Seth takes a closer look at Trump losing his mind in a series of unhinged social media posts as the district attorney investigating his attempt to overturn the Georgia election results revealed in court that she’s close to announcing possible indictments in the case.
Got CL’d:
re: #270 Joe Bacon
I never get bonuses. Most I usually get is the “Thank you for all your hard work, team!” boilerplate emails and the occasional shoutout from my manager in our monthly meeting.
Last month our entire team got “rewarded” with $75 of company swag at no cost (with free shipping!) from our employee estore.
Living the dream, I tell you.
uh no it wasn’t you liar!
Right-wing lobbyist: It was ‘thoughtless’ to say I want to ‘destroy public education’
A Utah lobbyist from a pro-school voucher nonprofit is apologizing after being caught on hot mic saying she wants to “destroy public education,” according to The Salt Lake Tribune this week.
In the audio clip, posted by conservative activist Lisa Logan of Utah Parents United over the weekend, Sorensen was asked what would happen if it becomes too expensive to fund both public schools and the school voucher program together — to which Sorensen replied that “we’ll change the way we fund the program” and “take money out of the public schools.
“The bigger the program gets, the larger the army I have that’s going to be pissed off if the program — if something changes in the program,” said Sorensen. “I can’t say this is a recall of public education, even though I want to destroy public education. I can’t say that. The legislature’s going to say that, because they’re just going to be reamed over the coals … they can’t have that PR mess.”
In some 70 countries, homosexual relations are still a crime; in a few countries, a person can be executed for being gay. This is a historic step forward for the church, and the Pope’s clear statement today will help to lessen violence against LGBTQ people and save lives.
— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) January 25, 2023
My mom, who was a sorority girl and foreign exchange student from Greece flew as a passenger on a plane from Tucson to Phoenix to meet King and Queen of Greece on this occasion but took a minute to pose on this old aircraft.
Air phreaks May know name and maker of aircraft—I don’t
re: #3 Captain Ron
THE POPE HAS GONE WOKE!!!
President Biden approved more oil and gas drilling permits in his first two years in office than did former President Donald Trump,” Yahoo News reports
But the Rs keep hammering….
re: #6 Dangerman
Its still a sin though, right?
That’s the thing. Homosexuality is legal in this country but gays are still routinely demonized by many Christians.
Looks like the Iranian ambassador impressed and swayed everybody on the righteousness of his cause with his skilled and thoughtful diplomacy ////////
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ambassador in Madrid, Hassan Ghashghavi, refuses to shake hands with Queen Letizia of Spain pic.twitter.com/ae0NEODya4
— Karim Sadjadpour (@ksadjadpour) January 25, 2023
re: #11 ckkatz
Looks like the Iranian ambassador impressed and swayed everybody on the righteousness of his cause with his skilled and thoughtful diplomacy ////////
I was wondering if this was some “Islamic” thing about men shaking hands with women or whatever- or whether this Ambassador was just being a rude asshole.
Then I viewed the whole clip and saw that the guy didn’t even acknowledge the Queen, but just turned and walked right by not even looking at her.
So “rude asshole” it is….
re: #12 Jay C
I was wondering if this was some “Islamic” thing about men shaking hands with women or whatever- or whether this Ambassador was just being a rude asshole.
Then I viewed the whole clip and saw that the guy didn’t even acknowledge the Queen, but just turned and walked right by not even looking at her.
So “rude asshole” it is….
My guess is that the Spanish were notified ahead of time by the Iranian Embassy that he was going to do this. And I expect that this is official policy of the Iranian regime. But yes, it is an disrespectful and boorish move. And qualifies as an official statement by the Iranian regime
Btw, the Spanish appear to have made no effort to protect him from this public embarrassment. So clearly they were out of fucks.
Loser Kari Lake loses again. Look for her to lose more in the near future.
🚨BREAKING: Arizona Supreme Court DENIES Kari Lake’s petition to transfer her election contest appeal from the appeals court to the state’s highest court. This is the second time Lake has made this motion and had it denied. https://t.co/Whts6V9diJ
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) January 26, 2023
re: #11 ckkatz
Looks like the Iranian ambassador impressed and swayed everybody on the righteousness of his cause with his skilled and thoughtful diplomacy ////////
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Haddasah is Israel’s Deputy Ambassador to Belgium, a frum woman, and mother of 5.
She greets Israel’s President with a gesture to avoid a handshake. https://t.co/ME3LrfO89d— 𝕄𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕣 𝕃𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕟 (@MeyerLabin) January 26, 2023
re: #7 Dangerman
But the Rs keep hammering….
Gas prices went up ten cents today after going up 15 cents over the weekend.
re: #13 ckkatz
My guess is that the Spanish were notified ahead of time by the Iranian Embassy that he was going to do this. And I expect that this is official policy of the Iranian regime. But yes, it is an disrespectful and boorish move. And qualifies as an official statement by the Iranian regime
Btw, the Spanish appear to have made no effort to protect him from this public embarrassment. So clearly they were out of fucks.
My husband, an Iranian-American, says he gets brownie points with the regime back home for doing that. They are also at war with women.
Why you never hear Republicans talk about repealing the ACA anymore after it was their obsession for seven years.
The Biden administration announced that more than 16.3 million people have chosen an Affordable Care Act Marketplace health plan during the enrollment period between Nov. 1 and Jan. 15. The enrollment is the largest since the ACA Marketplace was created.https://t.co/VblD55nGNt
— Ian Weissman, DO (@DrIanWeissman) January 26, 2023
re: #10 jaunte
It looks like a Naval Aircraft Factory N3N Canary:
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The N3N would send modern repugs to the fainting couch because it was designed and built by a GOVERNMENT OWNED facility, the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia. The NAF even produced the engines for it. Yes, a product of socialism.
The Navy Department concluded that it was necessary to build a Navy-owned aircraft factory in order to assure a part of its aircraft supply; to obtain cost data for the department’s guidance in its dealings with private manufacturers; and to have under its own control a factory capable of producing experimental designs.
They also produced a long list of other designs, both in house and licensed from private concerns. The PBN Nomad was an aerodynamically refined version of the privately designed Consolidated PBY Catalina. It was developed in-house at NAF, produced there, and back-licensed to Consolidated as the PBY-6. Most of the Nomads went to the Soviet Union under lend-lease and stayed around long enough to receive the NATO recognition name “Mop.”
Science fiction writers Isaac Asimov, L. Sprague de Camp, and Robert A. Heinlein all worked at the end of NAF. Production closed down at the end of World War II in 1945 and all naval aircraft production has been in the hands of private companies ever since.
re: #15 The Pie Overlord!
This is such a more respectful and thoughtful approach than what the Iranian Regime did.
re: #6 Dangerman
Its still a sin though, right?
Things that are “sins” that I wouldn’t want made illegal:
lying
adultery
not feeding the poor
not honoring your parents
The Wrath of Khan is on. When they talked in about Genesis, McCoy says “According to myth, the Earth was created in six days.” I wonder if any Christian sites have written about that line.
re: #11 ckkatz
Looks like the Iranian ambassador impressed and swayed everybody on the righteousness of his cause with his skilled and thoughtful diplomacy ////////
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Note how tall King Felipe is. He is 6’6” and normally towers over the diplomats and other fatcats he meets. This is him with Vlad Putin some years ago:
re: #17 justaminute
My husband, an Iranian-American, says he gets brownie points with the regime back home for doing that. They are also at war with women.
Yup! That was my assumption as well.
I fully believe that the Iranian Ambassador is doing exactly what the regime expects him to do. And I strongly suspect that the Ambassador is fully on board with it.
re: #2 Joe Bacon
uh no it wasn’t you liar!
Right-wing lobbyist: It was ‘thoughtless’ to say I want to ‘destroy public education’
Put that on heavy rotation, at least twice a day, three times on Sunday. Make her own that until she runs screaming from the room.
The way the M1A1 Abrams tanks are being provided is interesting. Rather than “Drawdown” (aka “PDA” Presidential Drawdown Authority - ie pulling from existing stockpiles) they are being furnished through purchase of new production. (aka USAI - Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative).
This means that delivery will probably be over the next few years, rather than over the next few months like the Leopards. The Ukrainians take this as a statement of planned long term support by the Americans and are very pleased. Also note that the shipment includes more than 31 tanks, recovery vehicles and probably logistics equipment are included.
The assumption is that there are two reasons for USAI-
1. The current Abrams use a special ‘secret’ armor that includes depleted uranium. The tanks provided to foreign governments do not have this. From the US point of view, this keeps the production lines going longer. And may justify increasing production capacity.
2. The Leopards are intended to be used in the next few months of fighting. The Abrams are planned as a follow-on force.
My lukewarm take: the U.S. just made a serious long-term investment in Ukraine just to get Germany (and other European nations) to prepare for the immediate future. In a sense, this is the best outcome Kyiv can have hoped for. All my Ukrainian sources are ecstatic this evening.
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) January 25, 2023
And thread -
The Abrams will be sent using Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), NOT through Presidential Drawdown Authority, the officials confirmed. Which means when it comes to spring offensives, the focus will be on getting Ukrainians trained and operating the Leopard 2’s.
— Nick Schifrin (@nickschifrin) January 24, 2023
The next conference on aiding the Ukrainians is scheduled for February. The expectation is an announcement of supplying of F-16’s to the Ukrainians. (The Ukrainians are reportedly already training on them.)
Lockheed Martin will increase the pace of production for F-16. The measure has taken for countries to be able replace their fighters should they send some of their F-16s to Ukraine - Financial Times🇺🇸🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/VeMRYVr20c
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 26, 2023
re: #19 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Heh, I was just reading about the Navy production of the R-760. Hadn’t known about that.
I always preferred the lines of the Boeing/Stearman Model 75, especially civilian ones with a cowled R-985 & a constant speed prop. But I’d not say no to a ride in a Canary ;)
Hopefully these tanks will be burying many Russians.
The Russians have threatened to send send in their newest tank, the T-14 Armata. Except there are not many of them. And they do not seem to work very well.
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re: #32 ckkatz
The Russians have threatened to send send in their newest tank, the T-14 Armata. Except there are not many of them. And they do not seem to work very well.
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This sounds to me like a combination of Putin demanding a big propaganda victory to shore up his support and some general(s) looking to boost support for the program if one of these white elephants manages to at least damage a Western tank.
re: #32 ckkatz
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re: #33 Targetpractice
This sounds to me like a combination of Putin demanding a big propaganda victory to shore up his support and some general(s) looking to boost support for the program if one of these white elephants manages to at least damage a Western tank.
Yup, it does sound like the Russian upper echelons are more excited than the ‘stuckees’ who are about to be issued it.
Pompano is probably on the take from the KSA too
— Enn Hanes (@EnnHanes) January 25, 2023
Saw an ACLU ad on TV the other day. The entire ad was about how they fight for the rights of Black/Brown/LGBTQ people. You know what they left out of the ad? The way they hide behind the 1st amendment to fight for the rights of white supremacists to harass the same people. https://t.co/JSc7oJ67Ur
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) January 26, 2023
re: #35 William Lewis
As you point out, the reactions of those closest to it make a very loud statement.
Brief field report from a tiny in-person lizard gathering…
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re: #35 William Lewis
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Even if it was all that and a bag of chips, I’d still be hesitant to deploy them when only a handful exist. Given Russia’s approach to armoured warfare to date, all it’s going to take is one of these getting popped by a Javelin and the entire mystique immediately comes to an end. Hard to sell a product to foreign buyers when its combat debut saw it reduced to a mobile camp fire by missiles whose development stretches all the way back to the Reagan years.
The ACLU is not saying social media companies shouldn’t bad anyone. It isn’t saying they shouldn’t ban people who do what Trump does. It’s saying that *because Trump is powerful* he should be able to violate policies that get others banned.
That is wrong and bad. https://t.co/ZGYaIyOyQv— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) January 26, 2023
re: #32 ckkatz
The Russians have threatened to send send in their newest tank, the T-14 Armata. Except there are not many of them. And they do not seem to work very well.
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Looks like someone forgot to shift that tank from park to neutral before attempting to tow it ;-)
mf just scared tf outta me at 4am pic.twitter.com/qdAWCG887H
— Stax 2K (@yoStax) January 21, 2023
re: #43 jaunte
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It’s basically been everybody else’s excuse for why he should have unfettered access to social media platforms: “He’s a celebrity, so the rules don’t apply to him!”
re: #47 Targetpractice
“When you’re a star, they let you do it.”
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“And lo he said unto the humans: Provides us with cheeseburgers and the kingdom shall be yours.”
re: #36 ckkatz
Yup, it does sound like the Russian upper echelons are more excited than the ‘stuckees’ who are about to be issued it.
It seems that the boots on the ground are far less enthused about receiving the T-14 Armata than the brass is…..
If any of the relatively few available tanks were deployed, it would likely be most useful for “propaganda,” the MOD argued, saying that Russian commanders “are unlikely to trust the vehicle.”
In an updated intelligence post on Wednesday, the MOD referenced these reports, but suggested Russian forces “were reluctant to accept the first tranche of T-14 allocated to them because the vehicles were in such poor condition.”
It’s a parade tank. I’d be reluctant to bet my life on it, too.
re: #50 Dr Lizardo
It seems that the boots on the ground are far less enthused about receiving the T-14 Armata than the brass is…..
It’s a parade tank. I’d be reluctant to bet my life on it, too.
It’s a show room model, same as the Mustang in the lobby of your local Ford dealership. The Russians have been pulling this shit since the Soviet days, when they’d roll “advance prototypes” through Red Square where they knew foreign observers (and spies) would be lined up by the dozens to see the latest in “Soviet super technology.” Then later intel reports would show they were paper tigers, non-functioning or even just tarted up versions of existing models, but by then the propaganda victory had paid dividends by shoring up foreign support while also causing the West to burn more money trying to counter something that didn’t exist.
Teacher gets called out for making racist remarks to a child // immediately bursts into WW tears pic.twitter.com/YKQ5udnzmn
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Ran across this:
Got my first tattoo today, a portrait of my late husband 💗 glad I’ll always have him with me in more ways than one. https://t.co/AAZKzHmaAu pic.twitter.com/hpQ9FyXIkq
— Ashley Reese (@offbeatorbit) January 26, 2023
She and her husband had been dating for years and then he found out he had an aggressive form of cancer. They married in October, and he died on Dec 8th.
Well, our whirlwind wedding made it to Vogue, lads 🥲 https://t.co/88BectfJpm
— Ashley Reese (@offbeatorbit) November 23, 2022
re: #57 Belafon
Ran across this:
Of all of it, I am glad that Vogue got the article out in time for him to see it.
re: #42 Targetpractice
Even if it was all that and a bag of chips, I’d still be hesitant to deploy them when only a handful exist. Given Russia’s approach to armoured warfare to date, all it’s going to take is one of these getting popped by a Javelin and the entire mystique immediately comes to an end. Hard to sell a product to foreign buyers when its combat debut saw it reduced to a mobile camp fire by missiles whose development stretches all the way back to the Reagan years.
The T-14 itself sort of stretches back to the Reagan years.
Or at least the general concept of developing an MBT with an unmanned turret with autoloader while the entire crew is in a highly protected capsule in the hull*. It was seen as a potential development in the 1980s.**
The keys to what the T-14 is capable of is really tied to three things I think:
1. Sights/optics/computers - Does it have a suite that allows it to collect and use information on the battlefield to make it effective.
2. APS system - Does it have an Active Protective System that might help protect it from missiles and other threats? Does said system work.***
3. Improved crew survivability over current Russian tanks and their popping turrets. Something western tanks have paid greater attention to since they are professional (and not conscript) armies and thus their tank crews are considered valuable assets worth preserving if possible. Thus the blow-out panels and other things which will mission-kill a tank, but potentially allow the crew to survive.
* - Which some consider a liability since everyone is lower down and can’t see the surroundings as well as being higher up in a turret. One reason the sensor suite will be so important with the vehicle.
** - An old (1985) RPG game called “Twilight: 2000” about a 2000-ish global war includes a Russian/Soviet “T-90” with an unmanned turret, etc. etc. just like a T-14. There is also an M1 Abrams variant nicknamed “Giraffe” that is similar in concept.
*** - The T-14 with a full-blown working APS in Arma 3 is a sort of Death Star. The APS pretty much stops any missile, including Javelins like it has some sort of deflector shield. Not effective against a 120mm APFSDS dart however.
What else would you expect from Republican loosers?
If Hanan/Brigitte is paid to make Republicans look even stupider than they already do, she deserves a raise.
The Democrats want to ban the Bible and then they have the audacity to complain about Florida questioning the propaganda being peddled to our children.
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) January 25, 2023
re: #59 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
The T-14 itself sort of stretches back to the Reagan years.
Or at least the general concept of developing an MBT with an unmanned turret with autoloader while the entire crew is in a highly protected capsule in the hull*. It was seen as a potential development in the 1980s.**
The keys to what the T-14 is capable of is really tied to three things I think:
1. Sights/optics/computers - Does it have a suite that allows it to collect and use information on the battlefield to make it effective.2. APS system - Does it have an Active Protective System that might help protect it from missiles and other threats? Does said system work.***
3. Improved crew survivability over current Russian tanks and their popping turrets. Something western tanks have paid greater attention to since they are professional (and not conscript) armies and thus their tank crews are considered valuable assets worth preserving if possible. Thus the blow-out panels and other things which will mission-kill a tank, but potentially allow the crew to survive.
* - Which some consider a liability since everyone is lower down and can’t see the surroundings as well as being higher up in a turret. One reason the sensor suite will be so important with the vehicle.
** - An old (1985) RPG game called “Twilight: 2000” about a 2000-ish global war includes a Russian/Soviet “T-90” with an unmanned turret, etc. etc. just like a T-14. There is also an M1 Abrams variant nicknamed “Giraffe” that is similar in concept.
*** - The T-14 with a full-blown working APS in Arma 3 is a sort of Death Star. The APS pretty much stops any missile, including Javelins like it has some sort of deflector shield. Not effective against a 120mm APFSDS dart however.
Yeah, the concept has been out there for ages, but the T-14 itself is (as far as we know) a relatively recent design that came about when the T-95 project was scrapped over funding issues. So this is a relatively new tank design and the Russians are certainly playing that fact to the hilt, every presentation and every sales pitch being about how it’s an all-new design with all the latest and greatest bells and whistles. Rolling a few of those into Ukraine is a sales presentation, the hope being that one of them will meet and beat a Western tank in battle so they can make the rounds with their usual list of buyers and declare “BUY OUR TANKS AND YOUR ENEMIES WILL RUN IN FEAR!”
That’s makes the bolded so important, that whole image of the T-14 as all but invincible on a modern battlefield of old and obsolete tanks. If the AUF manage to knock even one out, especially if they do so without using another tank, then any hope of ever selling them outside Russia’s borders will wither on the vine.
re: #59 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
It was fun playing Twilight 2000 in the National Guard, long after the days of the first version. We expected to die; our hope was simply to take out 8-10 soviet tanks before we died so that we’d slow them down enough for REFORGER to work.
Ironically, when the Germanies reunited we learned that they thought we could move 2 to 3 times more men to Europe in half the time.
In a real way the REFORGER propaganda saved the West…
I liked the first version best but when they were looking for an author for the 3rd edition, I put in a bid to write it as a alt-history timeline. Gorbachev was killed when younger and never lead the Soviet Union. As a result, someone else followed in Andropov’s footsteps instead…
Having been a tanker on the German/Cech boarder once upon a lifetime ago, I’d have liked that chance.
re: #64 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
re: #2 Joe Bacon
uh no it wasn’t you liar!
Right-wing lobbyist: It was ‘thoughtless’ to say I want to ‘destroy public education’
A Utah lobbyist from a pro-school voucher nonprofit is apologizing after being caught on hot mic saying she wants to “destroy public education,” according to The Salt Lake Tribune this week.
Education is just another commercial product to be bought and sold. Like health care. Or clean water and breathable air.
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re: #11 ckkatz
Looks like the Iranian ambassador impressed and swayed everybody on the righteousness of his cause with his skilled and thoughtful diplomacy ////////
Not just gaining brownie points with the Mullahs back home: He would never have been taken seriously by other Iranian diplomats if he had “degraded” and “sullied” himself by shaking hands with a woman, even it it was the Queen of Spain
re: #14 No Malarkey!
Arizona Supreme Court DENIES Kari Lake’s petition to transfer her election contest appeal from the appeals court to the state’s highest court. This is the second time Lake has made this motion and had it denied.
This is simply proof of how deep the conspiracy and corruption go, even within the GOP.
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Now these Leopard tanks… I need a good line about them eating Russians’ faces.
Escaped with the par 4. Of course during the break, managed two beagles - including a lip out for a hole-in-one! Yes, my name is Pinocchio, er George Santos!
MrsTarH continues to make progress with her new teeth. Can tell that being able to eat real food is boosting her energy. Have a great day/evening everyone!
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Good morning and welcome back, great work Charles, and thanks for all the efforts, I missed all of my LGF friends yesterday. The site did not come back up until after I’d already hit the dinner and veg out in front of the TV stage.
re: #75 Thanos
Good morning and welcome back, great work Charles, and thanks for all the efforts, I missed all of my LGF friends yesterday. The site did not come back up until after I’d already hit the dinner and veg out in front of the TV stage.
Was that due to repairs or botulism?
re: #11 ckkatz
Looks like the Iranian ambassador impressed and swayed everybody on the righteousness of his cause with his skilled and thoughtful diplomacy ////////
Didn’t look like she was in a hurry to shake his hand either. Which is fine.
Kind of scary.
A massive, coordinated scheme to sell false and fraudulent nursing degree credentials has been brought down by a joint federal law enforcement operation, Justice Department officials said Wednesday.
As first reported by ABC News, officials said the scheme involved peddling more than $100 million worth of bogus nursing diplomas and transcripts over the course of several years — fake credentials that were sold to help “thousands of people” take “shortcuts” toward becoming licensed, practicing nurses.
Officials said the forged diplomas and transcripts were sold from what had been accredited schools to aspiring nurses, in order to help candidates bypass the qualifying requirements necessary to sit for the national nursing board exam. Although they still had to take the exam, the bogus credentials allowed them to skip vital steps of the competency and licensure process, officials said — and once licensed, those individuals were able to find a job in the health care field.
re: #78 Shropshire Slasher
Kind of scary.
As long as Health Care is just another commodity to be bought and sold, these sorts of scams will continue
re: #76 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Was that due to repairs or botulism?
I haven’t had coffee yet, missing the botulism reference, help me out?
re: #82 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Ohh - ok got it. thanks.
From pro publica, more conservative liars grifting again:
re: #71 TarHellion
Escaped with the par 4. Of course during the break, managed two beagles - including a lip out for a hole-in-one! Yes, my name is Pinocchio, er George Santos!
MrsTarH continues to make progress with her new teeth. Can tell that being able to eat real food is boosting her energy. Have a great day/evening everyone!
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UPDATE: On Tuesday evening, the Manatee County School Board discussed this policy for about a hour.
Things are even worse than they appeared.
Follow along if interested.
🧵 https://t.co/RBL5LsWpjV— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) January 26, 2023
3. The district is recruiting VOLUNTEERS to come into classrooms and review the teachers books.
Who is likely to volunteer? The same right-wing activists who are pushing the idea that teachers are using books to “groom” or indoctrinate students— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) January 26, 2023
re: #87 Belafon
All books except the Bible, of course…
Ughhhh
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re: #87 Belafon
The people coming to filter the books are the same ones who never read them when they were young…”Of Mice and Men? This must be one of those woke Disney grooming books about rodent fucking…banned!”
re: #90 darthstar
The people coming to filter the books are the same ones who never read them when they were young…”Of Mice and Men? This must be one of those woke Disney grooming books about rodent fucking…banned!”
These are the same people who’d be out there burning books; this is just an alternative method of achieving the same goal - whitewashing history, pushing their Christian white nationalist ideologies, and denying access to books that they don’t agree with.
re: #89 Eclectic Cyborg
The second one should have been yellow. If there’s only 1 letter then the second one will be black. Just tested it, and it still works that way.
Cute little buggers. Italy’s version of the Switchblade 300 basically. Man packed, tube launched. .5kg warhead.
fed.celp.de
btw, it’s nice to see the bot attacks appear to have abated. Couldn’t even load this site yesterday.
re: #95 darthstar
btw, it’s nice to see the bot attacks appear to have abated. Couldn’t even load this site yesterday.
same here
Good morning! Bad news: after receiving threats from State Bar prosecutors, it seems likely they will put me in jail for 6 months if I follow through with bringing a robot lawyer into a physical courtroom. DoNotPay is postponing our court case and sticking to consumer rights:
— Joshua Browder (@jbrowder1) January 25, 2023
re: #97 Crush White Nationalism
WTF is this about and should I even google to find out?
re: #97 Crush White Nationalism
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Did your robot pass the Bar in your state?
Here’s a list of ways to qualify to take the Bar in NY State:
nybarexam.org
Did your robot complete any of them?
There’s also a requirement for Moral Character and Fitness. And you have to be of age. Does your robot meet those criteria?
re: #97 Crush White Nationalism
If they had looked around, they might have found a judge who would have allowed it, maybe Judge Judy, but still. But they definitely made it hard on themselves.
re: #98 darthstar
WTF is this about and should I even google to find out?
Basically, this guy was going to wear an earpiece and let an AI tell him what to say in the courtroom in this case.
It is pronounced robut in this circumstance.
CNN poll: classified documents story is having no impact on Biden approval rating, but is doing damage to Trump among Republicans. pic.twitter.com/ruVUNP8LfG
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 25, 2023
I can remember cases of secret material being with us on official travel, with people being deputized to keep track and collect it after use. I can totally see people messing that up. (My first few months on the job in the Senate, we had a mishandled info moment.) /1 https://t.co/zB7musdLv3
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 25, 2023
One of the things 9h057 misses is that our jobs end when our workday is over. The President and VP and others don’t have a line between being on the job and not.
re: #101 Belafon
Basically, this guy was going to wear an earpiece and let an AI tell him what to say in the courtroom in this case.
I hope the AI watched lots of Matlock in preparation.
On the weather front, my corner of northern NJ got as much as a trace of snow yesterday before it was quickly washed away with rain. NYC has gone without measurable snow for nearly an entire year. Temps aren’t looking favorable for snow in the forecast either.
While my back doesn’t mind the lack of snow, it is a problem for reservoirs and aquifers that rely on snowpack to recharge slowly, while rains end up having runoff that goes to sewers and doesn’t have a chance to percolate into aquifers due to impervious surface conditions in urban areas. It’s also a problem for ski areas that rely on snowstorms to get people in the mood to go skiing (even if the areas themselves have snow - manmade or otherwise, they get an uptick in visitors who have snow on the ground by them).
re: #103 Belafon
CNN poll: classified documents story is having no impact on Biden approval rating, but is doing damage to Trump among Republicans.
It will nonetheless keep him free of any legal consequences. And the Mike Pence fiasco just adds to the sheer absurdity of it all.
re: #101 Belafon
Basically, this guy was going to wear an earpiece and let an AI tell him what to say in the courtroom in this case.
People should be allowed to send AI chat bots to take their places in jury duty!
re: #89 Eclectic Cyborg
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re: #110 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
People should be allowed to send AI chat bots to take their places in jury duty!
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re: #101 Belafon
Basically, this guy was going to wear an earpiece and let an AI tell him what to say in the courtroom in this case.
And if the AI led him astray, would he be able to sue for ineffective counsel or did he have to waive that option?
The game looks like money laundering to me, but it’s also right-wing idiocy.
“I do not wish to get any people into financial trouble,” ThePro said. “I just price my game as it feels right to me, which is my right.”
The developer made similar remarks to PCGamesN, and said that the game is about sharing their story and “letting people understand that even if you’re in a bad situation you can work with what you’ve got.” Oh, I’d say it’s about a whole lot more than that.
The Hidden and Unknown begins with an eight-minute-long Star Wars scroll which describes an imbalance between masculine and feminine energy that’s turning Western men infertile due to testosterone depletion, causing women to become increasingly masculine, and which will ultimately lead to the end of humanity. So it turns out this $2,000 philosophy lesson is just the same retrograde gibberish supplement-hawking YouTube masculinity gurus post every day for free. Steam’s transformation into a “platform” really is complete.
I played that $2,000 Steam game, and its ridiculous price is probably for the best (PC Gamer via MSN)
Blergh.
2/ Doug and James, thank you ever so much for again putting your contempt for and disgust with women who do not submit to you on display for all to see. Have a nice dayà /end
— Dee *former elemental hydrogen* Holmes🐀🇺🇦 (@mmmirele) January 26, 2023
re: #114 Crush White Nationalism
The game looks like money laundering to me, but it’s also right-wing idiocy.
I played that $2,000 Steam game, and its ridiculous price is probably for the best (PC Gamer via MSN)
If it costs that much it must be worth it, right?
No I don’t understand. What’s a “mark”?
An interesting diary from Markos about the layoffs at DailyKos, including a revenue chart showing that Trump was good for their business, and while they could afford to pay for employees during that time, revenue has dropped off a lot since then.
re: #114 Crush White Nationalism
The game looks like money laundering to me, but it’s also right-wing idiocy.
I played that $2,000 Steam game, and its ridiculous price is probably for the best (PC Gamer via MSN)
I need to make something I only have to sell one copy of.
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re: #103 Belafon
Ah CNN continues with the Both Sides ssshhhaaavvviiinnnggg cream.
A continuity error with the Statue of Liberty in the #MsMarvel finale has been digitally altered on Disney+ recently
The statue is shown in the opening shot and end credits of Episode 6
It is now the same copper colour as seen in Spider-Man: No Way Home! pic.twitter.com/EBqoMtokJb— Ms. Marvel UK⚡️ (@MsMarvelUK) January 23, 2023
re: #120 Joe Bacon
Ah CNN continues with the Both Sides ssshhhaaavvviiinnnggg cream.
Let’s see how the Pence situation affects this, given it’s basically the same as the Biden issue. My sister would be one of those who would say that Biden did nothing illegal but that the discovery irreparably muddied the waters so that Trump will escape justice once again.
Here’s why this is bad news for Biden and Democrats / NY Times.
The reality is that the economy is consistently doing better than analysts’ expectations, which means the Fed Reserve will try to slow it with additional interest rate hikes.— lawhawk #vaxxedforfamilyandcommunity (@lawhawk) January 26, 2023
re: #100 Belafon
If they had looked around, they might have found a judge who would have allowed it, maybe Judge Judy, but still. But they definitely made it hard on themselves.
Naaah, Judge Judy Scheindlin would have thrown this assclown out on his ear in whatever court she was presiding over (real or TV), probably with commentary necessitating considerable bleeping for the latter. And almost certainly a brief lesson on the differences between “robot” and “dummy”….
Here we go again with this crap.
Debate erupts at city council meeting after teen said she was ‘terrified’ to see trans woman in YMCA locker room
17 year old Jesusbot goes after a 66 year old transgendered woman in a city council meeting.
Par & I’ll take it. Big middle finger to NYT.
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re: #121 Crush White Nationalism
Or, we are catching a glimpse of another universe.
re: #123 lawhawk
A tweet I can’t get to said it this way: If the economy is strong and jobs are good, but a Democrat is in charge, is it still a recession?
re: #125 Joe Bacon
Here we go again with this crap.
Debate erupts at city council meeting after teen said she was ‘terrified’ to see trans woman in YMCA locker room
17 year old Jesusbot goes after a 66 year old transgendered woman in a city council meeting.
Then stay out of bathrooms you know they allow trans women in. That’s your choice.
re: #130 Belafon
A tweet I can’t get to said it this way: If the economy is strong and jobs are good, but a Democrat is in charge,
isit ISstilla recession?
FTFY
White ‘splaining…..
The 1619 Project is a fictional load of horseshit.
— Conservative Patriot Pizza Bitch (@PatrioticPizzas) January 26, 2023
The 1619 Project is fake history. It fails as history, it fails as economics, it fails as political thought. https://t.co/hCMDX6XMoy
— Patrick Byrne (@PatrickByrne) January 25, 2023
#1619Project is a false history used as propaganda to push reparations and quotas
No https://t.co/kJra9BThll— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) January 18, 2023
re: #130 Belafon
A tweet I can’t get to said it this way: If the economy is strong and jobs are good, but a Democrat is in charge, is it still a recession?
Always.
re: #125 Joe Bacon
Here we go again with this crap.
Debate erupts at city council meeting after teen said she was ‘terrified’ to see trans woman in YMCA locker room
17 year old Jesusbot goes after a 66 year old transgendered woman in a city council meeting.
That little punk needs to get the fuck over it and let that other person live their life.
More proof that the EC antiquated bullshit:
2024 will mark 20 years since Republicans last won the popular vote. Can they rebrand in time to stop losing streak? https://t.co/vBEGyd18t0
Via @myrakadams— TheHillOpinion (@TheHillOpinion) January 26, 2023
2024 will mark a sorry anniversary for the Republican Party: 20 years since President George W. Bush’s 2004 reelection campaign won both the popular and Electoral College votes. That feat has since eluded three GOP presidential nominees and one incumbent.
The critical question is, “Are Republicans capable of nominating a winning ticket to halt this embarrassing losing trend?” I doubt it since rapidly changing demographics are reducing the Republicans’ popular vote count in battleground states.
If the parties were reversed, the GQP would be doing everything in their power to get rid of the EC.
An asteroid between 11 and 28 feet long will zip past Earth tonight only about 2,200 miles above Argentina. Scientists say there is no chance it will hit earth.
re: #136 Dr. Matt
More proof that the EC antiquated bullshit:
If the parties were reversed, the GQP would be doing everything in their power to get rid of the EC.
One can imagine the MAGA reaction if TFG won the popular vote but lost the Electoral College. Terrorists would be threatening to kill electors and their families if they didn’t vote for Trump.
re: #137 No Malarkey!
An asteroid between 11 and 28 feet long will zip past Earth tonight only about 2,200 miles above Argentina. Scientists say there is no chance it will hit earth.
It would burn up in the atmosphere anyway, and just be a light show for someone.
re: #129 Belafon
Only if there is a zeppelin in the shot.
Just in: Former Jan. 6 committee member Adam Schiff announces he’s running for the US Senate in California
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) January 26, 2023
Katie Porter has already thrown her hat in the ring as well.
re: #141 A Cranky One
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Dear Dr. Laura:
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate. I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the other specific laws and how to follow them:
When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord — Leviticus 1:9. The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness — Leviticus 15:19-24. The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
Leviticus 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can’t I own Canadians?
I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?
A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination — Leviticus 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don’t agree. Can you settle this?
Leviticus 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?
Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Leviticus 19:27. How should they die?
I know from Leviticus 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?
My uncle has a farm. He violates Leviticus 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? — Leviticus 24:10-16. Couldn’t we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Leviticus 20:14)
I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God’s word is eternal and unchanging.
Your devoted fan,
Jim
re: #133 Dr. Matt
White ‘splaining…..
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Nick Fuentes, now suspended from Twitter once again, has taken to Telegram urge his supporters to “ask nicely” for his account to be reinstated.
Let’s see how much @ellagirwin @esthercrawford and @elonmusk value the speech of Neo-Nazis on this platform. pic.twitter.com/FyIFLTEMKI— Jay McKenzie (@jamesfourm) January 25, 2023
re: #137 No Malarkey!
An asteroid between 11 and 28 feet long will zip past Earth tonight only about 2,200 miles above Argentina. Scientists say there is no chance it will hit earth.
Are they no longer giving out the dimensions in penguins?
Pompous Presstitute…
NBC Reporter Relishes Evicting Tenant in Bleak Instagram Posts
A senior national political reporter at NBC News decided, for some reason, to share his delight at evicting a tenant in a series of mocking Instagram stories on Tuesday, according to a report. Marc Caputo uploaded screen-recordings of texts sent between himself, a property manager, and the tenant occupying a house owned by Caputo in Key West, Defector claims. The messages chronicled the tenant pleading for more time as Caputo refuses, referring to the tenant as a “junkie” and telling the property manager he hopes the tenant “enjoys the sex in prison.” In one post showing a screenshot of a message from a producer asking him to do a live TV broadcast, Caputo allegedly wrote: “…of course TV wants me on in the 2 pm hour. A live eviction wd make for good TV.” When the property manager text Caputo saying the tenant “doesn’t have anywhere to go and nobody has any love for him,” Caputo allegedly replied: “He will have a gun to his head in almost a literal sense because law enforcement will be there.” NBC News declined to comment to Defector about the posts, while Caputo said his actions were “born out of deep frustration that I transmuted into mockery of a terrible situation.”
The T-14 Armata, is a Russian main battle tank based on failure, corruption, and empty hopes.
An example of armored welfare.
re: #146 Crush White Nationalism
Nicely, meaning not threatening to kill the banner’s entire family but just their spouse and a child or two?
re: #147 jeffreyw
Are they no longer giving out the dimensions in penguins?
Antarctic penguins or Galapagos penguins?
re: #146 Crush White Nationalism
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re: #152 Dr. Matt
twitter appears to have suspended fuentes roughly 24 hours later. he praised hitler and the unabomber in a twitter space last night, at one point claiming “jews run the news.” https://t.co/VQDen2PicD pic.twitter.com/gfgFI5yjnf
— hannah gais (@hannahgais) January 25, 2023
Thread: NY Times is delighted to have a story they can squash into their BOFSEIDS!!!!!! narrative.
The “Biden Documents” scandal reveals just how blurred the line between straight journalism & opinion writing has become. This article features multiple instances of the NYTimes declaring—without evidence—a political disaster for Biden & a political victory for Trump pic.twitter.com/PWR4cYDN3E
— Magdi Jacobs (@magi_jay) January 25, 2023
Remember that amended campaign finance report that George Santos filed a few days ago? Looks like that missing checkbox entry is going to be the least of his problems there. We may be adding forgery of a government document to the stack of items.
From Newsweek:
George Santos Fraudulent Signature Could Be Final Nail in Coffin
George Santos has been accused of listing a man as his campaign financier against his wishes and using his signature without consent, in the latest controversy to hit the New York House Republican.
On Tuesday Santos filed an updated campaign finance report with the Federal Election Commission, in which Thomas Datwyler, an experienced campaign financial consultant, was listed as his new treasurer, with the filing signed with his name.
However, speaking to ABC News Datwyler’s attorney, Derek Ross, said Santos had been informed Datwyler wouldn’t be taking the position on Monday.
Ross said: “On Monday, we informed the Santos campaign that Mr. Datwyler would not be serving as treasurer.
re: #146 Crush White Nationalism
That didn’t take long.
1619 Project sniveling is a tell from wypipo not wanting black folks to speak history. The new ‘uppity.’ It’s racist AF.
re: #156 No Malarkey!
That didn’t take long.
An article on Nick’s ban mentioned that Ali Alexander was also re-banned.
It looks like Elon gave maniacs a 2nd chance to pump up the user count, but it’s not working out.
Thank Dog that the internet is forever.
Herr Fuentes: “He [Hitler] was also really fucking cool.”
Elon Musk reinstated Nick Fuentes today. Just another reason why I cancelled my Twitter Blue subscription and why advertisers are fleeing this place.
Imagine having your product show up next to this…pic.twitter.com/qNY3s3MfOu— Scottacular (@Scottcrates) January 24, 2023
In other platforming news:
Muh free speech https://t.co/wtCPheZbhZ
— Adam Rawnsley (@arawnsley) January 26, 2023
re: #160 No Malarkey!
In other platforming news:
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re: #160 No Malarkey!
They also lost their shit when DTV canned OAN.
re: #151 sizzzzlerz
Antarctic penguins or Galapagos penguins?
They used Emperor Penguin Units (EPUs), before.
Using NVIDIA’s new eye contact feature for movie editing…
making characters look directly at camera pic.twitter.com/Yl9hG31Ae9
— ActionMovieDad (@ActionMovieKid) January 24, 2023
re: #137 No Malarkey!
“The white mouse will NOT explode.”
Par. I stared at the third line for about a half an hour, tried 3 not-words, then got it. Only because no wrong words would fit.
Wordle 586 4/6*
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3 4s and a 5 in my streak of 4.
re: #164 jimmyvluv4u
Using NVIDIA’s new eye contact feature for movie editing…
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Wow. The “No Country for Old Men” scenes were quite startling.
re: #168 Dangerman
you can work as long as you like. there is law that says you must stop.
you can choose not to receive social security benefits. ever. there is no requirement.
(as opposed to ira/pension rmds etc)
of course rick is full of shit, cause no one said this to him.
changing the system in any way (what he’s implying) would do nothing to address this huge problem he thinks we have
re: #169 Dangerman
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you can work as long as you like. there is law that says you must stop.
you can choose not to receive social security benefits. ever. there is no requirement.
(as opposed to ira/pension rmds etc)of course rick is full of shit, cause no one said this to him.
changing the system in any way (what he’s implying) would do nothing to address this huge problem he thinks we have
If they are using walkers to get to him, he should make sure they qualify for disability.
re: #171 Patricia Kayden
Instigating a violent insurrection isn’t free speech.
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Not surprised at all since this is the same ACLU that sees nothing wrong with the Citizens United decision.
re: #172 Joe Bacon
Not surprised at all since this is the same ACLU that sees nothing wrong with the Citizens United decision.
Nazis, Skokie, IL, 1978.
re: #173 wrenchwench
Nazis, Skokie, IL, 1978.
How well I remember since I was living in Oak Park at that time.
re: #174 Joe Bacon
How well I remember since I was living in Oak Park at that time.
Lovely town. My brother lived there later.
Chicken Soup Day pic.twitter.com/SEKZ79Y92J
— Liddle Lemon Pie 🌻🌈🍋🥧 (@Pie_Overlord) January 26, 2023
Not to worry, multiple Jewish space lasers have it target locked, just in case.
Good thing we have those up and running, ain’t it? If Marjorie Taylor Greene has her way, the planet will be left completely defenseless!— Arch (Space Laser Supervisor) 🛰️ (@Arch_LGF) January 26, 2023
Who the fuck wants to work longer because they want to? Seriously. Point out these people. Name names. There are some people who’ll want to work, because it gives structure and gets them out of their houses (when they weren’t forced to WFH due to covid, that is). But it’s a choice to work longer. GOP wants to make that a pre-requisite - to force people to work longer.
Nearly everyone who is working longer is doing so because they *have* to work longer - to maintain health benefits or because they need the money because SS and their retirement benefits are insufficient to cover their costs, which are dominated by health care costs.
Separating health care coverage from employment would allow people to retire earlier and open up job opportunities for younger folks. GOP doesn’t care, because they want to work you to death anyways.
re: #179 lawhawk
Separating health care coverage from employment would allow people to retire earlier and open up job opportunities for younger folks.
It’s also a huge boost to the largest employment category, small business. It allows an entrepreneur to start a business before they can afford health insurance on their own.
re: #179 lawhawk
Who the fuck wants to work longer because they want to? Seriously. Point out these people. Name names. There are some people who’ll want to work, because it gives structure and gets them out of their houses (when they weren’t forced to WFH due to covid, that is). But it’s a choice to work longer. GOP wants to make that a pre-requisite - to force people to work longer.
Nearly everyone who is working longer is doing so because they *have* to work longer - to maintain health benefits or because they need the money because SS and their retirement benefits are insufficient to cover their costs, which are dominated by health care costs.
Separating health care coverage from employment would allow people to retire earlier and open up job opportunities for younger folks. GOP doesn’t care, because they want to work you to death anyways.
I want to work as long as I am physically able. You want to shame me for hard work? I would rethink what you wrote.
re: #181 Shropshire Slasher
I want to work as long as I am physically able. You want to shame me for hard work? I would rethink what you wrote.
‘Who the fuck’ is not shaming. Stand up and say, ‘me.’ No shame involved.
re: #158 Crush White Nationalism
An article on Nick’s ban mentioned that Ali Alexander was also re-banned.
It looks like Elon gave maniacs a 2nd chance to pump up the user count, but it’s not working out.
It is telling that Elon Musk really has no idea about exactly what sort of business Twitter actually is in. Twitter is a media company that relies on corporate advertisers. And corporations do not believe in “absolutist” free speech, Tesla, Space X and Twitter included. Indeed I have no doubt that re-instating these recent Nazis caused the few remaining large corporations not tied directly to relying on right wing consumers to just bail the fuck right out.
re: #79 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Morning Lizards. Not Covid. But I got a bug.
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Memories!
I had one of those, back in the day
re: #180 wrenchwench
It’s also a huge boost to the largest employment category, small business. It allows an entrepreneur to start a business before they can afford health insurance on their own.
And to recruit the best talent for their start-up.
I’ve known people who couldn’t hire their preferred former co-workers, because somebody’s wife was diabetic, or their kid had asthma, or they were a cancer survivor in their 40’s. Uninsurable at any price pre-Obamacare.
Really cramps economic development, when a perfectly knowledgeable and qualified recruit has to stay in their dead-end middle management job, because their family’s lives depend on them retaining their benefits.
re: #177 (((Archangel1)))
We just fired the Space Laser to deflect the asteroid and Empty Green can whine all she wants about that.
A question for any zoom experts or regular users:
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i’ll check in later
re: #187 sagehen
Stupid healthcare policy has been a huge brake on capitalism. Obama will be known as a savior of capitalism, just like FDR.
It’s true, and like our current President, I will be cooperating with authorities.
Thank you for your patience. https://t.co/ZE2WX3f9on— Michael Kelly (@michaeljkellyjr) January 26, 2023
“the newly listed treasurer, Thomas Datwyler, a veteran campaign finance treasurer who has served on multiple other political organizations, says he does not work for the Santos campaign and that the filings were signed under his name without his consent.” https://t.co/jwgI3lnYiB
— Matthew Chayes (@chayesmatthew) January 26, 2023
re: #177 (((Archangel1)))
An asteroid the size of a delivery truck will whip past Earth on Thursday night, one of the closest encounters ever recorded.
Unless it is a taco truck, in which case the Biden-Rothschild-NASA-Soros cabal will launch a special mission to draw it into a trajectory to hit an unsuspecting predominantly white Midwestern community.
re: #148 Joe Bacon
Pompous Presstitute…
NBC Reporter Relishes Evicting Tenant in Bleak Instagram Posts
A senior national political reporter at NBC News decided, for some reason, to share his delight at evicting a tenant in a series of mocking Instagram stories on Tuesday, according to a report. Marc Caputo uploaded screen-recordings of texts sent between himself, a property manager, and the tenant occupying a house owned by Caputo in Key West, Defector claims. The messages chronicled the tenant pleading for more time as Caputo refuses, referring to the tenant as a “junkie” and telling the property manager he hopes the tenant “enjoys the sex in prison.” In one post showing a screenshot of a message from a producer asking him to do a live TV broadcast, Caputo allegedly wrote: “…of course TV wants me on in the 2 pm hour. A live eviction wd make for good TV.” When the property manager text Caputo saying the tenant “doesn’t have anywhere to go and nobody has any love for him,” Caputo allegedly replied: “He will have a gun to his head in almost a literal sense because law enforcement will be there.” NBC News declined to comment to Defector about the posts, while Caputo said his actions were “born out of deep frustration that I transmuted into mockery of a terrible situation.”
I am out of fucks to give: This asshole is guillotine bait.
re: #171 Patricia Kayden
aclu is lost
- this is not a free speech issue
you have no constitutional right to social media access or their audiences
- besides HE HAS HIS OWN EFFING COMPANY!!!
why do the others have to esssentially amplify the competition?
their argument is tantamount to ‘because he’s popular’
re: #197 sizzzzlerz
If you’re 13 and younger, OK. Older, not so much.
Ageist.
///they’re awfully cute
re: #196 Dangerman
aclu is lost
- this is not a free speech issue
you have no constitutional right to social media access or their audiences
The issue of whether these social media platforms are de facto monopolies that are equivalent to the Public Square is a separate issue.
It is one we need to resolve as it is not going to go away unless we establish a Ministry of Fairness and Balance
re: #198 wrenchwench
Step 2 of the marketing campaign is micro-Crocs that clip onto the mini-Crocs that clip onto regular Crocs.
Step 3 is mega-Crocs that can be used to store regular Crocs in the same way the mini-Crocs clip onto regular Crocs.
The possibilities are endless.
I’ve been looking at tweets using the #1619 hashtag and see that renowned historian Glenn Beck is the most prominent tweeter against the 1619 project and is being retweeted quite a bit. More and more of the same tired bullshit but with the Glenn Beck shit-polishing.
We can talk about possible future recession, and about how underlying inflation may be higher than headline. But that’s speculation rather than reporting, and arguable at the very least. Hard to argue against the proposition that media have missed the pretty good reality 2/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 26, 2023
The House Republicans apparently don’t know what they want in return for not holding the country hostage but they do want to threaten the well being of this country and everybody in it. And, they want… something…
There is no GOP plan or unified theory of what to attach to the debt ceiling.
Even the hardliners who demanded conditions aren’t naming their price. But they know it’s something big.
It’s early, but doubtful McCarthy can get 218 Republicans on any bill.https://t.co/BQl6xitD10— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 26, 2023
re: #133 Dr. Matt
The 1619 Project critics don’t seem to be able to pick a specific “lie” to complain about.
Or else, what? They gonna lock all the ladies up in “No Right to Bare Arms” jail?
— MzNicky (@MzNickyEJesusTN) January 26, 2023
re: #205 Captain Ron
“…if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee.”
No takers among the Florida House Christian Nationalists.
re: #205 Captain Ron
They probably need a new department to monitor this. Maybe they could call them “morality police” or something like that.
re: #189 Dangerman
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re: #13 ckkatz
My guess is that the Spanish were notified ahead of time by the Iranian Embassy that he was going to do this. And I expect that this is official policy of the Iranian regime. But yes, it is an disrespectful and boorish move. And qualifies as an official statement by the Iranian regime
Btw, the Spanish appear to have made no effort to protect him from this public embarrassment. So clearly they were out of fucks.
He (or the Iranian government) are just being dicks. If they’re serious about following Islamic law about body contact between unrelated individuals, he can always give a bow then, or do anything that doesn’t require body contact.
I’d suggest doing a namaste. Interestingly enough, the Persian word for (Islamic) prayer, namaz, is a cognate. Though suggesting that an official for a very Muslim government perform an explicitly Hindu hand gesture might cause _some_ heads to explode.
re: #199 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
The issue of whether these social media platforms are de facto monopolies that are equivalent to the Public Square is a separate issue.
It is one we need to resolve as it is not going to go away unless we establish a Ministry of Fairness and Balance
one day it might be addressed and resolved
right now, they arent the public square
so right now there is no inherent right to be on any of them specifically or in general
there are lots of media platforms
sure there are 5 or so popular ones
but there are many many more
and they dont seem to be trying to eradicate their competition
it’s not ‘monopoly’ thats the problem (imo)
re: #176 The Pie Overlord!
My my my that’s a big bag of herbs you have.
re: #202 lawhawk
Hard to argue against the proposition that media have missed the pretty good reality
(they didnt miss it)
re: #204 jaunte
The 1619 Project critics don’t seem to be able to pick a specific “lie” to complain about.
Which is why they are content to simply denounce the whole Project as a “lie”…
re: #169 Dangerman
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you can work as long as you like. there is law that says you must stop.
you can choose not to receive social security benefits. ever. there is no requirement.
(as opposed to ira/pension rmds etc)of course rick is full of shit, cause no one said this to him.
changing the system in any way (what he’s implying) would do nothing to address this huge problem he thinks we have
The average social security benefit is about 1550 dollars a month. By an interesting coincidence this is also about the current cost of a guillotine.
(It was $1200 three years ago but there has been quite a bit of inflation and all, especially in the cost of lumber.)
re: #203 ckkatz
The House Republicans apparently don’t know what they want in return for not holding the country hostage but they do want to threaten the well being of this country and everybody in it. And, they want… something…
They want Democratic buy in for cutting social security, medicare and medicaid, but they aren’t willing to say it out loud because its toxically unpopular, so they have to use euphemisms like “out of control spending.” If I was a blackhearted, soulless Republican, I would demand defunding medicaid expansion.
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