Tiny Desk (Home) Concert: Canada’s Incredible ARC Ensemble Plays Music by Ukrainian Jewish Composer Dmitri Klebanov

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The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.

Tom Huizenga | May 11, 2022
The conflicts between Russia and Ukraine reach far and wide, even deep into this Tiny Desk (home) concert performed by the ARC Ensemble — artists from Canada’s Royal Conservatory in Toronto. They offer music by the neglected composer Dmitri Klebanov, a Ukrainian Jew whose career was sidelined by the Stalin regime when his First Symphony was denounced in 1949.

Klebanov wrote his Fourth String Quartet — from which the ensemble plays excerpts — three years earlier. He dedicated it to his compatriot, the composer Mykola Leontovych who, as a Ukrainian separatist, was murdered by the Soviet secret police in 1921.

The opening movement will sound familiar. Klebanov riffs on a Leontovych melody best known in the West as the Christmas chestnut “Carol of the Bells.” The sparkling second movement, played largely in pizzicato, again draws from a Leontovych tune, this time inspired by the Hungarian bagpipe. Listen for the wheezy drone in the viola.

To introduce the final, folk music-inspired section, cellist Tom Wiebe recalls stories from his Ukrainian grandfather. As a musician, he formed an ensemble of string players who stuck together through the Russian Revolution and the following civil war. They even played, reluctantly, for Soviet Red Army soldiers who occupied their village. Wiebe’s parents left Ukraine in the 1920s and settled in Canada.

The ARC Ensemble dedicates this performance to the people of Ukraine.

SET LIST
Dmitri Klebanov: String Quartet No. 4

I. Allegro Moderato
III. Scherzando
IV. Allegro

MUSICIANS
ARC Ensemble: Artists of the Royal Conservatory, Canada

Erika Raum: violin
Marie Bérard: violin
Steven Dann: viola
Tom Wiebe: cello

CREDITS
Video: Suave Hupa, Tom Bellisario
Audio: Tom Bellisario
Editor: Peter Turek
Director: James Murdoch
ARC Artistic Director: Simon Wynberg

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Tom Huizenga
Video Producer: Joshua Bryant
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Tiny Production Team: Bob Boilen, Bobby Carter, Kara Frame, Michael Zamora, Maia Stern, Ashley Pointer
VP, NPR Music: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann

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Captain Ron  May 11, 2022 • 6:55:53pm
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Captain Ron  May 11, 2022 • 6:59:33pm
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Belafon  May 11, 2022 • 7:02:09pm

For the math geeks, you can now get a home version of Matlab for $150. Last time I had looked at it, the student version was like $500 and there was no way I could afford the individual version.

Mathematica now has a desktop license for $375.

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Crush White Nationalism  May 11, 2022 • 7:04:05pm

re: #2 Captain Ron

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mmmirele  May 11, 2022 • 7:04:21pm

Oh yeah, this was posted two threads ago.

Former students describe ‘toxic’ environment, astral projection under Leesburg band director

Well, you *might* think it was some sort of New Age crazy along with sexual abuse of students. The latter is true, but the former, I don’t think so. It is someone operating under the cover of Evangelical Protestantism. In fact, based on what I read, I’d say someone mischaracterized the “astral projection,” and it was likely some sort of “visionary experience” probably out of the Charismatic side of Evangelical Protestantism.

See for yourself:

The articles of incorporation say its primary purpose was “not for profit missions and teaching activities for the greater evangelical Christian church globally.”

*snip*

Fielder ran a YouTube channel called “Isaiah 58 Ten,” which has since been deleted. The Daily Commercial reviewed the channel and its videos before it was gone.

The about section read:

“We were originally called The Elder Council. At the beginning of this group the Lord personally taught us how to hear His voice, rightly divide the Word, and operate in His gifts scripturally. We came to know him as Savior and Teacher. The Elder Council has concluded a group, but we will leave these videos up as a testimony to what the Father has taught us. The work continues as He opens a new book and teaches each of us to minister to Him as our King. New videos will reflect that focus. May His Kingdom come, and His will be done in each of us and on earth as in Heaven.”

More behind the button. It’s many paragraphs.

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wrenchwench  May 11, 2022 • 7:13:56pm

re: #1 Captain Ron

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That’s an expensive fire.

Way more than the fires in New Mexico. Heck, back when I lived there, they burned a million acres, and only 12 structures, most of them ‘outbuildings’. One residence. Of course, a few years before that, just before they changed the terminology from ‘Controlled Burn’ to ‘Prescribed Burn’, they lost about a third of Los Alamos residences.

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jaunte  May 11, 2022 • 7:16:29pm

re: #5 mmmirele

“rightly divide the Word”

There’s a quick tipoff that they’ll only be following the rules they want to.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  May 11, 2022 • 7:19:50pm
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Patricia Kayden  May 11, 2022 • 7:25:13pm
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Patricia Kayden  May 11, 2022 • 7:42:51pm
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jaunte  May 11, 2022 • 7:46:16pm
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GlutenFreeJesus  May 11, 2022 • 7:47:23pm

re: #9 Patricia Kayden

Well. To be totally honest, most of those jobs are people returning to work. That in itself is a feat of wonder in light of the shit show Joe was given. There’s no need to spin the numbers.

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jaunte  May 11, 2022 • 7:52:51pm

They have no principles. They’re running a con.

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Crush White Nationalism  May 11, 2022 • 7:53:35pm
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Dangerman  May 11, 2022 • 7:55:56pm

re: #12 GlutenFreeJesus

Well. To be totally honest, most of those jobs are people returning to work. That in itself is a feat of wonder in light of the shit show Joe was given. There’s no need to spin the numbers.

If all those jobs were lost under tfg, even temporarily, then his loss bar should be way longer, no?

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wrenchwench  May 11, 2022 • 7:56:54pm

re: #13 jaunte

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They have no principles. They’re running a con.

I have no patience to respect people’s sincere moral feelings on the issue. Please insert scare quotes as needed.

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I Would Prefer Not To  May 11, 2022 • 7:57:18pm

From the previous thread.

Seth blames Ginni Thomas for the Supreme court leak. Interesting.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  May 11, 2022 • 8:00:57pm

Just saw that the 14th Doctor was announced a couple days ago.
I’ll admit I was hoping for an androgynous binary Asian ‘tween, either bald or with spikey orange hair.
Just to watch the internet have a seizure.

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Belafon  May 11, 2022 • 8:01:21pm

re: #13 jaunte

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William Lewis  May 11, 2022 • 8:03:08pm

re: #18 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Just saw that the 14th Doctor was announce a couple days ago.
I’ll admit I was hoping for an androgynous binary Asian ‘tween, either bald or with spikey orange hair.
Just to watch the internet have a seizure.

That would be a glorious #15. Especially the whole “tween” bit because one of the complaints is how it’s another “young” doctor like 11.

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Belafon  May 11, 2022 • 8:05:02pm

re: #20 William Lewis

That would be a glorious #15. Especially the whole “tween” bit because one of the complaints is how it’s another “young” doctor like 11.

I think the next Doctor should be played by a trans.

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Belafon  May 11, 2022 • 8:06:33pm

re: #18 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Just saw that the 14th Doctor was announce a couple days ago.
I’ll admit I was hoping for an androgynous binary Asian ‘tween, either bald or with spikey orange hair.
Just to watch the internet have a seizure.

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Don’t worry, this guy is going to be splody enough for the haters. Not only does he have more melanin than previous Doctors, the actor is gay.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  May 11, 2022 • 8:10:58pm
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The Pie Overlord!  May 11, 2022 • 8:12:41pm
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mmmirele  May 11, 2022 • 8:22:43pm
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Targetpractice  May 11, 2022 • 8:32:53pm

re: #19 Belafon

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Meanwhile, Repubs at the state level have made clear that they don’t just want to ban abortions within their own borders, they want to find some way to make the very act of traveling out of the state to seek an abortion a crime as well. It probably won’t happen next year, but within the next 2-3 years there will be one or more women on trial for the “crime” of traveling to another state to receive an abortion.

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wrenchwench  May 11, 2022 • 8:35:21pm

re: #26 Targetpractice

Meanwhile, Repubs at the state level have made clear that they don’t just want to ban abortions within their own borders, they want to find some way to make the very act of traveling out of the state to seek an abortion a crime as well. It probably won’t happen next year, but within the next 2-3 years there will be one or more women on trial for the “crime” of traveling to another state to receive an abortion.

First target will be the under 18 demographic. And anyone aiding and abetting.

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Targetpractice  May 11, 2022 • 8:35:38pm

As a “NuWho” fan, I’m not as worried about who plays The Doctor as I am who writes for the show. Because I personally feel like the last two seasons were a total travesty and that Jodi deserved so much better than to have a run in the series only slightly less infamous than Colin Baker’s as the Sixth Doctor.

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion  May 11, 2022 • 8:36:23pm

re: #3 Belafon

For the math geeks, you can now get a home version of Matlab for $150. Last time I had looked at it, the student version was like $500 and there was no way I could afford the individual version.

Mathematica now has a desktop license for $375.

I hope this is normal pricing and not just a sale. I cannot afford or justify paying for these right now, but after I’m working again I’d really like to get both of those at some point.

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion  May 11, 2022 • 8:38:15pm

re: #28 Targetpractice

I’m pretty sure people who can actually write good stories are either an endangered species, or are staying way away from TV and movies right now.

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Targetpractice  May 11, 2022 • 8:39:40pm

re: #27 wrenchwench

First target will be the under 18 demographic. And anyone aiding and abetting.

Yep. Minors will be barred from crossing state lines to seek out abortions, and any adults involved will be charged with “aiding and abetting.” And the whole thing will be sold as “child safety,” with the usual suspects suggesting that the only reason for an adult to help a child/teen seek an abortion is because they’re “pedophiles” or “human traffickers.”

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Targetpractice  May 11, 2022 • 8:42:04pm

re: #30 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

I’m pretty sure people who can actually write good stories are either an endangered species, or are staying way away from TV and movies right now.

I’d argue it’s not much that there are no good writers as there are no good editors. Nobody to stand up anymore and say “No,” just people who let all sorts of shit go on so long as there’s a paycheck.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 11, 2022 • 8:43:23pm

re: #28 Targetpractice

As a “NuWho” fan, I’m not as worried about who plays The Doctor as I am who writes for the show. Because I personally feel like the last two seasons were a total travesty and that Jodi deserved so much better than to have a run in the series only slightly less infamous than Colin Baker’s as the Sixth Doctor.

I really liked her character but the writing for most storylines was sub par and very disappointing.

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Targetpractice  May 11, 2022 • 8:49:51pm

re: #33 Hecuba’s daughter

I really liked her character but the writing for most storylines was sub par and very disappointing.

Yeah, it’s something that’s been frustrating, because a lot of asshole “fans” have tried to blame Jodi for how bad the last two seasons have been as a way to justify their refusal to accept a female Doctor. Granted, a lot of these same assholes hated Capaldi (too old) and Smith (too young) when they were first announced.

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mmmirele  May 11, 2022 • 8:57:15pm

re: #34 Targetpractice

Yeah, it’s something that’s been frustrating, because a lot of asshole “fans” have tried to blame Jodi for how bad the last two seasons have been as a way to justify their refusal to accept a female Doctor. Granted, a lot of these same assholes hated Capaldi (too old) and Smith (too young) when they were first announced.

Many fandoms are just toxic as hell and should burn (figuratively) to the ground.

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retired cynic  May 11, 2022 • 9:00:09pm

re: #35 mmmirele

Many fandoms are just toxic as hell and should burn (figuratively) to the ground.

I just read a bunch of nasty comments about the new Tolkien series: how dare they have a black, or brown, or Asian or whatever as an elf, a hobbit, a dwarf. I hope none of them watch it, and just boil over on themselves, and leave the rest of us to enjoy another visit to Middle Earth.

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Targetpractice  May 11, 2022 • 9:02:06pm

re: #35 mmmirele

Many fandoms are just toxic as hell and should burn (figuratively) to the ground.

Yeah, unfortunately I had to pass that event horizon this past week. I’d been listening to fellow Trek “fans” bitching for years now about “woke” Trek in light of Discovery’s lead being a black woman and the cast including two gay men as well as various female actresses in prominent roles rather than the “traditional” mostly male cast. And mostly I just ignored it because like Who, I have no problem with the casting so much as the atrocious writing.

Then came this past week, when the great first episode of Strange New Worlds drops…and I hear that the same “fans” are bitching that the Enterprise’s bridge crew are mostly women. FFS

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BeachDem  May 11, 2022 • 9:03:11pm

re: #34 Targetpractice

Yeah, it’s something that’s been frustrating, because a lot of asshole “fans” have tried to blame Jodi for how bad the last two seasons have been as a way to justify their refusal to accept a female Doctor. Granted, a lot of these same assholes hated Capaldi (too old) and Smith (too young) when they were first announced.

For Jodie at her best (along with other “Doctors” AND Olivia Coleman), Broadchurch is the way to go.

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immigrant  May 11, 2022 • 9:04:30pm

Dr Who:

You do realize, don’t you, that this is/was a kid’s tv program. Back in the day, aged 14 in 1963, I groaned at the Daleks and the ‘radiophonic workshop’ noises.

As far as I can tell, nothing much has changed. All this posturing about gender/race has nothing whatsoever to do with the original ‘plot’. Which, btw, was mostly about keeping 7 year olds in front of the ‘tube’ on an early Saturday evening, whilst their parents prepared dinner.

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Targetpractice  May 11, 2022 • 9:12:29pm

re: #39 immigrant

Dr Who:

You do realize, don’t you, that this is/was a kid’s tv program. Back in the day, aged 14 in 1963, I groaned at the Daleks and the ‘radiophonic workshop’ noises.

As far as I can tell, nothing much has changed. All this posturing about gender/race has nothing whatsoever to do with the original ‘plot’. Which, btw, was mostly about keeping 7 year olds in front of the ‘tube’ on an early Saturday evening, whilst their parents prepared dinner.

I did, actually. Whole thing was originally supposed to be not only a way to keep the kids focused on the “idiot’s lantern” so the folks could throw together dinner, but it was also supposed to be an educational show. That was the whole point of making The Doctor a time traveler with companions in tow, the latter there to serve as audience surrogates while he would be the typical 60s-era professor lecturing his students about various historical events and famous figures of history. The studio ended up realizing that the format was bunk, but that the idea of a wandering alien traveling across time and space had potential and just dropped the educational angle to focus on that.

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Belafon  May 11, 2022 • 9:19:05pm

re: #28 Targetpractice

As a “NuWho” fan, I’m not as worried about who plays The Doctor as I am who writes for the show. Because I personally feel like the last two seasons were a total travesty and that Jodi deserved so much better than to have a run in the series only slightly less infamous than Colin Baker’s as the Sixth Doctor.

The guy wrote Broadchurch, which was a great series, but he couldn’t think Doctor Who scale.

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immigrant  May 11, 2022 • 9:19:30pm

Heh, the ‘time traveler’ notion only first appeared when the the first doctor got swapped out.

It’s OK. It’s the Beeb.

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Belafon  May 11, 2022 • 9:19:59pm

re: #29 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

I hope this is normal pricing and not just a sale. I cannot afford or justify paying for these right now, but after I’m working again I’d really like to get both of those at some point.

I think Octave drove Matlab to think it has to offer something cheaper, and then I think Mathematica followed suit.

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William Lewis  May 11, 2022 • 9:24:01pm

The only SF site I bother with is tor.com run by the publisher of lots of good SF and they are seriously moderated. Some topics require all posts to be approved and they’re unapologetic about it.

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Belafon  May 11, 2022 • 9:25:20pm
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Targetpractice  May 11, 2022 • 9:29:11pm

re: #41 Belafon

The guy wrote Broadchurch, which was a great series, but he couldn’t think Doctor Who scale.

I don’t know whether to blame Chibnall or the Beeb, since both Davies and Moffat also had clinkers during their runs and the execs were notorious for doing/demanding a lot of stupid shit that hurt the series overall. Not that this is anything new for Who, the aforementioned Sixth Doctor run being constantly saddled with weird and/or unpopular demands because management had changed and the new guy in charge hated the series with a passion.

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A Three Hour Tour  May 11, 2022 • 9:29:18pm

re: #42 immigrant

Heh, the ‘time traveler’ notion only first appeared when the the first doctor got swapped out.

It’s OK. It’s the Beeb.

Time travel was there from Day One. Rewatch “An Unearthly Child.” Seriously, the production of the classic series is well documented.

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Targetpractice  May 11, 2022 • 9:32:18pm

re: #45 Belafon

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“Look at all the money wasted on X when it could be going to Y!”

“So if we pulled the funding for X, you’ll approve funding for Y?”

“FUCK NO! I want it to go to Z, but the only way I can free it up is if I whine about Y not being funded.”

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Belafon  May 11, 2022 • 9:36:49pm

Somehow, these seem related:

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mmmirele  May 11, 2022 • 9:37:28pm

Since Twitter is apparently changing its standards as of June 10, and the standards appear to be turning Twitter into a cesspool, I locked down my account preparatory to probably disabling it. If they’re going to cater to that asshat Elon Musk and his “no regulated speech”, I don’t want to be part of that sewer.

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William Lewis  May 11, 2022 • 9:45:36pm

re: #45 Belafon

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Belafon  May 11, 2022 • 9:48:59pm
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Targetpractice  May 11, 2022 • 9:49:42pm

When Repubs thought that Ukraine would fall in a matter of days or even hours, they were openly supportive of Russia’s attempt at conquest or suggested it was “none of our business.” Then Ukraine stopped Russia’s advance and even began fighting back, Repubs shifted without a clutch to waving flags and voicing their “support” for the Ukrainian people. Now that the war has started to fade from the public’s attention, they’re back to trying to help Russia out by cutting off aid to Ukraine via whining about “overspending.”

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Belafon  May 11, 2022 • 9:50:09pm
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Targetpractice  May 11, 2022 • 9:53:17pm

re: #54 Belafon

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Wow, I don’t think I’ve seen the Dem Party’s pitch to voters in the midterms put so eloquently.

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retired cynic  May 11, 2022 • 9:53:33pm

re: #54 Belafon

whoa

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Belafon  May 11, 2022 • 10:08:05pm

re: #56 retired cynic

whoa

Trying for the tough-love crowd.

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wrenchwench  May 11, 2022 • 10:11:00pm

re: #57 Belafon

Trying for the tough-love crowd.

I like it better or dislike it less than, ‘Perhaps we need a disaster like losing Roe to motivate the Democrats.’

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A Three Hour Tour  May 11, 2022 • 10:13:37pm

re: #56 retired cynic

whoa

Ojeda was a Bernie supporter who voted for Trump in 2016, then expressed regret for his Trump vote. He’s a flake and he’s all over the map politically.

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Belafon  May 11, 2022 • 10:19:54pm

I was hoping to find someone that would teach my son and me how to weld over the summer. I’m coming up with no hits. First, I was hoping to find just a place that taught it, but nothing around here. No luck on the close community colleges nearby. Someone suggested asking the welding supply places, but there are none really close. Any other ideas?

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Hecuba's daughter  May 11, 2022 • 10:22:06pm

Wordle!

A near disaster :(

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Belafon  May 11, 2022 • 10:22:22pm

I’m actually kind of annoyed that the only way for kids to learn it in high school is to be part of the Ag track. It would be useful for other kids to know it as well.

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William Lewis  May 11, 2022 • 10:22:53pm

See if the shop teacher at the local HS will teach you?

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Belafon  May 11, 2022 • 10:23:50pm

re: #61 Hecuba’s daughter

Someone should create a version that is all 5000 5-letter words, you just have to figure out what order they are in.

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garzooma  May 11, 2022 • 10:35:31pm

re: #12 GlutenFreeJesus

Well. To be totally honest, most of those jobs are people returning to work. That in itself is a feat of wonder in light of the shit show Joe was given. There’s no need to spin the numbers.

And most of the inflation that everyone is talking about is prices returning to normal levels. There’s totally need to spin the numbers.

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wrenchwench  May 11, 2022 • 10:36:07pm

re: #60 Belafon

I was hoping to find someone that would teach my son and me how to weld over the summer. I’m coming up with no hits. First, I was hoping to find just a place that taught it, but nothing around here. No luck on the close community colleges nearby. Someone suggested asking the welding supply places, but there are none really close. Any other ideas?

I took a welding class from the art dept. at the local Uni. in NM. Rudimentary, but a starting place, 8 weeks. And a wall-hanging. It was a birthday present.

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ckkatz  May 11, 2022 • 10:45:38pm

re: #60 Belafon

These may be options…

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ckkatz  May 11, 2022 • 10:56:49pm

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ckkatz  May 11, 2022 • 11:49:56pm
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ckkatz  May 12, 2022 • 12:01:05am

Russian efforts to sell confiscated Ukrainian wheat:

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Ukrainian exports trapped in port due to Russian action:

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wrenchwench  May 12, 2022 • 12:24:52am

re: #61 Hecuba’s daughter

Wordle!

A near disaster :(

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Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2022 • 12:35:07am

Looks like Sweden will be handing in its NATO application on Monday, 16 May:

Sweden and Finland are now taking rapid and coordinated steps towards the historic decision to apply for membership in the Defense Alliance.

At nine o’clock today, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin and President Sauli Niinistö sent out a press release stating that they are in favor of Finnish NATO membership and that Finland must submit an application “without delay”.

Later in the day, the Swedish Social Democrats will hold the last digital membership meeting on the NATO issue.

Tomorrow, the security policy analysis group where all parliamentary parties are represented will be ready with their report which will be presented at a press conference at 10. There will be no clear writing that Sweden should join NATO but the conclusion will be clear between the lines, according to several sources. The Left Party and the Green Party, which are both opposed to NATO membership, are expected to make reservations.

On Sunday 15 May, the Social Democratic Party board will hold an extra meeting where they are expected to make the decision to apply for membership.

The next day, on Monday 16 May at 10.30, there will be an extra parliamentary debate on the security policy analysis. According to previous information on the Riksdag’s website, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson would submit a “feedback report”, but that information has now been removed and replaced with information about the extra debate.

According to Expressen’s sources, the Prime Minister will convene an extra government meeting later on Monday where the historic decision will be made. Immediately after the meeting, the application for the NATO application will be submitted, if nothing unforeseen occurs.

Source, in Swedish: expressen.se

President Biden can troll Putin nicely by sending him a trophy cup or a medallion, engraved with something to the effect of “Awarded to Vladimir V. Putin in recognition of being the #1 recruiter for NATO”.

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Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2022 • 12:36:03am

To add to my previous post:

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wrenchwench  May 12, 2022 • 12:39:42am

Mr w and I spent a night in this town on our cross-country bike trip 35 years ago. Chillicothe, MO.

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Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2022 • 12:49:09am
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Targetpractice  May 12, 2022 • 12:52:51am

re: #72 Dr Lizardo

Looks like Sweden will be handing in its NATO application on Monday, 16 May:

Source, in Swedish: expressen.se

President Biden can troll Putin nicely by sending him a trophy cup or a medallion, engraved with something to the effect of “Awarded to Vladimir V. Putin in recognition of being the #1 recruiter for NATO”.

re: #73 Dr Lizardo

To add to my previous post:

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Look for another “We will nuke you all if you don’t stop joining NATO!!!” statement from the Kremlin as early as tomorrow, but definitely by Monday.

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Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2022 • 12:55:56am

re: #76 Targetpractice

Look for another “We will nuke you all if you don’t stop joining NATO!!!” statement from the Kremlin as early as tomorrow, but definitely by Monday.

In other words, more howls of impotent rage from the Kremlin. Just another day ending in “y”.

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Targetpractice  May 12, 2022 • 1:01:20am

So apparently Crenshaw and MTG are in a Twitter pissing match over the Ukraine funding bill and the MAGAts are now baying for Crenshaw’s blood.

MORE POPCORN!!!

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Targetpractice  May 12, 2022 • 1:55:24am

Apparently the Kremlin psy-ops boys are trying again with the whole “It’s wrong to support America’s ‘proxy war’ because Ukrainians are dying on their behalf.” The idea being that if we (read: the West) just pulled support from this ‘proxy war,’ then the fighting would end because Ukraine would have no way to continue fighting. Which is totally in keeping with the MAGAt neo-isolationist view that the only time America should get involved in world politics is when we spend nothing and yet get all the rewards.

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion  May 12, 2022 • 2:41:59am

Worldle spoiler/answer behind

Click to Reveal

I’m happy to see worldle leaving Crimea as part of Ukraine.

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EPR-radar  May 12, 2022 • 2:43:44am

re: #29 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

I hope this is normal pricing and not just a sale. I cannot afford or justify paying for these right now, but after I’m working again I’d really like to get both of those at some point.

Matlab and Mathematica both have formidable learning curves, and should basically be able to do everything by now, so my suggestion is to pick one.

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Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion  May 12, 2022 • 2:47:42am

re: #81 EPR-radar

Matlab and Mathematica both have formidable learning curves, and should basically be able to do everything by now, so my suggestion is to pick one.

In days of yore I had both via methods involving an eye patch and a peg leg. That said, I never had the time to really get into them but I was aware that they had different strengths and weaknesses.

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EPR-radar  May 12, 2022 • 2:50:08am

re: #82 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

In days of yore I had both via methods involving an eye patch and a peg leg. That said, I never had the time to really get into them but I was aware that they had different strengths and weaknesses.

That’s definitely true. I have a preference for Mathematica, but I’m very rusty on it, and perhaps Matlab has dealt with some of the issues that bothered me. It will be about what works for you personally at least as much as it is about objective strengths and weaknesses.

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Decatur Deb  May 12, 2022 • 3:10:30am

re: #21 Belafon

I think the next Doctor should be played by a trans.

I think the next Doctor should wear a long scarf.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2022 • 3:14:31am

re: #13 jaunte

They have no principles. They’re running a con.

They’re not going to stop at overturning Roe v. Wade, they want a nationwide ban. Then they will work on overturning Loving v. Virginia and Brown v. Board of Education.

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Decatur Deb  May 12, 2022 • 3:17:43am

re: #50 mmmirele

Since Twitter is apparently changing its standards as of June 10, and the standards appear to be turning Twitter into a cesspool, I locked down my account preparatory to probably disabling it. If they’re going to cater to that asshat Elon Musk and his “no regulated speech”, I don’t want to be part of that sewer.

“Welcome back to the fight. This time I know our side will win.”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2022 • 3:20:13am

re: #84 Decatur Deb

I think the next Doctor should wear a long scarf.

I agree, I ran around in high school in an army greatcoat and 8-foot scarf.

Have not really followed the doctor since Tom Baker

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William Lewis  May 12, 2022 • 3:22:46am

re: #84 Decatur Deb

I think the next Doctor should wear a long scarf.

Meh, doesn’t matter what he wears just so he rides into a Viking mead hall on a tank playing an electric guitar.

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Decatur Deb  May 12, 2022 • 3:23:07am

re: #87 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I agree, I ran around in high school in an army greatcoat and 8-foot scarf.

Have not really followed the doctor since Tom Baker

My kids turned me on to him then. I really wanted one of those screwdrivers.

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Decatur Deb  May 12, 2022 • 3:25:24am

re: #88 William Lewis

This might be a good time to review your choice of branches.

91
William Lewis  May 12, 2022 • 3:29:29am

re: #90 Decatur Deb

This might be a good time to review your choice of branches.

Best use of a Challenger II I’ve seen yet ;)

Youtube Video

92
TarHellion  May 12, 2022 • 3:29:34am

Wordle 327 5/6

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🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Get the first letter, then wander aimlessly in the dark. C’est la vie!

93
William Lewis  May 12, 2022 • 3:35:54am

Don’t know if this is correct but the details make it plausible.

94
Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2022 • 3:41:55am

Oh, no.

Anyway….

95
William Lewis  May 12, 2022 • 3:43:23am

re: #94 Dr Lizardo

Oh, no.

Anyway….

Heh. Is that 13 or 14?

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Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2022 • 3:44:47am

re: #95 William Lewis

Heh. Is that 13 or 14?

I’ve lost count in all this excitement.

But I’d say any Russian high-level commanding officer needs to be asking themselves one simple question. “Do I feel lucky?”

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2022 • 3:48:13am

re: #94 Dr Lizardo

GRU/GU Spetsnaz Lieutenant Colonel Albert Karimov from Bashkiria was killed in Ukraine.t]

Losing the Karimov the crop…

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Decatur Deb  May 12, 2022 • 3:49:46am

re: #93 William Lewis

Don’t know if this is correct but the details make it plausible.

[Embedded content]

Even with a 2X boast factor, that’s a hell of a day’s work.

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Targetpractice  May 12, 2022 • 3:53:41am

re: #94 Dr Lizardo

Oh, no.

Anyway….

[Embedded content]

Hold on…just a sec…nope, couldn’t manage a tear.

100
Teukka  May 12, 2022 • 3:57:11am

Looks like Sweden will be sending a NATO application next week, as well as Finland. Extraordinary admin meeting set for Monday in Sweden, and state visit from Finland to Sweden Tuesday to Thursday.

101
Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion  May 12, 2022 • 3:57:57am

When I see these Russian officers with tons of medals I think…

“This one is for typing, and this one is for darts champion, and this one is for surfing.”

102
Shropshire Slasher  May 12, 2022 • 3:58:22am

re: #60 Belafon

I was hoping to find someone that would teach my son and me how to weld over the summer. I’m coming up with no hits. First, I was hoping to find just a place that taught it, but nothing around here. No luck on the close community colleges nearby. Someone suggested asking the welding supply places, but there are none really close. Any other ideas?

Go to harbor freight and buy him a wire feed welder.
You can start with 110 volt, but it really is worth it to go to 220. It isn’t hard to wire a receptacle.
A wire feed welder is easier to use. Buy flux wire, that way you do not need gas (to start, to weld aluminum you will need gas).

Buy a 4” grinder (don’t buy the cheap one, with a switch, it will bite you. If you let it go it should shut off, don’t ask me how I know this.)

If you have a metal supplier in your area, buy scrap steel, I go to Albany Steel. but most farm stores and Lowes and Home Depot have very expensive steel.

and of course Weld.com for guidance.

Once he masters that, he can branch out to aluminum, tig, and stick welding.

If he really gets into it, my plasma cutter has been awesome, and no consumables.

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Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 4:01:48am

Slow but steady process of elimination.

Click to Reveal

Wordle 327 4/6

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🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛
🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Shropshire Slasher  May 12, 2022 • 4:03:09am

re: #102 Shropshire Slasher

I forgot protective gear. Don’t weld with sneakers on. Upgrade to the auto darkening helmet, set it at ten, and good gloves (the cheap ones last five minutes.) Use a leather apron.

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Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 4:03:21am

In other news, the tornado sirens went off twice last night here in this corner of the wild north country. It was a wet and wild night, with some hail, to boot. Hope all my northern lizards are safe and secure and didn’t try anything foolish, like lashing themselves to the well head with a leather belt.

106
lawhawk  May 12, 2022 • 4:06:03am

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. The mrs is still dealing with covid symptoms, and we’re masking in house to minimize chance that anyone else gets it. I’ve had some symptoms but all my tests have been negative thus far. I’m masking as well.

All of this sucks. But I also know that if we weren’t fully vaxxed/boosted, one or both of us would already be hospitalized. That’s how bad it was before the vaccines. That doesn’t make dealing with this any easier.

It also means we can’t do things like visit new restaurants like the new Laser Wolf in Brooklyn. We loved Solomonov’s food, enjoy his cooking style, and it would be awesome to go back to the old stomping grounds.

107
Shropshire Slasher  May 12, 2022 • 4:07:38am

re: #106 lawhawk

Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. The mrs is still dealing with covid symptoms, and we’re masking in house to minimize chance that anyone else gets it. I’ve had some symptoms but all my tests have been negative thus far. I’m masking as well.

All of this sucks. But I also know that if we weren’t fully vaxxed/boosted, one or both of us would already be hospitalized. That’s how bad it was before the vaccines. That doesn’t make dealing with this any easier.

It also means we can’t do things like visit new restaurants like the new Laser Wolf in Brooklyn. We loved Solomonov’s food, enjoy his cooking style, and it would be awesome to go back to the old stomping grounds.

Make sure to separate your toofer brushes.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2022 • 4:08:20am

re: #103 Dopamine Fish

Slow but steady process of elimination.

I had that this morning…

109
Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 4:08:55am

re: #108 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I had that this morning…

*WHACK!*

110
Decatur Deb  May 12, 2022 • 4:09:03am

re: #101 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

When I see these Russian officers with tons of medals I think…

“This one is for typing, and this one is for darts champion, and this one is for surfing.”

Our Army actually gives certain medals to civilian employees. You wear previously-won decorations to the award ceremony. When my BG pinned the second one on my suit I told him “I’m beginning to feel like a Russian factory manager.”

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William Lewis  May 12, 2022 • 4:10:20am

re: #105 Dopamine Fish

In other news, the tornado sirens went off twice last night here in this corner of the wild north country. It was a wet and wild night, with some hail, to boot. Hope all my northern lizards are safe and secure and didn’t try anything foolish, like lashing themselves to the well head with a leather belt.

A few new dimples in the hood of my truck. Being 2000, I won’t bother with repairs. Power bounced a several times here and my database server is not happy - it will not print reports properly which means no guest receipts so I’m double checking email addresses as they check out so we can send them out later.

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Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 4:11:52am

re: #111 William Lewis

A few new dimples in the hood of my truck. Being 2000, I won’t bother with repairs. Power bounced a several times here and my database server is not happy - it will not print reports properly which means no guest receipts so I’m double checking email addresses as they check out so we can send them out later.

We had a power blip that was just long enough to kill some of the more sensitive electronics, but the more tolerant stuff - such as, ironically enough, my router and modem - were able to survive on the reduced voltage. Literally a “blink and you’ll miss it” power blip. We’re supposed to get another round tonight, according to my weather app, so brace yourself and your guests, if you’re working tonight.

113
Teukka  May 12, 2022 • 4:11:54am

re: #100 Teukka

Looks like Sweden will be sending a NATO application next week, as well as Finland. Extraordinary admin meeting set for Monday in Sweden, and state visit from Finland to Sweden Tuesday to Thursday.

Earlier, Finnish Prez Niinistö had zero fucks remaining for Putin:

Youtube Video

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lawhawk  May 12, 2022 • 4:13:27am

re: #107 Shropshire Slasher

We have the fortune of being able to fully separate - each with our own room/bed and bathroom. But we were in close enough contact before she tested positive that I’m not sure it matters at this point.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2022 • 4:14:54am

re: #113 Teukka

Finnish President: “You caused this!”

Putin: “Nuh-uh! YOU caused this! Now I gotta put nukes all along the border!!!”

116
Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 4:15:21am

I did confirm that there was a tornado on the ground here, about 30 miles away. I’m sure there was probably some wind damage closer to home, as the wind and hail were quite violent at points. I hope it wasn’t too bad out there; I haven’t gone looking for images yet.

117
Teukka  May 12, 2022 • 4:16:08am

re: #115 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Putin: “Nuh-uh! YOU caused this! Now I gotta put nukes all along the border!!!”

Pretty much. *sighs*

118
lawhawk  May 12, 2022 • 4:16:54am
119
Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2022 • 4:18:23am

LOL, maybe Kim Jong-un reckons he can just blow up COVID-19 or something:

North Korea fired three ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea said, in the latest such move by the isolated country racing to advance its weapons programmes on the day it first reported a COVID-19 outbreak.

Japan’s coastguard also confirmed the launch of a ballistic missile by North Korea, citing its military. The projectile appeared to fall outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, public broadcaster NHK said.

reuters.com

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Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2022 • 4:21:23am

Meanwhile, in China:

The city of Shanghai is doubling down on pandemic restrictions after a brief period of loosening up, frustrating residents who were hoping a more than monthlong lockdown was finally easing as the number of new cases falls in China’s financial center.

Fengxian district, a suburban area in southern Shanghai, entered a “Quiet period” on Monday, with permits for residents to leave their compounds suspended and shops and supermarkets closed except for delivery, the Shanghai Media Group reported.

Notices issued in several Shanghai districts in recent days ordered residents to stay home and barred them from receiving nonessential deliveries as part of a “Quiet period” lasting until Wednesday or longer.

apnews.com

121
Teukka  May 12, 2022 • 4:21:54am

Moral of a CNN clip I can’t share here:
A) Do not commit war crimes / crimes against humanity while being filmed by CCTV.
B) Whatever you do, do not have said CCTV clip shown on CNN on primetime.

122
Shropshire Slasher  May 12, 2022 • 4:23:34am

If you want, it is the Material girl, you were warned.

nypost.com

123
Shropshire Slasher  May 12, 2022 • 4:36:31am

Ashley Judd was interviewed on GMA and stated that Naomi used a firearm to end her life.

124
Belafon  May 12, 2022 • 4:49:29am

re: #67 ckkatz

Thanks. I’m hoping to not have to travel too far. I have work and the kid has band during the summer.

125
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2022 • 4:51:12am

re: #123 Shropshire Slasher

Ashley Judd was interviewed on GMA and stated that Naomi used a firearm to end her life.

Tragic.

I used to play in in an all-male country band in the 80’s and people would come up and request songs by the Judds.

We would tell them that we tried to, could never settle on which one of us got to be Naomi and who got to be Ashley and the infighting just got so intense and bitchy…

126
Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 4:51:26am
“The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has told a lower appeals court to take another look at the controversial illegal voting conviction of Crystal Mason, who was given a five-year prison sentence for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election while she was on supervised release for a federal conviction,” the Texas Tribune reports.

they better had

127
Shropshire Slasher  May 12, 2022 • 4:52:06am

I, I, I, I have no comment.

Andy Dick was arrested Wednesday for felony sexual battery, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed to Page Six.

Sgt. Scott Steinle told us police received a call at around 9 a.m. local time from a campground facility in O’Neill Regional Park in California. They believe the call was placed by the alleged victim of the sexual assault, who is an adult male.

Police have not released the man’s name. However, a YouTube channel titled “Captain Content RV” - which captured the arrest and events leading up to it - revealed a man who goes by the name of “JJ” accused Dick, 56, of molesting him in his sleep.

Around the 3:10 mark of a clip from the livestream, a disoriented “JJ” can be heard telling another person in the recreational vehicle what he claims occurred.

He says hesitantly, “I was just in bed right now, and I smelled certain parts of my body … [I was] in the other RV with Andy, and … the last thing I remember, we were on the phone with his fiancée … I smelled parts of myself and they smell like artificial smells.”

The streamer then alleged that he thought he had lotion or lube-like substance in his butt.
“Did you take my cocaine?” he asks the streamer, who replies, “No, I didn’t even take it whenever it was offered.”

pagesix.com

128
Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 4:53:26am
Golf legend Greg Norman attempted to brush off questions about the murder of the dissident Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi by saying “we’ve all made mistakes,” the Times of London reports.

He added: “You just want to learn from those mistakes and how you can correct them going forward.”

‘mistakes’??
‘MISTAKES’??

what the effing eff??

129
Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 4:55:47am

re: #128 Dangerman

‘mistakes’??
‘MISTAKES’??

what the effing eff??

slice=mistake…murder=not a mistake

130
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2022 • 5:00:02am

re: #129 Dangerman

…but what about Hunter’s laptop?

131
Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 5:00:11am

Cryptobros fuck around, find out.

132
Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 5:01:09am
133
Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2022 • 5:01:44am

re: #127 Shropshire Slasher

TMZ has the video of the arrest:

tmz.com

134
Belafon  May 12, 2022 • 5:03:27am

re: #102 Shropshire Slasher

Go to harbor freight and buy him a wire feed welder.
You can start with 110 volt, but it really is worth it to go to 220. It isn’t hard to wire a receptacle.
A wire feed welder is easier to use. Buy flux wire, that way you do not need gas (to start, to weld aluminum you will need gas).

Buy a 4” grinder (don’t buy the cheap one, with a switch, it will bite you. If you let it go it should shut off, don’t ask me how I know this.)

If you have a metal supplier in your area, buy scrap steel, I go to Albany Steel. but most farm stores and Lowes and Home Depot have very expensive steel.

and of course Weld.com for guidance.

Once he masters that, he can branch out to aluminum, tig, and stick welding.

If he really gets into it, my plasma cutter has been awesome, and no consumables.

Thanks. I have thought about just trying stuff until we get it right, but I tend to prefer learning from others. I would rather know what works rather than guessing. I suppose I could watch a lot of videos, but I’d rather have someone correct me. But I will definitely keep your hardware list handy.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2022 • 5:13:24am

re: #132 Dopamine Fish

We need a Federal Ministry of Fairness and Balance

136
Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 5:14:45am

re: #131 Dopamine Fish

Cryptobros fuck around, find out.

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‘never did i ever think this would happen’

honey, it can only go up!!!! there’s just no way it could go down.

a clueless idiot who had no idea what he was doing .
had no capacity to evaluate the risk, and still thought he was being brilliant

137
Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 5:16:31am

re: #135 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

We need a Federal Ministry of Fairness and Balance

That would go over just about as well as the Disinformation Management or whatever it was that Biden put together a couple of weeks ago. Let’s just face it: The kangaroo courts in Texas and Louisiana, where right-wingers go to judge-shop, are making a complete pig’s breakfast of the American legal landscape.

138
DodgerFan1988  May 12, 2022 • 5:23:05am
139
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2022 • 5:25:10am

re: #137 Dopamine Fish

That would go over just about as well as the Disinformation Management or whatever it was that Biden put together a couple of weeks ago. Let’s just face it: The kangaroo courts in Texas and Louisiana, where right-wingers go to judge-shop, are making a complete pig’s breakfast of the American legal landscape.

We need to go back to square one and start teaching school children what the damn Constitution sets out:

“CONGRESS shall make no law…abridging freedom of speech…”

Congress, not Zuckerberg or Elon Musk…

140
jeffreyw  May 12, 2022 • 5:25:25am

Chicken Pot Pie with a Buttered Pan Biscuit Crust

Good morning!

141
Targetpractice  May 12, 2022 • 5:25:57am

There was a comment yesterday comparing crypto to the pet rock fad, and I wanted to dispute that for one vitally important reason: A pet rock remains useful even after its lost value, if only to throw at the head of a crypto-bro who won’t shut the fuck up about how much he’s gonna make when he cashes out “eventually.”

142
Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2022 • 5:26:05am

re: #140 jeffreyw

comfort food that makes me wanna wrap myself up in it…

143
Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 5:29:59am

re: #139 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

We need to go back to square one and start teaching school children what the damn Constitution sets out:

“CONGRESS shall make no law…abridging freedom of speech…”

Congress, not Zuckerberg or Elon Musk…

One of the comments I saw on Twitter was a faked dissent to the 5th Circus Court of Appeals ruling, posted here:

144
Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 5:32:05am

re: #141 Targetpractice

There was a comment yesterday comparing crypto to the pet rock fad, and I wanted to dispute that for one vitally important reason: A pet rock remains useful even after its lost value, if only to throw at the head of a crypto-bro who won’t shut the fuck up about how much he’s gonna make when he cashes out “eventually.”

another difference is no one ‘invested’ in pet rocks in the hope they’d increase in value.
there was no trading market

people just bought them four about $4

sure, the inventor got rich

145
Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 5:34:38am
146
Captain Magic  May 12, 2022 • 5:34:58am

re: #136 Dangerman

147
HRH Stanley Sea  May 12, 2022 • 5:35:59am

Wow, barely.
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148
Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 5:37:58am

re: #145 Dangerman

and it’s worse because she was raped by a loathsome, sociopathic, church choir member, family relative. you know, exactly the sort of person who would rape a 12-year-old girl.

149
Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 5:38:52am

re: #42 immigrant

Heh, the ‘time traveler’ notion only first appeared when the the first doctor got swapped out.

It’s OK. It’s the Beeb.

Why did anyone upvote this nonsense?

150
A hollow voice says: Abort SCOTUS  May 12, 2022 • 5:41:34am

re: #140 jeffreyw

[Embedded content]

Good morning!

Western good morning!

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Shropshire Slasher  May 12, 2022 • 5:45:43am

re: #125 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Tragic.

I used to play in in an all-male country band in the 80’s and people would come up and request songs by the Judds.

We would tell them that we tried to, could never settle on which one of us got to be Naomi and who got to be Ashley and the infighting just got so intense and bitchy…

If you would like to read about it.

pagesix.com

152
Belafon  May 12, 2022 • 5:50:28am
153
Belafon  May 12, 2022 • 5:51:32am

Not sure what to do about prices whe Russia is blocking ports and China is still shutting down cities.

154
lawhawk  May 12, 2022 • 5:54:30am
155
Shropshire Slasher  May 12, 2022 • 5:54:48am

re: #153 Belafon

Not sure what to do about prices whe Russia is blocking ports and China is still shutting down cities.

How much food do we get from Russian and China? How much energy do we get from Russian and China. How much fertilizer do we get from Russian and China?

156
Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 5:56:21am

re: #123 Shropshire Slasher

Ashley Judd was interviewed on GMA and stated that Naomi used a firearm to end her life.

Not how women usually go out. They should have kept guns away from her, knowing her condition.

157
lawhawk  May 12, 2022 • 5:58:38am

re: #155 Shropshire Slasher

How much food do we get from Russian and China? How much energy do we get from Russian and China. How much fertilizer do we get from Russian and China?

Inflation - CPI - is comprised of multiple price points. Fuel costs are a lion’s share of CPI, and that’s driving the bulk of inflation here in the US. Supply chain issues are another issue, where demand outstrips supply. Food costs are rising because of higher costs to get food to table, including lack of workers in food processing and fields (those happen to be a lot of undocumented workers at that).

158
lizardofid  May 12, 2022 • 6:03:08am

re: #134 Belafon

Thanks. I have thought about just trying stuff until we get it right, but I tend to prefer learning from others. I would rather know what works rather than guessing. I suppose I could watch a lot of videos, but I’d rather have someone correct me. But I will definitely keep your hardware list handy.

Might be worth a call to Eagle Steel. The main location is down in Hutchins, but they have a place out in Greenville too. The folks in the welding supplies might know of a teacher.

eaglesteel.com
eaglesteel.com Greenville location

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Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 6:06:54am

re: #154 lawhawk

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They both voted for the judges who are striking down Roe.

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Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 6:09:14am
In theory, what happens at the Supreme Court stays at the Supreme Court until they’re ready to share with the rest of the world. That’s also how it’s worked in practice, generally speaking… until the last couple of weeks. Not only did Politico get an early copy of Samuel Alito’s draft decision in Dobbs, but both that outlet and The Washington Post appear to have a mole in the Supreme Court building, or a bug in the justices’ deliberation room, or something, because everything that happens there seems to be front-page news within hours.
…
this is already the greatest embarrassment for a chief justice in over a century.

Leaks like a sieve

Heckofa job, Robbie

Eta electoral-vote.com

161
Shropshire Slasher  May 12, 2022 • 6:15:11am

You may remember this murdered couple, folks thought it was related to Gabby Petito’s disappearance:

Nine months after a newlywed couple were found shot dead at a Utah campsite, police publicly identified a suspect for the first time and said the man has since killed himself.

Adam Pinkusiewicz confessed to killing the two women before his death, the Grand County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

He used to work at the same McDonald’s restaurant as Crystal Turner, 38, who was gunned down along with her wife, Kylen Schulte, 24. The pair were married since April of last year.

dailymail.co.uk

162
garzooma  May 12, 2022 • 6:17:09am

re: #160 Dangerman

Leaks like a sieve

Heckofa job, Robbie

Josh Marshall at TalkingPointsMemo brings this up: there were apparently a series of leaks. So the answer to the question of whether the source of the leaks was a liberal or a conservative might be “both”.

163
Dave In Austin  May 12, 2022 • 6:20:27am

re: #60 Belafon

I was hoping to find someone that would teach my son and me how to weld over the summer. I’m coming up with no hits. First, I was hoping to find just a place that taught it, but nothing around here. No luck on the close community colleges nearby. Someone suggested asking the welding supply places, but there are none really close. Any other ideas?

Where are you exactly again? I can ask some Knifemakers in the area.

164
Rightwingconspirator  May 12, 2022 • 6:23:13am

Sometimes its small potatoes. I seem to have gotten a tiny tomato!

165
Shropshire Slasher  May 12, 2022 • 6:23:24am

In case you are in Alabama, Vicky White’s obit. I wonder if she had a beneficiary on her pension. (edited)

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Decatur Deb  May 12, 2022 • 6:27:54am

re: #165 Shropshire Slasher

In case you are in Alabama, Vicky White’s obit. I think her mom gets her pension.

Hope they are left in peace. It wouldn’t be hard to frame this as a classical romantic love story.

167
lawhawk  May 12, 2022 • 6:30:26am

re: #162 garzooma

All the recent leaks have one thing in common.

Thomas.

This is all Thomas. He’s leaking to his Christian fascist wife Ginni. She’s then leaking to the media.

So when GOPers all claim they want to investigate and prosecute, start there. We’ll see precisely zero indication they want to go through with impeach/removal, even though his actions deserve it.

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Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 6:39:47am

re: #167 lawhawk

All the recent leaks have one thing in common.

Thomas.

This is all Thomas. He’s leaking to his Christian fascist wife Ginni. She’s then leaking to the media.

So when GOPers all claim they want to investigate and prosecute, start there. We’ll see precisely zero indication they want to go through with impeach/removal, even though his actions deserve it.

Probably. We know that Justice is a potted plant and that his wife comes from a family that’s so theocratic right-wing authoritarian that other Republicans thought of them as crazy back before the crazy spread through the party.

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Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 6:41:51am

re: #166 Decatur Deb

Hope they are left in peace. It wouldn’t be hard to frame this as a classical romantic love story.

I’d hope so too, since they had nothing to do with this, but the Internet is full of crazy assholes, so if you become at all famous, you will not be left in peace unless you ditch social media.

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JC1  May 12, 2022 • 6:44:06am

re: #131 Dopamine Fish

Cryptobros fuck around, find out.

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The luna/UST fiasco might seriously destroy everything else in crypto. A lot of dominos will fall.

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Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 6:47:17am

re: #170 JC1

The luna/UST fiasco might seriously destroy everything else in crypto. A lot of dominos will fall.

I would love that. A lot of idiots who think they’re geniuses because on paper they had money from this grift will reassess, and people will be able to buy video cards to use for their intended purpose.

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Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 6:50:28am

Fired Fox News Anchor Ed Henry Drops Defamation Suit Against CNN and NPR (Mediaite)

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Hecuba's daughter  May 12, 2022 • 7:00:04am

re: #78 Targetpractice

So apparently Crenshaw and MTG are in a Twitter pissing match over the Ukraine funding bill and the MAGAts are now baying for Crenshaw’s blood.

MORE POPCORN!!!

As much as I am not a fan of Crenshaw, he has always been serious about foreign policy and he did vote to accept Biden’s election. He is a loyal American.

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Belafon  May 12, 2022 • 7:02:46am
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Belafon  May 12, 2022 • 7:04:29am

re: #163 Dave In Austin

Where are you exactly again? I can ask some Knifemakers in the area.

Rockwall.

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Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 7:05:08am

re: #174 Belafon

Maybe disgusting Matt Schlapp was trying to get his replacement dishwasher from Russia.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 12, 2022 • 7:05:42am

re: #79 Targetpractice

Apparently the Kremlin psy-ops boys are trying again with the whole “It’s wrong to support America’s ‘proxy war’ because Ukrainians are dying on their behalf.” The idea being that if we (read: the West) just pulled support from this ‘proxy war,’ then the fighting would end because Ukraine would have no way to continue fighting. Which is totally in keeping with the MAGAt neo-isolationist view that the only time America should get involved in world politics is when we spend nothing and yet get all the rewards.

Not just MAGAt. It’s a long standing Ron Paul view of FP. Our brother’s stated view in the past was that we need sufficient weaponry so no one attacks us; Europeans should take care of themselves. He really thought that Europe could have handled the Germans in the 1930’s, though I’m not sure if he still holds those views.

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Targetpractice  May 12, 2022 • 7:07:35am

re: #174 Belafon

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Belafon  May 12, 2022 • 7:08:43am
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Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 7:11:21am

re: #174 Belafon

[Embedded content]U.S.-led sanctions are forcing Russia to use computer chips from dishwashers and refrigerators in some military equipment, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday.

i mistakenly plugged my electric blanket into the outlet with the toaster and i kept popping out of bed all night

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 12, 2022 • 7:11:30am

re: #174 Belafon

U.S.-led sanctions are forcing Russia to use computer chips from dishwashers and refrigerators in some military equipment, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday.

A different type of Cold War.

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Targetpractice  May 12, 2022 • 7:12:39am

re: #179 Belafon

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RAP trade off smaller payload for extended range, but at 155mm most things short of reinforced bunkers aren’t gonna have enough armor to argue the point.

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Belafon  May 12, 2022 • 7:13:12am

Who says sports aren’t useful:

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GlutenFreeJesus  May 12, 2022 • 7:16:10am

re: #154 lawhawk

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Belafon  May 12, 2022 • 7:18:48am

The big downside to Biden trying to keep the appearance that the DOJ is independent is that he can’t send them out to investigate price gouging.

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Sherlock Hound  May 12, 2022 • 7:19:56am
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The Pie Overlord!  May 12, 2022 • 7:20:47am

re: #164 Rightwingconspirator

Sometimes its small potatoes. I seem to have gotten a tiny tomato!

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I haven’t even pulled out last year’s dead tomato vines. Now the weather is finally getting warm, I can think about planting.

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Eventual Carrion  May 12, 2022 • 7:22:26am

re: #61 Hecuba’s daughter

Wordle!

A near disaster :(

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I pulled a rare 3/6

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Belafon  May 12, 2022 • 7:23:16am

re: #186 Sherlock Hound

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I’m pretty firmly in the crush invaders camp.

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Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 7:23:19am

re: #187 The Pie Overlord!

I haven’t even pulled out last year’s dead tomato vines. Now the weather is finally getting warm, I can think about planting.

It got warm here. We went from 40-50F days straight to 90F days. I don’t like it.

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No Malarkey!  May 12, 2022 • 7:27:00am

The likely next AG of Kentucky is a MAGA culture warrior. At least we don’t have to worry about him trying to steal the 2024 election, since the only way Kentucky won’t vote for Trump is if Trump is not the GOP nominee.

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mmmirele  May 12, 2022 • 7:27:00am

re: #118 lawhawk

Here’s some more information about that “Villages of Vigneto” project. The Army Corps of Engineers suspended the permit in July 2020. But the whole thing is *insane*. Basically, it was going to increase the population of Benson (basically a village of 5,000 people) to 70,000. And if you’ve been out there, it’s mostly desert with some scattered mountainous areas with a different climate (the name escapes me at the moment). Of course, these guys would have to pump groundwater and it would have an adverse impact on the San Pedro river and surrounding areas.

kold.com

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steve_davis  May 12, 2022 • 7:28:03am

re: #126 Dangerman

they better had

i assume when the upper court tells the lower court to “take another look” at something, it’s a polite way of telling them they fucked up.

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Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 7:28:12am

re: #191 No Malarkey!

The likely next AG of Kentucky is a MAGA culture warrior. At least we don’t have to worry about him trying to steal the 2024 election, since the only way Kentucky won’t vote for Trump is if Trump is not the GOP nominee.

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i’m not that confident

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Barefoot Grin  May 12, 2022 • 7:30:14am

One theory I heard on NPR yesterday about the discrepancy between the falling price of crude and the rising price of gas is that it may turn out to be gas station owners holding the line trying to claw out some profits since people are still driving as much as ever. One of my best friends grew up in the gas station business—his dad owned three or four and he inherited and ran one in his late 20s. For him selling gas brought little profit. It was his two-bay garage that made money. He got out because he wasn’t cut out for that world, but also because he realized that to really make money he needed to convert into a convenience store operation and he didn’t want to deal with it. So I guess I can see the temptation to keep prices high (though I’m not sure the theory holds water at all).

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Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 7:32:04am

re: #195 Barefoot Grin

The thing is, if there’s a wide discrepancy between the price gas is being sold to stations and the price they’re selling it for, the first guy to drop his prices even 5 cents will make an absolute KILLING, which would then prompt a race to the bottom. So either there’s collusion there that needs to be investigated, or it’s something else. My own suspicion is that gas is being sold to stations on futures, and so the prices we’re seeing are prices that were negotiated when oil was more in flux. The prices should come down in weeks, once the futures that are being sold to stations have caught up to current oil prices.

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Barefoot Grin  May 12, 2022 • 7:32:55am

re: #196 Dopamine Fish

The thing is, if there’s a wide discrepancy between the price gas is being sold to stations and the price they’re selling it for, the first guy to drop his prices even 5 cents will make an absolute KILLING, which would then prompt a race to the bottom. So either there’s collusion there that needs to be investigated, or it’s something else.

That’s the way it always works, so I agree that it’s a bit out there.

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Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 7:33:11am

re: #197 Barefoot Grin

That’s the way it always works, so I agree that it’s a bit out there.

Edited my response to include my theory of what I think might be going on.

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No Malarkey!  May 12, 2022 • 7:37:35am

re: #194 Dangerman

i’m not that confident

It would certainly be a kick in the ass for DeSantis if he’s the GOP nominee in 2024 and loses Kentucky to Trump!

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Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 7:38:37am

re: #197 Barefoot Grin

That’s the way it always works, so I agree that it’s a bit out there.

my memory is retail gas prices always shoot up instantly when oil prices rise.
then they take weeks/months to drop back down after the wholesale barrel prices fall

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Barefoot Grin  May 12, 2022 • 7:38:51am

re: #198 Dopamine Fish

Edited my response to include my theory of what I think might be going on.

I hope that’s true. Or at least doesn’t rise when the summer gas prices usually do. These prices are doing a number on everyone, but especially the very, very many Silverado/F-150/Ram drivers around here.

Indirectly related: also on the same program there was an interview with a Boston pizzeria owner who said that he’d like to pass on the price increases, but as soon as he tries people stop buying pizzas. He was happy to survive the worst of covid only to find that he might have to close due to the vise he’s in over costs.

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lizardofid  May 12, 2022 • 7:39:36am

re: #196 Dopamine Fish

The thing is, if there’s a wide discrepancy between the price gas is being sold to stations and the price they’re selling it for, the first guy to drop his prices even 5 cents will make an absolute KILLING, which would then prompt a race to the bottom. So either there’s collusion there that needs to be investigated, or it’s something else. My own suspicion is that gas is being sold to stations on futures, and so the prices we’re seeing are prices that were negotiated when oil was more in flux. The prices should come down in weeks, once the futures that are being sold to stations have caught up to current oil prices.

Maybe. But looking at wholesale gasolineprices, I lean more towards the refiners being the major culprits. I’m sure a deep dive into their earnings would tell the tale.

eia.gov

ETA: link and specify “wholesale gasoline”

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Barefoot Grin  May 12, 2022 • 7:40:49am

Of course twitter MAGA are sure it’s because Biden just cancelled plans for more drilling in Alaska.

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Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 7:42:36am

re: #201 Barefoot Grin

I’m going to have to start accounting for the increased prices now, as the prices have increased out of my previously inflated budget. It sucks, but I also realize it’s temporary, and largely out of the control of anybody except for the whole “oil/gas industry” whose responsibility it is. It’s not like President Biden can wave his magic pen and make the price go down to $3/gallon tomorrow, nor can Congress pass a magical law, nor can SCOTUS bang their gavel and say, “Here’s an injunction.” Nobody can actually do anything except wait it out - oh, and blame the Democrats anyway, despite that not being how any of this works.

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Dave In Austin  May 12, 2022 • 7:44:38am

re: #175 Belafon

K….. You and your Son correct?

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Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 7:46:19am

I’m dreaming of an affordably priced 3080ti once this grift collapses.

The cryptocurrency market continued to hemorrhage money Thursday, with the most popular coins down double-digit percentages over the past 24 hours. And absolutely no one knows when things will bottom out, with many people worried the entire market of fake digital money could go to zero as the stablecoin Tether officially traded below $1 for the first time ever early Thursday.

Bitcoin, the most popular cryptocurrency in the world, is down 11.2% over the past day, currently sitting at $27,959—roughly 58% lower than its all-time high of $69,000 in mid-November. Ethereum has struggled even worse in the past 24 hours, down 19.9% to a price of $1,930.

The culprit for the crypto bloodbath was a chain reaction that started over the weekend when Terra’s stablecoin, TerraUSD, which is theoretically supposed to stay at $1, became “depegged” and started trading below a dollar. That sent shockwaves through the crypto community, since stablecoins are supposedly backed by real assets and aren’t just Monopoly money. At least that was the promise, despite investigative reporters finding it’s all a game of smoke and mirrors.

Tether, the most popular stablecoin in the world, also depegged for the first time early Thursday, dipping to $0.95 on major exchanges before recovering slightly to $0.98 as of this writing. But even at $0.98, the utility of a stablecoin is completely obliterated because it’s not worth precisely $1, causing speculators to rush in and try to make money by buying Tethers at a cheaper price on the assumption they can be sold for $1 later. And that’s exactly the kind of volatility that you already have with cryptocurrencies and doesn’t help people looking for a safe haven asset that can more easily be used to convert to fiat.

Terra’s Luna, the fourth most popular cryptocurrency in the world as of early Monday, has plunged another 98% in the past 24 hours. Currently trading at just $0.04, the crypto was worth over $87 just a week ago, and $54 early Monday. Anecdotes have popped up on social media sites like Reddit about people losing their entire life’s savings in the Luna collapse, though Gizmodo could not independently verify any of those stories yet.

Tether Sinks Below $1 in Nightmare Scenario for Bitcoin’s Future (Gizmodo via MSN)

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Belafon  May 12, 2022 • 7:48:11am

re: #202 lizardofid

Maybe. But looking at wholesale gasolineprices, I lean more towards the refiners being the major culprits. I’m sure a deep dive into their earnings would tell the tale.

eia.gov

ETA: link and specify “wholesale gasoline”

Chevron and Shell’s CEOs boasting about being able to triple profits due to Covid is a pretty big flag.

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Belafon  May 12, 2022 • 7:49:03am

re: #205 Dave In Austin

K….. You and your Son correct?

Yes. He’s 17. Summer before his senior year is coming up.

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JC1  May 12, 2022 • 7:50:10am

Luna coin was over $80 a few days ago. Trading for under 2 cents today.

coinmarketcap.com

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Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 7:50:39am

re: #207 Belafon

Chevron and Shell’s CEOs boasting about being able to triple profits due to Covid is a pretty big flag.

We should hang people like that rather than looking up to them like Republicans do as these people rob all of us.

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The Pie Overlord!  May 12, 2022 • 7:52:21am

As usual guessing the wrong word

Wordle 327 5/6

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Phoodle #4 4/6

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phoodle.net

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Dave In Austin  May 12, 2022 • 7:53:03am

re: #208 Belafon

Yes. He’s 17. Summer before his senior year is coming up.

And to think. They taught this stuff when I was in High School.

Stand by.

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JC1  May 12, 2022 • 7:54:10am

re: #206 Punish Domestic Terrorists

I’m dreaming of an affordably priced 3080ti once this grift collapses.

Tether Sinks Below $1 in Nightmare Scenario for Bitcoin’s Future (Gizmodo via MSN)

Most alt coins are going to get wrecked. Bitcoin will probably survive, but GPUs aren’t used to mine Bitcoin anyway. What will really make GPUs useless for crypto is ether moving to proof of stake from proof of work.

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Belafon  May 12, 2022 • 7:56:15am

re: #212 Dave In Austin

And to think. They taught this stuff when I was in High School.

Stand by.

They did when I was in school, but you had to be in shop, and I was in band/chemistry/physics/calculus. Now, it’s available to the Ag kids, but not as just an individual class. I just want to learn it now, he would like to (it might come handy in robotics at some point), and I have halloween decoration ideas.

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Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 7:56:49am

re: #213 JC1

Most alt coins are going to get wrecked. Bitcoin will probably survive, but GPUs aren’t used to mine Bitcoin anyway. What will really make GPUs useless for crypto is ether moving to proof of stake from proof of work.

“the entire market of fake digital money could go to zero”…

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Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2022 • 7:57:29am

re: #206 Punish Domestic Terrorists

The culprit for the crypto bloodbath was a chain reaction that started over the weekend when Terra’s stablecoin, TerraUSD, which is theoretically supposed to stay at $1, became “depegged” and started trading below a dollar. That sent shockwaves through the crypto community, since stablecoins are supposedly backed by real assets and aren’t just Monopoly money.

J. Jonah Jameson Laughing

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Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 7:58:01am

re: #213 JC1

Most alt coins are going to get wrecked. Bitcoin will probably survive, but GPUs aren’t used to mine Bitcoin anyway. What will really make GPUs useless for crypto is ether moving to proof of stake from proof of work.

When did that happen? Genuinely curious, since I do NOT follow crypto stuff at all, aside from what I see on here or on the bird app.

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No Malarkey!  May 12, 2022 • 8:00:31am

re: #206 Punish Domestic Terrorists

I’m dreaming of an affordably priced 3080ti once this grift collapses.

Tether Sinks Below $1 in Nightmare Scenario for Bitcoin’s Future (Gizmodo via MSN)

Hopefully this cryptocurrency collapses will significantly reduce bitcoin mining, which is a huge energy hog. If the energy costs of mining are higher than the value of bitcoin, it should stop.

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Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 8:02:43am
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lizardofid  May 12, 2022 • 8:03:03am

re: #212 Dave In Austin

And to think. They taught this stuff when I was in High School.

Stand by.

Same here. But, weren’t lucky enough to have had a teacher like that fella over at Boerne High School.

texasmonthly.com

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calochortus  May 12, 2022 • 8:04:27am

re: #144 Dangerman

another difference is no one ‘invested’ in pet rocks in the hope they’d increase in value.
there was no trading market

people just bought them four about $4

sure, the inventor got rich

Also, IIRC they came with a funny booklet about the “care and feeding” of your new pet rock.

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No Malarkey!  May 12, 2022 • 8:04:37am

re: #216 Dr Lizardo

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Now all the goldbugs are going to be laughing at the crypto nerds. I don’t know if organized crime ever switched out of its preferred storage of value, $100 bills.

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Dave In Austin  May 12, 2022 • 8:04:52am

re: #214 Belafon

You’re going to want to learn to Tig weld as well.

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Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2022 • 8:06:49am

re: #221 calochortus

Also, IIRC they came with a funny booklet about the “care and feeding” of your new pet rock.

Yep, they did. And that $4 they sold for in 1975? That’s the equivalent of $21.50 today.

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Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 8:07:51am

re: #217 Dopamine Fish

When did that happen? Genuinely curious, since I do NOT follow crypto stuff at all, aside from what I see on here or on the bird app.

They’ve used custom hardware that’s faster than and cheaper than video cards for the work done for years now. If you want to call wasting electricity work.

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steve_davis  May 12, 2022 • 8:07:53am

re: #204 Dopamine Fish

I’m going to have to start accounting for the increased prices now, as the prices have increased out of my previously inflated budget. It sucks, but I also realize it’s temporary, and largely out of the control of anybody except for the whole “oil/gas industry” whose responsibility it is. It’s not like President Biden can wave his magic pen and make the price go down to $3/gallon tomorrow, nor can Congress pass a magical law, nor can SCOTUS bang their gavel and say, “Here’s an injunction.” Nobody can actually do anything except wait it out - oh, and blame the Democrats anyway, despite that not being how any of this works.

yes, I’m trying hard not to spend more than a hundred bucks a week in a grocery store, and I’m here to tell you, that ain’t as easy as it sounds. No steak, ‘cause a ribeye not on sale is easily 18 bucks. I love tenderloin, but 25 to 32 bucks for a little less than a pound is not happening. And I’m selling some of my more impulsive purchases over the last year. If anyone wants a significantly upgraded butterscotch tele, check Reverb for a 75th anniversary player series.

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JC1  May 12, 2022 • 8:08:08am

re: #217 Dopamine Fish

When did that happen? Genuinely curious, since I do NOT follow crypto stuff at all, aside from what I see on here or on the bird app.

GPUs haven’t been competitive for Bitcoin mining for close to a decade. Custom made ASICs were developed for the sole purpose of mining Bitcoin and made GPUs too inefficient by comparison to be profitable. Bitcoin is set up so that the difficulty of mining is adjusted every approximately 2 weeks, and less efficient methods eventually cost more in electricity than the value of mined coins.

Other cryptos use algorithms that were specifically designed to be resistant to ASICs, and GPUs are still the best way to mine those. There were even cryptos designed to be GPUs resistant and could only be mined with CPUs.

Of the GPU cryptos, ether is by far the largest, but it will shift to proof of stake, and once that happens, there won’t be any more mining of eth.

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Belafon  May 12, 2022 • 8:12:55am

re: #220 lizardofid

Same here. But, weren’t lucky enough to have had a teacher like that fella over at Boerne High School.

texasmonthly.com

Saw a story about him. I was ok with it, but the whole “You shalt learn to properly address your elders before you can weld” kind of put me off.

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steve_davis  May 12, 2022 • 8:13:02am

re: #209 JC1

Luna coin was over $80 a few days ago. Trading for under 2 cents today.

coinmarketcap.com

wow. that’s went down like a russian tank column.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 12, 2022 • 8:16:58am

re: #218 No Malarkey!

Hopefully this cryptocurrency collapses will significantly reduce bitcoin mining, which is a huge energy hog. If the energy costs of mining are higher than the value of bitcoin, it should stop.

Hopefully the entire crypto market, including bitcoin, collapses, never to be heard from again.

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Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 8:19:21am

His theocratic family made him the man he is today.

‘A deep-seated, pervasive, and violent sexual interest in children’: Prosecution recommends 20 year sentence for Josh Duggar (ksnt.com)

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Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 8:20:08am

re: #230 Hecuba’s daughter

Hopefully the entire crypto market, including bitcoin, collapses, never to be heard from again.

With weed having been legalized in my state, there’s no downside in this for me.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 12, 2022 • 8:20:29am

re: #230 Hecuba’s daughter

Hopefully the entire crypto market, including bitcoin, collapses, never to be heard from again.

Except as a cautionary tale, like the tulip mania of the 17th century.

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No Malarkey!  May 12, 2022 • 8:20:44am

Eastman demonstrates clear criminal intent in his emails. For Dog’s sake, will someone somewhere indict one of these criminals for attempted election fraud?

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lizardofid  May 12, 2022 • 8:20:44am

re: #230 Hecuba’s daughter

Hopefully the entire crypto market, including bitcoin, collapses, never to be heard from again.

They should at a minimum pay a carbon tax.

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No Malarkey!  May 12, 2022 • 8:22:58am

re: #233 Hecuba’s daughter

Except as a cautionary tale, like the tulip mania of the 17th century.

Notice how there is always a new generation of sheep to be fleeced, no matter how many such cautionary tales there are? If a get rich scheme sounds too good to be true, it is.

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Barefoot Grin  May 12, 2022 • 8:23:41am
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Dr. Matt  May 12, 2022 • 8:24:18am

re: #231 Punish Domestic Terrorists

His theocratic family made him the man he is today.

‘A deep-seated, pervasive, and violent sexual interest in children’: Prosecution recommends 20 year sentence for Josh Duggar (ksnt.com)

He’s not going to last a week in general population.

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Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2022 • 8:33:25am

re: #236 No Malarkey!

Notice how there is always a new generation of sheep to be fleeced, no matter how many such cautionary tales there are? If a get rich scheme sounds too good to be true, it is.

“It’ll be different this time.”

The oldest rationalization in the book. Hope springs eternal, after all. Or to put it more cynically, there’s a sucker born every minute.

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Teukka  May 12, 2022 • 8:33:45am

Things getting interesting in the Nordics…

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Dr Lizardo  May 12, 2022 • 8:37:41am

re: #240 Teukka

From what I’ve read, 60 to 70% of natural gas use in Finland is from Russian sources, however, it only accounts for about 5% of Finland’s total energy consumption. Apparently, it’s mostly used for industrial purposes. I did read awhile ago that Finland said it was prepared for such an eventuality.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  May 12, 2022 • 8:37:55am

Morning Lizards. Breakfast.

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Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 8:39:30am

People are demonizing her coworkers over this, rather than assume that she was a good employee until she failed in letting herself be seduced by an inmate.

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Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 8:45:00am

re: #238 Dr. Matt

He’s not going to last a week in general population.

Killing a child molester gives prisoners an opportunity to feel like they’re doing something good, but murder is not good.

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 12, 2022 • 8:56:41am

re: #215 Dangerman

re: #216 Dr Lizardo

The folks who currently run Gizmodo are EXTREMELY anti-crypto and make fun of it every chance they get.

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Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 8:58:30am

re: #246 Eclectic Cyborg

The folks who currently run Gizmodo are EXTREMELY anti-crypto and make fun of it every chance they get.

I got that impression from this single extremely snarky article. I can see that they’re having a good time.

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Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 9:05:22am
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sagehen  May 12, 2022 • 9:11:56am

re: #5 mmmirele

Oh yeah, this was posted two threads ago.

Well, you *might* think it was some sort of New Age crazy along with sexual abuse of students. The latter is true, but the former, I don’t think so. It is someone operating under the cover of Evangelical Protestantism.

“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.”

— Susan B Anthony

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gocart mozart  May 12, 2022 • 9:13:52am
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Hecuba's daughter  May 12, 2022 • 9:16:15am

re: #246 Eclectic Cyborg

The folks who currently run Gizmodo are EXTREMELY anti-crypto and make fun of it every chance they get.

They certainly share my view on crypto— a view I’ve held since I first learned of its existence years ago.

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Captain Ron  May 12, 2022 • 9:25:40am
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Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 9:26:56am
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lizardofid  May 12, 2022 • 9:27:56am

re: #251 Hecuba’s daughter

They certainly share my view on crypto— a view I’ve held since I first learned of its existence years ago.

Using a distressed planet’s energy resources to generate an untraceable currency, feels a lot like utilizing resources used for crop production on to fuel SUVs.

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Jay C  May 12, 2022 • 9:34:06am

re: #122 Shropshire Slasher

If you want, it is the Material girl, you were warned.

nypost.com

I couldn’t play that clip on my iPad.
Given the description, I feel fortunate.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 12, 2022 • 9:35:28am

re: #254 lizardofid

Using a distressed planet’s energy resources to generate an untraceable currency, feels a lot like utilizing resources used for crop production on to fuel SUVs.

It’s not a currency — it doesn’t matter how often they use that term to describe it. It’s an imaginary asset (like a unicorn) that you can “trade” for items of real value. Very different from gold which is a tangible asset that has been used for millennia as a medium of exchange, but which is also not a currency. Crypto is not backed by anything except the words of grifters and conmen.

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Shropshire Slasher  May 12, 2022 • 9:40:06am

Photos from the California coastal fires.

nypost.com

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  May 12, 2022 • 9:40:28am

re: #253 Dopamine Fish

It may be Philadelphia, but Gritty has standards.

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Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 9:42:09am

re: #236 No Malarkey!

Notice how there is always a new generation of sheep to be fleeced, no matter how many such cautionary tales there are? If a get rich scheme sounds too good to be true, it is.

Prof. Harold Hill: Did you ever do anything with perpetual motion?

Tommy: Yeah. I nearly had it a couple times.

Prof: You did? Well, you’re my man.

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Captain Ron  May 12, 2022 • 9:43:28am
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Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 9:43:56am

re: #243 Punish Domestic Terrorists

People are demonizing her coworkers over this, rather than assume that she was a good employee until she failed in letting herself be seduced by an inmate.

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yup
never committed a crime, until the first time she did.

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jeffreyw  May 12, 2022 • 9:44:47am

re: #242 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire

Morning Lizards. Breakfast.

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Ham is versitile. This will be lunch when the missus gets back from errands.

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Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 9:46:42am
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Hecuba's daughter  May 12, 2022 • 9:47:28am

re: #260 Captain Ron

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So the major scientific announcement we were speculating about days ago turned out to be about the black hole at the center of our galaxy: nytimes.com

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sagehen  May 12, 2022 • 9:47:31am

re: #257 Shropshire Slasher

Photos from the California coastal fires.

nypost.com

Until Mitt Romney’s house catches fire, I have empathy for the burned-out homeowners.

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Crush White Nationalism  May 12, 2022 • 9:49:24am

re: #254 lizardofid

Using a distressed planet’s energy resources to generate an untraceable currency, feels a lot like utilizing resources used for crop production on to fuel SUVs.

It’s not untraceable. You can find out who bought any token, and who converted it to cash. There are mixers that randomly exchange “coins” to hide that while potentially tying the purchaser to worse crimes, but governments are cracking down on them now.

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sizzzzlerz  May 12, 2022 • 9:51:47am

re: #29 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion

I hope this is normal pricing and not just a sale. I cannot afford or justify paying for these right now, but after I’m working again I’d really like to get both of those at some point.

Those prices have actually been in place for some time. I’d used Matlab at work and for a while, I kept checking in case they ever discounted it from those prices so I could have a copy at home. I didn’t have a purpose for them except to play around with them and they were a bit too expensive for just that. Matlab also offers their toolbox packages for $75 so they can add up pretty quickly if you want 2 or more. Both are pretty powerful tools but have steep learning curves.

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Captain Ron  May 12, 2022 • 9:53:15am
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lizardofid  May 12, 2022 • 9:57:02am

Off to see the neurologist.

Have a great day all!

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Hecuba's daughter  May 12, 2022 • 10:06:31am

This morning, took my first home test since being alerted to my direct exposure to someone who has COVID. Test is negative. Will be taking this test daily for the next several days. I have plans for this weekend that I don’t want to cancel and am hoping that tests remain negative and I have no symptoms to suggest otherwise.

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lawhawk  May 12, 2022 • 10:10:00am

re: #270 Hecuba’s daughter

I’ve been testing since Saturday, since was at family events. Mrs. tested positive Monday after not feeling right. I’ve been negative all week on rapid tests. The Chosen One just got PCR tested today b/c he’s not feeling right but his rapid tests have been normal. It could any number of other things, but all treat the same way - keep hydrated and comfortable.

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Hecuba's daughter  May 12, 2022 • 10:18:33am

re: #271 lawhawk

I’ve been testing since Saturday, since was at family events. Mrs. tested positive Monday after not feeling right. I’ve been negative all week on rapid tests. The Chosen One just got PCR tested today b/c he’s not feeling right but his rapid tests have been normal. It could any number of other things, but all treat the same way - keep hydrated and comfortable.

As I’ve mentioned before, when my niece’s household all came down with COVID in January, her husband kept testing negative even though he felt ill for days — it was only when he finally got a PCR test that the results were positive.

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JC1  May 12, 2022 • 10:23:36am

re: #215 Dangerman

“the entire market of fake digital money could go to zero”…

Sure, but my guess is that both Bitcoin and Ether survive.

Ether is actually much more interesting of the two. Blockchain contracts enable fair resolution of arbitrary arrangements without a central authority. Right now it’s used for things like sports or political outcome betting, but could theoretically be used for any number of things. There are many areas where entity X gets a significant cut of the pie just to facilitate a transaction; blockchain contracts can cut out that middle man.

Bitcoin, on the other hand, has too many true believers behind it to die out anytime soon. Bitcoin maximalists view other coins with the same disdain as followers of militant monotheistic faiths view other religions. It is a cult/religion in many aspects; those don’t die out regardless of how many of their prophesies fail.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2022 • 10:25:11am

re: #273 JC1

Blockchain is also a good way to reliably trace the provenance of precious gems or works of art.

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The Pie Overlord!  May 12, 2022 • 10:25:49am
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Belafon  May 12, 2022 • 10:26:03am

Louisiana:

“No teacher, school employee, or other presenter shall cover the topics of sexual orientation or gender identity in any classroom discussion or instruction in kindergarten through grade eight,” the measure, which was introduced by Republican Rep. Dodie Horton, reads in part. The bill explicitly states that all staff members, including teachers, are barred from discussing their own gender identity and sexual orientation with students at all grade levels.

dailykos.com

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  May 12, 2022 • 10:27:48am

re: #276 Belafon

Louisiana:

dailykos.com

“All teachers will check their genitalia and hormones at the door when they arrive at school”

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Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 10:29:51am

re: #276 Belafon

Louisiana:

dailykos.com

Over the summer of second to third grade (1965 or so) my teacher changed her name.
How they gonna explain that now?

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JC1  May 12, 2022 • 10:30:24am

re: #256 Hecuba’s daughter

It’s not a currency — it doesn’t matter how often they use that term to describe it. It’s an imaginary asset (like a unicorn) that you can “trade” for items of real value. Very different from gold which is a tangible asset that has been used for millennia as a medium of exchange, but which is also not a currency. Crypto is not backed by anything except the words of grifters and conmen.

You can say the same about most of the world’s ‘real currencies’ as well. Bitcoin was an interesting idea, and not a Ponzi scheme or anything like that. It didn’t live up to its promises, but at least the originators had lofty/noble ideas (IMHO). The vast majority of coins since then have been outright scammy pump and dumps, and and will eventually disappear.

Aside from necessities, everything has an arbitrary value based on what people agree the value is.

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Dopamine Fish  May 12, 2022 • 10:30:27am
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Belafon  May 12, 2022 • 10:31:16am

re: #278 Dangerman

Over the summer of second to third grade (1965 or so) my teacher changed her name.
How they gonna explain that now?

All of the teachers will need to be referred to as Professor in order to mask their gender.

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Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 10:32:43am

re: #280 Dopamine Fish

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Did you ask for counseling when you ordered it or picked it up?
No?
Then it’s on you

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Mattand  May 12, 2022 • 10:33:10am

re: #206 Punish Domestic Terrorists

I’m dreaming of an affordably priced 3080ti once this grift collapses.

Tether Sinks Below $1 in Nightmare Scenario for Bitcoin’s Future (Gizmodo via MSN)

Gizmodo and Ars Technica have had decent coverage of this train wreck, and it’s an absolute delight to watch the crypto bros get totally torched in the comments when they try to defend this Ponzi scheme.

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CleverToad  May 12, 2022 • 10:34:34am

Interesting article, I’ll have to watch for follow-up — they think they’ve found the cause for SIDS.

One of my early memories is going to the funeral of a little cousin when I was six. I remember the baby looked to me like a little doll, with a small American and Japanese flag in each hand because my uncle had married a Japanese girl when he was stationed there during the Korean War. This was in 1962; my mom told me years later that it had been difficult to find a cemetery that would bury her, because of the ‘mixed blood.’ Imagine that hellish search at the point where you’ve lost a 4-month-old baby to crib death.

One can hope this discovery leads to ways of identifying the babies at risk, so parents can do something effective in future — and stop blaming themselves for what they did or didn’t do in the past.

biospace.com

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mmmirele  May 12, 2022 • 10:34:39am

re: #244 Punish Domestic Terrorists

Killing a child molester gives prisoners an opportunity to feel like they’re doing something good, but murder is not good.

Duggar is not going to end up in Gen Pop.

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Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 10:36:38am

re: #281 Belafon

All of the teachers will need to be referred to as Professor in order to mask their gender.

So she was “professor” smith last year.
Now she’s “professor” jones.

Doesn’t really help.

And signing things…

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Teukka  May 12, 2022 • 10:39:54am
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wrenchwench  May 12, 2022 • 10:39:57am

re: #275 The Pie Overlord!

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I don’t understand how to report those. Are they screenshots of tweets? Do I report Alex’s thread?

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Florida Panhandler  May 12, 2022 • 10:39:59am

re: #276 Belafon

Louisiana:

dailykos.com

So I suppose teachers are not allowed to tell their students anything about their marriage status or changes in marriage status as well? And I suppose pictures of their kids and family on teacher’s desks are also forbidden? After all, those strongly indicate a certain sexual orientation and/or marriage status.

Just asking questions.

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Dangerman  May 12, 2022 • 10:42:15am

re: #289 Florida Panhandler

So I suppose teachers are not allowed to tell their students anything about their marriage status or changes in marriage status as well? And I suppose pictures of their kids and family on teacher’s desks are also forbidden? After all, those strongly indicate a certain sexual orientation and/or marriage status.

Just asking questions.

That’s what I’m saying

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CleverToad  May 12, 2022 • 10:44:44am

re: #278 Dangerman

Over the summer of second to third grade (1965 or so) my teacher changed her name.
How they gonna explain that now?

My niece who teaches sixth grade in Texas is going to have a hard time explaining why she’s really fat now with the school year ending, and will be a whole lot skinnier when it starts again in August. (Hopefully with a cute little family addition to show for it)

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Eclectic Cyborg  May 12, 2022 • 10:45:16am

re: #276 Belafon

Louisiana:

dailykos.com

Hold up. Does this mean if I was teacher in Louisiana, I wouldn’t be able to tell students about my wife?

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The Pie Overlord!  May 12, 2022 • 11:06:23am

re: #288 wrenchwench

I don’t understand how to report those. Are they screenshots of tweets? Do I report Alex’s thread?

Those are screenshots of Tweets. I suppose Alex means look up the Twitter handle of that user and report those individual Tweets as “targeting a group of people based on race, religion, gender identity, etc.” I don’t think reporting will do any good fwiw. I have reported much worse and Twitter notified me they “didn’t violate content rules.”

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wrenchwench  May 12, 2022 • 11:17:22am

re: #293 The Pie Overlord!

Those are screenshots of Tweets. I suppose Alex means look up the Twitter handle of that user and report those individual Tweets as “targeting a group of people based on race, religion, gender identity, etc.” I don’t think reporting will do any good fwiw. I have reported much worse and Twitter notified me they “didn’t violate content rules.”

I reported one of them. Her timeline was more anti abortion than anything else.

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John Hughes  May 12, 2022 • 11:30:50am

re: #155 Shropshire Slasher

How much food do we get from Russian and China? How much energy do we get from Russian and China. How much fertilizer do we get from Russian and China?

Every bit of food someone else doesn’t get from Russia and China increases prices in the US even if the US imports no food at all from Russia and China.

Ever bit of energy…

Every bit of fertilizer*…

(And, of course, fertilizer is just another word for oil and gas).


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