger King last week.

I’ve been up to 150 EUR at macdos.
Not for one person though…

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 1:03:45pm

Judge Jackson, speaking to her daughters, says: “Girls, I know it has not been easy, as I’ve tried to navigate the challenges of juggling my career and motherhood…. But I hope that you’ve seen that with hard work, determination, andove, it can be done.” #SCOTUSnominee

— Norah O’Donnell 🇺🇸 (@NorahODonnell) March 21, 2022

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No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 1:08:00pm

re: #107 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

This is wrong. Yuri has been dead 54 years. He had nothing to do with anything like the Ukraine invasion, and some of his fellow cosmonauts are risking their careers, and possibly a lot more, to show solidarity with the peace movement.

Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space, has had his name removed from a Space Foundation fundraiser, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

War creates a lot of collateral damage.

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No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 1:09:31pm

re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth

No surprise that Blackburn doesn’t want whites to be taught not to be racist.

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(((Archangel1))) Mar 21, 2022 • 1:11:22pm

She graduated magna cum laude.
She clerked for SCOTUS.
She was confirmed by the US Senate three times.
She is more qualified than the drunk pervert & the religious nutjob that you rubber stamped for your far-right agenda in a cold heartbeat, COMBINED.
Kindly shut the hell up.

— Arch (Space Laser Vaccination Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) March 21, 2022

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No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 1:13:00pm

Unless this experience rendered you incapable of sending a DM

— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) March 21, 2022

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Teukka Mar 21, 2022 • 1:15:10pm

This is bigger than the tweet makes it out to be:

(Reuters) - The Pentagon on Monday accused Russian forces of committing war crimes in Ukraine and said it would help gather evidence of them.

— Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) March 21, 2022

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Belafon Mar 21, 2022 • 1:15:31pm

re: #124 No Malarkey!

That wad of mucus at the top of her nasal cavity might have been her brain.

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Teukka Mar 21, 2022 • 1:15:38pm

re: #124 No Malarkey!

My Q had more sass, just sayin’…

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gocart mozart Mar 21, 2022 • 1:17:00pm

It really doesn’t pic.twitter.com/e5jD0EHWSJ

— American Progressives (@TAProgressives) March 21, 2022

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Crush White Nationalism Mar 21, 2022 • 1:17:03pm

re: #123 (((Archangel1)))

There is no radical progressive agenda. That’s just something the radicalized right says. We can see what you are when you attack good people due to your horrific bigotry.

— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 21, 2022

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gocart mozart Mar 21, 2022 • 1:17:35pm

This guy owns and manages the last independent record store in Poughkeepsie, NY.

— Edwin (@EdMix13) March 21, 2022

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No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 1:18:53pm

If the Democrats hadn’t won both Georgia Senate seats in the runoff last year, Breyer would’ve had to stay on the Supreme Court, because the GOP would’ve come up with some reason to refuse to let Biden fill his seat.

This is why the Democrats must confirm as many federal judges as they can this year, because if the GOP gains control of the Senate in the midterms, there will be no more judges confirmed for the rest of Biden’s term.

— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 21, 2022

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Charles Johnson Mar 21, 2022 • 1:21:49pm

Hey, right wingers? You really don’t need to tell me you don’t care if you’re called “racist.”

It’s already obvious.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2022

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Belafon Mar 21, 2022 • 1:24:38pm

re: #131 No Malarkey!

If the Democrats hadn’t won both Georgia Senate seats in the runoff last year, Breyer would’ve had to stay on the Supreme Court, because the GOP would’ve come up with some reason to refuse to let Biden fill his seat.

It’s also why Democrats need to turn out like it’s a presidential election year.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 1:26:12pm

I honestly don’t care about anything this man is saying.

“Federal judges don’t make law.”

SO THEN WHY IS THE SUPREME COURT PRETENDING LIKE ROE V. WADE ISN’T GOOD LAW IN TEXAS.

— Rewire News Group (@RewireNewsGroup) March 21, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 1:28:49pm

In past decade, more than 30 of NC’s roughly 100 Confederate monuments have been moved or taken down. Here’s the story on how largely rural and GOP Randolph County reached a decision on whether to move its monument. https://t.co/n8CWHLAiTX @djdreilinger @ncnaacp @NCDemParty

— Gareth McGrath (@GarethMcGrathSN) March 21, 2022

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No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 1:29:22pm

re: #134 Backwoods_Sleuth

I can’t watch stuff in which I have to listen to rightwingers talk. I turned on local rightwing radio at lunch time today, heard “Hunter’s laptop”, and turned it off. Five seconds is about my limit.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 1:32:26pm

Ted Cruz went all the way back to the 1790s to find a Supreme Court Justice he wanted to cite for being “non-controversial”?

He just *happened* to laud Bushrod Washington, a man who enslaved human beings, when talking to a Black woman? https://t.co/KcVm8a2z6k

— Aylett Colston 🇺🇦 (@EveryVoiceNC) March 21, 2022

Bushrod Washington?

BUSHROD WASHINGTON?

Really?

— Aylett Colston 🇺🇦 (@EveryVoiceNC) March 21, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 1:37:56pm

“Since the beginning of the war, the Russian occupiers have fired on 135 hospitals, 9 of which have been destroyed,” said Minister of health Viktor Lyashko. In addition, the Russian army fired on at least 43 ambulances and killed at least six medics #RussianWarCrimes

— Oleksandra Matviichuk (@avalaina) March 21, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 1:38:44pm

Dolores Umbridge: Children who speak of He who cannot be named are liars.
Marsha Blackburn: TEACHING KIDS ABOUT CHOICE RUINS AMERICA.
JK ROWLING: YEAH!
Umbridge: I’m written to be an asshole and even I don’t say this crap.

— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) March 21, 2022

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sagehen Mar 21, 2022 • 1:41:04pm

Harry Blackmun (1970) 94-0
John Paul Stevens (1975) 98-0
Sandra Day O’Connor (1981) 99-0
Antonin Scalia (1986) 98-0 *
David H Souter (1990) 90-9
Stephen G Breyer (1994) 87-9

*yeah, okay, he became very controversial later. But he wasn’t at the time of his confirmation

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steve_davis Mar 21, 2022 • 1:43:13pm

re: #79 Punish Domestic Terrorists

The estimated date is wildly inaccurate.

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i was using one of those in I think 2005. It was right before smartphones actually became practical.

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Crush White Nationalism Mar 21, 2022 • 1:46:27pm

re: #141 steve_davis

i was using one of those in I think 2005. It was right before smartphones actually became practical.

That’s the correct date for that “vintage” phone. I don’t know if someone was just screwing around, or if a young person was in over their head in labeling it.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 1:53:01pm

this trial is happening today

Sorry to everyone hoping to kick off Monday with a horse sightinghttps://t.co/P6jo7xFQVU

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) March 21, 2022

Secret Service describing Pence’s movements during the siege:

Hawa was with Pence and his family when he arrived at the Capitol on Jan. 6. They were in his ceremonial office before heading to the Senate chamber and then moved to the House side, then back to the Senate side, for the certification proceedings

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) March 21, 2022

Hawa said it became a security situation even though crowd was outside at that point because people were surrounding a secure site, and it also became an issue when they’re potentially taking away options for a route out

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) March 21, 2022

Hawa says that after Pence left his ceremonial office, they took him underground to a loading dock area, which the AUSA has Hawa confirm is under a plaza on the Senate side, within the restricted area perimeter the govt laid out

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) March 21, 2022

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Eclectic Cyborg Mar 21, 2022 • 1:53:03pm

re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth

A former co-worker of mine was fired after posting a photo of herself at a restaurant with a margarita in her hand on Instagram. The incident happened after she got off work but…she was still wearing her work shirt in the photo and our company logo was visible.

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Eclectic Cyborg Mar 21, 2022 • 1:53:23pm

re: #142 Punish Domestic Terrorists

That’s the correct date for that “vintage” phone. I don’t know if someone was just screwing around, or if a young person was in over their head in labeling it.

I would guess the latter.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 1:54:09pm

The White House suggests US companies take standard steps to take to boost defense: Use multi-factor authentication, use tools to continuously look for threats, patch, back up and encrypt data, run drills for crises, be aware of phishing tactics, and contact FBI/CISA pic.twitter.com/d3eb5VRt1Z

— Shannon Vavra (@shanvav) March 21, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 1:55:26pm

Not a day goes by that I’m not thankful this lunatic isn’t in charge of the nuclear weapons anymore. https://t.co/3kdt1oeeyG

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 21, 2022

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wrenchwench Mar 21, 2022 • 1:55:37pm

Today is Benito Juarez’s birthday, excepting his notable hostility to the Church, the most admirable Mexican President. pic.twitter.com/4IiGszYySE

— Alex Hays (@Alex_for_WA) March 21, 2022

Feature—not a bug, imho

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steve_davis Mar 21, 2022 • 2:04:29pm

re: #107 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

This is wrong. Yuri has been dead 54 years. He had nothing to do with anything like the Ukraine invasion, and some of his fellow cosmonauts are risking their careers, and possibly a lot more, to show solidarity with the peace movement.

Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space, has had his name removed from a Space Foundation fundraiser, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

DUI in a fighter jet, as I recall.

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John Hughes Mar 21, 2022 • 2:06:20pm

re: #148 wrenchwench

Juarez is standing there in full freemason drag and Hays finds it odd that he was hostile to the Church?

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Patricia Kayden Mar 21, 2022 • 2:20:56pm

re: #33 Dread Pirate Ron

Why is it highly effective? It’s not highly effective with Black Americans.

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Patricia Kayden Mar 21, 2022 • 2:21:04pm

pic.twitter.com/fG6vj8gBcw

— WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) March 20, 2022

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Crush White Nationalism Mar 21, 2022 • 2:24:14pm

re: #8 Charles Johnson

It’s nice that the wife he abused is no longer with him, but he sounds like a danger to the kids.

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Patricia Kayden Mar 21, 2022 • 2:24:59pm

I’d say she’s qualified.

Source: @washingtonpost pic.twitter.com/u18lPpQh1b

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) March 21, 2022

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The Pie Overlord! Mar 21, 2022 • 2:25:28pm

re: #98 KingKenrod

Funny thread. We all know this guy, right?

[Embedded content]

Weird Al’s stunt double.

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No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 2:26:06pm

re: #142 Punish Domestic Terrorists

That’s the correct date for that “vintage” phone. I don’t know if someone was just screwing around, or if a young person was in over their head in labeling it.

In a century, movie makers will be driving historians crazy with historical inaccuracies like smart phones in the eighties and rotary phones now.

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mmmirele Mar 21, 2022 • 2:27:42pm

re: #144 Eclectic Cyborg

A former co-worker of mine was fired after posting a photo of herself at a restaurant with a margarita in her hand on Instagram. The incident happened after she got off work but…she was still wearing her work shirt in the photo and our company logo was visible.

This is why I call my employer the too big to fail financial institution. I don’t bring my work into my private life because the TBTFFI doesn’t want to be associated with the likes of me on my off-work hours.

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Charles Johnson Mar 21, 2022 • 2:30:41pm

Nothing says “credibility” like going on Bannon’s show to babble about “plots.” https://t.co/lO4VDU45Ax

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2022

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William Lewis Mar 21, 2022 • 2:32:02pm

re: #156 No Malarkey!

In a century, movie makers will be driving historians crazy with historical inaccuracies like smart phones in the eighties and rotary phones now.

Rotary phones are still usable. The phone companies _hate_ them but they still support them because of people like my ex mother in law who has three phones in her house and all three are rotary. Now, I agree, they won’t get them in an appropriate context. I’m surprised no one ever did a western where every home had it’s own telegraph station ;) Victorian Internet FTW!!!

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Teukka Mar 21, 2022 • 2:32:50pm

This guy keeps going off on the Russian embassy in France and they keep replying and well, it’s amazing:

Don’t you know? It’s useless to offer the “I was just following orders” defence when it comes to your war crimes tribunal @AmbRusFrance and your current diplomatic immunity from the corrupt regime you serve (to line your own pockets) will have no validity after Putin is deposed. https://t.co/A1TkrOnHUK

— Paul Niland (@PaulNiland) March 21, 2022

The fact that internal law does not impose a penalty for an act which constitutes a crime under international law does not relieve the person who committed the act from responsibility under international law.
2/6

— Teo 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬💉 (@Teukka1972) March 21, 2022

The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him.
4/6

— Teo 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬💉 (@Teukka1972) March 21, 2022

Any person charged with a crime under international law has the right to a fair trial on the facts and law.
6/6
These are also known as the Nuremberg principles. And they still apply, albeit in slightly modified form.

— Teo 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬💉 (@Teukka1972) March 21, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 2:33:42pm

re: #156 No Malarkey!

In a century, movie makers will be driving historians crazy with historical inaccuracies like smart phones in the eighties and rotary phones now.

That reminds me how focused the set decorators were in Chernobyl to make sure the tiniest details were historically accurate.

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Charles Johnson Mar 21, 2022 • 2:36:34pm

ƜӇЄƝ ƬӇЄ ƛƇƠԼƳƬЄ ƇԼƖMƁЄƊ ƬӇЄ MƠƲƝƬƛƖƝ ƛƝƊ ƧƬƠƠƊ ƁЄƑƠƦЄ ƬӇЄ MƛƧƬЄƦ ƛƝƊ ƛƧƘЄƊ ƑƠƦ ƬӇЄ ƲԼƬƖMƛƬЄ ƧЄƇƦЄƬ ƠƑ ԼƖƑЄ, ƬӇЄ MƛƧƬЄƦ ƦЄƤԼƖЄƊ, “MƛƤ ƛƝƊ ƦЄƊƲƇЄ.”

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2022

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sizzzzlerz Mar 21, 2022 • 2:36:46pm

re: #111 No Malarkey!

Cell phones from the eighties were about the size of the shoe phones in Get Smart.

Something like this (Michael Douglas in Wall Street)? That brick cost about $9000 in 1980s money.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 2:38:53pm

re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth

That reminds me how focused the set decorators were in Chernobyl to make sure the tiniest details were historically accurate.

How Chernobyl’s meticulous sets envelop viewers in late Soviet design

“Every time we shot a landscape or exterior, it couldn’t be a beautiful field,” says Hull. “There had to be a sign of man destroying nature, something that captured a sense of depletion.”

But the most important source of inspiration was the on-the-ground research conducted by the production team. The staff watched extensive video footage of the event, and scoured Lithuania and Ukraine for props and authentic period costumes, tapping into Ukrainian eBay and Saturday markets in the capital city of Kiev to find old ashtrays, plates, and polyester clothing. The wardrobe department scoured warehouses from Prague to Kiev to find forgotten stocks of Soviet clothing, even going so far as to make new articles of clothing from old fabric discovered in Belarus. In many of these countries, complicated feelings about the Soviet past—some felt resentful and wanted to forget the era, others held onto nostalgia—added to the challenge of souring.

Some of the biggest challenges came with recreating the scientific equipment of the era. Much of the dosimeters and radiological gear were simply custom-made for the shoot. These efforts helped avoid ’80s pastiche, and ironed out the kind of “Americanisms” that often creep into other Western shows about this era.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 2:39:50pm

re: #162 Charles Johnson

42!!!

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 2:41:43pm

We certainly agree you’re a right moron

Speaking of which, please do explain how more natural gas, which is what Oz was talking about, would lower prices at the GASOLINE pump NOW

Unless you mean, burn NG in your car. But if you can afford THAT, then you can afford electric pic.twitter.com/z6s718PAwA

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 21, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 2:43:15pm

You can read her story here: https://t.co/8kTHp2z5kr

— Benjamin Young Savage (ᐱᓐᒋᐱᓐ) (@benjancewicz) March 20, 2022

You can (and should) follow Olga’s activism here on Twitter: @thorkiman

— Benjamin Young Savage (ᐱᓐᒋᐱᓐ) (@benjancewicz) March 20, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 2:45:11pm

Ted Cruz is already the most hated man in Congress. I think he wants to be the most hated man in the country. https://t.co/vKBFSemfrN

— 🇺🇦Piyush Mittal🇺🇦 (@piyushmittal) March 21, 2022

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Eclectic Cyborg Mar 21, 2022 • 2:50:33pm

re: #155 The Pie Overlord!

Weird Al’s stunt double.

Great Value Carlos Santana

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Teukka Mar 21, 2022 • 2:58:04pm

Russian state TV Just Declared War on… Arnold Schwarzenegger:

“ARNIE, YOU ARE A PREDATOR AND AN ENEMY.” https://t.co/Az3ylKxSg8

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) March 21, 2022

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Eclectic Cyborg Mar 21, 2022 • 2:59:38pm

re: #170 Teukka

Most movies I’ve seen suggest going after Arnie doesn’t end well.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 3:04:19pm

NBC News gave its top platforms—Today, Nightly News and Meet the Press—to Bill Barr to promote his book and establish him as credible, despite his false Mueller report memo

The playbook for liars like Barr is to abuse the media’s access addiction—then go on Fox to spread misinfo pic.twitter.com/I1saU6Vwe4

— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) March 21, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 3:05:06pm

LOL

Whenever Marsha Blackburn talks, all I hear is this clip of her from the Home Shopping Network in the 80s.pic.twitter.com/fBWTJqfg4V

— Andrew Wortman 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@AmoneyResists) March 21, 2022

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Belafon Mar 21, 2022 • 3:06:27pm

The story of two journalists in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov and Evgeniy Maloletkawho, who, according to the article, were being hunted by Russian troops so they could be forced to retract their stories:

Ukrainian authoritieSuddenly at dawn, a dozen soldiers burst in: “Where are the journalists, for fuck’s sake?”

I looked at their armbands, blue for Ukraine, and tried to calculate the odds that they were Russians in disguise. I stepped forward to identify myself. “We’re here to get you out,” they said.

The walls of the surgery shook from artillery and machine gun fire outside, and it seemed safer to stay inside. But the Ukrainian soldiers were under orders to take us with them.

apnews.com

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion Mar 21, 2022 • 3:06:35pm

re: #171 Eclectic Cyborg

Most movies I’ve seen suggest going after Arnie doesn’t end well.

/

“You’re a funny guy Putin. I like you. That’s why I’m going to kill you last.”

176

nines09 Mar 21, 2022 • 3:06:57pm

Read the thread.
Righteous.

On a train to Philly. Man gets on, no mask. Attendant says he needs one. He doesn’t have one, wraps piece of clothing around face. Attendant leaves. Man removes covering. Says “fucking bitch.”

The level of “Philly” brought into this man by fellow passengers is beyond.

1/n

— Michael B (@PsychDocB1) March 20, 2022

177

Teukka Mar 21, 2022 • 3:09:48pm

Load tweet to get full pic.

“While terms like ‘war crimes’ and ‘war criminal’ are often used colloquially, they do have a legal definition that could be used in potential prosecution,” writes Paul LeBlanc | Analysis https://t.co/fk9AKid6VQ

— CNN (@CNN) March 21, 2022

178

No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 3:11:05pm

NEW: Russia has launched more than 300 sorties into Ukraine the last 24 hours: senior U.S. defense official.

🇷🇺 sorties are not “venturing very far and very long” into 🇺🇦 airspace, the official said. Russia still has more than 60 percent of fixed wing and rotary wing capability.

— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) March 21, 2022

They’ve lost 10% confirmed, potentially as high as ~20% (per the UAF). The other 20% are likely down for maintenance. https://t.co/9zjFTpMepP

— James Griffin (@spawnofKahn) March 21, 2022

179

Decatur Deb Mar 21, 2022 • 3:14:11pm

re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth

Does that mean we are the baddies?

180

RoJo Must Go! Mar 21, 2022 • 3:16:24pm

re: #47 lawhawk

Palate cleanser… because it’s just beautiful…

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Video;

Seeing them in concert this Saturday night. So excited for that!

181

Dangerman Mar 21, 2022 • 3:18:39pm

re: #177 Teukka

Load tweet to get full pic.

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it’s either deliberate or they’re incompetent. either way…

Airstrikes on an art school and a maternity hospital. Residential apartment buildings taking fire from tanks. More than 900 civilians killed in a matter of weeks.

182

gocart mozart Mar 21, 2022 • 3:22:47pm

Cancelculture crybabies now mad about a shirt.

Also, “foment the forces they capitulate to,” wtf. https://t.co/o0PZD5RGfL

— Roy Edroso (@edroso) March 21, 2022

183

No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 3:29:31pm

re: #174 Belafon

The story of two journalists in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov and Evgeniy Maloletkawho, who, according to the article, were being hunted by Russian troops so they could be forced to retract their stories:

apnews.com

That is a powerful story; its a miracle those reporters got out alive.

184

No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 3:30:56pm

re: #181 Dangerman

it’s either deliberate or they’re incompetent. either way…

Its deliberate.

185

Dangerman Mar 21, 2022 • 3:33:31pm

“You said you’d maybe do more than just send in the MiG jets. Alright. What more?” @Varneyco pressed Donald Trump.

Here’s how the former president responded: https://t.co/CdHpumfwd6 pic.twitter.com/4Mx0bzaiY7

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) March 21, 2022

asshat

186

Dangerman Mar 21, 2022 • 3:34:28pm

re: #184 No Malarkey!

Its deliberate.

oh i know cause no way anyone would admit the russian army is incompetent

187

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Mar 21, 2022 • 3:34:50pm

re: #156 No Malarkey!

In a century, movie makers will be driving historians crazy with historical inaccuracies like smart phones in the eighties and rotary phones now.

<—- looks up at my rotary wall phone next to me, then looks at rotary French desk phone in bedroom.

What is this “touch tone” stuff we keep hearing about?

188

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Mar 21, 2022 • 3:37:12pm

re: #159 William Lewis

Rotary phones are still usable. The phone companies _hate_ them but they still support them because of people like my ex mother in law who has three phones in her house and all three are rotary. Now, I agree, they won’t get them in an appropriate context. I’m surprised no one ever did a western where every home had it’s own telegraph station ;) Victorian Internet FTW!!!

When I was working for a telephone test equipment manufacturer in 1984 and 1985, an integrated circuit which converted rotary dial pulses to touch tone signals only cost about three cents when we bought them in bulk.

189

No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 3:38:04pm

NATO military assistance is playing an important role in the war. Putin could do something about it. He won’t because he’s *deterred* — which is just a fancy way of saying he’s scared.

— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) March 21, 2022

190

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 3:38:07pm

re: #176 nines09

Read the thread.
Righteous.

Also, to the people who think this is unreasonable, please note it’s still Federal Law on public transportation.

Disagree? Please come to Philly. We’re happy to welcome you with open arms and apparently improvised songs about your assholery.https://t.co/4OzhNe6NbT

— Michael B (@PsychDocB1) March 20, 2022

191

darthstar Mar 21, 2022 • 3:40:03pm

So…it would appear Russia is lower on ordnance than we may have thought…granted, a bomb’s a bomb…

#Ukraine: Something fascinating from #Kyiv; tho used against a land target, it seems that Ru used an 3M-51 “Alfa” anti-ship missile, which has secondary land-attack capabilities. Likely what we see is the the subsonic carrier stage of the 3-stage 3M-51.

Thank you @blueboy1969! pic.twitter.com/EhiE2V6X1D

— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) March 21, 2022

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darthstar Mar 21, 2022 • 3:42:08pm

re: #191 darthstar

So…it would appear Russia is lower on ordnance than we may have thought…granted, a bomb’s a bomb…

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It’s a land torpedo!

Another pic that shows most of the rest of the ‘missile’ quite intact in a crater suggests the 3P-51 marked section is likely from the carrier stage of a 3M-51, though reuse of certain parts on a 3M-54 is possible.

So, Ru is using a missile usually for ships on land targets. pic.twitter.com/XWlBHydfIn

— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) March 21, 2022

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Ace Rothstein Mar 21, 2022 • 3:42:42pm

re: #10 Eclectic Cyborg

Remember how angry Kavanagh got during his confirmation hearing?

Imagine the response from the talking heads if we got a photo of Jackson with an expression like this on her face…

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“Angry Black Lady”

194

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Mar 21, 2022 • 3:43:06pm

re: #190 Backwoods_Sleuth

NYT Pitchbot maybe: In Philly, Unreasonable Shaming Continues

195

Dave In Austin Mar 21, 2022 • 3:44:13pm

Austin is under a Tornado Warning

196

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Mar 21, 2022 • 3:46:00pm

re: #195 Dave In Austin

Austin is under a Tornado Warning

Stay safe.

197

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 3:49:32pm

re: #192 darthstar

It’s a land torpedo!

candygram!
land shark!

198

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 3:52:17pm

re: #195 Dave In Austin

Austin is under a Tornado Warning

If you live in the path of this storm take shelter immediately! https://t.co/tWNW3tY8C0

— NWS Austin/San Antonio (@NWSSanAntonio) March 21, 2022

Tornado Warning including Serenada TX, Jarrell TX until 6:15 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/5TpR0MebAX

— NWS Austin/San Antonio (@NWSSanAntonio) March 21, 2022

Aviso de Tormenta Severa incluye Round Rock TX, Cedar Park TX, Georgetown TX hasta las 6:45 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/FRhRPbSoOZ

— NWS Austin/San Antonio (@NWSSanAntonio) March 21, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 3:53:35pm

Think about all these proud, amazing parents have seen in their lives. And look how far their daughter has come. So wonderful ❤️❤️❤️ #KetanjiBrownJackson pic.twitter.com/WeQ6tBZU8D

— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) March 21, 2022

Her parents have been married for 54 years.

200

EPR-radar Mar 21, 2022 • 3:54:09pm

re: #198 Backwoods_Sleuth

Lime-size hail is hard core.

201

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Mar 21, 2022 • 3:55:46pm

In not very interesting local news, the National Weather Service is changing our fire zone boundaries and renumbering them (meaning programmable weather radios will all have to be reprogrammed).

Click to Reveal

The old boundaries follow county lines. The new boundaries follow geographic features. The rationale for that is fires tend to stay withinin a particular geographic feature rather than a particular county.

Thus my old fire zone (the five SW counties of the Nebraska Panhandle) is proposed to be changed with a new fire zone which runs along the valley of the North Platte River, bounded on the south by the Wildcat Hills and on the north by the Nebraska Sandhills. I live on the boundary of the new zones 435 and 436 (on the foothills of the Sandhills).

weather.gov

I’m off to the doc in Cheyenne tomorrow, so naturally the NWS scheduled snow for my trip.

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No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 3:55:48pm

re: #191 darthstar

So…it would appear Russia is lower on ordnance than we may have thought…granted, a bomb’s a bomb…

I don’t care if China condemns Russia or not. I just don’t want them to give Russia military assistance.

203

Romantic Heretic Mar 21, 2022 • 3:57:55pm

re: #2 Thanos

I came into this thread wondering, :How long will it take for the GOP to start trolling?”

The answer was, “Immediately.”

JFC.

204

austin_blue Mar 21, 2022 • 3:57:57pm

re: #195 Dave In Austin

Austin is under a Tornado Warning

Shit, on the ground in Round Rock at I-35 and the TX 45 flyover.

At Rush Hour. Fuck.

205

John Hughes Mar 21, 2022 • 4:04:05pm

re: #170 Teukka
These guys are clueless.

Arnie is a terminator, not a predator.

206

William Lewis Mar 21, 2022 • 4:06:38pm

re: #188 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

When I was working for a telephone test equipment manufacturer in 1984 and 1985, an integrated circuit which converted rotary dial pulses to touch tone signals only cost about three cents when we bought them in bulk.

Oh, I find that easy to believe. Doesn’t change their attitude to her hanging on to them. When she passes, I need to snarf them so they don’t get returned to the phone company.

207

Belafon Mar 21, 2022 • 4:07:00pm

Today they’re supposed to be doing storm spotter training online, but the Fort Woth NWS branch just had to shelter in place.

208

William Lewis Mar 21, 2022 • 4:08:05pm

re: #192 darthstar

It’s a land torpedo!

The land shark marines are next!

209

The Pie Overlord! Mar 21, 2022 • 4:08:16pm

re: #111 No Malarkey!

Cell phones from the eighties were about the size of the shoe phones in Get Smart.

I had a “mobile phone” in the early 90’s. It was the size of a shoe box and the weight of a brick.

210

No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 4:08:25pm

re: #206 William Lewis

Oh, I find that easy to believe. Doesn’t change their attitude to her hanging on to them. When she passes, I need to snarf them so they don’t get returned to the phone company.

Is she still leasing rotary phones from the phone company?

211

William Lewis Mar 21, 2022 • 4:09:26pm

re: #210 No Malarkey!

Is she still leasing rotary phones from the phone company?

That’s what I understand.

212

Dave In Austin Mar 21, 2022 • 4:10:59pm

re: #204 austin_blue

Shit, on the ground in Round Rock at I-35 and the TX 45 flyover.

At Rush Hour. Fuck.

Was watching. Doing check ins now

213

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 4:13:37pm

re: #207 Belafon

Today they’re supposed to be doing storm spotter training online, but the Fort Woth NWS branch just had to shelter in place.

We did basic storm spotter here (virtually) last month (I needed a certification refresher since it’s been three years…even after more than 40 years, still have to do that every three years thing). Got advanced spotter training (virtual) coming up next month.

214

Hecuba's daughter Mar 21, 2022 • 4:13:39pm

re: #205 John Hughes

These guys are clueless.

Arnie is a terminator, not a predator.

But he did kill a predator!

215

No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 4:14:05pm

re: #211 William Lewis

That’s what I understand.

That is hilarious. For you kids too young to know, once upon a time, you couldn’t buy a phone; you had to lease it from AT&T, which had an absolute monopoly on phone service nationwide until it was broken up.

216

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 4:14:18pm

re: #209 The Pie Overlord!

I had a “mobile phone” in the early 90’s. It was the size of a shoe box and the weight of a brick.

I had one of those “bag phones” back in the 80s. Still have it somewhere.

217

No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 4:15:19pm

re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth

I had one of those “bag phones” back in the 80s. Still have it somewhere.

I wonder what you could get for that on ebay.

218

Dave In Austin Mar 21, 2022 • 4:15:43pm

Tornado on the ground by Hutto. It’s grinder.

219

Decatur Deb Mar 21, 2022 • 4:16:18pm

re: #207 Belafon

Today they’re supposed to be doing storm spotter training online, but the Fort Woth NWS branch just had to shelter in place.

Should be east to spot, then.

220

Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Mar 21, 2022 • 4:16:27pm

re: #214 Hecuba’s daughter

But he did kill a predator!

No, he didn’t.

221

Decatur Deb Mar 21, 2022 • 4:17:37pm

re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth

I had one of those “bag phones” back in the 80s. Still have it somewhere.

All that’s left of mine is the springy magnet-base aux antenna. Got to be a use for it.

222

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 4:18:18pm

re: #217 No Malarkey!

I wonder what you could get for that on ebay.

I’ll have to find out what box it got stored in and check that out. It really is kinda cool, totally useless now, but cool. It might be a Motorola.

223

Ace Rothstein Mar 21, 2022 • 4:18:21pm

re: #209 The Pie Overlord!

I had a “mobile phone” in the early 90’s. It was the size of a shoe box and the weight of a brick.

My first one had to be worn on my shoulder like a purse.

224

The Pie Overlord! Mar 21, 2022 • 4:18:24pm

IANAL, but can somebody here who is a lawyer or at least watches a bunch of lawyer shows on TV explain to me how “Hunter Biden’s Laptop” is admissible evidence in a court of law?

225

John Hughes Mar 21, 2022 • 4:18:40pm

re: #215 No Malarkey!

you had to lease it from AT&T, which had an absolute monopoly on phone service [ almost ] nationwide

there were a few tiny independent telephone companies, for example what became Sprint.

226

Ace Rothstein Mar 21, 2022 • 4:18:59pm

re: #224 The Pie Overlord!

I’m not a lawyer and I know it’s not.

227

Patricia Kayden Mar 21, 2022 • 4:19:02pm

re: #176 nines09

Hilarious!! Got to love Philly!!

228

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Mar 21, 2022 • 4:19:03pm

re: #215 No Malarkey!

That is hilarious. For you kids too young to know, once upon a time, you couldn’t buy a phone; you had to lease it from AT&T, which had an absolute monopoly on phone service nationwide until it was broken up.

Well, not quite a monopoly, but close. Until I was nineteen, we had a cooperative telephone company in my town in Michigan [1981]. Our telephone number was 12 (one long ring, two short rings).

Afterwards, General Telephone bought out our telephone company and we got rotary dial service. To make a long-distance call, an operator would come on the line to take down your telephone number for billing.

My aunt (who lived a mile outside of town) had a party line until she died in 2015.

229

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 4:20:34pm

This was a short time ago near I-35 near Round Rock, TX. Massive tornado pic.twitter.com/1BBukUfDXu

— Citizen Stringer (@CitizenStringer) March 21, 2022

Round Rock tornado will pass very close to KGRK radar site at Ft Hood #txwx pic.twitter.com/lEwgDHhoYY

— Equus (@EquusStorm) March 21, 2022

Funnel cloud over round rock. You could see the debris flying in the air. #Roundrock #tornado #twister #hail pic.twitter.com/z80ptHkMmg

— Geoff (@TheGeoffBrock) March 21, 2022

This is wild
Tornado at I35 in Round Rock

This storm has already passed us and we are fine. pic.twitter.com/vhuyuc73eV

— 🏁 Danielle Crespo (@Danielle_Crespo) March 21, 2022

230

John Hughes Mar 21, 2022 • 4:21:28pm

re: #224 The Pie Overlord!

Admissable evidence in a trial of who for what?

231

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 4:21:35pm

Round Rock Tornado Update Gattis School/Greenlawn

Initial sizeup: 5 block x 5 block area affected, several structures missing roofs, several structures complete collapse.

— ATXScan (@ATXScan) March 21, 2022

232

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 4:22:35pm

Wow! I never seen anything like this. A tornado crossing I-35 in Round Rock. #tornado #twx https://t.co/kxSd1pYyXv

— ThomasDBradley (@ThomasDBradley) March 21, 2022

233

Rightwingconspirator Mar 21, 2022 • 4:24:01pm

In 1989 I happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Late afternoon, October 17 South San Francisco. After the quake, I looked out in my hotel parking lot for cars with car phone antennas. I knocked on 3 doors with cash in hand offering it to anyone that would call my wike in LA and let her know I was fine. 3 for 3 were fakes. Antenna only trying to make a rich impression.

The ’80s. Ya had to be there to get it.

234

Ace Rothstein Mar 21, 2022 • 4:24:24pm

re: #230 John Hughes

Admissable evidence in a trial of who for what?

Sleepy Joe’s kid, duh.
/

235

Ace Rothstein Mar 21, 2022 • 4:25:20pm

re: #233 Rightwingconspirator

LOL I remember those.

236

JC1 Mar 21, 2022 • 4:25:49pm

re: #171 Eclectic Cyborg

Most movies I’ve seen suggest going after Arnie doesn’t end well.

/

He just might be more popular in Russia than Putin.

237

Ace Rothstein Mar 21, 2022 • 4:26:30pm

re: #233 Rightwingconspirator

In 1989 I happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Late afternoon, October 17 South San Francisco. After the quake, I looked out in my hotel parking lot for cars with car phone antennas. I knocked on 3 doors with cash in hand offering it to anyone that would call my wike in LA and let her know I was fine. 3 for 3 were fakes. Antenna only trying to make a rich impression.

The ’80s. Ya had to be there to get it.

The fake car phone antennas, beepers, and the obnoxious car alarms. The 80’s were something else.

238

darthstar Mar 21, 2022 • 4:27:18pm

If only the Russian people were allowed to read Twitter…

Komsomolskaya Pravda, the pro-Kremlin tabloid, says that according to Russian ministry of defense numbers, 9,861 Russian soldiers died in Ukraine and 16,153 were injured. The last official Russian KIA figure, on March 2, was 498. Fascinating that someone posted the leaked number. pic.twitter.com/LHrBWIQ49z

— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) March 21, 2022

239

John Hughes Mar 21, 2022 • 4:27:28pm

re: #220 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

You’re right, Arnie didn’t.

But Danny Glover did.

240

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 4:27:52pm

Your god is mad that you’re fucking with their trans kids, Gerg. https://t.co/KKH8tEn8q8

— Blue Heron Farm (@BlueHeronFarmTX) March 21, 2022

241

Barefoot Grin Mar 21, 2022 • 4:28:05pm

re: #200 EPR-radar

Lime-size hail is hard core.

When life gives you lime-size hail, make gin and tonics.

242

John Hughes Mar 21, 2022 • 4:28:54pm

re: #234 Ace Rothstein

Sleepy Joe’s kid, duh.
/

Are you now or have you ever been the son of Joe Biden?

243

The Pie Overlord! Mar 21, 2022 • 4:29:02pm

re: #230 John Hughes

Admissable evidence in a trial of who for what?

Joe Biden’s impeachment.

244

Ace Rothstein Mar 21, 2022 • 4:29:29pm

re: #242 John Hughes

Are you now or have you ever been the son of Joe Biden?

Yes, no, and maybe.

245

GlutenFreeJesus Mar 21, 2022 • 4:30:53pm

re: #240 Backwoods_Sleuth

Why don’t you all just shoot them with your guns.

— Oh. My. Glob. (@efuseakay) March 21, 2022

246

Belafon Mar 21, 2022 • 4:32:10pm

One of the people on the stream at NWS said there’s rotation in the Carrollton area and people should seek shelter.

247

No Malarkey! Mar 21, 2022 • 4:33:07pm

re: #224 The Pie Overlord!

IANAL, but can somebody here who is a lawyer or at least watches a bunch of lawyer shows on TV explain to me how “Hunter Biden’s Laptop” is admissible evidence in a court of law?

Depends on what you want to use it as evidence for, and if you can lay a foundation for its authenticity and relevancy.

248

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 4:34:03pm

Don’t forget what Jim Jordan did to hundreds of OSU athletes. pic.twitter.com/026g6he4nr

— ᒪᗩᑎᑕᗴ 🏳️‍🌈 (@LanceUSA70) March 21, 2022

249

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 4:37:19pm

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

She’s baaaaaack! After the death of Rep. Don Young, Sarah Palin says she is ready to head to Congress to fill his “big shoes.” pic.twitter.com/2YQoNLAIGN

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 21, 2022

250

Romantic Heretic Mar 21, 2022 • 4:37:44pm

re: #175 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

Remember, Putin? When I promised to kill you last?

That’s right, Mr. Schwarzenegger. You did!

I lied. *drops him off a cliff*

AAAAAAAAAH! *splat*

Love that movie.

251

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 4:39:22pm

She’s totally incapable of grasping how badly she embarrasses herself. Every single time. https://t.co/EiZrLhQqek

— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 21, 2022

252

Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Mar 21, 2022 • 4:39:45pm

re: #239 John Hughes

You’re right, Arnie didn’t.

But Danny Glover did.

Predator 2. He was given a pistol as a trophy.

Danny Glover’s character earned the old pistol. Predators live by a strict code that governs their hunting lifestyle, and part of the code says that if one of your clan is defeated in combat, the victor must be accepted as equals and be presented a trophy or gift.

253

Backwoods_Sleuth Mar 21, 2022 • 4:41:41pm

“In Pennsylvania, Trump’s chosen Senate candidate Sean Parnell dropped out after his wife accused him of abusing her and their children.

Another Trump chosen Senate candidate, Herschel Walker in Georgia, has also been accused of domestic violence and threatening to kill his ex.” https://t.co/C1AsY8WETv

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 21, 2022

254

EPR-radar Mar 21, 2022 • 4:41:54pm

re: #215 No Malarkey!

That is hilarious. For you kids too young to know, once upon a time, you couldn’t buy a phone; you had to lease it from AT&T, which had an absolute monopoly on phone service nationwide until it was broken up.

Those phones are among the most durable pieces of technology to ever exist, since there was actually profit to be made by having them last forever.

255

Cheechako Mar 21, 2022 • 4:44:11pm

re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

Boy, is she dreaming. She will not even get 4th place in the shotgun primary.

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Wile E. Wonka Mar 21, 2022 • 5:02:47pm

re: #224 The Pie Overlord!

IANAL, but can somebody here who is a lawyer or at least watches a bunch of lawyer shows on TV explain to me how “Hunter Biden’s Laptop” is admissible evidence in a court of law?

If you’re talking about the investigation into Hunter’s back taxes, and the recent breathless NYPost headline screaming that the NYTimes HAS CONFIRMED THE LAPTOP!!!11111!!, well…

…The authenticity of some emails between Hunter and his business partners has apparently been confirmed. Emails which were part of a file dump acquired by the NYTimes, and which the Post alleged came from the alleged laptop. Emails that show Hunter trying to surf the thin line of legality involved with setting up brief, no-promises meetings between Dad and foreign clients without registering as a foreign agent. And, more germane to the Justice Dept. investigation, discuss how to get out from under his mountain of back tax liability far enough not to get dinged for evasion.

The emails look like they’re probably admissable, since Hunter’s people confirm them. And reeeeeally weak sauce if what they’re supposed to prove is any kind of corruption narrative involving Joe Biden and Ukraine. In them, Hunter mostly seems intent on making sure his clients don’t get the wrong message and start thinking Hunter can influence Joe’s decision making, because he knows he can’t.

But the Famous Alleged Laptop is still, well, alleged.

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Wile E. Wonka Mar 21, 2022 • 5:12:35pm

re: #223 Ace Rothstein

My first one had to be worn on my shoulder like a purse.

And for the “ERMAGERD 5G IS FRYIN MY BRAIN CELL!” crowd, those ’80s analog mobile phones put out enough wattage in the ~500MHz range to make your scalp glow. The switch to spread-spectrum digital (thanks, Hedy Lamarr!) was such a huge advance in terms of cutting down on RF-to-the-head, and gets no respect. ;)

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion Mar 21, 2022 • 6:26:46pm

re: #224 The Pie Overlord!

IANAL, but can somebody here who is a lawyer or at least watches a bunch of lawyer shows on TV explain to me how “Hunter Biden’s Laptop” is admissible evidence in a court of law?

It doesn’t exist (and no the NYT Article never said it did) so it’s not. They’ve been fucking this chicken for over a year now and not once has even a picture of it been shown. Half the time they can’t decide if it one laptop or two, where it came from, or if it’s just a hard drive.

It doesn’t exist. All they have are emails from somewhere, that Hunter Biden said are real, that completely torpedo the whole narrative on it.

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