The founder of the Oath Keepers and several associates were convicted on charges related to planning the Jan 6th insurrection, and the Respect For Marriage Act passed the Senate with bipartisan support. #Colbert #Comedy #Monologue
Is it just me or is Kanye wearing a black mask while he utters his insane ssshhhaaavvviiinnnggg cream?
“Especially Hitler” is trending now. Elmo is tickled pink white.
We did it, everyone — it wasn’t Kanye, or Alex Jones’ InfoWars, or even “Especially Hitler”: Nope, we are the ones who collectively made the GOP DELETE A SH*T TWEET!!! pic.twitter.com/Izneu0JTi6
— The Astute Galoot (@TheAstuteGaloot) December 1, 2022
Oops.
Twitter alternative Hive shuts down its app to fix critical security issues | TechCrunchhttps://t.co/WKlalUWYv1— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 1, 2022
It took a sleep and a second cup of coffee, but I got another 4 for my growing collection.
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re: #5 wrenchwench
It took a sleep and a second cup of coffee, but I got another 4 for my growing collection.
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I’m stuck on guess 3. & I mean STUCK.
re: #6 HRH Stanley Sea
I’m stuck on guess 3. & I mean STUCK.
Have a cup of coffee and a nap. In opposite order.
truly a summit of the stupid pic.twitter.com/aEi8Ied9XW
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) December 1, 2022
Raw sewage.
I MEAN
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re: #8 DodgerFan1988
Incel Avengers.
White nationalist fascist Konklave.
Billboard’s top gospel artist of the year is an antisemite who admires Hitler.
This is 2022.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 1, 2022
re: #14 Belafon
Kanye has a gospel album?
Kanye West wins every Christian, gospel award at Billboard Music Awards
re: #16 Charles Johnson
Charles does he mean “Jesus is KKKing”?
re: #17 Joe Bacon
Kanye West wins every Christian, gospel award at Billboard Music Awards
Money and religion can mess up anything, especially each other.
THREAD. JFC.
ALEX JONES: You’re not Hitler. You’re not a nazi. You don’t deserve to be described as that.
KANYE: I see good things about Hitler, also.
(just now on Infowars)— Marisa Kabas (@MarisaKabas) December 1, 2022
re: #20 The Pie Overlord!
THREAD. JFC.
It’s sickening and yet this garbage has been completely mainstreamed thanks to trash peddlers like Alex Jones.
Highly recommend getting off the Kanye train before it inevitably reaches the “Hitler was a good guy” stop
— Good Deeds (@PaskyIgboks) October 2, 2018
Kanye is wrong about the microphone. The Nazis didn’t invent that, but they did invent the cassette tape recorder. You can thank Hitler for that mixtape you made in the 1980s, but I would recommend against doing so.
— gocart mozart (@EdMix13) December 1, 2022
re: #22 Eclectic Cyborg
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Love that episode:
I want to get on my knees and start pleasing Jesus
Feel his salvation wash over my face
😂 😂 😂
re: #21 William Lewis
I put this together for some friends of mine and thought perhaps someone here would find it interesting.
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The picture is of a Manhattanhenge sunrise in December.
The night after Solstice we would drink beer and jump over bonfires where I grew up.
re: #25 gocart mozart
Is that sort of like “Nazis advanced our understanding of hypothermia”?
If you’re one of the tens of millions of hardworking people wondering why your $10K or $20K student loan forgiveness is on hold, it’s b/c a GOP plaintiff who had $48K in PPP loans forgiven is suing b/c he’s only got only $10K—not $20K—in student loan forgiveness.🤦🏽♂️
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) December 1, 2022
JFCOATOMDJC (JFC on a tightrope over Mt. Doom juggling chainsaws)
thread:
Two incredibly normal outfits here pic.twitter.com/TljmrVygg8
— Anna Merlan (@annamerlan) December 1, 2022
That aged badly https://t.co/rw4rdbt7yZ
— Erik Halvorsen (@erikhalvorsen18) December 1, 2022
re: #27 Thanos
The night after Solstice we would drink beer and jump over bonfires where I grew up.
I think I saw some of your friends on the news when they set themselves on fire.
re: #31 lawhawk
Does this and other recent experiences start to make you wonder if your judgment is actually very poor? That you might be a narcissist with money that thinks he’s a lot smarter than he is?
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) December 1, 2022
For 2 months Jim Jordan refused to delete this tweet. Even after Kanye declared war on Jews. As he usually does, Jim looked the other way. Only after Kanye praised Hitler today did Jim delete the tweet. We have the receipts, Jim. And for 2 months you were cool with Jew-bashing. pic.twitter.com/kqzwkNW2pq
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) December 1, 2022
Funny to learn exactly where the line is for the Republican party.it’s not explicit but vaguely deniable antisemitism. No, it apparently only kicks in at openly praising Hitler. https://t.co/vMdJmG4Qci
— Dylan Reeve (@DylanReeve) December 1, 2022
Kanye had to literally praise Hitler and the Nazis before Jim Jordan’s House Judiciary Republicans deleted their pro-Kanye tweet. If you want to understand just how extreme the modern GOP is. https://t.co/il7QAg2EiO
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) December 1, 2022
Because of this crap I just doubled what I give monthly to HIAS.
re: #34 Crush White Nationalism
No. Being a billionaire means never having to have those hard conversations and dealing with consequences, ever.
re: #32 Crush White Nationalism
I think I saw some of your friends on the news when they set themselves on fire.
We only had one incident of that sort, and there was a nearby snowbank to roll them in before harm was done.
re: #35 Joe Bacon
GOP = white nationalist fascist party that is just a wee bit camera shy when they go full Nazi.
Not going over well. I am so old I remember when they said the Thruway was supposed to be paid off in 30 years, and the tolls would end, but they didn’t want to fire the toll collectors…
If approved the toll hike would go into effect on January first, 2024. There would be a number of public hearings between now and then.
The Thruway Authority also wants another five percent toll hike in 2027. The toll hike for out of state drivers and those without E-Z pass would increase a whopping 75 percent.
Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara is reacting by introducing a bill that would call for a two year freeze on any toll hikes.
The Thruway Authority says the toll hikes are necessary to meet its growing capital and infrastructure needs for a system that is approaching 70 years in age.”
re: #31 lawhawk
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Erik risks getting perma-banned for daring to criticize The Elmo.
Yeah, he’s marching lockstep with KKKanye!
Ron DeSantis urges allies to avoid discussing Donald Trump’s radioactive Mar-a-Lago dinner
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has reportedly advised his close allies to refrain from publicly weighing in on the controversy surrounding former President Donald Trump’s highly publicized dinner meeting with far-right influencer Nick Fuentes.
In short, DeSantis believes it’s best to do the one thing Trump seems unable to do: remain silent.
re: #39 Shropshire Slasher
Not going over well. I am so old I remember when they said the Thruway was supposed to be paid off in 30 years, and the tolls would end, but they didn’t want to fire the toll collectors…
Here in the DFW area, the tolls you pay are to pay for other roads in the area. I don’t mind paying them, because we desperately need transportation routes, but it’s not the road I’m driving on that I’m paying for.
re: #39 Shropshire Slasher
That proposed bill would override earlier legislation enacted back in 1992 that made the Thruway self-sufficient - that it would not get state or federal funds for operating expenses and maintenance. The Authority hasn’t raised rates in years, and they’ve got to deal with higher costs, just like everyone else.
Student loan forgiveness delayed until next year
re: #39 Shropshire Slasher
Not going over well. I am so old I remember when they said the Thruway was supposed to be paid off in 30 years, and the tolls would end, but they didn’t want to fire the toll collectors…
Right and the Mass Turnpike was only supposed to have tolls untill they paid off the bonds they issued to initially build it. Then they played all sorts of games to extend those bond payments, and when they couldn’t stretch it out any more they just said “screw it the tolls are permannet, as a matter a fact why don’t we add some on other roads into boston too”
Oh, and they had no problem firing toll workers to put in the automated tolling once it became feasible.
So I bought Mrs. Fish one of those Japanese chef’s knives as a Christmas gift, thanks to a recommendation from the Lizardim. It has arrived today, and it is BEAUTIFUL. Thank you. I can’t wait for her to open it on Christmas and be surprised; she has NO IDEA about it, because this is a thing she probably doesn’t even remember she’s asked for.
If I was still on Twitter I know I would be banned after replying to the garbage coming from the Hitler loves who are now mainstreamed there.
So he went even further into antisemitism, ending in “I like Hitler.” Is that what you advised him to do? https://t.co/0UBLAuSJSK
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 1, 2022
re: #48 Charles Johnson
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MAGA assholes are so desperate to worship anyone, and yet they ALWAYS beclown themselves in the end:
I love your guy’s friendship pic.twitter.com/y2thGNtU8b
— ✨Chicago✨ (@chicago_glenn) October 11, 2022
re: #46 Dopamine Fish
So I bought Mrs. Fish one of those Japanese chef’s knives as a Christmas gift, thanks to a recommendation from the Lizardim. It has arrived today, and it is BEAUTIFUL. Thank you. I can’t wait for her to open it on Christmas and be surprised; she has NO IDEA about it, because this is a thing she probably doesn’t even remember she’s asked for.
I can’t go on Chef’s Knives To Go without buying something. I have gotten a few of the Daovua knives because they are inexpensive, comfortable and I can get screaming sharp with a diamond plate.
I hope she enjoys it!
If I had money to throw away:
If the current results hold for the next 20 minutes, Japan and Costa Rica advance at the expense of powerhouses Spain and Germany, both of whom would be eliminated. INSANE!!!
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS THIS https://t.co/5Mniw0WQsM
— Spiro’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) December 1, 2022
re: #49 Dr. Matt
MAGA assholes are so desperate to worship anyone, and yet they ALWAYS beclown themselves in the end:
I remember the outrage over those two cute kids, and how well the fathers handled it. I don’t find that funny at all.
Earlier I wrote positively about Kyiv Independent.
This is another sign of them being real journalists.
This is the second part of our investigation into the International Legion – a military formation created for foreign fighters dedicated to defending Ukraine.
This article sheds light on previously unknown alleged misconduct by the Legion’s leadership.https://t.co/jm1JtnoKLM— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) November 30, 2022
re: #53 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #38 lawhawk
GOP = white nationalist fascist party that is just a wee bit camera shy when they go full Nazi.
As of today. Tomorrow, well that’s a whole ‘nother story.
tfw you notice that bots are reading your robots.txt file (which is supposed to mark pages “do not crawl”) to crawl the pages listed in it.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 1, 2022
I started logging the IPs that hit those pages, along with their referring pages.
Next step is to add any IPs that do this to a block list.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 1, 2022
‘The more you submit, the more we get paid’: How fintech fueled covid aid fraud https://t.co/zQRSX7pD0I
— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) December 1, 2022
re: #58 Dopamine Fish
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Very nice. When I was at home for thanksgiving my mom was complaining about how dull her knives were so I was thinking about getting her a nice Japanese knife, but I know she won’t really take care of it and any sort of high carbon steel will rust and she will hate it. So I am leaning towards just getting some of the Victorinox Fibrox pro knives, they seem to be what a lot of actual chef’s recommend for home use, and they are Americas Test kitchen top recommendation year after year.
Of course, I could just bring my worksharp sharpening set with me and sharpen her knives, but then I would have no idea what to get her for Christmas.
NEWS FROM ARIZONA— Federal Judge John Tuchi grants Maricopa County’s motion for sanctions in Kari Lake, et al v. Katie Hobbs, et al. Plaintiffs challenged election administration procedures, including requiring voter to cast ballots on paper ballots. @isaacstanbecker pic.twitter.com/fPXVO95vwl
— YvonneWingettSanchez 🏜 (@yvonnewingett) December 1, 2022
Why Chris Cillizza getting fired is great news for Donald Trump by Chris Cillizza https://t.co/cgoFKO1mBU
— Aaron 🇺🇸 (@BobbyBigWheel) December 1, 2022
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14 fun things you won’t believe Chris Cillizza will have time to do this holiday season
by Chris Cillizza— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) December 1, 2022
re: #65 Dr. Matt
Who is the douche on the left?
I think Nyet identified in his post #3-Neo-Nazi Owen Benjamin
re: #70 ckkatz
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It’s good to see him go. He’s written so many crappy articles and his voice is almost as awful as Tucker Carlson’s is.
Cillizza made millions by writing absolute garbage for CNN for years. He’ll be fine.
Just waiting to see if the New York Times or Washington Post will snatch up Cillizza.
re: #74 Joe Bacon
Just waiting to see if the New York Times or Washington Post will snatch up Cillizza.
Washington Times
re: #74 Joe Bacon
Just waiting to see if the New York Times or Washington Post will snatch up Cillizza.
Didn’t the WashPost basically dump him? Which drove him to CNN?
If I was Putin, I would want the American Right to undermine institutions, discredit free press, question reliability of voting, criticize NATO, accuse Zelensky of fraud, call the US military soft and woke, and blame my invasion of Ukraine on the American president.
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) December 1, 2022
re: #39 Shropshire Slasher
re: #42 Belafon
re: #43 lawhawk
This happened in the DC Region as well. The Dulles Airport Access Road has an associated local access highway called the “Toll Road”. It was supposed to drop the tolls when all the bonds were paid off.
However, once interest groups became dependent upon the revenue stream, that goal was forgotten.
All sorts of reasons were found to keep (and increase) the tolls. The current one is to pay for the DC Metro/Subway System to be extended to and past Dulles Airport.
Well this is interesting. It’s not something you’d see in the USA. In fact some of the things in this legislation would impinge on our 1st Amendment. I think the Liberal Democratic Party (currently in power) is trying very hard to make the whole “we were buddy buddy with the Unification Church for decades”, with all its implications, go away. Which is going to be hard to do since Komeito, a junior party in the LDP governing coalition, is the party of Soka Gakkai (as I learned from the innkeeper in Ota City last month).
Japanese govt. submits relief bill for victims of religious groups
Japan’s government has put forward a bill to help the financial victims of religious corporations.
That includes the religious group, formerly known as the Unification Church, which has been in the spotlight since the man who shot former prime minister Abe Shinzo cited its exploitation of his family as his motivation.
Now, new legislation aims to prevent more people from being targeted.
The legislation would ban corporate entities from soliciting donations from followers by implying they have a spiritual obligation to do so.
It also requires entities to consider whether their solicitation practices negatively impact the free will of their targets, or their ability to maintain their daily lives.
The bill also prohibits corporations from forcing individuals to take out loans or sell their houses to raise money for donations.
Violators could be punished with up to one year in prison, or a fine equal to about 7,300 dollars. Opposition parties have called for revisions to the bill.
Prime Minister Kishida Fumio said, “Once the bill is made into law, the government will keep working to make the legislation easier to apply and more effective by putting down the interpretation of its clauses in writing.”
The Diet is expected to discuss the new bill from next week and could enact it during the current session.
Pelosi announces House will take up same-sex marriage protections next Tuesday.
“I’m particularly happy because it will be one of the last bills I will sign as speaker”
Pelosi represents San Francisco, after all!— Sarah Ferris (@sarahnferris) December 1, 2022
re: #17 Joe Bacon
Kanye West wins every Christian, gospel award at Billboard Music Awards
I think this says volumes about Evangelical Christians more than it says anything about Kanye West, to be perfectly and bluntly honest.
And a Merry Christmas to you:
Today, Gannett begins laying off about 6% of its U.S. media division. Employees at @USATODAY are beginning to get calendar invites for meetings with editors and HR:https://t.co/CMXxjqltE9
— Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) December 1, 2022
re: #71 Joe Bacon
I think Nyet identified in his post #3-Neo-Nazi Owen Benjamin
Looks as a different douche to me.
Recipe time
Whipping Cream Cake: The Vintage Dessert the Internet Can’t Stop Baking
The original Whipping Cream Cake recipe is as follows:
1 cup butter
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
3 cups flour
1 carton (1/2 pint) whipping cream
2 tsp vanilla
Leave butter to soften at room temperature. Add sugar and cream well. Add one egg at a time, beating after each egg. Add flour and whipping cream (do NOT whip) alternately and add vanilla. Start in a COLD oven at 325 degrees. Bake one hour and 15 mins. Test for doneness.
Note that the recipe calls to start by putting the cake in a cold oven. As Courtney Kassel explains via Food52, this is an important step in a cake like this one, which is meant to be dense. “Baking from cold and warming up only to a relatively low heat (325°F) ensures the cake can slowly cook all the way through, before the outside browns or burns,” she writes.
After a lackluster match against Costa Rica, Japan regroups to beat Spain 2-1 to advance (with Spain) from Group E to round of 16. Yoku ganbarimashita.
A fiery sausage with lots of great Belgian fries (with mayo) and mulled wine. All is well.
Sounds like there will be a bunch of stuff happening at the House January 6th Committee meeting tomorrow.
Nov 30, 22 Friday’s Meeting
Jan 6 committee members are scheduled to have a key meeting on Friday to discuss its final report as well as the possibility of making criminal referrals, multiple sources tell CNN. https://t.co/UbGJLMFLJh https://t.co/n4PoAuqlLp pic.twitter.com/Ehbw59jYMh— Susan ☆ Whitney ☆ E Pluribus Unum ☆Out of Many,One (@SMBWhitney) November 30, 2022
The interesting thing in this is the long term planning. Pentagon clearly thinks Ukraine will be come out of this war and continue to be a major military power in Europe for a long time after. https://t.co/pBwdzhWbMd
— Phillips P. OBrien (@PhillipsPOBrien) December 1, 2022
re: #50 Joe Bacon
Kanye West just said 400 years of slavery was a choice
LET
THAT
SINK
IN
It was a choice — a choice by white people to demean and harm people of color to provide free labor. White people were not forced to do this; they did it so they wouldn’t have to pay others to work for them
Not a single soul said this
— King Wow (@wowthatshiphop) December 1, 2022
“When Elon Musk wanted to bring Donald Trump’s account back to Twitter, he turned to one of the platform’s most familiar features to legitimize the move—a poll,” Rolling Stone reports.
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“There’s just one problem, multiple former Twitter employees say. The social network’s polls are magnets for bots and other inauthentic accounts. They’re literally designed to be spammed and gamed.”
I think I’m gonna be sick.
Jesus taught love, kindness and forgiveness.
I used to think that turning the other cheek was weak & foolish, but I was the fool for not appreciating its profound wisdom.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 1, 2022
He is talking about the United States and United Kingdom bombing campaign against Germany during World War 2. Specifically he is discussing some of the failures there compared to what the Russians are trying with their rocketing against Ukraine.
Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy production are showing all the worst traits of strategic bombing in WWII. They are not consistent ans allow too much time for Ukraine to learn to adjust and repair. At this rate, the Ukrainians will just get better and better at coping. https://t.co/BKE9pr7A7A
— Phillips P. OBrien (@PhillipsPOBrien) December 1, 2022
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Was thinking more about allied strategic bombing in 1943. Trying to hit too many targets, taking too much time between raids on the same systems and not coordinating attacks (US and U.K. bombing very different things). Will develop this in my weekend update on substack. https://t.co/d8uzao9RMb
— Phillips P. OBrien (@PhillipsPOBrien) December 1, 2022
Once again the Corrupted Court comes out for voter suppression.
Supreme Court revives GOP’s ballot witness requirement in South Carolina: ‘Enabling state voter suppression’
The conservative-dominated U.S. Supreme Court late Monday largely revived a South Carolina law requiring that absentee ballots contain a witness signature, a Republican-passed mandate that could increase voters’ exposure to the coronavirus.
While overturning lower court decisions blocking the requirement, the high court’s ruling (pdf) allows for the counting of absentee ballots that have already been mailed in without witness signatures—as long as they are received by state election officials by October 7.
It begins: SCOTUS reinstates South Carolina witness signature requirement for mail ballots, which is insane restriction on voting during pandemic & social distancing
This is one of 29 ways GOP making it harder to vote https://t.co/duQ3ZM8Ofb https://t.co/5nckgPcIYJ— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 6, 2020
re: #96 Joe Bacon
This is no surprise. John Roberts has been working to make voting be only for rich white men since day one on the court. It’s not as obvious as some of the other crusades there because he doesn’t really care about the culture war issues. But he intends to make it as difficult as possible for most people to vote.
So, von der Leyen didn’t even ask herself, when announcing fake news that 100000 Ukrainians soldiers died, whether this was prima facie plausible at all. This does not bode well. We need leaders who are more in touch with reality.
re: #58 Dopamine Fish
I missed the original discussion. What brand of knife is this? I’m looking for a new meat cutting knife.
I was so sure that the GOP would figure out a way to sabotage the bill to stop the railroad strike but they didn’t.. cnn.com
Homemade fruitcake, rather the horrible commercial variants most people have tasted, can be spectacular. I went to a Scottish wedding years ago where the wedding cake was a custom-baked fruitcake, and it was heavenly.
— CCJ (@NastyOldWomyn) December 1, 2022
re: #99 The Pie Overlord!
I missed the original discussion. What brand of knife is this? I’m looking for a new meat cutting knife.
Here’s some of Elmo’s “free speech.” pic.twitter.com/FMvNhZEUvd
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) December 1, 2022
re: #55 Joe Bacon
THERE…ARE…NO…WORDS…
There are plenty of words. We just don’t commonly use them all at once.
When I was in high school, we used code words. “Number One” meant:
YnFKY21ISUU3aUx4M3BLckpFb3h4NGJlSmg2YWZtTDR6MWdUeFlwS3o3bz06OpCNtRbNulMs4K6v9nq7nmQ=
We didn’t need any other numbers.
Yes, I think putting neo-Nazis in jail and fining antisemites should be a thing in the US.
re: #101 ckkatz
I like fruitcake.
Used to make some myself.
Free yourself from the anti-fruitcake prejudice! Go find some quality fruitcake and enjoy.— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) December 1, 2022
re: #86 Joe Bacon
Recipe time
Whipping Cream Cake: The Vintage Dessert the Internet Can’t Stop Baking
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The original Whipping Cream Cake recipe is as follows:
1 cup butter
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
3 cups flour
1 carton (1/2 pint) whipping cream
2 tsp vanillaLeave butter to soften at room temperature. Add sugar and cream well. Add one egg at a time, beating after each egg. Add flour and whipping cream (do NOT whip) alternately and add vanilla. Start in a COLD oven at 325 degrees. Bake one hour and 15 mins. Test for doneness.
Note that the recipe calls to start by putting the cake in a cold oven. As Courtney Kassel explains via Food52, this is an important step in a cake like this one, which is meant to be dense. “Baking from cold and warming up only to a relatively low heat (325°F) ensures the cake can slowly cook all the way through, before the outside browns or burns,” she writes.
I have a kosher pareve (non-dairy) version of this:
Substitute 2 sticks Country Crock Plant Butter for the butter
1 carton Rich Whip for the heavy cream.
Proceed as directed.
Sorry it’s not vegan.
re: #99 The Pie Overlord!
I missed the original discussion. What brand of knife is this? I’m looking for a new meat cutting knife.
I see DF has already posted a link for you.
It’s a beautiful knife and I wish I could afford one.
Rings of Power is shooting its second season (has been for over a month) and so they announced some new characters, such as this guy:
Welcome Gabriel Akuwudike to the cast of #TheRingsOfPower! (1/7) pic.twitter.com/ll416dptsv
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) December 1, 2022
— freetoken fights fecking fascists (@freetoken) December 1, 2022
And of course the melanin content was too much for some people:
re: #110 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Be sure to reload for the correct tweet!
re: #56 Nyet
Interesting article! Thanks for posting.
This article alleges, among other things, corruption. If this is correct, I expect that the National Government will have to move against the legion quickly. At a minimum, due to pressure by the US, UK and other NATO donor countries.
Theft and sale of advanced weapons to outside parties, is something that the NATO donors are extremely sensitive about.
There have been several reported Russian Intelligence campaigns to label the donations as being sold to third parties in order to take advantage of that concern.
This could also be an effort by the National Government to disband the legions and integrate the soldiers into the regular army structure. Certainly it is time, as the Ukrainians have instituted conscription and no longer have a manpower (?person power?) shortage.
re: #99 The Pie Overlord!
Meat with or without bones? Without I’d go for something like a sujihiki. With bones a deba.
re: #94 Charles Johnson
Jesus also repeatedly scolded wealthy hypocrites who got on his nerves.
re: #115 William Lewis
niiice
(hopefully the fridge won’t appear)
re: #106 Nyet
Yes, I think putting neo-Nazis in jail and fining antisemites should be a thing in the US.
Should be easy but when half the country and one of the two major political parties have gone all in, there is much difficulty.
re: #101 ckkatz
Homemade fruitcake, rather the horrible commercial variants most people have tasted, can be spectacular. I went to a Scottish wedding years ago where the wedding cake was a custom-baked fruitcake, and it was heavenly.
— CCJ (@NastyOldWomyn) December 1, 2022
re: #117 sizzzzlerz
Should be easy but when half the country and one of the two major political parties have gone all in, there is much difficulty.
Not unless they commit a crime. The 1st Amendment gives them the right to put their hate on display. We can’t lock people up for beliefs here.
Hope Nazye will be stupid enough to travel to a EU country in the near future…
re: #119 Dangerman
Hah! Great video!
In light of the video you posted, I did find this on the same thread as the original posts -
I did a email poll for a client on this a few years back and, while working on that, found this: https://t.co/CCAltH1HMb
— KevinFenton (@KevinFenton) December 1, 2022
re: #123 Crush White Nationalism
Changing it would create worse problems.
Even discounting the harm of locking people up for speech, it would give Republicans the nation’s root password, and they’d make a lot of changes.
BREAKING: Arizona judge rules from the bench and orders Cochise County to certify its election results TODAY. 2 of the 3 county supervisors chose not to certify by Arizona’s statutory deadline on Monday due to conspiracy theories about voting machines. More to come.
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) December 1, 2022
‘Chris Cilliza’s tenure at CNN is over. Why this is a problem for Joe Biden.’
— Antifa Tech Support (@kronocide1) December 1, 2022
re: #126 Dopamine Fish
Cochise County is doing literally everything in their power - and several things that aren’t - in what really looks like an effort to get the Democrats another House seat. https://t.co/jdae9wzJJw
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) December 1, 2022
and another loss
“A federal judge has ordered former top Trump White House lawyers to provide additional grand jury testimony, rejecting former President Donald Trump’s privilege claims in the Justice Department’s criminal investigation of his effort to overturn the 2020 election,” CNN reports.
“Pat Cipollone, the Trump White House counsel, and his deputy, Patrick Philbin, appeared in September before the grand jury in Washington, DC, as part of the Justice Department probe, which is now being overseen by newly appointed special counsel Jack Smith.”
“Cipollone and Philbin declined to answer some questions at that time, citing Trump’s claims of executive and attorney-client privilege.”
re: #86 Joe Bacon
Published that on the blog. Thanks!
re: #126 Dopamine Fish
Isn’t this the same judge who, last legal go around, wasn’t having any of these supervisors’ nonsense either?
re: #129 Dopamine Fish
filed a motion to move the court proceedings from state court to a federal district court…that doesn’t exist:
i’ll remind everyone it took 6 long years of actual litigation to get to yes, ‘shall’ really means ‘shall’
Today is the 12th day in which Donald Trump has exhibited more self-control, keeping himself off Elmo’s Twitter, than I and millions of other people.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 1, 2022
re: #132 ckkatz
Isn’t this the same judge who, last legal go around, wasn’t having any of these supervisors’ nonsense either?
Yeah, but then this happened:
They have “District of Arizona” in the heading, and as long as they file it in the District of Arizona I doubt it would matter if the thing said it was being filed in the “District of Avalon.” Obvious scrivener’s errors are disregarded.
— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) December 1, 2022
It looks like the Cochise County Supervisors may have just managed to get the ball out of the state court after all, and delayed certification even further.
re: #105 Nyet
1st Amdt. is a blessing and a curse.
No. It’s a blessing, but like everything else is life needs moderation. The racists who use the first amendment to hate or harass would do away with it if they came to power.
re: #86 Joe Bacon
Recipe time
Whipping Cream Cake: The Vintage Dessert the Internet Can’t Stop Baking
I’m not interested in making that, but I really like its appearance.
If I made it, it would not look that good.
re: #134 ckkatz
Ouch! You really know how to cut someone deeply.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) December 1, 2022
No wonder that both Trump and now Musk tried to bully the Fed to cut rates. They are both kings of highly leveraged debt zombie enterprises and talking their own book https://t.co/cZzTzUy8V7
— Nouriel Roubini (@Nouriel) December 1, 2022
re: #123 Crush White Nationalism
Changing it would create worse problems.
I don’t think that’s necessarily so. It may well be necessary to have state censorship of sufficiently pernicious ideologies, as Germany currently does vs. Nazism.
Just like the pepper jelly I make annually with the mother, we make fruitcakes too. I’m all honestly, the ones we make are actually very good. I think the Southern Comfort we sneak in helps. 😏
re: #140 EPR-radar
I don’t think that’s necessarily so. It may well be necessary to have state censorship of sufficiently pernicious ideologies, as Germany currently does vs. Nazism.
Do you feel the same way if it comes with a constitutional ban on abortion and/or a state religion?
re: #141 GlutenFreeJesus
Oops. Forgot pic. 😅
And yea I do know it’s an acquired taste. We make a dozen or so every Christmas for friends etc. Many houses divided over this. 😂
re: #35 Joe Bacon
Since this is already a Johnny thread.
Stolen from Farker Soze at Fark:
re: #142 Crush White Nationalism
Do you feel the same way if it comes with a constitutional ban on abortion and/or a state religion?
I don’t accept an inherent link between these issues, except in the general sense that any government powerful enough to censor Nazis is also powerful enough to do many evil things if evil people end up running it.
To which the only answer possible is: do one’s best to stop the evil people from ruling.
re: #139 ckkatz
1 - what recession?
“The economy grew at an annual 2.9% pace in the third quarter, updated figures show, and the U.S. is on track to expand again in the waning months of 2022 despite growing worries of recession,” Marketwatch reports.
2 - he’s a day late
or in this case maybe he is regurgitating yesterday’s news in an attempt to look smart today
“Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated the central bank is on track to raise interest rates by a half percentage point at its next meeting, stepping down from an unprecedented series of four 0.75-point rate rises aimed at combating high inflation,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
BREAKING: @lawofruby reports the 11th Circuit has VACATED Judge Cannon’s order appointing a SPECIAL MASTER. More to come!!
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) December 1, 2022
re: #141 GlutenFreeJesus
Just like the pepper jelly I make annually with the mother, we make fruitcakes too. I’m all honestly, the ones we make are actually very good. I think the Southern Comfort we sneak in helps. 😏
into the cake or into the house?
re: #143 GlutenFreeJesus
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Oops. Forgot pic. 😅
And yea I do know it’s an acquired taste. We make a dozen or so every Christmas for friends etc. Many houses divided over this. 😂
When I think of fruitcake, I think of this:
I actually didn’t mind it, though the pound cake was much better. The variation in the early MRE’s however, was almost as vile as the Ham & Mother******s.
re: #145 EPR-radar
I don’t accept an inherent link between these issues, except in the general sense that any government powerful enough to censor Nazis is also powerful enough to do many evil things if evil people end up running it.
To which the only answer possible is: do one’s best to stop the evil people from ruling.
The link is a Constitutional convention. If we modify the Constitution, Republican’s “ideas” will contribute to, and may even dominate, the process.
re: #113 GlutenFreeJesus
Meat with or without bones? Without I’d go for something like a sujihiki. With bones a deba.
I am looking for a knife for cutting raw meat (with or without bones). I already have a carving knife for cooked meat.
re: #149 William Lewis
When I think of fruitcake, I think of this:
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I actually didn’t mind it, though the pound cake was much better. The variation in the early MRE’s however, was almost as vile as the Ham & Mother******s.
Couldn’t you just add a propellant and shoot that at the enemy?
Candace red-pilled Ye wayyy too hard and messed up her husband’s Parler bag https://t.co/WAqqDBBgrZ
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) December 1, 2022
re: #145 EPR-radar
I don’t accept an inherent link between these issues, except in the general sense that any government powerful enough to censor Nazis is also powerful enough to do many evil things if evil people end up running it.
To which the only answer possible is: do one’s best to stop the evil people from ruling.
Our track record in preventing evil people from getting elected hasn’t been all that good.
re: #146 Dangerman
“BUT THINGS COST TOO MUCH!!!!” - MAGA
“Take that up with the corporations that are making record profits and are only passing on those profits to themselves.” - Everyone else that is paying attention
re: #149 William Lewis
When I think of fruitcake, I think of this:
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I actually didn’t mind it, though the pound cake was much better. The variation in the early MRE’s however, was almost as vile as the Ham & Mother******s.
Yikes. 😂
The associated video is just under 13 minutes. Interesting comment on the “Plague Doctor Masks”, btw.
Fascinating video about the history of mask use since the time of the bubonic plague @NEJM. China’s experience with Manchurian plague probably made mask wearing more acceptable there. Anti-mask sentiment in US during 1918 flu. https://t.co/yAz0OH4NrH HT Julian Tang. My take… /1
— Linsey Marr (@linseymarr) December 1, 2022
re: #150 Crush White Nationalism
The link is a Constitutional convention. If we modify the Constitution, Republican’s “ideas” will contribute to, and may even dominate, the process.
Of course a US constitutional convention would be a circus, but the question of whether German anti-Nazi censorship is wrong (either in Germany or in a US imitation) remains thought-provoking.
There’s also the issue that SCOTUS can redefine nearly at will what is and isn’t protected expression under the first amendment. It would be an extremely modest level of judicial activism to make literal Nazi talk not protected under the first amendment.
re: #105 Nyet
1st Amdt. is a blessing and a curse.
“using free speech to stifle free speech”
Nobel Peace Prize winner @mariaressa says social media has “come in and used free speech to stifle free speech.”#Colbert pic.twitter.com/gu13bvWojH
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) November 30, 2022
re: #154 A Three Hour Tour
Our track record in preventing evil people from getting elected hasn’t been all that good.
Indeed. Letting evil people lie and scapegoat at will would appear to be a contributor to that problem.
Kanye took that, ‘Trump made it acceptable for us to be our worst selves and say whatever we want’ vibe to another level.
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) December 1, 2022
re: #162 Eclectic Cyborg
Every GOP candidate for 2024 is wondering how best to copy Ye’s crap for advantage in the primaries.
I guess that what-iffing about the Notice of Removal in the state court was all for nought:
🚨BREAKING: Hours after an Arizona Court orders it to do so, Cochise County, AZ votes 2-0 to certify the election.
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) December 1, 2022
re: #159 EPR-radar
Of course a US constitutional convention would be a circus, but the question of whether German anti-Nazi censorship is wrong (either in Germany or in a US imitation) remains thought-provoking.
There’s also the issue that SCOTUS can redefine nearly at will what is and isn’t protected expression under the first amendment. It would be an extremely modest level of judicial activism to make literal Nazi talk not protected under the first amendment.
I thought of SCOTUS as the safer path, but that’s a gain that’s lost with a single death.
I think we need to deprogram our authoritarians before this country can move forward. I have no idea how to do that.
Maybe we do need to fight at the SCOTUS level and just try to get what gains we can for as long as we can, but even that angle doesn’t look good at all at this time.
re: #161 EPR-radar
Indeed. Letting evil people lie and scapegoat at will would appear to be a contributor to that problem.
The point remains that you have to be very damned careful when giving the State the power to criminalize, fine, and imprison people on the basis of specific political beliefs, no matter how reprehensible those beliefs.
That is not a consideration to be bandied about lightly.
re: #166 A Three Hour Tour
The point remains that you have to be very damned careful when giving the State the power to criminalize, fine, and imprison people on the basis of specific political beliefs, no matter how reprehensible those beliefs.
That is not a consideration to be bandied about lightly.
Very true. And it is also true that the practical issue of Republicans seizing control of a US censorship office is a show stopper, since they would naturally only censor truth.
But the fact remains that lying and propaganda are so damn effective on so many people that the status quo on first amendment issues is not above criticism.
Special master Judge Dearie is out of a job he did well.
FLASH: 11th circuit court of appeals issues opinion against Trump in his lawsuit against the Department of Justice in Mar-a-Lago records case.
No more Special Master pic.twitter.com/7L7vZmXjiZ— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) December 1, 2022
re: #169 No Malarkey!
Judge Kannon’s Klown show has ended. It will be amusing if she tries to persist with her stupidity.
re: #147 Dopamine Fish
cnn:
…reversed a lower court’s order appointing a so-called special master to sort through thousands of documents found at Trump’s home to determine what should be off limits to investigators.
“The law is clear,” the appeals court wrote. “We cannot write a rule that allows any subject of a search warrant to block government investigations after the execution of the warrant. Nor can we write a rule that allows only former presidents to do so.”
The 11th Circuit said that either approach would be a “radical reordering of our caselaw limiting the federal courts’ involvement in criminal investigations” and that “both would violate bedrock separation-of-powers limitations.”
re: #170 EPR-radar
Judge Kannon’s Klown show has ended. It will be amusing if she tries to persist with her stupidity.
She has been told to dismiss it by the 11th Circuit, so except for that she’s done. Trump won’t get a reversal from SCOTUS.
re: #172 No Malarkey!
She has been told to dismiss it by the 11th Circuit, so except for that she’s done. Trump won’t get a reversal from SCOTUS.
That’s the logical answer, but there’s still the possibility of swivel-eyed lunacy from this judge. It all depends on just how stupid and in the tank for Trump she really is.
re: #141 GlutenFreeJesus
Just like the pepper jelly I make annually with the mother, we make fruitcakes too. I’m all honestly, the ones we make are actually very good. I think the Southern Comfort we sneak in helps. 😏
I was gonna say earlier…fruitcake demands spirits as a required ingredient.
re: #173 EPR-radar
That’s the logical answer, but there’s still the possibility of swivel-eyed lunacy from this judge. It all depends on just how stupid and in the tank for Trump she really is.
Can TFG (via one of his seemingly innumerable, if likely unpaid*, horde of legal “advisors”) appeal up the tree on his own? Or is this (yet another) “final block”….??
*voluntarily or not
re: #175 Jay C
Can TFG (via one of his seemingly innumerable, if likely unpaid*, horde of legal “advisors”) appeal up the tree on his own? Or is this (yet another) “final block”….??
*voluntarily or not
I suppose they could try to find another stupid Trumpist district court judge that’s not in the 11th circuit (and so not bound by this precedent), but it would have to be a very stupid judge to do that after the 11th circuit ruling here.
re: #166 A Three Hour Tour
The point remains that you have to be very damned careful when giving the State the power to criminalize, fine, and imprison people on the basis of specific political beliefs, no matter how reprehensible those beliefs.
That is not a consideration to be bandied about lightly.
all speech is not political speech.
there is a certain kind of hate talk going around lately.
spy45 does it in code. clever though he thinks, fooling no one, but adding a layer of plausible deniability.
West and Fuentes are skipping the coding.
a question may be whether this stuff qualifies as protected speech.
a separate question may be whether it qualifies as political speech; whether these are ‘political’ beliefs or some other animal altogether.
the mere fact that they could be moderated through the political system, by politicians debating and making laws, and judges ruling (imo) by itself doesnt make it political speech. any more than is the ubiquitous yelling ‘fire’ in a theater political speech.
re: #106 Nyet
Yes, I think putting neo-Nazis in jail and fining antisemites should be a thing in the US.
Not for their beliefs or speech. If thet actually do something more, sure, throw the book at them. But we shouldn’t have thought crimes or speech crimes (aside from the reasonable exceptions that already exist).
Every single American should know that Republicans just filibustered a Democratic bill that would give rail workers 7 days of paid sick leave.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) December 1, 2022
re: #167 William Lewis
For those of you who can’t do video:
The NTSB report says the air boss told the fighter formation to transition to a trail formation, fly in front of the bomber formation and head toward the 500-foot show line. The bombers were told to fly down the 1,000-foot show line.
The NTSB report says the 500-foot show line and the 1,000-foot show line were 500 feet and 1,000 feet from the airshow viewing line, behind where the audience viewed the show.
NTSB says altitude maneuvers weren’t discussed before the flight or while the airplanes were in the air. According to the data, when the fighter formation approached the designated performance area, the P-63 King Cobra was in a left bank and collided with the left side of the B-17 Flying Fortress, just behind of the wing section.
Both airplanes broke up in flight and hit the ground in a grassy area at the Dallas Executive Airport. The NTSB says a fire ignited in the wing center section of the B-17 as it descended and exploded upon ground impact.
Wreckage of the crash was scattered over Highway 67 and over the airfield at Dallas Executive Airport.
New today: Federal Bureau of Prisons says it is no longer housing it’s nearly 160k inmates in privately owned prisons, ending contracts with the private prisons pursuant to Biden’s 2021 AM executive order. pic.twitter.com/mRDN4jbK4g
— Rob Legare (@RobLegare) December 1, 2022
“A second measure adding seven paid sick days for rail workers passed on a mostly party-line vote in the House, but it fell eight votes short of a 60-vote threshold needed for passage in the Senate.”https://t.co/4CzY5swNmL
— anna j. clutterbuck-cook 🏳️🌈 (@feministlib) December 1, 2022
re: #171 Dangerman
also this part:
“In considering these arguments, we are faced with a choice: apply our usual test; drastically expand the availability of equitable jurisdiction for every subject of a search warrant; or carve out an unprecedented exception in our law for former presidents.”
re: #183 Dangerman
Judge Dearie, badly frustrated by being deprived of the opportunity to write an order explaining how stupid and indefensible Trump’s arguments are, is going to absolutely eviscerate some poor bastard appearing before him next week
— Popehat (@Popehat) December 1, 2022
re: #169 No Malarkey!
Special master Judge Dearie is out of a job he did well.
this part unconfirmed:
“The ruling was temporarily delayed as the judges, two of whom were appointed by Trump himself, one by Bush 43, couldn’t stop laughing”
This is Jetty. He never wants to hear you complain about his barking again. 13/10 pic.twitter.com/6n7Jh45Dsu
— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) December 1, 2022
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
And a meme is born.
so many things wrong with this Link
JUST IN TO @WPTV — Child shot when dad, under influence, ‘irresponsibly handled’ AR-15, according to @PSLPolice https://t.co/GLz4ikEJBF
— Ashleigh Walters (@AshleighWalters) November 30, 2022
35-year-old Daniel Weber, a jailhouse deputy in St Lucie County, Florida, was teaching his minor son how to clean a gun, on the day before Thanksgiving. Weber laid his AR-15 rifle on a “TV tray”. But when the “TV tray” fell forward, the rifle landed on the ground, causing it to fire a shot and hit Weber’s daughter; his daughter began to cry when she was struck on the lower hip/left abdomen. When he applied pressure to his daughter’s gunshot wound, Weber told his son to call for help.
like this part:
When Daniel Weber was taken to custody, authorities noticed the scent of alcohol on his body. Weber admitted that he drank at least six beers during that time, whilst his son claimed that Weber drank two beers and three “mixed drinks” consisting of whiskey and lemonade. His son also added that it’s routine for his father to drink “a few beers and few mixed drinks” prior to his shift.
re: #188 Dangerman
also:
Daniel Weber stated that he had “extensive knowledge of firearms”, given that he “handled several different types” for many years. He even boasted of never having any “accidental discharges with any firearms”, let alone any salient shooting incidents. However, Weber admitting that handling firearms is dangerous cannot make up for the fact that he was “extremely negligent”; the police report noted that Weber “failed to provide appropriate supervision for several minor children”.
re: #188 Dangerman
One wishes for guys like him to catch stray bullets with his crotch, because one can never hear enough screaming!
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re: #84 ckkatz
So glad I saw the handwriting on the wall and got out of journalism 10 years ago. Loved the job - be it as sports editor or news editor for a small-city paper. Aside from covering games/meetings, also had the chance to write opinion pieces. And investigative pieces such as exposing elected officials who were delinquent on their personal or business property taxes. But I was making less as a news editor in 2012 than I was as a sports editor in 1998. The job quit loving me back.
re: #191 TarHellion
So glad I saw the handwriting on the wall and got out of journalism 10 years ago. Loved the job - be it as sports editor or news editor for a small-city paper. Aside from covering games/meetings, also had the chance to write opinion pieces. And investigative pieces such as exposing elected officials who were delinquent on their personal or business property taxes. But I was making less as a news editor in 2012 than I was as a sports editor in 1998. The job quit loving me back.
That’s a shame. The plutocracy is obviously instituting Gilded Age v 2.0. Neutering the press is an essential part of that, and simply starving the press and/or turning it into entertainment may suffice to prevent any Muckrakers v 2.0.
re: #189 Eclectic Cyborg
also:
Daniel Weber stated that he had “extensive knowledge of firearms”, given that he “handled several different types” for many years. He even boasted of never having any “accidental discharges with any firearms”, let alone any salient shooting incidents. However, Weber admitting that handling firearms is dangerous cannot make up for the fact that he was “extremely negligent”; the police report noted that Weber “failed to provide appropriate supervision for several minor children”.
It may seem easy to laugh at household gun tragedies like this but keep in mind that, as I’ve related here in the past a few times, I myself at age 11 or so had a .22 Long rifle pointed at my head in my own house. It was held by an angry younger brother after a typical fight and our mother was directly behind me during this. He was then and is now at age 50 a gun nut. Also a MAGA “independent” voter. He has never voted anything other than Republican or Libertarian.
re: #193 Florida Panhandler
It may seem easy to laugh at household gun tragedies like this but keep in mind that, as I’ve related here in the past a few times, I myself at age 11 or so had a .22 Long rifle pointed at my head in my own house. It was held by an angry younger brother after a typical fight and our mother was directly behind me during this. He was then and is now at age 50 a gun nut. Also a MAGA “independent” voter. He has never voted anything other than Republican or Libertarian.
That’s the problem I’ve always had with the gun nut vision of America. I fail to see why every moment of anger between people in the US necessarily needs to be a heavily armed moment of anger.
In fact, that’s just completely fucking stupid.
re: #188 Dangerman
so many things wrong with this
I agree!
For example - To ‘clean’ an AR15 one needs to
A. clean the bore and chamber. (Inside of the barrel.) If there is a cartridge in the chamber, one cannot clean it or the bore.
B. remove and disassemble the bolt. Then clean the parts. An AR15 doesn’t fire if the bolt is removed and sitting in disassembled parts pile on the table in front of you.
Whatever that deputy was doing, he was _NOT_ cleaning that AR15.
As Stonekettle says. There are no accidental discharges, there are only negligent discharges.
re: #149 William Lewis
When I think of fruitcake, I think of this:
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I actually didn’t mind it, though the pound cake was much better. The variation in the early MRE’s however, was almost as vile as the Ham & Mother******s.
Peaches and Pound Cake! The very best eats that C-rats had to offer. I once opened a can of Ham&Limas and it had one bean swimming in a can of salty water that had a small glob of fat floating on top. We were getting towards the end of a 3-day supply rota and it was all I had left. Motherfuckers sent me a can with no ham and one motherfucking bean. The motherfuckers.
re: #191 TarHellion
So glad I saw the handwriting on the wall and got out of journalism 10 years ago. Loved the job - be it as sports editor or news editor for a small-city paper. Aside from covering games/meetings, also had the chance to write opinion pieces. And investigative pieces such as exposing elected officials who were delinquent on their personal or business property taxes. But I was making less as a news editor in 2012 than I was as a sports editor in 1998. The job quit loving me back.
re: #192 EPR-radar
That’s a shame. The plutocracy is obviously instituting Gilded Age v 2.0. Neutering the press is an essential part of that, and simply starving the press and/or turning it into entertainment may suffice to prevent any Muckrakers v 2.0.
I agree with EPR-radar, that is indeed a shame. (I was actually going to write “That really sucks.” But EPR did much better wordsmithing.)
And yes, good local reporters are critical to an informed society. But nobody seems to want to pay them a living wage.
I do wonder where we as a society are going. And how we are going to fill that need.
re: #181 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
Months ago when Biden announced this policy, my red hat cop cousin told me that Biden released all the prisoners. I calmly replied that no, he’s not renewing the contracts and the prisoners will be transferred to other facilities. He told me I was wrong, I showed him the receipts, and he still told me I was wrong. There is a very disturbing tendency of people in this country to believe what they want, not believe what is true.
re: #197 jeffreyw
Peaches and Pound Cake! The very best eats that C-rats had to offer.
Yes, and the spaghetti was good too. The last thing was to heat some water in a canteen cup, put in the coffee, sugar, creamer & then shred the john wayne chocolate bar into it. Once melted it made a nice mocha.
re: #197 jeffreyw
Yup, the disappointment of a fouled up meal will often echo through the ages. And an empty can of salty water would definitely qualify.
I didn’t mind most of the c-rations. The only one I really didn’t like was pork slices. Thick slabs of salty, fat infused gristle. Perfect for a hot sweaty day when one was already feeling a bit dehydrated. Just about anything else, though, worked for me.
Of course, growing up, I sat at the end of the table, after my two other brothers. And I knew that whatever made it down to me was not going to last for seconds servings.
re: #200 Ace Rothstein
Months ago when Biden announced this policy, my red hat cop cousin told me that Biden released all the prisoners. I calmly replied that no, he’s not renewing the contracts and the prisoners will be transferred to other facilities. He told me I was wrong, I showed him the receipts, and he still told me I was wrong. There is a very disturbing tendency of people in this country to believe what they want, not believe what is true.
“Alternative facts”
re: #64 lawhawk
The whole PPP thing was a cluster. Companies that didn’t need the money got the money, leaving small businesses and sole proprietors hung out to dry. And do I need to even *start* about how we just gave out millions upon millions of dollars to religious organizations? I remember how Joel Osteen’s church was one of those, but he got embarrassed enough that he gave the money back. So many other megachurches shamefully kept their hands on the money.
re: #196 ckkatz
I think he put the rifle on the tv tray so he could get up and get another drink.
re: #201 William Lewis
Yes, and the spaghetti was good too. The last thing was to heat some water in a canteen cup, put in the coffee, sugar, creamer & then shred the john wayne chocolate bar into it. Once melted it made a nice mocha.
We started getting LRRP rations in ‘69. My practice was to save all the creamers and sugars to mix with the cocoa powder that came in them. I didn’t drink coffee then, stared that when I married. Mrs J had to have hers and I fell in with her habit.
Tomorrow’s Wordle May have had one coffee too many.
Wordle 531 4/6
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Goddam three-putt.
SibData: 3,3,4
re: #202 ckkatz
Yup, the disappointment of a fouled up meal will often echo through the ages. And an empty can of salty water would definitely qualify.
I didn’t mind most of the c-rations. The only one I really didn’t like was pork slices. Thick slabs of salty, fat infused gristle. Perfect for a hot sweaty day when one was already feeling a bit dehydrated. Just about anything else, though, worked for me.
Of course, growing up, I sat at the end of the table, after my two other brothers. And I knew that whatever made it down to me was not going to last for seconds servings.
The only thing I could not abide was the ham and eggs, chopped.
“They used prejudice as a practical weapon to cripple the nation.”
Take a few minutes. Watch. Share. Don’t wait until they’re talking about you to care. We’ve been here before. https://t.co/CvmSxH4re1— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) December 2, 2022
Obama: Mr. Walker has been talking about issues that are of great importance to the people of Georgia like if it’s better to be a vampire or a werewolf.. This is a debate that I must confess I once had myself.. when I was 7 pic.twitter.com/TonaibyZ1u
— Acyn (@Acyn) December 2, 2022
re: #198 ckkatz
Journalism pay, especially at local papers, always sucked. But you could count on built-in overtime as a beat reporter, or generous year-end bonuses as a salaried member. That all began to go away with the rise of the internet in the 1990s. What totally killed local papers was the decision to go with “universal desks” - where the paper would be laid out at a central location - and the printing of papers at a single site 2 or 3 hours away.
We would still have control of what locally-generated articles would run on the front page. But the rest was up to a 22-year-old multiple states away. I remember fielding angry calls from our older readers (i.e. our base subscribers) about not having a write-up on the death of James Arness in the national feed.
The job was always a rush - be it the local team making the state finals, or covering a high-profile criminal case. Beyond that, we were giving readers news that was important to their lives: Tax rates, new water or sewer lines, large-employer expansions or closings. And all on a deadline. The structure today gives you “news” that occurred 2 or 3 days ago. Where once the front page was all local, now state or national wire stories dominate.
As a result, people turn to Fux “News” or internet conspiracy sites. No wonder my county now votes 75-25 for the GOP. Hell, we had 2 Democrats on the 5-member county commission as recently as 2010. There has been a rise in online “newspapers” that are funded by outside groups to push their ideology. And that will only continue. But there is something to be said for sticking it out through the 3-overtime game or the city council meeting that lasts 4 hours - all in order to break the news that the home team won or the city has agreed to rezone a property that just happens to be owned by the mayor’s real estate company.
re: #206 jeffreyw
We started getting LRRP rations in ‘69. My practice was to save all the creamers and sugars to mix with the cocoa powder that came in them. I didn’t drink coffee then, stared that when I married. Mrs J had to have hers and I fell in with her habit.
I remember during road marches when I was driving the tank down the autobahn, I’d take a packet of the instant coffee, pour it into my mouth and then wash the bitter stuff down with a big gulp from the canteen. Nasty taste but a fast caffeine hit.
re: #131 jeffreyw
Published that on the blog. Thanks!
Would you please give a link, again? Thank you.
Any updates on Diamond and her maybe COVID hospitalization?
re: #178 JC1
Not for their beliefs or speech. If thet actually do something more, sure, throw the book at them. But we shouldn’t have thought crimes or speech crimes (aside from the reasonable exceptions that already exist).
You’re right. Congress cannot give the government the power to censor speech. The potential for a “boomerang from hell” effect is too great.
There is something they can do, though, that would be highly effective in throttling hate speech and disinformation, and desirable in many other respects as well: Shut down the multi-level marketing industry and crack down on fraudulent product claims of all kinds. The MLM/health quack segment in particular is a driving force behind the conspiracy complex. The reason is obvious, science rejects their claims, so they must discredit science.
A closely related, and similarly enormous grift, the political pulpit pimps, must also be targeted. None of this requires any major change in existing laws and regulations. It requires the resources to go after the crooks. Outrageously obvious political activist preachers thumb their noses at the law because they know the IRS just does not have the resources to come after them. Any such change requires political change as well, since the Republican Party covers for all these liars and crooks in all kinds of ways. When (not if) the Democrats control both houses and the White House, this should be a priority use of that power.
re: #213 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Would you please give a link, again? Thank you.
re: #204 mmmirele
The whole PPP thing was a cluster. Companies that didn’t need the money got the money, leaving small businesses and sole proprietors hung out to dry. And do I need to even *start* about how we just gave out millions upon millions of dollars to religious organizations? I remember how Joel Osteen’s church was one of those, but he got embarrassed enough that he gave the money back. So many other megachurches shamefully kept their hands on the money.
They got so much because they were already structured to suck away free money.
re: #214 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Any updates on Diamond and her maybe COVID hospitalization?
I just took a look at sorryantivaxxer.com to see if anything is posted. There’s a reply posted that’s unconfirmed. Allegedly, Dimwit’s sister said she has Covid but I do not see any confirmation at this time.
I’m sure if that’s a fact it will wind up on sorryantivaxxer.com.
re: #129 Dopamine Fish
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Republicans: See, votes were withheld and it allowed Democrats to win a seat they shouldn’t have.
re: #196 ckkatz
I agree!
For example - To ‘clean’ an AR15 one needs to
A. clean the bore and chamber. (Inside of the barrel.) If there is a cartridge in the chamber, one cannot clean it or the bore.
B. remove and disassemble the bolt. Then clean the parts. An AR15 doesn’t fire if the bolt is removed and sitting in disassembled parts pile on the table in front of you.
Whatever that deputy was doing, he was _NOT_ cleaning that AR15.
As Stonekettle says. There are no accidental discharges, there are only negligent discharges.
He’s lying. He was being a drunk yahoo with his big gun.
Horrific.
re: #140 EPR-radar
I don’t think that’s necessarily so. It may well be necessary to have state censorship of sufficiently pernicious ideologies, as Germany currently does vs. Nazism.
I think there’s some terminological confusion going on here. Germany, for example does not censor Nazi speech. There is no “censorship office” checking things before they’re published. Germany censures Nazi speach. Do it in public and you can be tried, and if convicted in court, punished.
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