Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump reportedly planning to run for president again as a way to protect himself from a possible criminal indictment related to the attempted coup on January 6.
Teasing your dog with his favorite words. 😂❤️ pic.twitter.com/i7lXh8KN1X
— StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 (@StrictlyChristo) July 20, 2022
I’m getting a strong Hitler Youth vibe from this guy.
— Gocart Mozart (@EdMix13) July 21, 2022
Ordering more popcorn now. https://t.co/PpN6W3DEIH
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 21, 2022
re: #4 Jay C
Thots and pears. Get with the pogram.
The cover-up now has a cover-up.
It’s cover-ups all the way down. https://t.co/u6SrjZhqI7— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) July 21, 2022
Thread, thirty-two tweets, on what conservatism is and why you can never convince a conservative to adopt a different position (taxes, guns, school shootings, climate change).
Essentially, it’s Edmond Burke’s justification for the exercise of power, but updated in simpler terms.
Here is the Republican message on everything of importance:
1. They can tell people what to do.
2. You cannot tell them what to do.
This often gets mistaken for hypocrisy, there’s an additional layer of complexity to this (later in the thread), but this is the basic formula.— Ethan Grey (@_EthanGrey) June 7, 2022
re: #7 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Thread, thirty-two tweets, on what conservatism is and why you can never convince a conservative to adopt a different position (taxes, guns, school shootings, climate change).
Essentially, it’s Edmond Burke’s justification for the exercise of power, but updated in simpler terms.
CONSERVATISM IN A NUTSHELL:
You are not the boss of them.
They are the boss of you.
Opinion | My own same sex marriage, which I do not support, should not be legal in the US under the Constitution.
by Glenn Greenwald— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) July 20, 2022
It seems that so-called Christians like her feel they should use their beliefs as a sword to harm others because they do believe as the believers do. It just goes to show that any two people will not interpret the written word in the same way. Especially with the bible.
— Diane Saunders (@itsallmuybueno) July 20, 2022
Teri Campbell up there unfamiliar with the two thousand year blood-soaked history of the religion (including within the United States).
As for Diane Saunders there, the New Testament has Jesus saying he comes not to bring peace, but a sword.
Proof that a college degree isn’t all that as far as wisdom.
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re: #11 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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Teri Campbell up there unfamiliar with the two thousand year blood-soaked history of the religion (including within the United States).
As for Diane Saunders there, the New Testament has Jesus saying he comes not to bring peace, but a sword.
To tie everything together:
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) July 21, 2022
Daughter sez that the Hitler Youth Vibe Guy doesn’t know his memes… THOT is an acronym meaning “that ho over there”. I guess he’s covering both the plural and singular to emphasize the honess of the hos he’s dissing.
That’s a lotta ho.
re: #12 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Proof that a college degree isn’t all that as far as wisdom.
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College doesn’t teach wisdom, though it does try to make reaching it quicker.
re: #14 Odie Hugh Manatee
Daughter sez that the Hitler Youth Vibe Guy doesn’t know his memes… THOT is an acronym meaning “that ho over there”. I guess he’s covering both the plural and singular to emphasize the honess of the hos he’s dissing.
That’s a lotta ho.
Beat me to it.
We need more of this! The climate community needs to realize that the things that are *very obvious* to us are not at all clear or top of mind to average people.
Frame the problem so it naturally points to the solution. Say it simply and say it again and again. https://t.co/N5aJDsrkqc— Dr. Trisha Shrum (@TrishaShrum) July 21, 2022
I comfort myself in the hope that it is not soylent green.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) July 21, 2022
“@JohnBoyega is an unstoppable force” in a “modern ‘Dog Day Afternoon’” (Awards Watch), bringing to life the true story of Marine Corps veteran Brian Brown-Easley. From director @abicorbin and also starring Michael K. Williams, BREAKING is in theaters August 26. #BreakingMovie pic.twitter.com/DVCvd1zsGV
— Bleecker Street (@bleeckerstfilms) July 20, 2022
I had to go look up who he was playing because I had forgotten, taskandpurpose.com. I really do hate being in a country where we don’t take care of each other.
re: #7 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Put another way:
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:
There must be in-groups whom the law protectes but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
There is nothing more or else to it, and there never has been, in any place or time.
I’m in a middle of a really good and highly recommended (if not-so-well titled) book called “Democracy in Chains” which is a historian’s analysis of How We Got Here (slightly oversimplified spoiler alert: radical libertarians).
You were mentioning the Atlantic Earlier Charles:
HOLY SHIT. @TheAtlantic pic.twitter.com/bVicdgRD39
— km. ☭🇵🇸 (@ktizzies) July 19, 2022
re: #122 gocart mozart
Someone dug up where that “vagina vacuum” post came from.
It is actually a quote from one Australian fellow named William Chidley in the eighteen hundreds.
William Chidley’s answer to the sex problem (Inside Edition, Australia, July 4, 2012)
William James Chidley (Wikipedia)
William James Chidley (c.1860 - 21 December 1916) was an Australian philosopher with unconventional theories on sex, diet and clothing.
The mother of all ComiCons kicks off tonight/tomorrow. It’s a time when a lot of weird people show up on transit with strange dress.
Trains are painted, busses are painted, corporations are taking over entire buildings to advertise shows:
Anéis de Poder já começa a dominar tudo. Principal atração da Comic Con, grandes surpresas estão chegando nessa sexta-feira. pic.twitter.com/vYKxEERS0Y
— Terra-média Brasil (@TerramediaBR) July 20, 2022
(That’s just one of the buildings Amazon’s RoP has taken over.)
Lots of big names are in town for premiers, releases, panels, etc.
When I was younger it sort of excited me, but back then it really was about comics. I’m sure a lot of young people still get excited but now ComiCon serves as a huge marketing blitz for fall movies and TV shows.
Who complains about people want to wear masks to reduce transmission of diseases? Must be a know-nothing right-wing thing.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) July 21, 2022
re: #25 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I still wear one to work here in Texas because I don’t trust people like you to do the right thing.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) July 21, 2022
Fundamentalists are hoping teh gheys go back into the closet:
Teaching is in part modeling. Modeling honesty and courage is a good thing.
You, on the other hand, seem to think repetition of words as some sort of magical incantation is important.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) July 21, 2022
It started out thusly:
AS IF the history of public schooling in this country has not been a battleground for Christian fundamentalists, whining about “putting god back into the classroom”.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) July 21, 2022
re: #29 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Fundamentalists are hoping teh gheys go back into the closet:
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Actually, you acting Christian in the sense of encouraging people to take care of each other, to help the poor and the sick, would be OK. The issue is that you think you have to make everyone else be Christian.
— Blue in Red Texas (@RockwallBlue) July 21, 2022
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) July 20, 2022
A bear of a page now posted…
re: #11 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Teri Campbell up there unfamiliar with the two thousand year blood-soaked history of the religion (including within the United States).
More than three thousand years.
re: #88 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Republicans are incapable of new thoughts on anything. Ever. It’s, what, more than two years now about masks and kids? They’re incapable of learning, inflexible, full of shit, stupid and proud of all of it.
Maybe their supporters.
As for the politicians and pundits, they lie. You know they lie. They know you know they lie. Yet, they still lie.
Lying is the exercise of raw power over another’s reason when it is successful. Everything a conservative does is the exercise of power, whether over your right to be without religion, a woman’s right to her own body, or impose a lie to kill a million people with a disease (and death is the ultimate exercise of power over another).
Conservatives will destroy an entire nation before allowing anyone else to share power. They have done so throughout history.
re: #25 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
When we were in town we were the only ones wearing masks. That has been a thing here since the start of this.
re: #29 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Fundamentalists are hoping teh gheys go back into the closet:
Whatever that means.
— Billy Hallowell (@BillyHallowell) July 21, 2022
The conservative destruction of educations bears fruit. As for English, the GOP has moved very far along the path of Newspeak.
re: #35 Moe Avattar
More than three thousand years.
I was referring specifically to her assertion of Christianity.
The Republican purge continues spreading.
AZ Republican Party Boots House Speaker Rusty Bowers For Failing To Big Lie Hard Enough (Wonkette, today)
Cobb County, Georgia public schools is the main character on social media today.
Backlash after Georgia school’s new logo resembles Nazi symbol (The Guardian, today)
The rollout of a new logo for an Atlanta-area elementary school was paused after parents noted similarities to a Nazi symbol, though a school district said the design was based on a US army colonel’s eagle wings.
The Cobb county school district said on Tuesday it had halted distribution of the new logo for East Side elementary school in Marietta after it drew condemnation on social media.
The logo depicts an eagle, the school’s mascot, over the school’s initials ES.
The Nazi eagle, which was developed in the 1920s and later became a symbol for white supremacists, depicts an eagle holding a swastika in its talons.
Georgia’s second-largest school district announced plans to delay the new logo while “immediately reviewing needed changes”.
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re: #25 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I wear a mask here in Sweden, even though there no longer are official recommendations to do so.
Why?
Because the pandemic is not over by a long shot.
And because a mask has been known for 100 years to be one of the ways to mitigate the transmission of an aerosol-borne disease.— Teo 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬💉 (@Teukka1972) July 21, 2022
re: #42 Teukka
Try a few thousand years. The Old Testament mentions it for those with leprosy.
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re: #43 Belafon
Try a few thousand years. The Old Testament mentions it for those with leprosy.
Of course. But it’ll sound even more impossible to his ears than 100. Let him learn of that clue x 4’ headed for his noggin it once incentivized to read up on it.
Or that my masking is based on what I learned last year of Swedish high school. I was one of the last years to receive the obligatory Civil Defence school training.
One of the things we learned of was both the risk of use of CBRN weapons, as well as the risk of disease while packed in a fallout shelter.
We had a list with various actions to mitigate transmission. For aerosol transmission it is protecting your airways, washing your hands, distancing according to known maximum “jump” distances for the disease, especially if you have symptoms, and if you have access to a safe vaccine, take it.
And yeah, I’ve tried to explained it rightio’s, but no “Science can have changed since then!! 11ty!!” Yes of course it has. Better masks, better soaps, better knowledge of jumping distances and better vaccines. But the fundamental course of action remains the same: 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬💉.
➔ 4. DEHUMANIZATION: One group denies the humanity of the other group. Members of it are equated with animals, vermin, insects or diseases. Dehumanization overcomes the normal human revulsion against murder.
1/— Teo 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬💉 (@Teukka1972) July 20, 2022
Indeed. And it’s not the only warning signs check list those guys and gals check off boxes in to an alarming degree…
— Teo 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬💉 (@Teukka1972) July 21, 2022
re: #22 Belafon
You were mentioning the Atlantic Earlier Charles:
There are those who read the article who say that awful headline doesn’t match the text.
More generally, I think a weird white fatalism/anxiety that has little (or no) relation to reality is unfortunately driving a lot of politics not just in SA but also in the US.
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) July 20, 2022
You love to see it…..
Translation: “Sputnik France placed in compulsory liquidation, RT tries to survive” RT is, of course, Russia Today.
Sputnik France placé en liquidation judiciaire, RT tente de survivre https://t.co/PaIZ8AGPQN #SputnikFrance #RTFrance
— Marc Albert Cormier (@marccormier) July 21, 2022
His body his choice azzhole
— EstebanTornadoPGA (@ETornado1963) July 21, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: In a Harvard study of more than 400 Jan. 6 rioters, their top motivation is clear: Trump https://t.co/UxKBiMoAQV
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 20, 2022
⚡ The President of Latvia Egils Levits has supported the initiative to revoke the citizenship of those residents who support a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. The President of Latvia says it in an interview with RTVI.
— Flash (@Flash43191300) July 20, 2022
What’s going on with worldometer? For some reason, it no longer reports total US population and therefore omits several important statistics.
re: #53 Hecuba’s daughter
What’s going on with worldometer? For some reason, it no longer reports total US population and therefore omits several important statistics.
Nebraska is back to not giving county statistics again.
Several weeks ago, the state changed the state dashboard to exclude important metrics. Moreover, they removed the Covid-19 dashboard entirely, and simply report Covid-19 under the classification “respiratory illness.”
Testing is dramatically dropping (by design of the state) so positive test numbers are also dropping (as a result).
The new dashboard is also misdesigned so that much of it is cut off on the right side of the screen. I’ve reported it to the state (I imagine others have as well) but they haven’t bothered fixing it.
In Panhandle Public Health District (the Nebraska Panhandle plus Grant County):
Positive cases last week: 100
Positivity rate: 17%
Vaccination rate (stuck for months): 47%
In hospital: 2
Deaths: 298
Most cases by age group: 20-29, then 30-39, then 40-49
pphd.org
re: #54 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Nebraska is back to not giving county statistics again.
Several weeks ago, the state changed the state dashboard to exclude important metrics. Moreover, they removed the Covid-19 dashboard entirely, and simply report Covid-19 under the classification “respiratory illness.”
Testing is dramatically dropping (by design of the state) so positive test numbers are also dropping (as a result).
The new dashboard is also misdesigned so that much of it is cut off on the right side of the screen. I’ve reported it to the state (I imagine others have as well) but they haven’t bothered fixing it.
Testing is dropping everywhere; most people test at home and never report to authorities.
re: #56 Hecuba’s daughter
Testing is dropping everywhere; most people test at home and never report to authorities.
In Nebraska, for a test you must be referred by a doctor to a hospital. In very few places can you get a test at a clinic or a pharmacy, and even those require a referral by a doctor.
For Paxlovid, the drug is restricted by the state government. (For example, only one hospital here has it, they note they have roughly seventy courses, and they are only allowed to give out two courses a week.)
Nebraska Med’s chief epidemiologist noted that outside of Omaha and Lincoln, it is almost impossible to get a test.
The same goes for vaccinations. You must go to a doctor who writes a prescription to get the vaccine at a hospital. A pharmacy may not administer the vaccine unless there is a physician on-site.
The vaccine itself is free because of the feds, but a doctor’s and hospital appointments add far too much cost which insurance will not pay for. Hence, we’ve been stuck at a 47% vaccination rate for months out here.
⚡️Reuters: Russia threatens Wikipedia for hosting information about Ukraine invasion.
Russian state communications regulator Roskomnadzor said links to Wikipedia about Russia’s war in Ukraine would have a disclaimer telling users the Wikimedia Foundation violated Russian law.— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) July 20, 2022
re: #57 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Here the Kaiser Medical system gives you 4 free home test kits a month if you want.
Ok my computer weirded out and changed my display size to VGA.
re: #57 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Can’t people just order tests from the government? They are available to pick up at our pharmacies here just by showing up, no doctor’s order required.
This is odd.
New Popcorn Promotes Growth of Beneficial Bacteria (Sidney, Nebr. Sun-Telegraph)
Details of a preliminary study into new varieties of popcorn which promote so-called good bacteria. If this proves out, this could be important for Nebraska, since the state produces about 90% of the world’s popcorn.
re: #58 Teukka
The Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia’s parent company, is fighting a Russian court decision demanding it remove information about its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) July 20, 2022
re: #63 Teukka
BTW, Putin will not like when you share this link, so let’s not share it: https://t.co/gNuXrBj4qB
— Teo 😷🧼↔️🌡🤬💉 (@Teukka1972) July 21, 2022
re: #65 Teukka
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And he really won’t like it if you share this, so what ever you do, don’t share this:
⚠️ CW/TW: War Crimes Footage ⚠️
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re: #61 Hecuba’s daughter
Can’t people just order tests from the government? They are available to pick up at our pharmacies here just by showing up, no doctor’s order required.
They can order the rapid tests from the government. That requires Internet service or cell service, both of which are in short supply here.
Even my mother in Chicago couldn’t order rapid tests since she can’t afford Internet service, so I ordered them for her from my computer here.
As for rapid tests in pharmacies, I haven’t been to many pharmacies around here but none carry them.
I did go into a pharmacy in Wyoming where they were selling parody rapid action tests as an IQ test.
In the Wyoming GOP Primary race between evil and crazy:
Poll: Trump endorsement has little influence on Hageman-Cheney race in Wyoming (Rapid City, SD Journal, July 19, 2022)
Former President Donald Trump has made the defeat of Rep. Liz Cheney a top priority, even visiting Wyoming for the first time to campaign for Harriet Hageman, his pick to unseat her. But a new Casper Star-Tribune poll found his endorsement may have little influence over voters here.
Only 30% of people who plan to vote in the Wyoming Republican Primary next month say the Trump endorsement makes them more likely to vote for Hageman, the poll found. In comparison, 26% say it makes them less likely to vote for Trump’s pick, while 44% indicated it has no effect on their decision.
“They’re voting against Cheney to vote against Cheney, not because Trump told them to vote against Cheney,” said Brad Coker, managing director of Mason-Dixon, the polling company that performed the survey for the Star-Tribune.
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I can’t stop laughing I’m going to hurt myself pic.twitter.com/1j56dr5JCj
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) July 20, 2022
some A grade trolling going on here
i made a little presentation pic.twitter.com/Wz0ET0mUZe
— matt (@mattxiv) July 21, 2022
New York area lizards!!
From July 23 to August 1, the Alvin Ailey dancers are doing a series of free lessons in public spaces in all 5 boroughs.
alvinailey.org
Times Square, Coney Island, St Mary’s Park, etc etc. Jazz, Mambo, Hip-Hop, West African, etc etc etc
(plus a few performances by the pros, and outdoor screenings of a documentary about the company…)
I’d like to ask Kev (aka the presumptive future Speaker of the House; 3rd in line to the Presidency) about this secretly recording conversation during a 2009 meeting between himself & Pete Sessions in which they advance an idea for a Taliban-style “insurgency” here in the US🤨👇 pic.twitter.com/ZH9lh8blvb
— Kaylan_TX ☮️ (@Kaylan_TX) July 21, 2022
I just won the Lotto again (sorta)!
For those who are registered with the state lottery for polling data, the lottery occasionally has drawings. I just won a 7-day 2x2 lottery ticket coupon.
This is the second time I’ve been selected from the survey pool for a prize. The first time I won $500.
They don’t mean “Biblical”, they mean “Our Fundamentalist interpretation of what we think ‘Biblical’ is supposed to mean!”
Your friendly reminder that the People’s Republic of China is siding with Russia:
“Swastikas in downtown Chengdu - History should never be forgotten!” - The Israeli consulate in Chengdu confirmed that a car with Nazi insignia was parked next to their building this week.
1/6 pic.twitter.com/xeJ3GUaEQh— Tuvia Gering 陶文亚 (@GeringTuvia) July 20, 2022
“Waffeen-SS”?
The Covfefe of Fascism
re: #25 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Who complains about people want to wear masks to reduce transmission of diseases? Must be a know-nothing right-wing thing.
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) July 21, 2022
Anyone who understand that the constantly mutating virus doesn’t gaf what you “think”
re: #78 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“Waffeen-SS”?
The Covfefe of Fascism
Speling erors and error grammars happen often with the fash…
China is “siding” with Russia sort of the way that Hitler and Stalin “sided” with each other from 1939-41. It is in China’s interest to let Russia set a precedent for “readjusting” historical borders, not to mention causing problems with the political and economic relations between of Russia and the West.
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Nice bounce back from yesterday’s skunking. We are moving back into heatwave territory, though nothing quite as bad as the Central US. Enjoy your Friday eve everyone!
re: #81 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
China is “siding” with Russia sort of the way that Hitler and Stalin “sided” with each other from 1939-41. It is in China’s interest to let Russia set a precedent for “readjusting” historical borders, not to mention causing problems with the political and economic relations between of Russia and the West.
It is not a coincidence that antisemitism in China has had a marked uptick since Feb 24….
re: #77 Teukka
Your friendly reminder that the People’s Republic of China is siding with Russia:
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成都闹市出现喷涂纳粹标志汽车，警方：车主已经找到，事情已经处理。
7月20日，网曝成都街头出现一辆喷涂纳粹标志的汽车。网传图片显示，该车辆引擎盖上有英文Waffen-ss，并配纳粹标志图样。20日，成都锦官驿派出所一名民警表示：车主已经找到，事件已经处理完了。
据了解，Waffen-ss又称武装党卫队，是德国纳粹武装部队的组成部分，深度参与了纳粹的战争罪行，被纽伦堡国际军事法庭宣布为犯罪组织。
A car sprayed with swastikas appeared in downtown Chengdu. Police: The owner of the car has been found and the matter has been dealt with.
On July 20, the Internet revealed that a car sprayed with Nazi symbols appeared on the streets of Chengdu. The pictures posted on the Internet show that the hood of the vehicle has English Waffen-ss and Nazi symbols on it. On the 20th, a policeman at the Jinguanyi Police Station in Chengdu said: The owner of the car has been found and the incident has been dealt with.
It is understood that the Waffen-ss, also known as the Waffen SS, is a component of the Nazi armed forces in Germany. It was deeply involved in Nazi war crimes and was declared a criminal organization by the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal.
re: #84 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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关注成都闹市出现喷涂纳粹标志汽车，警方：车主已经找到，事情已经处理。
7月20日，网曝成都街头出现一辆喷涂纳粹标志的汽车。网传图片显示，该车辆引擎盖上有英文Waffen-ss，并配纳粹标志图样。20日，成都锦官驿派出所一名民警表示：车主已经找到，事件已经处理完了。
据了解，Waffen-ss又称武装党卫队，是德国纳粹武装部队的组成部分，深度参与了纳粹的战争罪行，被纽伦堡国际军事法庭宣布为犯罪组织。
A car sprayed with swastikas appeared in downtown Chengdu. Police: The owner of the car has been found and the matter has been dealt with.
On July 20, the Internet revealed that a car sprayed with Nazi symbols appeared on the streets of Chengdu. The pictures posted on the Internet show that the hood of the vehicle has English Waffen-ss and Nazi symbols on it. On the 20th, a policeman at the Jinguanyi Police Station in Chengdu said: The owner of the car has been found and the incident has been dealt with.
It is understood that the Waffen-ss, also known as the Waffen SS, is a component of the Nazi armed forces in Germany. It was deeply involved in Nazi war crimes and was declared a criminal organization by the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal.
“Dealth with”? How? Stern talking to? Asked not to be so on the nose about countering the West’s encroachment on the PRC?
re: #85 Teukka
“Dealth with”? How? Stern talking to? Asked not to be so on the nose about countering the West’s encroachment on the PRC?
Hard to say. “Dealt with” in China can also mean a lot of unpleasant things.
re: #85 Teukka
The owner also spelt it “Waffeen.” 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
re: #86 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Hard to say. “Dealt with” in China can also mean a lot of unpleasant things.
Though in this case, a hasty visit to an auto-paint shop is likely to have been involved somewhere in the process…
There are lots of parts of the world where Nazi symbolism (and even ideology) does not evoke the same gut reaction that it does in most of Europe and America. You can find examples in South America, the Philippines and other parts of Asia. They will insist that they have a more “distanced” and “nuanced” view of things.
re: #86 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Hard to say. “Dealt with” in China can also mean a lot of unpleasant things.
And a car with such provocative message perfectly painted on it? Standing outside the consulate? Apparently for some time? No way it wouldn’t have happened without a CCP officials approval or possibly even on CCP officials orders to power project against Israel for some reason or another…
You do realize that China is desperately trying to bury a damaging report about the situation with the Uyghur minority right now?
I’m trying to remember which book, but… in one of the Jack Ryan books, Tom Clancy has a subplot about a Secret Service agent who’d been compromised by… was it Russia or Iran? Can’t remember now. But he was maybe/probably an assassin-in-waiting until he was caught.
re: #90 Teukka
You do realize that China is desperately trying to bury a damaging report about the situation with the Uyghur minority right now?
They were quick to sign on to the War on Terror after 9/11 as cover to crack down on their own “domestic Islamist terrorists”, which worked for quite some time.
re: #90 Teukka
And a car with such provocative message perfectly painted on it? Standing outside the consulate? Apparently for some time? No way it wouldn’t have happened without a CCP officials approval or possibly even on CCP officials orders to power project against Israel for some reason or another…
You do realize that China is desperately trying to bury a damaging report about the situation with the Uyghur minority right now?
I am aware of the Uyghur situation. Chengdu is a large city: I can believe a random car parked on a street would not necessarily come to the authorities’ attentions until someone called it out to them.
In that thread a whole lot of fascists are claiming it’s not really a Waffen SS symbol, it’s really a “hooked cross” or a Hindu symbol.
I’m pretty sure Hindus don’t use Nazi Germany’s eagle.
re: #93 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I am aware of the Uyghur situation. Chengdu is a large city: I can believe a random car parked on a street would not necessarily come to the authorities’ attentions until someone called it out to them.
In that thread a whole lot of fascists are claiming it’s not really a Waffen SS symbol, it’s really a “hooked cross” or a Hindu symbol.
I’m pretty sure Hindus don’t use Nazi Germany’s eagle.
The Reichsadler, yes… And this combined with the uptick in antisemitism in Chinese social media since Feb 24… They know their social media is being a kept an eye on by foreigners… Yet it took it beginning to gain attention until it was quashed? More likely than not that the censors in the social media did not know how to act because they knew it’s a government op… More than likely the same situation here…
Also, given the current bank problems, it’s an easy diversion for the CCP to dig up old antisemitic canards against Jew bankers to get the people off their backs…
re: #93 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I am aware of the Uyghur situation. Chengdu is a large city: I can believe a random car parked on a street would not necessarily come to the authorities’ attentions until someone called it out to them.
In that thread a whole lot of fascists are claiming it’s not really a Waffen SS symbol, it’s really a “hooked cross” or a Hindu symbol.
I’m pretty sure Hindus don’t use Nazi Germany’s eagle.
“Waff-een” is Sanskrit for “Holy Goose-Steppers” and SS stands for “Sons of Shiva”
re: #94 Teukka
The Reichsadler, yes… And this combined with the uptick in antisemitism in Chinese social media since Feb 24… They know their social media is being a kept an eye on by foreigners… Yet it took it beginning to gain attention until it was quashed? More likely than not that the censors in the social media did not know how to act because they knew it’s a government op… More than likely the same situation here…
Also, given the current bank problems, it’s an easy diversion for the CCP to dig up old antisemitic canards against Jew bankers to get the people off their backs…
I wonder how the Chinese government would act if someone parked a car with Japan’s Unit 731 logo in front of their embassy in Tel Aviv?
re: #96 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I wonder how the Chinese government would act if someone parked a car with Japan’s Unit 731 logo in front of their embassy in Tel Aviv?
What is this place Tel Aviv you speak of??? /S
Who doesn’t like bats?
We have a bat colony living in the church tower of one of the neighboring villages. They come out at night and fly back and forth between the street lights, grazing.
Over/under on if there really was a drone, it was an unarmed recon one which tried to ascertain if any dangerous damage had been done to the facility?
💬#Zakharova: On July 18, the Ukrainian army used a drone to attack the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
☝️ It was a stroke of luck that this did not lead to a major industrial disaster.
❗️ The culprits must be identified and punished. pic.twitter.com/Xp8nBPtBS9— MFA Russia 🇷🇺 (@mfa_russia) July 21, 2022
re: #103 Teukka
Over/under on if there really was a drone, it was an unarmed recon one which tried to ascertain if any dangerous damage had been done to the facility?
Fishing for justification to use tactical nukes on Ukraine?
re: #105 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Fishing for justification to use tactical nukes on Ukraine?
Or “Ukrainians” causing an “accident” at Zaporozhye?
OMG, the stupid, it BURNS!
— Bad Medical Takes (@BadMedicalTakes) July 20, 2022
re: #103 Teukka
Over/under on if there really was a drone, it was an unarmed recon one which tried to ascertain if any dangerous damage had been done to the facility?
Man in hot dog outfit meme.
We know Steve Bannon has procreated because he famously yelled at this then-wife for putting his daughters in a private school with Jews. But right now he’s really the King of the Incels.
Mood.
Everything’s going to hell and we’re going to be ruled by idiots and cultists and freaks so have a third drink
— HatKicksSandOnDershReaders (@Popehat) July 21, 2022
Here we go again.
Truckers protesting a looming California labor law shut down one of the busiest seaports in the United States for the third day in a row.
Operations were halted at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday as hundreds of independent big-rig truckers picketed gates and blocked other drivers from hauling cargo in and out of terminals at the port.
The truckers are protesting Assembly Bill 5, a gig economy law passed in 2019 that sets tougher standards for classifying workers as independent contractors.
I worked for TNT, where the workers had regular schedules set by management, leased their trucks from the company, had to wear company livery but were still considered “independent contractors”
After TLC lost their cash cow “19 Kids and Counting,” three years ago they slipped in another Christian show called “Welcome to Plathville.”
The premise of this show is a Christian family with way too many children decides to isolate themselves in Georgia to home school their children and protect them from evil secular society.
Despite the incredible odds against them, the two oldest children (then minor teenagers) do not believe the premise of Christianity (and make the mistake as minors to tell their parents they are atheists).
The parents respond with reasoned, measured questions asking their children why they think that. (No, the parents act as most Christian parents do: They kick their two eldest children out of the home and tell them never to return. TLC thinks this is a good thing to make money on, abusing children.)
In season three (the current one), TLC manages to convince the now nineteen year-old woman and twenty year-old man to come back to talk to the parents, ostensibly so the children can admit how sorry they are to their parents and how they were really wrong to not believe in God.
That doesn’t go well, as the children talk about how hard it was living on the street, obtaining GEDs so they might have a chance at getting work or furthering their education. That also doesn’t go well: The mom is personally offended they hold her responsible for crippling their education, and the dad is personally offended that they are still atheists. That ends with them told never to come back, and the children are dead to their parents.
Christian cruelty sells on American TV. It’s not enough that Christians all across the land do this every day; TLC has to have a “how to” programme to persecute your children for not following your religion.
re: #76 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They don’t mean “Biblical”, they mean “Our Fundamentalist interpretation of what we think ‘Biblical’ is supposed to mean!”
To a lot of them it’s more “a convenient phrase I can toss out as a feeble justification for declaring my myself superior and having moral authority to act like an unfeeling asshole”.
Screech Owls at the waterhole pic.twitter.com/Gg7G6SAK9f
— Eglon Husk 🦎 (@DaveoutofAustin) July 21, 2022
Painted Bunting at the water hole yesterday. pic.twitter.com/GKCqeFSSk9
— Eglon Husk 🦎 (@DaveoutofAustin) July 21, 2022
re: #113 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
These parents, I’m sure, went to Church and learned their moral lessons from the Bible almost every day of their lives, and threw their children to the wolves without hesitation when the children displeased them.
This is what draining the swamp looks like in maga world:
BREAKING — IG knew @SecretService texts from Jan 6 had been wiped in February … but didn’t tell Congress . That’s despite the fact that multiple committees were actively investigating Jan 6 and seeking those records w @mariasacchetti https://t.co/RXmswiV3Yr
— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) July 21, 2022
re: #112 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I worked for TNT, where the workers had regular schedules set by management, leased their trucks from the company, had to wear company livery but were still considered “independent contractors”
you can declare, agree, deem amongst yourselves, even write a contract saying that the arrangement is ‘independent contractor’
w/r/t tax law - both income and payroll tax - in the US, its all mostly meaningless
in short, if they tell you what to do, when to do it, and how to do it, you’re an employee
‘we’ve always done it like this and never had a problem’
just like that rare but lucky speeder, ‘you just haven’t got caught…yet’
get injured or disabled on that job and it’s a whole other can of worms
re: #117 ericblair
These parents, I’m sure, went to Church and learned their moral lessons from the Bible almost every day of their lives, and threw their children to the wolves without hesitation when the children displeased them.
At least they didn’t stone their children to death.
The modern apologetic from both Evangelicals and so-called liberal churches is the plain text doesn’t actually mean what it says: It only refers to severe punishment for adult children (not mentioned as such), or that a parent should use a rod.
On the other hand was the Stubborn Children Law in Massachusetts, based on the Bible and passed in 1646. It carried the death penalty for such children. (Christianity is only less violent now because the Enlightenment reigned in its barbarism.)
The law was not repealed until 1973.
Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire passed similar laws later.
The text of the Massachusetts law reads:
“If a man have a stubborn or rebellious son, of sufficient years and understanding sixteen years of age, which will not obey the voice of his Father, or the voice of his Mother, and that when they have chastened him will not harken unto them: then shall his Father and Mother being his natural parents, lay hold on him, and bring him to the Magistrates assembled in Court and testify unto them, that their son is stubborn and rebellious and will not obey their voice and chastisement, but lives in sundry notorious crimes, such a son shall be put to death.”
re: #113 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The parents respond with reasoned, measured questions asking their children why they think that. (No, the parents act as most Christian parents do: They kick their two eldest children out of the home and tell them never to return. TLC thinks this is a good thing to make money on, abusing children.)
interesting that they didnt keep the kids ‘by force’ for love and try to ‘fix’ save them
guess they didnt think they could be persuasive enough
re: #38 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
And here, I thought they were trying to get the pastors to get back in the closet.
They’d prefer their pedophiles do this in secret, and without the multimillion dollar lawsuits/settlements.
Oh, and refuse to ordain women into positions of power.
re: #120 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Legal scholars following how that law was applied noted that the law was later expanded to include daughters. They note that after daughters were added to the law, over three hundred girls were incarcerated in the Framingham Women’s Reformatory between 1877 and 1971 for the crime of disobedience to parental authority.
A rabbi first learned of the law when he was called to represent a minor girl in a case in 1969. The case Joyner v Commonwealth was appealed all the way to the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
The defendant’s lawyer held the law was unconstitutionally vague. Every court to the Supreme Court of Massachusetts held for Middlesex County that the minor child was “unruly” and therefore should be remanded to the Women’s Reformatory.
In 1970, the Supreme Court held for the defendant, ordered her released from custody, and ordered Middlesex County to pay all court costs and lawyer’s fees.
re: #121 Dangerman
interesting that they didnt keep the kids
‘by force’for love and try to‘fix’save themguess they didnt think they could be persuasive enough
Not with that many cameras around.
re: #93 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I am aware of the Uyghur situation. Chengdu is a large city: I can believe a random car parked on a street would not necessarily come to the authorities’ attentions until someone called it out to them.
In that thread a whole lot of fascists are claiming it’s not really a Waffen SS symbol, it’s really a “hooked cross” or a Hindu symbol.
I’m pretty sure Hindus don’t use Nazi Germany’s eagle.
The swastika symbol used by Hindus is quite different than that employed by Nazi Germany and their fellow travelers. I have quite a few online students of the Hindu faith, and seeing a swastika in the background is not at all uncommon. I don’t even mention it.
It’s easy to spot the difference.
re: #104 Dopamine Fish
There we go. Back on the horse.
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re: #125 Dr Lizardo
The swastika symbol used by Hindus is quite different than that employed by Nazi Germany and their fellow travelers. I have quite a few online students of the Hindu faith, and seeing a swastika in the background is not at all uncommon. I don’t even mention it.
It’s easy to spot the difference.
Lots of businesses in Scottsbluff have tiny tile inlays for the thresholds of their shops. Those inlays include repeated patterns of swastikas of the Native American variety.
In extremely local news, it’s July 21 and my furnace just came on.
Is he really “it’s about states rights”-ing gay marriage? pic.twitter.com/C0oPjXODw1
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) July 21, 2022
Yeah, he did. From Brazil (not the movie, which would have made this slightly more understandable since that’s some weird wild shit).
Just idly musing about anti-abortion laws and wondering if Jason Miller could face the death penalty for giving an anti-abortion pill to a woman he impregnated.
re: #132 Dangerman
You can’t be a “Douche” without the letter “D”. Is this a coincidence?
re: #130 lawhawk
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Yeah, he did. From Brazil (not the movie, which would have made this slightly more understandable since that’s some weird wild shit).
If its redundant to state law what’s the big deal?
If it standardjzes or overrules, then wtf is that state doing?
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— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) July 21, 2022
I’m going to skeedaddle off to bed. Catch y’all later.
re: #138 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
I’m going to skeedaddle off to bed. Catch y’all later.
Sleep well, and thanks for holding down the night shift. Oh, and a belated “great to have you back.”
re: #130 lawhawk
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Yeah, he did. From Brazil (not the movie, which would have made this slightly more understandable since that’s some weird wild shit).
I don’t know of anyone who has so utterly debased himself as Greenwald.
Btw, I really hope that Putin’s successors will release the GRU influence files. Putinism depends on western support, so releasing the files would be a good way to destroy the Putinite faction completely.
Twitter has sued the Indian government to fight censorship in the increasingly authoritarian country.
It’s a rank for 2nd class petty officer.
— michael zuk (@zukmp51) July 20, 2022
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re: #142 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
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— Jax Persists (@LadyJayPersists) July 20, 2022
Karen seems rather…petty
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Retweet to show Dr. Oz that there’s no place like home and send him back to New Jersey! #WizardOfLies pic.twitter.com/iXkAhxzdhT
re: #144 Dangerman
Karen seems rather…petty
Hey, Karen, you’re the kind of spouse that can cost your husband promotions.
re: #143 jeffreyw
Maybe, seems a bit too grey.
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re: #142 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Wherever they are, the person who took the picture should send it to the naval base. That would end up coming off pretty quick.
re: #69 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
In the Wyoming GOP Primary race between evil and crazy:
Poll: Trump endorsement has little influence on Hageman-Cheney race in Wyoming (Rapid City, SD Journal, July 19, 2022)
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That’s a ridiculous poll. They are voting against Cheney solely because she isn’t supporting Trump; that’s it. The fact that Trump endorsed Hageman is irrelevant: She supports Trump and Cheney doesn’t.
re: #144 Dangerman
Karen seems rather…petty
Not a vet nor have any family members who’ve served, but I would imagine the US military isn’t keen on spouses abusing their partner’s rank for personal gain.
Tangentially related: years ago, I ran into a vet who kept reminding me in conversation that he served, clearly trolling for a “Thank you for your service.” I fucking refused.
Fortunately, the two vets I know personally don’t pull that shit. One guy, a Marine, said straight up he doesn’t like it.
3/6 & 5/6 today
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re: #29 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Fundamentalists are hoping teh gheys go back into the closet:
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— Dee “I support transgender people” Holmes🇺🇦🌻 (@mmmirele) July 21, 2022
It’s OK to tell us about your family if you’re heterosexual, all others, get back into the closet!
re: #151 Mattand
Not a vet nor have any family members who’ve served, but I would imagine the US military isn’t keen on spouses abusing their partner’s rank for personal gain.
Tangentially related: years ago, I ran into a vet who kept reminding me in conversation that he served, clearly trolling for a “Thank you for your service.” I fucking refused.
Fortunately, the two vets I know personally don’t pull that shit. One guy, a Marine, said straight up he doesn’t like it.
I can’t stand the “Thank you for your service” line.
re: #153 mmmirele
It’s OK to tell us about your family if you’re heterosexual, all others, get back into the closet!
Teachers are invested in the lives of their students (or should be, if they’re good teachers). They want to form bonds with the kids they see every day for the majority of the year, so that they can reach them and understand how to instruct them. I absolutely heard bits and pieces of my teachers’ life stories when I was in school; they weren’t shy about sharing who they were or where they came from, especially teachers I resonated with.
BREAKING: White House: “President Biden tested positive for COVID-19. He is fully vaccinated and twice boosted and experiencing very mild symptoms.” pic.twitter.com/dmiXo2DlKA
— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) July 21, 2022
re: #40 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The Republican purge continues spreading.
AZ Republican Party Boots House Speaker Rusty Bowers For Failing To Big Lie Hard Enough (Wonkette, today)
I’m not a fan of Rep. Bowers’, but if anyone needed proof that the Republican Party has gone completely off the rails, this is it. Unbelievable. (But it does explain those little red RINO signs next to Bowers’ signs in East Mesa.)
— Dee “I support transgender people” Holmes🇺🇦🌻 (@mmmirele) July 21, 2022
re: #158 mmmirele
So the Night of the Long Combover has begun in the GOP?
re: #158 mmmirele
You can’t spell crazy without (R-AZ).
/please include original attribution, since I thought someone here started that.
re: #151 Mattand
Not a vet nor have any family members who’ve served, but I would imagine the US military isn’t keen on spouses abusing their partner’s rank for personal gain.
Tangentially related: years ago, I ran into a vet who kept reminding me in conversation that he served, clearly trolling for a “Thank you for your service.” I fucking refused.
Fortunately, the two vets I know personally don’t pull that shit. One guy, a Marine, said straight up he doesn’t like it.
just tell him something like “good for you. come over for drinks some time and I’ll show you the wall of ears I collected during my two tours in Vietnam.”
re: #40 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
The Republican purge continues spreading.
AZ Republican Party Boots House Speaker Rusty Bowers For Failing To Big Lie Hard Enough (Wonkette, today)
Same in Idaho. The GQP is pushing out the IDGOP.
Idaho lawmakers react to Rep Dorothy Moon being elected chair of IDGOP
BREAKING- Donald Trump has tested positive for being an asshole. No cure as of yet.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) July 21, 2022
re: #160 lawhawk
You can’t spell crazy without (R-AZ).
/please include original attribution, since I thought someone here started that.
I might have been the first one to post it here, but I got it from someone else’s tweet.
Need the gun people here to read this: dailykos.com
The short version: The US military has been paying for a new rifle to replace a bunch of different ones, such as the M-4. It was designed to penetrate body armor. A company, Sig Saur, is now beginning to sell civilian versions of the weapon.
In the battle to preserve abortion rights in Kentucky, two big issues will be on the ballot in November. One is the constitutional amendment stating that the Kentucky Constitution does not protect the right to abortion. In the other, the leading abortion opponent in the Kentucky legislature, Joe Fischer, is running for Supreme Court Justice in order to implement GOP policy preferences through the courts. He is challenging Justice Michelle Keller, and he is making what is supposed to be a nonpartisan race as partisan as he can.
Joe Fischer, one of the statehouse’s most prominent anti-abortion members is on the ballot for Justice Michelle Keller’s spot on the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Keller says he’s essentially “cheating.” ^AHhttps://t.co/liSnuoRK8M— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) July 21, 2022
re: #127 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Lots of businesses in Scottsbluff have tiny tile inlays for the thresholds of their shops. Those inlays include repeated patterns of swastikas of the Native American variety.
When I was a child, there was an apartment building, probably constructed in the 1920’s, that had swastika in the flooring of the entry way. So probably tied to Native Americans, rather than Hindus, but definitely not related to Germany.
He’s handling isolation pretty well pic.twitter.com/lo3ULK4xRp
— Zack Budryk (@BudrykZack) July 21, 2022
re: #166 Belafon
Need the gun people here to read this: dailykos.com
The short version: The US military has been paying for a new rifle to replace a bunch of different ones, such as the M-4. It was designed to penetrate body armor. A company, Sig Saur, is now beginning to sell civilian versions of the weapon.
Just up the road here in NH. Makes me sick.
It’s routine for the defense to file a motion to dismiss at the end of the prosecution’s case. Bannon has done that, and judge has scheduled a 10:30 ET hearing (ie now) to consider it. It will be denied. Then time for defense case, which could be quite brief.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) July 21, 2022
re: #171 lawhawk
Is there an over/under pool on the number of sustained objections that will be made by the prosecution?
re: #169 ericblair
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Breaking Bad
Sopranos
Mad Men
The Wire
(skip Lost and Battlestar Galactica — they start out good, but the endings sucked)
re: #172 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Is there an over/under pool on the number of sustained objections that will be made by the prosecution?
1.
I expect that the defense will not call any witnesses and we’ll be sending this case to the jury later today…
re: #174 lawhawk
1.
I expect that the defense will not call any witnesses and we’ll be sending this case to the jury later today…
I am not expecting witnesses. I am expecting the the defense to make multiple statements that the prosecution will object too as attempts to manipulate the jury (emotionally or otherwise.)
re: #173 sagehen
Game of Thrones
Breaking Bad
Sopranos
Mad Men
The Wire(skip Lost and Battlestar Galactica — they start out good, but the endings sucked)
GoT ending sucked too - the entire last season was a rushed mess. BSG was impressive in comparison. Lost too.
re: #176 lawhawk
GoT ending sucked too - the entire last season was a rushed mess. BSG was impressive in comparison. Lost too.
Sticking the landing is one of the hardest tricks for beloved series. I still well remember the final episode of MASH, which I believe at the time was the most watched episode of TV ever (still might be, I don’t know).
You know, I’m almost at the point I wish Covid would hit me and I could just get it over with (I am vaxxed and boosted). I haven’t had it that I know of (may have had Omicron last fall, had a chest cold like illness that lasted two weeks), but it seems like just about everybody is going to get it sooner or later.
re: #178 Eclectic Cyborg
You know, I’m almost at the point I wish Covid would hit me and I could just get it over with (I am vaxxed and boosted). I haven’t had it that I know of (may have had Omicron last fall, had a chest cold like illness that lasted two weeks), but it seems like just about everybody is going to get it sooner or later.
The reason to not wish for that is you don’t get it once and you are done. You can still get it again later, even if you are vaxxed.
re: #180 Belafon
The reason to not wish for that is you don’t get it once and you are done. You can still get it again later, even if you are vaxxed.
True. Some people at my former church (all unvaccinated) are currently on their THIRD go-round.
re: #148 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Quick look on the Cornell site still makes me think they are female Brown-headed Cowbirds.
They do seem to be the closest.
I can’t speak for others, but I object to changing the definition of “grooming” from “adult prepping a minor for sex” to “gay person interacting with kids or existing in places kids are” because:
1) It’s a vicious, bigoted smear
2) I actually care about sexual predation of minors pic.twitter.com/Jf7M6NhJ6B— Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) July 20, 2022
re: #181 Eclectic Cyborg
True. Some people at our former church (all unvaccinated) are currently on their THIRD go-round.
Maybe I’m not Christian enough, but it seems pretty dumb to me to roll the dice on getting a disease with poorly understood long-term health risks and an unreasonably high short-term risk of death or serious damage even ONCE. Why you’d want to dance with the reaper THREE TIMES is absolutely beyond me.
re: #149 Belafon
Wherever they are, the person who took the picture should send it to the naval base. That would end up coming off pretty quick.
The sticker has a tongue-in-cheek vibe to it.
re: #181 Eclectic Cyborg
True. Some people at my former church (all unvaccinated) are currently on their THIRD go-round.
They are lucky to still be alive to catch it a third time. The only unvaccinated person in my office died of Covid last December. She is the only person I know personally who died of Covid, but I know several who were hospitalized, and I know of other deaths second hand.
re: #184 Dopamine Fish
Maybe I’m not Christian enough, but it seems pretty dumb to me to roll the dice on getting a disease with poorly understood long-term health risks and an unreasonably high short-term risk of death or serious damage even ONCE. Why you’d want to dance with the reaper THREE TIMES is absolutely beyond me.
They are brain washed to think its the less risky choice, and that if their time is up, God is going to take them no matter what they do.
re: #187 No Malarkey!
They are brain washed to think its the less risky choice, and that if their time is up, God is going to take them no matter what they do.
God works in decision trees. Some of those decisions are, “You’re stupid and you’ll die if you do that.” It’s our choice to walk down that road, He just tells us what happens at the end of it.
re: #187 No Malarkey!
They are brain washed to think its the less risky choice, and that if their time is up, God is going to take them no matter what they do.
Yeah, but on the other hand, they’ll still take their daily blood pressure medications and asthma inhalers and still go see doctors for treatment of injuries and other ailments.
So, apparently they only trust God with their lives…sometimes?
/
re: #188 Dopamine Fish
God works in decision trees. Some of those decisions are, “You’re stupid and you’ll die if you do that.” It’s our choice to walk down that road, He just tells us what happens at the end of it.
I have felt pangs of guilt that I didn’t try harder to convince my coworker to get vaccinated, but it would’ve been a futile effort. Her husband actually posted more anti-vaccine memes on FB after she died than he did before.
re: #166 Belafon
Need the gun people here to read this: dailykos.com
The short version: The US military has been paying for a new rifle to replace a bunch of different ones, such as the M-4. It was designed to penetrate body armor. A company, Sig Saur, is now beginning to sell civilian versions of the weapon.
That boat has sailed. The 6.8mm cartridge, which is the key to the weapon’s power, is already available in a number of rifles, including the AR-15.
For that matter, the AR-15’s original 5.56 chambering will penetrate most police body armor, at least at close range where most such encounters happen. The 6.8 has considerably greater penetration but probably no better than traditional high power cartridges like the 30/06. There are semi-auto 30/06s and even more powerful S/A chamberings, but they are mostly straight up hunting rifles with wooden furniture and 5 round mags. They might be very useful in a civil war situation but fortunately the ammosexual RWers have an aversion to them, probably based on their appearance and heavy recoil.
I would expect the 6.8 to become a lot more popular now, though.
re: #189 Eclectic Cyborg
Yeah, but on the other hand, they’ll still take their daily blood pressure medications and asthma inhalers and still go see doctors for treatment of injuries and other ailments.
So, apparently they only trust God with their lives…sometimes?
/
They have to check FB to find out which medicines are God approved, and which ones are commie schemes. Ivermectin: God approved; Vaccine: Satanic plot to impose one world government.
re: #190 No Malarkey!
I have felt pangs of guilt that I didn’t try harder to convince my coworker to get vaccinated, but it would’ve been a futile effort. Her husband actually posted more anti-vaccine memes on FB after she died than he did before.
I feel this. When my in-laws got COVID and Mrs. Fish’s dad was seriously sick, my wife was beside herself about her mom. Her dad never would have gotten vaccinated; he is a seriously hardcore conspiracy theorist. But her mom is able to be swayed, and Mrs. Fish had tried very hard to persuade her to get the shot anyway. (She ultimately declined, citing “respecting and submitting to her husband”, like a good Christian woman.) She would’ve been inconsolable if anything had happened to her mom because she was unable to persuade her.
re: #180 Belafon
The reason to not wish for that is you don’t get it once and you are done. You can still get it again later, even if you are vaxxed.
+1
re: #129 jeffreyw
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re: #154 Belafon
I can’t stand the “Thank you for your service” line.
Mr. w once replied, ‘Thank you for paying your taxes.’ Usually, under his breath or much later, it’s ‘I didn’t do it for you.’
re: #193 Dopamine Fish
I feel this. When my in-laws got COVID and Mrs. Fish’s dad was seriously sick, my wife was beside herself about her mom. Her dad never would have gotten vaccinated; he is a seriously hardcore conspiracy theorist. But her mom is able to be swayed, and Mrs. Fish had tried very hard to persuade her to get the shot anyway. (She ultimately declined, citing “respecting and submitting to her husband”, like a good Christian woman.) She would’ve been inconsolable if anything had happened to her mom because she was unable to persuade her.
it is hard to respect that adults are responsible for their own decisions, even within families.
it is difficult to accept and to watch. Especially when you know that what they don’t know can be dangerous or destructive.
My wife and I stopped at a Buc-ees this past weekend. If you don’t know what that is, it’s basically a big-ass gas station/truck stop place found mostly in Texas and elsewhere in the south.
It’s like a combination of Target, your local Chevron station, and a mall food court.
There had to be at least 300 people in the place when we arrived. Not shoulder-to-shoulder busy but not far off. I saw only one family wearing masks.
Suffice to say, we got the hell out of there QUICKLY.
re: #178 Eclectic Cyborg
You know, I’m almost at the point I wish Covid would hit me and I could just get it over with (I am vaxxed and boosted). I haven’t had it that I know of (may have had Omicron last fall, had a chest cold like illness that lasted two weeks), but it seems like just about everybody is going to get it sooner or later.
I’m encouraged that people are starting to wear masks indoors here again. I was lax but have started again too, though I’m under no illusions that it will keep me 100% safe. If another booster is deemed necessary, I’ll get it. I too am not sure if I’ve had it. In mid-March 2020 I had diarrhea for a week with low fever, and even after these cleared up I had weird issues like being unable to remember my debit PIN number at check out. There were known cases in our state, but it wasn’t clear how widespread. So, who knows. Anyway, I’ll keep doing my best to never* get it.
re: #191 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
That boat has sailed. The 6.8mm cartridge, which is the key to the weapon’s power, is already available in a number of rifles, including the AR-15.
For that matter, the AR-15’s original 5.56 chambering will penetrate most police body armor, at least at close range where most such encounters happen. The 6.8 has considerably greater penetration but probably no better than traditional high power cartridges like the 30/06. There are semi-auto 30/06s and even more powerful S/A chamberings, but they are mostly straight up hunting rifles with wooden furniture and 5 round mags. They might be very useful in a civil war situation but fortunately the ammosexual RWers have an aversion to them, probably based on their appearance and heavy recoil.
I would expect the 6.8 to become a lot more popular now, though.
Thanks. That’s kind of what I was wondering, though the article seems to place some emphasis on the rifle itself.
re: #200 Belafon
Thanks. That’s kind of what I was wondering, though the article seems to place some emphasis on the rifle itself.
It’s priced at $8000, yet some kid will somehow come up with the cash to get one because of how cool it looks.
re: #198 Eclectic Cyborg
My wife and I stopped at a Buc-ees this past weekend. If you don’t know what that is, it’s basically a big-ass gas station/truck stop place found mostly in Texas and elsewhere in the south.
It’s like a combination of Target, your local Chevron station, and a mall food court.
There had to be at least 300 people in the place when we arrived. Not shoulder-to-shoulder busy but not far off. I saw only one family wearing masks.
Suffice to say, we got the hell out of there QUICKLY.
Except no semis are actually allowed to stop at one.
re: #198 Eclectic Cyborg
My wife and I stopped at a Buc-ees this past weekend. If you don’t know what that is, it’s basically a big-ass gas station/truck stop place found mostly in Texas and elsewhere in the south.
It’s like a combination of Target, your local Chevron station, and a mall food court.
There had to be at least 300 people in the place when we arrived. Not shoulder-to-shoulder busy but not far off. I saw only one family wearing masks.
Suffice to say, we got the hell out of there QUICKLY.
We stopped at the “first in South Carolina” version, thinking we’d get lunch on our way to Columbia. The checkout lines were 50 people deep; mostly at the front of the store were crappy souvenir crap; we looked around for about 3 minutes and left.
The other thing about Buc-ees is that they have been paying pretty decently above minimum wage and offer health care, vacations, regular schedules, and 401K.
re: #202 Belafon
Except no semis are actually allowed to stop at one.
You’re right. I forgot about that. I guess all the pickups and RVs I saw there is what had me thinking a truck stop kind of place.
re: #204 Belafon
The other thing about Buc-ees is that they have been paying pretty decently above minimum wage and offer health care, vacations, regular schedules, and 401K.
Yes, I commend them for that.
re: #205 Eclectic Cyborg
You’re right. I forgot about that. I guess all the pickups and RVs I saw there is what had me thinking a truck stop kind of place.
More than 100 pumps at the one we went to; most in use. This was about 2 pm on a Friday. I don’t get the attraction (gas wasn’t any kind of a bargain either)
re: #205 Eclectic Cyborg
You’re right. I forgot about that. I guess all the pickups and RVs I saw there is what had me thinking a truck stop kind of place.
Oh, they definitely feel like one because there’s a lot of traffic. A lot of traffic.
Yeah it’s hot out but I’m making a giant pot of chicken soup! pic.twitter.com/uZ4PHt1HNt
— Liddle Blueberry Pie 🌻🇺🇦🌈🥧 (@Pie_Overlord) July 21, 2022
re: #207 BeachDem
More than 100 pumps at the one we went to; most in use. This was about 2 pm on a Friday. I don’t get the attraction (gas wasn’t any kind of a bargain either)
1. You know what you’re getting when you go into one.
2. You can pretty much be assured that you can find what you’re looking for if you need to stop at one.
3. The bathrooms are clean and you’re not going to be standing for 5 minutes waiting for the one person to get out.
re: #210 Belafon
Yes, I am a big fan of #3.
And the fudge and the toffee wall and their little cookies and the roasted almonds and … (Yeah, I’ve had a few too many sweets from the place).
re: #213 Belafon
And the fudge and the toffee wall and their little cookies and the roasted almonds and … (Yeah, I’ve had a few too many sweets from the place).
Guess we bailed before we got to the good stuff.
re: #214 darthstar
Bannon rests. No defense at all. Loser.
Jury will find him guilty, and he’ll try to appeal. He will lose that appeal too. My hope is that the judge orders him to prison while appealing. That’ll learn him a thing or two.
re: #215 Belafon
They’ve got to get to the appeal.
As long as he serves his time during the appeal process, may it take a year or so.
re: #217 lawhawk
Jury will find him guilty, and he’ll try to appeal. He will lose that appeal too. My hope is that the judge orders him to prison while appealing. That’ll learn him a thing or two.
Did he say he wouldn’t show? Yes.
Was he told he would go to jail? Yes.
Sucks to be him.
Do they still have to do final arguments or can the jury deliberate so they can be home in time for the J6 hearings?
re: #220 darthstar
They’ve got to do closing arguments, the judge has to provide jury instructions, and then the jury begins its deliberations.
It’s possible we could get a verdict as early as EOD today, or tomorrow, depending on how much time the parties take to make their closings.
228-195-2, House votes to guarantee rights to contraceptives. 8 Rs vote yes; two vote present. The 8, per @kristin__wilson: Liz Cheney, Nancy Mace, Fred Upton, Anthony Gonzalez, John Katko, Brian Fitzpatrick, Maria Salazar and Adam Kinzinger. Two present: Bob Gibbs and Mike Kelly
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) July 21, 2022
re: #221 lawhawk
They’ve got to do closing arguments, the judge has to provide jury instructions, and then the jury begins its deliberations.
It’s possible we could get a verdict as early as EOD today, or tomorrow, depending on how much time the parties take to make their closings.
Bannon wants to drag this out as long as he can, hopefully until the weekend news dump
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) “has become a focus of an anti-abortion group, as well as a fellow Republican lawmaker, following a speech where she advocated for rape and incest exemptions to a proposed abortion ban making its way through the state legislature,” Newsweek reports.Said Mace, referring to her own rape at age 16: “Rape is not a partisan issue. A rapist is not a father. And I hope and pray any women or teenager who is raped or assaulted or a victim of incest would choose life. But I’m not going to take that decision away from anybody else. You have no idea what a woman or child goes through who is a victim of rape or incest.”
they’ve committed to going over the cliff, if they havent already
This one hurt my brain for a minute:
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re: #200 Belafon
Thanks. That’s kind of what I was wondering, though the article seems to place some emphasis on the rifle itself.
Guy who does the “Forgotten Weapons” videos does a look at the new rifle. One thing he points out is that the military use is with a much hotter round than what will be sold (at least initially) on the civilian market; e.g. much lower muzzle velocity.
Feel good story of the morning.
A family were left stunned when their dog escaped only to return later that day with a rosette from a dog show. Peter and Paula Closier became sick with worry when their five-year-old beagle-cross Bonnie vanished on Sunday morning.
They looked all over the house in Bolney, West Sussex with their two daughters and their neighbours even joined in. Paula, 48, had called the police, vets and dog warden in a frantic bid to find her.
Little did they know John Wilmer had spotted the pet by the side of the road just minutes after she escaped as he took his two dogs to a show in Felbridge, Surrey. The family’s fears were eased when Paula spotted a Facebook post by John asking for the creature’s owner to get in touch.
And once he knew the owners had been told, John decided to enter Bonnie into the competition for best rescue dog and she returned with the third place rosette. When Bonnie got back she just thought she had had a fun day out but “knows she shouldn’t have run out in the morning.” (pic at the link Wales Online)
To the surprise of absolutely no one:
notice the other Outnumbered hosts chuckling as Joey Jones runs with this take https://t.co/NtJe8IKFhy
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 21, 2022
re: #224 Dangerman
Said Mace, referring to her own rape at age 16: “Rape is not a partisan issue. A rapist is not a father. “
PREGNANCY IS GOD’S WILL AND IT IS NOT UP TO ANY OF US TO MANY EVEN A SINGLE EXCEPTION
That has been their message for a long time.
re: #225 Dangerman
your reminder that a ten year old child was raped and impregnated and the top three Republican responses were “it’s a hoax,” “it’s a blessing” and “prosecute the doctor who helped her.” fucking ghouls
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) July 18, 2022
re: #230 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
PREGNANCY IS GOD’S WILL AND THERE IS NO EXCEPTION*
*Unless your family is wealthy and can afford a last minute ‘European Vacation’ if need be.
re: #229 Eclectic Cyborg
To the surprise of absolutely no one:
Remember when a certain someone decided to hide his illness even though he was basically having to be kept alive?
re: #231 Dangerman
What in the woman-hating, life-destroying, anti-holy hell is happening https://t.co/kRy3u4iop4
— kristen johnston (@thekjohnston) July 20, 2022
1 - totally disputable scientific fact
2 - note where they talk about defending the life of another “person”. nope. not a person.
re: #230 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
PREGNANCY IS GOD’S WILL AND THERE IS NO EXCEPTION
That has been their message for a long time.
I wonder how well that would work as a defense argument: God made me do her.
re: #89 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There are lots of parts of the world where Nazi symbolism (and even ideology) does not evoke the same gut reaction that it does in most of Europe and America. You can find examples in South America, the Philippines and other parts of Asia. They will insist that they have a more “distanced” and “nuanced” view of things.
Swastikas are used on some Buddhist temples. I knew that but still did a double take when I saw a tiny streetside temple on the main drag in Shigaraki, Japan and it had a swastika on it. (The big tourist attraction in Shigaraki is the pottery shops selling tanuki or raccoon dogs.)
195 GOPers in the House voted against your right to contraceptives.
This shows that the GOP has no intention of protecting rights that SCOTUS will shred in overturning Griswold. They will continue shifting all the burdens on to women, all while denying them rights and agency over their own bodies.
re: #234 Dangerman
ps if it was a person it would have equal rights to the mother.
not superior, ‘inviolate’ rights that cannot be questioned.
they would be subject to evaluation and weighing one against the other.
then we could have reasoned and legal arguments over what happens when rights conflict. In fact those arguments are had all the time
re: #237 lawhawk
195 GOPers in the House voted against your right to contraceptives.
This shows that the GOP has no intention of protecting rights that SCOTUS will shred in overturning Griswold. They will continue shifting all the burdens on to women, all while denying them rights and agency over their own bodies.
I predict that those wanting to study Lysistrata is going to go way up
re: #236 mmmirele
Swastikas are used on some Buddhist temples. I knew that but still did a double take when I saw a tiny streetside temple on the main drag in Shigaraki, Japan and it had a swastika on it. (The big tourist attraction in Shigaraki is the pottery shops selling tanuki or raccoon dogs.)
Yeah, I can see how that would be jarring at first.
re: #236 mmmirele
Swastikas are used on some Buddhist temples. I knew that but still did a double take when I saw a tiny streetside temple on the main drag in Shigaraki, Japan and it had a swastika on it. (The big tourist attraction in Shigaraki is the pottery shops selling tanuki or raccoon dogs.)
I remember at work someone had put a wedding invitation on the break room bulletin board. The invitation was decorated with little swastikas and I kind of freaked out when I saw it. It was for a Hindu wedding.
re: #236 mmmirele
Swastikas are used on some Buddhist temples. I knew that but still did a double take when I saw a tiny streetside temple on the main drag in Shigaraki, Japan and it had a swastika on it. (The big tourist attraction in Shigaraki is the pottery shops selling tanuki or raccoon dogs.)
Of course, and the Hopis use them.
Context and nuance.
Two things that have all but been trampled out of existence in the shouting match that has become political discourse.
re: #224 Dangerman
Said Mace, referring to her own rape at age 16: “Rape is not a partisan issue. A rapist is not a father. And I hope and pray any women or teenager who is raped or assaulted or a victim of incest would choose life. But I’m not going to take that decision away from anybody else. You have no idea what a woman or child goes through who is a victim of rape or incest.”
Oh, I think they DO know.
They just don’t care.
re: #236 mmmirele
The big tourist attraction in Shigaraki is the pottery shops selling tanuki or raccoon dogs.
You mean the dogs with the enormous testicles?
re: #243 Jay C
Oh, I think they DO know.
They just don’t care.
I don’t think they do. That would require empathy.
re: #237 lawhawk
We just voted to keep birth control legal in America and 96% of republicans voted no. 96%! pic.twitter.com/8l2SMt7Ggg
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@BillPascrell) July 21, 2022
This is not a political party, it’s a gang of religious fanatics.
re: #246 jaunte
We just voted to keep birth control legal in America and 96% of republicans voted no. 96%!
These votes are important in letting people know what the GOP agenda is: outlaw birth control, pass a “life begins at conception” bill, pass a “marriage is one (biological) man and woman” bill, and allow “sincerely held (Christian) religious beliefs” to outweigh any other laws in country.
re: #246 jaunte
This is not a political party, it’s a gang of pseudo-religious fanatics.
FTFY
Don’t get me wrong; there are true believers in this lot. Margarine Tater-Greens and Lauren Boobert definitely appear to be among them. But for the rest of the GOP, they vote according to the religious wingnuts’ whims because they know who butters their bread. They are beholden to a group they only tolerate for the sake of political expediency, because they are the source of power.
re: #222 The Pie Overlord!
Surprised that so few Republicans voted to keep birth control legal when 47 voted for SSM. My guess is they are worried about getting crosswise with the forced birth activists, who view some forms of birth control as abortifacients.
re: #248 Dopamine Fish
TBH I’ve stopped making a distinction because their expediency is indistinguishable from their sincere belief.
re: #247 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
These votes are important in letting people know what the GOP agenda is: outlaw birth control, pass a “life begins at conception” bill, pass a “marriage is one (biological) man and woman bill, and allow “sincerely held (Christian) religious beliefs” to outweigh any other laws in country.
yes
and it’s not just the few fringers or the nutters: 96%!
To put it another way, they sincerely believe in what benefits them, and in nothing else.
re: #250 jaunte
TBH I’ve stopped making a distinction because their expediency is indistinguishable from their sincere belief.
I disagree. If there is a way we can minimize the influence of rabid right wing Christofascism in American politics, we’ll see a fair number of Republicans swerve left so hard, it’ll make our heads spin. (Now, when I say “swerve left”, that’s relatively speaking; but it would probably get us out of “imminent fascism” range.)
Just released: our June Jobs report for Minnesota. An eye-poppingly low unemployment rate of 1.8%, that’s HALF the national rate & the lowest ever in Minnesota. 🤯
It’s a tight market out there - a great time to be looking for jobs!
More: https://t.co/UTnOsRLvAf#SummerOfJobs— Steve Grove (@grove) July 21, 2022
Never thought I’d see such a low state-wide number.
I’m used to seeing low unemployment numbers in my profession (apparently under 1% right now: ycharts.com) but never for a broader population.
re: #253 Dopamine Fish
If we can align their self-interest in inching left, they will inch.
re: #252 jaunte
To put it another way, they sincerely believe in what benefits them, and in nothing else.
they will take any position that helps them stay in power
hypocrisy doesnt exist for them
Steely Dan named their third album after it
re: #254 dat_said
Never thought I’d see such a low state-wide number.
I’m used to seeing low unemployment numbers in my profession (apparently under 1% right now: ycharts.com) but never for a broader population.
And this is why I have little real worry that our governor or government will be going over to the Fascist Party any time soon. Trust us here in the wild north country to hold down the fort.
Christofascism has been playing the Long Game every since Nancy Reagan’s White House astrologer advised Ronnie to toss them aside after they helped get him elected in 1980.
Now they control SCOTUS, and are coming after Congress and the Presidency.
re: #243 Jay C
Oh, I think they DO know.
They just don’t care.
Empathy is not one of their accomplishments, so it wouldn’t occur to them that a third party might feel something.
re: #240 Eclectic Cyborg
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that is not a swastika. i don’t know how many times this has to be pointed out. swastikas do not go in that direction.
re: #253 Dopamine Fish
I disagree. If there is a way we can minimize the influence of rabid right wing Christofascism in American politics, we’ll see a fair number of Republicans swerve left so hard, it’ll make our heads spin. (Now, when I say “swerve left”, that’s relatively speaking; but it would probably get us out of “imminent fascism” range.)
It would require a Court that allows the regulation of dark money in politics again. The GOP has been completely corrupted so that its prime directive is redistributing wealth to billionaires. You can’t really run on that, so they have to gin up culture wars to motivate the masses to vote.
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re: #254 dat_said
The combination of pandemic related impacts and a shit ton of baby boomers retiring in the past several years has SERIOUSLY reduced the workforce.
It’s just not going to be like it was so we’re going to have to get used to a new normal, which will likely include longer wait times and perhaps not quite the level of service we are used to from some companies.
“Good guy with gun” Kills a child, gets away with it.
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re: #263 Captain Ron
Since when do you need to wear body armor and have a gun strapped to you to pick up trash?
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re: #265 Eclectic Cyborg
The combination of pandemic related impacts and a shit ton of baby boomers retiring in the past several years has SERIOUSLY reduced the workforce.
It’s just not going to be like it was so we’re going to have to get used to a new normal, which will likely include longer wait times and perhaps not quite the level of service we are used to from some companies.
If only there was a way to increase the labor force, such as allowing more immigration.
re: #263 Captain Ron
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If that’s the case, they dressed funny
and I dont think any were caught with garbage bags
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re: #260 steve_davis
that is not a swastika. i don’t know how many times this has to be pointed out. swastikas do not go in that direction.
No, it is a swastika. They go in both directions, and can be found in public everywhere influenced by Indian religions between India and Japan. In Hinduism, the clockwise facing one (like the one in that photo) is for those on a left-handed path, but it is considered auspicious in Buddhism. In Japan, for example, I understand they are the standard map symbol for Buddhist Temples. There are many variants of it, some with 4 dots in the middle, and some with pointy edges.
The Nazi’s called “their” sign the hakenkreutz — the Crooked Cross — IIRC.
re: #255 jaunte
If we can align their self-interest in inching left, they will inch.
But their self-interest will never work that way. Because at its heart, conservatism is only one principle - only conservatives get to hold power and everyone and everything else is expendable. That’s it. Only conservatives get to make rules, only conservatives get to break rules. Any lessening of that is, by definition, against their self-interest.
I suppose a different scenario could be something like ‘support something that benefits the common good or be hung by the mob’. That, I suppose, would involve taking a liberal position that would be in their self-interest. But it would only be in the short term self-interest.
Bannon defense didn’t call any witnesses
didn’t or couldnt?
Just like the J6.
No one has the guts to testify under oath (ie defend) either of these two losers
re: #266 No Malarkey!
“Good guy with gun” Kills a child, gets away with it.
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This is an excellent example of how human sacrifice is okay in the US. In any other civilised nation, this man is a criminal and is going away for a long time, because most people and nations understand that using lethal force for revenge after a property crime is appalling and monstrous. But a grand jury of citizens in the US doesn’t even think he committed a crime at all. Frankly, I’m surprised he was even charged, though I suspect he was only charged because he wasn’t white.
re: #270 aatharuv
No, it is a swastika. They go in both directions, and can be found in public everywhere influenced by Indian religions between India and Japan. In Hinduism, the clockwise facing one (like the one in that photo) is for those on a left-handed path, but it is considered auspicious in Buddhism. In Japan, for example, I understand they are the standard map symbol for Buddhist Temples. There are many variants of it, some with 4 dots in the middle, and some with pointy edges.
The Nazi’s called “their” sign the hakenkreutz — the Crooked Cross — IIRC.
It’s a symbol for Hirosaki City, Japan. They have very artistic manhole covers that feature the manji (swastika). They sometimes have to deal with the outrage of uninformed foreign tourists.
re: #266 No Malarkey!
“Good guy with gun” Kills a child, gets away with it.
Boebert: At least she won’t have to worry about getting pregnant.
re: #166 Belafon
Thankfully the new rifle it probably less dangerous on civilian hands than an AR-15.
It fires a more powerful round, yes, but the armour piercing round will not be available to civilians, and the fact that it does fire a more powerful round will make it slower firing in the hands of less trained shooters.
It is also absurdly expensive and much heavier than the AR-15. Frankly I think the army are stupid to be buying it.
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