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Why isn’t the earthquake being covered yet by any of the cable news networks?
Earthquakes, aftershocks, times, magnitudes:
04:17 - 7.4 (Gaziantep)
04:28 - 6.6 (Gaziantep)
04:36 - 5.6 (Gaziantep)
04:47 - 4.3 (Diyarbakir)
04:58 - 5.2 (Gaziantep)
05:01 - 4.7 (Kahramanmaras)
(Kandilli Observatory)#Earthquake #Turkey #Emergency #Hatay #Malatya— Yorukhun (@yorukhunnn) February 6, 2023
USGS shows another 5.2 aftershock just hit. That’s the 4th major aftershock they’ve recorded.
It’s not even on Turkish television yet. Everyone was in bed,
Willie Nelson won best country album, and the audience was clearly shocked.
re: #2 Hecuba’s daughter
Why isn’t the earthquake being covered yet by any of the cable news networks?
Because they are too preoccupied with balloons and Grammys.
re: #2 Hecuba’s daughter
Why isn’t the earthquake being covered yet by any of the cable news networks?
1. It only happened about 2 hours ago (if the times in #4 are local time, 0417 is 2017 ET (8:17pm) or 1717 PT (5:17pm) so still “new news”
2. It’s in Turkey, so foreign/distant/unknown to most US media.
3. But still plenty of (future) time for reportage
And unfortunately, likely still plenty of time for the quake to run up big casualty figures: even if the affected localities aren’t all timelessly ancient settlements (like so many places in Turkey), it’s unlikely that the building codes for more recent construction are going to be up to say, California standards (though I hope I’m wrong).
re: #2 Hecuba’s daughter
Why isn’t the earthquake being covered yet by any of the cable news networks?
CNN now has a report on TV.
re: #2 Hecuba’s daughter
Why isn’t the earthquake being covered yet by any of the cable news networks?
They’re waiting for the latest batch of GOP talking points from Frank Luntz and Count Fuckula Steven Miler.
re: #11 Hecuba’s daughter
CNN now has a report on TV.
At least CNNI is now having continuing coverage. CNN is back to standard programming.
Sparky Puppy won for Contemporary Instrumental Album, Ozzy won for best rock album.
re: #10 Jay C
1. It only happened about 2 hours ago (if the times in #4 are local time, 0417 is 2017 ET (8:17pm) or 1717 PT (5:17pm) so still “new news”
2. It’s in Turkey, so foreign/distant/unknown to most US media.
3. But still plenty of (future) time for reportageAnd unfortunately, likely still plenty of time for the quake to run up big casualty figures: even if the affected localities aren’t all timelessly ancient settlements (like so many places in Turkey), it’s unlikely that the building codes for more recent construction are going to be up to say, California standards (though I hope I’m wrong).
I left Turkey two days before the Ismit earthquake in 2006. (A bit east of Istanbul where I had been) There was quite the scandal at the time due to the unexpected damage to more modern buildings. The government had raised their seismic building codes, but contractors had severely cut corners—IIRC, several were picked up by the authorities while trying to leave the country in the days after the earthquake.
A major and potentially catastrophic M7.8 earthquake has struck Central #Turkey. Powerful aftershocks of M6.7, M5.6, and M5.2 already recorded.
USGS cites a notable chance of high casualties and economic cost.
A M6.7 tremor struck this area in January 2020 (>$600M damage cost). pic.twitter.com/bYJRqJ8AUm— Steve Bowen (@SteveBowenWx) February 6, 2023
Kim Petras and Sam Smith won for best pop group performance. The significance of this is she’s transgender.
People were asking what dumb rightwing thing will follow balloon panic, and here it is.
Here we go. The Woke Libs are coming for chocolate milk now. pic.twitter.com/5Vn6nLMFkv
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) February 6, 2023
I re-read the Pulitzer Prize winning New Yorker article The Really Big One from time to time. Not only is it fantastic writing it’s also one the most frightening gotdam things that has been written in the 21st century. The PNW in a megathrust subduction zone earthquake would be utterly destroyed, the most devastating natural disaster in U.S. history by far. And it could happen, that subduction zone is hundreds of years overdue for a megathrust earthquake. The last one occurred approximately the year 1700, which caused a huge tsunami in Japan that was recorded in Japanese folklore.
🇹🇷⛽️💣❗️ — Video published on social medias by netizens show that natural gas pipelines in Amik plain in Turkish-controlled Hatay bursted with the force of the earthquake. Fire spread to the fields.#Deprem #earthquake #Turkey #BreakingNews pic.twitter.com/FrQqOh4Dyy
— NEWS ALL TIME (@NEWS_ALL_TIME) February 6, 2023
WATCH: Building collapses during earthquake in Diyarbakir, Turkey pic.twitter.com/GfQzglgDGK
— BNO News Live (@BNODesk) February 6, 2023
re: #20 teleskiguy
I re-read the Pulitzer Prize winning New Yorker article The Really Big One from time to time. Not only is it fantastic writing it’s also one the most frightening gotdam things that has been written in the 21st century. The PNW in a megathrust subduction zone earthquake would be utterly destroyed, the most devastating natural disaster in U.S. history by far. And it could happen, that subduction zone is hundreds of years overdue for a megathrust earthquake. The last one occurred approximately the year 1700, which caused a huge tsunami in Japan that was recorded in Japanese folklore.
The 1700 Cascadia earthquake occurred along the Cascadia subduction zone on January 26, 1700, with an estimated moment magnitude of 8.7-9.2. The megathrust earthquake involved the Juan de Fuca Plate from mid-Vancouver Island, south along the Pacific Northwest coast as far as northern California. The length of the fault rupture was about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), with an average slip of 20 meters (66 ft).
The earthquake caused a tsunami which struck the west coast of North America and the coast of Japan. Japanese tsunami records, along with reconstructions of the wave moving across the ocean, put the earthquake at about 9pm on the evening of 26 January 1700.
East Anatolian Transform Fault
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“…The Anatolian block, referred to as such because it is a relatively small lithospheric fragment that moves independently from the surrounding major tectonic plates, geographically consists mostly of the Aegean Sea and the countries of Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, and Crete. This region is one of the most seismically active areas in the world due to the interactions of 3 major tectonic plates surrounding the Anatolian block.”
geo.arizona.edu
I wake up to reports of this massive earthquake that hit Turkey.
And it looks pretty bad - people are reported to have felt the initial shock as far away as Tel Aviv, so this is going to be a major event. Apparently, it also looks like this might be the biggest earthquake to hit the Eastern Mediterranean in 1,000 years, and likely bigger than the quake that flattened Antioch in 115 A.D.
re: #25 Dr Lizardo
Living through horrific history is unsettling, to say the least.
I’m sure the usual suspects already have the “God’s wrath” talking points ready to go for this quake.
re: #20 teleskiguy
The last one occurred approximately the year 1700, which caused a huge tsunami in Japan that was recorded in Japanese folklore.
Not folklore, actual records. Keeping track of tsunamis was serious business in Japan, the country had written records going back a millennia already, and was about 100 years into the stability of the Edo period. The puzzling thing to them would have been no previous notice of the earthquake, because it was so far away.
I’m reminded of the 1964 Anchorage, Alaska earthquake, which had massive effects across the Alaskan-Canadian-Lower 48 coast. I suspect a similar type of quake in the Seattle area would be quite a bit worse. (Yeah, I’ve read the New Yorker article. I will stay in the deserts of Arizona, thankyouverymuch.)
Not a fan of either Conway, but this retweet about a corgi might be of interest. Pupper isn’t availible until around February 9th.
— George Conway🌻 (@gtconway3d) February 5, 2023
“…Journalist Eyad Kourdi, who lives in the city of Gaziantep, told CNN there were up to eight “very strong” aftershocks in under a minute after the 7.8 magnitude quake struck”
currently.att.yahoo.com
re: #31 jaunte
“…Journalist Eyad Kourdi, who lives in the city of Gaziantep, told CNN there were up to eight “very strong” aftershocks in under a minute after the 7.8 magnitude quake struck”
currently.att.yahoo.com
That’s gonna be really bad - Gaziantep is a city of two million and only about 32 km from the apparent epicenter.
As noted by mmmirele , there also have been some major tsunamis in Alaska.
Some have been quite localized but of terrifying power. Including a 1958 one with a height of 1720 ft.
re: #32 Dr Lizardo
That’s gonna be really bad - Gaziantep is a city of two million and only about 32 km from the apparent epicenter.
I wonder how long (duration) the quake was? Having eight aftershocks in a minute makes me wonder if the quake never really ended but just varied in intensity over a longer period of time. I’ve seen video of the 2011 Tohoku quake, which was six minutes long at 9.1 magnitude. The 1964 Alaskan quake was 4 to 5 minutes. The longer the earthquake, the more damage there’s going to be. For the record, I can’t imagine being in a several minute long earthquake, I think I might completely lose my marbles.
re: #34 mmmirele
[…] The longer the earthquake, the more damage there’s going to be. For the record, I can’t imagine being in a several minute long earthquake, I think I might completely lose my marbles.
‘What if it never stops?’ —kicks in at about 25 seconds.
re: #36 jaunte
This happened on 9 October 1963 in Italy. Killed almost 3,000 people, wiped towns off the map. Werner Herzog has made “pilgrimages” to the dam which still stands to this day.
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re: #75 sagehen
I’m assuming that US military aircraft with a shitload of jamming equipment escorted the balloon along its flightpath…
Most likely yes. And quite possibly, beyond jamming, also ‘playing’ with the balloon to learn more about it and its capabilities.
ELINT - Electronic Intelligence
COMINT - Communications Intelligence
SIGINT - Signals Intelligence
Combat Sent - RC-135U Airplane is designed to collect technical intelligence on adversary radar emitter systems.
Rivet Joint - RC-135V/W Airplane USAF’s standard airborne SIGINT platform.
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Been thinking about what ELINT the COMBAT SENT *might* have collected from the PRC balloon. (1/7) @vcdgf555 @james_acton32 @NavyStrang @IntelCrab @Aviation_Intel @OrenCNN @CombatAir @TheAviationist @ameliairheart @MeNMyRC1 @monarchiav pic.twitter.com/EGuOD2GNcD
— Robert Hopkins (@CobraBall3) February 6, 2023
I just found out I have a colleague in Gaziantep. And other friends and acquaintances all over the area, in Lebanon and Syria. Might even try some prayer.
re: #19 jaunte
Somebody tell the House Republicans that chocolate milk was banned in my school district over 60 years ago. From K-3 we were required to have a milk break and it had to be whole milk. No 2% or chocolate milk.
re: #40 Joe Bacon
When they can gin up an outrage over whether M&Ms are sexy, reality doesn’t enter in.
re: #40 Joe Bacon
Somebody tell the House Republicans that chocolate milk was banned in my school district over 60 years ago. From K-3 we were required to have a milk break and it had to be whole milk. No 2% or chocolate milk.
Fridays at my elementary school 45 years ago were chocolate milk days.
re: #41 jaunte
When they can gin up an outrage over whether M&Ms are sexy, reality doesn’t enter in.
It’s not only that, Jaunte.
Girl Scout Cookie Season is starting up and I’m seeing Facebook posts from The Usual Gang Of Brain Dead Right Wing Jesusbots that they’re organizing boycotts with the recycled lies about abortion and Planned Parenthood.
Last year I got so pissed off at those Xtians that I gave $100 to a group at a cookie table, told them I didn’t need cookies but I had to show my support.
I saw one tweet that had a 1:23 clip and for the whole clip bottles were falling off shelves. so it was a very long quake.
re: #45 Captain Ron
I saw one tweet that had a 1:23 clip and for the whole clip bottles were falling off shelves. so it was a very long quake.
The main shock seems to have lasted about one minute. That’s pretty serious.
Absolutely insane estimations coming out from some Risk Firms regards the Earthquake in Turkey. https://t.co/XNRAIa8Yq1
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 6, 2023
Antep / Gaziantep
Moment of the earthquake caught on CCTV#Deprem #Turkey 🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/gg8AoTk4aS— Aleph א (@no_itsmyturn) February 6, 2023
re: #40 Joe Bacon
Somebody tell the House Republicans that chocolate milk was banned in my school district over 60 years ago. From K-3 we were required to have a milk break and it had to be whole milk. No 2% or chocolate milk.
I cannot abide the taste of white milk. I reject it almost (but not quite) as badly as I reject mayonnaise. My school cafeteria didn’t sell chocolate milk, but no one stopped me from bringing in a pill bottle of Nestle’s Quick to add to the white milk, or chocolate milk in a Thermos in my lunch box.
This was, of course, fifty years ago - and I fortunately wasn’t going to school in Ambridge, Pennsylvania a decade earlier - but I strongly suspect that I couldn’t get away with bringing a pill bottle of anything in, today.
Ironically, in light of how I cannot stand white milk, my mother’s family owned and operated a dairy operation.
re: #2 Hecuba’s daughter
Why isn’t the earthquake being covered yet by any of the cable news networks?
They’re waiting for American victims.
Cuz, ya know, if no Americans are hurt it’s not important.
re: #34 mmmirele
I wonder how long (duration) the quake was? Having eight aftershocks in a minute makes me wonder if the quake never really ended but just varied in intensity over a longer period of time. I’ve seen video of the 2011 Tohoku quake, which was six minutes long at 9.1 magnitude. The 1964 Alaskan quake was 4 to 5 minutes. The longer the earthquake, the more damage there’s going to be. For the record, I can’t imagine being in a several minute long earthquake, I think I might completely lose my marbles.
I saw a Japanese news report on the 2011 quake/tsunami that used some video I’d never seen. One video was taken during the quake of people in an office building that was shaking like no building should and it went on and on. I can’t imagine the terror those people faced when it wouldn’t stop. I remember the 5.9 1989 quake in the SF bay area that lasted a miniscule 30 to 45 seconds and thought the world was ending. Fortunately, we were spared the apocalyptic tsunami that followed the Japan quake.
re: #20 teleskiguy
If that happened it would beat out the Shaanxi earthquake for damage, and lives lost.
re: #39 retired cynic
I just found out I have a colleague in Gaziantep. And other friends and acquaintances all over the area, in Lebanon and Syria. Might even try some prayer.
Just heard via a mutual friend that my friend in Gaziantep is okay. I am afraid there are going to be thousands and thousands of people who are not okay.
re: #51 sizzzzlerz
The 1989 Loma Prieta quake was a Magnitude 6.9.
re: #53 retired cynic
Just heard via a mutual friend that my friend in Gaziantep is okay. I am afraid there are going to be thousands and thousands of people who are not okay.
Yeah, this one’s gonna be bad, and not just in Türkiye. They noted on TRT World that reports of significant fatalities are starting to come in from northern Syria, which seems to have been hit just as bad.
Back later…off to work.
My nephew has been in England for the past 3 or 4 years. During that time, he married a British woman. He is now being stationed in Oklahoma, and they arrived yesterday and came down to meet us for lunch. Very nice woman, and fits in well because she’s not afraid to talk; we didn’t have to try to get her to.
One funny part of her conversation was when my mom tried to bring up St. Jude Children’s hospital because I think they would have driven past it. And you could tell the rest of us were embarrassed by having to have a hospital like that that is special because it covers treatment costs. Almost all of the rest of us tied to stop Mom from continuing that part of the conversation.
re: #56 Belafon
My nephew has been in England for the past 3 or 4 years. During that time, he married a British woman. He is now being stationed in Oklahoma, and they arrived yesterday and came down to meet us for lunch. Very nice woman, and fits in well because she’s not afraid to talk; we didn’t have to try to get her to.
One funny part of her conversation was when my mom tried to bring up St. Jude Children’s hospital because I think they would have driven past it. And you could tell the rest of us were embarrassed by having to have a hospital like that that is special because it covers treatment costs. Almost all of the rest of us tied to stop Mom from continuing that part of the conversation.
If you want to see her totally mystified, sit by her while watching American TV and see her reaction to prescription drug ads. Just be prepared to explain that they show those on our TVs for the same reason they show cartoony ads to kids to get them to buy sugary foods and candies.
May Dad was on the commuter van from SF through Oakland. They made it past the 880 stack that collapsed by about 10 minutes. He would have been crushed.
re: #48 jaunte
It’s a stroke of luck that the quake hit when people were not in that shop. According to my stopwatch that main pulse was just around 90 seconds.
GQP: “BIDEN ALLOWED A CHINESE SPY BALLOON TO FLY OVER OUR COUNTRY! HE ALLOWED THEM TO SPY ON US!! WHAT ARE THEY USING TO CONTROL HIM!?!?!”
Media: “Uh, we’re getting told that three balloons overflew US airspace during the Trump administration. Care to comment?”
GQP: “…well, that’s different.”
re: #54 Captain Ron
The 1989 Loma Prieta quake was a Magnitude 6.9.
You are correct, sir. That is what I meant to type but my finger spans two keys on these stupid tiny keyboards.
A birbie for Monday — and a problem with my headlights that will require an early morning visit to the dealer on Monday.
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As much as Erdogan pisses me off, Turkiye is our ally and partner, and I expect nothing less than as much help as they’re willing to receive from us.
— Ryan M (@jumpinmpduke) February 6, 2023
Nice spot for the full moon in Leo tonight pic.twitter.com/5I6d8UHQII
— Erin (meet me at midnight) (@mirrabellala) February 6, 2023
İtfaiye ekipleri yetersiz İskenderuna yardım ekipleri gelemedi. Yangınlar çıkmaya başladı. Enkaz altındaki arkadaşlarımıza ulaşamıyoruz. Ekiplere ihtiyaç var. Kimse ne yapacağını biliyor. Lütfen yayalım yardımacil
#deprem #AFAD #ACİL #earthquake #depremhatay #iskenderun #Hatay pic.twitter.com/ba6iqhYo0G— Hüseyin Recepoğlu (@_hsyn_) February 6, 2023
ترکیہ،زلزلے سے کئی عمارتیں زمین بوس ہو گئیں#Turkey #Lebanon #EarthQuake #Turkiye #Syria
براہ راست نشریات دیکھیں: https://t.co/ntbdEfa85u pic.twitter.com/JIrXHleyC9— HUM News (@humnewspakistan) February 6, 2023
The only runway at #Hatay Airport in southern Turkey tore open during the earthquake.
Death toll #Update from #Turkey-#Syria #earthquake rises to 609, more than 2029 injured#deprem #Idlib #Syria #DEPREMOLDU #TurkeyEarthquake pic.twitter.com/zdgOPzQ1Su— News Core India (@NewsCoreIndia) February 6, 2023
Gotta love those lifelong Democrats
— Patterico (@Patterico) February 6, 2023
Writing so poor, can’t be ChatGPT
— James McBain (@jmcbain3) February 6, 2023
Oh Christ, Now Elon Musk Wants To Charge Businesses $1000 A Month For Fancy Gold Checkmarks (Wonkette, yesterday afternoon)
Things are going really well over there.
On Twitter, social media consultant Matt Navarra shared a screenshot of an email from Twitter product manager Evan Jones to an unknown business, in which the business is advised that a special gold checkmark — the checkmark that Twitter invented for businesses and media outlets — will soon cost $1000 a month.
It read:
Thanks for your interest in Verified Organizations. We’re now opening the gates forearly access to our Organization plan.
As an early access subscriber, you’ll get a gold checkmark for your organization and affiliation badges for its associates. Next week, we’ll onboard you to our administration portal and you’ll be eligible for Tweet Boosting, which will increase the reach and distribution for your organization and its affiliates whenever you tweet.
If you’d like to subscribe, Verified for Organizations is $1,000 per month, and $50 per additional affiliated handle per month with one month of free affiliations.
Let me know if you’re interested and I can get you set up with a payment link.
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re: #68 Captain Ron
Weird how this “lifelong Democrat” lives in Ireland and retweets Qanon blather… pic.twitter.com/p6gF5tSYIc
— Mihkel Devolver (@mihkelisrad) February 6, 2023
re: #68 Captain Ron
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I swear I’ve read that same “You progressives are gonna face increasing resistance!” BS paragraph before somewhere else. It’s almost like a staple of “lifelong Democrats” who oft-times are simply “Reagan Democrats” who have been waiting for decades for another fatherly Republican to come along and sweep them off to the land of “bipartisanship.”
Sorry, not sorry: Some 1/6 rioters change tune after apology (Associated Press, February 3, 2023)
So it turns out a whole lot of “remorseful” January 6 defendants, who, right after either serving a short sentence or getting probation, are running off the Wingnut Media Industrial Complex and complaining they did nothing wrong or are being persecuted.
Prosecutors and judges are noticing this and are pushing for longer sentences, and in some cases trying to lengthen sentences (if they are still in jail or on probation).
FILE - In this image provided by the West Virginia Legislative Photography, Derrick Evans is shown during his swearing-in ceremony to the West Virginia House of Delegates on Dec. 1, 2020, in Charleston, w.va. Some Jan. 6 defendants who have expressed remorse in court after joining the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol have later struck a different tone or sought to downplay the riot publicly. After pleading guilty to a felony charge in the riot, former West Virginia lawmaker Derrick Evans told a judge in June that he regrets his actions and takes full responsibility for them. He’s now running for Congress (Will Price, West Virginia Legislative Photography via AP)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Appearing before a federal judge after pleading guilty to a felony charge in the deadly Capitol riot, former West Virginia lawmaker Derrick Evans expressed remorse for letting down his family and his community, saying he made a “crucial mistake.”
Less than a year later, Evans is portraying himself as a victim of a politically motivated prosecution as he runs to serve in the same building he stormed on Jan. 6, 2021. Evans is now calling the Justice Department’s Jan. 6 prosecutions a “miscarriage of justice” and describes himself on twitter as a “J6 Patriot.”
“Some ppl have said I need to apologize and condemn #J6 if I want to win my election as the media will attack me,” he tweeted recently after announcing his bid for a U.S. House seat in 2024. “I will not compromise my values or beliefs. That’s what politicians do. We need Patriots not politicians.”
Evans joins a series of Jan. 6 defendants who — when up against possible prison time in court — have expressed regret for joining the pro-Trump mob that rattled the foundations of American democracy only to strike a different tone or downplay the riot after receiving their punishment.
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re: #72 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Sorry, not sorry: Some 1/6 rioters change tune after apology (Associated Press, February 3, 2023)
So it turns out a whole lot of “remorseful” January 6 defendants, who, right after either serving a short sentence or getting probation, are running off the Wingnut Media Industrial Complex and complaining they did nothing wrong or are being persecuted.
Prosecutors and judges are noticing this and are pushing for longer sentences, and in some cases trying to lengthen sentences (if they are still in jail or on probation).
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Why, it’s almost like these jackholes all told the judges what their lawyers told them to say to get sympathy sentences.
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— Devin Nunes’ cow 🐮 (@DevinCow) February 6, 2023
We’re now at 132.5% of our average annual rainfall of 17.40” (23.05”)
re: #74 Captain Ron
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2/4/2023 12:45 p.m. The Climate Prediction Center released their 6-10 Day Temperature/Precipitation Outlook for early to mid February. Looks like we are expecting near-normal Precipitation and Temperature for southeast Wyoming and Nebraska Panhandle. #WYWx #NEWx pic.twitter.com/hP6xcJk3Ji
— NWS Cheyenne (@NWSCheyenne) February 4, 2023
If Republicans ran the music business we’d all still be listening to polka music and Lawrence Welk.
— Silkytofu (@Silkytofu2) February 6, 2023
The last thing my trans student emailed me before they died by suicide was an op-ed they wrote to their local newspaper arguing for trans inclusion in highschool sports. They mentioned how cruel the comments from community members were. These annual “debates” hurt trans people.
— Jenni Tabler, PhD (@jenni_tabler) February 4, 2023
re: #80 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
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One of my favorite YT channels. Yes, they use cartoons and some of the topics can be ridiculous, but they don’t pull punches on sensitive topics and they’ve even gone so far as to make videos just to acknowledge mistakes they made in the past.
re: #49 A Three Hour Tour
I almost never drink milk as such unless I am dipping cookies in it.
re: #82 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I almost never drink milk as such unless I am dipping cookies in it.
The thought of drinking a glass of milk makes me queasy. I haven’t done that in decades. I only put milk in coffee. Or I cook with it. But honestly the last time I drank a glass of milk was when I was in grade school.
I cannot help but think about 2009’s “Balloon Boy” media sensation and how the Chinese balloon was pretty much just the 20’s reboot of it.
After the miracle beagle yesterday, back to par today. Starting off a fresh week at the office. Will take MrsTarH to see an orthopedist Tuesday regarding her apparently frozen shoulder. Went through that last year and was able to do PT to get it corrected. Hopefully the same can be done for her. Have a great week folks!
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re: #38 ckkatz
From last thread -
Most likely yes. And quite possibly, beyond jamming, also ‘playing’ with the balloon to learn more about it and its capabilities.
ELINT - Electronic Intelligence
COMINT - Communications Intelligence
SIGINT - Signals Intelligence
Combat Sent - RC-135U Airplane is designed to collect technical intelligence on adversary radar emitter systems.
Rivet Joint - RC-135V/W Airplane USAF’s standard airborne SIGINT platform.(thread)
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So we didn’t do nothing and the military was on it the whole time?
Huh.
re: #86 Dangerman
So we didn’t do nothing and the military was on it the whole time?
Huh.
again, the GOP can rant on about this because they do not have to worry about context and nuance.
Preliminary moment magnitude 7.7 aftershock reported in Türkiye about 30 minutes ago:
This new earthquake is about 100km to the N of last night earthquake. It has been followed 12 min later by a strong aftershock about M6. Again, it is an exceptionally difficult situation for populations. A major assitance will be required
— EMSC (@LastQuake) February 6, 2023
re: #73 Targetpractice
Why, it’s almost like these jackholes all told the judges what their lawyers told them to say to get sympathy sentences.
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re: #88 Dr Lizardo
Preliminary moment magnitude 7.7 aftershock reported in Türkiye about 30 minutes ago:
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Whoever said 2023 was when we would finally turn the corner on this awful decade, go fuck yourself.
And then Wordle decides to start the week off in abusive fashion.
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And today, I read a horrific story where a Texas hospital kept a brain-dead woman “alive” on a ventilator for two months, terrified that they would lose legal immunity under a Texas law that mandates that life-preserving care may not be withdrawn from pregnant patients. It’s yet another example of a cruel Republican policy, written incredibly vaguely, that lawmakers claim they were “horrified” to see used in a “twisted fashion” that is not what they intended it for. It’s not like the actual use case is that much better: They want to keep women who are vegetables on life support so that they can deliver their babies.
— RHAvote (@RHAVote) February 5, 2023
JFC, look at this - it’s like that whole fault system is unzipping:
Aftershock activity is high with more than one hundred M>3 located so far. They spread along more than 200 km along the fault, suggesting a bilateral rupture from epicenter (which is also consistent with damage in N. #Syria. #deprem #TurkeyEarthquake pic.twitter.com/vYLkfRybKN
— EMSC (@LastQuake) February 6, 2023
re: #23 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
9.2. That’s John Cusack flying a plane between collapsing buildings in L.A. strong.
re: #28 Eclectic Cyborg
I’m sure the usual suspects already have the “God’s wrath” talking points ready to go for this quake.
Yes. God is punishing the Muslims because they don’t hate gays :-(
A historic Gaziantep Castle included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in the Turkish province of Gaziantep has suffered heavy damage as a result of a 7.4-magnitude earthquake, Trend reports via TASS.According to the source, the damage caused has yet to be determined. It is now known that the walls in some places collapsed after aftershocks. While some bastions in the east, south and southeast parts of the historical Gaziantep Castle in the central Şahinbey district were destroyed by the earthquake, the debris was scattered on the road.
The iron railings around the court were scattered on the surrounding sidewalks. The retaining wall next to the castle also collapsed. In some bastions, large cracks were observed after the earthquake.
There is a museum complex on the territory of the castle, dedicated to the defense of Gaziantep from the French during World War I.
re: #93 Dopamine Fish
And today, I read a horrific story where a Texas hospital kept a brain-dead woman “alive” on a ventilator for two months, terrified that they would lose legal immunity under a Texas law that mandates that life-preserving care may not be withdrawn from pregnant patients. It’s yet another example of a cruel Republican policy, written incredibly vaguely, that lawmakers claim they were “horrified” to see used in a “twisted fashion” that is not what they intended it for. It’s not like the actual use case is that much better: They want to keep women who are vegetables on life support so that they can deliver their babies.
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I remember that case. The one where the doctors declared that the fetus was non-viable and the plug needed to be pulled in accordance with family wishes, only for the lawyers to burst in and order them away from the machines because they were scared shitless somebody would catch wind and alert the authorities. The family had to end up suing the hospital to remove life-support from what was effectively a corpse (the body had started rotting), but the lawyers kept screaming to the judge that the vagueness of the law said as long as the fetus was “alive” then they couldn’t pull the plug. When the press finally got around to asking Texas Republicans why they’d written such a barbaric law, they insisted that they’d never intended it to lead to such a scenario, BUT would not commit to either amending or abolishing it.
What finally led to the courts signing off on letting the poor woman finally be put to rest? Doctors showing that the fetus that was effectively being incubated was becoming deformed, likely was itself a vegetable due to its mother’s life functions having ceased for several minutes, and was thus “non-viable.”
Pictures of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
re: #95 steve_davis
9.2. That’s John Cusack flying a plane between collapsing buildings in L.A. strong.
Most powerful was the 1960 Valdivia Earthquake, clocking in at 9.4 to 9.6 on the Richter scale. Then we have the 2004 Boxing Day (9.1-9.3) and 2011 Tōhoku (9.1) Earthquakes and tsunamis.
Now, what if we would have a 10.0?
re: #98 Targetpractice
Yeah, the link in the tweet goes to an NPR article that doesn’t go into quite that much detail, but close. And the thing is, Republicans get away with this because their laws are (deliberately) written so vaguely that, even though this may secretly have been a thing they wanted, they have so much wiggle room that they can claim to be horrified and aghast at this clear abuse of their pure and innocent baby-saving policy when they start getting public pushback on it.
re: #100 Teukka
Now, what if we would have a 10.0?
A quick Google-fu suggests that most seismologists believe a 10.0 earthquake is, while theoretically possible, practically impossible due to the fact that a fault system extensive enough to generate a 10.0 quake does not exist. (Apparently, the maximum power of a fault system is a function of its length, and the biggest quakes, as Dr. Lizardo alluded to upthread, are the result of the entire system rupturing all at once.) Beyond 10.0, we are approaching energies at which the Earth itself would fracture, and so are considered theoretically AND practically impossible.
re: #88 Dr Lizardo
There was a M7.5 aftershock about 100 kilometers away from, and 9 hours after, the M7.8:
re: #103 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
That would rock my world…
To this soundtrack? 🤔 *runs for cover*
re: #104 Dopamine Fish
A quick Google-fu suggests that most seismologists believe a 10.0 earthquake is, while theoretically possible, practically impossible due to the fact that a fault system extensive enough to generate a 10.0 quake does not exist. (Apparently, the maximum power of a fault system is a function of its length, and the biggest quakes, as Dr. Lizardo alluded to upthread, are the result of the entire system rupturing all at once.) Beyond 10.0, we are approaching energies at which the Earth itself would fracture, and so are considered theoretically AND practically impossible.
Yeah, like, it would be if some supervillain would cause one of the largest faults in the world to unzip all at once. Or a KT Killer sized meteor impact.
The M7.8 was only about 25km away from a city. The M7.5 aftershock is in a more rural, mountainous area but there is a town, Ekinözü, not far away.
re: #104 Dopamine Fish
Beyond 10.0, we are approaching energies at which the Earth itself would fracture, and so are considered theoretically AND practically impossible.
But could we get a tsunami covering Mt. Everest?
re: #107 Teukka
Yeah, like, it would be if some supervillain would cause one of the largest faults in the world to unzip all at once. Or a KT Killer sized meteor impact.
In one Stack Overflow (or its seismology equivalent, I forget the specific name of the community) thread I read on the subject, the K-T impactor was estimated to have caused a magnitude 13 equivalent event. Just for a sense of scale.
re: #100 Teukka
Most powerful was the 1960 Valdivia Earthquake, clocking in at 9.4 to 9.6 on the Richter scale. Then we have the 2004 Boxing Day (9.1-9.3) and 2011 Tōhoku (9.1) Earthquakes and tsunamis.
Now, what if we would have a 10.0?
the 10.0 presumably would be Sam Neill driving like hell while being chased by a T. Rex strong.
re: #110 Dopamine Fish
In one Stack Overflow (or its seismology equivalent, I forget the specific name of the community) thread I read on the subject, the K-T impactor was estimated to have caused a magnitude 13 equivalent event. Just for a sense of scale.
And the earth tremors would be the least of our problems…
Videoclip from Hatay:
Tak wyglądają ulice Hatay.#Turcja #Turkey #TurkeyEarthquake pic.twitter.com/cDlDAMN5fs
— Tomasz (@Tomasz3891) February 6, 2023
That’s pretty much universal destruction.
re: #113 Dr Lizardo
Videoclip from Hatay:
That’s pretty much universal destruction.
In winter. Relief effort will have to be large and quick to get the people food, clean water, and shelter in addition to getting logistics reestablished and helping the injured.
re: #114 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
In winter. Relief effort will have to be large and quick to get the people food, clean water, and shelter in addition to getting logistics reestablished and helping the injured.
The EU has stepped up, and Israel is sending urban search and rescue teams as well. This is gonna be one hell of a logistics challenge to help the literally millions who’ve been affected by this.
Sorry if I missed this but has anyone heard from Thanos?
I try to keep up but don’t always succeed.
re: #114 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
In winter. Relief effort will have to be large and quick to get the people food, clean water, and shelter in addition to getting logistics reestablished and helping the injured.
Another event that contributed to the demise of the USSR was the Armenian Earthquake that happened in Winter of 1988/89. A lot of people died because the buildings were not built to code due to widespread corruption and collapsed like houses of cards.
Preliminary moment magnitude 6.0 aftershock about five minutes ago.
#TurkeyEarthquake | Another earthquake of magnitude 6.0 strikes central Turkey, says USGS
This is the Third earthquake in #Turkey after two powerful earthquakes in less than 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/YZyEiB4qC3— ANI (@ANI) February 6, 2023
There’s gonna be nothing left standing if this keeps up.
re: #119 Dr Lizardo
Preliminary moment magnitude 6.0 aftershock about five minutes ago.
There’s gonna be nothing left standing if this keeps up.
Clearly this is God’s judgement against those godless Muslims for their crimes against the Holy American State.
— Margarine Tater-Greens, probably
re: #120 Dopamine Fish
Clearly this is God’s judgement against those godless Muslims for their crimes against the Holy American State.
— Margarine Tater-Greens, probably
I’m fully expecting such derp from the usual suspects.
That being said, these aftershocks are essentially powerful earthquakes in their own right and that tells me that already-weakened structures could easily come crashing down, and making rescue efforts even more Herculean than they already are.
Not surprising. Expect even worse revelations to come. ⚠️CW/TW: SA⚠️
Andrew and Tristan Taint’s values go hand in hand with sexual violence, up to and including SA, sometimes even homicide.
TW: sexual violence. EXCLUSIVE from @HayleyMortimer and I for #Fileon4. Andrew Tate’s ex-girlfriend says he strangled her during sex to the point where she passed out & imposed cash ‘fines’ if she went out without him. She’s helping Romanian authorities. https://t.co/4xoS0ULbwd
— Georgia Coan (@georgia_coan) February 6, 2023
Good lord.
#زلزال
انهيارات متتالية امام عداسات الكاميرات #TurkeyEarthquake #TurkeyQuake pic.twitter.com/2j1VxQaCiE— ايمن الفقيه ✪ (@aymnalfqyh8) February 6, 2023
re: #121 Dr Lizardo
I’m fully expecting such derp from the usual suspects.
That being said, these aftershocks are essentially powerful earthquakes in their own right and that tells me that already-weakened structures could easily come crashing down, and making rescue efforts even more Herculean than they already are.
Yeah, “aftershocks” in the M6/M7 range are incredibly strong. I hope it settles down soon so the rescuers aren’t kept in a precarious position. I imagine it’s a matter of time before American C-130’s are flying in rescue equipment and personnel.
re: #122 Teukka
This is the information that needs to be posted to the Tate simping faceplant and reddit pages. Not that it will change the minds of the acolytes, but lurkers might learn something.
re: #126 Colère Tueur de Lapin
This is the information that needs to be posted to the Tate simping faceplant and reddit pages. Not that it will change the minds of the acolytes, but lurkers might learn something.
“Dat’s jusst feninazzi propugandah! 11111ty!!11!”
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. All the video and stories coming out of Turkey are horrific, and it’s likely the death toll will climb much higher. We’re seeing all kinds of structures collapsing due to the quakes that are roiling the region. Structures build over 1000 years ago and those supposedly built to modern standards.
Turkey’s going to need significant help, and I expect the US and others will send SAR teams ASAP. Right now, it’s seemingly too dangerous to get into structures that have collapsed with the major aftershocks occurring. Infrastructure in the region has been wrecked, including the local airport. This will make delivering of essentials all the more difficult. Expect the US to send airlift capabilities and perhaps one of the carrier task forces to assist as they could sail into the Gulf of Alexandretta to render aid.
re: #127 Teukka
“Dat’s jusst feninazzi propugandah! 11111ty!!11!”
Actually, they’ll probably just claim it’s his fetish, and his right as an alpha male to “dominate” the women he sleeps with.
What a cascading grid failure looks like at night.
Wow, I just realized my coworker left on last Sunday to head to Turkey prior to heading to his native Bangladesh. I hope he and his wife are ok.
re: #130 Dopamine Fish
Actually, they’ll probably just claim it’s his fetish, and his right as an alpha male to “dominate” the women he sleeps with.
the way that any Biblical King would have treated one of his concubines
re: #83 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Gallon of 1% every week. Whole milk is like syrup to me.
An unregulated anti abortion pregnancy center was using expired disinfectant on vaginal probes. A volunteer nurse raised red flags, but no one cares.
Kentucky nurse volunteered at anti-abortion pregnancy center, discovered infection control problems. via The Kentucky Lantern https://t.co/4B7v6dcM3l
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) February 6, 2023
When I was a kid, they said listening to an Ozzy Ozbourne record was satanic. Hell, they even said it about The Beatles in the 1960s. pic.twitter.com/XsGbzYlQRw
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) February 6, 2023
CONTENT WARNING: This is disturbing because you know people are dying, but this is what it looks like when a building collapses on a busy street.
re: #136 DodgerFan1988
I watched 30 seconds of the Grammys before I could reach the remote and turn it off. It was that performance…no idea who the singer is or what he was singing (and he was being auto-tuned too).
re: #136 DodgerFan1988
These idiots know that fire is not inherently evil, right?
Like, their God once LITERALLY APPEARED TO SOMEONE AS A BURNING BUSH.
re: #136 DodgerFan1988
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Come on, would the Prince of Darkness wear that sweater, I think not. pic.twitter.com/hIPN40Hj8q
— VegasJake 🇩🇪🇺🇲 (@JakeBig10) February 6, 2023
Surprisingly, MOAR GUNZ!! results in more, not fewer, homicides. Who knew?
As Fl begins hearings, pay attention to the facts.
“Meanwhile, conceal-carry laws, which allow gun owners to carry a gun in public places, appear to increase the number of all homicides and increase the number of firearm homicides, specifically.”https://t.co/xjXnUkEvEi— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) February 6, 2023
re: #139 Eclectic Cyborg
These idiots know that fire is not inherently evil, right?
Like, their God once LITERALLY APPEARED TO SOMEONE AS A BURNING BUSH.
That was rhetorical, right? The idiots are idiots because they’re dumb.
re: #143 Joe Bacon
Damn…right when I was getting ready to do the screenshot another red dot popped up…that fault line is tearing itself apart!
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I like to think of aftershocks as things popping back into place. But these are significant aftershocks I will agree.
The earthquake is the top news story at WaPo. According to WaPo Germany is sending relief and generators. I wonder when we will hear what the US is sending and when Chef Andres will show up.
re: #145 PhillyPretzel
The earthquake is the top news story at WaPo. According to WaPo Germany is sending relief and generators. I wonder when we will hear what the US is sending and when Chef Andres will show up.
Probably later today; if we heard about this last night, no doubt the President was briefed on it, and they spent the night figuring out what they can send and when.
re: #144 darthstar
I like to think of aftershocks as things popping back into place. But these are significant aftershocks I will agree.
I have a vague recollection of the Anatolian plate having an edge which is prone to “unzipping” with significant aftershocks over an extended period of time.
re: #146 Dopamine Fish
Most likely the case. And of course we will hear that if DT were president the earthquake would have never happened.
re: #146 Dopamine Fish
Probably later today; if we heard about this last night, no doubt the President was briefed on it, and they spent the night figuring out what they can send and when.
They could send some F-16s to Ukraine. Suppress the Russians to the point where everyone else could focus on helping Turkey.
re: #136 DodgerFan1988
When I was a kid, they said listening to an Ozzy Osbourne record was satanic. Hell, they even said it about The Beatles in the 1960s.
Oh yeah, good times. I remember in the 70s and 80s feeling “guilty” about loving Sabbath, Zeppelin, Ozzy, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Twisted Sister, etc., etc., because I was told they were “Satanic”.
So CNN says the three suspected Chinese spy balloons over the continental US during the Trump administration was only discovered after President Joe Biden took office, a senior administration official told CNN on Sunday.
The official did not say how or when those incidents were discovered
So maybe trump wasn’t lying when he said it didn’t happen.
Though its more like he didn’t know.
Trump administration Defense Secretary Mark Esper told CNN on Friday that he was “surprised” by that statement.
“I don’t ever recall somebody coming into my office or reading anything that the Chinese had a surveillance balloon above the United States,” he said.
re: #150 Dr. Matt
Oh yeah, good times. I remember in the 70s and 80s feeling “guilty” about loving Sabbath, Zeppelin, Ozzy, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Twisted Sister, etc., etc., because I was told they were “Satanic”.
In the 90’s, my school was divided into two groups of kids. The kids with the chill parents played Magic: The Gathering. The kids with the religious parents were forbidden to play it, because it was considered Satanic, so we played the Star Wars CCG (collectible card game) instead. I remember one time having to step in for a friend in a Magic: The Gathering game because his hyper-religious parents were at the school event we were attending, and he needed someone to cover for him whose parents weren’t around.
Stay classy CSU:
Following tonight’s basketball game, we became aware that a small group of individuals in our student section chanted “Russia” at a student-athlete from Utah State, who is from the Ukraine.
— Colorado State Rams 🐏 (@CSURams) February 5, 2023
Colorado State student section chants ‘Russia’ at Utah State’s Ukrainian guard Max Shulga https://t.co/20CAcYNIJP pic.twitter.com/6wKO793dbf
— New York Post (@nypost) February 6, 2023
re: #83 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The thought of drinking a glass of milk makes me queasy. I haven’t done that in decades. I only put milk in coffee. Or I cook with it. But honestly the last time I drank a glass of milk was when I was in grade school.
My brother and I were taking about this yesterday. If my brother drinks milk, it’s a day ending in “y.” If I drink milk, he would know there was something terribly wrong with me.
When we were kids, my sister and I had an unspoken agreement. Once she finished her milk and mom had her head turned, she would swap her empty milk glass for my full one. Which she would then drink.
re: #150 Dr. Matt
Oh yeah, good times. I remember in the 70s and 80s feeling “guilty” about loving Sabbath, Zeppelin, Ozzy, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Twisted Sister, etc., etc., because I was told they were “Satanic”.
Memories of college US History class where the professor showed film clips of Billy Sunday denouncing that devil-inspired Irving Berlin and them evil big bands stirring “evil impulses” among Gawd’s pee-pull...
re: #128 lawhawk
Always appreciate your morning sign in from the NYC metro, up here in greater Peekskill :)
To this day, my parents still refuse to buy my kids some gifts related to the very much NOT SATANIC video game franchise Destiny 2 because, on their face, the books would appear to be Satanic if they weren’t related to the video game.
No one is coming for your guns or your gas stoves and the border isn’t open. People are outraged at things that are not even happening. It’s a sickness.
— Tim Hannan (@TimHannan) February 6, 2023
re: #151 Dangerman
So CNN says the three suspected Chinese spy balloons over the continental US during the Trump administration was only discovered after President Joe Biden took office, a senior administration official told CNN on Sunday.
So maybe trump wasn’t lying when he said it didn’t happen.
Though its more like he didn’t know.
They likely didn’t tell anyone about it because trump would have wanted to nuke it over the heartland.
re: #160 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
They likely didn’t tell anyone about it because trump would have wanted to nuke it over the heartland.
Or communications were just so piss poor in the Trump admin that it never reached him.
re: #159 Teukka
Saw this comment on reddit:
Humans need struggle to feel complete. For tens of thousands of years we have struggled to survive, and now all of a sudden a lot of people people have all their basic and higher needs met.
People who have no struggle typically have three choices:
1. enjoy the ride
2. help others who are still suffering
3. manufacture their own misery
These nutjobs picked door number three. It’s incredibly annoying and dangerous.
re: #161 Eclectic Cyborg
Or communications were just so piss poor in the Trump admin that it never reached him.
Both is also a choice. My question is, how are we only just finding out about these incidents? How is it that literally nobody knew about these balloon overflights until now?
re: #160 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
They likely didn’t tell anyone about it because trump would have wanted to nuke it over the heartland.
Actually, he would have wanted to nuke it over San Francisco, Chicago or New York City.
re: #151 Dangerman
The fact that the Pentagon didn’t inform Donnie, or anyone in his administration, is quite telling in itself.
re: #164 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Actually, he would have wanted to nuke it over San Francisco, Chicago or New York City.
“Minneapolis, that’s the city BLM and Antifa burned to the ground, right? It’s already a smoking crater, so what’s a nuke going to bother ‘em?”
re: #161 Eclectic Cyborg
Or communications were just so piss poor in the Trump admin that it never reached him.
and Esper?
I unfortunately do not remember the year or the name of the satellite but wasn’t there one the crashed in Canada? I also recall one crashing into the ocean. Google did not provide much in the way of information.
google.com
re: #162 Teukka
Saw this comment on reddit:
…
People who have no struggle typically have three choices:
1. enjoy the ride
2. help others who are still suffering
3. manufacture their own miseryThese nutjobs picked door number three. It’s incredibly annoying and dangerous.
because they’re taking other people with them down that path and forcing their distorted world view on all of us
re: #165 Dr. Matt
The fact that the Pentagon didn’t inform Donnie, or anyone in his administration, is quite telling in itself.
this is what i think happened
re: #167 darthstar
It’s not ‘from the Ukraine,’ it’s ‘from Ukraine’…
Unless you’re on Russia’s side. Then it’s “the Ukraine.”
re: #151 Dangerman
So maybe trump wasn’t lying when he said it didn’t happen.
Though its more like he didn’t know.
A few days ago (maybe here?) there was an article that said those incursions were brief and did not fly across the entire United States.
I found what I was looking for regarding satellites crashing. This incident happened in 1978 and a Soviet satellite crashed into Canada spreading radiation over a large area.
rcinet.ca
re: #170 Dangerman
There’s also people who only feel comfortable when they are hurting/exploiting others.
WaPo ping: The death toll is rising in Turkey. This unfortunately is to be expected.
Just heard from my grandson who is traveling around Turkey. He says he is OK, not anywhere near the quakes. I told him to call his mom & stay safe.
re: #150 Dr. Matt
Oh yeah, good times. I remember in the 70s and 80s feeling “guilty” about loving Sabbath, Zeppelin, Ozzy, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Twisted Sister, etc., etc., because I was told they were “Satanic”.
I remember our fine religion teacher, Fr H*ll, solemnly informing us that “The Life of Brian” was blasphemous, and it would be very wrong to go see the movie. Of course, the majority of the class already had. He’s also the guy who went on a twenty-minute rant about “Afternoon Delight” by Starland Vocal Band (which had come out like three years earlier and indeed, likely satanic).
re: #178 The Pie Overlord!
Good. I am happy to hear that. Please tell him to be careful.
re: #171 Dangerman
this is what i think happened
Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, said that the office of the Secretary of Defense informed him that “several Chinese balloon incidents have happened in the past few years — including over Florida.”
“Why weren’t they shot down?” Waltz questioned.
“And according to several Trump Admin national security officials - they were never informed of these intrusions by the Pentagon,” he wrote on Twitter.
From: salon.com
re: #177 PhillyPretzel
WaPo ping: The death toll is rising in Turkey. This unfortunately is to be expected.
given the chaos, lack of comms, infrastructure, wounded, medical attention etc, it could take days/weeks to know how many people died
it’s a lot like election night horseracing.
meaningless numbers until the facts are known and everything’s been reported and counted
elon follies https://t.co/udtSuQTPhD
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 6, 2023
re: #182 Dangerman
Yes. That is how it is going to be for a while.
re: #183 Barefoot Grin
Imagine actually trusting Elon Musk to do the right thing.
re: #161 Eclectic Cyborg
Or communications were just so piss poor in the Trump admin that it never reached him.
I think they didn’t tell Trump because his immediate reaction would have been to order an attack China proper, bring down a Chinese surveillance plane or to sink a Chinese warship.
They knew they were hand holding a complete fucking nut job.
re: #177 PhillyPretzel
WaPo ping: The death toll is rising in Turkey. This unfortunately is to be expected.
I expect they’ll be digging out bodies for at least another few weeks.
re: #173 Hecuba’s daughter
A few days ago (maybe here?) there was an article that said those incursions were brief and did not fly across the entire United States.
Which would still require the president being notified.
The young woman rifles through a fridge of popsicles, pulling out several to show the camera.“This is milk flavor - the picture is so cute,” she says in English, pointing to the cartoon packaging with a smile. “And this is peach flavor.”
After finally selecting an ice cream cone, she bites into it, declaring: “The biscuit is very delicious.”
The four-minute video has racked up more than 41,000 views on YouTube, but this is no ordinary vlog. The woman, who calls herself YuMi, lives in North Korea, perhaps the world’s most isolated and secretive nation.
Her YouTube channel, created last June, is one of several social media accounts that have popped up across the internet in the past year or two, in which North Korean residents claim to share their everyday lives.
They eat ice cream and read ‘Harry Potter,’ but these North Korean YouTubers aren’t what they seem (CNN)
Charles, for some reason this morning I cannot post comments or upding comments on my work computer. The format bar on the comments is also missing. I can read comments, but I am having to reload the page. I know my company uses a proxy, but all of this worked early last week.
I had to jump on my phone to post this.
My company is warning that some hackers are using Google ads to deliver ransomware, so be careful.
re: #190 Belafon
Charles, for some reason this morning I cannot post comments or upding comments on my work computer. The format bar on the comments is also missing. I can read comments, but I am having to reload the page. I know my company uses a proxy, but all of this worked early last week.
I had to jump on my phone to post this.
Reboot, and if it still doesn’t work, tell your IT department that they’re limiting your ability to not work.
re: #189 Crush White Nationalism
There have been reports of North Korea’s wealthy elite, such as senior government officials and their families, having access to luxuries such as air conditioning, scooters and coffee. And the facilities shown in the YouTube videos do exist - but they’re not accessible to most people, and are only granted to “special people in a special class,” Park said.
Yeah, your country is poor as shit if these are the perks the “wealthy elite” get to enjoy.
Amazing fretwork! His fingers just dance along the neck all the while maintaining a gorgeous sound. And that guitar! Damn, it is beautiful. I was unable to find out who made it. Does anybody know?
re: #188 Belafon
Which would still require the president being notified.
Unless the standing policy is, “Don’t interrupt the President’s covfefe unless there’s an actual shooting war starting,” which would be a reasonable policy when dealing with a madman whose first instinctual reaction to any and every slight, real or imagined, is, “Can we nuke them?”
re: #160 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
They likely didn’t tell anyone about it because trump would have wanted to nuke it over the heartland.
Very likely scenario coming from the guy who wanted to nuke a hurricane.
re: #190 Belafon
Charles, for some reason this morning I cannot post comments or upding comments on my work computer. The format bar on the comments is also missing. I can read comments, but I am having to reload the page. I know my company uses a proxy, but all of this worked early last week.
I had to jump on my phone to post this.
you want access?
bring snacks
no one rides for free anymore
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re: #193 Eclectic Cyborg
There have been reports of North Korea’s wealthy elite, such as senior government officials and their families, having access to luxuries such as air conditioning, scooters and coffee. And the facilities shown in the YouTube videos do exist - but they’re not accessible to most people, and are only granted to “special people in a special class,” Park said.
Yeah, your country is poor as shit if these are the perks the “wealthy elite” get to enjoy.
Personally, I wouldn’t be ragging on NK without considering our situation where we have huge swaths of people who are homeless, are working 2 or more jobs just to keep a roof over their heads and feed their children or mentally disturbed yet forced to wander our streets because all the treatment centers have been closed while our elites enjoy multi-million dollar homes and yachts, ranches in Wyoming and Montana, and personal jets to ferry them anywhere in the world. The concept is the same, just more expensive toys.
re: #150 Dr. Matt
Oh yeah, good times. I remember in the 70s and 80s feeling “guilty” about loving Sabbath, Zeppelin, Ozzy, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Twisted Sister, etc., etc., because I was told they were “Satanic”.
The nut jobs were declaring Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry to be satanic in the 1950s. They have a long history of being batshit crazy.
Ah ha, more clarity on this source: https://t.co/oHXSXUHxLu
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) February 6, 2023
What a dangerous idiot Musk is… or worse, knowingly cooperating with Putin to spread disinformation. https://t.co/h1BBXwgK1p
— Meanwhile in Canada (@MeanwhileinCana) February 6, 2023
re: #183 Barefoot Grin
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Sleazy E has more important things to do than helping Turkish rescue workers.
Elon Musk paid way too much for Twitter and he can promote as much disinformation as he wants. But @elonmusk’s view that Twitter is the “least wrong source of truth” on the internet is contradicted by numerous false posts by conspiracy theorists, QAnon and that pizza gate guy. https://t.co/7QwSXgKb7W
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 6, 2023
re: #199 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“It’s just a ploy to divert attention away from Balloon-gate!”
Did it fly over the Trump family’s trademark paperwork for business in China? https://t.co/an9DQtkwqh
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) February 6, 2023
re: #204 Joe Bacon
Sleazy E has more important things to do than helping Turkish rescue workers.
Christians and Muslims are all over Twitter deflecting from an omnipotent God allowing or permitting or causing this to happen by offering prayers and saying he works in mysterious ways.
Those mysterious ways apparently include the destruction of thousands of buildings and lives.
re: #209 Backwoods_Sleuth
I see Jim Shorts is still shooting off his mouth. And he knows that the spy balloon was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean near the Carolinas and not the University of Pennsylvania.
re: #179 dat_said
I thought it was about sex, not Satanism.
re: #211 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Christians and Muslims are all over Twitter deflecting from an omnipotent God allowing or permitting or causing this to happen by offering prayers and saying he works in mysterious ways.
Those mysterious ways apparently include the destruction of thousands of buildings and lives.
He’s one psychotic madman, that god.
re: #212 PhillyPretzel
I see Jim Shorts is still shooting off his mouth. And he knows that the spy balloon was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean near the Carolinas and not the University of Pennsylvania.
It’s not about that. It’s about prompting the mouth-breathing racist fuckwads who support people like Gym to rage at the President because HURR DURR WEAK ON CHYNA.
re: #185 Dopamine Fish
Imagine actually trusting Elon Musk to do the right thing.
I’m sure he’d be willing to sell them a bunch of Starlink systems.
re: #209 Backwoods_Sleuth
My “for you” is filled with people I’ve blocked or have no desire to see. Twitter doesn’t seem to want to answer why that is. I follow specific people for a reason and @twitter is pushing the likes of Jordan and MGT.
— Sean J (@Irish8137) February 6, 2023
Libertarian free-speech absolutists absolutely want to force their free speech on you.
re: #207 sizzzzlerz
Another one just popped up as I took the latest screenshot from the USGS page!
That fault isn’t letting up!
re: #201 sizzzzlerz
The nut jobs were declaring Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry to be satanic in the 1950s. They have a long history of being batshit crazy.
Yeah — heaven help these Qrusaders if they ever see the “Night on Bald Mountain” scene from Fantasia.
So the Grammy performance that’s got them all verklempt was Sam Smith and Kim Petras doing the song “Unholy”, which is apparently about a guy who cheats on his wife and abandons his kids to go play sugar daddy at the strip club.
How DARE those SJWs associate cheating, child neglect, and paying off sex workers with unholiness!
re: #218 Joe Bacon
Whoever put Roland Emmerich in charge of writing and directing 2023 needs to get in touch with him and tell him to tone it down a little.
re: #211 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Christians and Muslims are all over Twitter deflecting from an omnipotent God allowing or permitting or causing this to happen by offering prayers and saying he works in mysterious ways.
Those mysterious ways apparently include the destruction of thousands of buildings and lives.
God is giving the people of Turkey an object lesson in why they should care about physics and engineering. Why building codes are of the good.
re: #221 sagehen
God is giving the people of Turkey an object lesson in why they should care about physics and engineering. Why building codes are of the good.
A real miracle would be thousands of poorly-built buildings withstanding a series of massive earthquakes with no damage or deaths.
re: #219 Wile E. Wonka
So the Grammy performance that’s got them all verklempt was Sam Smith and Kim Petras doing the song “Unholy”, which is apparently about a guy who cheats on his wife and abandons his kids to go play sugar daddy at the strip club.
Kim Petras is trans, which apparently upsets the wing nuts. With a birth certificate that states “male”, would they like Kim to use the men’s restroom?
re: #219 Wile E. Wonka
Upding for proper use of “verklempt”.
re: #223 sagehen
Kim Petras is trans, which apparently upsets the wing nuts. With a birth certificate that states “male”, would they like Kim to use the men’s restroom?
And Sam Smith is non-binary. Oooh, and Brandi Carlile was introduced by *gasp* her wife and kids! And and and… Lizzo was allowed to perform too! Clearly a whole celebration of the Dark Arts.
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Salman Rushdie says he feels lucky and grateful in first interview since stabbing (The Guardian, February 6, 2023)
Mr. Rushdie was speaking at a venue on the importance of the United States allowing exiled writers political asylum when he was attacked.
His would-be assassin has been charged with attempted second-degree murder and attempted second-degree assault (the moderator was also injured by the attacker).
Mr. Rushdie was under police guard while he lived in the United Kingdom, but under no special security in the USA.
He does not blame the venue or the security (which only inspected for tickets and only prohibited food and beverages). He only blames the attacker.
Well, it’s all popping off now, ain’t it?
An earthquake was recorded 628km away from Almaty city at 7:02pm today, Kazinform reports.
A quake measuring 5.4 on the MPV scale rocked 628km west of Almaty city within Kazakhstan at 7:02pm Almaty time today.
The earthquake hit at a depth of 5km.
re: #217 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Libertarian free-speech absolutists absolutely want to force their free speech on you.
I get none of that on Mastodon (just sayin…and I’ll keep sayin until people get it)
re: #227 jeffreyw
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Yeah. have people play the Wall Street Casino instead of having Social Security.
That worked real well in Chile, didn’t it Mikey?
VIDEO: As first reported by @CNN, former VP Mike Pence (R) discussed one of his first policy proposals for a potential 2024 campaign at a closed-door event on Thursday: privatization of Social Security.
PENCE: “We could replace the New Deal with a better deal.” pic.twitter.com/ZwChMgDwVD— Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) February 5, 2023
re: #231 Joe Bacon
Yeah. have people play the Wall Street Casino instead of having Social Security.
That worked real well in Chile, didn’t it Mikey?
He lost me at ‘deal’.
chris martin looks like a toddler named Rydyr at a pre-school that costs $50,000 a year pic.twitter.com/pijohbFnDj
— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) February 6, 2023
re: #201 sizzzzlerz
The nut jobs were declaring Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry to be satanic in the 1950s. They have a long history of being batshit crazy.
Pretty much any piece of youth pop culture that comes along gets that label applied to it in one way or another.
re: #234 jeffreyw
Works for me. Although I prefer a lot of things from the Continent.
WTAF
we are getting so close to my original prediction that elon will tweet a racial slur to “take down the power of this word” pic.twitter.com/VeBR69Mlo6
— tom mckay (@thetomzone) February 6, 2023
re: #241 Joe Bacon
Darth it’s a deal…as in…
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re: #131 darthstar
Wow. You can hear the P waves hit first then the S waves come in. With the light show of blowing transformers.
I don’t see what damage the Chinese could do that would rival that already done or underway by McCarthy, Jordan, MTG, Marco Rubio, Mitch McConnell—with every GOPer name I write I think of 10 more.
re: #245 BigPapa
Wow. You can hear the P waves hit first then the S waves come in. With the light show of blowing transformers.
It’s pretty amazing footage, isn’t it?
re: #198 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Sarah Beth Clendaniel of Catonsville allegedly told an FBI confidential source that she planned to target 5 substations including in Norrisville, Reisterstown and Perry Hall; if they were hit in the same day “it would completely destroy this whole city,” she said pic.twitter.com/BQ7NeN7wPb
— Justin Fenton (@justin_fenton) February 6, 2023
Now that the “it never happened” line was debunked, now they’re onto the “why were the people he put in charge so incompetent” shtick https://t.co/G74lwVASE1
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) February 6, 2023
re: #250 Backwoods_Sleuth
Maybe - and I’m just putting it out there - the command judged it wasn’t such a serious issue that the President needed to be briefed. And particularly, a mentally unstable President who might do something rash, like order a nuclear strike on mainland China.
re: #247 darthstar
Yes it gots lotsa science innit.
re: #251 Dopamine Fish
Maybe - and I’m just putting it out there - the command judged it wasn’t such a serious issue that the President needed to be briefed. And particularly, a mentally unstable President who might do something rash, like order a nuclear strike on mainland China.
My thoughts, especially the latter.
Mike Pence is out of his fucking mind if he thinks he has chance of being elected.
re: #251 Dopamine Fish
That is probably what the group was thinking. Or what passes for thinking under DT’s administration.
One of my favorite books looked at California earthquake history that discussed the event from a news/history perspective but also looked at the fault and got into the science and math without being too brain melting. I have to find that one. Great read.
re: #251 Dopamine Fish
Maybe - and I’m just putting it out there - the command judged it wasn’t such a serious issue that the President needed to be briefed. And particularly, a mentally unstable President who might do something rash, like order a nuclear strike on mainland
ChinaKansas.
Never underestimate….
re: #252 BigPapa
Hey BP
mrsdm did a zoom presentation like we discussed a week or so ago
seamless and smooth
thanks for the assist.
re: #221 sagehen
God is giving the people of Turkey an object lesson in why they should care about physics and engineering. Why building codes are of the good.
Sort of a take on churches having lightning rods on their roofs.
Trust in god but always have a backup plan.
re: #251 Dopamine Fish
Maybe - and I’m just putting it out there - the command judged it wasn’t such a serious issue that the President needed to be briefed. And particularly, a mentally unstable President who might do something rash, like order a nuclear strike on mainland China.
Trump famously never read his security briefings, saying he was too smart to need them.
re: #254 Eclectic Cyborg
Mike Pence is out of his fucking mind if he thinks he has chance of being elected.
That’s what we said about Trump. Never underestimate stupid in large quantities.
re: #254 Eclectic Cyborg
Mike Pence is out of his fucking mind if he thinks he has chance of being elected.
He doesn’t want to be elected. He just wants the lifestyle of someone running to get elected. TV appearances, free travel, bulk book sales from campaign donations because that’s how the pros launder all that campaign money…
re: #254 Eclectic Cyborg
Mike Pence is out of his fucking mind if he thinks he has chance of being elected.
Though dumping the New Deal for “The Better Deal” is coded talk for dumping Medicare and Social Security for GOP vaporware.
If Pence had turned up with some well thought out policies regarding the social safety net, including how they would be funded. And a meaningful transition process I’d hear him out a bit further, if only to see what sort of goofy policies they think would be better and involve a smaller government bureaucracy. (We already know that a process of just throwing money to the individual states leads to many states misusing the funds for other things.)
re: #262 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
You got that one right.
re: #257 BigPapa
One of my favorite books looked at California earthquake history that discussed the event from a news/history perspective but also looked at the fault and got into the science and math without being too brain melting. I have to find that one. Great read.
Simon Winchester’s _A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906_ I thought did a good coverage of it.
I am fond of most of Winchester’s books for giving layman-level coverage of a lot of interesting things and events.
Amazon Link: (amazon.com
re: #260 sizzzzlerz
Sort of a take on churches having lightning rods on their roofs.
Trust in god but always have a backup plan.
Like that old saying from the Islamic world….”Trust in Allah, but be sure to tie your camel.” It’s from a hadith, and attributed to Muhammad.
“Something is underway in MI, where Dems just captured full control of state government.
MI state Sen. Dayna Polehanki, the new chair of the Education Cmte, recently vowed that the panel will “listen to educators first” and “will not participate in the demonization of teachers.” https://t.co/M5B07aRPXd— Senator Dayna Polehanki (@SenPolehanki) February 6, 2023
In addition to being a political stunt, the @Weaponization Committee (aka the Committee to Obstruct Justice) is chaired by a Member who defied a congressional subpoena.
I predict many witnesses will also ignore subpoenas. GOP can fix this by supporting my inherent contempt bill. https://t.co/w4vspnVehI— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 6, 2023
Harry Whittington, the Texas attorney and prominent state GOP power broker who was shot in the face nearly two decades ago by then-Vice President Dick Cheney, has died. He was 95.
re: #257 BigPapa
One of my favorite books looked at California earthquake history that discussed the event from a news/history perspective but also looked at the fault and got into the science and math without being too brain melting. I have to find that one. Great read.
Found it. If this isn’t it, it should be.
The Last Days of the Late, Great State of California
re: #267 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
That looks like an interesting book! I cannot find the one I read: I think it was more of an approachable academic book and probably not written for the masses.
re: #274 BigPapa
That looks like an interesting book! I cannot find the one I read: I think it was more of an approachable academic book and probably not written for the masses.
Then I didn’t find it.
re: #198 Backwoods_Sleuth
Look at the woman in that article and tell me she doesn’t look like a terrorist. Show anyone that picture and they’d guess she was an ISIS terrorist. (You can’t tell she’s a woman from that pic.)
re: #275 wrenchwench
Then I didn’t find it.
That looks like a good book. But I also did a typo: I meant ‘events’ as in multiple. I sorry.
But now I’m obsessed with finding it.
re: #257 BigPapa
When California falls into the ocean, like the mystics and statics say it will…
re: #268 Dr Lizardo
Like that old saying from the Islamic world….”Trust in Allah, but be sure to tie your camel.” It’s from a hadith, and attributed to Muhammad.
Another saying we got from CL that’s really stuck with me — “Don’t be angry with God for making the tiger. Be grateful he didn’t give it wings.”
re: #279 sagehen
Another saying we got from CL that’s really stuck with me — “Don’t be angry with God for making the tiger. Be grateful he didn’t give it wings.”
Jethro Tull:
The rivers are full of crocodile nasties
And he who made kittens put snakes in their grasp
He’s a lover of life but a player of pawns
Yes, the King on His sunset lies waiting for dawn
To light up His Jungle as play is resumed
The monkeys seem willing to strike up the tune
re: #278 Colère Tueur de Lapin
When California falls into the ocean, like the mystics and statics say it will…
No one ever considers when “the Big One” hits in California, it’s everything east of the faults which will drop into the ocean, leaving California as an island nation.
re: #281 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
No one ever considers when “the Big One” hits in California, it’s everything east of the faults which will drop into the ocean, leaving California as an island nation.
Write the book!
re: #281 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
No one ever considers when “the Big One” hits in California, it’s everything east of the faults which will drop into the ocean, leaving California as an island nation.
there’s maps like that, old Spanish explorer maps. The reason California got that name is from some Spanish novel about a paradisiacal island… sort of like their Shangri-La.
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