Cory Wong Goes Electric: "Power Station"

Hecuba's daughter Apr 9, 2022 • 6:40:29pm

re: #2 Eclectic Cyborg

Oz is a TV / Media guy and a grifter. Of course Trump will support him.

Unlike Trump, Oz had real credentials; he was a successful cardiothoracic surgeon and a professor at Columbia, but he decided he preferred the media limelight to serious work. It is sad when someone with potential goes down the dark path and abandons truth and accomplishment for celebrity status.

Decatur Deb Apr 9, 2022 • 6:41:57pm

re: #10 Hecuba’s daughter

Unlike Trump, Oz had real credentials; he was a successful cardiothoracic surgeon and a professor at Columbia, but he decided he preferred the media limelight to serious work. It is sad when someone with potential goes down the dark path and abandons truth and accomplishment for celebrity status.

Dr Ben Carson could have been remembered as a triumph of accomplishment.

Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 9, 2022 • 6:46:17pm

re: #7 jaunte

Grifters In Disarray!

i need mohr popcorn

jaunte Apr 9, 2022 • 6:47:58pm

Citizen K Apr 9, 2022 • 6:50:38pm

Man, it’s always a thing when I find out I’m blocked on twitter by an account that I, for the most part, would actually agree with or be fond of, and I wonder what the hell I did to get the quick block.

Florida Panhandler Apr 9, 2022 • 6:55:11pm

re: #11 Decatur Deb

Dr Ben Carson could have been remembered as a triumph of accomplishment.

Now he’s just another dead asshole who in the end only looked out for himself.

The same way Clarence Thomas will be remembered one day.

Belafon Apr 9, 2022 • 6:55:17pm

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins fatally struck by a dump truck on Florida highway, police say

cnn.com

jaunte Apr 9, 2022 • 6:56:35pm

re: #11 Decatur Deb

I don’t remember him.

Decatur Deb Apr 9, 2022 • 6:57:06pm

re: #17 jaunte

I don’t remember him.

That’s kind of you.

jaunte Apr 9, 2022 • 6:57:40pm

Johnny Cash, who once played an anti-war protest song in front of Richard Nixon at the White House, would have loathed Donald Trump with every fiber in his being https://t.co/7EWMiI5xkl

— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) April 9, 2022

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Apr 9, 2022 • 6:59:46pm

re: #139 stpaulbear

I got my second booster shot on Thursday and was really sore on Friday evening. I got a walk-up shot at a CVS inside a Target store before picking up an order. In hindsight I feel like I should have gone somewhere that had the Moderna vaccine. The second booster was my fourth Pfizer shot.

I am still recovering from the shot I got at the hospital Thursday morning (Covid-19 immunisations have to be ordered in here; you cannot “walk up” for a vaccination). I’ve spent much of the time in bed.

Nevertheless, I would much rather spend a few days feeling awful than any amount of time in an ICU.

GlutenFreeJesus Apr 9, 2022 • 7:01:16pm

Okok y’all got me with this wordle thing.

Wordle 294 2/6

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Apr 9, 2022 • 7:04:45pm

Have a thought for our poor Kentucky members.

BLACKBIRDS ATTACK KENTUCKY! (Weekly World News, April 5, 2022)

Millions of birds are attacking a small Kentucky city - destroying buildings, parks and injuring thousands of citizens.

The blackbirds and European starlings blacken the sky of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, before roosting at dusk, turn the landscape white with bird poop, and the disease they carry can kill a dog and sicken humans, causing a number to die a slow and painful death.

They are swooping down and attacking humans - focusing on eyeballs and ears. “These damn blackbirds practically ripped off my ears,” said Jud Buckman of Hopkinsville. “My eldest son lost his left eyeball. I’m gonna get out my shotgun and start shooting!”

“I have seen them come in, and there are enough that if the sun is just right, they’ll cloud your vision of the sun,” said Hopkinsville-Christian County historian Jefferson Turnabot. “I estimate there are 30 million of them.”

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Decatur Deb Apr 9, 2022 • 7:07:01pm

re: #22 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Have a thought for our poor Kentucky members.

BLACKBIRDS ATTACK KENTUCKY! (Weekly World News, April 5, 2022)

(more)

Thst was happening in the same area in the 1970s. KY cured it by spraying the flocks with Tergitol, a strong detergent, that stripped their feathers of protective oil.

Patricia Kayden Apr 9, 2022 • 7:10:35pm

The day after Jacobin shitted out its latest take, Putin attacked a train station full of women and children who fleeing the Ukraine invasion. https://t.co/SjGOMT6mlZ

— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) April 10, 2022

jaunte Apr 9, 2022 • 7:14:52pm

Lehrer was so no holds barred in his coruscating satire - dark truth laced with acid - there’s no way he’d be allowed right now - makes SNL and the rest seem pathetically timid https://t.co/7EpbxoWkdk

— Simon Schama (@simon_schama) April 10, 2022

The first record I ever bought for myself:

A Three Hour Tour Apr 9, 2022 • 7:15:08pm

re: #15 Florida Panhandler

Now he’s just another dead asshole who in the end only looked out for himself.

The same way Clarence Thomas will be remembered one day.

Last I checked, Dr. Ben Carson was still alive.

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Apr 9, 2022 • 7:15:56pm

I know DOJ has to be sure their case is air tight before they Indict, but when you have Trump, prior to Jan. 6, admitting he lost the election and his genius son openly plotting to steal it, I think it’s time to ask the waiter for the check.

— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) April 9, 2022

Anymouse 🌹🏡😷 Apr 9, 2022 • 7:17:23pm

Trolling …

The first line of my song is WE’VE GOT THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE! Can I count you amongst us pro-choice people? Now that’s a Republican I can support! https://t.co/G34e1zcFrC

— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) April 9, 2022

jaunte Apr 9, 2022 • 7:54:33pm

I never could have envisioned that, as an adult, my moral dream team would consist of Dolly Parton, Dee Snider, Jimmy Kimmel, Mark Hammill, George Takei, and Stephen Colbert (just to name a few), but I’m fuckin here for it! 💙

— Antifa Barbie 🌻 (@ThatAntifaBitch) April 9, 2022

Patricia Kayden Apr 9, 2022 • 7:57:44pm

Rub-a-dub-dub, three mensches (and a tub). pic.twitter.com/rkdME5UXiX

— Embrace Your Music (@mainesongwriter) April 9, 2022

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 9, 2022 • 8:02:34pm

Captain Magic Apr 9, 2022 • 8:08:18pm

[prinvate]Between the concert and the flight back. my hearing has taken its tolll.

ckkatz Apr 9, 2022 • 8:10:16pm

French supplies spotted in Ukraine: https://t.co/pC8gXAQz6v

— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) April 8, 2022

jaunte Apr 9, 2022 • 8:16:25pm

I had a cartoon exhibit that ended last month. I included this trigger warning at the beginning pic.twitter.com/VpAB0QeHBv

— Pat Bagley (@Patbagley) April 9, 2022

ckkatz Apr 9, 2022 • 8:21:04pm

The Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) are re-evaluating their war plans after seeing the death toll and massive destruction, as well as recently revealed Russian plans to arrest and murder thousands and kidnap thousands more in Ukraine.

The original plan was to fight as well as they could but expect to be overrun and occupied by a Russian attack. Now they are thinking that this might not be the best approach.

NATO should move from trip-wire force to forward defence in the Baltic States. We don’t want to be liberated later, we have all seen from Bucha what Russian occupation looks like. https://t.co/XJLT6C4Nam pic.twitter.com/TszDVC8xDV

— sven sakkov (@sakkov) April 8, 2022

Captain Ron Apr 9, 2022 • 8:23:01pm

So that’s a thing. pic.twitter.com/n9cdYU4KCN

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) April 8, 2022

Moe Avattar Apr 9, 2022 • 8:26:00pm

re: #26 A Three Hour Tour

Last I checked, Dr. Ben Carson was still alive.

Who could tell?

Colère Tueur de Lapin Apr 9, 2022 • 8:29:03pm

re: #23 Decatur Deb

Thst was happening in the same area in the 1970s. KY cured it by spraying the flocks with Tergitol, a strong detergent, that stripped their feathers of protective oil.

Any killing of a Starling is justified. They are an invasive species and need to die.

jaunte Apr 9, 2022 • 8:32:59pm

re: #36 Dread Pirate Ron

Great spot for expired oregano.

ckkatz Apr 9, 2022 • 8:37:59pm

The war around Kyiv tended to be a lot of small unit encounters and ambushes. Small groups of infantry armed with soldier portable anti-tank Javelin and anti-aircraft Stinger missiles worked well in forested and urbanized terrain.

The expectation is that the next phase of the war is going to consist of large regular formations of armored vehicles and masses of infantry and artillery. The Ukrainian Army will need large amounts of ammunition as well as large formations of tanks and Infantry Fighting Vehicles(IFV)/Armored Personnel Carriers(APC) with significant repair and replacement capabilities.

(Some US Generals have characterized their expectation that the next phase will be a “knife fight”. Ie an up close and personal bloody mess.)

A lot of analysts are concerned that available NATO stocks of Soviet arms and ammunition may not be enough for the upcoming phase. The discussion then moves on to which NATO systems should the Ukrainians migrate onto and when.

Here is one such article:

“rate of Ukr equipment loss in Donbas is likely to be higher than in the first phase…If Ukraine is to be ready for the battle beyond the Donbas it will need to reconstitute some of its units. Now is the time, therefore, to begin supplying longer-term aid” https://t.co/jRsteWomCn

— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) April 9, 2022

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 9, 2022 • 8:43:37pm

Twitter it seems, at least for me, is not giving me any “trends” that are not “my trends”.

Don’t know why.

But noticed that Twitter gave me a blue banner that says it is currently “out of capacity” and to try back later.

Odd.

retired cynic Apr 9, 2022 • 8:44:29pm

re: #22 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Have a thought for our poor Kentucky members.

BLACKBIRDS ATTACK KENTUCKY! (Weekly World News, April 5, 2022)

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Weekly World News is a satirical site. Bat Baby, Alien Baby, that sort of thing.

ckkatz Apr 9, 2022 • 8:45:35pm

There has been a group of Ukrainian hi-tech geeks who have been working to adapt off-the-shelf tech stuff for military purposes. One group has been modifying off-the-shelf drones for military purposes. This effort has reportedly had some significant successes. And, apparently some failures as well:

The limits of bottom-up military tactical adaptation from commercial sources. 👇

“They have stopped using DJI-brand drones, because one day after they launched a sortie, the Russians hit the pilots’ position…” pic.twitter.com/qc7Rk2A5ZD

— Franz-Stefan Gady (@HoansSolo) April 9, 2022

jaunte Apr 9, 2022 • 8:50:53pm

We had better hold the senate. Because they are 100% coming for birth control next.

Welcome to Gilead. https://t.co/jerjYuo5jr

— 🌻 Kaz Weida 🌻 (@kazweida) April 10, 2022

ckkatz Apr 9, 2022 • 8:56:41pm

re: #42 retired cynic

Hmm, did anybody buy a pair of lovebirds recently?

The Birds is a 1963 American natural horror-thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Loosely based on the 1952 story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier, it focuses on a series of sudden and unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California, over the course of a few days.
*snip*
Real life event inspiration

The Birds film was partly inspired by the true events of a mass bird attack on the seaside town of Capitola in California on August 18, 1961, when “Capitola residents awoke to a scene that seemed straight out of a horror movie. Hordes of seabirds were dive-bombing their homes, crashing into cars and spewing half-digested anchovies onto lawns.” Alfred Hitchcock heard of this event and used it as research material for this film which was then in progress. The real cause of the birds’ behaviour was toxic algae but that was not known back in the 1960s.

The Birds (film)
en.wikipedia.org

Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie Apr 9, 2022 • 8:59:15pm

re: #42 retired cynic

Weekly World News is a satirical site. Bat Baby, Alien Baby, that sort of thing.

My favorite WWN story was about a UFO with a Confederate flag on the bottom. It buzzed a bullfight in Mexico and played Dixie as it flew over.
There was also a series of aviation related stories that involved missing WW2-era aircraft turning up in perfect condition in VERY unusual places: a TBM Avenger from Flight 19 in Earth orbit, a B-26 Marauder on the Moon, and a B-29 on Mars. Note that the longer the plane’s range, the farther away it turned up.

jaunte Apr 9, 2022 • 9:03:22pm

re: #46 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Space Aliens then declined to help America.

Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion Apr 9, 2022 • 9:06:39pm

re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Asshole on asshole crime.

sagehen Apr 9, 2022 • 9:07:44pm

re: #46 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

My favorite WWN story was about a UFO with a Confederate flag on the bottom. It buzzed a bullfight in Mexico and played Dixie as it flew over.
There was also a series of aviation related stories that involved missing WW2-era aircraft turning up in perfect condition in VERY unusual places: a TBM Avenger from Flight 19 in Earth orbit, a B-26 Marauder on the Moon, and a B-29 on Mars. Note that the longer the plane’s range, the farther away it turned up.

this is my all-time favorite WWN story:

books.google.com

jaunte Apr 9, 2022 • 9:15:37pm

TIMELINE CLEANSE

today i learned that skunks sound like muppets and this video will live forever in my heart pic.twitter.com/ZAF5nuvBmw

— Stu “Logical, Phallusy” Nugent (@ThatSexToyGuy) April 8, 2022

Not moving a muscle.

darthstar Apr 9, 2022 • 9:17:48pm

re: #40 ckkatz

Fuck. This is what I worry about. Overwhelming hordes of orcs.

Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion Apr 9, 2022 • 9:34:39pm

re: #40 ckkatz

I’ve also been hearing from some sources that the administration and analysts in the US and Europe might be doing “expectation management” by making everything from this point on seem like it’s going to be more difficult than they actually think so that people don’t get their hopes up.

I still think the idea that this is going to get dragged out for years is silly. The idea that Ukraine will “eventually fall” to be asinine. Reality has shown the Ukrainians are hard as steel and fucking pissed off. Bucha amplified that up to 11. The Russians are gopnik street gang punks that got drafted and are in Ukraine to shop.

Expect this to be over before the end of summer, and Russia is not going to get to to dictate terms of how it ends to anyone. If not I’ll be the first to admit I was wrong, I’m the fucking Anti-Greenwald.

retired cynic Apr 9, 2022 • 9:37:06pm

re: #52 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

I’m following you!

darthstar Apr 9, 2022 • 9:42:03pm

retired cynic Apr 9, 2022 • 9:43:20pm

re: #54 darthstar

cowpucky

(can you tell I’m into the bourbon?)

darthstar Apr 9, 2022 • 9:45:08pm

re: #52 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

Welcome, Anti-Fucking Greenwald. I like your prediction. Please be right.

William Lewis Apr 9, 2022 • 9:45:12pm

re: #55 retired cynic

cowpucky

(can you tell I’m into the bourbon?)

Monday morning when I’m done with my work week, I shall be likewise.

A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Apr 9, 2022 • 9:46:26pm

re: #51 darthstar

Fuck. This is what I worry about. Overwhelming hordes of orcs.

Fortunately, this is not medieval warfare. Russia needs to resupply (or will soon), and we have all seen the reports pf the trouble they’re having. It looks like we’ll be able to cut off supplies of enough critical parts that they won’t be able to continue for a whole lot longer.

They also need fresh troops, and we’re all hearing about people refusing orders to fight in Ukraine. How long before mutinies spread throughout the army?

Also, Russia and Ukraine share a long border, and Ukrainians can’t easily distinguished from Russians (if they don’t want to be). Unless the Russians can tie down the entire Ukrainian army at home, I wouldn’t be surprised if they borrowed tactics from the North Vietnamese and started to bring the war to the enemy. Since they aren’t interested in occupying territory, raids that destroy militarily significant targets should do a lot of damage, if they want to take that route.

retired cynic Apr 9, 2022 • 9:47:00pm

re: #57 William Lewis

I’m in between board meetings, but I have some time before my next one tomorrow. silly smirk

darthstar Apr 9, 2022 • 9:49:33pm

re: #55 retired cynic

cowpucky

(can you tell I’m into the bourbon?)

It’s into you.

Sipping tequila by the Russian River in the redwoods myself.

darthstar Apr 9, 2022 • 9:51:11pm

re: #58 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!

It’s comforting to know we have multiple Anti-Fucking Greenwalds.

ckkatz Apr 9, 2022 • 9:51:19pm

re: #51 darthstar

Fuck. This is what I worry about. Overwhelming hordes of orcs.

My thoughts:

In terms of soldiers, it seems to me that currently the Russians may actually have fewer soldiers/paramilitaries in Ukraine than the Ukrainians do.

The big question, again, it seems to me, for at least the short run, is in things like missiles, cannons, tanks, airplanes, helicopters, bullets, artillery shells, etc. Is whether the Ukrainians have enough to successfully beat the Russians in a month long mass battle.

I suspect that if the fight is anyway fair, the Ukrainians will win the battle. If the Ukrainians have optimum equipment and supplies, I suspect thatthey will do extremely well.

In the longer run, if Putin changes the rules and mobilizes his 800,000 reserves and drafts all 18 year olds, the Russians could, in theory, outnumber the current Ukrainian military by a significant number. Say 4 or 5 Russians to 1 Ukrainian. The US Military metric is you need at least 3-1 odds to beat a foe.

I say masses of Russians theoretically, because the Russians would need to be trained, equipped, organized and integrated into combat units and then supplied. They also would need to agree that what they are doing is worth dying over.

And, in the meantime, the Ukrainians theoretically have about 4 million men of military age that could be added to their current 250,000 soldiers.

Sherlock Hound Apr 9, 2022 • 9:55:29pm

re: #62 ckkatz

Russia doesn’t truly have a usable reserve of tanks.

a rare serious post — i keep seeing people say that it’s okay for russia to lose this many tanks because of all the tanks russia has in reserve

short version: this is, in fact, bad https://t.co/g2GrUwgdZY

— matthew. (@iAmTheWarax) March 28, 2022

ckkatz Apr 9, 2022 • 10:13:05pm

Yup. You and that thread are correct.

- Many of the tanks in storage will need a lot of maintenance work to become functional.
- Then crews need to be recruited, trained, integrated into units, etc.
- These new units also need to be shipped to the front.
- These units will need to be supplied while at the front.

Further, while Russia has about 30-40% of their combat units still on their bases; Many units are under strength and lack full TO&E (all the equipment). So the above still applies. And other units are part of a strategic reserve and cannot be pulled for combat.

To do the above tasks correctly would take many months. Taking shortcuts on these tasks will get lots more of the soldiers killed. And that will not be good for morale and enthusiasm.

Hecuba's daughter Apr 9, 2022 • 10:14:39pm

wordles

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darthstar Apr 9, 2022 • 10:15:20pm

One of my wild days friends (he was a line cook when I was a bartender) has mellowed and now regularly does Santa and Easter Bunny gigs. Here he is looking all casual and chic.

BigPapa Apr 9, 2022 • 10:17:47pm

re: #66 darthstar

He’s doing great. As long as the kid isn’t terrified and crying, he’s doing great.

ckkatz Apr 9, 2022 • 10:21:41pm

Goodnight and sweet lizard dreams to all!
I’m off to bed.

And a Dad joke before parting:

My wife asked me to put ketchup on the shopping list.
Now I can’t read anything.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 9, 2022 • 10:27:59pm

re: #54 darthstar

The Grammys are a gimmick, a way to make money by promoting those who already make money.

Awards shows have always been like this.

Repeat: it is a gimmick.

Hecuba's daughter Apr 9, 2022 • 10:32:53pm

re: #64 ckkatz

Yup. You and that thread are correct.

- Many of the tanks in storage will need a lot of maintenance work to become functional.
- Then crews need to be recruited, trained, integrated into units, etc.
- These new units also need to be shipped to the front.
- These units will need to be supplied while at the front.

Further, while Russia has about 30-40% of their combat units still on their bases; Many units are under strength and lack full TO&E (all the equipment). So the above still applies. And other units are part of a strategic reserve and cannot be pulled for combat.

To do the above tasks correctly would take many months. Taking shortcuts on these tasks will get lots more of the soldiers killed. And that will not be good for morale and enthusiasm.

While returning home early in the evening, I listened to part of a report about the new commander Putin put in charge of the Ukraine operation, Army Gen. Alexander Dvornikov; he ran Syria and it was a brutal no hold barred conflict. They don’t need tanks if their goal to level every city and town with missiles and kill every Ukrainian using weaponry fired from Russia.

JC1 Apr 9, 2022 • 10:33:30pm

re: #65 Hecuba’s daughter

wordles

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William Lewis Apr 9, 2022 • 10:39:05pm

re: #64 ckkatz

Yup. You and that thread are correct.

- Many of the tanks in storage will need a lot of maintenance work to become functional.
- Then crews need to be recruited, trained, integrated into units, etc.
- These new units also need to be shipped to the front.
- These units will need to be supplied while at the front.

Further, while Russia has about 30-40% of their combat units still on their bases; Many units are under strength and lack full TO&E (all the equipment). So the above still applies. And other units are part of a strategic reserve and cannot be pulled for combat.

To do the above tasks correctly would take many months. Taking shortcuts on these tasks will get lots more of the soldiers killed. And that will not be good for morale and enthusiasm.

As I said yesterday, it takes a year of training to qualify a US tank crew.

Another thing to remember is that they lost a lot of tanks in the Chechnya and Georgia and other such wars as well as continuing to sell tanks abroad. They could have to break out the T-55s again at the rate they are burning through their armored force.

Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion Apr 9, 2022 • 10:42:05pm

re: #63 Sherlock Hound

Russia doesn’t truly have a usable reserve of tanks.

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I’ve heard that Ukraine has 10 Javelins for every Russian tank. Not every Russian tank involved in this war. Every. Russian. Tank. Everywhere.

If the Russians don’t want China to start thinking about “Liberating” Sakha and the surrounding areas, they better not lose them all.

William Lewis Apr 9, 2022 • 10:44:28pm

re: #70 Hecuba’s daughter

Yes. But you can also bet that he has a target on his back glowing red hot. If they don’t improve their COMSEC he’ll be dead before May. I have no doubt Western SIGINT is looking for him intently. That wasn’t a factor in his Syrian massacres…

Targetpractice Apr 9, 2022 • 10:48:17pm

re: #72 William Lewis

As I said yesterday, it takes a year of training to qualify a US tank crew.

Another thing to remember is that they lost a lot of tanks in the Chechnya and Georgia and other such wars as well as continuing to sell tanks abroad. They could have to break out the T-55s again at the rate they are burning through their armored force.

There’s a trope for that: Break Out the Museum Piece.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 9, 2022 • 10:48:40pm

Fagradalsfjall as it is today, with a look at a couple of the early cones and the now solid lava trench that formed near the end as lava piled up in Geldingadalir valley:

Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion Apr 9, 2022 • 10:52:22pm

re: #75 Targetpractice

There’s a trope for that: Break Out the Museum Piece.

“I want a man with a tattoo on his dick. Have I got the right man?”

Targetpractice Apr 9, 2022 • 10:55:02pm

re: #77 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

“I want a man with a tattoo on his dick. Have I got the right man?”

“By a strange coincidence, you do, sir.”

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 9, 2022 • 10:56:53pm

Speaking of volcanos, here’s another video in a series put up by a Youtube channel that is digging out classic geology shorts. From 51 years ago:

Since that film was made, the impact hypothesis has pretty much won everyone over, but as noted by the Youtube poster there are still those who think otherwise.

Targetpractice Apr 9, 2022 • 11:04:18pm

T-55s with modernization and a competent crew can still be a threat on the modern battlefield, even if it’s more to IFVs and unmounted troops than 3/4th gen MBTs. Problem is that most of the 55s that the Russians are gonna have to haul out of storage probably haven’t seen proper maintenance since Andropov was running things and the budget for slapping modern electronics, ERA, and even modern ammunition for the main gun simply isn’t there. The term “dinosaur” immediately springs to mind when thinking about these rusty, clanking targets roll out to the battlefield. Also “cannon fodder.”

Patricia Kayden Apr 9, 2022 • 11:08:47pm

Katzen! 😹😻 pic.twitter.com/dO3ke6oAur

— Alexander Wohlrab (@alex_wohlrab) April 9, 2022

Hecuba's daughter Apr 9, 2022 • 11:09:18pm

re: #74 William Lewis

Yes. But you can also bet that he has a target on his back glowing red hot. If they don’t improve their COMSEC he’ll be dead before May. I have no doubt Western SIGINT is looking for him intently. That wasn’t a factor in his Syrian massacres…

But he doesn’t have to physically be in Ukraine to run the military. All he needs is to get accurate information; there is no reason for him to put himself at risk by being in the areas in conflict. .

Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion Apr 9, 2022 • 11:12:05pm

re: #80 Targetpractice

T-55s with modernization and a competent crew can still be a threat on the modern battlefield, even if it’s more to IFVs and unmounted troops than 3/4th gen MBTs. Problem is that most of the 55s that the Russians are gonna have to haul out of storage probably haven’t seen proper maintenance since Andropov was running things and the budget for slapping modern electronics, ERA, and even modern ammunition for the main gun simply isn’t there. The term “dinosaur” immediately springs to mind when thinking about these rusty, clanking targets roll out to the battlefield. Also “cannon fodder.”

They aren’t particularly taking care of their new equipment. Soviet crap from the 70s will probably dissolve into a pile of rust if you look at it wrong.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 9, 2022 • 11:12:20pm

UCSD put up this vid of a discussion from a couple of weeks ago, and the guest discusses her background and the work of others in regards to what are the factors that lead to civil wars:

At 6:26 in the video she lists the second (of two) factors that were shown to indicate susceptibility to civil war. Namely, that when a political organization organizes itself around identity (instead of ideology) then the polity is slipping towards civil war.

The usual dregs of the internet are coming out in the comments to that video.

Patricia Kayden Apr 9, 2022 • 11:15:33pm

Hecuba's daughter Apr 9, 2022 • 11:17:55pm

re: #84 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

UCSD put up this vid of a discussion from a couple of weeks ago, and the guest discusses her background and the work of others in regards to what are the factors that lead to civil wars:

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At 6:26 in the video she lists the second (of two) factors that were shown to indicate susceptibility to civil war. Namely, that when a political organization organizes itself around identity (instead of ideology) then the polity is slipping towards civil war.

The usual dregs of the internet are coming out in the comments to that video.

I’m heading to bed and so am deferring the video till later, but our civil war was about ideology and not identity, was it not?

William Lewis Apr 9, 2022 • 11:20:05pm

re: #86 Hecuba’s daughter

I’m heading to bed and so am deferring the video till later, but our civil war was about ideology and not identity, was it not?

Think of the identifying with the state vs identifying with the nation. Many of the traitors justified themselves that way; Lee as the classic example with Thomas as the counter.

Captain Ron Apr 9, 2022 • 11:23:56pm

A pro-Putin lawmaker told me he expected the purges to accelerate after the end of the “active phase” of the war. But some of those already prosecuted for their antiwar stance have been taken aback by the outpouring of support they’ve received. https://t.co/dwpvGPuqAy

— Anton Troianovski (@antontroian) April 9, 2022

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 9, 2022 • 11:31:40pm

re: #86 Hecuba’s daughter

I’m heading to bed and so am deferring the video till later, but our civil war was about ideology and not identity, was it not?

That was the second trait. The group who studied this (for the CIA among others) concluded that the first trait that leads to civil wars is Anocracy .

Our own Civil War had these elements. The US before 1865 was a nation in which only a small minority of people in the country could vote.

Now in the US case there was an element of economics that I think can’t be replicated after the 20th century. 19th century economics was a time of transition.

The guest in that video, Barbara F. Walter, goes on to explain that civil wars are not started by the poor or oppressed. Rather, civil wars are started by those who have been in power but see that power slipping away from them.

She uses the example of the former Yugoslavia. But in the context of our Civil War, it was the white plantation owners of the South who saw that their power could crumble quickly if slavery was outlawed. And so it was they who started the Civil War.

This now brings me to today. The white, nominally-Christian, males are seeing their power slip away as this nation becomes more heathen and diverse. The likes of Tucker Carlson did not invent them - he like his boss Murdoch only want to capitalize on them.

Hecuba's daughter Apr 9, 2022 • 11:34:13pm

re: #87 William Lewis

Think of the identifying with the state vs identifying with the nation. Many of the traitors justified themselves that way; Lee as the classic example with Thomas as the counter.

Lee supported his state over the nation, but the reason the states objected to the national government and wanted to withdraw from the union was over ideology.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 9, 2022 • 11:43:31pm

For those of you on Twitter: do you have the ability to view “trends”.

I do not mean “Trends for you”. I get that, but that is all I get. Used to be I could click on a link “trends” and then select actual trends and not trends for me.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 9, 2022 • 11:44:52pm

And why does Twitter think I’m in Chile? Yes, I am using a VPN, but I’m connected to a US server.

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 9, 2022 • 11:50:38pm

Figured out Twitter, I think. For some reason (perhaps Twitter changed their website) there was an option deep in the menu system that was checked, that I wanted localized trends.

Undid that… and the real (as real as Twitter can be) trends came back.

TedStriker Apr 10, 2022 • 12:05:46am

re: #69 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

The Grammys are a gimmick, a way to make money by promoting those who already make money.

Awards shows have always been like this.

Repeat: it is a gimmick.

The Grammys (and the Oscars and the Emmys and the Golden Globes) are all about each respective industry giving itself a big, sloppy blowjob on national prime-time TV…

Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 10, 2022 • 12:07:00am

Santa is running. And Santa’s serious.

Cheechako Apr 10, 2022 • 12:12:35am

An update on Santa, the politician:

Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion Apr 10, 2022 • 12:18:24am

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wrenchwench Apr 10, 2022 • 1:35:38am

re: #97 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Apr 10, 2022 • 2:20:49am

re: #97 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus Apr 10, 2022 • 3:06:34am

Intense quartet:

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William Lewis Apr 10, 2022 • 3:15:38am

Nice. Listened to this earlier tonight…

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Apr 10, 2022 • 3:37:07am

re: #14 Citizen K

I’m blocked by several accounts that I normally enjoy and have had zero interaction with whatsoever. I think some people use blocklists, “membership” of which is half a notch away from arbitrary.

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Eventual Carrion Apr 10, 2022 • 3:50:23am

re: #5 The Pie Overlord!

OK this one was easy.

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darthstar Apr 10, 2022 • 4:35:29am

Good morning. No coffee here yet…haven’t even pooped.
Wordle 295 4/6

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yesterday’s three spot

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darthstar Apr 10, 2022 • 4:38:39am

Putin looks like he’s in the middle of a musical scene from a Mel Brooks movie.

In the midst of the Ukraine war, Russia’s economic isolation and political repression at home, how secure is Vladimir Putin’s hold on power? Longtime @AP Russia and Eastern Europe expert @jdaniszewski explores that question in this news analysis. https://t.co/48OImcdlbC

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 10, 2022

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William Lewis Apr 10, 2022 • 4:42:11am

I believe we have a few people who are into aviation here… this one is a O_O flight

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darthstar Apr 10, 2022 • 4:46:08am

re: #105 darthstar

Putin looks like he’s in the middle of a musical scene from a Mel Brooks movie.

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Doing the Ukraine mistake…

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs Apr 10, 2022 • 4:46:46am

re: #105 darthstar

Putin looks like he’s in the middle of a musical scene from a Mel Brooks movie.

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Paging Randy Rainbow. Randy, please report for duty! 😂

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RoJo Must Go! Apr 10, 2022 • 4:58:21am

Good morning all. Today’s wordle wasn’t too bad.

Wordle 295 4/6

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darthstar Apr 10, 2022 • 4:59:39am

Who did this? pic.twitter.com/aTLfMCTg78

— Mike Madrid (@madrid_mike) April 9, 2022

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Dangerman Apr 10, 2022 • 5:05:39am

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darthstar Apr 10, 2022 • 5:09:01am

Gas prices just dropped by 30 cents…but you be you.

— Sean McCabe (@sean_s_mc) April 10, 2022

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Eventual Carrion Apr 10, 2022 • 5:12:06am

re: #109 RoJo Must Go!

Good morning all. Today’s wordle wasn’t too bad.

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Wow, looks exactly like mine.

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RoJo Must Go! Apr 10, 2022 • 5:16:01am

re: #113 Eventual Carrion

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darthstar Apr 10, 2022 • 5:16:03am

The US has already given $2 billion in military aid to Ukraine, which doesn’t seem like a lot in some respects given the scale of their need (we spent that every week in Iraq).

But as a matter of comparison, you have to ask yourself, how puny is Putin’s economy if 3.5 is all it takes to delay economic collapse for another few weeks?

Russia increases its emergency spending fund by $3.5 billion https://t.co/pbJuk4JEsD pic.twitter.com/CYuiCb61ER

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 10, 2022

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Patricia Kayden Apr 10, 2022 • 5:16:41am

Little kid goes off the rails on his parents at the Trump rally today.

Q - “What are you excited for?”

Kid - “To see Joe Biden.” pic.twitter.com/qHTP6BN2g4

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 9, 2022

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darthstar Apr 10, 2022 • 5:16:47am

re: #114 RoJo Must Go!

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darthstar Apr 10, 2022 • 5:17:35am

re: #116 Patricia Kayden

His parents were probably telling him they were going to see “The President”…

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RoJo Must Go! Apr 10, 2022 • 5:19:58am

re: #117 darthstar

GTMA lol

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jeffreyw Apr 10, 2022 • 5:21:29am

Picnicking Possum

Good morning!

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darthstar Apr 10, 2022 • 5:21:53am

Imagine the look on that Russian drone operator’s face when he lost video.

Video of Ukrainian soldiers from the 95th Air Assault Brigade firing a British Starstreak MANPADS reportedly at a Russian Inokhodets UCAV.https://t.co/eV95DXlKxL pic.twitter.com/yM4oWjCHWC

— Rob Lee (@RALee85) April 10, 2022

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William Lewis Apr 10, 2022 • 5:24:37am

re: #121 darthstar

Imagine the look on that Russian drone operator’s face when he lost video.

Better than the look on the face of a KA-52 attack helicopter pilot hit by the same MANPADS :D

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Eventual Carrion Apr 10, 2022 • 5:38:59am

Quordle report. Good and bad.

Daily Quordle 76
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Eventual Carrion Apr 10, 2022 • 5:39:55am

re: #114 RoJo Must Go!

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darthstar Apr 10, 2022 • 5:56:54am

re: #123 Eventual Carrion

5/6/7/8 for me today

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 10, 2022 • 6:04:52am

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The Pie Overlord! Apr 10, 2022 • 6:09:13am

Donald Trump has a dream, In his dream, he is dead. Satan greets him in Hell. “Since you were such a great man in life, I will show you around!” First he visits a golf club where he hits a hole in one every time! Next he visits a rally where throngs are chanting his name 1/ https://t.co/5v7lEsze2x

— Liddle Lemon Pie 🇺🇦🌻🌈🥧 (@Pie_Overlord) April 10, 2022

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The Pie Overlord! Apr 10, 2022 • 6:11:45am

Is Wordle getting easier or am I getting better?

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The Pie Overlord! Apr 10, 2022 • 6:39:54am

*tap*
*tap*
Is this thread on?

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Teukka Apr 10, 2022 • 6:55:51am

re: #129 The Pie Overlord!

*tap*
*tap*
Is this thread on?

On. Obligatory tweet:

We saw this coming: For Russia’s neighbors, Putin’s brutal invasion came as no surprise https://t.co/FWZQpwQBRV

— Salon (@Salon) April 10, 2022

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Apr 10, 2022 • 6:56:18am

re: #120 jeffreyw

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Good morning!

Western good morning!

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darthstar Apr 10, 2022 • 7:13:22am

A friend asked me why I prefer a bolt action precision rifle over his assortment of ARs. I said “If the shit goes down, I can find all the ARs I want if I’m willing to walk 800yds to get them.” He laughed…then stopped and said “Well shit”.

— Sgt Joker (@TheSGTJoker) April 9, 2022

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Teukka Apr 10, 2022 • 7:17:49am

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Apr 10, 2022 • 7:22:32am

Morning Lizards, Robyn and I are getting ready to perform a bit of kitchen magic this A.M. Food pron will soon be forthcoming.

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darthstar Apr 10, 2022 • 7:25:06am

Ural engineless & BRDM-2 UM produced till 1964. The very best of Rusia is being fielded in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/dw09SUG3X9

— Martin Tuitero (@TuiteroMartin) April 10, 2022

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Backwoods_Sleuth Apr 10, 2022 • 7:29:52am

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Patricia Kayden Apr 10, 2022 • 7:37:52am

The top 20% of US households have about 86% of all household wealth (the top 10% have 70%).

— Kevin Gromley 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@KevinGromley) April 9, 2022

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Patricia Kayden Apr 10, 2022 • 7:42:55am

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PhillyPretzel Apr 10, 2022 • 7:50:31am

re: #138 Patricia Kayden

Thanks for making me smile. :)

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Hecuba's daughter Apr 10, 2022 • 8:00:33am

re: #137 Patricia Kayden

Ohio GOP Senate candidate Mike Gibbons on a Crain’s Cleveland Business podcast:

“The top 20% of earners in the U.S. pay 82% of federal income tax — and, you do the math, and 45% to 50% don’t pay any income tax… The middle class is not really paying any kind of a fair share.” pic.twitter.com/VUYzPTlqmX

— Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) April 8, 2022

What always infuriates me about these statement is that they ignore the “other” federal income tax: FICA taxes. Those making these assertions are trying to justify shifting tax burdens to the working class and middle classes; they are destroying our future to benefit the wealthiest among us.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est) Apr 10, 2022 • 8:04:31am

re: #140 Hecuba’s daughter

What always infuriates me about these statement is that they ignore the “other” federal income tax: FICA taxes. Those making these assertions are trying to justify shifting tax burdens to the working class and middle classes; they are destroying our future to benefit the wealthiest among us.

Lies, damned lies, and statistics.

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Belafon Apr 10, 2022 • 8:05:31am

If I don’t see the sign that says the speed limit changed, I can still get a ticket:

“There are some things you can’t rush.”

Some Dems are frustrated w/ the slow-moving Jan 6 probe, but @petestrzok says the hardest part of an investigation is proving intent & that the person who committed the crime knew it was wrong. pic.twitter.com/E4FbTvzEKP

— The Katie Phang Show (@katiephangshow) April 9, 2022

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Belafon Apr 10, 2022 • 8:07:07am

What Putin definitely didn’t want:

NATO plans permanent military presence at border, says Stoltenberg https://t.co/PjEG0Je0pd pic.twitter.com/D4ihHx4FAo

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 10, 2022

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Belafon Apr 10, 2022 • 8:11:08am

BREAKING—China’s grip on BA2. At least 23 cities in China on full or partial lockdown—cities with over 193 million residents. Food shortages throughout even Shanghai. Doctors and nurses also exhausted—this doctor collapsed, and was carried off by patients at an isolation center. pic.twitter.com/raJlRNEezC

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) April 9, 2022

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darthstar Apr 10, 2022 • 8:13:11am

I really don’t understand this. Russians mined a washing machine in one of the houses. Probably they were angry that they failed to kill hosts of this house and wanted to make them died after their returning home #RussianWarCrimes pic.twitter.com/VO0ESlv7Mh

— Oleksandra Matviichuk (@avalaina) April 8, 2022

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darthstar Apr 10, 2022 • 8:19:12am

I really don’t understand this. Russians mined a washing machine in one of the houses. Probably they were angry that they failed to kill hosts of this house and wanted to make them died after their returning home #RussianWarCrimes pic.twitter.com/VO0ESlv7Mh

— Oleksandra Matviichuk (@avalaina) April 8, 2022

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DodgerFan1988 Apr 10, 2022 • 8:19:50am

Just your weekly reminder that abortion is not the endgame. https://t.co/G3v1X81F6r

— Melissa Murray (@ProfMMurray) April 9, 2022

Handmaid’s Tale is their endgame.

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darthstar Apr 10, 2022 • 8:20:05am

Damn…pasted instead of uploaded. Sorry about the repeat. this is what I meant to post.

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Jay C Apr 10, 2022 • 8:20:33am

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Right in the groove today: neither good nor bad. Could (always) be worse….

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PhillyPretzel Apr 10, 2022 • 8:59:55am

Wow. I did it. I have all of my chores done before noon. I just going to sit back and enjoy a nice quiet afternoon.

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The Squire of Logos Apr 10, 2022 • 9:04:08am

re: #150 PhillyPretzel

Busy day at work Friday. Busier day when I went in yesterday. Today I managed to do groceries, wash my hair, make scrambled eggs w/an english muffin and I am done. I agree. A quiet Sunday sounds good!

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retired cynic Apr 10, 2022 • 9:06:04am

These Are the Winners of Smithsonian Magazine’s 19th Annual Photo Contest
smithsonianmag.com

There is something for everyone here!

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PhillyPretzel Apr 10, 2022 • 9:08:08am

re: #152 retired cynic

Yes. Beautiful.

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retired cynic Apr 10, 2022 • 9:09:09am

re: #153 PhillyPretzel

That Navajo dancer!

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PhillyPretzel Apr 10, 2022 • 9:15:09am

re: #154 retired cynic

Personally I preferred the ballet dancer. The Navajo was good too.

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 10, 2022 • 9:16:21am

Fire up the tiny violins.

Sad. pic.twitter.com/AU6vZvWkAm

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 10, 2022

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Dr Lizardo Apr 10, 2022 • 9:17:44am

JFC, how is this even possible? This is a military on the brink of being routed if it came under serious pressure. If they went toe-to-toe with actual NATO forces, NATO forces would be in Red Square in less than a month - it would end up looking like a repeat of the initial phase of Operation Barbarossa.

April 9 Assessment Highlight:

There are likely few or no intact regiments or brigades remaining in the #Russian Army, Airborne Forces, or Naval Infantry. The Russians have no choice but to continue throwing battalions together into ad hoc formations.https://t.co/ckqLPzNZYQ

— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) April 10, 2022

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Jay C Apr 10, 2022 • 9:19:03am

re: #154 retired cynic

That Navajo dancer!

I also liked the one of the guy resting with the rhino: though it was incredibly depressing to read that she (the rhino) was virtually the last of her species (save for that cow and her daughter, the Northern White Rhinoceros has been poached into extinction).

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PhillyPretzel Apr 10, 2022 • 9:20:56am

re: #157 Dr Lizardo

It is a bit ironic to mention Operation Barbarossa since PBS is showing Rise of the Nazis: Dictators at War on Tuesday at 9PM on WHYY.
whyy.org

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A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS Apr 10, 2022 • 9:21:25am

re: #157 Dr Lizardo

JFC, how is this even possible? This is a military on the brink of being routed if it came under serious pressure. If they went toe-to-toe with actual NATO forces, NATO forces would be in Red Square in less than a month - it would end up looking like a repeat of the initial phase of Operation Barbarossa.

Particularly if we started now, before the weather gets cold.

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Belafon Apr 10, 2022 • 9:22:14am

Imaging what you think might be the worst war crime Russian soldiers could commit, and then only click on the button if you want to verify it:

A Russian soldier named Alexei Bychkov has posted a Telegram video in which he rapes an infant. The cruelty is beyond what many of us think is possible.

This will continue to happen as long as Russian gas is pumped into German cars.

— Gary Shteyngart (@Shteyngart) April 9, 2022

This is the Russian soldier, Alexei Bychkov, who has filmed himself raping a Ukrainian child. https://t.co/FNsWwplyjN

— Slava Malamud 🇺🇦 (@SlavaMalamud) April 9, 2022

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Eclectic Cyborg Apr 10, 2022 • 9:23:12am

re: #161 Belafon

Sometimes I hate being right. 😢

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Belafon Apr 10, 2022 • 9:23:24am

re: #156 Eclectic Cyborg

Fire up the tiny violins.

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And as with all things Poso, even this is a lie. He was suspended for using and altering Disney’s logo without permission.

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 10, 2022

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Dr Lizardo Apr 10, 2022 • 9:28:07am

re: #160 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!

Particularly if we started now, before the weather gets cold.

IIRC, Barbarossa was supposed to start in May of 1941, but then a coup d’etat happened in Yugoslavia and Hitler - being Hitler - lost focus on the bigger prize and instead invaded Yugoslavia to vent his personal spite on a small Balkan nation that was not at all strategically important; as a result, Barbarossa was delayed until June 1941. Military historians have debated whether that one-month delay may have doomed the operation from the start (frankly, there were a good many other factors that went into making that operation a failure).

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retired cynic Apr 10, 2022 • 9:28:56am

re: #158 Jay C

I also liked the one of the guy resting with the rhino: though it was incredibly depressing to read that she (the rhino) was virtually the last of her species (save for that cow and her daughter, the Northern White Rhinoceros has been poached into extinction).

That one and the father/son milking photo got me in the feels. But the Navajo dancer was just breathtaking. That one I could have as a poster, to make me feel alive.

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gocart mozart Apr 10, 2022 • 9:41:27am

When they list all the GOP pedo sex criminals, they always seem to leave this guy out. When he was arrested I was walking by City Hall wearing a suit and a local news reporter asked me for a comment, I declined.

Giordano’s political career unraveled in 2001 after he was arrested and accused of repeatedly raping two girls, aged 8 and 10.

Giordano was mayor of Waterbury as well as the Republican nominee in the 2000 U.S. Senate election against Joe Lieberman.https://t.co/pn8S9abklr

— Edwin (@EdMix13) April 10, 2022

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire Apr 10, 2022 • 9:43:43am

Breakfast Lizards. From our kitchen to yours. This is the way I was taught to cook by my Mother.

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A Cranky One Apr 10, 2022 • 9:45:23am

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steve_davis Apr 10, 2022 • 9:45:44am

re: #140 Hecuba’s daughter

What always infuriates me about these statement is that they ignore the “other” federal income tax: FICA taxes. Those making these assertions are trying to justify shifting tax burdens to the working class and middle classes; they are destroying our future to benefit the wealthiest among us.

My response: “You say the top end pays 82% of all the taxes? Guess why? ‘Cause that’s where all the money is.”

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darthstar Apr 10, 2022 • 9:49:58am

The wheels on the tank go round and round…until they don’t. Forecast is for rain.

#Ukraine: Two very modern T-80BVM tanks were lost by the Russian army in #Donetsk Oblast - one was destroyed with a pretty expected result and another was detracked. pic.twitter.com/eqGr0I7BjX

— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 10, 2022

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Decatur Deb Apr 10, 2022 • 9:50:13am

re: #169 steve_davis

My response: “You say the top end pays 82% of all the taxes? Guess why? ‘Cause that’s where all the money is.”

Alabama has sales taxes on groceries and OTC meds. In some cities the total is as high as 11%, when last looked.
al.com

Advocates for low-income families call for Alabama to stop collecting sales tax on groceries

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Barefoot Grin Apr 10, 2022 • 9:54:08am

re: #138 Patricia Kayden

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Well, the first doctor was a lab and the lab report was all over the place.

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Sherlock Hound Apr 10, 2022 • 9:54:25am

re: #161 Belafon

They’ll do what Vlad The Impaler did, with children. The Serbs did that, and they are West Russia.

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Hecuba's daughter Apr 10, 2022 • 9:56:30am

re: #166 gocart mozart

When they list all the GOP pedo sex criminals, they always seem to leave this guy out. When he was arrested I was walking by City Hall wearing a suit and a local news reporter asked me for a comment, I declined.

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Involvement with underage girls is not limited to Republicans:
Chicago’s Mel Reynolds, a promising Congressman, was sentenced to prison in 1995 for his crimes, which ended his political career
Virginia’s Joe Morrissey was sentenced to 12 months in jail for similar activity, but when released, he eventually married the girl (39 years younger) and resumed his political career.

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Belafon Apr 10, 2022 • 9:56:37am

re: #171 Decatur Deb

Alabama has sales taxes on groceries and OTC meds. In some cities the total is as high as 11%, when last looked.
al.com

Advocates for low-income families call for Alabama to stop collecting sales tax on groceries

When you’re worse than Texas.

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gocart mozart Apr 10, 2022 • 10:01:44am

What about that bloody bone doesn’t scream conservative family values? https://t.co/RnpbtXa9nH

— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) April 10, 2022

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retired cynic Apr 10, 2022 • 10:05:48am

Jen Rubin on DOJ and prosecuting TFG:
washingtonpost.com

Second, none of this means that the Justice Department is acting with a sufficient sense of urgency. The rationale that the feds have to start at the bottom and work their way up — as though this were a Mafia case — makes no sense.
Prosecutors go after foot soldiers if they have no real proof the kingpin has engaged in criminal activity. But the former president has shouted from the rooftops that he wanted Pence to overturn the election. And there is an audio recording of Trump trying to twist the Georgia secretary of state’s arm to find just enough votes to flip his state’s results. Former senior advisers have written books, blabbed in TV interviews and testified before the Jan. 6 committee concerning communications with Trump and other senior advisers.
Prosecutors have no reason to disregard all that evidence and focus exclusively on the violence on Jan. 6, thereby putting off investigating Trump and his inner circle for months. Either the Justice Department is deliberately slowing down the train, or it has decided to wait for the House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection to finish its work. In either event, only the most politically naive lawyer would fail to appreciate the danger that comes with delay, given the potential destruction of evidence and opportunity for witnesses to coordinate their stories.

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Belafon Apr 10, 2022 • 10:06:44am

re: #176 gocart mozart

pic.twitter.com/NuFEMAErUd

— Lefty Big-Guns (@LeftyBig_Guns) April 9, 2022

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jaunte Apr 10, 2022 • 10:11:09am

Started a painting of some of my local cypresses:

Rough pencil, and then a burnt umber wash for a medium ground.

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gocart mozart Apr 10, 2022 • 10:12:43am

Great cover of this sad and forlorn song.