Some More News: Why Is Air Travel the Worst?

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Hi. The airlines really screwed things up over the holidays and have made flying a generally awful experience for decades. Here’s why that is (spoiler alert: capitalism and deregulation) and how we could potentially make it better.

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00:00 - Intro
01:56 - The Deal With Air Travel: What Is It?
13:47 - What Happened To The Airlines?
23:18 - How Flying Keeps Getting Worse And Worse
31:05 - The Government Didn’t Help This Situation
38:22 - So What Do We Do Now?

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301 comments
1
Charles Johnson  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:28:59am

This is pretty weird — somebody put together a page of “quotes and sayings” attributed to me, and I never said any of this stuff.

2
Captain Ron  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:29:44am
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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:29:53am

re: #418 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

So this just happened.

I was wakened by a knock at my front door (that tells me the person is not from my village, because everyone comes to the back door).

The person in question was a Democratic party activist from Lincoln (four hundred miles away). In all the time I’ve lived here, no politician or campaigner ever came to my house.

He is a law student at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and what he was looking for was information from Democrats who might know someone to put up to run against US Senator Deb Fischer in the next election, someone who’s out there but doesn’t know they could garner support. Because my district’s Unicameral seat is up in the next election as well and we have no county Democratic Party, he’s also looking for suggestions for someone who can run for Steve Erdman’s seat.

He said they were looking for the following:

a) An independent or a Democrat
b) A small business owner, farmer, rancher, or well-respected townsperson
c) A veteran
d) A person active in his or her church.

I pointed out I am throwing my hat in the ring for the Unicameral, I meet the first three items, but I am an atheist, not active in any church.

He wished me luck and told me the Democratic Party could not support an atheist. He then left.

Tell them to pound sand and go for it anyway.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:33:16am

Left hanging at the end of the last thread, so I brought it forward.

So this just happened.

I was wakened by a knock at my front door (that tells me the person is not from my village, because everyone comes to the back door).

The person in question was a Democratic party activist from Lincoln (four hundred miles away). In all the time I’ve lived here, no politician or campaigner ever came to my house.

He is a law student at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and what he was looking for was information from Democrats who might know someone to put up to run against US Senator Deb Fischer in the next election, someone who’s out there but doesn’t know they could garner support. Because my district’s Unicameral seat is up in the next election as well and we have no county Democratic Party, he’s also looking for suggestions for someone who can run for Steve Erdman’s seat.

He said they were looking for the following:

a) An independent or a Democrat
b) A small business owner, farmer, rancher, or well-respected townsperson
c) A veteran
d) A person active in his or her church.

I pointed out I am throwing my hat in the ring for the Unicameral, I meet the first three items, but I am an atheist, not active in any church.

He wished me luck and told me the Democratic Party could not support an atheist. He then left.

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Egregious Philbin  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:34:44am

I worked for an airline for 14 years. Passengers always wanted to have planes with big seats and full service. However, every single startup that offered that failed miserably. (MGM Grand Air, Air One, Regent Air, McClain, Air Atlanta, EOS Airlines, Legend Airlines and so many more that I forgot). When it comes down to it, passengers nearly always choose the cheapest seat, even if it is a very crappy airline.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:35:02am

re: #3 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Tell them to pound sand and go for it anyway.

Hah. I just brought that forward because it was the end of the last thread.

I didn’t get the chance to tell him to pound sand, because “atheist” scared him off. I’m going to go for it though if my wife is on-board with the idea (she is unsure because of all the driving in this district you have to do to campaign, as District 47 is the whole Panhandle minus Scotts Bluff County).

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Captain Ron  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:35:40am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:37:19am

re: #4 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

He wished me luck and told me the Democratic Party could not support an atheist. He then left.

For tactical reasons or for ideological reasons? I can see that atheism would simply alienate too many voters in your part of the world.

It will be a long time before a professed atheist becomes President of the USA

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Dr. Matt  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:38:07am

If you haven’t heard, the Dark Princess finally hangs it up:

I’m glad I got to see him in his “prime” during the 80s with Jake E Lee and Zakk Wylde. Unforunately, I was too young to witness Randy Rhoads in the flesh.

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Captain Ron  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:40:43am
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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:43:03am

re: #10 Captain Ron

His objection was based on the fact that they say the Pledge on the floor already every morning. I really don’t think the American people give a rats ass how many times Reps say the Pledge every day. Get to f*cking work you idiots!

So this is just grandstanding.

But again, context and nuance are dead and buried in the cold clam-chowder clusterfuck that is modern political discourse

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Dr. Matt  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:44:20am

re: #10 Captain Ron

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Questioning patriotism from Nazis who believe TFG is still POTUS. Laughable.

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TarHellion  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:44:35am

re: #10 Captain Ron

Who wants to tell Gaetz that the pledge was written by a socialist?

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Dr. Matt  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:46:22am
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Teddy's Person  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:46:42am

re: #13 TarHellion

Who wants to tell Gaetz that the pledge was written by a socialist?

And did not originally include the phrase “under God”

Republicans have a fetish for originalism, don’t they?

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:47:59am

re: #15 Teddy’s Person

And did not originally include the phrase “under God”

Republicans have a fetish for originalism, don’t they?

Yeah, but if you point that out, they’ll bitch at you for wanting to “remove God from the Pledge” and “why do you hate Christians?”

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Teddy's Person  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:48:12am

Teddy’s had a stressful morning. They tested the fire alarm in my building. He’s still on high alert.

So, I made him some applesauce.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:50:48am

re: #17 Teddy’s Person

Teddy’s had a stressful morning. They tested the fire alarm in my building. He’s still on high alert.

So, I made him some applesauce.

All the treats.

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Teddy's Person  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:52:42am

re: #16 Dopamine Fish

Yeah, but if you point that out, they’ll bitch at you for wanting to “remove God from the Pledge” and “why do you hate Christians?”

I know man. I could explain to them why I want to remove God from the Pledge. I have reasons. But the “debate me” crowd doesn’t really want to debate anything. They want to rule and force their religion on me.

It’s why we can’t have nice things.

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:55:51am

re: #1 Charles Johnson

This is pretty weird — somebody put together a page of “quotes and sayings” attributed to me, and I never said any of this stuff.

low-rent AI bot?

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Joe Bacon  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:56:58am

My pals said they were taking me to my birthday dinner last night…at Lawry’s the Prime Rib in Beverly Hills.

Mr. Meter was not pleased with the result from last night…

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:59:27am

re: #3 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Tell them to pound sand and go for it anyway.

“My religion and how I choose to observe it, or not, is my business. Nobody else’s”

And that’ll be my answer no matter who’s asking the question or how often it gets asked.

Its about as relevant as whether I eat cauliflower

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 1, 2023 • 10:59:56am

re: #8 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

For tactical reasons or for ideological reasons? I can see that atheism would simply alienate too many voters in your part of the world.

It will be a long time before a professed atheist becomes President of the USA

Polling on religion shows that atheists are the most active when it comes to supporting political causes, such as volunteering or canvassing, of any religious group in the USA.

(Atheists don’t “profess” atheism. There’s nothing to profess. /s)

Out atheists are about 7% of the population, but we have no representation in the US Government, and only one person in state governments (Nebraska senator Megan Hunt).

In Megan Hunt’s case, in her first election campaign the party scared up a primary challenger against her (the challenger lost). In her second campaign, as a seated state senator, the party again scared up a primary challenger to unseat her, because she is an atheist (they didn’t want an effective legislator, they wanted a Christian. That challenger lost too. See also how Eric Swalwell unseated Pete Stark in California.) There are a few atheists in local positions.

While atheists consistently poll as the most-politically active “religious” group (supporting or opposing bills, &c), atheists are overwhelmingly non-voters, because they see both parties as bigots against us. Open atheists are about 7% of the population, which the Democratic Party leaves on the table and doesn’t try to reach. There is a religious outreach programme in the party, but none to reach out to that large untapped voter base.

It took more than forty years for the Democratic Party to accept a resolution that atheists are valued contributors to American society. Year after year, it was voted down by the DNC because the party wants our votes but doesn’t want to be associated with our taint.

Note all the backlash President Obama got for acknowledging us one time from people in both parties. He never did it again, and neither has President Biden.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:00:19am

re: #22 Dangerman

“My religion and how I choose to observe it, or not, is my business. Nobody else’s”

And that’ll be my answer no matter who’s asking the question or how often it gets asked.

Its about as relevant as whether I eat cauliflower

Not in Nebraska

Austin Lounge Lizards - Cornhusker Refugee

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wrenchwench  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:00:24am

re: #21 Joe Bacon

My pals said they were taking me to my birthday dinner last night…at Lawry’s the Prime Rib in Beverly Hills.

Mr. Meter was not pleased with the result from last night…

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Looks pretty low carb, except for that puffy thing at the upper right…

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:00:52am

re: #5 Egregious Philbin

I worked for an airline for 14 years. Passengers always wanted to have planes with big seats and full service. However, every single startup that offered that failed miserably. (MGM Grand Air, Air One, Regent Air, McClain, Air Atlanta, EOS Airlines, Legend Airlines and so many more that I forgot). When it comes down to it, passengers nearly always choose the cheapest seat, even if it is a very crappy airline.

They want the Hilton experience for the cost of a motel 6

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:00:54am

re: #4 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

As always, ymmv.

But I don’t know that I would take one person’s word, given once, on one day, as definitive of the entire Democratic party for all times.

Perhaps it might be better viewed as challenge.

And, fwiw, the guy, no matter how misguided in some ways, was at least out there trying to do the right thing. Something that, based upon your observations, had not been done in years.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:01:22am

Mastodon

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Joe Bacon  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:02:16am

re: #4 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Left hanging at the end of the last thread, so I brought it forward.

So this just happened.

I was wakened by a knock at my front door (that tells me the person is not from my village, because everyone comes to the back door).

The person in question was a Democratic party activist from Lincoln (four hundred miles away). In all the time I’ve lived here, no politician or campaigner ever came to my house.

He is a law student at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and what he was looking for was information from Democrats who might know someone to put up to run against US Senator Deb Fischer in the next election, someone who’s out there but doesn’t know they could garner support. Because my district’s Unicameral seat is up in the next election as well and we have no county Democratic Party, he’s also looking for suggestions for someone who can run for Steve Erdman’s seat.

He said they were looking for the following:

a) An independent or a Democrat
b) A small business owner, farmer, rancher, or well-respected townsperson
c) A veteran
d) A person active in his or her church.

I pointed out I am throwing my hat in the ring for the Unicameral, I meet the first three items, but I am an atheist, not active in any church.

He wished me luck and told me the Democratic Party could not support an atheist. He then left.

Depressing…

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:02:32am

re: #22 Dangerman

The Constitution spells out that “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States”.

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:03:18am

re: #30 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

The Constitution spells out that “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States”.

Correct, and it’s not required to run. Ability to run and ability to win are two different things.

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wrenchwench  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:03:31am

re: #23 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Can you get in touch with Megan about it? To tell her what happened, if not more.

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:03:55am

re: #10 Captain Ron

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Right, so they don’t forget what country they’re in

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Joe Bacon  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:04:05am

re: #25 wrenchwench

Looks pretty low carb, except for that puffy thing at the upper right…

Mr. Meter DID NOT APPROVE of the Yorkshire Pudding even though I just had 2 spoonfuls of it…

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:04:26am

re: #30 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

The Constitution spells out that “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States”.

Political parties can apply any religious test they want though, as can voters.

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:05:46am

re: #15 Teddy’s Person

And did not originally include the phrase “under God”

Republicans have a fetish for originalism, don’t they?

Ill take this nonsense seriously when they take “liberty and justice for all” seriously

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wrenchwench  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:06:41am

re: #34 Joe Bacon

Mr. Meter DID NOT APPROVE of the Yorkshire Pudding even though I just had 2 spoonfuls of it…

I’m glad you listen to Mr. Meter, even if you get in his face sometimes.

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:06:52am

re: #27 ckkatz

As always, ymmv.

But I don’t know that I would take one person’s word, given once, on one day, as definitive of the entire Democratic party for all times.

Perhaps it might be better viewed as challenge.

And, fwiw, the guy, no matter how misguided in some ways, was at least out there trying to do the right thing. Something that, based upon your observations, had not been done in years.

I applaud him coming all the way out here looking for candidates. That really surprised me.

If I do go for the state legislature, my first contact is going to be Megan Hunt’s campaign, to get help in overcoming our own state party’s bias.

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:08:06am

re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth

Maybe “no-knead”, but definitely _NEED_ !

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Joe Bacon  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:09:24am

re: #37 wrenchwench

I’m glad you listen to Mr. Meter, even if you get in his face sometimes.

If I do not listen to Mr. Meter Dr. will butt bongo me and once again read the Riot Act to me…

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Belafon  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:09:57am

re: #30 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

The Constitution spells out that “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States”.

The constitution also doesn’t prevent people from using religion to form their own opinions on who they support.

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:10:36am

re: #1 Charles Johnson

This is pretty weird — somebody put together a page of “quotes and sayings” attributed to me, and I never said any of this stuff.

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Reminds me of this -

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Thanos  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:10:38am

re: #1 Charles Johnson

This is pretty weird — somebody put together a page of “quotes and sayings” attributed to me, and I never said any of this stuff.

AI bot skimming random comments?

Someone is putting together an ad fueled quote site net of plagiarized material using artificial artificial intelligence bots.

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Thanos  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:13:27am

re: #4 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Left hanging at the end of the last thread, so I brought it forward.

So this just happened.

I was wakened by a knock at my front door (that tells me the person is not from my village, because everyone comes to the back door).

The person in question was a Democratic party activist from Lincoln (four hundred miles away). In all the time I’ve lived here, no politician or campaigner ever came to my house.

He is a law student at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and what he was looking for was information from Democrats who might know someone to put up to run against US Senator Deb Fischer in the next election, someone who’s out there but doesn’t know they could garner support. Because my district’s Unicameral seat is up in the next election as well and we have no county Democratic Party, he’s also looking for suggestions for someone who can run for Steve Erdman’s seat.

He said they were looking for the following:

a) An independent or a Democrat
b) A small business owner, farmer, rancher, or well-respected townsperson
c) A veteran
d) A person active in his or her church.

I pointed out I am throwing my hat in the ring for the Unicameral, I meet the first three items, but I am an atheist, not active in any church.

He wished me luck and told me the Democratic Party could not support an atheist. He then left.

Realpolitik, An atheist is almost as tough a sell in Nebraska as it is in Kansas.

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:13:39am

re: #19 Teddy’s Person

I know man. I could explain to them why I want to remove God from the Pledge. I have reasons. But the “debate me” crowd doesn’t really want to debate anything. They want to rule and force their religion on me.

It’s why we can’t have nice things.

liberty means freedom to mostly do what you want and be left alone.
justice means fairness and proportional equity in all things.
for all means everyone’s included - we all put in and we all get out.

any spin or twisted interpretation to exclude or gain unfair advantage is downright unamerican - it’s the pledge of allegiance fer cryin out loud

Dems build policies on and around that because when it’s better for everyone, it’s better for everyone

they don’t want that

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Joe Bacon  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:13:44am

The Banter takes Matt Taibbi to the woodshed.

open.substack.com

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:16:58am

re: #30 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

The Constitution spells out that “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States”.

And that’s what the party should stand for

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:18:14am

re: #38 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

I applaud him coming all the way out here looking for candidates. That really surprised me.

If I do go for the state legislature, my first contact is going to be Megan Hunt’s campaign, to get help in overcoming our own state party’s bias.

Just speculating here. But I am guessing that one thing that Nebraska Democrats might find convincing is a good fact based argument that they should support your candidacy. Perhaps data that shows you have support and, that you could either win or make a good showing that would benefit the party in the future.

You may wish to reach out to Ms Hunt (and perhaps others) and ask what data or arguments they (and donors and other support groups) would like/need to see and would find convincing.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:19:14am

re: #35 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Political parties can apply any religious test they want though, as can voters.

and these religious tests can be arbitrary: on one hand they revere a, ex-President whose wife had a White House astrologer and one who thinks that “Two Corinthians” are the guys who install seats in Chrysler Cordobas, meanwhile they despise a, ex-President whose wife taught Sunday School and who spent his retirement building houses for homeless people.

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Thanos  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:20:24am

re: #43 Thanos

AI bot skimming random comments?

Someone is putting together an ad fueled quote site net of plagiarized material using artificial artificial intelligence bots.

hrmmm… said bot built net of stolen “quotes and sayings” probably crosslinked to boost other bullshit too would be my guess.

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Jay C  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:23:35am

re: #26 Dangerman

They want the Hilton Ritz-Carlton experience for the cost of a motel 6

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Captain Ron  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:25:38am
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gocart mozart  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:27:06am
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Jay C  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:28:32am

re: #21 Joe Bacon

JFC! Lawry’s is still there? On La Cienega?
I remember going there with my parents when I was a kid - and it was a longtime fixture even then.
And the prime rib looks the same…..

PS: Happy birthday!

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:30:43am

“Party of Trolls:Republicans need to stop being jerks”

Yup!

Plus there is a whole career path within the Conservative arena for trolls. The trolling is completely cynical and performative. And there does not seem to be any consequences to it.

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Eventual Carrion  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:33:39am

re: #13 TarHellion

Who wants to tell Gaetz that the pledge was written by a socialist?

And originally didn’t have that “under god” part either.

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DodgerFan1988  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:34:24am

Handmaid’s Tale is a documentary.

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Captain Ron  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:37:28am
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calochortus  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:39:05am

re: #23 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

You bring up Eric Swalwell vs Pete Stark from time to time. Not my district, but I’m in the same media region. Atheism was not a factor in Pete Stark’s loss despite Swalwell shooting off his mouth about it.
Stark had been in Congress for 4 decades and had, toward the end of his career, a reputation for weird personal insults and a generally cantankerous nature.
The new “jungle primary” where the top two candidates regardless of party face off in the general election may also have factored in.

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Romantic Heretic  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:39:28am

re: #30 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

And like much of the Constitution it is largely ignored.

If it gets in the way of power few people actually care about the Constitution, or the ideas of democracy and freedom for that matter.

It’s always about power.

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:40:01am

Hopefully the GOP will continue down the dilemma of not being able to win without the crazy 30% base. And not being to win with it either.

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lawhawk  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:41:10am

re: #58 Captain Ron

I’ve been saying this for a while. Every last Trump property needs to be searched by the FBI. Bedminster and Trump Tower have not been searched. That’s an abject failure by the FBI to do their fucking jobs.

DOJ and FBI are failing at basic policy and procedure here. They’re more than happy to search Biden properties, knowing that they’ve got Biden cooperating, but Trump’s already proven to be a liar, thief, mishandling classified info repeatedly, his lawyers have lied on affidavits, and they’re still not running searches against all of Trump’s other properties.

Let them come back after the search and say they found nothing. But they can’t, because they haven’t done it.

That goes for Smith and Garland too, and Garland’s turned into a huge disappointment at DOJ.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:42:37am

re: #54 Jay C

JFC! Lawry’s is still there? On La Cienega?
I remember going there with my parents when I was a kid - and it was a longtime fixture even then.
And the prime rib looks the same…..

PS: Happy birthday!

Yes. Lawry’s is almost the last one standing on Restaurant Row.

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:44:08am
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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:44:38am
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Belafon  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:50:13am

re: #61 ckkatz

Hopefully the GOP will continue down the dilemma of not being able to win without the crazy 30% base. And not being to win with it either.

Democrats expect governing, not insults.

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:50:22am
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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:53:23am
(Bloomberg) — Merck & Co.’s Covid-19 pill is giving rise to new mutations of the virus in some patients, according to a study that underscores the risk of trying to intentionally alter the pathogen’s genetic code.

Some researchers worry the drug may create more contagious or health-threatening variations of Covid, which has killed more than 6.8 million people globally over the past three years.

Mutations linked to the use of Merck’s pill, Lagevrio, have been identified in viral samples taken from dozens of patients, according to a preprint study from researchers in the US and at the Francis Crick Institute, Imperial College London and other UK institutions.

The drug-linked mutations of the virus haven’t been shown to be more immune-evasive or lethal yet, according to the study published Friday without peer review on the medRxiv website. But their very existence highlights what some scientists say are potential risks in wider use of the drug, which was recently cleared in China.

Lagevrio works by creating mutations in the Covid genome that prevent the virus from replicating in the body, reducing the chances it will cause severe illness. Some scientists had warned before it was authorized in late 2021 that by virtue of how it works, the drug could give rise to mutations that could turn out to be problematic. The preprint paper has reawakened those worries about the Merck drug.

Merck Covid Drug Linked to New Virus Mutations, Study Says (Bloomberg)

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Belafon  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:54:55am

Rockwall schools have been canceled for tomorrow.

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:55:18am

re: #64 ckkatz

The violent Trumpites won’t know what hit them, and I am not talking about B-52 strikes against Oaf-keeper concentrations, satisfying as those would be. There are, rather, private citizens preparing a response to Republican terrorism and a breakdown of the rule of law. Among other things, these active citizens are not constrained by a psycho-sexual fixation on commercial small arms. I will say no more except that recent events in Iran may be instructive.

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jeffreyw  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:55:41am

Mastodon

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:56:43am

Musk blows off Democrats while on Capitol Hill. Why am I not surprised?

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:57:18am

re: #69 Belafon

Here in FW things are melting quickly, which is weird because the air temp is still below freezing. I’m sure it will all freeze solid over night and make tomorrow morning a nightmare.

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austin_blue  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:58:40am

re: #69 Belafon

Rockwall schools have been canceled for tomorrow.

I am not all surprised! We’ve still got almost thirty % of Austin Utility customers down and out.

No juice for you!

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Belafon  Feb 1, 2023 • 11:59:43am

re: #73 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

Here in FW things are melting quickly, which is weird because the air temp is still below freezing. I’m sure it will all freeze solid over night and make tomorrow morning a nightmare.

We’re getting some melting off our roof, and I expect all of it to freeze later.

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:00:04pm

re: #69 Belafon

re: #73 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

re: #74 austin_blue

Ice Ice Baby!

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:01:37pm

Coupled with the fact that everyone around here drives like a jackass even under ideal conditions…

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Captain Ron  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:03:43pm
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austin_blue  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:05:06pm

We’ve got ice fog!

Nice.

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austin_blue  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:06:26pm

re: #76 ckkatz

Ice Ice Baby!

Not So Nice Ice, Baby.

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BeenHereAwhile  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:10:35pm

re: #53 gocart mozart

Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton
I’m going for “Islands in the Stream.” He’s yelling nonsense syllables.

Apropos of Dolly, she’s hitting the high note.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:13:03pm

re: #72 ckkatz

Musk blows off Democrats while on Capitol Hill. Why am I not surprised?

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He can keep feeling smart and in control if he only talks to Republicans.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:13:03pm

Out and about today once I got the snow off the car.

poster in a coffee shop in Kittanning, PA (no cats though)
Armstrong County Courthouse
Grilled lamb for lunch

Tried out a Turkish/Mediterranean kabob place a little ways north of me for lunch.

Aloof Floof
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Hecuba's daughter  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:13:52pm

re: #8 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

For tactical reasons or for ideological reasons? I can see that atheism would simply alienate too many voters in your part of the world.

It will be a long time before a professed atheist becomes President of the USA

As a never-Trumper Republican friend of mine once said, she never believed Obama was a Christian because she was sure that he was actually an atheist. But no one who held that viewpoint in public would get elected president in today’s America.

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:16:34pm
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Joe Bacon  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:18:52pm

Well today’s lunch is atonement for last night…

A GNC Lean Bar—180 calories…

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sagehen  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:22:02pm

re: #84 Hecuba’s daughter

As a never-Trumper Republican friend of mine once said, she never believed Obama was a Christian because she was sure that he was actually an atheist. But no one who held that viewpoint in public would get elected president in today’s America.

He was married in a church that he attended regularly. He had his children baptized. Many of his speeches contained scripture verses, always on topic. And he sang Amazing Grace

Zoe Mulford - “The President Sang Amazing Grace”.

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:25:14pm

re: #397 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

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Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:26:22pm

Yikes!
High school basketball coach posed as player in game, school system says
Virginia: Game forfeited, season canceled, 2 coaches fired.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:27:08pm

re: #88 ckkatz

Did King Missile fill up their car there?

King Missile - Detachable Penis

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Captain Ron  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:32:13pm
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Belafon  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:33:25pm

re: #91 Captain Ron

That looks like a Pokémon.

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:36:15pm

re: #286 darthstar

Looks like this is affecting Russian field communication radios -

.

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:37:25pm

Just like that only MLK quote that Republicans know, this is the only Holocaust quote they know, and this GOP dickwad fucked it up.

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Captain Ron  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:39:42pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:40:28pm
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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:41:41pm

re: #163 Shropshire Slasher

Oh look, it’s February.

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Teukka  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:42:12pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

Good fucking grief… Like, I know most parts of the anatomy since high school…

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Dave In Austin  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:42:37pm

re: #91 Captain Ron

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:44:15pm

re: #96 Backwoods_Sleuth

Reminds me of the folks who invent fictitious countries and ask passersby to locate them on a map.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:45:48pm

re: #95 Captain Ron

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Captain Ron  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:46:16pm
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lawhawk  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:47:34pm

re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth

Can Greene define CRT? Not just what the acronym is, but what it actually is purported to be? Because I bet she can’t and doesn’t care. It’s just shorthand for whatever moral panic the GOP is chasing after these days.

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:50:08pm

re: #99 Dave In Austin

You have invoked the maestro and now you must click play:

Toads Of The Short Forest

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:50:09pm

re: #101 Backwoods_Sleuth

One elementary school anywhere getting $5.1B from the federal government for anything would be a major improvement.

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:50:14pm
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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:50:14pm
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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:50:20pm

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Captain Ron  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:50:28pm

Ha ha

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Belafon  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:50:45pm

Wasn’t there a Republican who underwent cancer treatment and wore a hat to Congress?

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Teddy's Person  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:51:53pm

re: #108 nines09

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sizzzzlerz  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:52:05pm

re: #103 lawhawk

Can Greene define CRT? Not just what the acronym is, but what it actually is purported to be? Because I bet she can’t and doesn’t care. It’s just shorthand for whatever moral panic the GOP is chasing after these days.

I’m pretty sure she thinks its teaching the history of blacks and other minorities in America dating back to the country’s founding as well as books written by or about historical figures.

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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:53:13pm

re: #111 Teddy’s Person

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Teddy's Person  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:53:15pm

I take great pride in the fact that my history classes would make Marge’s head explode.

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TarHellion  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:54:32pm

re: #106 ckkatz

The fact that she received both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of North Carolina is source of great embarrassment to the school and the alumni.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:56:08pm

re: #109 Captain Ron

So whose gonna play Santos in the movie?

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:56:50pm

re: #110 Belafon

Wasn’t there a Republican who underwent cancer treatment and wore a hat to Congress?

Arlen Specter (R-PA), who became a Democrat in the Obama era.

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:58:33pm

re: #116 Eclectic Cyborg

So whose gonna play Santos in the movie?

ChatGPT

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:58:52pm

re: #103 lawhawk

Can Greene define CRT? Not just what the acronym is, but what it actually is purported to be? Because I bet she can’t and doesn’t care. It’s just shorthand for whatever moral panic the GOP is chasing after these days.

I agree.

My assumption is that she is just non-serious, cynical, performative, and basically doesn’t care about what it actually is. That she finds it a convenient and useful tool to bash others with. And as soon as it loses that usefulness, she will drop it and seek something else.

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Teddy's Person  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:59:38pm

re: #113 nines09

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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 12:59:57pm

re: #116 Eclectic Cyborg

Rudy Giuliani

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Joe Bacon  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:01:25pm

re: #112 sizzzzlerz

I’m pretty sure she thinks its teaching the history of blacks and other minorities in America dating back to the country’s founding as well as books written by or about historical figures.

Only a matter of time before Bimborella drops the N word.

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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:01:32pm

re: #120 Teddy’s Person

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Mattand  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:03:49pm

re: #4 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Left hanging at the end of the last thread, so I brought it forward.

So this just happened.

I was wakened by a knock at my front door (that tells me the person is not from my village, because everyone comes to the back door).

The person in question was a Democratic party activist from Lincoln (four hundred miles away). In all the time I’ve lived here, no politician or campaigner ever came to my house.

He is a law student at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and what he was looking for was information from Democrats who might know someone to put up to run against US Senator Deb Fischer in the next election, someone who’s out there but doesn’t know they could garner support. Because my district’s Unicameral seat is up in the next election as well and we have no county Democratic Party, he’s also looking for suggestions for someone who can run for Steve Erdman’s seat.

He said they were looking for the following:

a) An independent or a Democrat
b) A small business owner, farmer, rancher, or well-respected townsperson
c) A veteran
d) A person active in his or her church.

I pointed out I am throwing my hat in the ring for the Unicameral, I meet the first three items, but I am an atheist, not active in any church.

He wished me luck and told me the Democratic Party could not support an atheist. He then left.

Yeah, not shocked at this. Like I’ve said before, I’m in the supposedly out-of-control liberal hellhole of Philly’s NJ suburbs, and the few times I’ve mentioned being atheist triggers either eyerolls or anger.

Not surprising that the NE Democratic Party would get weak knees on that, I guess.

What I’m curious about is this kid had to do some legwork to track you down and show up at your door asking for help. I’m guessing he wasn’t randomly knocking on doors in town asking for help finding Democratic candidates, which I’m guessing, at best, would just result in abuse from the homewoners.

Which kinda implies that you’re a known quantity somewhere in the NE Democratic party. Which also means if they made that effort to track you down, shouldn’t they have know you’re atheist? It’s not like you’re ashamed of it and try to hide it (although I guess your neighbors would love that.)

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TarHellion  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:05:13pm

re: #108 nines09

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:08:34pm

re: #124 Mattand

Dems in general are also not very interested in hearing from pro-2A liberals. I mean, I get it *I guess*, but don’t fool yourself into thinking your tent is bigger than it really is.

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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:09:56pm

re: #125 TarHellion

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terraincognita  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:10:11pm

re: #115 TarHellion

The fact that she received both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of North Carolina is source of great embarrassment to the school and the alumni.

Just think how alumni of the Wharton School of Business at UPenn feel about Trump. A good friend of mine is a UPenn grad and, if I know what is good for me, I don’t bring it up.

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jeffreyw  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:11:15pm

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Joe Bacon  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:11:23pm

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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:15:50pm

re: #129 jeffreyw

I intentionally dropped about 15 worn picks into a friends acoustic, which was in his case, unknown to him.
A few days later he opened it up and spent about a half hour getting them out.
He figured it out.
We wanted to kill me.

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Jebediah, RBG  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:18:25pm

re: #108 nines09

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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:18:26pm

re: #59 calochortus

You bring up Eric Swalwell vs Pete Stark from time to time. Not my district, but I’m in the same media region. Atheism was not a factor in Pete Stark’s loss despite Swalwell shooting off his mouth about it.
Stark had been in Congress for 4 decades and had, toward the end of his career, a reputation for weird personal insults and a generally cantankerous nature.
The new “jungle primary” where the top two candidates regardless of party face off in the general election may also have factored in.

—-

I like Eric Swalwell; he’s really good on TV and I agree with most of his politics. But when he was running in that primary, he was looking for any edge to beat a longtime incumbent. It turned out in 2011 that the House held a symbolic vote on whether the United States should keep “In God We Trust” as the national motto. And, this is one of those things where, of course, they’re all going to say “yes” and almost 400 of them did vote that way. But nine members of the House said no. Pete Stark was one of those nine and Eric Swalwell used that fact in his primary press release. “Do we trust Pete Stark to represent our views? The 15th Congressional District deserves a member of Congress who is in touch with its people, can work well with others and can honor our national motto.”

ffrf.org

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ckkatz  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:20:44pm

Thought for the Day -
Seriously, not related to anything here on lgf. Just my lone thought.

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Axolotl  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:22:12pm

re: #382 Dangerman


We suspect that there may be a third reason that DeSantis targeted New College: DeSantis would very much like the votes of white supremacists…

“Changing the culture of New College to better mirror, say, Liberty University is no more viable than changing the culture of Liberty University to better mirror New College.”

yep, visited there with my twins this spring. If he thinks he is changing the culture there good luck. This is all theater. I am extremely liberal and I felt a little out of place there.

As the article mentions he is not going after, at least directly, the bigger schools with very large and aggressive alumni.

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Jebediah, RBG  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:22:18pm

re: #129 jeffreyw

There has been one in mine for years.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:22:21pm
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Anymouse 🌹🏡😷  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:25:09pm

re: #89 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Yikes!
High school basketball coach posed as player in game, school system says
Virginia: Game forfeited, season canceled, 2 coaches fired.

Haun says this is the second time he’s heard of something like this happening in Virginia.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:26:54pm

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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:27:36pm

re: #132 Jebediah, RBG

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:30:04pm
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Hecuba's daughter  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:30:16pm

re: #72 ckkatz

Musk blows off Democrats while on Capitol Hill. Why am I not surprised?

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Musk is no different from a Matt Gaetz or a Paul Gosar. It is useless to engage with him because he and his social media army are trolls devoted to a white supremacist autocracy.

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FFL (GOP Delenda Est)  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:32:28pm

re: #138 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

Haun says this is the second time he’s heard of something like this happening in Virginia.

Some people who really missed the point that those positions are educators first and being an unethical coach is not what one should be doing there. And the kids are the ones who really suffer the consequences. (Though I also view this as much more preferable to it happening and being swept under the carpet.)

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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:34:37pm

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Nojay UK  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:37:21pm

re: #136 Jebediah, RBG
Re: acoustic guitars and picks

There has been one in mine for years.

Easy fix — just pour two-part resin mix into the sounding hole and slosh it around before letting it set. It worked a treat when some bastard put rocks into my van’s petrol tank.

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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:40:46pm

re: #136 Jebediah, RBG

Get a chopstick.
Chew a piece of gum.
Put gum on chopstick.
Place guitar on table.
Tilt till you can see pick.
Stab pick with gum.
You are welcome.

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Grunthos the Flatulent  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:41:29pm

Well I was dead wrong about Wordle 592. Plenty of birbies in the comments here.

Tomorrow’s Wordle needs its eyebrows trimmed.

Click to Reveal

This one is easy-with-a-twist. I expect lots of penultimate rows with four greens.

Wordle 593 3/6

🟨⬜🟩🟨⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

SibData: 2,3,3

Middle sister’s game was identical to mine. Draw your own conclusions.

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Jebediah, RBG  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:42:04pm

re: #140 nines09

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Jebediah, RBG  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:43:24pm

re: #144 nines09

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Jebediah, RBG  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:44:21pm

re: #145 Nojay UK

Re: acoustic guitars and picks

Easy fix — just pour two-part resin mix into the sounding hole and slosh it around before letting it set. It worked a treat when some bastard put rocks into my van’s petrol tank.

Ummm, I’m gonna hold off for a bit on trying that

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:45:11pm
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Jebediah, RBG  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:46:01pm

re: #146 nines09

Get a chopstick.
Chew a piece of gum.
Put gum on chopstick.
Place guitar on table.
Tilt till you can see pick.
Stab pick with gum.
You are welcome.

Thanks! - that’s one of those brilliant things that is totally obvious AFTER someone has told you about it…

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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:47:25pm

re: #148 Jebediah, RBG

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darthstar  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:47:56pm

re: #72 ckkatz

Musk blows off Democrats while on Capitol Hill. Why am I not surprised?

Democrats should return the favor when he comes asking for help.

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:54:18pm

re: #146 nines09

Get a chopstick.
Chew a piece of gum.
Put gum on chopstick.
Place guitar on table.
Tilt till you can see pick.
Stab pick with gum.
You are welcome.

one weird trick…
- or if you prefer
you’ve been getting lost picks out of your acoustic guitar all wrong
- finally
what they don’t want you to know about lost picks in acoustic guitars

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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:55:11pm

re: #155 Dangerman

Shit.
I gave it away for nuttin’

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sizzzzlerz  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:56:23pm

re: #131 nines09

I intentionally dropped about 15 worn picks into a friends acoustic, which was in his case, unknown to him.
A few days later he opened it up and spent about a half hour getting them out.
He figured it out.
We wanted to kill me.

whenever my pick would get inside, i’d just hold the guitar hole down and shake. most times, it would drop out in a few seconds. sometimes, a bit longer but it eventually came out.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 1, 2023 • 1:57:27pm

re: #120 Teddy’s Person

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:00:32pm

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:01:56pm

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Belafon  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:01:57pm

re: #159 Dangerman

Replace non-voters with either reporters or the far left as needed.

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wrenchwench  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:03:48pm

re: #90 Joe Bacon

Did King Missile fill up their car there?

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Video

I have that on a cassette tape. I don’t have a cassette player. That’s the first time I’ve seen the video. It’s great!

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gocart mozart  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:08:22pm
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Charles Johnson  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:11:31pm

Just testing.

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gocart mozart  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:12:24pm
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gocart mozart  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:12:45pm
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Shropshire Slasher  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:12:52pm

Something catchy to sing along to!

PLAYBOY MANBABY - “YOU CAN BE A FASCIST TOO”

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Teddy's Person  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:13:54pm

re: #158 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:22:42pm

re: #145 Nojay UK

Or just fill your guitar up with water and let the pick float to the top……

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wrenchwench  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:27:13pm

re: #169 nines09

Or just fill your guitar up with water and let the pick float to the top……

Now we’re approaching disassembly.

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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:29:02pm

re: #170 wrenchwench

Check that bracing and glue joints…

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Eventual Carrion  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:29:48pm

re: #88 ckkatz

Was Lorena Bobbitt seen in the area recently?

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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:30:08pm

re: #165 gocart mozart

Wish the cameras back then would have just recorded and not do the “trippy” shit they tried to do.

It’s like a Hendrix hat and trip glasses on a 12 year old with ma and pa at the shore 1968

Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band (Live on Beat Club 1972).

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:31:47pm

re: #88 ckkatz

opportunity lost: a dismembered member.

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Eclectic Cyborg  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:32:19pm

re: #166 gocart mozart

It should go without saying, but for the record that is a fake tweet.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:35:29pm

re: #109 Captain Ron

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Ha ha

Amature. You’re supposed to scam on GiveSendGo.

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:36:56pm

re: #166 gocart mozart

there is no cheating therefore we must be virgins

mash: the novocaine mutiny

Frank: It has come to my attention that Sergeant Zale lost $300.
Hawkeye: Yeah. So?
F: So that means that there’s a thief around here. Maybe more than one.
BJ: Frank, Zale lost it gambling.
F: I beg your pardon?
H: Gambling, Frank
BJ: He was playing poker with us.

F: Impossible.
Gambling’s prohibited.
There is no gambling in this unit.
Therefore the money was stolen.

- Can’t argue with that logic.
- I certainly wouldn’t try.

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:37:29pm

re: #169 nines09

Or just fill your guitar up with water and let the pick float to the top……

drill a hole in the back. no one will see it

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:38:11pm

re: #131 nines09

I intentionally dropped about 15 worn picks into a friends acoustic, which was in his case, unknown to him.
A few days later he opened it up and spent about a half hour getting them out.
He figured it out.
We wanted to kill me.

You’re a good friend for joining in on wanting to kill you.

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:45:25pm

because there is no natural gas utility company in florida

gas is an option, a luxury.

you opt for it and pay for tanks, installation, plumbing, regular deliveries, etc.

and no one buys or doesnt because of the sales tax.

he’s not governing much. just this idiocy
he’s taking this performative nonsense too far.
it will not sell nationwide

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:52:08pm

They don’t think man will be gone in 50,000 years, just that the comet might not be in a stable orbit so might not come by again. I think there’s a fair chance that man will be gone in 50,000 years.

We could be the last humans to ever see the green comet hurtling past Earth from the outer reaches of the solar system in late January and early February.

C/2022 E3 (ZTF), or Comet ZTF for short — the name astronomers gave this space snowball after the Zwicky Transient Facility discovered it in March — hasn’t been in our cosmic neighborhood since the last Ice Age.

Researchers calculated that the icy ball of gas, dust, and rock orbits the sun roughly ever 50,000 years, which means that Neanderthals were still walking the Earth and humans had just migrated out of Africa for the first time when the comet last whizzed by.

We could be the last humans to see the green comet passing Earth for the first time since the Ice Age. Here’s how, where, and when to watch it. (Business Insider)

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:53:04pm

re: #180 Dangerman

Is all gas in FL propane, then?

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A Three Hour Tour  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:54:03pm

re: #89 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie

Yikes!
High school basketball coach posed as player in game, school system says
Virginia: Game forfeited, season canceled, 2 coaches fired.

Portsmouth’s Churchland High, my alma mater’s- Chesapeake’s Western Branch’s - hated rivals.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:54:16pm

re: #182 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Is all gas in FL propane, then?

either that or it’s il Duce’s farts.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:55:44pm
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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:55:58pm

re: #180 Dangerman

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Teddy's Person  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:56:17pm

NO Classified Docs Found At Biden’s Beach House

The FBI conducted a *planned* search of President Joe Biden’s Rehoboth Beach home and found ZERO documents with classified markings. Let me repeat myself - this was PLANNED (meaning NO subpoena) and NOTHING was found with even one classified marking. In the entire house. Biden’s attorney, Bob Bauer, did say that the FBI took a few handwritten notes for further review, but they did not have classified markings on them. The search lasted approximately 3 1/2 hours.
…
Even though nothing was found, Kristen Welker [MSNBC] had to be the Chuck Todd of daytime cable television, adding: “That last line is significant, Chris, because they wouldn’t have taken these notebooks and other items if they weren’t of some interest. So we’ll have to see what, if anything, comes of that.”

SHUT UP, Kristen.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:57:46pm

re: #187 Teddy’s Person

NO Classified Docs Found At Biden’s Beach House

Presstitutes got to Presstitute.

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Hecuba's daughter  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:58:01pm

re: #94 The Pie Overlord!

Just like that only MLK quote that Republicans know, this is the only Holocaust quote they know, and this GOP dickwad fucked it up.

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How could he recite it correctly? After all he and the entire GOP base prefer the government go after socialists, trade unionists, and anyone who isn’t a devout Christian.

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Colère Tueur de Lapin  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:58:02pm

re: #186 Crush White Nationalism

Reactionaries. Use the proper word ; the GQP are now reactionaries.

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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:58:17pm

re: #182 Colère Tueur de Lapin

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 2:59:08pm

re: #187 Teddy’s Person

NO Classified Docs Found At Biden’s Beach House

It’s all about $$$. Stay tuned to find out what’s in those notes and watch some ads.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:00:08pm

re: #173 nines09

Wish the cameras back then would have just recorded and not do the “trippy” shit they tried to do.

It’s like a Hendrix hat and trip glasses on a 12 year old with ma and pa at the shore 1967

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Video

I dare Tom Moulton to try to remix that.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:00:32pm

re: #190 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Reactionaries. Use the proper word ; the GQP are now reactionaries.

Creating incentives to make things worse in response to incentives to improve is reactionary, but the party is made up of right-wing authoritarians.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:02:44pm

Mastodon

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:05:01pm

re: #174 Dangerman

opportunity lost: a dismembered member.

They should make a jacket for that: Dismembered Members Only

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No Malarkey!  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:07:02pm

This info will be useful to police investigating suspected abortions.

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Hecuba's daughter  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:07:48pm

re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth

Because they want to pin the blame for cuts in Social Security, Medicare, and (maybe) the defense budget entirely on the Democrats. They are not a serious party, but that doesn’t mean they don’t pose a serious threat to the survival of our democracy.

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:08:29pm

re: #182 Colère Tueur de Lapin

Is all gas in FL propane, then?

I think there is some natgas but not a lot.

I looked into it 15years ago and gave up

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wrenchwench  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:11:12pm

re: #197 No Malarkey!

This info will be useful to police investigating suspected abortions.

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Period’s late? Get in the cell. We’ll keep ‘it’ safe.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:13:01pm

re: #186 Crush White Nationalism

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:14:26pm
The Memphis Police Department is currently investigating rumors regarding a possible connection between Tyre Nichols and the ex-wife or ex-girlfriend of one of the Memphis cops arrested and charged in Nichols’ death.

This cannot be good and would explain a lot.

Link

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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:14:50pm

re: #179 Crush White Nationalism

Typos can kill…..

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Shropshire Slasher  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:14:58pm

re: #187 Teddy’s Person

NO Classified Docs Found At Biden’s Beach House

It is not like the FBI is going to show up at the bosses house unannounced.

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No Malarkey!  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:15:57pm

MTG investigating the pressing issues of the day.

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wrenchwench  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:16:12pm

re: #202 Dangerman

This cannot be good and would explain a lot.

Link

And would excuse nothing.

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Belafon  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:16:31pm

re: #204 Shropshire Slasher

It is not like the FBI is going to show up at the bosses house unannounced.

You should go see what the FBI did when Nixon was president.

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Belafon  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:17:25pm

re: #206 wrenchwench

And would excuse nothing.

I think it makes it worse for at least one cop.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:18:04pm

re: #202 Dangerman

This cannot be good and would explain a lot.

Link

If true, multiple cops killed a man as part of a premeditated attack done for personal reasons. A cop wanted to do this, and it sounded great to the rest.

I hope it’s not true.

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:18:15pm

re: #207 Belafon

You should go see what the FBI did when Nixon was president.

Yeah, I was going to say, let’s talk about what the FBI did to the former guy - which, while he was no longer President when they showed up at Mar-a-Grifto, I bet they still considered him “the boss”.

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Dangerman  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:19:42pm

re: #206 wrenchwench

And would excuse nothing.

Oh of course not
Premeditated
Way way worse

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:20:08pm

re: #205 No Malarkey!

MTG investigating the pressing issues of the day.

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If everyone called before her just pretended to not understand what’s she’s saying it would be great.

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I Would Prefer Not To  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:20:40pm

MTG is a ****.

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:21:43pm

re: #209 Crush White Nationalism

If true, multiple cops killed a man as part of a premeditated attack done for personal reasons. A cop wanted to do this, and it sounded great to the rest.

I hope it’s not true.

There is a world in which the cops could have gotten away with murder if they had somehow established qualified immunity and the prosecutor charged them too high - essentially, “Murder 1 requires malice aforethought, but these officers were just overzealous with a random person they stopped during a traffic stop. Tragic, but not Murder 1.” If this is true, that is Murder 1 lock, stock, and barrel for all of them.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:23:08pm

re: #409 boredtechindenver

Hmmm… I pre-registered at Spoutible, but did not receive an email about it going live.

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Shropshire Slasher  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:23:56pm

re: #207 Belafon

You should go see what the FBI did when Nixon was president.

What did they do? I don’t know.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:27:41pm

re: #216 Shropshire Slasher

What did they do? I don’t know.

Look up J Edgar Hoover and what he did for Nixon

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:27:42pm

re: #214 Dopamine Fish

There is a world in which the cops could have gotten away with murder if they had somehow established qualified immunity and the prosecutor charged them too high - essentially, “Murder 1 requires malice aforethought, but these officers were just overzealous with a random person they stopped during a traffic stop. Tragic, but not Murder 1.” If this is true, that is Murder 1 lock, stock, and barrel for all of them.

Is it murder 1 if the plot was to beat him to scare him off the girl, but not to kill him?

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Ace Rothstein  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:27:57pm

re: #195 Backwoods_Sleuth

This reminds me of my MAGAt stepdad. At Christmas a few years ago, he said “I want to cut 30% of the government.” (Where 30% came from, I can only guess that he heard it from Hush Bimbo when he was still filling his lungs with cigar smoke, or the schreeching ferret Mike Levino). I asked him to be specific, what programs do you want to eliminate? Total deer in headlights. Do you want to cut your socialist Social Security and Medicare, or the military you worship? Of course not! Do you know that Social Security, Medicare, and the military make up almost 70% of the budget? Deer in headlights. Then I got called a communist.

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:29:40pm

re: #218 Crush White Nationalism

Is it murder 1 if the plot was to beat him to scare him off the girl, but not to kill him?

Probably not in most states I know of, but that distinction would be left up to Tennessee law. It depends on how they worded the statute.

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DodgerFan1988  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:30:36pm
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Dopamine Fish  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:31:55pm

re: #220 Dopamine Fish

For example, here in Minnesota, that scenario would most likely fall under Murder 2, the principal charge Derek Chauvin was convicted of after murdering George Floyd. However, the Minnesota statute is unique in that second-degree murder requires “depraved indifference” for the victim’s life.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:32:34pm

I know why Il Duce is whitewashing Black History.

He never got over watching those Blaxploitation movies in the 70s.

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Ace Rothstein  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:33:28pm

Hush Bimbo is what my government teacher in college called Smokey Rushbo back in the 90s. He was a conservative, and a great guy, and he thought that Smokey was terrible for the national discourse and would only make the Republican party dumber. JFC, was he a smart sumbitch or what?

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:34:20pm
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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:34:34pm

Mindy just vomited some cat food and a leaf with an intact stem. I don’t know where the leaf came from, but I do know that she is not a smart cat.

Her brother eats inappropriate things too. I have to keep rubber and plastic packing foam away from him.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:35:00pm

Spoutible account is working: spoutible.com

Not that I’ve posted anything yet.

Response from their system is a bit slow. I suspect they are swamped.

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William Lewis  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:35:22pm

Just got back from my first guitar lesson. Getting some theory reminders and finger exercises as well as working on “I want to see the Bright Lights Tonight”. I think I’ll like doing this.

Instructor has a music education degree, plays flute and guitar in a band and had her first royalties check on the wall of the studio.

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Hecuba's daughter  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:36:16pm

re: #202 Dangerman

This cannot be good and would explain a lot.

Link

There are always rumors about any high profile crime. Let’s not assume that there is any credibility to this story or repeat it unless the police confirm that is indeed what happened.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:36:19pm

re: #227 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Now getting Cloudflare message page.

Someone brought down Spoutible so quickly?

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:37:25pm

Not good for a social media site to crash on the first day it is public.

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:38:17pm

re: #229 Hecuba’s daughter

There are always rumors about any high profile crime. Let’s not assume that there is any credibility to this story or repeat it unless the police confirm that is indeed what happened.

While I understand your caution, I don’t trust the police farther than I can throw them. I agree with waiting, although I have indulged in a little light speculation already (mea culpa), but I would wait for confirmation from non-police news sources, not the police. Fuck the police.

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:39:13pm

re: #231 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Not good for a social media site to crash on the first day it is public.

Capacity planning is hard. Doubly so if you are building a system from the ground up to replace an established social media giant. It would have been difficult to pony up enough cash to over-allocate resources for launch day.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:46:31pm
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Belafon  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:47:37pm

re: #216 Shropshire Slasher

What did they do? I don’t know.

I think I am going to have to retract that one. I could have sworn I read somewhere that the FBI had raided the Oval Office when Nixon left at one time, but I cannot find it.

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Romantic Heretic  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:49:37pm

Don’t know if this has been posted but:

How do these people dress themselves without injury?

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Captain Ron  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:53:24pm
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calochortus  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:53:56pm

re: #133 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

—-

ffrf.org

Yeah, but I don’t imagine it was particularly effective. There were many, many bigger issues.

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:55:04pm

Here is my grandson Elie with his favorite fuzzy blankie.

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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:57:07pm

Punxsutawney Phil has his headphones on in his burrow as the party rages around him tonight.
Give him a cold ale.
Say….

Dr. John - I Walk On Guilded Splinters

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wrenchwench  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:57:13pm

re: #237 Captain Ron

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I had that thought, and forgot to post it. Send all the used ‘feminine hygiene’ products to the members of that panel right now.

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Romantic Heretic  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:57:54pm

re: #218 Crush White Nationalism

Is it murder 1 if the plot was to beat him to scare him off the girl, but not to kill him?

If it isn’t it damn well should be.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:58:35pm

re: #237 Captain Ron

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nines09  Feb 1, 2023 • 3:59:57pm

Groundhog Day, Party All Night!

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austin_blue  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:00:42pm

re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth

Look up J Edgar Hoover and what he did for Nixon

Ah, the infamous “Enemies List”.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:04:48pm

re: #245 austin_blue

Ah, the infamous “Enemies List”.

and a whole lot more shenanigans

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:06:26pm

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — At least two major insurance companies will refuse to cover certain models by Kia and Hyundai, Fox Business reported.

Both State Farm and Progressive have confirmed with CNN that they have stopped writing policies for Kia and Hyundai models made between 2015 and 2019 due to the lack of anti-theft technology common in modern vehicles.

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Captain Ron  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:07:07pm
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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:10:21pm

My first spout:

spoutible.com

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gocart mozart  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:10:34pm

Glem is greenwalding again.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:11:41pm

re: #250 gocart mozart

looks like Glenn is trying to hop on the Taibbi gravy train

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wrenchwench  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:11:51pm

re: #250 gocart mozart

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Those two deserve each other. Let’s find ‘em an island without internet.

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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:12:23pm

re: #249 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

My first spout:

spoutible.com

I can’t even get there let alone spout off about anything.

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Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:14:17pm

re: #253 Yeah Sure WhatEVs

I can’t even get there let alone spout off about anything.

Yeah, response is pretty slow.

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Dopamine Fish  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:14:53pm
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wrenchwench  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:15:39pm

re: #249 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

My first spout:

spoutible.com

Looks a lot like mastodon.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:18:36pm

re: #228 William Lewis

Just got back from my first guitar lesson. Getting some theory reminders and finger exercises as well as working on “I want to see the Bright Lights Tonight”. I think I’ll like doing this.

Instructor has a music education degree, plays flute and guitar in a band and had her first royalties check on the wall of the studio.

A goal for next summer for me.

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Captain Ron  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:19:14pm
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Yeah Sure WhatEVs  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:19:50pm

re: #256 wrenchwench

Looks a lot like mastodon.

But I believe it’s not federated. I’m not a fan of the fed.

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No Malarkey!  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:19:59pm

re: #226 Crush White Nationalism

Mindy just vomited some cat food and a leaf with an intact stem. I don’t know where the leaf came from, but I do know that she is not a smart cat.

Her brother eats inappropriate things too. I have to keep rubber and plastic packing foam away from him.

Last year I had to pay $5k for cat surgery because the cat ate a bunch of sewing thread.

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retired cynic  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:21:27pm

U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer Introduces Bill To Expand House to 585 Members
democracydocket.com

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, Jan. 30, U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) introduced H.R. 622, the Restoring Equal and Accountable Legislators in the House (REAL House) Act. The bill would expand the number of members of the U.S. House of Representatives to 585 following the 2030 U.S. Census.

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Hecuba's daughter  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:24:05pm

re: #250 gocart mozart

Glem is greenwalding again.

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And downthread there, something equally amusing —

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:25:35pm

re: #262 Hecuba’s daughter

And downthread there, something equally amusing —

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It’s way too late for all of them.

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mmmirele  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:26:51pm

re: #5 Egregious Philbin

I worked for an airline for 14 years. Passengers always wanted to have planes with big seats and full service. However, every single startup that offered that failed miserably. (MGM Grand Air, Air One, Regent Air, McClain, Air Atlanta, EOS Airlines, Legend Airlines and so many more that I forgot). When it comes down to it, passengers nearly always choose the cheapest seat, even if it is a very crappy airline.

When I went to Japan in November, I bought the cheapest seats, and then I paid several hundred dollars to upgrade to aisle/exit row seats because I was NOT going to be sitting up against the bulkhead in the middle seat for a 12 hour flight. (Or even a three hour flight to San Francisco.) I probably just should have paid $1800 to start, but you know, those ticket sites are tricksy as hell.

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sagehen  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:27:06pm

re: #261 retired cynic

U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer Introduces Bill To Expand House to 585 Members
democracydocket.com

he’s got my support.

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Eventual Carrion  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:28:14pm

re: #240 nines09

Punxsutawney Phil has his headphones on in his burrow as the party rages around him tonight.
Give him a cold ale.
Say….

[Embedded content]

A friend of mine’s band is playing at the festivities. Juvenile Characteristics is their name. My friend (we call him Ringo) is the drummer. I was talking to him last night and he was getting ready to meet the guys and head out.

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Belafon  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:28:41pm

re: #248 Captain Ron

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So it is his laptop. One question that will need to be answered is why was it taken to that shop and left. Not that it’s germane to that investigation, but we’re talking about politics here.

Though it would be great if it were left as a trap.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:28:42pm

re: #260 No Malarkey!

Last year I had to pay $5k for cat surgery because the cat ate a bunch of sewing thread.

Ouch!

I have pet insurance for these little maniacs, so if they do manage to get themselves in real trouble it won’t be that bad.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:29:30pm

re: #260 No Malarkey!

Last year I had to pay $5k for cat surgery because the cat ate a bunch of sewing thread.

My goodness. Now I feel lucky. Last summer my dog chased a chipmunk into the cracks of a granite boulder and cut her cheek: $600 for repair; then on a late-night walk we turned a corner and bumped into another dog walker and my dog bit the other dog’s ear: $900 for emergency vet overnight care (turned out not to be that big of a bite, but I was at fault clearly). When we had her just out of rescue she chewed up a bunch of stuff but thankfully never ingested anything. Now I just keep a tighter hold on the leash and am very careful to avoid other dogs.

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Hecuba's daughter  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:30:17pm

re: #262 Hecuba’s daughter

And downthread there, something equally amusing —

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Here’s a direct link to Alex Berenson’s comment:

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:30:43pm

re: #268 Crush White Nationalism

Ouch!

I have pet insurance for these little maniacs, so if they do manage to get themselves in real trouble it won’t be that bad.

Yeah, I need to look into insurance. Any suggestions?

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:34:49pm

re: #270 Hecuba’s daughter

Here’s a direct link to Alex Berenson’s comment:

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Jesus, a pile-on from the ultra-right. Hahahahahaha.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:35:06pm

re: #271 Barefoot Grin

Yeah, I need to look into insurance. Any suggestions?

I’m with Pets Best, but I didn’t do a lot of comparison to other insurers.

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mmmirele  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:35:06pm

re: #44 Thanos

Realpolitik, An atheist is almost as tough a sell in Nebraska as it is in Kansas.

You know, being a very open non-church attendee (and I will tell you why, and it starts with churches failing to deal with their child molesters) was pretty much a no-go around here up until the last election. We got redistricted into a barely blue district, and I’m now represented by people who are Not Of The Dominant Religion, because they’re Democrats.

Oh, speaking of sexual predators, Johnny Hunt, a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, who was mentioned in the SBC’s predator list because he sexually assaulted the wife of a pastor circa 2010, he’s been restored to preaching by a group of ministers. Southern Baptists can do that, because, well, they’re not a denomination. But ordain a woman or a gay person and holeeeee, the SBC will give you the left foot of fellowship.

Imagine that—they have no problem letting an admitted male sexual predator in the pulpit, but no woman at no time nowhere can preach. Because being a woman is worse than being a male sexual predator. BLARGH.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:37:04pm
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled Wednesday that a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of a man shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 can proceed against Rittenhouse, police officers and others.

The father of Anthony Huber, one of two men shot and killed by Rittenhouse, filed the lawsuit in 2021, accusing officers of allowing for a dangerous situation that violated his son’s constitutional rights and resulted in his death. Anthony Huber’s father, John Huber, also alleged that Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, conspired with law enforcement to cause harm to protestors. John Huber is seeking unspecified damages from city officials, officers and Rittenhouse.

Lawsuit can proceed against Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse (AP)

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:37:17pm

re: #273 Crush White Nationalism

I’m with Pets Best, but I didn’t do a lot of comparison to other insurers.

Thanks. I can start there (and also ask my vet).

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Belafon  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:40:44pm

From the weather channel:

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Jebediah, RBG  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:41:38pm

re: #268 Crush White Nationalism

Ouch!

I have pet insurance for these little maniacs, so if they do manage to get themselves in real trouble it won’t be that bad.

Juno has mitral valve disease - if it weren’t for the pet insurance, we would be truly screwed.

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A Cranky One  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:42:30pm

My daughters were visiting to see how I’m doing after the shoulder replacement surgery.

One noted she’s never seen me wearing other than jeans (I was wearing sweats).

She asked me how I liked the wardrobe change. I replied that it was frustrating not having any pockets.

My spouse and daughters found that hilarious.

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Jebediah, RBG  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:42:38pm

re: #271 Barefoot Grin

Yeah, I need to look into insurance. Any suggestions?

We have Trupanion.

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Barefoot Grin  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:47:42pm

re: #279 A Cranky One

My daughters were visiting to see how I’m doing after the shoulder replacement surgery.

One noted she’s never seen me wearing other than jeans (I was wearing sweats).

She asked me how I liked the wardrobe change. I replied that it was frustrating not having any pockets.

My spouse and daughters found that hilarious.

I leapt over shame during the heart of the pandemic. Now I go to the store in sweats (and honestly all I need is a goatee to make me look like a “live free or die” dude these days). But in the cold I still have pockets in the sweats, pockets in the hoodie, and pockets in the old Columbia winter coat; and I never put my keys in the same pocket. I hate myself.

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Belafon  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:48:26pm

re: #279 A Cranky One

My daughters were visiting to see how I’m doing after the shoulder replacement surgery.

One noted she’s never seen me wearing other than jeans (I was wearing sweats).

She asked me how I liked the wardrobe change. I replied that it was frustrating not having any pockets.

My spouse and daughters found that hilarious.

We were talking about that with my son’s best friend. Someone needs to start a company that puts real pockets on all women’s dresses they make.

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:48:43pm

re: #280 Jebediah, RBG

We have Trupanion.

I read that as TrumpAnon. It’s been a long day.

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sagehen  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:49:24pm

re: #279 A Cranky One

My daughters were visiting to see how I’m doing after the shoulder replacement surgery.

One noted she’s never seen me wearing other than jeans (I was wearing sweats).

She asked me how I liked the wardrobe change. I replied that it was frustrating not having any pockets.

My spouse and daughters found that hilarious.

I bought my sweats from the Levi’s website. They have pockets.

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Belafon  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:50:08pm

We got just warm enough, but still below freezing, to get some melting of the sleet that covers everything. Now the sun has set. I went to take my dog outside, and what was crunchy sleet that you could get traction in is now a single sheet of ice and it is slick.

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:52:36pm

re: #271 Barefoot Grin

Yeah, I need to look into insurance. Any suggestions?

DogRates recommends Trupanion

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Jebediah, RBG  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:53:08pm

re: #283 Crush White Nationalism

I read that as TrumpAnon. It’s been a long day.

Ha!
Maybe sometime soon someone will start Trumpists Anonymous.
And holy crap can you imagine dealing with an insurance company run by trmp?!

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William Lewis  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:58:02pm

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:58:49pm

re: #287 Jebediah, RBG

Ha!
Maybe sometime soon someone will start Trumpists Anonymous.
And holy crap can you imagine dealing with an insurance company run by trmp?!

With most insurance companies you don’t know if they’ll pay out or not until you file a claim and see how it goes. You don’t have that uncertainty with Trump insurance.

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William Lewis  Feb 1, 2023 • 4:59:23pm

Wishing it were spring… I think I like B&W a bit better.

(2013 Daytona 1972 Bonnie)

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Crush White Nationalism  Feb 1, 2023 • 5:03:59pm

re: #288 William Lewis

Those look so much better on my OLED tablet than they did on my projector.
It looks like you have a hair on your scanner, assuming these are prints you scanned. It’s in both images.

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William Lewis  Feb 1, 2023 • 5:04:57pm

re: #291 Crush White Nationalism

Those look so much better on my OLED tablet than they did on my projector.
It looks like you have a hair on your scanner, assuming these are prints you scanned. It’s in both images.

Nope, sensor needs cleaning. Thanks for pointing it out.

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Egregious Philbin  Feb 1, 2023 • 5:13:41pm

re: #99 Dave In Austin

I have that LP framed and up on the wall. A friend I worked with knew the artist Neon Park, he said he had the original hanging in his garage…

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sagehen  Feb 1, 2023 • 5:13:42pm

So there’s a new show starting tonight on SyFy called The Ark. A colony ship runs into trouble, half the people (including the top military command) die, the ship is seriously damaged, blah blah the expedition must try to survive and get to a survivable location…

Dean Devlin (‘Leverage’) and Jonathan Glassner (‘Stargate SG-1’) exec produce, which would sound promising, but the reviews I’ve found so far say “it gets pretty good starting around episode 4”.

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Belafon  Feb 1, 2023 • 5:15:33pm

ABC is doing 50th anniversary to School House Rock. We are talking about making new ones, like three minute intros to quantum mechanics, calculus, and object oriented programming.

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gocart mozart  Feb 1, 2023 • 5:18:10pm
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steve_davis  Feb 1, 2023 • 5:25:15pm

re: #181 Crush White Nationalism

They don’t think man will be gone in 50,000 years, just that the comet might not be in a stable orbit so might not come by again. I think there’s a fair chance that man will be gone in 50,000 years.

We could be the last humans to see the green comet passing Earth for the first time since the Ice Age. Here’s how, where, and when to watch it. (Business Insider)

re: #273 Crush White Nationalism

I’m with Pets Best, but I didn’t do a lot of comparison to other insurers.

fuck, I can’t even afford insurance for me, and I certainly can’t for the cat. We both just basically have had to get really good at caregiving. It turns out 90% of it is just keeping the other person warm.

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Joe Bacon  Feb 1, 2023 • 5:28:51pm

re: #250 gocart mozart

Glem is greenwalding again.

WOW!

Is Glen Greenfart gonna ask bout them there Jewish Space Lasers?

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Backwoods_Sleuth  Feb 1, 2023 • 5:30:35pm

re: #296 gocart mozart

I’d like to report a murder

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Captain Ron  Feb 1, 2023 • 5:31:43pm

re: #297 steve_davis

fuck, I can’t even afford insurance for me, and I certainly can’t for the cat. We both just basically have had to get really good at caregiving. It turns out 90% of it is just keeping the other person warm.

We had Obamacare before Medicare. We only paid $7 a month, I’m not sure why it was that low.

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The Pie Overlord!  Feb 1, 2023 • 5:31:55pm

re: #282 Belafon

We were talking about that with my son’s best friend. Someone needs to start a company that puts real pockets on all women’s dresses they make.

I stopped using a purse about 10 years ago. All my skirts & blouses have pockets. I was really frustrated though at my granddaughter’s wedding because evening gowns still don’t have pockets and those fancy expensive little handbags are soo annoying to carry around. I couldn’t carry it slung over my shoulder because the handbag chain kept getting caught on the gown beadwork.


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