Sheer Brilliance: Julian Lage and Bill Frisell, “Someday My Prince Will Come”
Performed by Julian Lage and Bill Frisell, Live House Concert, Lincoln, MA December 1, 2021
Performed by Julian Lage and Bill Frisell, Live House Concert, Lincoln, MA December 1, 2021
So at this point I can only imagine that Bannon is going to take the stand to blow up enough smoke that Fox can find some talking points in it to “disqualify” the hearings
re: #218 No Malarkey!
Bannon might just plead the Fifth rather than perjure himself, since, even though he has a pardon, there may be hypothetical state crimes he could incriminate himself for.
The pardon covers fraud charges related to the Build the Wall project, not crimes related to the efforts to overturn the results of the election.
And also, too, don’t sign a deal to buy something for $44 billion right before bedtime. https://t.co/kYDPRjlkBl
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 11, 2022
re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
So at this point I can only imagine that Bannon is going to take the stand to blow up enough smoke that Fox can find some talking points in it to “disqualify” the hearings
He still has to deal with the Democrats, Cheney, and Kinsigner (?sp) on the committee. Bannon has been good at making sure he avoids scrutiny so far.
re: #2 Hecuba’s daughter
The pardon covers fraud charges related to the Build the Wall project, not crimes related to the efforts to overturn the results of the election.
I didn’t know if Trump gave him a blanket pardon or if it was specific.
re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
So at this point I can only imagine that Bannon is going to take the stand to blow up enough smoke that Fox can find some talking points in it to “disqualify” the hearings
Fox has already disqualified the hearings as a partisan stunt. Cheney and Kinzinger being appointed by Pelosi and against the wishes of GOP leadership makes them honorary democrats as far as fox viewers are concerned.
re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
So at this point I can only imagine that Bannon is going to take the stand to blow up enough smoke that Fox can find some talking points in it to “disqualify” the hearings
The trial is support to start next week and therefore after the J6 hearings this week. He may be reluctant to testilie before the court during that trial because there are real consequences for perjury in such proceedings.
I’m hoping Russian morale breaks sooner rather than later.
NEW: Russian troops are getting almost no breaks from intense combat, one of the “most damaging” personnel issues the Kremlin is unable to fix: UK Defense Intel
Wives of soldiers in 🇷🇺 Far East have said the troops are “mentally & physically exhausted” in pleas to return home— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) July 11, 2022
re: #8 No Malarkey!
I’m hoping Russian morale breaks sooner rather than later.
The obvious solution is to surrender.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) July 11, 2022
Politics 101: When you have a chance to use a wedge issue that divides your opposition while uniting your side, lean into it!
Biden is failing to do this with abortion, though polling shows it’s a perfect wedge issue. In fact, his limp response is dividing Democrats! pic.twitter.com/Ua7wb1Y8H7— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) July 11, 2022
While Republicans move swiftly to ban abortion, Biden’s response is to roll out the standard Democratic stalling tactic: Commissioning a task force to “study” the issue. Two months after the leak showed the Roe overturn was imminent. pic.twitter.com/5ExhybiBWi
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) July 11, 2022
The Creep-in-Law may have something to sweat about.
Jared Kushner Under Congressional Investigation for Saudi Arabia Money - Rolling Stone https://t.co/fvxXGOJc64
— Marilyn S.. (@MarilynSkinne18) July 11, 2022
HERE WE GO: Nichols’ first ruling is in favor of DOJ. Prosceutors only need to prove Bannon acted “deliberately” and “intentionally” to defy the select committee — not that he knew it was illegal or wrong.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) July 11, 2022
re: #1 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
So at this point I can only imagine that Bannon is going to take the stand to blow up enough smoke that Fox can find some talking points in it to “disqualify” the hearings
Well, here’s the last go around, per Marcy Wheeler:
(GJ - Grand Jury)
And to review how Bannon got to (maybe) telling some truth before the grand jury:
1) He lied abt using his own personal comms during campaign in first Mueller interview
2) He lied abt being interested in WL in his second one— emptywheel (@emptywheel) July 11, 2022
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5) WITH ALL THAT IN HAND, prosecutors got him to tell something approximating the truth, including that Roger was the one in charge of ties to WikiLeaks (but still lied about his comms w/UAE, which is still under investigation btw).
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) July 11, 2022
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But then after that … he lied again!!!!
6) In prep for Stone trial, he reneged his testimony
7) In Stone trial, he attempted to renege his testimony, so prosecutors slapped him upside the head with his GJ transcript.
That’s Steve Bannon. He hasn’t changed.— emptywheel (@emptywheel) July 11, 2022
Nichols notes that the OLC opinions Bannon has relied on to claim he believed he could defy the select committee subpoena do not actually deal with someone in his situation: A former aide to a former president.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) July 11, 2022
This is a huge blow to Bannon’s defense — it essentially cuts off his primary arguments that he claimed justified his decision not to appear. He’s left with very little else in his defense.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) July 11, 2022
re: #10 Charles Johnson
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This admin doesn’t do performative.
That’s tfg’s bailiwick.
I think they also n don’t want to try things that will obviously or likely be *quickly* shutdown.
And while Biden is pro choice in his political capacity, he’s not so much personally.
This is nothing new.
So he *may* not have the same fire as others do or think he should have
I’m observing/guessing, not defending
Bannon is screwed, LOL.
Nichols essentially says Bannon’s only course of defense, essentially, is if he can argue that he misunderstood the subpoena’s due date or believed, in a good-faith way, that it had been extended.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) July 11, 2022
Judge Nichols: “The former president, in his civilian capacity, is by definition not a public official. Especially, considering under the circumstances, since the former president never instructed Mr. Bannon not to show up altogether.”
— Jordan Fischer (@JordanOnRecord) July 11, 2022
Ah yes, Rage Against the Machine, that famously non-political band. pic.twitter.com/afh23I06c4
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 11, 2022
boofuckighoo
Fox brings on a guest who was a recent visitor to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, to complain about his tour guide over-emphasizing TJ’s history as a slave owner: “I just thought that Monticello would be protected from this disease of wokeism.” pic.twitter.com/dJZFjAiRGG
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 11, 2022
re: #20 Charles Johnson
Obviously they cannot be a lizard, but the rest seems reasonable…
(eta - btw - the typo in the url below was apparently deliberate.)
You ever walk past someone in a public place and they look like a totally normal person doing totally normal everyday things and then you see the back of their shirt says “https://t.co/d8gCavnsVp” and you suddenly realize they’re actually an alien lizard in a rubber human suit?
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) July 11, 2022
re: #21 Backwoods_Sleuth
boofuckighoo
They need to talk more about how good Massa Jefferson was to his slaves, and how happy they were.//
re: #23 No Malarkey!
They need to talk more about how good Massa Jefferson was to his slaves, and how happy they were.//
Happy enough to jump willingly into his bed and have his babies, because no woman would possibly pass that opportunity up.///
And it gets worse for Bannon.
NICHOLS: Bannon’s challenges to the composition of the select committee is “for the most part” not something he can present to the jury, Nichols rules.
Bannon “waived” the argument by not raising it in his dialogue with the select committee.— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) July 11, 2022
re: #22 ckkatz
Like seeing someone, noticing “TRUMP WON”, and sadly checking the “Orc” box. Sigh. Even in Salem.
At least Bannon will be afforded a shower soon.
— Chris Phillips (@ChrisPh30941557) July 11, 2022
“Wait, have I left the iron on?”
🎥: https://t.co/0sNIBCNtwz pic.twitter.com/g0VWfcChDO— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) July 11, 2022
In the weeks leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes tried to get the organization’s general counsel, Kellye SoRelle, to put him in touch with the White House,” NBC News reports.
Guys…….
Oath keepers felt the need to have a general counsel
And check out those two ‘open letters’. Wow.
re: #26 Sherlock Hound
Yes, these folks are badly disconnected to reality. The unfortunate part, to my mind, is that we all have to participate when reality forcefully catches up with them.
re: #21 Backwoods_Sleuth
boofuckighoo
One of the great RW triumph in the Culture Wars was getting CRT to be regarded as synonymous with teaching the history of race relations in America and then getting it banned from school curricula.
re: #23 No Malarkey!
They need to talk more about how good Massa Jefferson was to his slaves, and how happy they were.//
He gave at least one of them the gift of a baby. ///
re: #27 No Malarkey!
Maybe what corroded his hot tub wasn’t acid, it was just Bannon.
This is good.
So remember that interview last week that Ben Smith did with Tucker Carlson?
Tonight on the @MehdiHasanShow, I did a deep-dive into Carlson’s answers (evasions?), his actual views, and what I would have asked him had I done the interview.
Watch/share:pic.twitter.com/19YQBxYySw— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) July 11, 2022
In Karate class there are two kinds of kids…🤣😭🤣 https://t.co/HnT7fqWzob
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) July 11, 2022
re: #29 Dangerman (Namaste, bitches)
Guys…….
Oath keepers felt the need to have a general counselAnd check out those two ‘open letters’. Wow.
Kellye SoRelle is known to this group as one of the batshit crazy lolyers involved in the in re: Gondor shenanigannery. To say that she is a few fries short of a happy meal is doing a disservice to potato-challenged boxed lunches.
re: #35 Backwoods_Sleuth
We are all that kid sometimes.
re: #21 Backwoods_Sleuth
boofuckighoo
Fox brings on a guest who was a recent visitor to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, to complain about his tour guide over-emphasizing TJ’s history as a slave owner: “I just thought that Monticello would be protected from this disease of wokeism.” pic.twitter.com/dJZFjAiRGG
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 11, 2022
That goober has “yokel gentry” stamped all over him.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide has some students rethinking their higher education plans as states rush to ban or curtail abortion,” Reuters reports
You know what the Rs would say:
Come to school in our state
You shouldn’t be having sex anyway
re: #39 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
That goober has “yokel gentry” stamped all over him.
the gold bow tie is a dead giveaway
Judge Nichols will bar Steve Bannon from entering any evidence at trial about the government’s decision not to prosecute others for contempt of Congress. That means nothing about the decision not to charge Mark Meadows and Dan Scavino.
— Jordan Fischer (@JordanOnRecord) July 11, 2022
Now discussing Bannon’s request for internal memos about why prosecutors chose not to indict Scavino and Meadows. Motion denied. … none of these are relevant in any case. …
/89— Roger Parloff (@rparloff) July 11, 2022
The fire near the giant sequoias is feeding on “heavy dead and down fuels,” including dry vegetation. Hundreds of firefighters are working to protect the grove and the community of Wawona. @whereishayley #WashburnFire https://t.co/JQjpPZiLAu
— Ian James (@ByIanJames) July 11, 2022
The right really hates it when people are awake enough to notice things like history and facts and whatnot. https://t.co/bCBhkZdfkH
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 11, 2022
At Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, the parasites are both figurative AND literal as the ill-kempt kitchen fails a rare health inspection. https://t.co/Fu9PrKASgR
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) July 11, 2022
When my son was applying to colleges, he wanted to apply to University of Miami (the one that’s in Florida, not the suspicious one that’s somehow in Ohio). I told him that I wasn’t putting a red cent into the Florida economy so don’t even bother. He didn’t.
— The Marc Bernardin (@marcbernardin) June 4, 2022
Someone at AP thought it was necessary to point out that climate change would not move the Mediterranean Sea into the U.S.
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
The cherry on top: Bannon’s trial to proceed as scheduled.
BREAKING: Steve Bannon’s contempt of Congress trial is still on schedule for next Monday. Judge Carl Nichols refuses to delay. Next pretrial hearing is Thursday.
Overall, it was a pretty bad day for Bannon in court. https://t.co/YFyKiGZ0Qv— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) July 11, 2022
Conservatives don’t like Orban despite being an authoritarian.
They like him BECAUSE he is an authoritarian.
They see him as a model for dismantling democracy and creating fascist, single party control. https://t.co/boavxH6mra— Nunca Trumpismo (@NeverTrumpTexan) July 11, 2022
Not so fast there! (Watch to the end.)
WHAT THE HELL 👀💦 pic.twitter.com/lxp6zAe90I
— GTA MEMES 🔞 (@GTA___Memes) July 11, 2022
re: #23 No Malarkey!
They need to talk more about how good Massa Jefferson was to his slaves, and how happy they were.//
He must have been a good slave owner because Sally Hemmings never left his side. //
Things you should research before you decide to defy a subpoena… https://t.co/euarKcyV5O
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) July 11, 2022
re: #49 jaunte
“Those aren’t cockroaches!! Those are the rare Florida Splotched MagaBeetle! They’re protected! We’re a Green nature preserve!!!”
re: #54 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Not so fast there! (Watch to the end.)
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Set the brake, grab your board, set the brake, grab your board…
re: #56 jaunte
This is when you make a deal. The deal should be: plead guilty, testify and provide all requested documents, and if the DOJ is satisfied with your cooperation they will recommend a suspended sentence.
I still want to know why the hell Mark Meadows is not being charged with anything.
re: #50 Dangerman (Namaste, bitches)
Apparently the Miami Indian tribe once lived in southern Ohio.
re: #22 ckkatz
Obviously they cannot be a lizard, but the rest seems reasonable…
Note that he specified an alien lizard.
(Insert picture of woman with big hair cracking open her jaw to eat a small furry animal).
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re: #62 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Mask expenditures are up 100% vs. a few years ago.
re: #52 No Malarkey!
The cherry on top: Bannon’s trial to proceed as scheduled.
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after today’s rulings, there’s not gonna be much left to talk about
I guess the windmills are freezing again https://t.co/i8n4HHsj1K
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) July 11, 2022
re: #54 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Not so fast there! (Watch to the end.)
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jason bourne?
Road signs in Vilnius, Lithuania 🇱🇹
📷 Volodymyr Omelian via @Ukrinform_News pic.twitter.com/OfBNzzrzHm— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) July 11, 2022
She needs to have a word with the manager. https://t.co/Y2Ht1gnYhb
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 11, 2022
re: #56 jaunte
Not doing illegal shit is a solid defense. So you are right, you have no defense.
re: #61 Eclectic Cyborg
I still want to know why the hell Mark Meadows is not being charged with anything.
The Justice Department sent the Jan. 6 committee a letter notifying it that Meadows and Dan Scavino, Trump’s former deputy chief of staff, won’t be indicted for contempt because they have been cooperating, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked to remain anonymous speaking about a non public matter.
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But the decision not to indict Meadows and Scavino is being questioned by the Jan. 6 committee.
Not a sentence you ever want to hear your lawyer say. https://t.co/J51k5bLSGy
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 11, 2022
re: #20 Charles Johnson
re: #48 Charles Johnson
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Incidentally, I was in Virginia in 2019 and took the tour of Monticello. They were honest about Jefferson and his slave-holding. This means that it got a lot of time since it was one of the central facts of his life, as his writings make clear. He still gets full credit for his achievements, which are also given full coverage. The result is a balanced look at a very complex and fallible man of his time.
There was one goober in the group who groused about the emphasis on slavery but who turned out not to have known that Jefferson was an architect. This did not surprise me for some reason. The idolaters often seem not to know much about their idols.
re: #76 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Incidentally, I was in Virginia in 2019 and took the tour of Monticello. They were honest about Jefferson and his slave-holding. This means that it got a lot of time since it was one of the central facts of his life, as his writings make clear. He still gets full credit for his achievements, which are also given full coverage. The result is a balanced look at a very complex and fallible man of his time.
There was one goober in the group who groused about the emphasis on slavery but who turned out not to have known that Jefferson was an architect. This did not surprise me for some reason. The idolaters often seem not to know much abouttheir idols.
anything.
Was arguing with a woman last night that prior to reversing RvW it was legal to perform an abortion for any reason even if the woman was nine months pregnant. “Happens all the time.” Someday I’ll learn not to argue with fucking morons.
re: #71 Charles Johnson
Wait til she learns about people who *die* at Rikers awaiting charges, let alone awaiting trial. 60 days? That’s a slap on the wrist, even for a dimestore Karen.
re: #76 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Incidentally, I was in Virginia in 2019 and took the tour of Monticello. They were honest about Jefferson and his slave-holding. This means that it got a lot of time since it was one of the central facts of his life, as his writings make clear. He still gets full credit for his achievements, which are also given full coverage. The result is a balanced look at a very complex and fallible man of his time.
There was one goober in the group who groused about the emphasis on slavery but who turned out not to have known that Jefferson was an architect. This did not surprise me for some reason. The idolaters often seem not to know much about their idols.
I’ve been to a bunch of national parks and presidential homes pre-pandemic, and they were all shifting towards better addressing slavery and enslaved persons. This was particularly true at Mount Vernon, Ashland, Monticello, and even at the Hermitage.
re: #39 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
That goober has “yokel gentry” stamped all over him.
an advocate of anarcho-capitalism and Bitcoin, a publisher of libertarian books, a conference speaker, and an internet entrepreneur…In the late 1980s, he worked for Ron Paul[6] as an assistant to editor Lew Rockwell. During Paul’s 2008 Presidential campaign, newsletters written on behalf of Paul became controversial because some contained statements against black people and gay people.[7] Tucker was said to have helped Rockwell write the newsletters.[7]
Seems like a swell guy (and he’s only 58—I would have guessed mid-70s)
re: #54 William Lewis
Bundeswehr Brigadier General of the Army (OF-6) and Head of the Situation Center Ukraine at the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg) Dr. Christian Freuding with a remarkable statement on why the German government must support Ukraine
How you know you’re in Germany: the important title of a brigadier general is “Herr Doctor”.
re: #60 No Malarkey!
This is when you make a deal. The deal should be: plead guilty, testify and provide all requested documents, and if the DOJ is satisfied with your cooperation they will recommend a suspended sentence.
A tad too late for a deal now, methinks…
The column was written by the wife of a Proud Boy. The Herald Tribune says they will now start having standards.
From the editor: Guest column about Proud Boys did not meet our standards (Herald Tribune)
re: #80 BeachDem
Wow, 58? Evil does start to show through the cracks of your skin.
re: #84 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Wow, 58? Evil does start to show through the cracks of your skin.
Could be the air at Epoch Times, where he’s also a daily writer.
The only winners in the Musk-Twitter fight will be the lawyers.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 11, 2022
My hope is Musk gets soaked for a tidy sum.
They’re back!/never left!
In the largest reliably Republican county in Texas, the leader of the newly reborn local John Birch Society chapter is the speaker at this month’s @FWRepWomen meeting. (h/t @KormanBob) https://t.co/Z5XBTebX6u (John Birch himself came from Frank Norris’ Klan-friendly FW church.)
— Bud Kennedy / #ReadLocal (@BudKennedy) July 11, 2022
re: #89 Eclectic Cyborg
My hope is Musk gets soaked for a tidy sum.
Current consensus among the lawyers on Twitter that I’ve pseudo-randomly sampled is that Twitter is in a fairly strong position. It seems Mr. Musk made the unfortunate mistake of signing a contract for specific performance; that is to say, he specifically agreed, “I will pay $44 billion to buy Twitter, Inc., unless one of these conditions applies.” None of those conditions appears to apply, his bluster about the bot percentages notwithstanding; therefore, Twitter should get paid, although most likely they will negotiate a settlement prior to trial that will end up being more than $1B but less than the full $44B, and they get to keep their company, to boot.
re: #56 jaunte
Top 10 signs you’re proper fucked legally. ‘nuff said…
re: #91 Dopamine Fish
The most common expectation I’ve seen is $16B, the difference between Musk’s offer and the valuation of the company at the time the suit was filed, which is apparently a regular legal technique when determining specific performance damages.
I only hope that Steve Bannon jumps on his podcast this week and badmouths the judge because of his rulings today. The same judge who will be sentencing him after he loses. I’ll be listening!
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 11, 2022
We poured a lot into this Chart.
It tracks evidence of Trump’s knowledge and intent.
It curates key findings of the #January6thHearings
We compare with Trump’s public remarks, highlight findings that haven’t received attention they deserve. More.https://t.co/CQDdVNo7qC— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) July 11, 2022
re: #92 Belafon
Did you see the link? They’ll be talking about “Weapons Labs in Wuhan” so be prepared for the China-made-us-sick-with-covid conspiracy theories to get a local boost.
“It’s a foreign bioweapon, but nobody can tell me to take reasonable precautions to defend myself!”
re: #94 Dopamine Fish
The most common expectation I’ve seen is $16B, the difference between Musk’s offer and the valuation of the company at the time the suit was filed, which is apparently a regular legal technique when determining specific performance damages.
But he’s done a lot of damage to Twitter with this bullshit - he hasn’t only harmed himself. If that was his real purpose he probably succeeded.
Twitter may get awarded damages, but imagine the legal fees. They hired one of the highest priced merger law firms in the world for it.
re: #97 jaunte
Did you see the link? They’ll be talking about “Weapons Labs in Wuhan” so be prepared for the China-made-us-sick-with-covid conspiracy theories to get a local boost.
Clicking on twitter related stuff is a no-no at work, so no I didn’t. But I really don’t need any more conspiracy theories floating around, even if they come with the occasional y’all.
Wait a minute…
Now that sky-high gas costs have been going down for a month, it seems that Fox News is suddenly worried that the dropping prices could hurt “mom-and-pop gas stations.” pic.twitter.com/YFGS3nzF4U— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) July 11, 2022
my shocked face…
re: #99 Charles Johnson
But he’s done a lot of damage to Twitter with this bullshit - he hasn’t only harmed himself. If that was his real purpose he probably succeeded.
Twitter may get awarded damages, but imagine the legal fees. They hired one of the highest priced merger law firms in the world for it.
They’re clearly banking on the reward being more than the legal fees, and they’re probably right. All that said, I am not a lawyer, I just read a bunch of them; and I’m already at the limit of what I’ve found on the wild Interwebs for the subject.
We ran across a channel playing the Monkees last night, so we had my son watch a few episodes. I had forgotten how chaotic the show was, but it was still fun, and I think he did enjoy it.
It did get me wondering who would play them if someone did a movie similar to the recent one about Elvis.
It will never stop being gob-smacking that even though Steve Bannon was caught red-handed in a scheme to defraud gullible Trump fans out of millions of dollars, and *admitted* it, the right still treats him as a hero.
This is cult shit.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 11, 2022
re: #104 Charles Johnson
I’m pretty sure that Conservatism is a grift, so their heroes should be, and are, grifters.
re: #106 Crush White Nationalism
I’m pretty sure that Conservatism is a grift, so their heroes should be, and are, grifters.
And every conservative dreams of being “persecuted” enough to start grifting themselves.
re: #104 Charles Johnson
And Trump pardoned him for it.
Let me repeat.
Bannon was found guilty of defrauding MAGA who contributed to that build a wall bulkshit scheme (and Bannon’s coconspirators are fucked as they don’t have get out of prison cards from Trump). Trump pardoned Bannon, so he can engage in more felony conduct.
And right wingers think Bannon is a hero.
Cult? Check.
“One of the safest, most effective treatments for roughly a dozen autoimmune conditions…”
“The message read, ‘This is a notice to let you know that we are pausing all prescriptions of methotrexate. This is in response to the reversal of Roe vs. Wade’.”https://t.co/MLfrp8f4rl— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) July 11, 2022
HAPPENING NOW: Select comittee says tomorrow’s hearing will be the only one this week. There is likely to be another hearing next week.
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) July 11, 2022
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
Not even a month post-Roe and we have a huge clusterfuck on our hands.
re: #111 Eclectic Cyborg
Not even a month post-Roe and we have a huge clusterfuck on our hands.
but her emails…
Viktor Orban is going to speak at CPAC. they’re just not even pretending to care anymore pic.twitter.com/NcLu1KbpXs
— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) July 11, 2022
re: #111 Eclectic Cyborg
Not even a month post-Roe and we have a huge clusterfuck on our hands.
Both parties are the same. ///
Mind you, all those fuckers out there claiming that Roe wouldn’t affect them are going to find out that yeah, it does.
Doctors will find themselves risk adverse on treating a wide range of conditions affecting women, and women will die, even if they’re not seeking abortions or even pregnant. Limiting access to medication because it has multiple uses including for abortion. That will have deadly consequences.
But her fucking emails….
If it’s March 4, 1859 he’s goddamned right https://t.co/QA51ID5wyd
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 11, 2022
Durbin: It is little wonder the senator from Kentucky is praising the supreme court. He has been instrumental in choosing the members and has gone to lengths unseen in history to reach that goal. Remember Merrick Garland… pic.twitter.com/938GozrGwo
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 11, 2022
jfc
Endorse. Along with the Romney Family Security Act: https://t.co/E1GbKa8lww
— David French (@DavidAFrench) July 11, 2022
Absolutely not. https://t.co/lFO3XQATDS
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 11, 2022
They’re trying to normalize banning abortion with shitty schemes like this one.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 11, 2022
re: #114 lawhawk
Both parties are the same. ///
Mind you, all those fuckers out there claiming that Roe wouldn’t affect them are going to find out that yeah, it does.
Doctors will find themselves risk adverse on treating a wide range of conditions affecting women, and women will die, even if they’re not seeking abortions or even pregnant. Limiting access to medication because it has multiple uses including for abortion. That will have deadly consequences.
But her fucking emails….
Texas has the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Imagine if it had to shutdown or stop treating women. Because that’s the logical impact of their laws written by people without a dose of scientific literacy.
Thinking of all those drug commercials and prescription medications that have that footnote warning “tell your doctor if you are or planning to be pregnant” and/or “do not use if you are pregnant” (it’s almost always the last thing in along list of warnings).
End result is that eventually only men will have access to vital medications while women pay the price by having to tough it out.
re: #116 Charles Johnson
Universal Basic Forced Birth.
re: #117 aatharuv
Texas has the MD Anderson Cancer Center. Imagine if it had to shutdown or stop treating women. Because that’s the logical impact of their laws written by people without a dose of scientific literacy.
Pro life. My ass.
re: #116 Charles Johnson
It’s like they don’t realize or care that not every sexually active woman of a certain WANTS to become a mother.
On Friday, a state judge in Georgia ordered Sen. Lindsey Graham to show up at the Fulton County DA’s grand jury investigation of ex-President Trump.
The judge called Graham “a necessary and material witness” who can’t dodge grand jury testimony.
He needs to appear Aug. 2.— Jose Pagliery (@Jose_Pagliery) July 11, 2022
Headlines from NY Times today is how unpopular Pres Biden is. But if you read further down the NY Times article, they buried that the poll also has a question re if election today who would you vote for Biden or Trump? Guess who wins? Biden by THREE points. Corp media sucks!
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) July 11, 2022
Everyone fixating on the latest polling showing Biden is underwater seems to miss that Biden easily beats Trump in the rematch in that same poll.
Harris also is favored over DeSantis.
In other words, corporate media sucks; they’re sticking to a narrative and don’t care about the future of the nation.
Yes.
We noticed.
We’ve *been* noticing.
For years.
And years. https://t.co/cZCJXIa4se— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 11, 2022
So, Swedish public TV has decided to publish the name of the perpetrator of the terrorist act in Almedalen, Gotland, Sweden. This is big, considering the names of perps are usually not published until they’ve been sentenced. svt.se
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
“I have gotten some reports where children have been denied methotrexate for their juvenile arthritis until they’ve proven they’re not pregnant,” said Dr. Cuoghi Edens, an assistant professor of internal medicine and pediatrics at University of Chicago Medicine and a rheumatology expert who treats adults and children.
In one case, a pharmacist initially refused to dispense methotrexate to an 8-year-old girl in Texas. In a note the child’s doctor shared with Edens, the pharmacist wrote, “Females of possible child bearing potential have to have diagnosis on hard copy with state abortion laws.”
JFC. It’s already getting bad.
Cool message to send just 5 days after Highland Park https://t.co/nqkZEIOhIX
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) July 10, 2022
re: #120 lawhawk
Pro life. My ass.
They talk about a culture of life. Theirs is really a culture of death.
Letting kids be killed in their schools or be orphaned by gunmen who should not have been able to buy a gun in the first place.
Letting people be killed by their intimate partners due to a lack of red flag laws.
Death penalties for people who have been exonerated of their crimes.
Killing people by denying treatment because their baseless interpretation of their religion says they should.
And what will kill the most people:
Killing people in heat waves, floods, crop failures, and violent weather due to climate change, that’ll just get worse.
re: #76 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
There was one goober in the group who groused about the emphasis on slavery but who turned out not to have known that Jefferson was an architect. This did not surprise me for some reason. The idolaters often seem not to know much about their idols.
Where “emphasis” means mentioning it one or more times
Food for thought…..
entire thing was clever ruse to
SELL + LIQUIDATE $8.5 BILLION of TESLA STOCK
(w/plausible excuse for doing it)
80% odds Elon pays $1B breakup fee
+ walks away with $7.5B liquidated
20% spends $100M fighting litigation
honestly think he can “land rockets”
but can’t fix ‘bots’? https://t.co/HTyOM3V36B— Josh Wolfe (@wolfejosh) July 8, 2022
Elon’s 10-year Tesla options were about to expire, so he had to sell them. The Twitter bid did allow him to do that without his facing questions about why he was selling. And he sold at an excellent price! https://t.co/5aY9y3Zhao
— Henry Blodget (@hblodget) July 8, 2022
re: #131 Dr. Matt
Food for thought…..
The people that he hires can land rockets. Elon himself is the idiot we see on Twitter. If it was all a scam, why did he engage with white nationalists on Twitter, seeking their approval while he fooled them into thinking he’d enable them on Twitter, knowing he’d disappoint them?
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) July 11, 2022
re: #82 Backwoods_Sleuth
A tad too late for a deal now, methinks…
Not if Bannon has good dirt he can produce on Trump; but he’d have to be willing to dish it.
re: #134 No Malarkey!
Not if Bannon has good dirt he can produce on Trump; but he’d have to be willing to dish it.
Bannon is full of shit, that might equate to “good dirt” but I am skeptical.
Ooh. Aah. I always say that at fireworks shows.
It’s not a large Russian ammo depot anymore.
— Sean (@sean_s_mc) July 11, 2022
re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth
my shocked face…
It’s impossible to please right-wing authoritarians. They just adjust the complaint rather than being satisfied, because they don’t care about facts, and just want to whine. For this reason, zero effort should be put into trying to do the impossible and please them.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) July 11, 2022
re: #111 Eclectic Cyborg
Not even a month post-Roe and we have a huge clusterfuck on our hands.
The prolife movement is going to save the babbies, not matter how many people they have to kill to do so.
re: #77 I Would Prefer Not To
anything.
Was arguing with a woman last night that prior to reversing RvW it was legal to perform an abortion for any reason even if the woman was nine months pregnant. “Happens all the time.” Someday I’ll learn not to argue with fucking morons.
document one case.
should be easy if it ‘happens all the time’
i’ll wait.
re: #80 BeachDem
an advocate of anarcho-capitalism and Bitcoin, a publisher of libertarian books, a conference speaker, and an internet entrepreneur…In the late 1980s, he worked for Ron Paul[6] as an assistant to editor Lew Rockwell. During Paul’s 2008 Presidential campaign, newsletters written on behalf of Paul became controversial because some contained statements against black people and gay people.[7] Tucker was said to have helped Rockwell write the newsletters.[7]
Seems like a swell guy (and he’s only 58—I would have guessed mid-70s)
so not a rando
the whole thing smells of performative tv
I’m just echoing what others have said already, but I clicked on a Jack Pieceofshit tweet before the Bannon thing started and they were all like “aha! Trump and Bannon have triangulated with the letter to catch the libs off guard and now Bannon is going to destroy them!” I haven’t checked back to see how today’s events are all part of the plan.
re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth
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my shocked face…
pretty much everyone knows that the profit per gallon of gas doenst change much at all no matter what the selling price
and that for many stores gas is a loss leader
re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s also completely untrue; gas stations don’t make money from gas margins, they make if from attached convenience stores - so cheaper gas means more people driving, more traffic, and more higher margin sales in the stores.
re: #142 Dangerman (Namaste, bitches)
pretty much everyone knows that the profit per gallon of gas doenst change much at all no matter what the selling price
and that for many stores gas is a loss leader
Exactly. I mentioned before how my friend inherited a station from his dad (he worked on his dad’s stations since childhood) and told me that you can’t make it without a convenience store and/or service bays that stay busy.
fun story:
MrBWS made a dump run today and took about 4 months worth of recyclables.
The recycling guy (RG) at the recycle building was obviously distressed to see the bed of the pickup filled with bags and boxes of recyclables.
Until…after MrBWS handed over two big boxes of cardboard, and RG stares at the big bags of plastics and says “we only take…”
MrBWS says: “The #1 plastics are in these bags, #2s are in those.”
RG: “oh”
Then MrBWS hands over the first bag of metal cans.
RG: “We like pop and beer cans separate.”
MrBWS: “That’s cool. Aluminum cans are in that bag.”
RG was just amazed. Apparently no one separates recyclables. Then RG sees one more bag: “what’s that?”
MrBWS: “oh, that’s our regular garbage, I’ll head back over to the weigh station and deal with it over there.”
RG: “Hand it over, I’ll just toss it into our dumpster here. Thanks for saving me several hours of sorting!”
Win, Win!
re: #139 Dangerman (Namaste, bitches)
document one case.
should be easy if it ‘happens all the time’
i’ll wait.
it’s called a C-section.
re: #146 Backwoods_Sleuth
it’s called a C-section.
Most pregnancies are terminated in the 9th month.
It’s called labor & delivery.
re: #136 darthstar
Ooh. Aah. I always say that at fireworks shows.
Unreal photograph of yet another ammo depot struck tonight in Ukraine, this time in Nova Kakhova in Kherson (again). pic.twitter.com/lHi58DuOMl
— Kyle Glen (@KyleJGlen) July 11, 2022
re: #109 Backwoods_Sleuth
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once again:
they have not granted personhood or citizenship to ‘the unborn’ - yet.
they are protecting ‘the unborn’ by banning a medical procedure (a group of related procedures)
some of those are drug based. - we all know this.
those drugs have other legitimate, documented, legal, medical purposes
however, in an abundance of caution, so that not a single person ‘misuses’ one of these drugs to have an abortion, no one can use the drugs right now.
no matter if they prove their medical history, years of usage, possible health effects going without, etc.
to be so vigilant lest one slip through…
because a supplier or drug company or doctor might somehow be held liable for an individual’s misuse,
is entirely commendable. laudable even.
now do guns the same way.
“One of the safest, most effective treatments for roughly a dozen autoimmune conditions…”
“The message read, ‘This is a notice to let you know that we are pausing all prescriptions of methotrexate. This is in response to the reversal of Roe vs. Wade’.”https://t.co/MLfrp8f4rl— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) July 11, 2022
re: #126 Teukka
So, Swedish public TV has decided to publish the name of the perpetrator of the terrorist act in Almedalen, Gotland, Sweden. This is big, considering the names of perps are usually not published until they’ve been sentenced. svt.se
That is big; it’s much the same here in Czech Republic. The media might refer to the accused by their first name and then the first initial of the last name (for instance, Tomaš N.), but their full name isn’t disclosed unless or until they’re convicted.
re: #137 Crush White Nationalism
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i dated someone like this
a long time before mrsdm
it was tedious (and short-lived)
re: #103 Belafon
We ran across a channel playing the Monkees last night, so we had my son watch a few episodes. I had forgotten how chaotic the show was, but it was still fun, and I think he did enjoy it.
It did get me wondering who would play them if someone did a movie similar to the recent one about Elvis.
on TCM tonight… Hard Days Night and Alice’s Restaurant.
Honoring the Lincoln Memorial’s 100th anniversary with the words that went unsaid. https://t.co/aip0RTinNz
— National Parks Conservation Association (@NPCA) July 11, 2022
I’ve got a bunch of old unbearable shoes that I’m trying to somehow recycle. I posted that question to my neighborhood FB group, hoping for some suggestions.
Overall, there were some good ideas. The last one, unfortunately, was to take them to a shelter in Camden. Again, I noted the shoes were worn out and also shut down any suggestions of dropping them off at Goodwill, as Goodwill doesn’t recycle shoes and they’re not a public dump..
My response to the “Give ‘em to the poors in Camden” lady?
Like I mentioned in the original post, the shoes are unwearable.
It’s not my thing to roll into a town where the people are struggling and go “Here’s a bunch of worn out, useless shoes, knock yourselves out.”
Seems kind of cruel, but your milage may vary.
That’s me keeping it civil.
Latest from ERCOT pic.twitter.com/tCeJh2R7M5
— ernie luckman (@ErnieLies) July 11, 2022
re: #127 Eclectic Cyborg
“I have gotten some reports where children have been denied methotrexate for their juvenile arthritis until they’ve proven they’re not pregnant,” said Dr. Cuoghi Edens, an assistant professor of internal medicine and pediatrics at University of Chicago Medicine and a rheumatology expert who treats adults and children.
In one case, a pharmacist initially refused to dispense methotrexate to an 8-year-old girl in Texas. In a note the child’s doctor shared with Edens, the pharmacist wrote, “Females of possible child bearing potential have to have diagnosis on hard copy with state abortion laws.”
JFC. It’s already getting bad.
The same people running meth in Texas are going to have a lucrative side business. Shame that these red state governments force pregnant women to seek out the very same crowd that runs meth rings.
Andrew Yang has been obviously insane for a while now.
re: #79 lawhawk
I’ve been to a bunch of national parks and presidential homes pre-pandemic, and they were all shifting towards better addressing slavery and enslaved persons. This was particularly true at Mount Vernon, Ashland, Monticello, and even at the Hermitage.
probably hard for them not to, considering that, if I remember rightly, the slave quarters pretty much dot the whole hillside around the plantation.
❗️UPDATED TIME❗️
Tuesday’s hearing will start at 1:00pm ET https://t.co/jRK85ED2lw— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) July 10, 2022
re: #159 Crush White Nationalism
Andrew Yang has been obviously insane for a while now.
It gets even more ludicrous:
“So you can fill in figures for Matthew McConaughey,” Yang said reassuringly as Gillis began to laugh. “Mark Cuban’s in this category. The Rock is in this category. Some would say Oprah (Winfrey).”
re: #160 steve_davis
probably hard for them not to, considering that, if I remember rightly, the slave quarters pretty much dot the whole hillside around the plantation.
I read an article a couple of months ago—I read so much fragmentary stuff on the internet that I can’t remember sources much anymore—about how Jefferson was indeed dedicated to trying to phase out slavery until in the early 1790s he started to turn a profit from the nail-making shop on his property and from slave sales. This was important due to his profligate spending. He had finally hit on something that might allow Monticello to pay for itself. After that he did a 180 and turned increasingly to the brutal practices that kept enslaved people in line (of course, he didn’t personally whip anyone, iirc). Sorry I can’t find the link.
Wisconsin is changing 28 place names that slur Indigenous women. Here’s where they are and what the new names might be. https://t.co/MWIhMeM7kz
— Green Bay Press-Gazette (@gbpressgazette) July 11, 2022
I just assumed that when MN did this in 1995 that it would be nationwide in a short time. Still over 600 places in US with it as part of the name: nytimes.com
Squaw Lake still remains in MN. Squaw Valley ski resort in CA rebranded to Palisades Tahoe last fall.
Satire from The Borowitz Report
they’ve started to put the above in red
like the onion, it’s hard to tell satire these days
Tucker Carlson Accuses Biden of Lowering Gas Prices
and ps from before, wtf is a ‘mom and pop’ gas station?
independent / not franchised? how many of them are there?
and do they have their own oil tankers?
or are they pumping it out of the ground and refining it in the back room - you know ‘artisinally’
re: #166 Florida Panhandler
Soon:
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Live feed of first images from James Webb Telescope.
Excited. I saw this morning an interview with a NASA spokesperson explaining that the Webb scope had been hit by a micro-asteroid (?) but that they didn’t anticipate any disruption over all.
re: #162 BeachDem
It gets even more ludicrous:
“So you can fill in figures for Matthew McConaughey,” Yang said reassuringly as Gillis began to laugh. “Mark Cuban’s in this category. The Rock is in this category. Some would say Oprah (Winfrey).”
Celebrity politicians should be few and far between.
Demonstrator across the street from Morton’s Steakhouse this afternoon: “Go fuck yourself.” pic.twitter.com/7wL1NFon2T
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) July 11, 2022
re: #170 jaunte
I’ll never go to a Morton’s Steakhouse again.
/I’ve never gone before, so I can’t go again.
re: #171 Eclectic Cyborg
I like his t-shirt too.
I didn’t even notice the MAGA shirt until you mentioned it.
I ate at a Morton’s once. Had a gift certificate so paid nothing. Meal was fine, but as others have mentioned, not really worth the price. There’s a local steakhouse around here I like where you can get a better meal than Mortons for half the price.
re: #172 Crush White Nationalism
I’ll never go to a Morton’s Steakhouse again.
/I’ve never gone before, so I can’t go again.
I’ve been…I don’t like eating that much meat in a single serving anymore and if I eat too much rich food at a single meal I more often than not throw it back up before dessert. I’ve got the polite bathroom break down to a science.
Tomorrow’s Wordle may trigger those with long memories.
Wordle 388 4/6
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The wrong choices could make this end badly, but the family didn’t do too bad.
SibData: 4,4,4,4,5
re: #172 Crush White Nationalism
I’ll never go to a Morton’s Steakhouse again.
/I’ve never gone before, so I can’t go again.
I like a good steak house. Splurged on a couple of expensive ones over the years.
It will never be a Morton’s though.
I like the term ‘benchslap’…
Lindsey Graham ordered by a Fulton County judge to testify on August 2. That was a quick benchslap in response to Graham’s whining. Graham was described by the judge as a “necessary and material witness” to the grand jury probe.
— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) July 11, 2022
I like this guy’s sign too:
From a vet supporting women’s rights. Thank you sir. pic.twitter.com/mst0c84ecf
— Mary Bittel 🌊 (@MaryBittel1) July 10, 2022
re: #179 William Lewis
I tend to avoid chain steakhouses where possible.
re: #183 Eclectic Cyborg
I tend to avoid chain steakhouses where possible.
My favorite here is family owned and been in its location since the 30’s.
re: #184 William Lewis
My favorite here is family owned and been in its location since the 30’s.
Yeah, one of the best around here is the Hanover Chop House. I’ve only been twice on work-related assignments. I could never justify spending that much money—maybe some day.
re: #177 darthstar
I’ve been…I don’t like eating that much meat in a single serving anymore and if I eat too much rich food at a single meal I more often than not throw it back up before dessert. I’ve got the polite bathroom break down to a science.
I had a ton of meat at a Brazilian Steakhouse, and it was magnificent. That was only six years ago, so I hope I could still enjoy it, but I am feeling my age more and more each day.
re: #150 Dangerman (Namaste, bitches)
once again:
they have not granted personhood or citizenship to ‘the unborn’ - yet.
they are protecting ‘the unborn’ by banning a medical procedure (a group of related procedures)
some of those are drug based. - we all know this.
those drugs have other legitimate, documented, legal, medical purposeshowever, in an abundance of caution, so that not a single person ‘misuses’ one of these drugs to have an abortion, no one can use the drugs right now.
no matter if they prove their medical history, years of usage, possible health effects going without, etc.
to be so vigilant lest one slip through…
because a supplier or drug company or doctor might somehow be held liable for an individual’s misuse,is entirely commendable. laudable even.
now do guns the same way.
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I assume this restriction applies only in states that ban abortion? That patients in other states still have full access to all appropriate medications?
re: #187 Hecuba’s daughter
I assume this restriction applies only in states that ban abortion? That patients in other states still have full access to all appropriate medications?
Nope, one of the cases in the Latimes article Rachel Maddow tweeted was from _Virginia_.
re: #153 sagehen
on TCM tonight… Hard Days Night and Alice’s Restaurant.
Cinematic Treasures Are Disappearing. That’s Where Missing Movies Comes In
A consortium of film artists and professionals is working to save great films that have fallen into obscurity, one reel at a time.
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For all practical purposes, The Heartbreak Kid is missing. It is one of many contemporary films that, to the surprise and distress of their makers, have fallen into distribution limbos.