The Bob Cesca Podcast: Donald Puddin’ Trump

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Today’s program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show:

Donald Puddin’ Trump — [Explicit Content] House Ways and Means has Trump’s tax returns. Finally. David’s crush on special prosecutor Jack Smith. Trump thinks Smith has a “soft name.” Kanye West expresses his admiration for Hitler on the Alex Jones Show. Nick Fuentes might be a closet case. Who Said It? Elon Musk’s destruction of Twitter continues. The EU might force Elon to do the right thing. Twitter no longer enforcing COVID disinformation policy. Ron DeSantis and Jim Jordan want Congress to investigate Apple. Musk’s Neuralink. Matt Gaetz’s pimp gets 11 years. Arizona Republicans screwing themselves. With David “TRex” Ferguson, music by Gypsy Moths, Dave Molter, and more. Bob’s Linktree.

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383 comments
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 1, 2022 • 4:51:51pm

Asking our chef, Jeff:

re: #213 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Would you please give a link, again? Thank you.

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 4:55:31pm

A half hour from my house, this is happening.

This is obscene. Some asshole pulled this off last winter in Aspen, sold a parking spot close to the ski area base for $300,000.

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darthstar  Dec 1, 2022 • 4:56:01pm

BREAKING: Kanye is a piece of shit who hangs out with piece of shit Nick Fuentes and piece of shit Donald Trump and piece of shit Elon Musk and piece of shit Alex Jones.

I’m so tired of reading about those assholes on every fucking site…even Mastodon is getting littered with outrage whores looking for attention by calling out their bigotry.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Dec 1, 2022 • 4:58:08pm

Promoted:
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.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Dec 1, 2022 • 4:58:22pm

Kanye “Ye” West - The Emperor With No Clothes | Symptoms of bipolar mania

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jeffreyw  Dec 1, 2022 • 4:59:48pm

re: #1 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Asking our chef, Jeff:

whats4dinnersolutions.com

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darthstar  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:00:35pm

So apparently the one lawyer Trump was forced to pay up front didn’t show up to embarrass himself in Georgia.

Those who didn’t get paid up front continue to suffer.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:02:56pm
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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:03:51pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:03:59pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:05:19pm
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:09:30pm

re: #6 jeffreyw

Gratzi

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:13:09pm

Read the whole thing
Very straight forward. I am confident that Judge Cannon will understand it.

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The GOP is a racist terrorist organization  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:16:12pm
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jaunte  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:17:28pm

“…All of this is incredibly frustrating, not just another example of corporate looting of the public’s purse - a huge barrier to our public lands. The idea that the military industrial complex has ticketmastered Teddy Roosevelt’s public parks should shock our consciences.”

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:17:54pm

From 2018.

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darthstar  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:18:02pm

re: #13 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

Read the whole thing
Very straight forward. I am confident that Judge Cannon will understand it.

Isn’t she the Amy Coney Barrett of Florida?

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TarHellion  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:20:55pm

Reposting from previous thread - because in my mind it cuts to the essence of why the people, especially in rural areas, are not getting the information they deserve:

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.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:28:03pm
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Joe Bacon  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:31:06pm

I have to ask why is KKKanye doing the Baron Zemo thing?

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darthstar  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:32:15pm

So today was day 4 of my PDA (primary duty absence - an additional 5 days I get off compliments of the FDIC). Rained like hell this morning, so I took the boys for a short walk and then settled in to watch the World Cup…after a time I decided it was bloody movie time so I watched a really bad human hunting movie on Amazon, then took a short break to catch a little Nicole Wallace, then because I don’t give a fuck about Trump watched the remake of Firestarter from 2022…not bad. Decent child actress. Hope she does well. Then I realized I still had over two hours before the missus got home and watched Bullet Train - super fun, and while I love her dearly, I didn’t realize Sandra Bullock was in it until she was on camera at the end of the movie. Now I have to re-watch it to listen to her voice again.

But yeah, it’s worth the $5.99 early rental on Amazon. Lots of great characters and some weirdness. And that guy from Head of the Class is pretty good as a clumsy semi-lead.

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DodgerFan1988  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:32:41pm
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Joe Bacon  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:35:07pm

re: #1 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Asking our chef, Jeff:

In case you can’t access the link here is the recipe for that BLEEPING INCREDIBLE WHIPPING CREAM CAKE!

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.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:35:19pm

One chap posted “bollocks” but someone else said that was bollocks because it is used throughout the Anglosphere. Btw, “chap” is fairly common in rural California.

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Dangerman  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:43:14pm

re: #24 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

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One chap posted “bollocks” but someone else said that was bollocks because it is used throughout the Anglosphere. Btw, “chap” is fairly common in rural California.

Context is everything

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:46:29pm

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Dangerman  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:49:49pm

re: #24 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

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One chap posted “bollocks” but someone else said that was bollocks because it is used throughout the Anglosphere. Btw, “chap” is fairly common in rural California.

Snog?

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The Ghost of a Flea  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:55:43pm

I realize I keep saying almost the same thing, but:

Consider that around Kanye West there are dozens of entirely sane people who thought they could keep manage him, keep at exactly the right level of dog whistle such that he wouldn’t offend by being explicit…but would still convey the message…and could be dragged out to do a press circuit. You’re understandably pissed off, but you can’t isolate the dude when talking about this: Tucker Carlson took the time to soften his outright bigotry with editing, then called him wise. Pool and Jones tried to hand him euphemisms, construct versions of “well, it’s only Not Real Jews and Bad Jews that are like that.”

Sit with this discomfort—right now Ye got where he is in a way that reflects pre-existing flaws in the man, but the path for him to get there is beset with people acting against his best interest in the midst of what is very clearly cognitive dysfunction. Whatever that man could be—which might not even be a good person—people interested only in their bottom line have helped make him the worst version of himself possible.

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Charles Johnson  Dec 1, 2022 • 5:56:58pm

re: #28 The Ghost of a Flea

He’s very useful to the Republican Party.

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TarHellion  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:00:35pm

re: #24 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Nigel

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Charles Johnson  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:04:13pm
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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:13:53pm

I stopped posting when Fuckface was let back on.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:14:44pm

re: #24 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

One chap posted “bollocks” but someone else said that was bollocks because it is used throughout the Anglosphere. Btw, “chap” is fairly common in rural California.

Whinge (sorry Anymouse)
Blimey
Snug (a small den in a house)
Snogging
Boot (the trunk of a car)

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Charles Johnson  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:14:58pm
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TarHellion  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:15:39pm

Even with the year-over-year drop, Tesla still has a market cap 3 times that of Toyota. At some point, the same type of crypto collapse will impact Elmo.

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Amory Blaine  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:18:36pm

“We are all wired into a survival trip now. No more of the speed that fueled the 60’s. That was the fatal flaw in Tim Leary’s trip. He crashed around America selling “consciousness expansion” without ever giving a thought to the grim meat-hook realities that were lying in wait for all the people who took him seriously… All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought they could buy Peace and Understanding for three bucks a hit. But their loss and failure is ours too. What Leary took down with him was the central illusion of a whole life-style that he helped create… a generation of permanent cripples, failed seekers, who never understood the essential old-mystic fallacy of the Acid Culture: the desperate assumption that somebody… or at least some force - is tending the light at the end of the tunnel. ” -Raul Duke

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TarHellion  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:18:42pm

...

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Dangerman  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:22:02pm

re: #33 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Whinge (sorry Anymouse)
Blimey
Snug (a small den in a house)
Snogging
Boot (the trunk of a car)

As I said above the issue of boot and snug is context.
American English has those words.

The other three yeah.

Also barmy
Maybe arse

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:30:58pm

re: #30 TarHellion

Nigel

Reminds me of an anti-homophobe joke I heard years ago.

Two colonial types meet in a bar in Nairobi.
Colonial #1: “I say, have you heard anything of old Nigel? Haven’t seen him about lately.”
Colonial #2: “Why, yes. He’s gone native. Living up-country. In a tree. With a baboon.”
#1: “A baboon you say? Male or female?
#2: “Why, female of course. Nothing queer about old Nigel!”

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No Malarkey!  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:35:39pm

re: #8 Charles Johnson

Saw this while attending my son’s HS Band concert

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TarHellion  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:44:32pm

re: #39 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

I mean how many Americans are named Nigel? I have a co-worker with a son named Graham (like the Anglo-phile mom who named James Spader’s character from Sex, Lies and Videotape). But do we really have Nigels? In all my years, never run into an American Nigel.

Kind of like the SNL skit where mock Andy Rooney said, “Ever notice there are no Russians named Steve?”

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No Malarkey!  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:49:45pm

It’s Trump.

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Amory Blaine  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:52:08pm

Everything is a game. Degenerates.

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:53:15pm

Whoopsiedoodle…

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:56:41pm
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Florida Panhandler  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:57:04pm

re: #28 The Ghost of a Flea

Kanye West is not a good person. Kanye West is evil.

full stop.

His bi-polar disorder is not an excuse for identifying with mass exclusion, ethnic cleansing and mass murder. This has been a long-time affiliation. Kanye West has been and will be evil. Kanye is a believer in a long-term troll cult I used to deal with on a typical day walking through NYC Times Square. These nutball “Original Hebrew” trolls have been performing this hack schtick for decades based on long-time grievances relying on old fashioned misogyny and racial bigotry. They live to get reactions. Their motivation is not conversion, but cruelty.

Those that try and cover for Kanye are also evil. Those that edit interviews to soften his image are also complicit in evil. Those that make excuses are also finding themselves complicit.

Full stop.

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 6:58:58pm
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darthstar  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:02:10pm
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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:03:29pm

JFC

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sagehen  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:04:10pm

re: #24 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

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One chap posted “bollocks” but someone else said that was bollocks because it is used throughout the Anglosphere. Btw, “chap” is fairly common in rural California.

Dodgy

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Amory Blaine  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:07:12pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

holy fuck dude

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So Cal Greek Hippie  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:08:22pm

Lecture at Unknown American University in Eisenhower Administration

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:08:37pm

Kanye is very obviously going through a manic episode right fucking now, his Twitter is a firehose of bad craziness.

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Joe Bacon  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:10:34pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

This is more accurate.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:12:27pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

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Amory Blaine  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:12:50pm

Kanye is a grown man. He can’t blame anyone but himself for his behavior.

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:14:52pm

re: #53 teleskiguy

I’m not downplaying anything Kanye is doing. He’s a fucking monster at this point with the shit he’s saying, it’s Goebbels stuff. But he’s obviously also not right in the gulliver. And his mania is pretty well documented.

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No Malarkey!  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:16:07pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

JFC

Let’s see if Elon allows this obscenity to stay up.

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:21:42pm

Oh yeah? Do tell. Was it Kim’s sex tape that came out *before* you folks got married?

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Joe Bacon  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:23:26pm

It’s so f’n disgusting to walk to the gym and see buildings painting over swastikas with “Kanye is Right” or “Ye Tells The Truth”.

The next day after the buildings have been painted over once again the swastikas. and Kanye Shit appear again.

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FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt'n 😷 Trips  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:24:04pm

re: #58 No Malarkey!

Let’s see if Elon allows this obscenity to stay up.

He won’t have it taken down because it is a known religious symbol.
You can be offended all you want, but it is infact the symbol of the (not Nazi) Raëlism faith, no matter of crazy you believe them to be.

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Joe Bacon  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:28:04pm

Now what did he do to wind up like this?

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No Malarkey!  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:30:00pm

re: #61 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

He won’t have it taken down because it is a known religious symbol.
You can be offended all you want, but it is infact the symbol of the (not Nazi) Raëlism faith, no matter of crazy you believe them to be.

Is seems designed for the purpose of deeply offending Jews, or any other decent human being.

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darthstar  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:32:32pm

Somebody call me when Ye and the rest of those stupid fuckers trolling the planet with their over the top Hitler worship are all found in a ditch somewhere.

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:35:44pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

This tweet is deliberate blatant anti-semitism. If you interpret it any other way, well…

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:38:36pm
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Crush White Nationalism  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:40:04pm
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Dr Lizardo  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:48:01pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

I didn’t know that Ye was a Raëlian. That’s their old symbol, as I recall.

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:53:55pm

This is why we need to PAY ATTENTION.

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:58:16pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

JFC

Twitter nuked it.

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:58:39pm

The anti-semitism we’ve all witnessed in the era of Fuckface Von Clownstick has me genuinely spooked. This is very dangerous stuff. But, then again, I read a wide variety of books.

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 1, 2022 • 7:59:43pm

re: #58 No Malarkey!

Let’s see if Elon allows this obscenity to stay up.

It’s gone.

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sagehen  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:00:18pm

re: #69 teleskiguy

This is why we need to PAY ATTENTION.

[Embedded content]

Kanye has 32 million Twitter followers.

That’s twice as many Jews as there are in the world. (more than 10% of whom are in NYC).

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:00:25pm

re: #70 The Pie Overlord!

Twitter nuked it.

Good. Though I’m not encouraged. See my previous comment.

I took a screenshot of the evil vile tweet.

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:03:12pm

re: #73 sagehen

Kanye has 32 million Twitter followers.

That’s twice as many Jews as there are in the world. (more than 10% of whom are in NYC).

That’s not necessarily 32 million people. The lions share of extremely high follow counts on Twitter are bots. Fuckface Von Clownstick was easy to clown on because he’d always tout his high social media follow count but upon closer analysis it turned out that a good majority of his Twitter followers were fake.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:04:24pm

re: #61 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips

He won’t have it taken down because it is a known religious symbol.
You can be offended all you want, but it is infact the symbol of the (not Nazi) Raëlism faith, no matter of crazy you believe them to be.

It’s a liiiiittle different.

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:04:49pm

Anyone remember the GRU psyop @TEN_GOP? I certainly do. That was back in 2016.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:06:16pm

re: #70 The Pie Overlord!

Twitter nuked it.

Commies!

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GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:07:34pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

And Eloon wonders why advertisers are leaving.

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:08:18pm

re: #77 teleskiguy

Russian Twitter account pretending to be Tennessee GOP fools celebrities, politicians | Chicago Tribune

Article was published 18 October 2017.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:11:32pm

re: #76 GlutenFreeJesus

The symbol Ye showed there was the Raëlians symbol prior to 1992 - that’s when they changed it after accusations of anti-Semitism.

en.wikipedia.org

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Crush White Nationalism  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:11:45pm

re: #76 GlutenFreeJesus

It’s a liiiiittle different.

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They’re both from the cult.

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Captain Ron  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:16:26pm
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GlutenFreeJesus  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:21:44pm

re: #81 Dr Lizardo

That’s what I get for not reading further. Ty!

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Joe Bacon  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:33:41pm

Brits Can Finally Enjoy Frozen Baked Bean Pizza Again

Earlier this year, the Donatos pizza chain commissioned a survey to determine what pizza toppings American pie-eaters loved and loathed. Our collective faves were mostly unsurprising with pepperoni, sausage, and onions finishing in the top three — and we were less enthusiastic about pizzas topped with anchovies, pineapple, and jalapeños.

But America’s pizza palate hasn’t been challenged by the frozen pie that has just reappeared in English supermarkets. For the first time since 2003, the Heinz Baked Beanz Pizza is back in stock, and yes, that’s exactly what it sounds like: the frozen pie is topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella, cheddar, and a liberal helping of Heinz baked beans.

foodandwine.com

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retired cynic  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:34:37pm

re: #85 Joe Bacon

Oh.

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:37:24pm

For posterity.

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:40:12pm

re: #85 Joe Bacon

This is gross. Thanks for sharing, you magnificent bastard!

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mmmirele  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:41:05pm

OK, so earlier this week, Evangelical Twitter’s far-right flank was being torn apart by the revelation that one Thomas Achord, the podcast partner of the author of “The Case For Christian Nationalism,” was a stone racist who had compiled a book of quotes to defend his particular form of racism, called “kinism”. Popehat talked about it, and today there’s some follow up observations.

In my opinion, many of the men who are sad about how Achord was a stone racist, but he had to be fired from his job as a Classical Christian school headmaster are in fact racists themselves. Without getting into Popehat’s math, I’d just say they likely think Achord said the quiet part out loud.

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jaunte  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:41:49pm

re: #85 Joe Bacon

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:42:38pm

re: #90 jaunte

This is the appropriate response.

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jaunte  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:43:05pm

re: #91 teleskiguy

All the penalties.

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jaunte  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:44:08pm

Ordinarily I’m pretty tolerant of food choices, but baked beans don’t enhance anything.

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Patricia Kayden  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:44:45pm
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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:47:28pm

re: #93 jaunte

My pops has a real liking to Ranch Style Beans™, ever since I was a kid and continues to this day and I’m all like *blecch*.

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Jay C  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:53:40pm

re: #90 jaunte

[Embedded content]

Hey!
Could be worse!
Could have p*n**ppl*…..

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austin_blue  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:54:52pm

re: #27 Dangerman

Snog?

Argy Bargies?

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jaunte  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:55:08pm

re: #96 Jay C

That I understand, because it provides the acid. Sugary baked beans on pizza just takes it in a weird direction.

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Dave In Austin  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:58:01pm

re: #98 jaunte

That I understand, because it provides the acid. Sugary baked beans on pizza just takes it in a weird direction.

Baked Beans and cheese on toast……

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jaunte  Dec 1, 2022 • 8:59:50pm

re: #99 Dave In Austin

Maybe I should try some of this intriguing Klingon cuisine.

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mmmirele  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:05:21pm

Now on to Southern Baptist Convention news:

And then we have this, which would just be “oh yeah, a bunch of SBC preachers are meeting to have a self-indulgent preacherfest”:

Except that the second guy in the top row, Johnny Hunt, well…

And what was Hunt, a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, accused of? Why, when the Southern Baptist Convention’s sexual abuse report came out last May, Hunt stood credibly accused of the following:

A former Southern Baptist Convention leader stepped inside the Florida beachside condo of a pastor’s wife, 24 years younger, pulled down her shorts, pinned her to the couch, got on top of her and pulled up her shirt.

The assault on July 25, 2010, is one of the more graphic descriptions of sex abuse in a blockbuster report, conducted by third-party investigation firm Guidepost Solutions, and made public by the Southern Baptist Convention on Sunday (May 22).

But the details pale in comparison with the identity of the alleged perpetrator: Johnny Hunt, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, longtime Georgia megachurch pastor and until last week, senior vice president of evangelism and leadership at the denomination’s North American Mission Board. Hunt has denied the allegations.

religionnews.com

So, six months after it was discovered that Hunt had sexually assaulted a pastor’s wife in *2010*, this collection of pastors say it’s OK for Hunt to preach again, just as the 2023 Great Commission Weekend conference added Hunt (and others) to its lineup of preachers.

November 12, 2022

November 29, 2022

As you can imagine, this led to the organizer of the conference saying that Hunt was no longer coming.

However, Timothy Pigg wrote the following in his letter when announcing Hunt was no longer coming:

In a stroke of naivete, I did not in wisdom allow enough time to pass before inviting Dr. Johnny Hunt. Therefore, I have asked Dr. Johnny Hunt to step aside from being with us at our 2023 Great Commission Weekend.

Obviously, many, many people pointed out that Hunt should never be allowed to step into a pulpit again.

My comment:

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Egregious Philbin  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:05:30pm

re: #56 Amory Blaine

He needs an involuntary commitment to a mental health hospital, and after 72 hours, a further commitment to at least 90 days. I’ve seen this too many times, he is bipolar and on a high right now, but the highs get higher and the lows get lower, and it usually ends in suicide.

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jaunte  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:06:37pm

From wikipedia:

In 2001, Raël (Claude Vorilhon, aged 55) married a 16-year-old ballet student. Raëlism discourages marriage, and this instance was done for expediency, because he had been questioned by customs officials when traveling with her across borders. They subsequently divorced but remained a couple.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:06:44pm

re: #99 Dave In Austin

Baked Beans and cheese on toast……

Actually it is from the bottom up, toast (whole wheat), Bushes baked beans, over medium egg and shredded cheese. Just saying…….

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jaunte  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:12:40pm
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austin_blue  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:12:54pm

re: #90 jaunte

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A straight red is a bit harsh for a second-hand foul. Can we go to VAR?

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ckkatz  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:19:12pm

Welcome to my TED talk:

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Why yes, I did just return from the grocery store. Why do you ask?

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:22:32pm

Saw a video clip this evening of a white Republican Georgia voter who said he voted for Walker in both the general and the runoff — and the reason for his support? He was a small business owner and a Republican. He then said that he thought Warnock would win and that he was a good person. In one sense, it was hopeful because he was clearly a “sane” Republican who would accept with equanimity the re-election of Warnock. In another, it was frustrating to hear a non-MAGAt who was voting only out of party loyalty, even though theoretically it won’t determine control of the Senate, and not because he really supported Walker.

It was Gingrich and then McConnell who transformed national politics so that voters make decisions not based on evaluation of the individual candidates but only on party membership. A Warnock victory would be a sign that sanity may eventually prevail in our nation.

OT — Aileen Cannon has shown herself to be a totally unqualified Trump toady with either no understanding of the law or no interest in upholding the rules that govern us. Other than impeachment (which is not going to happen) is there any way to force her off the bench?

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darthstar  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:22:48pm
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ckkatz  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:25:14pm

From last thread’s discussion on military field rations (“C Rations” and “Meals Ready to Eat”) -

re: #208 jeffreyw

Hmm, I think that I finally threw my old c rations and mre’s out around 2005. The c-rations were over 20 years old. And the mre’s were 10-20 years old.

When I was in the National Guard and I came back to work from 2 week annual training, I brought one of the mre’s and let the rest of my work team go through it. I ducked out as I had some other stuff to catch up on.

I walked past the cubicle where they had opened it. And saw it, all packets open, but the contents untouched. It was in that cubicle’s trash can. Which had been placed across the corridor as far away from the cubicle as possible.

While I didn’t say anything, I was a bit miffed.

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austin_blue  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:26:38pm

Before I toddle off to bed, I’d like to revisit a discussion in the prior thread concerning fruitcakes. Here’s a link to a bakery:

collinstreet.com

Now I’m not going to brag on everything Texan, because I can’t. Politically, we haven’t done anything right since 1996. And on most other subjects we are absolutely shite, but on this I will plant a flag. This company makes the best fruitcakes in the world and has since 18 fucking 96. They are dead solid killer bee delicious.

And on that I bid you a sweet night of scaly Lizard dreams.

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Belafon  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:27:54pm
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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:29:49pm

Dude, fuck Mastodon.

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:33:13pm

Social media on the internet is in a volatile state right now. Shit’s all kablooeey…

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The Ghost of a Flea  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:37:12pm

re: #89 mmmirele

OK, so earlier this week, Evangelical Twitter’s far-right flank was being torn apart by the revelation that one Thomas Achord, the podcast partner of the author of “The Case For Christian Nationalism,” was a stone racist who had compiled a book of quotes to defend his particular form of racism, called “kinism”. Popehat talked about it, and today there’s some follow up observations.

In my opinion, many of the men who are sad about how Achord was a stone racist, but he had to be fired from his job as a Classical Christian school headmaster are in fact racists themselves. Without getting into Popehat’s math, I’d just say they likely think Achord said the quiet part out loud.

That will be the case for some, but…a horrible, exclusionary morality can be internally coherent: it’s a low standard.

Good faith operators within such a system think whatever level of cruelty and discrimination they’re comfortable with is necessary, whether that necessity is presented as utilitarian or as natural. So when a fellow-traveler adds one or two extra increments of cruelty and discrimination, it’s a immoral precisely because it shows how empty all arguments for “necessary cruelty” are and how easily they disguise prurient appetites.

Sometimes you’re going to have people that are racist, or authoritarian, who are very upset when a racist authoritarian turns out to thirst for something beyond the codified thresholds: It points to the possibility that what the group is doing isn’t objectively efficacious or right, but just a consensus.

I mean, look at European reactions to the Belgian Congo: people were genuinely horrified but then immediately shored up that The Wrong Kind of Colonialism had nothing to do with the large beneficent ideals of colonialism…so they went out and did more colonialism while telling themselves they were the good guys.

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teleskiguy  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:37:18pm

San Ber’dino (Live In Ljubljana, November 22, 1975)

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Grunthos the Flatulent  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:37:56pm

re: #97 austin_blue

Argy Bargies?

Argybargy is abstract uncountable and does not take the plural form.

Seriously though, I’d be hard pressed to find a non-regional British word that wouldn’t be understood by, and find use in, Australasia. Same would go for most US vernacular, though a lot of that comes down to the dominance of the popular entertainment space.

On the other hand, from the lands down under, we could begin with “bogan” and “hoon”.

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darthstar  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:42:45pm

re: #113 teleskiguy

Dude, fuck Mastodon.

Think about what you want from social media and try getting that out of mastodon. Twitter is a cesspool of negativity. Elon’s just made us more aware of how actively we have contributed to that. Look at this as a shot at a new start online.

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Sherlock Hound  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:43:27pm

re: #109 darthstar

Sounds about reich.

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ckkatz  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:43:31pm

Wife of Pa Senator Elect Fetterman:

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BeenHereAwhile  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:44:55pm

re: #117 Grunthos the Flatulent

Argybargy is abstract uncountable and does not take the plural form.

Seriously though, I’d be hard pressed to find a non-regional British word that wouldn’t be understood by, and find use in, Australasia. Same would go for most US vernacular, though a lot of that comes down to the dominance of the popular entertainment space.

On the other hand, from the lands down under, we could begin with “bogan” and “hoon”.

Billybong

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ckkatz  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:45:00pm
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mmmirele  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:52:59pm

re: #111 austin_blue

Before I toddle off to bed, I’d like to revisit a discussion in the prior thread concerning fruitcakes. Here’s a link to a bakery:

collinstreet.com

Now I’m not going to brag on everything Texan, because I can’t. Politically, we haven’t done anything right since 1996. And on most other subjects we are absolutely shite, but on this I will plant a flag. This company makes the best fruitcakes in the world and has since 18 fucking 96. They are dead solid killer bee delicious.

And on that I bid you a sweet night of scaly Lizard dreams.

Normally we (my brother and I) buy our mother a fruitcake from Collin St. Bakery. However, I’m thinking that since I brought back *several* bags of Japanese KitKats plus a box of Tokyo Banana treats (they look like very upscale Twinkies), we may pass on the fruitcake this year. I need to talk to my brother about that.

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Belafon  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:56:56pm

re: #118 darthstar

Think about what you want from social media and try getting that out of mastodon. Twitter is a cesspool of negativity. Elon’s just made us more aware of how actively we have contributed to that. Look at this as a shot at a new start online.

I want to be able to read what minorities, gays, trans, women, and the disabled have to say.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 1, 2022 • 9:59:00pm

What’s on my mind?

Got wordle in three cause I special.

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Pissed that Monday’s show was cancelled. Comedy is a fucked business. Talking the rest of the year off and pondering what I want to do next.

Still hate fucking Nazis. Want to punch Fuentes. But that’s not my point. trump did not “know” him. But he fucking knew Kanye. He invited him to lunch. Seems to me he should be getting more shit for this. He asked a known anti-semite to his house. and had a meal with him.

In conclusion, I hate the comedy business, but have so much to about the fucking nazis (who I hate BTW). Also don’t get me started about MTG or Bobert or Gaetz, etc. I may have to keep going because it’s the only way for me to fight the assholes.

On the way home from my daughter’s apt I found a sealed 1/8th of mostly legal cannabis.

That’s it, keep on keepin on.

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ckkatz  Dec 1, 2022 • 10:00:35pm
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ckkatz  Dec 1, 2022 • 10:08:08pm

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 1, 2022 • 10:11:06pm

re: #125 I Would Prefer Not To

3 for me too.

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ckkatz  Dec 1, 2022 • 10:11:49pm

Speaking of bollards -

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ckkatz  Dec 1, 2022 • 10:17:33pm
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ckkatz  Dec 1, 2022 • 10:22:56pm

Dean Baker is an American macroeconomist who co-founded the Center for Economic and Policy Research with Mark Weisbrot. Baker has been credited as one of the first economists to have identified the 2007-08 United States housing bubble.

Wiki - Dean Baker

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retired cynic  Dec 1, 2022 • 10:23:35pm

re: #111 austin_blue

Before I toddle off to bed, I’d like to revisit a discussion in the prior thread concerning fruitcakes. Here’s a link to a bakery:

collinstreet.com

Now I’m not going to brag on everything Texan, because I can’t. Politically, we haven’t done anything right since 1996. And on most other subjects we are absolutely shite, but on this I will plant a flag. This company makes the best fruitcakes in the world and has since 18 fucking 96. They are dead solid killer bee delicious. …

Can confirm! Been eating these for 60 years, starting by selling them to raise money for band activities. I’m halfway through my latest, which is my holiday treat to myself. And the service is right on the dot, too.

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ckkatz  Dec 1, 2022 • 10:24:49pm
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BeenHereAwhile  Dec 1, 2022 • 10:34:47pm

re: #124 Belafon

I want to be able to read what minorities, gays, trans, women, and the disabled have to say.

Choose who you follow accordingly.

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ckkatz  Dec 1, 2022 • 10:38:47pm
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ckkatz  Dec 1, 2022 • 10:40:50pm
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ckkatz  Dec 1, 2022 • 10:42:29pm

Jim, the thread’s dead!
Okay, you get the tricorder and I’ll get the wallet.

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Nyet  Dec 1, 2022 • 10:47:43pm

re: #49 teleskiguy

I wonder if Nazye even knows that is a UFO cult symbol.

BTW Elmo said he was suspended for calls to violence. What did he write?

Here’s another neo-Nazi trying to be sneaky.

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Nyet  Dec 1, 2022 • 11:00:51pm

re: #136 ckkatz

Had that exchange been real, it would have been a satirical account posting a tired joke and someone running a science account simply refusing to get it, which would be amusing, but in reality it is a photo of an image so poorly photoshopped that the lines of text don’t even align properly, so… 😜

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Joe Bacon  Dec 1, 2022 • 11:00:52pm

Am counting down…20 months, 30 days till I retire and shut the alarm clock off…

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ckkatz  Dec 1, 2022 • 11:01:44pm
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Nyet  Dec 1, 2022 • 11:11:49pm

There’s a Russian joke that, depending on how one tells it and in which context, is either antisemitic or about antisemites. In the context of the current events the last part seems to describe the behavior of many.

The patrol took a colonel and some drunkard to the police station for beating up a Jewish man on the trolleybus. The officer on duty asks the colonel:
- Well, tell me why the man was beaten up.
The colonel says:
- You see, I am on a trolleybus, at one of the stops a Jewish man comes in and steps on my foot. He stands there for a minute or two. And I think to myself that if he doesn’t get off my foot in five minutes, I’m going to hit him. He didn’t, so I did.
- Everything is clear with you, - says the officer on duty and turns to the drunkard - but why did you get involved?
- Well, you know, - says the drunkard - I was riding in the trolleybus and suddenly I see:
the colonel looks at his watch, then at the Jew, then at his watch, then at the Jew, and then he starts hitting him! So I thought it had started all over the country.

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John Hughes  Dec 1, 2022 • 11:26:25pm

re: #24 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Fettled. (Possibly cheating as it’s mostly a yorkshireism).

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Nyet  Dec 1, 2022 • 11:26:35pm

re: #138 Nyet

Some more Kim stuff for archival purposes.

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John Hughes  Dec 1, 2022 • 11:43:14pm

re: #93 jaunte

Ordinarily I’m pretty tolerant of food choices, but baked beans don’t enhance anything.

Cassoulet.

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wrenchwench  Dec 2, 2022 • 12:26:28am

Lewdor.

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I made a picture

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 12:49:00am

re: #146 wrenchwench

У

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wrenchwench  Dec 2, 2022 • 12:55:24am

re: #147 Nyet

У

yet, no yellows

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 2, 2022 • 1:12:42am

re: #138 Nyet

The Raëlians are pretty obscure, though they’ve made headlines before, usually over human cloning claims. But it’s been a long time since I’ve seen them in the news.

I’ve never seen them here in Czech Republic, though every other peddler of woowoo can be found quite easily.

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No Malarkey!  Dec 2, 2022 • 1:22:21am

re: #108 Hecuba’s daughter

Saw a video clip this evening of a white Republican Georgia voter who said he voted for Walker in both the general and the runoff — and the reason for his support? He was a small business owner and a Republican. He then said that he thought Warnock would win and that he was a good person. In one sense, it was hopeful because he was clearly a “sane” Republican who would accept with equanimity the re-election of Warnock. In another, it was frustrating to hear a non-MAGAt who was voting only out of party loyalty, even though theoretically it won’t determine control of the Senate, and not because he really supported Walker.

It was Gingrich and then McConnell who transformed national politics so that voters make decisions not based on evaluation of the individual candidates but only on party membership. A Warnock victory would be a sign that sanity may eventually prevail in our nation.

OT — Aileen Cannon has shown herself to be a totally unqualified Trump toady with either no understanding of the law or no interest in upholding the rules that govern us. Other than impeachment (which is not going to happen) is there any way to force her off the bench?

No, she has a lifetime appointment.

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BigPapa  Dec 2, 2022 • 1:25:07am
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No Malarkey!  Dec 2, 2022 • 1:28:40am
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Dr Lizardo  Dec 2, 2022 • 1:45:42am

Hmm…..looks like some kind of campaign may be underway. This is some breaking news out of Czech Republic:

The Ukrainian consulate in Brno was evacuated because of a suspicious object that arrived earlier today. Six employees had to leave the building. A nearby kindergarten was also evacuated. The police are on the scene. Several letter bombs related to the war have been seized by Spanish authorities in recent days.

Source, in Czech: idnes.cz

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John Hughes  Dec 2, 2022 • 1:49:07am

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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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 2:37:06am

re: #154 John Hughes

Well, I mean, it’s the same in Russia but we can still talk about censorship there.

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 3:13:44am

I think in practice it’s usually used to denote a certain range of content rather than the process itself, which can precede the publication or follow it. And the range is basically a local social convention on what to exclude from the term “free speech”. Some exclude only the basics, like state or trade secrets, harmful porn, libel/slander and such. Others add racial/religious incitement etc., usually due to local history. Yet others go completely overboard with it, like the neo-fascist Russia. So it’s a spectrum, and where you draw the line is more or less subjective.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 2, 2022 • 3:19:23am

re: #153 Dr Lizardo

Turned out that someone sent them what’s being described as “animal tissue”.

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 3:29:12am

People were talking about the NY Times Wordle editor ruining the game. I don’t know about that, but words like this are frustrating. They have to be chosen eventually, but still, this is dumb.

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 3:34:16am

re: #157 Dr Lizardo

Turned out that someone sent them what’s being described as “animal tissue”.

xkcd.com

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 3:35:05am

re: #157 Dr Lizardo

Turned out that someone sent them what’s being described as “animal tissue”.

Their own.///

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 3:36:56am

re: #158 Dopamine Fish

People were talking about the NY Times Wordle editor ruining the game. I don’t know about that, but words like this are frustrating. They have to be chosen eventually, but still, this is dumb.

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Is there any editing involved? The whole word list is fixed and known after all. Set the right date and you will have any word from say the next year.

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 3:38:19am

Anyway, wasn’t bad.

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 3:40:38am

re: #158 Dopamine Fish

Also,
*spoiler*

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it’s always useful to use sh or ch where possible, since both the combinations and their constituent characters are very common.

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 3:46:13am

re: #163 Nyet

Click to Reveal

Sure, that’d be great, if my early morning brain had managed to FIND such a combination earlier.

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TarHellion  Dec 2, 2022 • 3:52:00am

I love the smell of birbies in the morning. Smells like…victory!

Hope all the Lizards have a great day/evening and a super weekend!

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 4:18:48am

re: #160 Nyet

The tissue is animal eyes, plus blood.

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 4:31:17am

Polish Sejm has just failed to accept the Russia-terror-state resolution because the PiS imbeciles introduced a last-minute amendment that also blamed Russia for the 2010 crash (a conspiracy theory rejected by the Polish govt back then but resurrected by the extreme right PiSsants).

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No Malarkey!  Dec 2, 2022 • 4:33:18am

This is a good sign for 2024, when there could be mass refusal by Republicans to certify a Democratic victory.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 2, 2022 • 4:34:09am

re: #167 Nyet

Polish Sejm has just failed to accept the Russia-terror-state resolution because the PiS imbeciles introduced a last-minute amendment that also blamed Russia for the 2010 crash (a conspiracy theory rejected but the Polish govt back then but resurrected by the extreme right PiSsants).

JFC. Beating that old dead horse again.

The Smolensk air disaster was a tragic accident; both Russian and Polish investigations concluded as much.

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 4:37:40am

re: #169 Dr Lizardo

Brought Putin zero benefits, only embarrasment and numerous amends to make, like the full-scale state recognition of the Soviet guilt for the Katyn massacre (which wouldn’t have happened under the normal circumstances, a hard pill to swallow).

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 2, 2022 • 4:40:17am

A GA republican went to vote in the runoff and decided to vote for no one. So, if you are a republican, you cannot vote for someone qualified, someone who is a good person, a fucking religious person no less (important in the south) because they’re not a republican. The entire clan are fucking cultists.

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 4:43:38am

re: #171 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

A GA republican went to vote in the runoff and decided to vote for no one. So, if you are a republican, you cannot vote for someone qualified, someone who is a good person, a fucking religious person no less (important in the south) because they’re not a republican. The entire clan are fucking cultists.

The religious right has convinced the majority of Christians that being a Republican is a core part of Christianity. It’s literally an article of faith in many churches these days. It wasn’t always this way, but Republicans have been pushing the pro-life, pro-religious-liberty, pro-veiled-racism-and-sexism angles for literally decades. They’ve brainwashed my parents’ entire generation into believing that Republicans are the Party of God, and there is literally nothing you can say or do to convince them otherwise, because the religious leaders of the day tell them so.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 2, 2022 • 4:45:01am

Six months probation. Whatever.

Anti-vaxxer nurse who injected up to 8,600 patients with saline instead of Covid vaccine walks free

An anti-vaxxer nurse who injected up to 8,600 elderly people with saline solution instead of a Covid-19 vaccine has walked free from court.

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 4:45:37am

re: #173 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Should have gotten life afaic.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 2, 2022 • 4:46:02am

re: #172 Dopamine Fish

The religious right has convinced the majority of Christians that being a Republican is a core part of Christianity. It’s literally an article of faith in many churches these days. It wasn’t always this way, but Republicans have been pushing the pro-life, pro-religious-liberty, pro-veiled-racism-and-sexism angles for literally decades. They’ve brainwashed my parents’ entire generation into believing that Republicans are the Party of God, and there is literally nothing you can say or do to convince them otherwise, because the religious leaders of the day tell them so.

Tax them. This is so outrageous it’s not even funny.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 2, 2022 • 4:46:51am

re: #174 Nyet

Should have gotten life afaic.

How many of those elderly people died as a result?

100% agree. She should have gotten life in prison.

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lawhawk  Dec 2, 2022 • 4:59:16am
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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:02:20am

re: #177 lawhawk

In part that behavior is an asset towards selling voting for Walker to their base. It is really clear that Walker is essentially a puppet - which is exactly what the base might be willing to tolerate in order to hold their nose and vote for a black man.

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:06:01am

re: #178 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

In part that behavior is an asset towards selling voting for Walker to their base. It is really clear that Walker is essentially a puppet - which is exactly what the base might be willing to tolerate in order to hold their nose and vote for a black man.

A Black man what knows his place in the world, a subservient slave to whites.

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Dr Lizardo  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:10:06am

Don’t know about anyone else, but I’m somewhat bemused at seeing outlandish comedy bits becoming reality only a few years later…

Bill Burr’s Take On Kanye AGED WELL!

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Jay C  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:12:28am

re: #178 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

In part that behavior is an asset towards selling voting for Walker to their base. It is really clear that Walker is essentially a puppet - which is exactly what the base might be willing to tolerate in order to hold their nose and vote for a black man.

Well, it was always clear from the get-go that Herschel was being put up in GA for his name recognition mainly only, and that it was generally accepted that, if elected, he was going to be a reliable and unimaginative Republican partisan, voting the Party Line in each and every instance, I.e. a GOP puppet.

But “puppet” is one thing: what they’ve gotten stuck with is a malfunctioning ventriloquist’s dummy: and the audience can see everybody else’s lips moving….

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:32:30am

You love to see it.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:35:41am

re: #182 Nyet

You love to see it.

OH YEAH!

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:38:50am

re: #182 Nyet

You love to see it.

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Once again, cancel culture is all well and good, until it’s applied to them.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:40:17am

re: #184 Dopamine Fish

Once again, cancel culture is all well and good, until it’s applied to them.

Cancel culture… What adults call accountability.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:42:00am

Well this was another shocker of a birbie.
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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:42:57am

re: #185 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Cancel culture… What adults call accountability.

It always bothered me that the new wave of right-wing shitheads treated ‘cancel culture’ like it was some sort of new thing. People have been getting canceled for their views as long as there has been recorded history. “Proscription” was an ancient term for canceling a political opponent, their supporters, their families, and generally anyone who opposed you (usually by means of outright murder, though the practice was somewhat tamed over the years).

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:45:43am

More messages from the bottom of the barrel (used as a latrine).

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:46:14am

re: #186 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Well this was another shocker of a birbie.
Wordle 531 3/6

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Your wordle is not amused.

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Joe Bacon  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:48:20am

And what’s the first thing I see when I wake up this morning?

Alex Jones files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections: court filing

Jones’ filing claims that he has up to $10 million in assets, while also claiming liabilities that total in the billions of dollars.

Jones’ filing comes in the wake of the massive defamation verdict leveled against him for his false claims that families of slain Sandy Hook Elementary School students were “crisis actors” who were lying about their dead children.

However, a report from the Washington Post published earlier this fall indicated that Jones may be moving money around in a manner designed to exaggerate his purported poverty and avoid paying out the money owed to the Sandy Hook families.

reuters.com

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lawhawk  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:51:10am

The economy sucks…. for GOPers claiming that the economy sucks.

Oh, and wages have risen 5.1% over past year, which also gives GOPers palpitations since that eats into the profits that the rich seek from their investments (all while those companies are also seeing good profits, or record profits if you’re in the fossil fuel industry).

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darthstar  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:52:37am

IANAL, but this sounds like it could get expensive.

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:54:07am

re: #190 Joe Bacon

AFAIK, the court judgments can’t be discharged in bankruptcy because they are “debts from willful and malicious acts.”

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Joe Bacon  Dec 2, 2022 • 5:54:07am

Nothing Ye has said in the past or today could be reasonably, or even liberally, interpreted as “incitement to violence.”

Let’s talk about the swastikas and “Kanye is Right” graffiti that keeps popping up in my neighborhood…

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jeffreyw  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:05:40am

Breakfast Pr0n

Good morning!

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Belafon  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:11:38am
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TarHellion  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:11:49am

re: #195 jeffreyw

“Hey, look over there!” - (Swipes plate)

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Joe Bacon  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:12:19am

The Trump base is ‘high on toxic Fox News propaganda’ and wrecking the GOP: George Conway

Just like Cocaine Bear the Trump base is overdosing on the lies from Screwpert Murdoch and his sleazy son.

Conway said GOP base had become so reactionary, thanks to a steady diet of conservative media, that their chosen candidates couldn’t break through in general elections, and more moderate candidates were cast out in purity tests.

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:16:42am

re: #191 lawhawk

The economy sucks…. for GOPers claiming that the economy sucks.

Oh, and wages have risen 5.1% over past year, which also gives GOPers palpitations since that eats into the profits that the rich seek from their investments (all while those companies are also seeing good profits, or record profits if you’re in the fossil fuel industry).

damn that low unemployment!

and also with gas prices falling and the GDP growth in Q3, the recession mongers and cheerleaders must be crying in their coffee this morning.

hoping, begging, even planning to engineer a recession using the debt limit, meanwhile Biden quietly keeps it all humming along

he is amazingly underestimated

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Dave In Austin  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:17:25am

So isn’t this “Amnesty Day” on Twitter where all dispatched trolls are given new shoes and a card that sez “Go forth and Shit-Tweet no more”?

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Belafon  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:17:35am

Billie Piper’s ex-husband (they got divorced in 2016):

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:17:50am

re: #172 Dopamine Fish

The religious right has convinced the majority of Christians that being a Republican is a core part of Christianity. It’s literally an article of faith in many churches these days. It wasn’t always this way, but Republicans have been pushing the pro-life, pro-religious-liberty, pro-veiled-racism-and-sexism angles for literally decades. They’ve brainwashed my parents’ entire generation into believing that Republicans are the Party of God, and there is literally nothing you can say or do to convince them otherwise, because the religious leaders of the day tell them so.

Existing law could shut down the political houses of superstition if the IRS had both the will and, perhaps more importantly, enough people to enforce those laws. It is yet another reason for the GOP’s long running commitment to sabotaging the IRS.

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lawhawk  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:17:55am

re: #199 Dangerman

damn that low unemployment!

and also with gas prices falling and the GDP growth in Q3, the recession mongers and cheerleaders must be crying in their coffee this morning.

hoping, begging, even planning to engineer a recession using the debt limit, meanwhile Biden quietly keeps it all humming along

he is amazingly underestimated

Yeah, now we’re going to hear how the economy is overheating and the best way to stop that is to cut wages. They’ll also complain about interest rate hikes, even though rate hikes are how the Fed tries slowing economies - though it does little when the source of the inflation is energy prices outside of any direct control.

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:18:18am

re: #177 lawhawk

and most obviously would be if he won.
and i dont just mean voting

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lawhawk  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:19:22am
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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:22:40am

re: #187 Dopamine Fish

It always bothered me that the new wave of right-wing shitheads treated ‘cancel culture’ like it was some sort of new thing. People have been getting canceled for their views as long as there has been recorded history. “Proscription” was an ancient term for canceling a political opponent, their supporters, their families, and generally anyone who opposed you (usually by means of outright murder, though the practice was somewhat tamed over the years).

the word ‘shun’ goes back to the 12th century

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lawhawk  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:27:09am
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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:27:28am

re: #158 Dopamine Fish

People were talking about the NY Times Wordle editor ruining the game. I don’t know about that, but words like this are frustrating. They have to be chosen eventually, but still, this is dumb.

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:27:28am

re: #190 Joe Bacon

And what’s the first thing I see when I wake up this morning?

Alex Jones files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections: court filing

Jones’ filing claims that he has up to $10 million in assets, while also claiming liabilities that total in the billions of dollars.

Jones’ filing comes in the wake of the massive defamation verdict leveled against him for his false claims that families of slain Sandy Hook Elementary School students were “crisis actors” who were lying about their dead children.

However, a report from the Washington Post published earlier this fall indicated that Jones may be moving money around in a manner designed to exaggerate his purported poverty and avoid paying out the money owed to the Sandy Hook families.

reuters.com

he ‘may’ have sheltered some of his assets.
you can’t take it with you and he’ll never get the use of them personally

got to live
to whatever standard he wants to be accustomed
that income will come from somewhere
it’s easy to substantiate a net worth case, like capone

so you garnish and tax that and keep him miserable

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mmmirele  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:28:13am

I listened to the latest QAnon Anonymous podcast last night, and it must have been recorded yesterday afternoon, because they talked about West and his Hitler love. I had not heard, only read, what West said. Hearing it on the podcast, ugh. It wasn’t just “I love Hitler.” It was, “I loooooove Hitler.” Gack.

Iframe

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lawhawk  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:28:40am

Guess that the Twitter security teams are really doing their jobs on shoestring staffing:

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:29:49am

re: #196 Belafon

but the one who actually injected 8600 people with something other than what they thought they were getting walked away

shouldnt matter that it was ‘only’ saline and not ‘dangerous’

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Joe Bacon  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:30:07am

re: #187 Dopamine Fish

It always bothered me that the new wave of right-wing shitheads treated ‘cancel culture’ like it was some sort of new thing. People have been getting canceled for their views as long as there has been recorded history. “Proscription” was an ancient term for canceling a political opponent, their supporters, their families, and generally anyone who opposed you (usually by means of outright murder, though the practice was somewhat tamed over the years).

Go all the way back to Ancient Greece when Athens had the Ostracism where people voted on shards of pottery to kick someone out of the city-state for 10 years…

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:31:57am

re: #171 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

A GA republican went to vote in the runoff and decided to vote for no one. So, if you are a republican, you cannot vote for someone qualified, someone who is a good person, a fucking religious person no less (important in the south) because they’re not a republican. The entire clan are fucking cultists.

That’s better than voting for the brain-damaged violent predator because he has an ‘R’ after his name. If that is the same person I saw, he was an elected GOP official — and he was basically telling GOP voters not to vote for Walker.

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lawhawk  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:34:41am

re: #212 Dangerman

but the one who actually injected 8600 people with something other than what they thought they were getting walked away

shouldnt matter that it was ‘only’ saline and not ‘dangerous’

The one who injected saline should have gotten a max sentence, as those getting vaccinated may have altered their behaviors assuming vaccinations and gotten sick(er) than otherwise expected because of not receiving the expected vaccination. I think prosecutors did an inadequate job and the judge failed too.

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Belafon  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:35:26am

re: #207 lawhawk

“Our plan is to force Florida to have to cover the costs of maintaining a city” was never ever brilliant.

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:35:46am

I mean, there’s something to this. All those Nazis vote, after all.

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Jay C  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:36:39am

re: #191 lawhawk

The economy sucks…. for GOPers claiming that the economy sucks.

Oh, and wages have risen 5.1% over past year, which also gives GOPers palpitations since that eats into the profits that the rich seek from their investments (all while those companies are also seeing good profits, or record profits if you’re in the fossil fuel industry).

I happened to hit the “refresh” button on my tablet while on the NYT app, and their headline for the jobs report changed from “November jobs feared weak” to “November jobs report strong” in a flash. The latter is correct, of course: it’s just typical that the FTFNYT can’t EVER post any kind of positive speculation on economic data under a Democratic Administration….

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:36:47am

re: #216 Belafon

“Our plan is to force Florida to have to cover the costs of maintaining a city” was never ever brilliant.

It was always performative art legislation designed to get Republicans re-elected in Florida. Now that the election is over, as we all predicted at the time, they’re undoing it.

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:37:17am

re: #202 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Existing law could shut down the political houses of superstition if the IRS had both the will and, perhaps more importantly, enough people to enforce those laws. It is yet another reason afor the GOP’s long running commitment to sabotaging the IRS.

historically the irs has been pretty strict about granting 501(c)(3) approval. it’s annoying and can be difficult. but if you’re careful and diligent enough, it’s certainly doable.

the irs has been loathe to enforce the standards and rules once exemption has been granted - even more so against the religious than the merely charitable.

it’s sort of understandable why. it’s a political firebomb and there is a lot of gray.

otoh, it should be easy to nail the egregious ones. those rules that are routinely broken are fairly black and white. and as with other things, you start enforcing and watch how the rest start to behave more responsibly

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:39:32am

re: #205 lawhawk

it’s only pathetic because they lost

and also because they lost pathetically besides

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:40:16am

If Alex Jones donated a bunch of his money anonymously to PACs (with a backdoor arrangement with them to be able to access the money as needed of course), could he get around the judgment that way?

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lawhawk  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:41:03am

re: #220 Dangerman

historically the irs has been pretty strict about granting 501(c)(3) approval. it’s annoying and can be difficult. but if you’re careful and diligent enough, it’s certainly doable.

the irs has been loathe to enforce the standards and rules once exemption has been granted - even more so against the religious than the merely charitable.

it’s sort of understandable why. it’s a political firebomb and there is a lot of gray.

otoh, it should be easy to nail the egregious ones. those rules that are routinely broken are fairly black and white. and as with other things, you start enforcing and watch how the rest start to behave more responsibly

IRS rules and the whole kerfuffle over political organization nonprofit status getting revoked was because of inadequate staffing to fully police who was getting nonprofit status, and applying the IRC to the entities across the board. IRS had a set of rules that helped automate the process - if your entity name had certain keywords, it was flagged.

That’s it. That’s what the kerfuffle was about. It flagged entities across political spectrum, not just right wingers - though GOP treasonweasels only asked about right leaning groups. With more staffing, these entities could get closer scrutiny upon application, and not after the fact.

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:45:23am

re: #219 Dopamine Fish

It was always performative art legislation designed to get Republicans re-elected in Florida. Now that the election is over, as we all predicted at the time, they’re undoing it.

it is notable that many of desantis’ stunts were performative and fell apart quickly

they’ll be potent weapons in the primary and he’ll get eviscerated with them

sure, spy45 never actually built much new wall but he claims he did and the based is behind him

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:45:43am

re: #215 lawhawk

The one who injected saline should have gotten a max sentence, as those getting vaccinated may have altered their behaviors assuming vaccinations and gotten sick(er) than otherwise expected because of not receiving the expected vaccination. I think prosecutors did an inadequate job and the judge failed too.

The case was in Germany; the laws there may be very different from here.

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lawhawk  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:46:42am

Reminder: GOP seditious treasonweasels and goddamned Nazis meeting with white supremacists and anti Semitic bigots are common and regularly repeating:

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:47:30am

re: #223 lawhawk

IRS rules and the whole kerfuffle over political organization nonprofit status getting revoked was because of inadequate staffing to fully police who was getting nonprofit status, and applying the IRC to the entities across the board. IRS had a set of rules that helped automate the process - if your entity name had certain keywords, it was flagged.

That’s it. That’s what the kerfuffle was about. It flagged entities across political spectrum, not just right wingers - though GOP treasonweasels only asked about right leaning groups. With more staffing, these entities could get closer scrutiny upon application, and not after the fact.

correct

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:49:03am

re: #226 lawhawk

Reminder: GOP seditious treasonweasels and goddamned Nazis meeting with white supremacists and anti Semitic bigots are common and regularly repeating:

what ‘truth’?
please explain specifically and exactly and with examples. name the names.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:51:21am

re: #212 Dangerman

but the one who actually injected 8600 people with something other than what they thought they were getting walked away

shouldnt matter that it was ‘only’ saline and not ‘dangerous’

In Germany.

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:52:12am
I was speaking with a Department of Justice official a couple of weeks ago who described Merrick Garland as a quiet storm, somebody who builds, that is what he is doing. They went big with Stewart Rhodes. There are more seditionists they are going to continue to prosecute. He’s obviously, has Jack Smith in charge, who is a guy who is prosecuting war criminals. This is a complete badass guy who’s doing this, and they are doing serious work here while there’s an identity crisis going on on the other side.


Jen Psaki

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:54:00am

re: #222 Eclectic Cyborg

If Alex Jones donated a bunch of his money anonymously to PACs (with a backdoor arrangement with them to be able to access the money as needed of course), could he get around the judgment that way?

Jones, one of the most paranoid people we’ve ever encountered, trusting a bunch of vipers? I do not see that happening.

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Mattand  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:55:11am

re: #188 Nyet

More messages from the bottom of the barrel (used as a latrine).

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How.

The FUCK.

Do people like this get up in the morning and not immediately send themselves to the hospital by tying their shoelaces, let alone navigating life?

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lawhawk  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:57:51am

re: #222 Eclectic Cyborg

If Alex Jones donated a bunch of his money anonymously to PACs (with a backdoor arrangement with them to be able to access the money as needed of course), could he get around the judgment that way?

That might buy him time, but not ultimately avoiding consequences. I think that it might also expose those entities to criminal charges for financial crimes and money laundering.

Bankruptcy courts don’t take kindly to entities trying to cover up their assets and hide them from the parties they did harm to.

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Mattand  Dec 2, 2022 • 6:59:11am

re: #230 Dangerman


Jen Psaki

Yeah, well, that quiet storm better get his ass in gear, because in about seven weeks, most of his waking life for the next two years is probably gonna be consumed by fighting off bullshit investigations by Majorie Taylor Green.

I’m just tired of hearing the “He’s playing 5D chess, you’re too stupid to know it” trope being applied Garland while Trump walks around free after trying to overthrow the fucking country.

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:04:46am

re: #234 Mattand

Yeah, well, that quiet storm better get his ass in gear, because in about seven weeks, most of his waking life for the next two years is probably gonna be consumed by fighting off bullshit investigations by Majorie Taylor Green.

I’m just tired of hearing the “He’s playing 5D chess, you’re too stupid to know it” trope being applied Garland while Trump walks around free after trying to overthrow the fucking country.

I’ll never claim he’s playing 5D chess, but I still hold to the adage: “The wheels of justice grind slow, but exceedingly fine.” Let’s not forget that his DOJ, on his personal instructions, just prosecuted the first successful conviction on the charge of seditious conspiracy that we’ve seen in decades. (I’ve seen varying numbers, 25+ years and 50+ years - when was the last time we successfully convicted someone of seditious conspiracy?) He is not a bulldog, built to hound his prey incessantly, loudly, and aggressively. If you were to compare him to a predator, I would say he is… a man. Quiet, patient, relentless, crossing all the T’s and dotting all the I’s, but his prey can never rest, because somewhere behind them, he is there, moving forward. He will outlast you. It’s not a glorious legal strategy, and it’s frustrating as HELL to watch, but it is achieving results.

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:05:28am

re: #228 Dangerman

what ‘truth’?
please explain specifically and exactly and with examples. name the names.

Gosar is a neo-Nazi, so what is truth for him is clear.

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:08:40am

re: #214 Hecuba’s daughter

That’s better than voting for the brain-damaged violent predator because he has an ‘R’ after his name. If that is the same person I saw, he was an elected GOP official — and he was basically telling GOP voters not to vote for Walker.

Lt gov

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Jay C  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:13:36am

Close call today:

Click to Reveal

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Basically ran out of consonants: I feel lucky to gotten the double-bogie.

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darthstar  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:17:08am
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austin_blue  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:17:43am

re: #117 Grunthos the Flatulent

Argybargy is abstract uncountable and does not take the plural form.

Seriously though, I’d be hard pressed to find a non-regional British word that wouldn’t be understood by, and find use in, Australasia. Same would go for most US vernacular, though a lot of that comes down to the dominance of the popular entertainment space.

On the other hand, from the lands down under, we could begin with “bogan” and “hoon”.

Argybargies are what the English called the Argentinians during the Falklands squabble. I know because I was TDY to RAF Mildenhall during the entire thing.

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Dr. Matt  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:18:31am

That’s a bingo

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darthstar  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:20:22am

re: #238 Jay C

Close call today:

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Belafon  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:21:46am

re: #234 Mattand

Do you want an OJ trial, or do you want what Nixon would have gotten had he not resigned and Ford not pardoned him? If you want the latter, by timeline we’re not even at the same point. We still have months to go.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:21:48am

re: #239 darthstar

I’m sure some MAGA morons are thinking the “secret candidate” is Trump.

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:24:26am

re: #241 Dr. Matt

That’s a bingo

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darthstar  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:24:49am

re: #244 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m sure some MAGA morons are thinking the “secret candidate” is Trump.

Lots of them for sure. I’m hoping they go with Kimberly Guilfoyle.

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Joe Bacon  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:25:03am

re: #244 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m sure some MAGA morons are thinking the “secret candidate” is Trump.

Speaker Trump sitting behind President Joe and flipping the bird behind Joe as he gives the State Of The Union speech…Continually interrupts Joe…and at the end he tears up the speech into tiny little pieces.

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:25:10am

Missed teh birbie

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jeffreyw  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:26:29am

re: #185 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Cancel culture… What adults call accountability.

This perckerwood has been cancelled!
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Dr. Matt  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:28:45am

re: #248 The Pie Overlord!

Missed teh birbie

Ditto:

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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:29:57am

This Jew can’t relate.

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:31:12am

Morning Lizards. Back is feeling much better today. I can at least get up and walk without wanting to fall to floor screaming in agony. Ah the joys of modern medicine. Here, have a cup of coffee.

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:31:16am

re: #246 darthstar

Lots of them for sure. I’m hoping they go with Kimberly Guilfoyle.

imo there has to be crossover appeal

Otherwise the Rs would be saying they can’t agree on *any* of 200 elected R reps but they’ll all fall behind an “outsider” to the chamber

It is not a positive look..that none of them want to be led by any of their elected peers

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Joe Bacon  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:34:19am

re: #251 I Would Prefer Not To

This Jew can’t relate.

Sure is amazing how all those right wing Pulpit Pimp Palaces have an…”edifice complex”…

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:34:19am

re: #247 Joe Bacon

Speaker Trump sitting behind President Joe and flipping the bird behind Joe as he gives the State Of The Union speech…Continually interrupts Joe…and at the end he tears up the speech into tiny little pieces.

Spy45 would never agree to
1. Be third banana
2. Accept a job that is a lot of nuts and bolts work he doesn’t understand

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darthstar  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:36:10am

re: #247 Joe Bacon

Speaker Trump sitting behind President Joe and flipping the bird behind Joe as he gives the State Of The Union speech…Continually interrupts Joe…and at the end he tears up the speech into tiny little pieces...and eats it.

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Belafon  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:36:30am

re: #251 I Would Prefer Not To

Good point on this, it’s been going on for a while:

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Joe Bacon  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:38:06am

re: #251 I Would Prefer Not To

Looking at those fools suspended above air reminds me of when I was a kid and I went to see House On Haunted Hill when it first ran with…EMERGO!!!!!

Emergo

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:39:36am

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The Pie Overlord!  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:40:36am
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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:45:51am

re: #251 I Would Prefer Not To

I’m familiar with this. Around here every big and mid-size Church does a huge Christmas show every December and encourages their congregants to invite anyone and everyone.

The idea is that you bring non-Christians in for what is basically a mildly Jesus themed rock concert/stage show and they will a) Enjoy the spectacle and B) Consider returning to the church for a more traditional service.

Hence, they bring out the fog machines, laser lights, fancy outfits and intricate choreography. I imagine what is in the video are people practicing for “Little Drummer Boy”. Churches will often throw in a big break in the middle of that song featuring a bunch of guys on drums banging away. As you might expect, these shows ALWAYS have an Altar Call at the end of them (that would be the part where the Pastor gets on stage and asks non-Christians to accept Christ as Lord).

My former church did something like this (no guys on wires or anything though), but they also did (and still do) a TON of stuff around the community during the holidays as well. It’s not JUST the fancy stage show.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:47:02am

re: #261 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m familiar with this. Around here every big and mid-size Church does a huge Christmas show every December and encourages their congregants to invite anyone and everyone.

The idea is that you bring non-Christians in for what is basically a mildly Jesus themed rock concert/stage show and they will a) Enjoy the spectacle and B) Consider returning to the church for a more traditional service. As you might expect, such shows ALWAYS have an Altar Call at the end of them (that would be the part where the Pastor gets on stage and asks non-Christians to accept Christ as Lord).

Hence, they bring out the fog machines, laser lights, fancy outfits and intricate choreography. I imagine what is in the video are people practicing for “Little Drummer Boy”. Churches will often throw in a big break in the middle of that song featuring a bunch of guys on drums banging away.

My former church did something like this (no guys on wires or anything though), but they also did (and still do) a TON of stuff around the community during the holidays as well. It’s not JUST the fancy stage show.

Do I have to be sober to attend?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:48:49am

re: #262 I Would Prefer Not To

Do I have to be sober to attend?

Not if you bring one of these:

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:51:47am

re: #261 Eclectic Cyborg

Also designed to appeal to the “CEOs” - “Christmas and Easter Onlys” - people who claim to be religious and show up to church on Christianity’s highest holy days, but otherwise couldn’t be bothered because reasons. It’s supposed to make church look cool for them so they’ll come back, until they get three weeks into the new year and the church is back to its same old shitty self.

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Joe Bacon  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:51:48am

I can think of 3 reasons why PA Republicans are changing their minds about mail-in ballots!

1) Masterbateriano lost
2) The OZHOLE lost
3) They lost control of the State General Assembly

Pennsylvania Republicans change their tune on mail-in voting after getting pasted twice thrice in a row…

“There’s no question in my mind that Republicans have to have a different mail-in strategy,” said Andy Reilly, a Republican National Committeeman in Pennsylvania. “When one party votes for 30 days and one party votes for one, you’re definitely going to lose.”

You figured that out all by yourself now, didn’t you? 🤣

rawstory.com

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Mattand  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:53:26am

re: #243 Belafon

Do you want an OJ trial, or do you want what Nixon would have gotten had he not resigned and Ford not pardoned him? If you want the latter, by timeline we’re not even at the same point. We still have months to go.

No, I don’t want that, but there was a report a few months back saying that Garland only recently started looking into investigating Trump.

So, no, I don’t have a lot of confidence that Garland was taking this seriously, and still think that he was hoping that the GQP would win the midterms so he could go “Whomp whomp, the electorate has spoken, whaddya gonna do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯?”

I don’t envy his position, and I hope I’m wrong, but I really think he’s in the “Prosecuting Presidents for even obvious open crimes would tear the country apart, so hard pass from me” camp.

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HRH Stanley Sea  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:53:37am

I’ll take it.

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Crush White Nationalism  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:55:18am

When people who are younger than I am die, it makes me sad that they died so young.
When someone is exactly my age, I think of my own mortality.

The ‘Orange Is the New Black’ actor - who was best known for his portrayal of corrections officer Desi Piscatella in the prison drama series - passed away in his sleep at the age of 56 on Tuesday (29.11.22), his family have confirmed, but not details as to a cause of death have been given.

His manager, Matt DelPiano, told TMZ: “Brad was an incredibly kind man of joyous energy. A very talented actor, he loved being a part of this community…. and we loved him back. Our thoughts are with his wife and family.”

The former NFL player is survived by wife Sonja, stepson Aaden, stepdaughter Leasa, grandchild Amirah, mother Tammy, and sister Annette.

Brad William Henke dead at 56 (Bang Showbiz via MSN)

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:56:39am

re: #262 I Would Prefer Not To

Do I have to be sober to attend?

Make a fruitcake first

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BeenHereAwhile  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:57:22am

re: #202 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Existing law could shut down the political houses of superstition if the IRS had both the will and, perhaps more importantly, enough people to enforce those laws. It is yet another reason for the GOP’s long running commitment to sabotaging the IRS.

COS led the way.

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 7:58:50am

re: #264 Dopamine Fish

Also designed to appeal to the “CEOs” - “Christmas and Easter Onlys” - people who claim to be religious and show up to church on Christianity’s highest holy days, but otherwise couldn’t be bothered because reasons. It’s supposed to make church look cool for them so they’ll come back, until they get three weeks into the new year and the church is back to its same old shitty self.

Like January yoga classes except its their shitty lives

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:02:07am

re: #271 Dangerman

Like January yoga classes except its their shitty lives

Done in one.

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:10:17am

re: #236 Nyet

Gosar is a neo-Nazi, so what is truth for him is clear.

If anyone doubted.

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Joe Bacon  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:12:55am

re: #261 Eclectic Cyborg

Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral would do Easter and Christmas “spectaculars” with all the gizmos and big stars like Jim Nabors.

So fitting that Schuller’s Pulpit Pimp Palace defaulted on the mortgage, Schuller got booted out by the church council and the Catholic Church bought the Crystal Cathedral.

Last thing I heard about Pulpit Pimp Schuller was his griping that he got no pension and had to scrape by on his Social Security check.

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:14:07am

re: #125 I Would Prefer Not To

What’s on my mind?

Got wordle in three cause I special.

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Took me 3 this time around also. Really thought I had it in 2 but Noooo.

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Jay C  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:18:22am

re: #253 Dangerman

imo there has to be crossover appeal

Otherwise the Rs would be saying they can’t agree on *any* of 200 elected R reps but they’ll all fall behind an “outsider” to the chamber

It is not a positive look..that none of them want to be led by any of their elected peers

My longshot prediction* for the next Speaker Of The House?

Hakeem Jeffries.

By a one-vote majority.

* DISCLAIMER: not to be taken seriously.

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Belafon  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:21:36am

Here’s a Wordle variation all of you should do: all of you agree on what the first word you will use. That way, everyone starts with the same condition. Then, see who can figure out the word in the smallest number of steps.

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:22:48am

I see Akiva’s legal letter to the clown-in-chief at Twitter is blowing up the internet right now, so I’ll mention this: I have to imagine that part of this letter’s purpose is exactly that. Akiva and his partners believe that they’re the best litigators to represent the offended and safeguard their rights as former employees in a merger situation, and he wants other ex-employees to see this and go, “Holy fuck, that was awesome, I want those guys on my side.”

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Jay C  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:23:32am

re: #277 Belafon

Here’s a Wordle variation all of you should do: all of you agree on what the first word you will use. That way, everyone starts with the same condition. Then, see who can figure out the word in the smallest number of steps.

Click to Reveal

How about FUKIT??

Something we’ve probably all associated with Wordle at one time or another….

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No Malarkey!  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:26:12am
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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:29:26am

re: #244 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m sure some MAGA morons are thinking the “secret candidate” is Trump.

I am absolutely terrified that some MAGAt will assassinate Biden and Harris; with Trump as Speaker, absolutely guaranteed there will be such attempts.

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Crush White Nationalism  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:30:01am

This is probably nonsense, since it comes from the Post, but I want to believe.

Russian President Vladimir Putin fell down the stairs and soiled himself this week amid mounting speculation that his health is declining, an anti-Kremlin Telegram channel with apparent links to his security team reported.

Putin, 70, suffered the unfortunate fall at his Moscow official residence on Wednesday evening, according to the Telegram channel “General SVR,” which purports to be run by a former Russian spy.

The ailing Russian leader allegedly fell down five steps before landing on his coccyx, or tailbone.

Although his security guards immediately rushed to his aid, the impact of the fall caused Putin to “involuntarily defecate” due to “cancer affecting his stomach and bowels,” according to the channel.

Putin fell down stairs, soiled himself amid health woes: report (NY Post via MSN)

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No Malarkey!  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:30:12am

re: #276 Jay C

My longshot prediction* for the next Speaker Of The House?

Hakeem Jeffries.

By a one-vote majority.

* DISCLAIMER: not to be taken seriously.

I’m rooting for chaos; hoping we get deep into January without a Speaker while Republicans tear into each other. My guess is that once again, McCarthy will be passed over for Speaker, and it couldn’t happen to a less worthy scumbag.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:30:36am

re: #273 Nyet

If anyone doubted.

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gab.com

That’s a LOT more text than I remember the First Amendment having.

///

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dat_said  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:35:06am

re: #283 No Malarkey!

I’m rooting for chaos; hoping we get deep into January without a Speaker while Republicans tear into each other. My guess is that once again, McCarthy will be passed over for Speaker, and it couldn’t happen to a less worthy scumbag.

I’m not sure how much chaos I want but I live in a dream world where someone on the Republican side makes a solid deal with Democrats in order to get elected Speaker. Something like no Hastert rule, there will be a vote on anything that gets at least 10 R and 10 D supporters, some committees chaired by D’s, certain R’s not given committee chairs, etc. Like I said - a dream world.

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No Malarkey!  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:35:30am

We will soon know just how far SCOTUS is willing to go to undermine democracy.

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No Malarkey!  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:37:23am

re: #285 dat_said

I’m not sure how much chaos I want but I live in a dream world where someone on the Republican side makes a solid deal with Democrats in order to get elected Speaker. Something like no Hastert rule, there will be a vote on anything that gets at least 10 R and 10 D supporters, some committees chaired by D’s, certain R’s not given committee chairs, etc. Like I said - a dream world.

Imagine a world in which politicians wouldn’t face literal death threats for operating in a bipartisan manner.

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:38:33am

re: #282 Crush White Nationalism

This is probably nonsense, since it comes from the Post, but I want to believe.

Putin fell down stairs, soiled himself amid health woes: report (NY Post via MSN)

General SVR is such a funny fake channel, but burning trash can outlets like NYP still report on what it says. Fitting.

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teleskiguy  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:39:26am
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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:39:27am

re: #286 No Malarkey!

We will soon know just how far SCOTUS is willing to go to undermine democracy.

Here’s my thinking: Alito’s Calvinball Court is broadly united behind the principle that religion trumps all in the Constitution. It’s why they’ve done things like uphold certain mask mandates, refuse certain challenges to Biden policies, etc. I don’t think that all of them are as committed to the idea of destroying the government of the United States as we know it as Sam Alito is. It might be a tough reach for him to get 5 votes for this case.

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Joe Bacon  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:39:37am

I’m…not…surprised…at…all…

Failed California gubernatorial candidate and current Fox News contributor Caitlyn Jenner said on Friday that she didn’t blame anyone for being offended by Kanye West’s overt praise of Adolf Hitler, but she nonetheless wished him well.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:40:36am

re: #289 teleskiguy

Seriously. How does a good economic report make the market shit the bed?

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calochortus  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:42:14am

re: #292 Eclectic Cyborg

Seriously. How does a good economic report make the market shit the bed?

Inflation fears. Rising interest rates. The market went up when Powell suggested the next rate hike would only be 0.5%

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BeenHereAwhile  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:43:45am

re: #240 austin_blue

Argybargies are what the English called the Argentinians during the Falklands squabble. I know because I was TDY to RAF Mildenhall during the entire thing.

A little classier than calling them Wogs.

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William Lewis  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:46:29am

Looks like a fun time to be had next May…

Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 | Official Trailer

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:47:21am

re: #295 William Lewis

the trailer looks really good for the new Transformers too.

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William Lewis  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:49:43am

re: #296 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

the trailer looks really good for the new Transformers too.

My son will probably like it but my favorite version of them remains the Transformers Animated series:

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:54:01am

re: #295 William Lewis

Looks like a fun time to be had next May…

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Video

Enjoyed the first one; the second one, not so much.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 2, 2022 • 8:58:47am
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Crush White Nationalism  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:05:37am

re: #299 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:06:26am

re: #291 Joe Bacon

I’m…not…surprised…at…all…

Failed California gubernatorial candidate and current Fox News contributor Caitlyn Jenner said on Friday that she didn’t blame anyone for being offended by Kanye West’s overt praise of Adolf Hitler, but she nonetheless wished him well.

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Caitlyn Jenner is a deplorable woman and a pariah to the Tran Community.

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:07:21am

re: #299 Backwoods_Sleuth

re: #300 Crush White Nationalism

To a man who is as far right as he is, “far left” isn’t really all that far.

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Crush White Nationalism  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:15:17am

It’s because she lies to herself as well as to others.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:15:58am

re: #303 Crush White Nationalism

It’s because she lies to herself as well as to others.

surprised she didn’t say 88%

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Belafon  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:18:45am

re: #299 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:21:10am

re: #291 Joe Bacon

Stunning and brave.

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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:25:15am

I’m positively impressed by 50 States of Fright. Too bad it ran on a dumb platform and went down with it.

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Crush White Nationalism  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:28:47am

re: #307 Nyet

I’m positively impressed by 50 States of Fright. Too bad it ran on a dumb platform and went down with it.

Quibi was clearly a terrible idea.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:31:13am
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jaunte  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:35:29am
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A Cranky One  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:37:20am

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:37:32am

re: #244 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m sure some MAGA morons are thinking the “secret candidate” is Trump.

Can’t be totally sure it is not

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danarchy  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:39:01am

re: #292 Eclectic Cyborg

Seriously. How does a good economic report make the market shit the bed?

Because more people working means more people buying stuff means more inflation pressure which means the Fed probably raises rates in december .75 insted of .5. The Market was pretty sure it was going to be .5 and that is what they had priced in, so they had to adjust.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:39:57am

re: #312 Eventual Carrion

Can’t be totally sure it is not

I almost want them to do it just so they could see firsthand how horrible he’d be at that job.

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austin_blue  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:40:31am

re: #251 I Would Prefer Not To

This Jew can’t relate.

Neither can this Retired Catholic.

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A Cranky One  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:43:11am

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:44:12am

re: #313 danarchy

Because more people working means more people buying stuff means more inflation pressure which means the Fed probably raises rates in december .75 insted of .5. The Market was pretty sure it was going to be .5 and that is what they had priced in, so they had to adjust.

It is so infuriating that what’s good for Main Street is treated as bad for Wall Street; no wonder so many of the affluent oppose measures helping the poor and working class and middle class. At one time the elite derived wealth from manufacturing products that helped others; now, it’s all gaming stock prices and interest rates and not benefiting society as a whole.

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:45:35am

re: #299 Backwoods_Sleuth

this thinking is childish, simplistic and idiotic

You know Twitter is being fair when extremists on far right and far left are simultaneously upset!

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:46:50am

re: #314 Eclectic Cyborg

I almost want them to do it just so they could see firsthand how horrible he’d be at that job.

i dont think he’d actually get the votes

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:48:57am

re: #319 Dangerman

i dont think he’d actually get the votes

Elon Musk? Gingrich? Bannon? Pompeo?

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:49:11am

re: #318 Dangerman

this thinking is childish, simplistic and idiotic

So, on-brand for Elmo, then.

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A Cranky One  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:50:29am

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Jay C  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:51:52am

re: #310 jaunte

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Fascinating stuff.
I had no idea Emperor Hadrian actually looked like Judd Hirsch….

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:52:39am

re: #320 Hecuba’s daughter

Elon Musk? Gingrich? Bannon? Pompeo?

trump for speaker

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:52:42am

re: #322 A Cranky One

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…and he don’t care…

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:53:40am

re: #310 jaunte

Like how they gave Macrinus a bit more color. He was, supposedly, Berber.

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William Lewis  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:54:27am
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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:54:43am

re: #323 Jay C

Fascinating stuff.
I had no idea Emperor Hadrian actually looked like Judd Hirsch….

well claudius doesnt look anything like derek jacobi

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:54:54am

re: #322 A Cranky One

This is the kind of stuff I’m gonna miss if Twitter implodes.

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Dr. Matt  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:55:10am

re: #244 Eclectic Cyborg

I’m sure some MAGA morons are thinking the “secret candidate” is Trump.

FYI, John Boehner was seen at the capitol this week. I saw some people floating the idea that he could be a nominee for speaker.

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A Cranky One  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:56:21am

Human santapede

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:56:39am

re: #330 Dr. Matt

Boehner has a house in DC, does he not?

And, the MAGA dolts despise him. Boehner was the last Republican who tried to reign in the loony right.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:57:15am
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Belafon  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:58:22am

re: #322 A Cranky One

From #67

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garzooma  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:59:13am

Mastodon

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 2, 2022 • 9:59:59am
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jaunte  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:02:14am

tfw blame for systemic exploitation is offloaded onto “the Jews.”

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Crush White Nationalism  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:03:14am

re: #336 Backwoods_Sleuth

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danarchy  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:03:32am

re: #317 Hecuba’s daughter

It is so infuriating that what’s good for Main Street is treated as bad for Wall Street; no wonder so many of the affluent oppose measures helping the poor and working class and middle class. At one time the elite derived wealth from manufacturing products that helped others; now, it’s all gaming stock prices and interest rates and not benefiting society as a whole.

Except Main St and Wall St have considerable overlap. A large percentage of the market is owned by pension funds, IRAs, 401ks.

Also inflation isn’t good for Main St or Wall St. so while those extra jobs are great for the people who got them, they aren’t necessarily great for Main St. at large.

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gocart mozart  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:04:24am
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A Cranky One  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:04:39am

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Eventual Carrion  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:06:17am

re: #310 jaunte

Have to say Commodus looks like shit.

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:09:12am

re: #310 jaunte

I don’t remember George Clooney playing Maximinus Thrax.

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jaunte  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:11:28am

re: #342 Eventual Carrion

Too much gold dust.

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BeenHereAwhile  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:12:29am

re: #280 No Malarkey!

Once I was old enough to walk, our family German Shepherd was my constant companion.

For the first years of my life we lived in a small FL town. And being one of three very active children, I would escape from my playpen and go for a walk, with Sarge as my companion. I would get tired and sit down, and Sarge would sit beside me until a neighbor would notice and call my mother to come and get me and that damn dog.

When my daughter was born, living in the country at the time, I got her a German Shepherd puppy to raise as a companion. Everyone has their preference for dog breeds. I’ve been owned by mixed breeds, bird dogs, pit bull, more German Shepherds, and a goofy sweet bloodhound, and presently two more rescue dogs; but my sweet spot is German Shepherds.

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Belafon  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:14:07am

re: #335 garzooma

[Embedded content]

Be careful posting Mastodon embeds. One broke a thread. Charles was looking into them.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:14:42am
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Belafon  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:16:27am

re: #342 Eventual Carrion

Have to say Commodus looks like shit.

Was Joaquin Phoenix an improvement or not in your opinion?

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A Cranky One  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:16:46am

re: #346 Belafon

Be careful posting Mastodon embeds. One broke a thread. Charles was looking into them.

I believe our esteemed host has resolved the issue.

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Belafon  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:17:05am

re: #349 A Cranky One

I believe our esteemed host has resolved the issue.

Ok.

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John Hughes  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:17:56am

re: #325 Backwoods_Sleuth

…and he don’t care…

Which was National Rail’s reply.

(Edit: bloody Firefox reposting stuff)

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Hecuba's daughter  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:18:05am

re: #332 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Boehner has a house in DC, does he not?

And, the MAGA dolts despise him. Boehner was the last Republican who tried to reign in the loony right.

After what he went through last time, cannot believe that he would want the task of reigning over an ever more deluded group of his brethren.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:18:18am

re: #333 Backwoods_Sleuth

Maybe they could name a garbage can after MTG?

/

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Belafon  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:20:03am

I was wondering, because this is what the embed looks like on Android chrome:

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Shropshire Slasher  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:21:22am
Upstate New York Rep. Elise Stefanik says US Postal Service workers tore open her campaign mail and stole $20,000 in campaign checks — while also leaving donors exposed to potential identity theft or fraud.
“On four separate occasions between June 2022 and November 2022, packages sent by Elise for Congress containing campaign contributions were ripped open and the contents stolen while in the custody of USPS or its contractors.”

Toner said three of the thefts discovered in Memphis occurred in a single week and concluded that the “evidence indicates that Elise for Congress’s packages were plundered by a USPS employee or contractor while the packages were in transit.”

“These repeated security failures by USPS have not only resulted in the loss of nearly $20,000 in campaign contributions, but also—and more alarmingly—have exposed hundreds of Congresswoman Stefanik’s campaign supporters to potential identity theft or financial fraud,” Stefanik’s lawyer said.

nypost.com

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:22:20am

re: #354 Belafon

I was wondering, because this is what the embed looks like on Android chrome:

[Embedded content]

Not formatting correctly on my PC view either.

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Crush White Nationalism  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:23:56am

re: #356 Eclectic Cyborg

Not formatting correctly on my PC view either.

It looks fine using Edge on PC.

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lawhawk  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:24:28am
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Nyet  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:25:05am

re: #354 Belafon

I was wondering, because this is what the embed looks like on Android chrome:

[Embedded content]

Same with Telegram.

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BeenHereAwhile  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:26:26am

re: #330 Dr. Matt

FYI, John Boehner was seen at the capitol this week. I saw some people floating the idea that he could be a nominee for speaker.

He probably is there for consultation. Based upon his last experience as speaker of agenda-driven-republicans, don’t see him re-accepting the position.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:26:35am

re: #357 Crush White Nationalism

It looks fine using Edge on PC.

Apparently, I was looking at the wrong post. Looks right for me on Edge too.

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garzooma  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:27:11am

re: #356 Eclectic Cyborg

Not formatting correctly on my PC view either.

I’ve had to adjust the “height” value in the code. It comes up “auto”, and I’ve changed it to an absolute value that makes it fit.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:28:27am

re: #292 Eclectic Cyborg

Seriously. How does a good economic report make the market shit the bed?

Low employment = ability for workers to demand better wages, benefits, etc. The market hates that.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:29:05am

re: #363 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

Low employment = ability for workers to demand better wages, benefits, etc. The market hates that.

God forbid people get what they’re worth.

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:29:59am

re: #364 Eclectic Cyborg

God forbid people get what they’re worth.

If we did that, people would spend money, and that would lead to inflation, and inflation is bad, mmkay?

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:30:17am

Mauna Loa vent yesterday, still going strong:

Youtube Video


..

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Crush White Nationalism  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:31:11am

re: #364 Eclectic Cyborg

God forbid people get what they’re worth.

America was built on exploitation. You commies want to abandon our traditional values.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:37:27am

re: #347 Backwoods_Sleuth

Steve

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jaunte  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:42:37am
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:43:35am

frogfish

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Dangerman  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:43:49am

re: #355 Shropshire Slasher

nypost.com

4? Pfft

Any idea how many packages each day are ripped open while in USPS custody
(note i did not say intentionally)

Further, why aren’t you sending something that valuable by registered or insured mail?

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Eclectic Cyborg  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:46:48am

re: #371 Dangerman

4? Pfft

Any idea how many packages each day are ripped open while in USPS custody
(note i did not say intentionally)

Further, why aren’t you sending something that valuable by registered or insured mail?

Yep. My dad REFUSES to us USPS when he has to send me something important.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:46:59am

in today’s court news:

later in the thread:

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:47:05am

re: #354 Belafon

I was wondering, because this is what the embed looks like on Android chrome:

[Embedded content]

iPhone as well.

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Dr. Matt  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:47:43am

………

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:48:54am

re: #278 Dopamine Fish

Yeah, there was nothing accidental about the ‘unprofessional’ ‘sarcastic’ ‘not a real lawyer’ letter. It was a, IMNSHO, masterfully laid out to cause elmo to lose his shit.

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lawhawk  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:50:58am

re: #371 Dangerman

4? Pfft

Any idea how many packages each day are ripped open while in USPS custody
(note i did not say intentionally)

Further, why aren’t you sending something that valuable by registered or insured mail?

A Missouri facility? They know who an upstate NY Rep, Elise Stefinak, is in Missouri? I’d be rather surprised that those who aren’t political would know who she was if she was in a lineup.

There’s a whole lotta leaps of logic in the claims, and I’m sure that we’ll find out that there wasn’t much to the claims that she was targeted.

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Dopamine Fish  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:52:14am

re: #376 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Yeah, there was nothing accidental about the ‘unprofessional’ ‘sarcastic’ ‘not a real lawyer’ letter. It was a, IMNSHO, masterfully laid out to cause elmo to lose his shit.

Lawyer letters don’t have to be written in impeccable legalese. Whoever’s calling it ‘unprofessional’, ‘sarcastic’, or ‘not a real lawyer’ (I assume that’s the Elonoi?) need to wise the fuck up. Initial demand letters, or cease-and-desist letters, are the one place where lawyers have free rein to write freely, before they have to resort to the legalese in court filings.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Dec 2, 2022 • 10:54:20am

re: #300 Crush White Nationalism

Those of us that look at statistical norms consider the 90th percentile to be the standard — adding another deviation to top of that make the center of your normal curve too squishy. Elmo shows he just makes shit up; which we already knew.

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Barefoot Grin  Dec 2, 2022 • 11:02:02am

re: #262 I Would Prefer Not To

Do I have to be sober to attend?

Ha, that was my first thought: can I bring a six-pack?

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BeenHereAwhile  Dec 2, 2022 • 11:02:53am

re: #371 Dangerman

4? Pfft

Any idea how many packages each day are ripped open while in USPS custody
(note i did not say intentionally)

Further, why aren’t you sending something that valuable by registered or insured mail?

If you have ever watched a USPS envelope sorting machine, and the carnage they can cause, you’ll know to Scotch tape the corner flaps of your envelopes.

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John Hughes  Dec 2, 2022 • 11:27:26am

re: #354 Belafon

Same on Android FF.

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John Hughes  Dec 2, 2022 • 11:37:07am

re: #378 Dopamine Fish

Lawyer letters don’t have to be written in impeccable legalese.

See, for example “We refer you to the reply given in the case of Arkell v. Pressdram.”


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