New Music From Porcupine Tree: “Walk the Plank” (In Session, Air Studios)
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I feel like I’ve seen this movie before…
An article in the Spanish El Mundo about torture and punitive psychiatry in the Rostov prison Hospital N19. Healthy people were tied up, beaten and injected with psychotropic drugs at the command of the special services. More than 60 victims. GULAG of the 21 century pic.twitter.com/iLjZciGklh
— Vladimir Osechkin gulagu.net (@Vlad_Osechkin) July 10, 2022
Talk about unmitigated gall.
A steakhouse chain is being flooded with phone calls and fake reservations over its defense of Associate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s “right” to “eat dinner” at one of its restaurants, where demonstrators gathered outside to protest his support of overturning Roe v. Wade.
Morton’s this week sent a memo to its restaurant managers telling them to brace for more backlash to its remarks defending the jurist, Politico reported Saturday. Kavanaugh was one of five justices who voted last month to overturn Roe, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion in the United States and afforded a constitutional right to the procedure.
“Currently we are experiencing a massive wave (trending at #2 on social media now) of negative response to our comments yesterday as well as being bombarded at the local level with phone calls and fake reservations on Open Table,” Scott Crain, the SVP and COO of Morton’s, wrote to restaurant managers in an email obtained by Politico.
“I am making you aware of this because there is a good chance that your restaurants will also potentially have some people reaching out for comment and/or making (bogus) reservations over the next few days,” Crain continued. “As I stated yesterday, our comment is always ‘No Comment.’ We don’t respond, we don’t retweet, we don’t post on Instagram or Facebook, we don’t do anything.”
“Again, we do NOT insert our political beliefs at any time - not with an employee, not with a fellow manager, and most certainly NOT with a guest,” he added in the memo.
If that was the case you wouldn’t be in this pickle, morons.
CL’d last thread:
re: #257 John Hughes
The F&IW started when:
The dispute erupted into violence in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in May 1754, during which Virginia militiamen under the command of 22-year-old George Washington ambushed a French patrol.
Which was probably just the fortuitous incident that sparked the conflict: French expansionism into what was generally termed “The Ohio Country” would have likely led to more-or-less formal warfare on the (then-) frontiers of British America in any case.
And yes, it was GW’s first taste of actual warfare. And a pretty bitter one: his Virginia “troops” had the assistance of a local tribe of “allied” Native Americans: after the battle, the Indians (ignoring Washington’s promises) murdered and scalped the wounded French prisoners: including their CO, Ensign Jumonville, who the Native chief tomahawked to death right in front of Washington. Though this was far from the worst atrocity recorded.
Oh wow, the presenter of the Sinica* Podcast, Kaiser Kuo, just gave a very enthusiastic endorsement of Porcupine Tree and I have been meaning to listen. Cool stuff.
*Sinica is a useful podcast for those with an interest in things China (mostly politics, but also lit, etc.). It helps to already have a grounding in Chinese history, but is not essential.
The one-uppers are one-upping again.
#Slavery,#Genocide,#Coups, #Torture and #Massacres aside, the criminal record of American Presidents is impressive and just because the Imperial Chickens came home to roost doesn’t make Trump’s attempted coup the worst crime ever committed by a President. Credit where it’s due. https://t.co/Nhn05uCviT
— BHP Animal Watch (@BHPanimalwatch) July 10, 2022
re: #2 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Talk about unmitigated gall.
If that was the case you wouldn’t be in this pickle, morons.
Typical of big companies: Corporate has the right to say stupid, tone deaf shit if they want but you grunts better shut the fuck up.
re: #99 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
What makes beef feminine and chicken masculine? How is that determined?
Why is a “Rochelle” (little rock) feminin so the town is called “La Rochelle” but restaurant is masculin, so the restaurant is called “Le La Rochelle”, but if it were a Brasserie (féminin) it would be called “La La Rochelle”.
Because.
Picking on the restaurant is irrelevant and just gives Fox another talking point
But just remind Kavanaugh that he can always leave the state if he wants a peaceful dinner.
And remind him again that at no point were those protesters threatening violence, and if any of them were armed, it is because he also ruled that open carry is allowed all over America.
This fascist Schlepp has mistaken The Vatican for the Republican Supreme Religious Court https://t.co/1kYg74MdAz
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 10, 2022
JFK would like a word about that…
re: #8 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
But just remind Kavanaugh that he can always leave the state if he wants a peaceful dinner.
in which state could, or should, he have a peaceful “private” dinner?
THAT FACE!
Captured criminal is displeased with his cell https://t.co/b43KftLZzu pic.twitter.com/1ElmHN1nVC
— Illegally Smol Cats (@IllegallySmol) July 10, 2022
re: #7 John Hughes
Why is a “Rochelle” (little rock) feminin so the town is called “La Rochelle” but restaurant is masculin, so the restaurant is called “Le La Rochelle”, but if it were a Brasserie (féminin) it would be called “La La Rochelle”.
Because.
Oooh la la! (Le la? La Le?)
My head… She hurts.
I’m pretty sure this is the greatest beach volleyball point I’ve ever seen. https://t.co/7Jc0wZAuA7
— Greg Pinelo (@gregpinelo) July 10, 2022
re: #13 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
It has been a little while since I did this: (roughly 45 years)
First Declension - Female
Second Declension - Male
Third Declension - Male
Fourth Declension - Female
Fifth Declension - Male
Latin
WaPo has been posting a fiction of articles on Uber today. Fascinating reading.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 10, 2022
re: #11 Backwoods_Sleuth
So cute! I love it when my cats are long lived. Heck one made it to 24, almost made the books according to the vet. But I want more kittens! This is how we would wind up with ten I think if I let us. We have Pepper, 16, and three others around 6.
Just an astonishingly tone deaf statement. from the WH Comms director.
The magic of practice… 👌👌pic.twitter.com/e86uk5JuZd
— Figen (@TheFigen) July 10, 2022
re: #2 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I can’t say I’ll boycott Morton’s because I’ve never eaten there before.
Worst series of The Apprentice ever. https://t.co/y8a0Rd9dNZ
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) July 10, 2022
re: #13 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Extra points for getting the genre of tête right.
(Me, after 39 years in France, still make stupid mistakes about simple stuff like that).
re: #22 Patricia Kayden
I can’t say I’ll boycott Morton’s because I’ve never eaten there before.
I have once. At an IBM convention in Las Vegas an IBM rep took us there to eat. Was nice enough, good steak. Prices were out of this world. I wouldn’t have gone if some else wasn’t paying the tab.
Youngkin is on Face the Nation spouting incorrect science about fetal viability, pushing lies about calls for partial birth abortion without pushback from Costa. Two men, neither with medical expertise. This is how misinformation is created and disseminated as propaganda.
— Hal Corley (@Halcyon270) July 10, 2022
Listen to his characterization. Which I refuse to repeat in print.https://t.co/5sydivqFlZ
— Hal Corley (@Halcyon270) July 10, 2022
re: #25 Eventual Carrion
I wouldn’t have gone if some else wasn’t paying the tab.
Also Kavanaugh’s reasoning.
re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth
Voters knew what they were getting. He was caught on a hot mic saying what he’d do.
re: #25 Eventual Carrion
That’s me and Ruth Chris Steakhouse. Way too expensive.
re: #29 Patricia Kayden
When MrsTarH and I go to Harrah’s Cherokee, we have found that the steaks from the regular restaurant are just as good (and far cheaper) than what is offered at the onsite Ruth’s Chris. Not to mention, no hassle with having to make a reservation.
re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth
my response to Matt Schlapp:
(more) orders from the Vatican. Well no, of course not. This was interesting because JFK was asked the same question in 1960. And NOW we have an American asking a foreign religious authority to scold the president, or worse. Where the hell do you get off, Matt Schlapp? /end
— Dee Holmes🇺🇦🌻 (@mmmirele) July 10, 2022
Trump says the J6 investigations and prosecutions should stop because “they take up a lot of time, energy and money.” pic.twitter.com/4KsDEfhe90
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 10, 2022
well, ok, then…
re: #32 Backwoods_Sleuth
Translation: We are getting a little too close to what actually happened and DT is scared.
1st-2nd century CE Roman rock crystal dice. The British Museum (1772,0311.220). https://t.co/7FX6z82IR5 pic.twitter.com/f2HmWqzKp1
— Angela O’Brien (@GrecianGirly) July 10, 2022
re: #22 Patricia Kayden
I can’t say I’ll boycott Morton’s because I’ve never eaten there before.
Used to live about 100 yards away from a Morton’s. Ate there a few times. Decent but way overpriced.
re: #36 jaunte
It’s either that or something that would summon Pinhead.
re: #38 PhillyPretzel
I think I could spend a few months in the British Museum.
“You’re never going to be free from criticism or peaceful protest.”
Nailed it. https://t.co/kfw6uRdFGw— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) July 10, 2022
Joe Bidens centrist fantasizing isn’t helpful at all and now he is becoming disliked on both sides of the aisle.
I’m not sure he should run again in 2024. He’s just too old school for his own damned good.
re: #41 PhillyPretzel
Same here.
That or the Vatican Library. Or the Louvre. Or Parisian museums in general. My ex-bf was horrified at the possibility of touring with me. “You’ll latch on to something and then we’d be there ALL DAY!”
We will not be able to legalize abortion without the help of men. We need men to stand along side women and demand legalizing women’s right to choose. Thank you to @JohnMTurturro for sharing his grandmother’s abortion story and its impact on generations. https://t.co/PGyxN7DtYi
re: #44 Eclectic Cyborg
Joe Bidens centrist fantasizing isn’t helpful at all and now he is becoming disliked on both sides of the aisle.
I’m not sure he should run again in 2024. He’s just too old school for his own damned good.
Harris/Warren 2024
Tomorrow’s Wordle. I call this one Moment of Impact.
Wordle 387 4/6
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Finding that last line was just painful.
re: #48 The Pie Overlord!
Harris/Warren 2024
The misogynists would have a field day with an all-female ticket.
Interesting idea though in the wake of Roe going down.
I didn’t see it yesterday, but man - this is just a really bad unforced error, at a really bad time. It’s hard to imagine her releasing a statement like that if it wasn’t reflecting what’s going on in the WH.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 10, 2022
In line with the strongman personality being booted out of office and having his coup fail only increased his desire to burn it all down as revenge. https://t.co/TtA3GESpfn
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat (@ruthbenghiat) July 10, 2022
More surprise witnesses.
Oh, lordy. https://t.co/WCxUUKjfh8— Kaz Weida (@kazweida) July 10, 2022
re: #20 Charles Johnson
Just an astonishingly tone deaf statement. from the WH Comms director.
Whoever advised the White House that *this* was the time for a “Sister Souljah Moment” needs to learn how to read the room.
re: #23 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Does Alan Sugar decide who the next Tory leader will be?
re: #50 Eclectic Cyborg
The misogynists would have a field day with an all-female ticket.
Interesting idea though in the wake of Roe going down.
Warren would have my vote, and I’ve donated to her in the past. I don’t like Harris. Obviously would vote for her if she were the nominee, but I wouldn’t support her in the primaries.
re: #59 JC1
What don’t you like about Harris?
re: #58 jaunte
I see Camp Mabry hit 107º.
It’s pretty quiet out here. Everything and everyone seems kind of hunkered down.
re: #59 JC1
Warren would have my vote, and I’ve donated to her in the past. I don’t like Harris. Obviously would vote for her if she were the nominee, but I wouldn’t support her in the primaries.
Harris will not be the nominee unless something happens to Biden and she becomes President. It will not be an all-female ticket in our lifetime. As Shirley Chisholm said in 1972, “I have certainly met much more discrimination in terms of being a woman than being black, in the field of politics”. Too many men, including so-called progressives, have an antipathy toward women in power. I recall how so many of those devoted to Bernie in 2020 were absolutely vile in their comments about Warren. TBF, some women in the Bernie cult were unfailingly hostile toward her too.
re: #60 Eclectic Cyborg
What don’t you like about Harris?
Can’t speak for JC1, but I had a problem with how she jumped on the bandwagon for the ousting of Al Franken (she was my senator at the time). Left a permanent bad taste in my mouth.
re: #62 Hecuba’s daughter
Harris will not be the nominee unless something happens to Biden and she becomes President. It will not be an all-female ticket in our lifetime. As Shirley Chisholm said in 1972, “I have certainly met much more discrimination in terms of being a woman than being black, in the field of politics”. Too many men, including so-called progressives, have an antipathy toward women in power. I recall how so many of those devoted to Bernie in 2020 were absolutely vile in their comments about Warren. TBF, some women in the Bernie cult were unfailingly hostile toward her too.
My favorite Shirley Chisolm quote—
If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.
re: #60 Eclectic Cyborg
What don’t you like about Harris?
Tough on crime BS when she was AG; no revolutionary ideas; not a passionate/articulate advocate for liberal causes. I’ve never listened to her speak and felt inspired afterwards.
re: #31 mmmirele
And the notable thing about today’s supreme cheese suprise is how many of them who claim to be “Catholics” and how much they are unlike the current pope.
“Amy, will to take orders from the Vatican”?
“Hell no, they believe in the teachings of some Palestinian guy”.
Thoroughly depressed after listening to Al Franken’s conversation with Dahlia Lithwick on this week’s podcast. She’s so good at summarizing but in doing so she brought out the activism and corruption of this court—and what lies ahead—so clearly that I was even a little short of breath while driving and listening.
On the “Tengo Novia” thread…
About 10 years ago there was a Norteno song (Mexican oompah band) by La Poderosa Banda San Juan with that title.
It was basically a song on the level of the old 1960s mens’ ties that flashed
“I love my wife. But oh you kid.”
Basically an attempt to be ‘campy’ that stayed firmly in ‘tacky’.
“Tengo Novia Toxica” seems to translate better as “I have a crazy girlfriend/wife…”
re: #67 Barefoot Grin
Maybe I should take a listen. I want to hope, so very much, but I’m really afraid to do so.
re: #228 Belafon
I thought I read a tweet yesterday or the day before about how it seems that democratic men are even more angry at Biden and Democrats than women over the reversal of Roe, but I cannot seem to find it.
I think that you were looking for this tweet:
Just among the Very Online, the Dobbs decision seems to have broken a lot of progressive men who keep ranting Dems are worse for their ineffectual response than the far-right GOP that continues to push authoritarian policy. They just skip right over what this means for women.
— Susan J. Demas 🏔 (@sjdemas) July 9, 2022
Posted by our esteemed Ming5000 here:
re: #95 Ming5000
If you’re taking pleasure in your fellow American languishing in a Russian jail there’s something terribly wrong with you. Also, don’t ever call yourself an American patriot,
You’re a POS scumbag, @DonaldJTrumpJr pic.twitter.com/wtvKlMk67x— Republicans against Trumpism (@RpsAgainstTrump) July 10, 2022
I need help. I am afraid I’ll take mylife .I live at 20781 TimberidGe circle apt 204
re: #61 Dave In Austin
It’s pretty quiet out here. Everything and everyone seems kind of hunkered down.
Last time I was in Vegas, I would see people out and about in the morning (7am to 11am), then disappear from about 11am to 6 PM, then be out again in the evening and into the night.
Just too damned hot to do anything outdoors midday.
re: #44 Eclectic Cyborg
Joe Bidens centrist fantasizing isn’t helpful at all and now he is becoming disliked on both sides of the aisle.
when are you guys ever going to learn that you don’t need, and really shouldn’t want to, “like” politicians.
re: #72 Captain Magic
Someone here get a call in on this?
I’d do it but I’m indisposed at the moment. Looks like CM is likely in Farmington Hills.
Can’t figure out what city and if the address right. Looks like maybe Farmington Hills Michigan but the address is off if that’s the case. Anyone know him better?
I am on the phone with Farmington Hills police, they say this address is not valid.
re: #79 The Pie Overlord!
30271 timberland cir, apt204
re: #78 Captain Magic
Eric help us out. The address… you may have typoed the address.
Everyone should have an LGF Buddy who has their personal information.
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re: #88 The Pie Overlord!
Everyone should have an LGF Buddy who has their personal information.
You can put your personal information in your profile, which can only be read by signed accounts here.
In state news, as of today, Nebraska has no GOP. The whole executive committee has resigned over the shyteshow in Kearney Saturday.
Needz moar shivs.
Check out this incredible avalanche footage from the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan. Luckily, everyone survived. Account: https://t.co/amo4Bh6z8I pic.twitter.com/WQumCfelgz
— Everest Today (@EverestToday) July 10, 2022
re: #91 Captain Magic
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re: #93 Charles Johnson
I hope that guy was OK. That’s a brown-pants moment.
I’m glad there’s help on the way. Hang in there, man.
I need someone to explain to me why it’s always “if you can’t pay rent, buy fewer lattes and avocado toasts” and not “if you can’t pay your employees a living wage, buy fewer yachts, rockets and spacecraft”.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.— Andrea Junker (@Strandjunker) July 10, 2022
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The High Plains Tropical Update:
A tropical wave has formed in west central Georgia a bit east of the Alabama line. Over the next five days, it is expected to move either south or southwest into the Gulf of Mexico, where it has a 20% chance of forming into a tropical system. The movement is uncertain, with the National Hurricane Center showing a threat from Florida’s Big Bend to Houston.
Regardless, rain will increase and possibly become heavy in south Georgia, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle.
Atlantic 5-Day Graphical Tropical Outlook
In the Pacific, Tropical Storm Darby has formed well out to sea and should be a hurricane in twelve hours. It is not considered a threat to land as it moves generally WNW.
A band of thunderstorms off the southern coast of Mexico is predicted to have a 50% chance of becoming a tropical system within five days. It is expected to move along the Mexican coastline well out to sea.
I do not comment on here much. But I am glad he reached out. Life events and work have made me depressed as of late and I tend to push away and keep isolated.
Thank you. All of you.
re: #102 nowherenorth2
I do not comment on here much. But I am glad he reached out. Life events and work have made me depressed as of late and I tend to push away and keep isolated.
Thank you. All of you.
That’s one of the great things about being a part of a community where you can reach out to people, talk to people and get some help if you need it.
— Weird Dall-E Mini Generations (@weirddalle) July 10, 2022
re: #88 The Pie Overlord!
Everyone should have an LGF Buddy who has their personal information.
Mom has mine from our last USPS/E-Mail/Private messages interaction. I am and will be forever thankful to the Lizard Nation for their attempt to get me help when I tripped offline in March of last year.
Pretty remarkable video of a glacier collapse
Breathtaking video of a glacier collapse in Kyrgyzstan, similar to the one in Italy recently that killed a bunch of climbers. The man who filmed this survived. Consequences of a warming world. pic.twitter.com/U6GnMcZIBI
— Delino Jole (@ballfootski) July 10, 2022
Sea lions fed up, chase beach goers off their turf in La Jolla, California. pic.twitter.com/tC7AvQrj0I
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) July 10, 2022
The author of this article fails to disclose she’s married to a member of the Proud Boys. https://t.co/61tnD1jyWy
— Bryan “I am the 2001st Mule” Schott (@SchottHappens) July 10, 2022
Tina Fey trending because Sarah Palin gave a speech doesn’t even make sense anymore. Tina can’t play her now because Tina still looks gorgeous and Sarah Palin looks like a faux leather purse someone dropped in the gutter
— Brian Hurst (@Hurstcules) July 10, 2022
Uh oh! pic.twitter.com/YuJgLw5XLX
— Amy Maltman 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 (@AMaltmanWrites) July 9, 2022
re: #99 The Pie Overlord!
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‘Let that sink in!’ pic.twitter.com/keWhxByf8X
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 10, 2022
re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth
That is the only type of Leek I would want to find.
re: #115 Eclectic Cyborg
I will give him 1/2 a point for covering up his plate.
Sorry, more precisely Republicans think we should end First Amendment for peaceful Democratic protests, but violent Republican terror attacks on abortion clinics & minority houses of worship, assassinations of abortion doctors, and takeovers of Capitol all good.
— David Rothschild 🇺🇦 (@DavMicRot) July 9, 2022
Next week in downtown Omaha
ROLL CALL: @NebraskaMegan and I want you to come march with us at the Heartland Pride Parade! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
I promise, we’re fun 🤗
Saturday July 16th
10am
Old Market
Sign up here: https://t.co/aJsELe5JyU pic.twitter.com/BkeoVNT9E2— John Fredrickson for Legislature (@JohnforNE) July 9, 2022
re: #115 Eclectic Cyborg
That guy has a scorching case of the virus caused by MAGA-CoV-fefe-2020.
Morton’s the Steakhouse appears to have locked down its social media.
Not currently allowing comments on FB or Twitter.
re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth
Oh and saying the N-word or threatening violence on private networks and hosts with TOS agreements.
re: #121 Eclectic Cyborg
Morton’s the Steakhouse appears to have locked down its social media.
Not currently allowing comments on FB or Twitter.
They finished their dinner but didn’t want to stay for dessert.
re: #118 Backwoods_Sleuth
I swear, dealing with Republicans on freeze peach is like dealing with a spoiled 6-year-old except the spoiled brat is still a better person.
— Bill Barnett (@BillBar29495196) July 10, 2022
re: #123 Eventual Carrion
They finished their dinner but didn’t want to stay for [their just ]dessert(s).
re: #123 Eventual Carrion
They finished their dinner but didn’t want to stay for just desserts.
re: #125 Dangerman (Namaste, bitches)
Damn you.
A Louisiana doctor prescribed Cytotec to make the insertion of an IUD less painful. Walgreens called the physician to ask if the prescription was for an abortion, she told them it was for an IUD & the pharmacist still refused to fill it. https://t.co/YGir1Skf3r
— Kat Macfarlane (@KatAMacfarlane) July 10, 2022
re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth
Walgreens is crap. I am sooo glad I got the hell away from their pharmacy.
re: #31 mmmirele
my response to Matt Schlapp:
Matt Schlapp is a Catholic first and an American second.
re: #91 Captain Magic
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Those armed commercial level drones have got to be one of the scariest things to the Russian invaders.
Video of a Ukrainian UAV dropping a munition on a Russian position.https://t.co/LycfnrFryk pic.twitter.com/Iug08pf71C
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) July 10, 2022
re: #136 Ming5000
Those armed commercial level drones have got to be one of the scariest things to the Russian invaders.
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Even though it’s an orc, it’s still hard to watch someone about to die.
Eminent members of Dutch society rest on the Old Jewish Cemetery in The Hague: https://t.co/QEdVGx9dON
David Simons, law professor; Jozef Israëls, SL Verveer, painters; Jacques Levi Lassen, merchant, & his sister Pauline /5/ pic.twitter.com/cYUovHVZAY— Astrid Harz (@AstridHarz) July 10, 2022
“One of the most remarkable ornamental grave markers on the cemetery belongs to my relative Salomon Verveer, the 19th century painter. The presence of his grave stone offers a vivid contrast to the rest of the cemetery where traditional Jewish grave markers fill the field”. https://t.co/uqu5wNzuUn
— Ticia Verveer (@ticiaverveer) June 1, 2019
re: #136 Ming5000
Those armed commercial level drones have got to be one of the scariest things to the Russian invaders.
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Nice own goal as Russia appears to be losing its shit with Ukraine advancing in the South.
The Russian military has accidentally attacked the 2nd battalion of the 1st army corps of the “DPR people’s militia,” following a serious coordination failure in the Kherson region.
Many killed and wounded in artillery strikes.— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) July 10, 2022
re: #129 Backwoods_Sleuth
I dumped them after they refused to fill my Estradiol script, because, reasons.
A map circulating on social media shows the Mediterranean Sea laid over the United States. Its creator says it is intended to compare their relative sizes, not to show the potential impacts of climate change on the U.S., despite false claims online.https://t.co/T7t0H5h1bc
— AP Fact Check (@APFactCheck) July 10, 2022
I knew this was off (for the described meme) when I saw it. Coastal Massachusetts wasn’t even covered, and I live in the 2nd most threatened city in the state by climate change.
Something about that logo looks a little Too Familiar, but I can’t quite put my finger on it………… pic.twitter.com/xhtmyMo9LS
— 💉💉💉Telehell (SUMMER SPECIAL: NOW!) (@TelehellPodcast) July 10, 2022
Russians are getting fucked hard and with no grease in Kherson tonight.
Another enhanced video of the #APU destruction of a RUS artillery battery in the #Kherson area that was firing on #Mykolaiv.#OSINT#UkraineRussiaWar #OSINTUA pic.twitter.com/k5HQB8ZA64
— Uri Kikaski (@UKikaski) July 10, 2022
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re: #144 Captain Ron
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Can’t let the vodka supply dwindle. I mean, there is brake fluid, of course. And it’s consumers claim they can stop on a dime….
re: #115 Eclectic Cyborg
— Division Bell 🇺🇦 (@A_Division_Bell) July 10, 2022
re: #150 The Pie Overlord!
Thank you all. I’m waiting on admission, right now I’m in an aisle in ER.
re: #147 Captain Magic
At the hospital.
I’m glad to hear you are safe. I hope things improve for you very soon.
Marshal Kim Jong-Un purchases “Twitter” on behalf of Korean people for 9,999 Won, after withdrawal by impotent stooge Elon Musk.
Many interesting new features are planned.— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) July 8, 2022
re: #159 Belafon
My insurance only allows me to go to Walgreens.
Thankfully I have the VA for my medical and pharm. I only go to Walgreens if I need an OTC drug.
Leave it to the @nytimes to transform even the overturning of Roe into a story about real estate pic.twitter.com/CCtqAqVpva
— Zachary Levenson (@grundrza) July 10, 2022
a really good article in the new Atlantic
theatlantic.com
THEY BENT TO THEIR KNEES AND KISSED THE SAND
Half a century ago, the British government forcibly removed 2,000 people from a remote string of islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean. They’ve never stopped struggling to return.
Chagos did have a permanent population—it had had one for centuries. The Chagossians harvested coconuts and they fished. They had churches of stone. Mossy gravestones go back many generations. But a world away, in the offices of Whitehall and the clubs of St. James’s, this was a technicality. That the islanders involved were Black made decisions even easier. The conversations might reasonably be imagined, but they don’t have to be. Foreign and Colonial Office documents from the period state that, for official purposes, people living in Chagos were to be referred to as transitory “contract laborers.” The archipelago was described as having “no indigenous population except seagulls.” Internal documents freely admitted that all of this was a “fiction.” A few years before Alfred Olivier Elysé was laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery on Île du Coin, one of the Chagos islands, a comment scrawled on a British document by an official named Denis Greenhill captured the government’s outlook: “Along with the Birds go some few Tarzans or Men Fridays whose origins are obscure.”
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(happy ending: the Chagosians get to go home)
Over the years, Bancoult has pressed the Chagossian cause with the Congressional Black Caucus and the pope. Starting in the 1990s, he began looking for cracks to exploit in the edifice of British law. Future historians sifting through musty files in the Public Record Office will find an impressive volume of litigation bearing the name Bancoult. The documents point the way to a tangle of episodes—in British tribunals as well as the International Court of Justice (or World Court) and the United Nations General Assembly. In 2019, to the surprise of many, the UN confirmed a finding by the World Court: The creation of the British Indian Ocean Territory had been illegal. The archipelago belonged to Mauritius. The Chagos islanders could turn their eyes toward home.
This is a pretty good summary of the trans people in sport “debate” by the @chaser pic.twitter.com/5TfhkDu0vl
— Patrick Lenton (@PatrickLenton) July 10, 2022
Longtime daily lurker (here since the great kerning kerfuffle), so stoked to see the community do what it does today. Get well CM, sending you peace and sunshine from the Hudson Valley. We’ve all got scars here and the walking wounded can be good at looking out for each other
re: #149 A Cranky One
About those car warranty calls:
Don’t worry. A few campaign contributions in GOP pockets, a test court case, and we’ll have a Supreme Court decision declaring robo-calls to have rights from whenever they were coded, including to right to call whomever they want.
/ (only half)
re: #166 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
More and more it seems like the NYTimes is a high school news paper. This is the kind of shit I expect from someone trying to complete an assignment or meet a requirement.
Just caught up with the thread.
And I gotta say, not all heros wear capes.
Sending healing vibes to Captain Magic
re: #169 Ferdinand
Longtime daily lurker (here since the great kerning kerfuffle), so stoked to see the community do what it does today. Get well CM, sending you peace and sunshine from the Hudson Valley. We’ve all got scars here and the walking wounded can be good at looking out for each other
They do have good reporting, it’s just hard to dig out from the crap. For example: Libertarians trying to destroy another New Hampshire town, and how the town was able to fight back (by learning democracy is a continuous process, it doesn’t maintain itself):
One Small Step for Democracy in a ‘Live Free or Die’ Town
A cautionary tale from Croydon, N.H., where one man tried to foist a change so drastic it jolted a community out of political indifference. (July 10, 2022)
I’ve had it with these ahistorical snarky shitheads like Ashley Feinberg.
“look, you can’t suddenly be mad at us—the fact of the matter is we’ve been proudly fucking this up since before many of you were even born” https://t.co/aek5iYZWub
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) July 10, 2022
I’ve been to Morton’s and a whole bunch of super expensive restaurants where the bougie hope to rub elbows with capitalist gods. I love to sit down with my table mates and discuss violent revolution against the upper class or some such things. It has brought me joy and I’ll continue doing it.
Emmanuel Macron and others are embroiled in a scandal (BBC).
Uber Files: Massive leak reveals how top politicians secretly helped Uber
Thousands of leaked files have exposed how Uber courted top politicians, and how far it went to avoid justice.
They detail the extensive help Uber got from leaders such as Emmanuel Macron and ex-EU commissioner Neelie Kroes.
They also show how the taxi firm’s former boss personally ordered the use of a “kill switch” to prevent raiding police from accessing computers.
Uber says its “past behaviour wasn’t in line with present values” and it is a “different company” today.
The Uber Files are a trove of more than 124,000 records, including 83,000 emails and 1,000 other files involving conversations, spanning 2013 to 2017.
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re: #171 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
More and more it seems like the NYTimes is a high school news paper. This is the kind of shit I expect from someone trying to complete an assignment or meet a requirement.
The NYT a long time ago made the decision that they are perfectly OK with whomever or whatever is in power as long as they are allowed to operate to realize a profit. Whatever they were in the past, say 50 years ago, is gone. They are a mere business enterprise now. That’s all.
re: #175 Amory Blaine
I’ve been to Morton’s and a whole bunch of super expensive restaurants where the bougie hope to rub elbows with capitalist gods. I love to sit down with my table mates and discuss violent revolution against the upper class or some such things. It has brought me joy and I’ll continue doing it.
My son, in the summer before he went to college, arranged with a friend to go to NYC together. My son’s friend is an executive with a major sports/fashion brand and he had business in NYC and so put them up in his hotel room. Then the friend’s uncle showed up and hijacked plans and said they HAD to go to some famous steakhouse. (I’m sorry I can’t remember.) Son said, “sure, the steak was good, though too much in size and price (he didn’t pay), but I just got sick of seeing all these people with oversize jewelry looking over their shoulders at each other; and especially of N’s uncle saying after nearly every bite ‘excellent, right?’” On their second night my son went out alone to find some good pizza.
re: #157 Captain Magic
Clinical depression is insidious and dangerous. It takes courage to fight back. Thank you for not letting it take control.
Please keep us updated. We care.
re: #167 sagehen
I love the Atlantic.
As i was reading I was jumping to maps. So very interesting.
Thanks for posting!
My ex-SIL was living with a multi-millionaire who treated her folks to an insanely expensive New Years party.
My ex-FIL commented after that the food and entertainment was nothing special and asked why it was so expensive.
The millionaire replied: “To keep the riff-raff out of course”.
re: #174 Barefoot Grin
I’ve had it with these ahistorical snarky shitheads like Ashley Feinberg.
Here’s Hillary Clinton explaining that SCOTUS was in the balance FIVE YEARS AGO.
Y’all stayed home and didn’t vote for her. https://t.co/KDDH2XHJrf— The Riddler (@TheRiddler1975) July 10, 2022
re: #178 Barefoot Grin
My son, in the summer before he went to college, arranged with a friend to go to NYC together. My son’s friend is an executive with a major sports/fashion brand and he had business in NYC and so put them up in his hotel room. Then the friend’s uncle showed up and hijacked plans and said they HAD to go to some famous steakhouse. (I’m sorry I can’t remember.) Son said, “sure, the steak was good, though too much in size and price (he didn’t pay), but I just got sick of seeing all these people with oversize jewelry looking over their shoulders at each other; and especially of N’s uncle saying after nearly every bite ‘excellent, right?’” On their second night my son went out alone to find some good pizza.
Candidates for “super-famous NYC steakhouse” — Peter Luger (in Brooklyn). Gallagher’s (52nd St, Manhattan). Smith & Wollensky (my fave).
re: #183 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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re: #181 HRH Stanley Sea
The most startling creature is the coconut crab, which grows to the size of a cat and may drop suddenly from trees. Its claws can take off a finger. They are not a problem, Bancoult explained, “if you know how to pick them up,” and they are good to eat.
!!!!!
re: #184 sagehen
Candidates for “super-famous NYC steakhouse” — Peter Luger (in Brooklyn). Gallagher’s (52nd St, Manhattan). Smith & Wollensky (my fave).
I’m pretty sure it was Luger. He’s off the grid until late July. If I remember, I’ll ask him.
Wait, I don’t think they went to Brooklyn. I’ll have to ask. Maybe it was really good but we’ve trained him subconsciously to sneer at ostentatious displays of wealth (which I know he thinks he’ll achieve in his mid-20s).
re: #180 Captain Magic
Hoping you can get some relief for now.
re: #177 Florida Panhandler
The NYT a long time ago made the decision that they are perfectly OK with whomever or whatever is in power as long as they are allowed to operate to realize a profit. Whatever they were in the past, say 50 years ago, is gone. They are a mere business enterprise now. That’s all.
I get that, but there are ways to dress up a bad take that doesn’t sound like the faculty advisor for the High School paper asked them to “find a different angle to approach this story from.”
4chan and Hunter Biden are trending on Twitter, as 4chan users are claiming to have hacked his iCloud account. 4chan folks are everywhere spreading crap.
#HunterBiden Whenever Hunter Biden is trending, we should all know some GOP is either testifying in front of America or some GOP is being arrested. Is it @LindseyGrahamSC @SenTedCruz @SenRonJohnson we will see this week? Will Bannon implode at the January 6 Committee & tell-all
— IndependentVoters (@IndependentVo12) July 10, 2022
re: #180 Captain Magic
I’m bipolar 1.
{{{Captain Magic}}}
Hoping the hospital will find the right balance of medication to address this problem. Please get well soon!
re: #190 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
4chan and Hunter Biden are trending on Twitter, as 4chan users are claiming to have hacked his iCloud account. 4chan folks are everywhere spreading crap.
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As soon as Patsy Baloney was going to testify, the mentions of Hunter Biden went through the roof. It’s a Russian-disinfo full court press.
re: #180 Captain Magic
I’m bipolar 1.
I’m pulling for you. Major life-changing stressors unfortunately alter the brain’s chemistry and can overwhelm one’s medications and trigger an episode. They should find the right combination to get your levels back in balance. Hang in there. Get well.
Evangelical Christians and other vile Republicans fear them.
I personally enjoy how they warm my ears.— Eglon Husk 🦎 (@DaveoutofAustin) July 11, 2022
The GOP shyteshow continues in Nebraska
Resignations from the party continue.
NE GOP ousts Ricketts-backed chairman on dramatic day in Kearney (KSID-AM, Sidney, Nebr.)
re: #196 Dave In Austin
Huh. FOX would post the picture of her dress to allow people to judge for themselves. /s
re: #157 Captain Magic
Thank you all. I’m waiting on admission, right now I’m in an aisle in ER.
Just getting caught up on the thread. Hang in there. We’re all pulling for you.
re: #187 Barefoot Grin
I’m pretty sure it was Luger. He’s off the grid until late July. If I remember, I’ll ask him.Wait, I don’t think they went to Brooklyn. I’ll have to ask. Maybe it was really good but we’ve trained him subconsciously to sneer at ostentatious displays of wealth (which I know he thinks he’ll achieve in his mid-20s).
Is Luger the one under/right by the Brooklyn Bridge? I read an article a few years ago how it was once one of the GOAT NYC steakhouses, but now you’d get a better one at Applebee’s.
re: #200 Mattand
Is Luger the one under/right by the Brooklyn Bridge? I read an article a few years ago how it was once one of the GOAT NYC steakhouses, but now you’d get a better one at Applebee’s.
Lugar is not that great, but please don’t compare to AppleBS.
If you like world class steakhouses, don’t forget there are some excellent kosher ones. Wolf & Lamb in NYC, Meat and Alenbi in Brooklyn, Avenue Prime in Toronto.
If someone wants to live next door to me, the house across the street is for sale. Remodelled two years ago, full basement (so I can come over and hide at your house during a storm), detatched garage, irrigation system for the lawn, central air, water softener, other goodies, ready to move in.
Hi, neighbour.
Ah-ooga! Ah-ooga!
110 degrees air temp and 114 heat index, today!
Death from the ambient environment!!
re: #204 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
If someone wants to live next door to me, the house across the street is for sale. Remodelled two years ago, full basement (so I can come over and hide at your house during a storm), detatched garage, irrigation system for the lawn, central air, water softener, other goodies, ready to move in.
Hi, neighbour.
Bigger footprint than I need and I just moved four months ago. Appreciate the thought though. :)
re: #204 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Too bad my credit is shot..it would be tempting.
We had a power outage today. It took about 30 minutes to get to ‘what if it never comes back on?’
Last noticeable earthquake I was in, it didn’t take 30 seconds to get to ‘what if it never stops shaking?’
Anticipatory anxiety. I am made out of that and peanut butter.
re: #206 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Bigger footprint than I need and I just moved four months ago. Appreciate the thought though. :)
The house is the same size as mine (minus the garage because ours collapsed).
Everything about this comment is fractally wrong.
I’m the type of parent who doesn’t believe in censorship for my child and I do believe that you have the right to feed your child at any time, in any place. Indecency isn’t protected by Free Speech. It’s indecent to expose sexual organs to children, she wasn’t breastfeeding 🙄
— Katherine Rosales (@TheRepublicRose) July 11, 2022
re: #208 wrenchwench
We had a power outage today. It took about 30 minutes to get to ‘what if it never comes back on?’
Last noticeable earthquake I was in, it didn’t take 30 seconds to get to ‘what if it never stops shaking?’
Anticipatory anxiety. I am made out of that and peanut butter.
As a sidebar, I love articles like this:
where they kinda bury the lede. They address old laws about water allocation rights, but don’t address the *actual* problem.
You live in a desert! The population RIGHT NOW is unsustainable!
Why are you arguing about minutiae and not addressing the T-Rex in the room? You have trillions invested in infrastructure which in a decade you won’t need because your people will be climate refugees who have fled. Your population is about to collapse.
re: #211 austin_blue
As a sidebar, I love articles like this:
where they kinda bury the lede. They address old laws about water allocation rights, but don’t address the *actual* problem.
You live in a desert! The population RIGHT NOW is unsustainable!
Why are you arguing about minutiae and not addressing the T-Rex in the room? You have trillions invested in infrastructure which in a decade you won’t need because your people will be climate refugees who have fled. Your population is about to collapse.
This may be related to my return to Oregon from New Mexico. You know, anticipatory anxiety.
That’s some strong Kool-Aid you’ve drunk.
TX energy prices are up because of Texas’ short-sightedness.
Global energy prices are up because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (something Trump called “smart”.)— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) July 11, 2022
Via Salon (July 10, 2022)
When evangelical snowflakes censor the Bible: The English Standard Version goes PC
Over a period of years, Evangelicals have gradually changed the RSV to deëmphisise slavery and Jews, first to footnotes, then entirely disappeared. “Slave” becomes “bondservant.” “The Jews” becomes “religious leaders.”
The changes are being driven by The Gideons.
Unfortunately I had to work last night. RATM first concert in 11 years opened at Alpine Valley last night. They changed some lyrics. “Some of those that burn crosses, are the same that hold office”. Giggles.
This is Mulberry Street
I was a big man on Mulberry Streethttps://t.co/WZv2Tbk2N9
— Gocart Mozart (@EdMix13) July 11, 2022
There was a power outage here this morning, ended at 8:33 judging by the time lost by my electric clocks. It started after 8:10 because that is when I left the house and it was on at that time. Not much of an outage but I still had to reset a couple of clocks and turn my desktop back on, so it rates an appearance by the ERCOT Fail Mascot, Dead-E Kilowatt.
re: #200 Mattand
Is Luger the one under/right by the Brooklyn Bridge? I read an article a few years ago how it was once one of the GOAT NYC steakhouses, but now you’d get a better one at Applebee’s.
Our alltime favorite was O’Henry’s in Greenwich Village. We’re going way back to the 60s now. ( hey, I told you I was old!)
Zorro and Bandit.. pic.twitter.com/8B10QdUEtL
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) July 10, 2022
To the surprise of absolutely no one, except perhaps some brain-dead fundies.
Activist Asks To Lead Satanic Prayer At FL High School Football GameA
After the U.S. Supreme Court backed a high school football coach’s right to pray at the 50-yard line, a South Florida artist and political activist has reached out to a Broward County high school asking to lead a Satanic invocation at one of its football games.
Chaz Stevens, an atheist who founded the Mount Jab Church of Mars activist group, reached out to Broward County Schools, asking to lead a Satanic prayer at a football game at Deerfield Beach High School, which he attended.
re: #222 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Same guy:
Bible Removal From Public Schools Sought By South FL Activist
Stevens laid out seven areas of concern behind his request to remove the Bible from public schools, including mentions that may not be age appropriate or depict killing children, bestiality, rape, “wokenness,” and cannibalism.
“Is this the message we want to teach our children? If you rape a woman, the father has to give you 50 silver pieces,” he asked.
In the letter, Stevens also wrote, “As the Bible casually references (i.e. Matthew 15:19) such topics as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, and fornication … do we really want to teach our youth about drunken orgies?”
His primary goal in sending these requests to superintendents is to cause “digestive distress,” he told Patch.
re: #196 Dave In Austin
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BTW, here’s a link to a photo of Florence and her — ummm, “little women”…
Easy to see how the mammophobes might freak out.
Bannon either has a plan to blow up the J6 hearing or he’s made a deal. He wouldn’t suddenly be volunteering to testify otherwise.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 11, 2022
they’re at it again:
[9:45 PM] Mayflies along the Ohio River? pic.twitter.com/5TjUJjJHqe
— NWS Wilmington OH (@NWSILN) July 11, 2022
niterz, lizardz!
re: #225 Charles Johnson
They better have their shit straight, he is a skilled fascist.
re: #225 Charles Johnson
Is he trying to get out of the arrest by the Postal Inspection Service?
The only way America will ever be great again is if we arrest Donald Trump & his GOP conspirators, and nullify his illegitimate SCOTUS judges.
— The USA Singers (@TheUSASingers) July 11, 2022
re: #147 Captain Magic
I am so happy to see this. And thank you for reaching out for help, that was brave and awesome. I hope you can figure out a plan for moving forward, taking time to rest and take care of what makes you happy and safe. Big hugs to you. I wish I could do more.
re: #106 dharmamark
Everyone’s struggling.
That’s something my psych provider told me earlier this year when I had stomach problems which tipped over into severe depression. We’ve been going on for over 2 years now in a pandemic, the pandemic hasn’t gone away, we’re still dealing with other stuff on top of that (January 6, half the country losing civil rights, our own personal problems which loom larger than anything). She told me that under such stresses (she was talking mainly about the pandemic) that anything else added to our load would tip us over.
So yeah, let’s be here for each other, it’s been a tough ride and it’s not over yet.
re: #139 darthstar
Nice own goal as Russia appears to be losing its shit with Ukraine advancing in the South.
It’s no accident.
⚡️Security Service: Russians attack their proxies in Ukraine.
The Security Service reported, citing intercepted phone calls, that Russians had bombed a battalion of their proxies from Donetsk Oblast fighting on their side, as they were trying to withdraw from the frontline.— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) July 10, 2022
re: #225 Charles Johnson
They are absolutely not putting him on camera live. So it’s either a deal or a waste of time.
re: #227 Amory Blaine
They better have their shit straight, he is a skilled fascist.
I would have the 25 year old - I can’t remember her name, sorry - sitting in there just so the cameras can swing between him and her.
re: #131 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Matt Schlapp is a Catholic first and an American second.
Yep, I know that, but I thought it worth reminding everyone that in 1956 and 1960, people were concerned (in a bigoted way) about “outside religious influences” while in 2022, we’re inviting those same outside religious influences to meddle in our politics. Matt Schlapp deserves a good smack upside his head but I’ll not be the one delivering it.
re: #222 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
To the surprise of absolutely no one, except perhaps some brain-dead fundies.
Activist Asks To Lead Satanic Prayer At FL High School Football GameA
“But it’s not a real religion.”
“It’s not the job of government to decide that.”
re: #225 Charles Johnson
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his case comes up like next month isn’t it?
Probably a motivator.
They’ll do him privately.
No chance to showboat.
Tonight, I’m looking forward to answering honest questions about CRT, a rare opportunity in the media’s frenzied response to a right-wing racial panic. The truth was never that hard to find; too many just weren’t looking for it. Check us out and join the conversation right here. https://t.co/vu3OCv592u
— Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks) July 11, 2022
re: #200 Mattand
Is Luger the one under/right by the Brooklyn Bridge? I read an article a few years ago how it was once one of the GOAT NYC steakhouses, but now you’d get a better one at Applebee’s.
A lot of its reputation comes from having been there since 1887.
Totally normal conversation in our household:
João: we’re going to fly a plane in NJ welcoming Dr. Oz home.
Me: okay, but add a ❤️ in there pic.twitter.com/bslVC1pRJW— Gisele Barreto Fetterman (@giselefetterman) July 10, 2022
re: #225 Charles Johnson
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I’m sure they won’t be stupid enough to let him testify live on camera, right? They know to make it a behind closed doors on videotape thing?
Hey Mr Capital-Letters. Nah, we’re gonna finish.
You worried? https://t.co/jVCfqtF5mz— Adam Kinzinger🇺🇦🇺🇸✌️ (@AdamKinzinger) July 10, 2022
re: #242 Dangerman (Namaste, bitches)
Oh nothing much.https://t.co/09Gn3KMMiK pic.twitter.com/z1u0TEXPpu
— Dual Reality 💙🌻 (@DualReality69) July 10, 2022
re: #218 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Breaking: ERCOT has issued an alert for possible rolling blackouts Monday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. “A projected reserve capacity shortage with no market solution available.” Additionally, ERCOT has issued a call for energy conservation Monday.
— Phil Jankowski 🌟 (@PhilJankowski) July 11, 2022
re: #244 jaunte
“no market solution” - but I thought “the market” was magical?
“No market solution available” because some well-connected greedheads separated the Texas grid from the national grid to pump more money out of the system. And people will continue to die in extreme weather conditions because of that greed.
🔥 HOUSTON RECORD - 🌡️ Today’s high of 105 degrees ties the record for the hottest July day ever in Houston 🌡️ The standing record was set back in 1954. @pcavlin #khou11 #houwx
FORECAST: https://t.co/Z69fxriOS4 pic.twitter.com/ABxOsDYDbM— KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) July 11, 2022
I may have misjudged the location for my retirement compound.
On July 10 ,1954 I was in Wichita Falls, but it was only 104º.
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Texans are being warned to prep for power outages with temperatures in the 100’s, so here’s your reminder that after the grid failed in 2021–Abbotts campaign made an additional $4.6 million from energy industries. That includes $1 million from an energy tycoon.
— Olivia Julianna 🗳 (@0liviajulianna) July 11, 2022
re: #224 Jay C
BTW, here’s a link to a photo of Florence and her — ummm, “little women”…
Easy to see how the mammophobes might freak out.
That woman has lovely udders! But they are not actual sexual organs.
They serve a completely different function. Those are potential baby feeders.
The American terrification (is there another word?) of female boobs is one of the most non-sensical things I have ever seen. But it is well established in society. As one movie critic once commented, if you cut off a boob with a sword, you get an R-rating. If you put adult lips on an adult boob, you get an NC-17.
Some think scandal is bad but in America scandal is good for business.
Are not sexual conquests a sign of masculinity?
Do not WWE fans still cheer Vince? Of course they do, because he’s a masculine hero, a sign of what a great man is supposed to be.
Do you not know what makes America great?— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) July 11, 2022
re: #251 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Some think scandal is bad but in America scandal is good for business.
How big would the money be if Vince rogered Donald J. Trump right up the old Bung Hole? I think it would be Uuuge!
We need a parental liability law. https://t.co/iEggCLaoSf
— Cipher of the Golden Spatula (@snarkylicious) July 10, 2022
Breaking: Houston Hobby Airport has issued an alert for possibility that #TedCruz may flee Texas. #FixedTheTweet 😃 https://t.co/1ZHbiwla4j
— Scott Uhl (@ScottUhlTX) July 11, 2022
You’re looking to the right, at the mama’s left.
If you look to the right of mama bottlenose, you can see the tiniest, babiest, bottlenose dolphin I have ever seen. pic.twitter.com/TnJBwEcxo4
— Wendy (@geococcyxcal) July 10, 2022
That kind of thing will screw me up every time.
re: #256 GlutenFreeJesus
I guess I’ll turn the ac off tomorrow at 2 and give my insulation the July test.
So the 110 we hit today was the second hottest temp in town, ever (we had two 112’s in the past), the highest in the past four years, the highest ever in July, and added to the July average high of 102.5. Hottest ever May, hottest ever June, so far, the hottest ever July. Even worse are the low temps each night, which are consistently at or above 80.
This is the climate change that will kill the western United States. West Texas and points north have pretty much been allowed to drain the subsurface Ogallala Reservoir to the point where the subsurface water is radically increasing in dissolved salts. It’s a disaster for irrigated land from Texas to Nebraska.
Thanks to everyone who worked so quickly tonight to help one of our own get through a rough time. I needed to see this today, the last couple of weeks has been awful. Anxiety, lots of panic, feeling lost and just plain scared all the time. And the loneliness is just crippling at times. I needed a reminder that the bad guys and the bad times don’t always win. So many things that should not be difficult are turning out to be complicated messes that I didn’t create. The memorial service was 4 weeks ago, since then, the calls have pretty much stopped and no one checks on us anymore. Last weekend my brother was here and we all went to my parents for dinner and the next day we went to a small pool party at a friend’s house. It was fun to some degree, but it was also exhausting and awkward for me. It did my sad self some good to see this interaction here today, it helped me more than I can express right now.
The future doesn’t look that great which is not helping. I feel so needy and tired and helpless and that just isn’t me. Adrift is a good descriptive word too. I hate fucking grief, it’s just horrendous. Thank all of you for being here and being good humans. It matters.
re: #259 austin_blue
So the 110 we hit today was the second hottest temp in town, ever (we had two 112’s in the past), the highest in the past four years, the highest ever in July, and added to the July average high of 102.5. Hottest ever May, hottest ever June, so far, the hottest ever July. Even worse are the low temps each night, which are consistently at or above 80.
This is the climate change that will kill the western United States. West Texas and points north have pretty much been allowed to drain the subsurface Ogallala Reservoir to the point where the subsurface water is radically increasing in dissolved salts. It’s a disaster for irrigated land from Texas to Nebraska.
It isn’t a problem (yet) in South Dakota and Nebraska, because both our states regulate, meter, and charge for water drawn from the aquifer.
No new groundwater wells have been permitted for many years. Irrigation systems in both states require permitting and metering.
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