One of the best versions ever of this classic by Antônio Carlos Jobim.
Pat Metheny Secret Story recorded live in New Brunswick, New Jersey, November 24, 1992.
Pat Metheny, guitars
Torsten DeWinkel, guitar & misc
Jim Beard & Gil Goldstein, keyboards
Steve Rodby, bass
Paul Wertico, drums
Armando Marcal, percussion
David Blamires, Mark Ledford, background vocals, misc. instruments.
Sounds like they are going to attempt repairs on that quick disconnect out on the pad.
My day started at 0330, reporting on station. A quiet day, mostly, until we started hearing of problems.
I got released early for a mandatory 8 hour rest and then report back at 2000.
We have to remove some piping so the teams can address the problem.#Artemis1 pic.twitter.com/sSLEvJQpD4— Capt’n Amy🌹💍Newlywed (@CaptnAmy) September 3, 2022
The second solo Pat plays in this track is absolutely unreal.
Graphic design is my passion. pic.twitter.com/xXiXWR6idr
— Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources (@waDNR) September 2, 2022
This guy took money from white nationalist Michelle Malkin for many years to pose as Hot Air’s semi-rational “beard,” the same function Shep Smith served for Fox News. He is very far from being any kind of hero.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 3, 2022
I greatly regret helping to promote people like this in the aftermath of 9/11. But the difference is that when I realized who they really were, I renounced them very publicly, long ago.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 3, 2022
Sometimes I think I bailed out on the right way too early. Look at all these creeps who were good foot soldiers for decades suddenly getting praised and rewarded for being never-Trumpers. I should have hung on and damaged the country for much longer so I could get in on this grift.
Not really. But goddamn.
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Sometimes I think I bailed out on the right way too early. Look at all these creeps who were good foot soldiers for decades suddenly getting praised and rewarded for being never-Trumpers. I should have hung on and damaged the country for much longer so I could get in on this grift.
Not really. But goddamn.
The dark side always gets the cookies. It’s fundamentally unfair.
re: #1 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Sounds like they are going to attempt repairs on that quick disconnect out on the pad.
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Is this an unmanned trip to the moon or is there a crew? I’ve not followed it at all and it doesn’t get a ton of press.
Another come on!!!
Double whiff
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re: #7 darthstar
Is this an unmanned trip to the moon or is there a crew? I’ve not followed it at all and it doesn’t get a ton of press.
Unmanned. New rocket, new tech, NASA doesn’t want to prove it out with a manned flight.
re: #6 Dopamine Fish
The dark side always gets the cookies. It’s fundamentally unfair.
Oh great.
Now I want cookies.
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TL;DR — Someone entered an art competition with an AI-generated piece and won the first prize.
Yeah that’s pretty fucking shitty. pic.twitter.com/vjn1IdJcsL— Genel Jumalon ✈️ Nan Desu Kan (@GenelJumalon) August 30, 2022
🔥🔥🔥It’s such a relief to hear the straight-up truth instead of the constant cascade of MAGA lies and bullshit. 🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/AvCznzwcmu
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) September 3, 2022
He GOP establishment did nothing to distance themselves with the nutbags when they started making zany and unsupported claims about Obama the Secret Muslim or Hillary the pedophile Seal Killer, etc., which only encouraged the fringe element to go even more extreme, which culminated in QAnon doctrine now becoming party line.
re: #8 HRH Stanley Sea
Another come on!!!
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Raining in CenTex. And it’s a warm Tropical rain. I think I’ll go take a kid shower on the deck.
What is WRONG with him? https://t.co/Ye3lcGzjeu
— Crooks and Liars (@crooksandliars) September 3, 2022
re: #6 Dopamine Fish
The dark side always gets the cookies. It’s fundamentally unfair.
And the anti-Trump Dark Falcon always gets incredibly butthurt when the Dark Brandon calls out the MAGAts, and refuses to take the facesaving offramp the Dark Brandon has so graciously offered the Good Germans who voted for Trump, despite publicly posturing beforehand that he would never vote for Trump because Trump had no honor. GOOOOOO TEAM!
Russian spy golfing with Trump and Graham! pic.twitter.com/IIAogRz2gq
— G🚫D (@goddamnshitpiss) September 3, 2022
last one downstairs:
re: #135 Dave In Austin
trailer for their new album “This Machine Kills Fascists”:
re: #18 Eclectic Cyborg
No double whiff for me…barely.
Wordle 441 5/6
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⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I’d have had a double whiff if I hadn’t nailed the last letter on my first guess. I blame the dopefish. Can’t explain.
Honestly, it was pretty disgusting to see so many journalists jump on this dumb propaganda.
The right is really good at playing the media, and the media never fails to play along. https://t.co/E5tl05JOis— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 3, 2022
It isn’t even a third of anything. https://t.co/kSmYAgHcmm
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 3, 2022
re: #6 Dopamine Fish
The dark side always gets the cookies. It’s fundamentally unfair.
yeah, but their cookies have stale raisins and rancid walnuts.
Ours have white chocolate, butterscotch chips and macadamias.
WOW!re: #7 darthstar
Is this an unmanned trip to the moon or is there a crew? I’ve not followed it at all and it doesn’t get a ton of press.
Unmanned. Safe for human life certification test.
.@Mike_Hixenbaugh found a review of this film and it’s pretty much exactly what you’d expect.https://t.co/WYcB2jwyOr
— steven monacelli, libel law understander (@stevanzetti) September 3, 2022
A reconstruction of a late Anglo-Saxon hall by @RegiaAnglorum near Canterbury. A splendid evocation of John Blair’s comments this morning that the early middles ages was ‘not a drab world’. #workedinstone @AS_Corpus Images from: https://t.co/yomGXRXFUB pic.twitter.com/mTAOm7Dx0T
— Helen Gittos (@Helen_Gittos) September 3, 2022
re: #27 jaunte
40,000 acres and 20,000 mules
Less than a quarter of all citizens voted for Trump. If we’re counting eligible voters I haven’t done the math but around 30% of eligible voters voted for him. Last I recall just over 60% of all eligible voters voted. 100 million did not.
re: #29 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“false racial tensions”
Just mindbendingly absurd.
re: #30 BigPapa
Less than a quarter of all citizens voted for Trump. If we’re counting eligible voters I haven’t done the math but around 30% of eligible voters voted for him. Last I recall just over 60% of all eligible voters voted. 100 million did not.
I think it was 62%. I’ll check later when I have time. But I’m close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades.
Nazis marching in my hometown. This makes me sad, and incredibly angry at the Republicans who encourage this hate! https://t.co/0UY7wOFjgG
— mass ave curmudgeon (@mass_ave) September 3, 2022
re: #2 Charles Johnson
The second solo Pat plays in this track is absolutely unreal.
I discovered Charlie Byrd a couple days ago. It continues to humble me as to how much really good music there is in the world that even in middle age, I’d never heard of.
🤨 So where is this $4 in SC? I literally just filled up the tank… in Columbia $3.19
If you are so concerned why did all of y’all SC Congressional Republicans vote NO on the gas price gouging bill?! https://t.co/BEBBYNeZsx pic.twitter.com/Wo7gnVysRR— Jaime Harrison, DNC Chair (@harrisonjaime) September 3, 2022
They use the foo foo gas stations that serve crudités w/ vodka as you fill up.
— Jaime Harrison, DNC Chair (@harrisonjaime) September 3, 2022
re: #36 Captain Ron
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Yeah, last I saw, it was 3.15 for cash at Marathon up here in Clemson.
Here’s the scene in Northern California near the city of Weed, where a fast-moving wildfire has injured several people, destroyed homes and forced as many as 7,500 people to evacuate.https://t.co/mcDYPQCry6 https://t.co/MO5R615ouT
— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) September 3, 2022
re: #38 Captain Ron
I just love that Mendo Weed!
re: #33 jaunte
“Illinois Nazis? I hate Illinois Nazis.” (or Indy Nazis, for that matter)
I’ve spoken to many women who’ve switched their sexual orientation to lesbian after meeting Nick Adams last night. pic.twitter.com/qQvTznyJpk
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) September 3, 2022
I’ve spoken to many Democrats who’ve switched their registration to Republican after Joe Biden’s speech last night.
— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) September 2, 2022
Big, tough looking democrats…with tears in their eyes.
re: #6 Dopamine Fish
The dark side always gets the cookies. It’s fundamentally unfair.
And Fascists always had kewl uniforms… ////
re: #43 Eclectic Cyborg
Big, tough looking democrats…with tears in their eyes.
And they all live in Sevastopol with Nick’s “Canadian” girlfriend we’ve never met.
I filled up last night in Eau Claire at 3.12 a gallon. Got excited for a moment because the sign was wrong & read 3.02 at first :) Still better than Hayward at 3.79! Can you say Tourist Town?
Reality has broken the NYT Pitchbot.
I can’t top this https://t.co/VxdyMxMVFi
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) September 3, 2022
re: #47 Dopamine Fish
Reality has broken the NYT Pitchbot.
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Donny’s highly politicized DOJ had 4 years to investigate/arrest/prosecute/whatever, but they didn’t. Quite telling.
re: #47 Dopamine Fish
Reality has broken the NYT Pitchbot.
Meanwhile, this is now for sale on Trumps site:
So I just discovered there is still a real photo lab in Eau Claire that develops film in house! I’d stopped doing any film because mail order labs are prohibitively expensive. While not as cheap as the olden days, this is reasonable. Digital beats 35mm really but old medium format is still a different story.
Dunk & standard scan:
$8.99 - roll of C41 color - 35/120/APS
$11.99 - roll of B&W - 35/120/APS
No inhouse E-6 - 35/120 (mail-out 2-4 weeks) but same price as B&W, so not bad at all.
Hi-Rez scan $5 more.
I’ve dug out my Rolleicord III from ~ 1950 & the remains of my 120 film (11 rolls of B&W, 1 color, 1 slide) & I’ll see how good they are. Online reviews are very good though.
Stock photo. Mine’s in good shape but not that good ;) and I have an original Rollei leather carrying case for it.
ETA: their low rez is 6 mp, high rez is 30 mp. Good numbers.
Guy at the Trump rally today says he was in DC on J6, investigated by the FBI, but not charged. He says J6 was a conspiracy by the govt to set them up to stop future Trump rallies by showing they lead to violence. pic.twitter.com/ahfep2ilJv
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) September 3, 2022
re: #53 jaunte
But I thought it was Antifa?
Or tourists?
Wait.
It wasn’t?
Oh boy.
re: #36 Captain Ron
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Whatta shocker: Republican blitherings about “gas prices” are mainly cherry-picking/turd-sifting to try to gin up panic about “Bidenflation”*. Whodathunkit….???
Then again, on one of my rare auto-borne sojourns in Manhattan yesterday, I spotted a gas station offering regular at $5.59/gallon (diesel was $6+), so there’s that. Though only a fool (or a Republican) would take prices in midtown Manhattan as typical of anything….
* for which, of course, they have utterly NO policy to try to affect, but never mind….
Good info in this detailed thread about CNN chasing after an aging viewership:
Thread.
1/
What happened to CNN?
I worked there for 18 years.
This is what happened.
Everyone wants to know why CNN is shifting.
Let me explain why.
What Fox News gets that MSNBC and CNN don’t get…
Each quarter, the Cable Operators release their subscriber base.— YS (@ReallyActivist) September 3, 2022
Brains!
Apparently some of the Q folks think vaccinated people will turn into zombies today. pic.twitter.com/ygWT5ABqB7
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) September 3, 2022
I swear these people have lead in their water pipes
— Matt (@LemmyZappaMK2) September 2, 2022
re: #59 Crush White Nationalism
Stay away from the Q folks, you’ll starve.
re: #61 jaunte
Stay away from the Q folks, you’ll starve.
Bring that delicious brain over here! Brains. BRAINS!
“This combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going up blow up on in our face” Sagan predicted what would happen when uneducated people got technology https://t.co/vf2dV4ZkVo
— Laura Babcock (@LauraBabcock) September 3, 2022
“…then we’re up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along.”
This is low-hanging fruit. “Senator Graham, while you were visiting former president Trump at Mar-a-Lago, did he show you and/or talk about classified documents?” “Congresswoman Greene, were you ever shown classified documents while visiting the former president at Mar-a-Lago?”
— Christopher Bouzy (@cbouzy) September 3, 2022
One of the first speakers at the Trump rally is soliciting contributions for legal expenses for January 6th defendants
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 3, 2022
re: #66 Crush White Nationalism
See? Zombie food desert.
Biden: Trump and his supporters are a threat to our democracy.
Talking heads: We can’t believe Biden would say that.
Trump: I will literally pardon anyone who tries to violently overthrow the government.— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 3, 2022
Verdilla Roat greenhouses. Up on that roat by the crest.
Coming down to the Susquehanna river…
And I make my olt man noises…
June. New lodgings.
This is a nice road at night in ice…..
People carve initials in trees with cars….
Some roats…
re: #59 Crush White Nationalism
Brains!
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Shit. I’m going to Rod Stewart and Cheap Trick tonight. Lousy time for a zombie outbreak amongst 20k+ folks.
Plant mgmt also told IAEA that one of #ZNPP two operating units was disconnected from grid today due to grid restrictions. 1 reactor still operating & producing electricity both for cooling & other key safety functions at site and to the grid.
— IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency (@iaeaorg) September 3, 2022
“Great value of finally having the IAEA permanently present at the #Zaporizhzhya NPP already clear. It is a game changer. I will issue a report early next week about the safety, security and safeguards situation in Ukraine,” @RafaelMGrossi added.
— IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency (@iaeaorg) September 3, 2022
re: #70 Dr. Matt
Shit. I’m going to Rod Stewart and Cheap Trick tonight. Lousy time for a zombie outbreak amongst 20k+ folks.
The Dream Police are inside these brains. delicious brains.
re: #56 Jay C
Whatta shocker: Republican blitherings about “gas prices” are mainly cherry-picking/turd-sifting to try to gin up panic about “Bidenflation”*. Whodathunkit….???
Then again, on one of my rare auto-borne sojourns in Manhattan yesterday, I spotted a gas station offering regular at $5.59/gallon (diesel was $6+), so there’s that. Though only a fool (or a Republican) would take prices in midtown Manhattan as typical of anything….
* for which, of course, they have utterly NO policy to try to affect, but never mind….
The only reason ANYBODY in Manhattan has a car is for when they want to get out of town. Even then, it’s probably cheaper just to rent one one such occasions.
This is parking prices in my neighborhood:
— Hal Perry 🇺🇲🇺🇦 (@halperry) September 3, 2022
re: #70 Dr. Matt
Shit. I’m going to Rod Stewart and Cheap Trick tonight. Lousy time for a zombie outbreak amongst 20k+ folks.
Well, if it happens, just surrender,
But don’t give yourself away.
re: #9 Dopamine Fish
Unmanned. New rocket, new tech, NASA doesn’t want to prove it out with a manned flight.
Can’t we slip someone like Dan Bagino a rufie and when he wakes up he can be the first MAGAt on the moon?
re: #74 The GOP is a racist terrorist organization
You can use neukulturny.
— Bill Barnett (@BillBar29495196) September 3, 2022
re: #69 nines09
Nice. It’s in or just south of my coverage area so of course I had to play the how far down the river is he? game.
Second guessed myself. It is in my coverage area and I even had the road name. Reread the post after viewing.
re: #76 darthstar
Can’t we slip someone like Dan Bagino a rufie and when he wakes up he can be the first MAGAt on the moon?
He’ll be deported ASAP….
//
re: #78 LadyBehir
Verdilla Road. You’ve passed it a million times. North of Port. South of Selinstettle.
Best greenhouses around. Always get my plants there.
(you can haggle with beat up plants)
You can find Oriental out that way.
30 years ago the Oriental Hotel was legendary.
re: #80 nines09
I amended my comment. Haven’t been out that road in a while. PA does have some of the prettiest scenery. Maybe not grand like the Rockies, but just soul satisfyingly pretty.
re: #73 sagehen
The only reason ANYBODY in Manhattan has a car is for when they want to get out of town. Even then, it’s probably cheaper just to rent one one such occasions.
This is parking prices in my neighborhood:
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JFC on a bicycle! (For which they’d charge $200 extra, no doubt)…
Yeah, I generally only use my car when I need to leave town for whatever reason - picking up our new kitten from NJ was the last time, and well worth it - though those prices make my garage (Kips Bay FWIW) look almost reasonable.
re: #80 nines09
Verdilla Road. You’ve passed it a million times. North of Port. South of Selinstettle.
Best greenhouses around. Always get my plants there.
(you can haggle with beat up plants)
You can find Oriental out that way.
30 years ago the Oriental Hotel was legendary.
Did you and Coop see me waving last night as I was headed back north up 15?
First time for me on the new 147 bridge. I will not miss the traffic lights in Lewisburg and Allenwood and South Williamsport!
re: #82 LadyBehir
I amended my comment. Haven’t been out that road in a while. PA does have some of the prettiest scenery. Maybe not grand like the Rockies, but just soul satisfyingly pretty.
I had so many phone videos.
Here’s a gem. It’s US 322 east from US11-15 across the Clarks Ferry Bridge on a crystal clear day after a scenic snowfall.
Everything is suspended.
That is Peters Mountain in the distance. Appalachian Trail crosses the river at Clarks Ferry and then drags the participants over a field of very sharp rocks…A favorite.
Not a drift or dirt pile of slush to be seen on the road, and as I remember the majority of the river was frozen fast.
re: #72 Crush White Nationalism
The Dream Police are inside these brains. delicious brains.
Well played.
.@Patbagley’s work is priceless. And crucial. Please follow him. pic.twitter.com/9MKeHcTNNd
— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) September 3, 2022
It’s not even Labor Day and already the snowflakes are falling. Wonder what the weather report is at Fox News.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) September 3, 2022
I can’t top this https://t.co/VxdyMxMVFi
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) September 3, 2022
re: #82 LadyBehir
I amended my comment. Haven’t been out that road in a while. PA does have some of the prettiest scenery. Maybe not grand like the Rockies, but just soul satisfyingly pretty.
I drove with a colleague to a conference at Penn State several years ago. We weren’t in a huge hurry to get back, so we drove some local roads off the interstate. It is as you describe.
re: #73 sagehen
The only reason ANYBODY in Manhattan has a car is for when they want to get out of town. Even then, it’s probably cheaper just to rent one one such occasions.
This is parking prices in my neighborhood:
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You get used to paying $35 for parking after a while.
One more reason to love NYC. 🗽❤️ https://t.co/OcSR6FRczd
— Andrew Weissmann 🌻 (@AWeissmann_) September 3, 2022
Tomorrow’s Wordle. I call this one Clouds at Sunset.
Wordle 442 4/6
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SibData: 4,4,4,6
The six was the first result reported, which was a “heart skips a beat” moment for the rest of us.
re: #35 steve_davis
I discovered Charlie Byrd a couple days ago. It continues to humble me as to how much really good music there is in the world that even in middle age, I’d never heard of.
Youtube, for all its flaws, has been my goto source for music from artists I’d never heard of before to individuals and groups that do spot on covers of my favorite songs, singers, and groups. Just this week, I discovered an a capella group out of England called Voces8. They’ve been around since 2015 and have a number of albums, mainly traditional songs but also covers of later works. The video I saw was a cover of Enya’s May It Be from the Lord of the Rings. It is hard to believe that human voices can achieve such an ethereal pinnacle. Have a listen. Keep some Kleenex handy.
Congress should subpoena Trump to explain himself. See discussion⬇️.
That Trump may take the 5th, or seek to delay things, is his strategic choice, but will show his fear of simply testifying to the American people as to what he did. https://t.co/QA55c5ytHB— Andrew Weissmann 🌻 (@AWeissmann_) September 3, 2022
re: #58 jaunte
Good info in this detailed thread about CNN chasing after an aging viewership:
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I read through that and my first thought is stop worrying about the cable news business. Stop chasing the consistently dwindling and aging cable demographic and chase after the younger and growing number of cord cutters. Sure, keep the cable aspect of it for now as a cash cow but that’s not where the long term big bucks are going to be.
I know it’s living in a bubble but, if I could easily design my half hour of news (and skip something that doesnt interest) news, I might consider it. Ten minutes top US headlines, 5 minutes top World, Ukraine update, 30 seconds business, Mpls weather, western ND weather, southern UT weather, FCS highlights, fall color update, new streaming releases once a week,and short videos of dancing ferrets, and the option to easily change to dancing lamas and I’d be good.
re: #100 dat_said
It is amazing how many companies are willing to just keep riding a brand name down into the dirt. Easier than making a change.
#Artemis Update: The team continues to troubleshoot, and plans to return with a variety of options early next week. We are standing down on any launch attempts through the current launch period, which ends Tuesday.
See https://t.co/dMVnvEQcfC for more information. pic.twitter.com/cCefwG9FO0— NASA (@NASA) September 3, 2022
re: #98 Dangerman
Zero is also the number of times Hillary has taken the 5th, been accused of sexual assault, been accused of racist rental abuses, been laughed at by the UN, been impeached, had staff convicted and received fewer votes than her opponent in a presidential election. That’s a lot of zeros.
Turns out the “Special Deputy” ID card Herschel Walker posted on twitter to prove he was once law enforcement was given out by the Sheriff to people who made political contributions to his campaign. pic.twitter.com/HiwFhOzU59
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) September 3, 2022
Taking a break for a bit..
P.s.
Cinnamon apple raisin walnut bread was a hit
With vanilla ice cream
And home made caramel sauce
re: #100 dat_said
I read through that and my first thought is stop worrying about the cable news business. Stop chasing the consistently dwindling and aging cable demographic and chase after the younger and growing number of cord cutters. Sure, keep the cable aspect of it for now as a cash cow but that’s not where the long term big bucks are going to be.
I know it’s living in a bubble but, if I could easily design my half hour of news (and skip something that doesnt interest) news, I might consider it. Ten minutes top US headlines, 5 minutes top World, Ukraine update, 30 seconds business, Mpls weather, western ND weather, southern UT weather, FCS highlights, fall color update, new streaming releases once a week,and short videos of dancing ferrets, and the option to easily change to dancing lamas and I’d be good.
I’m fifty-six. I cut the cord and went back to OTA broadcast television in 2008. I stopped watching broadcast news in real time shortly thereafter. The LGF comment section is my preview filter for steering me toward relevant national current event stories. If something catches my interest here, then I dig further without having to constantly filter the noise from talking head obfuscation and framing.
Lazy, ignorant, and inadvisable, perhaps, but it helps keep me balanced by avoiding sensory, emotional, and informational overload beyond my ability to process if I were to encounter modern media’s frustrating stimuli firsthand and unfiltered.
Cable news is not getting me back when I turn 65. Nor is broadcast news.
re: #111 A Three Hour Tour
And that’s the problem that CNN appears not to be picking up on. Their target demographic is about to go away completely. People like you and me, the cord-cutters, aren’t going to go back to a cable service again. They might make a lot of money in the short term by pivoting to the right, but after the old racist guard all dies off, who’s left? People who aren’t going to want anything to do with CNN, that’s who.
Fascist aspirations:
I imagine one could make some good humorous hay out of the fact that the US right wants to model itself on a gay bashing, immigrant-hating, gerrymandered-out-the-wazoo country with as many residents as Michigan and a G.D.P. the size of Arkansas’s.
— Seth Cotlar (@SethCotlar) September 3, 2022
re: #116 PhillyPretzel
Probably. Picture taken out my car’s front window. Not my tree.
re: #100 dat_said
I read through that and my first thought is stop worrying about the cable news business. Stop chasing the consistently dwindling and aging cable demographic and chase after the younger and growing number of cord cutters. Sure, keep the cable aspect of it for now as a cash cow but that’s not where the long term big bucks are going to be.
What caught my attention was that MSNBC can stay liberal because they’re bundled with USA, Bravo, etc.
BTW, Keith Olberman has something to say about Chris Licht:
My full length warning to you about Chris Licht and @cnn - how at MSNBC he was Joe Scarborough’s henchman and got guests on my show, Maddow’s, and Schultz’s, banned or cancelled - is in Ep. 19 of the Countdown podcast, at about 29:30.
Listen here: https://t.co/AWUxgQoSll pic.twitter.com/scnOj4Viyh— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) September 2, 2022
re: #47 Dopamine Fish
You are the same guy who called a 10 year old rape victim a liar.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) September 3, 2022
#FBIWFO released a new photo of this man who allegedly assaulted law enforcement personnel during riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. If you recognize him, call [no phone numbers allowed] or visit https://t.co/t8G7LO4hxu to submit a tip. Refer to photo 279 in your tip. pic.twitter.com/TUzAUHQmIg
— FBI Washington Field (@FBIWFO) September 3, 2022
Democrats & the WH, for the love of everything politically Holy, do NOT equivocate on Biden’s pro democracy speech.
Double, triple down on his hard truths about the threats MAGA presents to our republic.
Make the GOP defend their Trumpist illiberalism.
Offense wins elections.— Tara Setmayer 🌻 (@TaraSetmayer) September 2, 2022
YOU DON’T HAVE TO PUT ON THE RED LIGHT pic.twitter.com/P75FHBEqWs
— Stone Cold Jane Austen 😶🌫️ (@AbbyHiggs) September 2, 2022
A girl walked through with an alligator on a leash at a park in Philadelphia, according to the Philly Voice, and the alligator is an emotional-support animal named Wally that was adopted back in 2016 pic.twitter.com/2NMlI8qUvc
— No Jumper (@nojumper) August 27, 2022
re: #61 jaunte
Stay away from the Q folks, you’ll starve.
Contrary to popular zombelief, Qanon brains are the best. They are unused so they’re in pristine condition.
A librarian at an ID public library has resigned, their insurance company has canceled them as too high risk, and board meetings moved next to the sheriff’s office after people continued to show up with guns and bibles threatening them to ban books.
But don’t call us fascists! pic.twitter.com/uFi8MLvusI— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) September 3, 2022
He’s almost 2 hours late and the place is EMPTY, even the front row. 🤣🤣 #TrumpRally #IndictTrumpNow pic.twitter.com/SfhZExXV13
— J Rance 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@RanceWilla) September 3, 2022
This livestreamer panned around the crowd right after MTG spoke. They’re keeping the small crowd clustered together so media has an easier time making the crowd look bigger than it really is. #TrumpRally https://t.co/DlhqCE8Fiw pic.twitter.com/dFfw9GHYQX
— the rebel raccoon (@therebelraccoon) September 3, 2022
Last weekend we had our annual fantasy football draft. One of my league mates brought her fiance’ with her. I shook his hand, nice to meet you, and looked at the tattoo on his forearm. “WE THE PEOPLE.” Oh, boy.
re: #128 Backwoods_Sleuth
Good crowd for a county rodeo.
re: #129 Ace Rothstein
Last weekend we had our annual fantasy football draft. One of my league mates brought her fiance’ with her. I shook his hand, nice to meet you, and looked at the tattoo on his forearm. “WE THE PEOPLE.” Oh, boy.
“Let’s talk sometime about making a more perfect union with all the citizens.”
“[T]he Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade has made 83% of Democrats likelier to vote in November, compared to just 31% of Republicans — another indicator that the abortion bombshell is firing up the left.”
It’s the #SCOTUS not the D leaders who are firing up Ds 4 Nov.👀 pic.twitter.com/5O6vpBKCVy— Murshed Zaheed (@murshedz) September 3, 2022
Fundraising for the insurrectionists at the Trump/ MAGA GOP rally.
Very mean of President Biden to suggest these people were not all in on respecting election results and shunning violence. https://t.co/6GR2aWnC1J— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 3, 2022
That didn’t take long once the media picked up on this.
Under pressure, security firm Cloudflare drops Kiwi Farms website (WaPo via MSN)
These porch pirates are getting out of control pic.twitter.com/R3fqQrEpbX
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) September 3, 2022
Very good #LongCovid review of what’s known on mechanism, sequelae and treatments. One edit from me on the title https://t.co/Rs6Filotob@PNASNews by @LeahabShaffer
We urgently need to get treatments validated pic.twitter.com/F5XvBrAIof— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 2, 2022
The involvement of endothelium, the lining of blood vessels, is an important underpinning of #LongCovid’s pathophysiology. An impressive review paper @jclinicalinvesthttps://t.co/TYLx2ZsZZF pic.twitter.com/w1OMf3Y2ah
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 3, 2022
re: #134 Crush White Nationalism
That didn’t take long once the media picked up on this.
Under pressure, security firm Cloudflare drops Kiwi Farms website (WaPo via MSN)
— Joseph Menn (@josephmenn) September 3, 2022
re: #134 Crush White Nationalism
That didn’t take long once the media picked up on this.
Under pressure, security firm Cloudflare drops Kiwi Farms website (WaPo via MSN)
Yet another example of sunlight being the best disinfectant.
I went to 2 thrift stores today and spent a total of $3.75 on 4 items. I bought a CD because I liked the name of the band and the cover art. The cover I have is not to be found on the internet. What’s shown I have on the inside. It’s a local Christian band that made it big in that line. Quite listenable.
re: #124 Grunthos the Flatulent
Contrary to popular zombelief, Qanon brains are the best. They are unused so they’re in pristine condition.
Completely empty calories. Not worth the effort.
Taylor Hawkins’ son Shane on the drums for “My Hero”. Tears… https://t.co/8MZ52wjx26
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) September 3, 2022
In the press box in Humble, TX., there’s a sign in here that warns of prosecution for use of any tobacco products on the premises with no exceptions. When I was in high school, they had smoking circles, and teachers could light up in the teacher’s lounge.
re: #141 Backwoods_Sleuth
My wife was listing all the people who played, including Lars from Metallica.
Of all the thing that never happened.. this never happened the most. pic.twitter.com/NnU6kMn8Vp
— Kiki (@Kikokiki_txt) September 3, 2022
“As the U.S. Government has noted, the unlawful transfer and forced deportation of protected persons is a grave breach of the #FourthGenevaConvention on the #ProtectionOfCivilians and constitutes a war crime.” #Putin #FiltrationCamps https://t.co/Ea3Kmrfyuf
— Bob Krause (@KrauseForIowa) September 3, 2022
re: #134 Crush White Nationalism
That didn’t take long once the media picked up on this.
Under pressure, security firm Cloudflare drops Kiwi Farms website (WaPo via MSN)
Good now. Now hopefully Twitter will read the writing on the wall and take down LOTT.
Wolfgang Van Halen shredding like his dad#taylorhawkinstribute pic.twitter.com/PFwk8rQPzB
— Casmar (@casmar27) September 3, 2022
Oh, and the guy selling them was a sex offender, to boot.https://t.co/Em2wuCSQ8f
— Sensei Ryan (@horridpoplyrics) September 3, 2022
Except maybe an emu playing with a sprinkler with the theme from The Archers. 🔊🆙️ pic.twitter.com/IM3B2DnVyJ
— Paul Bronks (@SlenderSherbet) September 3, 2022
Our statement on Cloudflare dropping Kiwi Farms. pic.twitter.com/PrjtnfPLuX
— keffals #DropKiwifarms (@keffals) September 3, 2022
he still isn’t there
Fascism rally pic.twitter.com/f8mNIlhMku
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) September 3, 2022
re: #142 Ace Rothstein
In the press box in Humble, TX., there’s a sign in here that warns of prosecution for use of any tobacco products on the premises with no exceptions. When I was in high school, they had smoking circles, and teachers could light up in the teacher’s lounge.
When I was in high school, one set of bathrooms was taken over by the smokers (students) and the other set was for the usual uses. Later, a chain-link outdoor cage was built for the students to smoke in. The nearest junior college was called ‘high school with ashtrays’ because being able to smoke in class was the big difference. I told that to someone once, and their response was, ‘YOU COULD SMOKE INDOORS?’ Made me feel old. I remember when the last 5 rows in a Greyhound bus were for smokers.
Nymphenburg Palace Carriage Museum - Munich, Germany
qr.ae
OH, that sleigh!
I think Putin visualizes himself being paraded in these…
re: #148 Backwoods_Sleuth
Dr. Oz voters. pic.twitter.com/eoBx2VYDV9
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) September 3, 2022
But MAGAt bullies and terrorists quit threatening election workers and harrasssing cancer patients long enough to head for the fainting couch and start their victim scam as soon as President Biden called them out.
TOUCHED HIS STUFF!!11!!
Trump calls the FBI and DOJ “vicious monsters” who touched his stuff and didn’t put it back where it was. pic.twitter.com/En3HIPPqMt
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) September 3, 2022
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Clairey, you’ve just got to see this emu playin’ wi’ th’ sprinklers!”
“Ruth, Joe just hasn’t been the same since the emu ran off the ferrets. He’s developed a new outlook on life and is fun to be around.”
“Oh, no-uh!”
re: #155 Backwoods_Sleuth
Vicious Monsters? This is overheated rhetoric.
Australia’s oldest man (110 ) and he still worries about being useful and helping other living beings : he knits tiny sweaters for injured penguins. pic.twitter.com/fTgPnLPvbD
— jonathan slater☮️ (@joslater37) September 3, 2022
re: #155 Backwoods_Sleuth
TOUCHED HIS STUFF!!11!!
So I have to wonder:
1. What exactly is the composition, and intrinsic (“real”) value of that “Free Gold Coin” that ad touts so prominently? *
2. Does texting that “TRUMP” number somehow sign you up for a recurring contribution without an adequate explanation? **
*fancy brass slug worth about a dime (even IF gold-plated), I’d guess.
** probably
Trump suggests FBI agents tampered with evidence in Barron Trump’s room pic.twitter.com/3TKmQEGQBN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2022
listen clearly to what Trump is saying in this clip. this is a manifesto of dictatorship. pic.twitter.com/oaqBN8ZeEt
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2022
I’m sure some want to comment that the likelihood of Trump responding to a congressional subpoena is nil. That’s probably true. So what? He already pleaded the 5th in NY, folders in MAL are empty and missing - keep peppering him with things that expose his lack of transparency.
— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) September 3, 2022
re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth
I see the same old chorus line of “Blacks For Trump” have been trotted out for this gig again: are these same Florida cultists he’s been using since 2016?
Start watching “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” and it’s impossible to stop until the end of this hilarious, disturbing, deeply weird film. I must have seen it more than a dozen times now.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 4, 2022
re: #164 Jay C
They’ve been there all along, usually planted four or five rows behind him. It’s amazing more people don’t know who they really are and question what they’re doing there.
I was excited to see the new album drop from King’s X, but it’s… disappointing. There were reports that they were having trouble writing the songs, and it shows. I has a sad now because I love this band.
Turtleman is already scorned
Trump says Republicans should be “ashamed of themselves” for not helping him overturn the 2020 election, then calls for Mitch McConnell to be “scorned” pic.twitter.com/EDqFVomcte
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2022
The game already happened, which you would know if you spent any time with people from Arkansas pic.twitter.com/7O5qwqT4Bn
— Cupcakes (@cupcakesarenice) September 4, 2022
Even Hershel Walker would find this stupid. https://t.co/7A6e3mUw1X
— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) September 4, 2022
Sure this is bad but has CNN reminded you today that Joe Biden did a speech in front of two Marines and so really both sides are exactly the same? https://t.co/gTht7G0liM
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) September 4, 2022
These are not recommended landmine clearing procedures:
This entire video is a deminer’s nightmare… https://t.co/fVY117JuvF
— ChrisO (@ChrisO_wiki) August 26, 2022
re: #152 wrenchwench
Remember airplanes with ashtrays? Or how about the Cadillacs that had ashtrays with lighters in them!
re: #123 Dangerman
Doesn’t look like anyone was even fazed.
re: #174 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Gun advice, not hidden this time.
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Think I’ll steal this joke:
Is the AR-15 good for feral hogs?
No, most hogs literally turn their noses up at the AR
because it is too short and the receiver and ejected
cases tend to burn their snouts.
Some hogs pack Barrett .50s but most are pretty traditional
and prefer a .50/90 Sharps or Remington Rolling Block.
re: #134 Crush White Nationalism
“On Aug. 24, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) called for Kiwi Farms to be taken down after she was swatted by a person claiming to be affiliated with the site. ‘Isn’t it concerning that such a website exists?’ Greene said in an interview with Newsmax. ‘That website needs to be taken down. There should be no business or any kind of service where you can target your enemy.’
It was around then that the company stopped selling Kiwi Farms a $20 per month service to customize error messages shown to web users when its pages wouldn’t load. On Saturday, it withdrew the remaining free services, which fend off denial-of-service attacks and speed content delivery by making copies of the site in many locations.”
So it took an attack on a rightwing kook to get them to change course. Interesting.
re: #135 Backwoods_Sleuth
Who would have food dropped off on their porch? What about ants or other bugs getting into the box? Good on those raccoons. I hope they enjoyed that pizza.
re: #176 Ace Rothstein
Remember airplanes with ashtrays? Or how about the Cadillacs that had ashtrays with lighters in them!
Yes, and yes, gramma had one. The most smoked-out I ever got though, was a Turkish bus at night, coming from the Greek border, going to Istanbul. In January, so I think the windows were shut.
IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps) tried again to steal some US Navy surface drones. This time they had them onboard and covered with a tarp when several US destroyers and helicopters showed up.
Iran Briefly Seized Two U.S. Navy Unmanned Sailboats In The Red Sea
Just days after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy attempted to capture a U.S. Navy Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel in the Persian Gulf, the Iranian Navy has now reportedly done the same with two more of the systems, this time in the Red Sea. The seizure was said to have taken place on Thursday with Iran eventually releasing the unmanned sailboats back into U.S. Navy custody on Friday, but the reasoning as to why it occurred in the first place remains murky.
Wow it’s *almost* like all of the people outraged by Biden’s speech were 100% full of shit and everyone should have just assumed it.
— A.R. (Actually Republic) Moxon (@JuliusGoat) September 4, 2022
Multiple vendors are selling Nazi flags at the #TrumpRally to prove just how strongly his supporters stand against fascism.
— Andrew Wortman 🏳️🌈🇺🇸 (@AmoneyResists) September 4, 2022
A growing number of liberals after Biden’s speech: pic.twitter.com/1JSy1GQA7V
— Roy Edroso (@edroso) September 3, 2022
re: #182 wrenchwench
I do not smoke, but seem to remember that it was in the 1980’s when US companies started to restrict where folks could smoke. First, there were restrictions inside buildings. Then, eventually, smoking had to be outside.
I will say that, even as a non-smoker, smoking did not bother me until years after it was banned. Only then I could smell the difference between a smoking and smoke-free environment. And only then did I notice the smell of tobacco smoke on smokers clothing and hair.
I remember the “No Smoking” signs on airlines for takeoff and landing which dated from before my traveling on airplanes.
And I remember the death of Canadian Folksinger Stan Rogers due to what was likely a smoker trying to secretly get one last puff in an airplane bathroom. The plane caught fire and 23 passengers died.
It’s official: your fucking cheese has slid completely off your fucking cracker https://t.co/2TgU8dSDKT
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) September 4, 2022
re: #187 ckkatz
I’ve always hated the smell of cigarette smoke. One of the best things my sister and I did as kids growing up was a harassment campaign vs. our parents whenever they smoked. They ended up quitting smoking long ago, and I like to think the harassment was part of it.
This speech went on way, way too long. Someone said 2 hours. Ridiculously long
It felt like he was stretching it out. Like he didn’t want to get offstage. Like he needed the crowd to tell him he’s ok— Laura Jedeed (@LauraJedeed) September 4, 2022
re: #184 jaunte
Trump claims Democrats are against God and the Founding Fathers pic.twitter.com/ATxkUcPE2w
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2022
No, we are against the false gods (lower case, plural) worshipped by the barbarous, materialistic Republicans, such as Mammon, the Golden Calf, and other heathen idols like Trump and Tucker Carlson.
re: #188 DodgerFan1988
I now have to find out about this group. Such a weirdo.
A little gem in this article linked below.
An account of a journalist attending a meeting of the SMOTJ in 2018 stated that a retired general discussed the possibility of using the organization’s worldwide contacts to open a backchannel to Russia.https://t.co/MerVItT40t— Darwin’s Bleach (@Bushfairyz) September 4, 2022
re: #192 Patricia Kayden
I wonder how many of them are trying to raise the perfect red heifer.
re: #189 EPR-radar
I’ve always hated the smell of cigarette smoke. One of the best things my sister and I did as kids growing up was a harassment campaign vs. our parents whenever they smoked. They ended up quitting smoking long ago, and I like to think the harassment was part of it.
Hah!
While I was not particularly bothered by my parents smoking. (My father smoked a pipe and my mother smoked cigarettes.) I was never averse to teasing the parents. At some point back in the 1970’s after family dinner but while still seated at the dinner table, as was custom, my father pulled out and lit up his pipe and my mother lit a cigarette.
By pre-arranged signal, I and my two brothers pulled out Parodi cigars and lit them up. At which point my mother put out her cigarette and my father put out his pipe. So we put out the cigars.
Amusingly, it was my younger sister who convinced my parents to reduce their smoking. She was a smoker who quit when she got married, convinced to stop by her husband, a non-smoker. And she then spread the ‘word’ to the ‘rents.
re: #187 ckkatz
I do not smoke, but seem to remember that it was in the 1980’s when US companies started to restrict where folks could smoke. First, there were restrictions inside buildings. Then, eventually, smoking had to be outside.
I will say that, even as a non-smoker, smoking did not bother me until years after it was banned. Only then I could smell the difference between a smoking and smoke-free environment. And only then did I notice the smell of tobacco smoke on smokers clothing and hair.
I remember the “No Smoking” signs on airlines for takeoff and landing which dated from before my traveling on airplanes.
And I remember the death of Canadian Folksinger Stan Rogers due to what was likely a smoker trying to secretly get one last puff in an airplane bathroom. The plane caught fire and 23 passengers died.
Oregon was among the first to ban indoor smoking. I was living in Portland in the 80s, and a friend from college visited. We were eating at a sidewalk cafe and he remarked that there seemed to be more smokers in Portland than most cities. It was because they were all hanging out on the sidewalk in front of where they work. Then he said it seemed remarkably clean, and just then, a passer-by chewed out a car passenger who dropped something out their window.
re: #86 nines09
Here’s a gem. It’s US 322
We were detoured to US322 when there was a big accident that shut down I-80 at Corsica. We were squashed between 18 wheelers and it took THREE FUCKING HOURS to drive 5 miles to where the 80 was open again.
re: #192 Patricia Kayden
I now have to find out about this group. Such a weirdo.
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I don’t know what group this is, but don’t confuse it with the Knights of Malta, which was in the news today. The tl;dr is that Pope Francis basically imposed a new constitution on the Knights of Malta, it limits the term of the grand master to 10 years, requires retirement at 85, and opens up the top offices in the order to non-European nobility.
Pope dissolves Knights of Malta leadership, issues new constitution
VATICAN CITY, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday dissolved the leadership of the Knights of Malta, the global Catholic religious order and humanitarian group, and installed a provisional government ahead of the election of a new Grand Master.
The change, which the pope issued in a decree, came after five years of often acrimonious debate within the order and between some top members of the old guard and the Vatican over a new constitution that some feared would weaken its sovereignty.
The group, whose formal name is Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, was founded in Jerusalem nearly 1,000 years ago to provide medical aid for pilgrims in the Holy Land.
It now has a multi-million dollar budget, 13,500 members, 95,000 volunteers and 52,000 medical staff running refugee camps, drug treatment centres, disaster relief programs and clinics around the world.
The order has been very active in helping Ukrainian refugees and war victims.
*snip*
Under the previous constitution, the top Knights and the Grand Master were required to have noble lineage, something reformers said excluded nearly everyone except Europeans from serving in top roles.
The new constitution eliminates the nobility rule as well as the tradition of Grand Masters being elected for life.
“It will be more democratic. The question of nobility has now become secondary,” Tomasi said.
Future Grand Masters will be elected for 10-year terms, renewable only once, and will have to step down at age 85.
re: #196 The Pie Overlord!
We were detoured to US322 when there was a big accident that shut down I-80 at Corsica. We were squashed between 18 wheelers and it took THREE FUCKING HOURS to drive 5 miles to where the 80 was open again.
I want to know what you did during that three hours…because I would have completely lost it. Which is why I have Audible books for long trips. And construction work.
Another family tobacco story.
My grandfather, Missouri farmer, used to smoke Bull Durham tobacco. Bull Durham tobacco is of the older “roll-your-own” variety.
Interestingly, that entire part of the family emigrated from Germany just before the Civil War and settled in Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas. (Part later married into the Younger family, of Jesse James fame.)
Anyway, a number of the family served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Mostly in under Sherman. After the capture of Atlanta and then Savannah, Sherman moved his command northward through Georgia, South Carolina, and then North Carolina.
As the war neared it’s end, Sherman’s Army encamped in what is now Durham County, North Carolina. Among the agricultural products seized for the Army’s use was a sizeable amount of local tobacco. Which proved of very high quality.
Apparently a lot of Missouri boys returned home addicted to tobacco smoking and with a very high regard for Durham tobacco. And their children and grand-children picked up the tradition.
I’m sure this won’t bother the guy sweating to the oldies in Wilkes-Barre at all. https://t.co/CkEsD53ehq
— Schooley (@Rschooley) September 4, 2022
A rich game show host criminal con man has tricked working class Americans into cheering for Saudi Arabia, China and Russia. https://t.co/u8MGANDj9r
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) September 4, 2022
Trump would be a better spy if wasn’t totally whacked out of his mind on Adderall. pic.twitter.com/PcF8dUfOzk
— The USA Singers (@TheUSASingers) September 4, 2022
#RMNP Trail Ridge Road is temporarily closed from Forest Canyon Overlook to Gore Range Overlook due to a vehicle off road. jr
— RockyNPS (@RockyNPS) September 2, 2022
NPS needs to work on their click bait… “Florida Man Flies Off Mountain”
Man is OK
On Thurs, Sep 1, #RMNP received a call from a visitor traveling on Trail Ridge Road who saw a vehicle off road. A small SUV with one occupant had driven off Trail Ridge Road east of Gore Range Overlook. To see the full news release visit https://t.co/swRw7l1zGx
— RockyNPS (@RockyNPS) September 2, 2022
re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth
Oh fuck, Trump is in Wilkes-Barre? We are going there tomorrow.
This truck is driving in circles around Trump’s speech right now playing this audio in Pennsylvania. pic.twitter.com/TEQgEcXCeR
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) September 4, 2022
1/2: In 2020, Trump called Democrats “fascists” in ‘20 while surrounded by military officials.
No one remembers it bc Dems didn’t feel threatened by his false claim.
Today, MAGA Republicans are angry at President Biden for a similar remark. Because they know it’s true. pic.twitter.com/ran6LASOys— Matthew Sheffield (@mattsheffield) September 2, 2022
Texas governor Hot Wheels says rape victims can prevent pregnancy by taking Plan B.
yahoo.com
More details about Barack Obama’s first #Emmys win: https://t.co/bmMpkeoe94
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 4, 2022
re: #82 LadyBehir
I amended my comment. Haven’t been out that road in a while. PA does have some of the prettiest scenery. Maybe not grand like the Rockies, but just soul satisfyingly pretty.
re: #205 The Pie Overlord!
Oh fuck, Trump is in Wilkes-Barre? We are going there tomorrow.
Wishing you and family safe travels!
Btw, a couple of miles North East of Wilkes-Barre (named partially for the same guy James Wilkes Booth was partially named for) are the townships of Forty Fort, Wyoming and Exeter. These are where the Revolutionary War “Wyoming Massacre” occurred.
re: #212 GlutenFreeJesus
Isn’t Plan B an abortifacient?
Yet another public confession of guilt for the @TheJusticeDept to use at trial. https://t.co/kTWLGcg430
— George Conway🌻 (@gtconway3d) September 4, 2022
re: #213 ckkatz
Wishing you and family safe travels!
Btw, a couple of miles North East of Wilkes-Barre (named partially for the same guy James Wilkes Booth was partially named for) are the townships of Forty Fort, Wyoming and Exeter. These are where the Revolutionary War “Wyoming Massacre” occurred.
Yeah those are right next to Kingston.
Voted against removing a Russian asset from the WH https://t.co/eMmFVDnW73
— Chris Meloni (@Chris_Meloni) September 3, 2022
?!?
Trump this morning: “The FBI…blatantly used their power to get a cognitively impaired Democrat elected President — in two elections.” (Two elections?)
Trump just now: “Last week, weirdo…Mark Zuckerberg came to the White House, kissed my ass.” (The dinner was in October 2019.) https://t.co/3ofLOzgkyy— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) September 4, 2022
1. Trump lied and said he sent “100 of my men” to Ground Zero to help with rescue/recovery. There is literally no record of this. [2]
— Jeff Pearlman (@jeffpearlman) September 4, 2022
3. Trump said he donated $10,000 to the 9.11 Fund. The 9.11 Fund had no record of this. [4]
— Jeff Pearlman (@jeffpearlman) September 4, 2022
6. The guy has milked 9.11 for y-e-a-r-s—which shows you how disgusting of a non-human he is, and always will be. #
— Jeff Pearlman (@jeffpearlman) September 4, 2022
re: #214 Ace Rothstein
Isn’t Plan B an abortifacient?
The article says it ‘prevents ovulation’. Which would mean if the woman has already ovulated, ain’t gonna work. My ancient understanding is that she’s fertile for 6 days post-ovulation.
Note to Democrats: Ignore the whining & vitriol & keep using the “f” word—over & over & over—until more independents feel ashamed to pull the R lever in the voting booth.
— howardrgold (@howardrgold1) September 3, 2022
re: #216 The Pie Overlord!
Yeah those are right next to Kingston.
That it is!
If you are coming from New York City, you’ll also be passing the site of another Revolutionary War Massacre, the Minisink Battle, near Barry, NY. (Not far from the Zane Grey Museum.)
It does sound like this was not a great area to be in during the Revolutionary War.
I’ve been to a Trump rally. *Not intentionally. A cop lost an eye. One lost a finger. Another suffered a heart attack. And a cop died on the scene. Lots of love for their country I saw from the rallygoers! #CommunityOverChaos https://t.co/qxhCupnt3a
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) September 4, 2022
Cynthia Hughes, who runs a support group for J6ers, spoke at tonight’s Trump rally. She told the story of her nephew Tim Cusanelli, a convicted Capitol rioter — and Nazi sympathizer, who said “Hitler should’ve finished the job.” This is their poster child for J6 “injustice.” /1 pic.twitter.com/bII5D95GXq
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) September 3, 2022
re: #224 ckkatz
That it is!
If you are coming from New York City, you’ll also be passing the site of another Revolutionary War Massacre, the Minisink Battle, near Barry, NY. (Not far from the Zane Grey Museum.)
It does sound like this was not a great area to be in during the Revolutionary War.
I read a lot of Zane Gray books. Don’t remember a single one. I get to read them all again!
re: #227 wrenchwench
I read a lot of Zane Gray books. Don’t remember a single one. I get to read them all again!
I know that feeling.
In the Army we used to call that “CRS”. For “Can’t Remember Stuff”. Except, we didn’t use the word ‘Stuff’.
/2 All she had to do was keep the pressure on and stand up to them. They couldn’t handle that and inevitably spiraled into psycho threats borne of enraged impotence. That sort of subnormal is so easily manipulated.
— EmptyFolderHat (@Popehat) September 3, 2022
re: #227 wrenchwench
My parents took all my (age 8-17) science fiction novels out to their country place to stock the bookshelf. Now that I live out here and have completely forgotten them, I have a big library to read again.
In honor of Sept 3rd being International Bacon Day I will post the obligatory bad Dad joke:
So this cowboy has been lost in the desert for days.
Suddenly he sees a tree that’s draped in bacon.
Screaming “A bacon tree! I’m saved!”.
And he runs to the tree.
But as he gets to the tree, shots ring out and he falls to ground, dead.
It wasn’t a bacon tree, it was a ham bush.
While trying to attack John Fetterman, Trump loses it and starts talking about being put in jail, “He wants them to get out of jail. Get out of jail. Let’s put Trump in jail . Let’s get these murderers let these murderers out. Put Trump in jail that Trump is no good.” pic.twitter.com/sgYCoHWjuI
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) September 4, 2022
As this Ukrainian M777 is firing GPS-guided M982 Excalibur projectiles its barrel points upwards to get the Excalibur to the maximum possible elevation, from where it will then glide to its target. https://t.co/i5zDJ6uB22
— Thomas C. Theiner (@noclador) September 3, 2022
Still 90F here after sunset, and the humidity is going up. Temperature is expected to only drop about 10F overnight.
Not really that legendary San Diego type of weather.
Hey media elites who mocked Pres Biden’s warning against republican fascism: where are you at with a nazi sympathizer appearing *on stage* tonight at this trump hate rally? https://t.co/MYPhZBX1b3
— Bill Pascrell, Jr. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@BillPascrell) September 4, 2022
I’m a sucker for the concept:
🎃📙The perfect addition to any home office or reading area.📚Such a distinctive bookend must be your best choice for placing books！highly recommended to you！
👉 https://t.co/yg9neaHgnI pic.twitter.com/ZVz1gSnDQv— ModernHome4u (@ModernHome4u) August 26, 2022
re: #236 A Cranky One
The scorpion pepper hot sauce was bomb diggity but coming out was something else.
This has stuck with me, mostly because I saved it on my phone. pic.twitter.com/Lq4mOR2L04
— Bill Nemacheck (@BillNemacheck) September 3, 2022
This thread discusses the Russian Army strongpoint just outside Kherson. It appears to be manned by Russian paratroopers who are reportedly putting up a very hard fight against the Ukrainians.
A major string point south of them collapsed when the troops manning it, Donetsk-Luhansk troops reportedly ran away. (These were the guys who are being forcibly grabbed right off the street by recruitment gangs and sent to the front with a few days training and inadequate and ancient military equipment. So their lack of enthusiasm is understandable.)
1/11 🧵 about what 🇺🇦 forces are facing when engaging the 🇷🇺 forces around #Chornobaivka airport.I have been working on mapping the positions since beginning of aug. & now the counter-offensive has started i think its time to share.@DefMon3 @AndrewPerpetua@ArtisanalAPT#OSINT pic.twitter.com/J3rZWOgYJg
— NLwartracker (@NLwartracker) September 3, 2022
re: #161 Jay C
OK, so: being fascinated by coins, I went and looked it up, and the picture of the coin in Trump’s idiotic pitch is actually that of an American Eagle (an official US bullion coin), though without the domination and weight on the reverse, as the actual coins have. The biggest one (“$50”) is one ounce of gold: the smallest (“$5”) 1/10 of an ounce. With the market price of gold around $1700/ounce, these are fairly pricey “premiums” to be being offered by a political pitch (especially by a notorious cheapskate like Trump), I’m thinking that those donors “qualified” for the coins probably aren’t going to need them - I really wonder if Newsmax draws that well-heeled a demographic…
re: #242 Jay C
This could possibly be the ugliest coin in human history.
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Not just the portrait of Trump, but look at that melted White House on the back.
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re: #243 jaunte
This could possibly be the ugliest coin in human history.
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The only use for that ugly thing IMO would be if they still had pay toilets 🚽…
I swear, I laughed so hard. 🤣😂🤣😂😅 pic.twitter.com/4Lst2gxSqw
— Samantha B. (@samanthabaisden) September 3, 2022
Let’s revisit the Nazi uniform breakdown for the Reclaim America bitches by the brilliant @vinn_ayy pic.twitter.com/A5s5M210xO
— George Hahn (@georgehahn) September 4, 2022
Trump praises Xi for ruling the Chinese people with an iron fist.
Seems a kind of semi-fascist sentiment.pic.twitter.com/UhYCsjtNON— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) September 4, 2022
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re: #188 DodgerFan1988
I belong to an actual secret society. Can’t identify it because, well, it’s a secret. I can tell you that this SMOT-J mob is a bullshit cosplay club for failed militarists.
List of prohibited items at tonight’s Trump rally😆😆😆: pic.twitter.com/wLdolkuflB
— ▄▀▄🅳🅰🅽🆃🅸🅵🅰▄▀▄ (@geargodd) September 3, 2022
re: #252 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
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Update: they had several guys searching and found maybe 85% of my samples. I talked to a supervisor and am filing a complaint. Thank goodness we take everything in triplicate or more.
— Silvia Newell (@NewellLab) September 3, 2022
Loving all the diverse characters in fantasy shows. Can there be more south Asians too please?! We are arguably the nerdiest and would love this especially
— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) September 4, 2022
re: #238 BigPapa
The scorpion pepper hot sauce was bomb diggity but coming out was something else.
You accepted a burning ring of fire
You ate Thai Thai Thai and the flame burned higher
And it burned burned burned, the ring of fire
The ring of fire.
re: #252 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Note that toasters are also prohibited. Commenters have come up with ingenious explanations but it is still a mystery. I could understand if they had a baptismal font for initiating new members into the MAGA/Golden Calf Cult, since terrorists could heave a plugged in toaster into it and fry the whole mob of initiates as well as the high priests (assuming they had a long enough extension cord).
A few years ago a Fundy preacher actually was electrocuted when he took a corded microphone with him so he could continue his harangue from the chest deep water of the baptismal font (which could more accurately be called a tank in Fundy churches).
Night all. Sweet scaly dreams.
I look forward to the unpacking of TFG’s “speech” tomorrow.
re: #257 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Do you know how hard it is to duck dozens of toasters thrown at the stage?
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Lost Pennsylvania by 80,555 votes.
Just bananas lying about the 2020 election, constantly, still, almost a full two years later. This was a fraction of tonight’s. https://t.co/Gul4mvQWqP— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 4, 2022
Bring it, Mango Mussolini! We double dog dare you!!!!
— Jack Light (@mtjwl) September 3, 2022
What pattern are you talKKKing about?
— Secular Ropman: unchilled antifascist (@adropwx) September 3, 2022
Nick Adams is one of those shitposters that belives any attention is good. Tweets utter nonsense.
re: #257 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Note that toasters are also prohibited. Commenters have come up with ingenious explanations but it is still a mystery.
Because toasters are the traditional welcome gift for the newly gay?
Second 6/6 in a row.
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On January 6, 2021, CNN had a chyron calling Trump’s January 6 speech a “desperate coup attempt.” And now the guy who funded that event owns CNN.
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 2, 2022
And this is just the money that can be publicly tracked. Who knows how much he’s donated in untrackable dark money. Anyway, yes, this guy is the primary financial stakeholder over at CNN now. https://t.co/MtR1Y63pM9 pic.twitter.com/tyWoCQFtbF
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 2, 2022
re: #268 Captain Ron
The merger of Warner media with Discovery to make the new corp WBD has brought about quite a few changes.
The new upper management appears to have come from the Discovery side and the old Turner and Warner people are no longer calling the shots.
To finance the merger, the new WBD CEO had to promise the money guys that he could find $3B in savings, which he has done by slashing left and right.
The CNN unit CEO left in Feb of this year. The new guy hired came from CBS, and his prior job was producing Colbert, etc. His bio does not make it seem like he is a right-wing stooge.
The reality we must always remember is that for-profit news outlets are owned by people who want to make money. And the wealthy keep their money by buying politicians. In a sense, the owners of WBD (and thus CNN) don’t really care about any ideology other than profits.
There are companies out there who are owned by religious fanatics and for them their properties can become crusades - e.g. Sinclair.
Others like Murdoch really do only worship mammon, and they will use their properties (in Murdoch’s case Fox News) to manipulate the masses to further their own bank accounts.
JCPOA was working!
stop the lies AIPAC!
Returning to #JCPOA will block the path, by removing all highly enriched uranium, also the inspection program will account for every ounce of uranium mined. !!!!
STOP THE LIE!— Kastor Ville (@Kastorville) September 3, 2022
They want us dead. All of us.
There you have it. At his PA rally Trump insisted that a priority of a Republican controlled congress will be to take away the hard won rights of the LGBTQ+ community. They have already rolled back the rights of women. This is not a drill. #IDPol #WeWontGoBack 🧵
— David Roth (@rothforIdaho) September 4, 2022
re: #274 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
There you have it. At his PA rally Trump insisted that a priority of a Republican controlled congress will be to take away the hard won rights of the LGBTQ+ community. They have already rolled back the rights of women. This is not a drill.
This needs to be the albatross around their necks. Or the hill that they choose to die on.
re: #275 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Hell, they’ll wear it with pride as it proves that they are the “real christians” and not those weak willed sheeple who, you know, actually live by the teaching of Christ.
re: #276 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Hell, they’ll wear it with pride as it proves that they are the “real christians” and not those weak willed sheeple who, you know, actually live by the teaching of Christ.
and that is their Achilles’ heel. The GOP Establishment was all about getting things like this done with a minimum of fanfare and publicity.
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Sometimes I think I bailed out on the right way too early. Look at all these creeps who were good foot soldiers for decades suddenly getting praised and rewarded for being never-Trumpers. I should have hung on and damaged the country for much longer so I could get in on this grift.
Not really. But goddamn.
Don’t be a George Bailey.
We are all grateful that you jumped when you did.
I used to come here to see what the other side was thinking. I left for many years and when I came back everything changed and I’ve lurked ever since.
re: #277 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
From your lips to the Mother’s ear. The older, somewhat more sane, GOP is a thing of the past. The new GQP is shouting the quite parts out load and it resonates with about 30% of the population. And while they may be a minority right now, if they manage to take the House back, there will be those who willingly follow them into the darkness. And that frankly scares the hell out of me.
re: #34 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Lunch pron. Lengua burrito from my favorite Mexican restaurant just around the corner.
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re: #243 jaunte
This could possibly be the ugliest coin in human history.
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looks more like Sean Hannity
re: #162 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #280 Axolotl
Well while I can’t speak for anyone but me, I actually like lengua’s taste and texture and that restaurant is the only one in town that serves it. But yeah, with all the rice and cheese in it along with the flour tortilla, it’s a high carb meal for sure.
re: #258 austin_blue
Night all. Sweet scaly dreams.
I look forward to the unpacking of TFG’s “speech” tomorrow.
Fascist doesn’t like being called a fascist.
How any of that nonsense was supposed to help their Pennsylvania elections is lost on me
Went back to one of my usual starting words and it paid off. Woohoo! Looks like showers setting up today - but will at least keep the temps in the lower 80s. Counting down until a Canadian cool front comes through sometime later this month to evacuate the humidity. A pleasant Sunday to all the folks who appreciate this site as much as I do!
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re: #283 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Well while I can’t speak for anyone but me, I actually like lengua’s taste and texture and that restaurant is the only one in town that serves it. But yeah, with all the rice and cheese in it along with the flower tortilla, it’s a high carb meal for sure.
I love tongue kosher deli style.
Sliced thin on rye with mustard
Oh look. Trump was calling the left fascists since at least August of 2020. There’s video of this speech too.
Do a word search for fascists.
re: #181 Patricia Kayden
Who would have food dropped off on their porch? What about ants or other bugs getting into the box? Good on those raccoons. I hope they enjoyed that pizza.
seriously. just wait until you get home to order the damned pizza. I would never touch food that got left out on my front stoop while I wasn’t in the house. Too many varmints around for that, one of whom has helped himself to all the loose change in my car a couple of times when I’ve forgotten to lock it.
re: #259 Captain Ron
Do you know how hard it is to duck dozens of toasters thrown at the stage?
re: #288 steve_davis
That varmint sounds spookily smart.
Pretty sure when Steve Bannon calls you ‘satanic’ that means you are winning. pic.twitter.com/NHhGnNV32Y
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) August 17, 2022
Steve,
Your strategy is to have a Muslim run around Pennsylvania calling fetterman satanic?
Latest news from the fronts:
- Ukrainian forces install a flag on the roof of Vysokopillia Hospital, in liberated Vysokopillya, Kherson Oblast;
- the Armed Forces managed to cross the Siverskyi Donets River in Donetsk region; pic.twitter.com/VPGOpDvqoc— ukraine_defence (@ukrdefence) September 4, 2022
re: #293 Dr Lizardo
From the feeds that I follow there has been a quietening of updates of late. I look forward to when we get a better glimpse of how the UA forces are doing.
I think Nance is there and he is only saying that he is in the field with all his gear and coffee.
re: #291 Dangerman
Steve,
Your strategy is to have a Muslim run around Pennsylvania calling fetterman satanic?
Hmmmm…. “Senator Satan”…. Sounds good to me!
Satan only played one season for Pittsburgh.
Temp was supposed to get down to 79F but it only made it to 84F and now it is rising.
Dramatic orange sunrise though as the dawn breaks through the clouds that never gave me rain.
PETER DOOCY: Mr. President, many Americans are asking, what is best in life?
DARK BRANDON: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women. C’mon man. The hell kind of stupid question is that— Hemry, Local Bartender (@BartenderHemry) September 3, 2022
And this flips the “out of touch” accusation on its head. A lot of media critics are out of touch with the sources for a lot of media coverage
— ProofOfBurden (@ProofofBurden) September 2, 2022
That’s why there is so much hollering about Biden’s speech. They really have disassociated themselves from what is plain if you talk to the whackjobs who are all in for Trump: These people would kill democracy dead to get Trump for Life
— ProofOfBurden (@ProofofBurden) September 2, 2022
Until our press grasps that the people they get beer with are downplaying fascism on the spurious notion that what they want matters more than what is happening we will keep getting the coverage we are getting
— ProofOfBurden (@ProofofBurden) September 2, 2022
Oh, I knew this was coming. Enjoy yourselves, hooligans. https://t.co/bVJT4SXvwx
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) September 3, 2022
It seems that faking his arrest when other Proud Boys have been arrested hasn’t gone over very well:
Gavin McInnes’s allies are turning on him as it becomes increasingly clear the Proud Boys founder faked his “arrest.” https://t.co/kxNR5lEKpn
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 31, 2022
Why must we wait until some of America’s ablest journalists are sacked before they are willing and able to tell America the truth?It is not “partisan” to explain what Trump and his anti-democracy movement are seeking.
It is not “taking sides” to point out that the Trump Republicans are trying to establish an authoritarian government in America.
It is not “violating journalistic standards” to tell the unvarnished truth about what America is facing today.
In fact, a failure to call out the Trump Republicans for what they are - liars, enablers, and accessories to crimes against the constitution - itself violates the most basic canons of journalistic ethics.
“Balanced journalism” does not exist halfway between facts and lies
Long thread in racism and industry in Birmingham, AL:
No Southern city has experienced a longer and more damaging legacy of environmental injustice than Birmingham.
To understand how the city’s north side became an American epicenter of environmental injustice, you need to know about a plant on 35th Avenue. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/jrUnBMmWMu— Max Blau (@MaxBlau) September 1, 2022
re: #252 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Appliances i.e. Toasters.
No cylons allowed?
So that we’re clear, they’re chanting “lock her up” for mishandling classified documents. At a Trump rally. In front of Donald Trump. https://t.co/r3i7aHE3lp
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) September 4, 2022
Who *he* failed to jail because his own admin investigated at least 4 times and concluded each time there was no there, there.
Besides lock her up raises way more money than “I locked her up”
re: #304 John Hughes
Yes, even the management in MAGAdom fail English.
LMAO
Ron DeSantis, the same guy who spent $300,000 on an ad portraying himself as a Tom Cruise-esque fighter pilot, just pulled out of the only debate with Charlie Crist that would’ve been broadcast statewide
What a tough guy, Ronnie 🤣— Lindy Li (@lindyli) September 4, 2022
Think he figured out Crist was going to hammer him on his plans to impose Texas-style abortion restrictions in violation of the state constitution if he’s reelected?
My wish list for next year if the Democrats retain Congress and add two seats to their Senate majority:
1) Reform the filibuster. I don’t mind if they give the minority plenty of time to debate, but at some point the majority must have the right to vote for passage of bills. The Senate is anti-majoritarian enough without giving just 41 Senators the power to block almost everything.
2) National abortion rights bill. If the Democrats retain control of Congress, that will be a clear mandate to protect reproductive freedom on a national basis, and should be the first bill enacted once the filibuster is out of the way.
3) Voting rights and election reform bill. It should be comprehensive, prohibiting gerrymandering, providing for same day registration, voting by mail, equitable access to drop boxes and in-person voting sites and early voting, prohibiting state officials from voiding the vote outcome, and clarifying the congressional certification process.
4) D.C. statehood. I’d like to see a referendum in Puerto Rico using rank choice voting between statehood, the status quo and independence to establish conclusively whether or not a majority of Puerto Rican voters prefer statehood or commonwealth status.
5) Court reform. At a minimum, SCOTUS should be expanded to 13 seats so the illegitimately seated reactionary majority loses its power to act as a GOP super-legislature. I’d also like to see SCOTUS ethics standards and federal judicial term limits.
That is an enormous agenda for one Congress. But other pressing issues that need to be addressed include more climate legislation, immigration reform, and gun control.
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My wish list for next year if the Democrats retain Congress and add two seats to their Senate majority:
1) Reform the filibuster. I don’t mind if they give the minority plenty of time to debate, but at some point the majority must have the right to vote for passage of bills. The Senate is anti-majoritarian enough without giving just 41 Senators the power to block almost everything.
2) National abortion rights bill. If the Democrats retain control of Congress, that will be a clear mandate to protect reproductive freedom on a national basis, and should be the first bill enacted once the filibuster is out of the way.
3) Voting rights and election reform bill. It should be comprehensive, prohibiting gerrymandering, providing for same day registration, voting by mail, equitable access to drop boxes and in-person voting sites and early voting, prohibiting state officials from voiding the vote outcome, and clarifying the congressional certification process.
4) D.C. statehood. I’d like to see a referendum in Puerto Rico using rank choice voting between statehood, the status quo and independence to establish conclusively whether or not a majority of Puerto Rican voters prefer statehood or commonwealth status.
5) Court reform. At a minimum, SCOTUS should be expanded to 13 seats so the illegitimately seated reactionary majority loses its power to act as a GOP super-legislature. I’d also like to see SCOTUS ethics standards and federal judicial term limits.
That is an enormous agenda for one Congress. But other pressing issues that need to be addressed include more climate legislation, immigration reform, and gun control.
So…governing
re: #288 steve_davis
seriously. just wait until you get home to order the damned pizza. I would never touch food that got left out on my front stoop while I wasn’t in the house. Too many varmints around for that, one of whom has helped himself to all the loose change in my car a couple of times when I’ve forgotten to lock it.
It’s the bugs. Critters will tear into the box, abscond with the goodies and call it a night. Bugs will gladly ride into your house and enjoy life.
ICK.
re: #291 Dangerman
Is Fetterman satanic??…his look .his vibe . his
associations .. has there been anyone in the
history of the country that exudes more just
pure evil than this guy …the Citizens of the
Commonwealth need to ask themselves- do
we want someone who hangs with Satanic
Groomers to represent us in the US Senate
Steve… Look in a mirror.
This guy talking about pure evil. GTFO.
re: #198 mmmirele
I want to know what you did during that three hours…because I would have completely lost it. Which is why I have Audible books for long trips. And construction work.
Zedushka listened to lectures on his headset, and I listened to my entire catalog of classical music from Albinoni to Vivaldi. We got back on the highway just as the Wagner started playing.
Umm…wow.
“German, whose work in Las Vegas spanned more than three decades, made a career of breaking big stories about everything from organized crime and government malfeasance to political scandals and the Oct. 1 mass shooting.” https://t.co/8YR82aBYwq
— Leah McElrath 🏳️🌈 (@leahmcelrath) September 4, 2022
re: #307 Dangerman
Crist should hold his own town hall with a empty fighter pilot suit draped over a podium. All the hot button issues should be discussed.
“Thank you Mr. Crist. Governor DeSantis, you have the floor…”
Smiley’s campaign told me this week her position has “always” been that Biden is “duly elected.” But when I asked for any evidence of Smiley having publicly said the “duly” part, the campaign didn’t provide any - instead sending another clip where she said Biden is president. https://t.co/A2k0N01dPN
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 4, 2022
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This woman is just awesome. Always willing to help.
Oh my! Im so honored. And excited.
I want to help in any way I can.
I know NASA has some excellent teaching aids.
I’ll look once I get some sleep. I just came off an overnight shift tending to the rocket and I can barely keep my eyes open. pic.twitter.com/gaWUvc33Vg— Capt’n Amy🌹💍Newlywed (@CaptnAmy) September 4, 2022
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As I’ve said many times, when you watch clips like this, it’s so clear that this - and not actually governing - is what Trump really likes to do: stand in front of an adoring crowd and ramble on about whatever’s on his mind. https://t.co/euz2pVTUPT
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) September 4, 2022
Jamie Raskin on CBS: “Two of the hallmarks of a fascist political party are, one, they don’t accept the results of elections that don’t go their way, and two, they embrace political violence. And I think that’s why President Biden was right to sound the alarm this week.” pic.twitter.com/9S13L7ZG3D
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2022
Did you catch the CBS interview with Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, and why Clinton wears pantsuit all the time? The reason is that during an interview, her panties were visible and an image of that was used on billboards across the country to sell lingerie.
Well this was an interesting story. Musician lizards, do not listen to the music samples, you’ll get a sad.
Aspiring influencers are paying big $ to pretend to be musicians just to get verified on Instagram.
At least they credit songwriters — with very real names like “wehkuudhs wehdgjg” & “caddfhjksf probfbksd” — who created the tracks they upload to Spotify.https://t.co/GoWAOu3Rs4— ProPublica (@propublica) September 3, 2022
re: #325 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Biden has opened the door
They can’t not talk about it now
re: #273 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Good Morning. Looks quite active to the south. I’d love for some of those showers to make it to the San Fernando Valley. Yesterday it was all in the mountains just north or further.
re: #323 Eclectic Cyborg
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re: #333 Dopamine Fish
Is that why “Blacks for Trump” is trending on Twitter this morning?
That is where I found this story.
re: #323 Eclectic Cyborg
Spoiler potential.
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re: #332 No Malarkey!
This isn’t exactly “new news”: the Blacks For Trump fools were exposed as a front for the Yahweh Ben Yahweh nut-cult back when TFG recruited them as stage-dressing for his campaign in 2016: guess they don’t have a lot of other gigs pending.
These loonies were headquartered in Miami, IIRC - must be something in the water in Florida…
re: #301 Belafon
It seems that faking his arrest when other Proud Boys have been arrested hasn’t gone over very well:
I guess it is a form of stolen valor - a sad, pathetic, feeble form of stolen valor.
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s response to those who called *him* and his movement “divisive”: “[W]e … are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. We bring it out in the open, where it can be seen and dealt with.” (1963)
— Ken Levy🇺🇸 ☮️ (@KenLevy2020) September 4, 2022
What the whut? https://t.co/KtUfU3q9BJ
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) September 4, 2022
re: #340 Belafon
Every one of them voted for what I call the ‘Chinese genocide bill,’ which would allow abortion up to moments before a child takes its first breath,” he ranted. “I think our candidates know how to message that and they’ll be just fine in the midterms.”
JFC.
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What’s the most polite way to say that, in this case, white people were truly the only target of this speech because it’s white people that will make or break our country over the next few years?
“I thought it was a great speech but he ignored indigenous Americans, African-Americans…If he was anchoring himself in 1776, there were a lot of people who were not included in ‘We the people…’” @DainaRameyBerry on President Biden’s speech this week #SundayShow pic.twitter.com/XucIMw8pV5
— The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart (@TheSundayShow) September 4, 2022
re: #340 Belafon
Tom Emmer is from MN 6th district. That’s Michele Bachmann’s old district. He’s not from IN as indicated in article.
re: #341 Eclectic Cyborg
Every one of them voted for what I call the ‘Chinese genocide bill,’ which would allow abortion up to moments before a child takes its first breath,” he ranted. “I think our candidates know how to message that and they’ll be just fine in the midterms.”
JFC.
In the real world, of course, women don’t carry a pregnancy for 9 months for the fun of killing their baby just before its born. Late term abortions are very rare, few doctors do them, and are almost always because the woman’s life is in grave danger or the baby has devastating deformities and won’t survive.
re: #345 No Malarkey!
In the real world, of course, women don’t carry a pregnancy for 9 months for the fun of killing their baby just before its born. Late term abortions are very rare, few doctors do them, and are almost always because the woman’s life is in grave danger or the baby has devastating deformities and won’t survive.
Well, remember, he’s a republican which means literally every time they utter a single word, it is a lie. Every word. Every sentence. Every paragraph. All lies.
For the MAGA Republicans too stupid to read, a coloring book graphic of what Trump stole: https://t.co/bIappOjifc
— Sara Spector (@Miriam2626) September 4, 2022
The GOP war on voting just took a new turn https://t.co/5dvCcaKdWn
— Raw Story (@RawStory) September 4, 2022
It’s about Republicans keeping citizen-driven ballot initiatives from being voted on.
re: #330 Dangerman
Biden has opened the door
They can’t not talk about it now
The flip side of the above is that not talking about it kept the door closed. If the immediate targets of the attack on democracy weren’t bringing it up, why would anyone else? I think a big part of the lack of media coverage of the threat of authoritarianism was the Democrat’s not making an issue of it.
TRAFFIC ALERT: S.R. 250 is closed at the bridge over Indian Creek near Pleasant/Bennington in Switzerland County due to flood damage. More information regarding repairs will be shared once available. ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/KiaEeFX0G3
— INDOT Southeast (@INDOTSoutheast) September 4, 2022
this is why you don’t drive through flood waters
The Nevada reporter Jeff German being murdered is a troubling event. If this is political it’s the next phase of violence.
re: #345 No Malarkey!
In the real world, of course, women don’t carry a pregnancy for 9 months for the fun of killing their baby just before its born. Late term abortions are very rare, few doctors do them, and are almost always because the woman’s life is in grave danger or the baby has devastating deformities and won’t survive.
True, but this guy is a Republican Congressman: to most of them ( and their voter base), “the real world” is a virtually irrelevant concept: way less important than the alt-construct they, and RW media have built up for them to inhabit.
EAST 91st!!!!
This is NOT a movie set, what the Fukc ?
This 91st & 2nd Avenue.@ericadamsfornyc LOCK THEM UP & KEEP THEM IN JAIL. pic.twitter.com/wlptFv4lnr— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) September 4, 2022
It’s been a fun few days of celebrating this good boy’s first birthday. pic.twitter.com/3e5ADQ1xDa
— President Biden (@POTUS) September 4, 2022
Who is the biggest asshole?
— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) September 4, 2022
re: #353 Backwoods_Sleuth
Looks like an armed robbery. I’ve heard of similar style robberies happening in L.A.
Dreams can come true… #Larry4Leader #YesWeCat pic.twitter.com/o9Ys8N9fNu
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) September 3, 2022
re: #358 Dr Lizardo
Looks like an armed robbery. I’ve heard of similar style robberies happening in L.A.
I was thinking a drug deal gone wrong
Maybe in this one they’ll let me have a scene with Harrison.🤞 https://t.co/V0dq6Oiffd
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) September 3, 2022
This is the cutest stalk I’ve ever seen. The ear scratching is just the best 😂 pic.twitter.com/omUxeEyxmq
— The Woof World (@TheWoofWorld) September 3, 2022
In terms of fascist lies, the truth does not matter and the leader can say ANYTHING and followers accept the lies as a sort of God given truth…this is also why Trumpism is a cult… https://t.co/d3ALr27NrX
— Finchelstein (@FinchelsteinF) September 4, 2022
Public servants — including public school teachers — you may be able to receive credit for past student loan payments that wouldn’t otherwise qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Visit https://t.co/SgdqAhyTr9 and apply before October 31.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 4, 2022
re: #359 Backwoods_Sleuth
He would make a good leader.
LOL
pic.twitter.com/tnVph27dtv— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) September 4, 2022
Just gonna leave this here… pic.twitter.com/kMbw9MCFmF
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) September 4, 2022
Fixed it.#TrumpRally pic.twitter.com/ndMQTWCqPg
— Paul Lahticks (@PaulLahticks) September 4, 2022
Summer’s over and the sheep are being moved to winter pasture.
Drive to the the boat pic.twitter.com/SkABneH1wI
— Anndra MacAmhlaidh MacLeòid (balach adag) (@Uigeach1) September 3, 2022
Taxi to the mainland - 6 trips today pic.twitter.com/r1fRjlzQMY
— Anndra MacAmhlaidh MacLeòid (balach adag) (@Uigeach1) September 3, 2022
If you’ve never been to a Trump rally you should go. It’s real America. It’s working class people who love their country.
It is NOT the DC crowd.— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) September 3, 2022
They’re not sending their best. pic.twitter.com/gOwZkVwU8V
— Jack Burgess (@jack_burgess81) September 4, 2022
re: #369 mmmirele
Summer’s over and the sheep are being moved to winter pasture.
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re: #371 Belafon
The real question is how they dealt with moving the wolf.
(slams Easy button)
en.wikipedia.org
Interesting and alarming thread:
Thread: Russians and digital mercenaries from the US ( Flynn, Prince) started a demonstration of power in Czech Republic, Prague. Why should you pay attention:
1. Cambridge Analytica tested their final performance (2016) years before in Czech Republic.— Alex Alvarova🇨🇦Victory to Ukraine🦅Author (@AlexAlvarova) September 4, 2022
CNN has gone from zero to Breitbart in 30 seconds pic.twitter.com/XIwos0184j
— Mark Gongloff (@markgongloff) September 4, 2022
“Coming soon on CNN: Race and IQ’s.”
re: #374 DodgerFan1988
They are running with the VDARE headline.
re: #374 DodgerFan1988
They included a whole exclusively white man and woman shipwreck scene for the snowflakes.
You actually went out and did it didn’t you?
You went on National Television and defended the ideology our Fathers fought against.#FASCISM
Shame on you Michael. Shame on you when you know better.
You seriously need to be banished to the private sector come November.— Under Liz Cheney’s Eye🦎 (@DaveoutofAustin) September 4, 2022
Watched the first two episodes of Rings of Power last night.
Excellent. Not perfect - Galadriel needs better writing among other things - but Elrond is quite interesting as were the sequences with Durin.
Not sure why this has to be said so many times, but: Ashli Babbitt is NOT a hero. She was a violent insurrectionist.
It’s a tragedy that the cult has her parents, as well. And it’s an even bigger tragedy that the folks who participated on January 6 did not learn their lesson. pic.twitter.com/53HamGE8Hy— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) September 4, 2022
These are people that learned the lessons of the overturning of Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and white terrorism.
Most people are calling this out for what it is…jealousy, envy. But I have seen some people refer to this as the “funniest” trait about TFG.
Truth is, the same envy TFG has for PBO is the same racist, jealous envy that led to the People’s Grocery Lynching in Memphis in 1892. https://t.co/VDJsxq9C3Q— ReclaimingMyTime (@MonieTalks_1) September 4, 2022
And the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
re: #378 Dave In Austin
profiles in cowardice with Michael McCaul pic.twitter.com/EimhsAfBIl
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2022
Too many guns on our streets. This latest incident is still under investigation so facts are developing. But as the Senator who represents Charleston and North Charleston I can say without fear of contradiction, too many guns on our streets. https://t.co/dQKPGiuJTe
— Sen. Marlon Kimpson (@KimpsonForSC) September 4, 2022
This dude: you can’t block me! 😒 pic.twitter.com/uFSzeVeLIt
— AskAubry 🦝 (@ask_aubry) September 1, 2022
And yes, I did block him again. Pretty sure he’s out there crying about his “rights”.🤣
— AskAubry 🦝 (@ask_aubry) September 1, 2022
Great news: According to the August jobs report, working-age women in America are back at work at a higher level than before the pandemic.
Under President Biden, we are building an economy that works for everyone.— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 4, 2022
Living the best life.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/ljzLBx1b0I
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) September 4, 2022
For reference:
This VJ Day marks 77 years since the end of WWII and the restoration of humanity. My father served in the U. S. Air Force as a B-17 bombardier in WWII and contributed to the successful operation, D-Day. I’ll always remember the sacrifice of my father and the Greatest Generation. pic.twitter.com/l39XMDFBII
— Michael McCaul (@RepMcCaul) September 2, 2022
The rejection in the arts to right wing ideologue pipeline is real https://t.co/6jJu0kPbfw
— eve6 (@Eve6) September 4, 2022
re: #389 Dave In Austin
During WWII it was called the Army Air Corp not the USAF. At least that is what my late dad told me.
re: #391 PhillyPretzel
During WWII it was called the Army Air Corp not the USAF. At least that is what my late dad told me.
Yep, it was right it their song till 1947, and was still the way I learned it as a kid.
re: #391 PhillyPretzel
During WWII it was called the Army Air Corp not the USAF. At least that is what my late dad told me.
The US Army Air Corps (1926-1941) was officialy renamed the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) on June 20, 1941, although the Air Corps term remained in colloquial usage among servicemen for some time afterward.
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